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    The 6th World Tantrix Championship    
Play Tantrix Online       11 Aug-27 Nov 2003     Tournaments Home
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No. 1 seed Matt Peek TGM (NZL) confirmed that he is the best Tantrix player ever by winning his third World title in a row in style, recording his 19th consecutive WTC match win by 115.3-64.7 (7 games to 2) in the most one-sided Final so far despite facing his toughest Final opponent yet in Shaun Cooper ITM (NZL), the no. 2 seed, the fourth time in five years that Shaun has lost to the first fellow kiwi he has faced in the competition. It is hard to imagine who is going to end Matt's amazing run in the WTC and even harder to imagine anyone ever matching his three consecutive WTC victories!

Only the second unseeded player ever to reach the SFs, Rick Yagodich (GBR) recovered from two games down to come 3rd, winning his last four games against Laszlo Szobonya (HUN), the no. 15 seed. The Plate Final saw main draw no. 3 seed Péter Petrecz (HUN), who had beaten his son Adam early in the competition, taking on 14-y-o Brett Laishley (AUS), who beat his own father Garry Laishley (AUS) in the SFs! The dads prevailed at the end, Péter wiping out Brett by 5 games to 0 to take 1st place (a reverse of last year's Plate Final in terms of nationalities) and Garry finishing 3rd.

There were originally 166 entrants of whom 155 players ended up taking part (21% more than last year) from the 21 countries whose flags you can see above. The number of entrants from each country who actually played is shown next to each flag. The top 64 players on seeding points qualified automatically for the 128-player main draw which started in September, with the remaining players playing in 32 preliminary groups in August to decide the other qualifiers. The WTC has over the years been viewed the media in various parts of the world and a surge of interest this year has seen the home page for this year's event receive around 25,000 times, as many as all of the WTC results pages in total last year!

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
MAIN DRAW RESULTS - click here to find your R1-R3 section
ROUND 4 to the FINAL   R1-R3 'tree'   (or detailed results for   S1   S2   S3   S4   S5   S6   S7   S8) Prelim groups
 *now with post-Final update* Comparison stats for finalists Matt & Shaun
PLAYER STATS / ROUNDS REACHED:   by Seeding Band   by Country
Top threes in ALL past Tantrix championships

THE 'PLATE':     Preliminary Round     Rounds 1-3   *NEW*   QFs -> Final
'Expected' TP scores in each match    Main draw win and 'shock' stats by country
A VB magyar vonatkozású hírei (sorsolás, eredmények, stb ...)

VIEW MATCH REPORTS, newsflashes and competitions     Register to add reports / take part in polls
Brad Swanlund's FANTASY TANTRIX competition - open to all, not just WTC entrants
How the Main Draw worked + grid / wallchart     Main Draw timetable/deadlines
Past WTCs:   2002   2001   2000   1999   Top threes in ALL past Tantrix championships

END-2003 ELO RATINGS:
General tournament seeding list         Elo rating list         Tournament Master titles

ARRANGING GAMES & PLAYER DETAILS
Things you need to know before you play in the WTC (FAQ)    Magyar version of the FAQ

HELP WITH ARRANGING GAMES - email addresses, preferences, etc
Time Zone Conversion Table
Click here to add/change time details or away dates

TOURNAMENT RULES & CONTROLLERS
Summary tournament rules     FULL TOURNAMENT RULES - ss. 7 & 8 updated on 6 Aug 2003
 Rčglement     Regeln für Turniere     A bajnokságok általános szabályai
*TIEBREAKS* "Decisive victory" rule - applies to the Main Draw ONLY   also in Hungarian
NB. the full rules in English and the new "decisive victory" rule will always take precedence if other versions differ
Tournament Controllers & ACs

OTHER USEFUL PAGES
Eleanor Gordon's multi-lingual Tantrix phrasebook
Tantrix strategy advice & hints
Tournament World Records

Click here to send an email to the overall Controller, Steven Trezise, if you have any questions

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