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Opening Friday June 22nd 2007 Players arriving and finding their seats before first session.  Players arriving and finding their seats before first session.  Tina Christensen and Jesper Willemoes Hansen on stage. Brian Mikkelsen in the foreground.  Tina speaking.  Meanwhile, it had been discovered that something had gone wrong in the who-meets-who-algorithm of the software, which meant that some players were scheduled to meet team mates. Quickly a new who-meets-who scheme was produced and the new individual player sheets had to be sorted by the referee team, from left Norbert Zsámboki, Uwe Martens, Margarete Stollwitzer and Wil Meijer-Kal. In the foreground Anders Labich.  Tina Christensen introducing Danish Minister of Culture, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen.  Danish Minister of Culture, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen, speaking.  Danish Minister of Culture, Mr. Brian Mikkelsen, speaking.  Hu Jiyan from China makes a speech in Chinese, translated by Andy Zheng Xujian.  Hu Jiyan from China makes a speech in Chinese, translated by Andy Zheng Xujian.  The referee team and Anders are busy sorting the player sheets so that they can be distributed at tables where players are presently seated.  Tina presenting the minister with a set of memorial tiles.  Henrik Leth receiving a set of mahjong tiles from Zhang Xioamei on behalf of Tina Christensen. The tiles were a gift from Jiang Xuanqi.  Finally, about half an hour late due to the faulty who-meets-who scheme, Tina Christensen can sound the gong and signal the beginning of the first playing session of the second Open European Mahjong Championship.
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