May 1999 Tantrix Open Results

Reports from the final week (final table, game scores and review games below) ...
(28 May) A stunning double victory by Jason over Mike took him clear in 4th, challenging Peter, but more importantly put Britta in 1st place, 3 TPs ahead of Mike, with one game left each. They both have the same win/loss record, so Britta's 20 TPs to 0 win against Dave is looking very important
(28 May) Mike beat Laszlo 22-14, so Britta needed a 2-tile or more win v Laszlo to overtake Mike again. She won 21-14. The two Tantrix 'professionals' certainly know how to play well when there's money involved don't they :-) - in fact, though, they have sportingly decided that since no one else would have made a net $ gain, entry fees will be waived ... unless Peter wins by winning has last 3 games by about 18 tiles per game!
(29 May) Justin's 'comeback' started with his first win, v Jason, raising his provisional Elo rating by over 100.
(30 May) Justin played 6 more games - a great start, winning v Dave, but that was all. Laszlo scored a big win v Justin to help take him up from 8th to finish 6th by just 4 TPs from Dave, who finished above Jim by a single TP. Peter won both games v Justin, but by too narrow margins. He needs just 3 TPs v Steven to finish 3rd though, a huge improvement on his performance in the inaugural tournament.
(1 June) Steven beat Peter and in the last game now needs 12 TPs to overtake Jason for 4th.
(2 June) In the last game, Justin got incredibly close to a 40-loop, but Steven won 21-20. In making sure of it, he went over time (15:35), the last time the old rule was in action, so his 13 TPs got reduced to 12, but still enough to take 4th place by a single TP!
* Congratulations to Britta Steude of New Zealand on a great win! *

FINAL MAY OPEN TANTRIX TOURNAMENT TABLE AFTER ALL 72 GAMES  
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  Tournament Category = 26   (average Elo rating = 1634)
How the Tournament was won and lost
Pos. Nick Name Country Elo Time Pld W. D. L. TPs %
1st Bdot Britta Steude NZL (1895) 9 m 16 12   4 204 64%
2nd mikem Mike McManaway NZL (1914) 9 m 16 12   4 201 63%
3rd Pepe Peter Petrecz HUN (1809) 10 m 16 10 1 5 184 58%
4th steven2 Steven Trezise GBR (1805) 12 m 16 8 2 6 169 53%
5th jzyhk Jason AUS (1816) 10 m 16 9   7 168 53%
6th leslie Laszlo Harsanyi HUN (1588) 9 m 16 6 1 9 138 43%
7th ddyer Dave Dyer USA (1619) 9 m 16 5 1 10 134 42%
8th JimT Jim Tarsi USA (1637) 9 m 16 5   11 133 42%
9th Justin Justin Phillips NZL (1602) 13 m 16 2 1 13 109 34%
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TOURNAMENT CROSS-TABLE AFTER 72 GAMES (SCORES IN TPs)
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Name Country Britta Mike Peter Stevn Jasn Lasz. Dave Jim.T Justn Totals
Britta NZL - 08 10 28 29 32 35 31 31 204
Mike NZL 32 - 22 19 10 32 29 28 29 201
Peter HUN 30 18 - 11 21 21 25 31 27 184
Steven GBR 12 21 29 - 20 27 09 29 22 169
Jason AUS 11 30 19 20 - 19 20 29 20 168
Laszlo HUN 08 08 19 13 21 - 28 08 33 138
Dave USA 05 11 15 31 20 12 - 21 19 134
Jim USA 09 12 09 11 11 32 19 - 30 133
Justin NZL 09 11 13 18 20 07 21 10 - 109
 
FIXTURES & RESULTS : 30 APRIL - 2 JUNE 1999
 
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Date: Player 1: C: TP: Game score: TP: C: Player 2: T1: T2: Review:
 
30-Apr ddyer G (16) 32 - 23 (04) B JimT 5 9 Review
30-Apr JimT B (15) 32 - 27 (05) G ddyer 10 7 Review
2-May Bdot R (14) 19 - 17 (06) B Justin 6 11 Review
2-May Justin R (03) 19 - 36 (17) B Bdot 9 7 Review
2-May mikem R (14) 20 - 17 (06) B Justin 10 12 Review
4-May mikem R (14) 26 - 24 (06) G JimT 12 9 Review
4-May JimT G (06) 18 - 21 (14) R mikem 13 9 Review
4-May Bdot B (06) 9 - 12 (14) R Pepe 9 14 Review
4-May jzyhk G (05) 18 - 23 (15) B Bdot 10 10 Review
5-May Pepe R (15) 24 - 18 (05) G ddyer 12 14 Review
5-May jzyhk R (13) 22 - 21 (07) G JimT 9 10 Review
5-May JimT G (04) 17 - 26 (16) Y jzyhk 9 8 Review
5-May jzyhk G (14) 22 - 19 (06) B steven2 11 14 Review
5-May steven2 B (14) 25 - 23 (06) G jzyhk 13 13 Review
5-May Pepe R (04) 22 - 29 (16) B leslie 10 8 Review
5-May leslie B (03) 17 - 30 (17) R Pepe 7 5 Review
5-May mikem R (16) 24 - 16 (04) B leslie 8 8 Review
5-May Pepe G (13) 24 - 23 (07) R mikem 14 12 Review
6-May mikem Y (15) 22 - 16 (05) R Pepe 6 13 Review
7-May steven2 B (15) 21 - 15 (05) Y JimT 8 13 Review
7-May JimT Y (06) 18 - 21 (14) B steven2 14 14 Review
7-May Pepe R (13) 21 - 20 (07) Y JimT 10 9 Review
7-May JimT Y (02) 10 - 28 (18) R Pepe 11 7 Review
9-May Justin B (05) 13 - 17 (15) R mikem 13 9 Review
9-May mikem R (13) 24 - 23 (07) G ddyer 12 7 Review
9-May ddyer G (04) 19 - 30 (16) R mikem 11 9 Review
9-May Bdot Y (16) 25 - 18 (04) G leslie 7 13 Review
9-May leslie B (04) 21 - 29 (16) R JimT 7 7 Review
9-May JimT R (16) 26 - 17 (04) B leslie 6 9 Review
9-May ddyer G (05) 16 - 22 (15) B leslie 11 7 Review
9-May leslie B (13) 27 - 26 (07) G ddyer 7 8 Review
10-May Justin B (05) 15 - 21 (15) Y JimT 13 6 Review
10-May JimT Y (15) 31 - 27 (05) B Justin 7 12 Review
11-May ddyer G (10) 27 - 27 (10) R Pepe 12 14 Review
12-May steven2 B (15) 22 - 16 (05) R Pepe 12 14 Review
12-May steven2 B (04) 13 - 23 (16) G ddyer 14 11 Review
12-May steven2 Y (17) 31 - 18 (03) R leslie 9 11 Review
13-May jzyhk G (15) 26 - 22 (05) R Pepe 10 8 Review
13-May Pepe R (16) 34 - 24 (04) G jzyhk 5 11 Review
15-May jzyhk G (16) 27 - 20 (04) B leslie 8 11 Review
15-May leslie B (17) 34 - 22 (03) G jzyhk 7 12 Review
15-May leslie R (10) 10 - 10 (10) Y steven2 13 14 Review
17-May Bdot B (15) 19 - 14 (05) G ddyer 9 10 Review
17-May ddyer G (00) 19 - 52 (20) B Bdot 12 7 Review
17-May Bdot B (16) 21 - 14 (04) R JimT 7 6 Review
17-May JimT R (05) 14 - 19 (15) B Bdot 8 7 Review
17-May Bdot B (03) 14 - 29 (17) R mikem 8 7 Review
18-May mikem R (15) 22 - 18 (05) B Bdot 6 11 Review
18-May steven2 B (06) 21 - 23 (14) R mikem 12 7 Review
18-May mikem R (05) 27 - 32 (15) B steven2 10 14 Review
19-May jzyhk R (05) 16 - 21 (15) G ddyer 5 7 Review
19-May ddyer G (05) 26 - 30 (15) B jzyhk 10 7 Review
19-May jzyhk R (15) 32 - 27 (05) B Justin 9 14 Review
19-May steven2 Y (10) 27 - 27 (10) B Justin 9 14 Review
26-May Bdot R (14) 24 - 21 (06) Y steven2 11 14 Review
26-May steven2 Y (06) 17 - 19 (14) R Bdot 14 12 Review
26-May Pepe R (16) 24 - 14 (04) B Bdot 9 9 Review
26-May ddyer G (15) 22 - 17 (05) B steven2 6 10 Review
27-May Bdot B (14) 20 - 18 (06) G jzyhk 6 14 Review
28-May jzyhk G (15) 19 - 14 (05) R mikem 12 10 Review
28-May mikem R (05) 18 - 24 (15) G jzyhk 9 8 Review
28-May leslie B (04) 14 - 22 (16) R mikem 10 5 Review
28-May leslie G (04) 14 - 21 (16) Y Bdot 11 12 Review
29-May Justin B (15) 22 - 16 (05) G jzyhk 13 9 Review
30-May ddyer G (03) 17 - 30 (17) B Justin 5 12 Review
30-May Justin B (04) 14 - 23 (16) G ddyer 14 8 Review
30-May Pepe R (13) 22 - 21 (07) B Justin 9 13 Review
30-May Justin B (06) 15 - 18 (14) R Pepe 12 7 Review
30-May leslie R (18) 46 - 24 (02) B Justin 6 13 Review
30-May Justin R (05) 11 - 17 (15) B leslie 14 7 Review
1-Jun Pepe R (06) 18 - 20 (14) B steven2 8 7 Review
2-Jun Justin R (08) 20 - 21 (12) B steven2 14 15 Review


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