Tantrix Tournament Elo Ratings

The 31 December 2007 online and table tournament Elo ratings for nearly 800 players can be found below the following notes. The ratings are based on a total of 33765 online tournament games, 7713 of which (a new record) were played in 2007, and 4045 table tournament games, 1435 of them (also a new record) played in 2007.

Please remember that whether a player's rating rises or falls depends partly on how he/she did compared to the same tournament a year ago in terms of actual results (margins) and the strength of opponents played. This does not necessarily mean how far they got in the tournament each year, though there is obviously a strong correlation with that. Because results from the same tournament a year before are deweighted by 50% in the calculation of the weighted average Elo (and results from the same tournament two years earlier are deweighted by another 50%, i.e. reduced to 25% of their original weighting, and so on), the ratings of some players who did not play in the latest tournaments but did play in them a year or two ago have also changed.

Under a classical Elo rating system like this, you do not start with an arbitrary rating like 500 and slowly move away from it. Instead, the system calculates a best estimate of your rating based on all the available evidence, i.e. all the tournament games you have played, even if you have not played very many. This makes the system fairer on your future opponents and gives a better idea of your true strength quickly. However, 'best estimate' does not mean necessarily mean 'likely to be maintained'. Ratings based on a low number of games have a large confidence interval around them and this is taken into account when converting Elo ratings into seeding points.

For example, if you played your first tournament game against the world no. 1 and beat him by a big margin, your rating for that game might be 2500. That is the level appropriate to someone who beats the world no. 1 by a big margin in every game, and you have beaten the world no. 1 by a big margin in every (one!) game so far, but that is clearly not sustainable over 35 more games ... or if it is, you are probably going to be the next World Champion! :-)

So, some players below have "established" ratings and some are "provisional". The best way to compare established and provisional players is to look at the seeding lists. These start off with the Elo ratings then points are deducted to allow for the greater confidence interval around provisional ratings.

Please note that Elo ratings depend on who you play and how heavily you win or lose against them rather than directly on your final position in each tournament, so sometimes the order of ratings for a tournament differs slightly from the final positions, eg. someone who wins their qualification group by a long way and beats a few top players but does not win the tournament might get a higher rating than someone who wins the tournament after just scraping through qualification or having an easy draw. For more info on the ratings, please see the links at the end of this page or email me.

TANTRIX TOURNAMENT ELO RATINGS as at 31 December 2007 (online & table)
(now includes 2007 STC as well; the rating list can be found below these links)
Click here for the current Online Tournament Seeding list (less detailed, so easier to understand than this page)																										SINGLE TOURNAMENT FIGURES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
Click here for the current Table Tournament Seeding list (less detailed, so easier to understand than this page)
Click here to see all Tournament Master (TGM & ITM) norms and titles awarded so far																										Single tournament ratings (and numbers of games) are shown below
Click here to return to the Elo rating and seeding home page																										Online tournaments are highlighted like this
Click here to return to the Tantrix Tournaments Home Page																										Table tournaments are highlighted like this
																										TGM norms (rating+g>=2050, G>=20, >= 5 opponents) are shown in red
Most players will find the seeding lists (see links above) easier to follow - they are in seeding point order too, so also show positions.																										ITM norms (rating+g>=2000, G>=7, >= 4 opponents) are shown in blue
The list below is in alphabetical order by Tantrix nickname (table players with no nickname at the end) to make it easy to find yourself.																										ITM norms uncounted (already had max. norms of this type) are shown in brown
																										TTM norms (rating+g>=2000, G>=7, >= 4 opponents) are shown in green
There is a key to what each column heading means at the bottom of the page																										The Rating Month for a tournament is the month in which the tournament finishes, except that
																										if a online tournament is completed in the first 7 days of a new month and 90% of it had been
Ratings marked E are ESTABLISHED ratings based on at least 3 tournaments, at least 36 tournament games and at least one tournament																										completed by the end of the previous month, then the rating month will be the previous month.
game since the start of the last completed calendar year. Other ratings (marked P) are provisional and will be reduced before being used
for seeding purposes to take into account greater uncertainty. Names of players with established online ratings are shown in bold type.
PLAYER DETAILS				ONLINE TOURNAMENT GAMES										TABLE TOURNAMENT GAMES												INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS IN 2007 (bold lines denote where new starting values used)
								NO OF GAMES				Change						NO OF GAMES				Change		Rating Mth -->		Dec-07		Dec-07		Nov-07		Nov-07		Nov-07		Sep-07		Sep-07		Aug-07		Jul-07		Jun-07		May-07		May-07		Apr-07		Mar-07		Mar-07		Mar-07		Jan-07		Influence of earlier years' results
Player Name	Trn	Country		E/	T	T'	C	Yr	All	Dwt	* Elo *	Since	In	E/	T	T'	C	Yr	All	Dwt	* Elo *	Since	In	Lobby		07SwHM		07AO/IO		07AA/Fr		07WTC		07SO		07DO		07HO		07PO		07Hu		AmAuNZ		07Euro		07FO		07NO		07BO		07WTTC		07WJ		07GO		Online					Table
	Mstr			P						=G	Rating	31-Jul	2007	P						=G	Rating	31-Jul	2007	Nickname		G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	G	Elo	T	T'	Gms	G	Elo	T	T'	Gms	G	Elo
				Totals>			7713		33765					Totals>			1435		4045		Time Decay Factors --->					1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Marek Reniers		POL		E	8	2.6	Y	54	182	66.4	1887	-018	+009	E	5	3.0	Y	29	78	45.8	1896	-025	-011	1kornik21								18	1854			13	1829									36	1907											16	1939	6	0.6	128	12.4	1879	3	1.0	49	16.75	1907
László Klein		HUN		P	3	1.0	y		79	25.5	1717	-006	=											6lapos																																				3	1.0	79	25.5	1717
Ervin Bőhl		HUN		E	8	3.4	Y	21	152	61.4	1611	-001	-016											Aapa																						21	1580													7	2.4	131	40.4	1627
Attila Bőhl		HUN		E	15	7.3	Y	112	357	179.3	1898	+006	-002	P	2	1.5	Y	17	31	24.0	1882	+124	+124	Aata								25	1935					17	1933			27	1806			36	1944							24	1887					11	3.3	245	67.3	1900	1	0.5	14	7	1758
Luis Morfin		MEX		P	3	0.1	N		56	2.7	1673	+005	=											Abyss																																				3	0.1	56	2.7	1673
Mathieu Le Gall		FRA		P	2	0.1	N		23	1.4	1760	+037	=											acidnitrix																																				2	0.1	23	1.4	1760
Adi Chudy		ISR												P	1	1.0	Y	7	7	7.0	1346	new	new	Adi				7	1346
Pawel Pajda		POL		E	3	3.0	Y	54	54	54.0	1684	-022	new											adjap								12	1608													21	1809							21	1602
Andrew Swan		AUS		P	3	0.0	N		36	0.6	1906	+026	=											Admiral																																				3	0.0	36	0.6	1906
Rita Tóth		HUN												P	1	0.3	N		14	3.5	1365	=	=	Aiyaruk																																									1	0.3	14	3.5	1365
Hans A [w]		NED		P	1	0.0	N		6	0.0	1695	=	=											Ajax																																				1	0.0	6	0.0	1695
Aladar Sampon		SVK		P	1	0.1	N		17	2.1	1672	=	=											aladar																																				1	0.1	17	2.1	1672
Markku Saarikoski		FIN		P	8	2.2	Y	9	118	22.9	1707	-015	-034											albicolon								9	1654																											7	1.2	109	13.9	1741
Alida Tátrai		HUN		P	2	1.0	y		24	12.0	1556	+002	=	P	1	0.5	y		14	7.0	1900	=	=	Alcsi																																				2	1.0	24	12.0	1556	1	0.5	14	7	1900
Alex Kowalczyk		AUS		P	8	0.1	N		61	0.6	1742	+001	=											AlexK2000																																				8	0.1	61	0.6	1742
Tibor Kapu		HUN		E	12	8.8	Y	142	260	196.8	1778	-001	-021	P	2	1.5	Y	17	31	24.0	1959	-109	-109	Alfie		10	1905					23	1697					17	1914			21	1763			24	1804							24	1741	40	1778			6	2.8	118	54.8	1799	1	0.5	14	7	2068
Alison Boult		GBR		P	1	0.5	y		23	11.5	1647	=	=											AliB																																				1	0.5	23	11.5	1647
Alison Hatton		RSA		P	1	0.3	N		18	4.5	1587	=	=											alicat																																				1	0.3	18	4.5	1587
Alice B [u]		ISR		P	3	0.6	N		56	11.9	1587	-013	=											aliska																																				3	0.6	56	11.9	1587
Alistair Gorrie		GBR		P	4	0.4	N		83	8.2	1849	=	=	P	1	0.1	N		14	0.9	1687	=	=	Allegory																																				4	0.4	83	8.2	1849	1	0.1	14	0.875	1687
Karolina Zajdel		POL		E	3	3.0	Y	62	62	62.0	1622	-009	new											Allure								17	1597													24	1514							21	1765
Alun Harford		GBR		P	2	0.2	N		23	2.0	1713	-004	=											Alun																																				2	0.2	23	2.0	1713
Martin Pályi Kiss		HUN		E	10	5.5	Y	81	228	130.3	1702	-010	-049	P	2	1.3	Y	17	31	20.5	1558	-158	-158	Anakonda														17	1525			21	1655			24	1657									36	1692			7	2.5	147	49.3	1751	1	0.3	14	3.5	1716
Andor Kordás		HUN		P	1	1.0	Y	18	18	18.0	1673	=	new											andko																		18	1673
Angelique Pizzignacco		SWE		P	4	1.1	y		118	34.4	1876	=	=											Angelique																																				4	1.1	118	34.4	1876
Angharad Taylor		GBR		P	2	1.0	y		63	31.5	1792	-004	=	E	5	3.5	Y	33	79	56.0	1940	+011	+015	angy																								16	1929			17	1970							2	1.0	63	31.5	1792	3	1.5	46	23	1925
Helene L [u]		FRA		E	3	2.5	Y	63	80	71.5	1783	+056	+092											annelaure						45	1809																							18	1760					1	0.5	17	8.5	1691
Ant Davenport		GBR		P	3	1.0	y		60	19.5	1659	-016	=											antdav																																				3	1.0	60	19.5	1659
Matthias Merz		GER												P	2	0.5	N		28	7.0	1601	=	=	ante																																									2	0.5	28	7	1601
Mark Greville		GBR		E	5	4.0	Y	75	109	92.0	1716	+020	+094											ANUBIS								33	1742													24	1783							18	1667					2	1.0	34	17.0	1622
April White		NZL		P	2	0.1	N		24	1.1	1481	+024	=											aprilmoon																																				2	0.1	24	1.1	1481
Thomas Bächle		GER		E	8	3.2	Y	60	205	88.8	1829	-003	-002	P	1	0.1	N		16	2.0	1752	=	=	Aquarius																						30	1796							30	1859					6	1.2	145	28.8	1831	1	0.1	16	2	1752
David Lawrence		GBR		P	3	0.5	N		36	5.6	1644	=	=	P	2	0.4	N		19	3.9	1456	=	=	Argel																																				3	0.5	36	5.6	1644	2	0.4	19	3.875	1456
Walter Haselmann		ARG		P	7	1.1	y		104	22.4	1620	+020	=											Argentino																																				7	1.1	104	22.4	1620
Kathy Upton		AUS		P	10	0.5	N		189	8.2	1815	-008	=											Ariel																																				10	0.5	189	8.2	1815
Artur Pieniazek		POL		P	1	1.0	Y	15	15	15.0	1434	=	new											ArturP																																15	1434
Mel Kervin		AUS		P	1	0.1	N		15	0.9	1546	=	=											Astrid																																				1	0.1	15	0.9	1546
Wendy Sykes		AUS		P	2	0.0	N		15	0.1	1521	=	=											Aussie																																				2	0.0	15	0.1	1521
Anton Smirnov		RUS		P	2	0.6	y		24	7.5	1699	=	=											Axl																																				2	0.6	24	7.5	1699
Axel Abrahamsson		SWE		E	6	4.1	Y	84	175	121.6	1861	-009	-012	P	3	0.9	y		42	12.3	1822	=	=	AxxL								6	1708													36	1799							42	1925					3	1.1	91	37.6	1873	3	0.9	42	12.25	1822
Graham Purnell		GBR		E	3	2.5	Y	42	72	57.0	1717	=	+056	E	4	2.5	Y	14	61	37.5	1700	+027	+027	baboon																						24	1717	14	1745					18	1763					1	0.5	30	15.0	1661	3	1.5	47	23.5	1674
Attila Bacskai		HUN		P	2	0.4	N		39	6.4	1693	-002	=											bacskai																																				2	0.4	39	6.4	1693
Matúš Abaffy		SVK		P	2	2.0	Y	79	79	79.0	1806	+047	new	E	3	3.0	Y	49	49	49.0	1842	+050	new	Bafonone								49	1835					17	1932	15	1796					30	1759											17	1792
Robyn Davis		AUS		P	1	1.0	Y	21	21	21.0	1613	=	new											Baileys																				21	1613
Fabrice Banctel		FRA		P	2	0.8	y		42	13.5	1619	=	=											banctel																																				2	0.8	42	13.5	1619
Barbara Kocsis		HUN		E	5	4.5	Y	84	105	94.5	1762	+037	+116											Barbiko								21	1853									21	1738			24	1720							18	1810					1	0.5	21	10.5	1646
Barbara Böcsödi		HUN		P	2	0.1	N		22	0.7	1569	=	=											Barby																																				2	0.1	22	0.7	1569
Bartosz Witkowski		POL		P	1	0.3	N		39	9.8	1836	=	=											Bartek																																				1	0.3	39	9.8	1836
Catherine Moxham	ITM	NZL		E	15	5.1	Y	94	396	156.3	1924	-005	-034											Bastet								12	1890											40	1897									42	1908					12	2.1	302	62.3	1958
Csaba Bőhl		HUN		P	1	0.1	N		17	2.1	1664	=	=											bcsiga																																				1	0.1	17	2.1	1664
Britta Steude	ITM	NZL		E	15	2.5	Y	26	239	53.9	1873	-044	-033	E	6	3.9	Y	54	98	67.1	1826	-003	-067	Bdot				20	1803			26	1837																	18	1846							16	1776	14	1.5	213	27.9	1906	3	0.9	44	13.13	1892
Bertrand Toscer		FRA		P	1	1.0	Y	24	24	24.0	1595	new	new											beb						24	1595
Ingrid Vergauwen		BEL		P	1	0.1	N		30	3.8	1799	=	=											BEE2																																				1	0.1	30	3.8	1799
Denis Begun		CAN		P	1	0.3	N		21	5.3	1727	=	=											begundan																																				1	0.3	21	5.3	1727
Leah Sanders		AUS		P	7	0.4	N		126	5.6	1847	-017	=											Bell																																				7	0.4	126	5.6	1847
Péter Regős		HUN		P	4	0.6	N		79	11.8	1688	+008	=											bendi																																				4	0.6	79	11.8	1688
Cornelis Bruinhorst		NED		E	6	4.3	Y	93	166	125.3	1769	+005	+064											Bengel								23	1766													43	1807							27	1788					3	1.3	73	32.3	1705
Matthew Bennett		AUS		P	1	0.1	N		18	2.3	1524	=	=											Bennay																																				1	0.1	18	2.3	1524
Benjamin Plotsky		USA		P	2	2.0	Y	48	48	48.0	1534	=	new											bennig																				30	1564									18	1484
Ben Polman	ITM	NED		E	19	5.2	Y	96	469	149.0	1904	+012	+033	E	12	6.4	Y	63	185	100.8	1886	+037	+046	benopi								18	1896			13	2098									48	1946	16	1855			17	1884	30	1899			17	1859	16	2.2	373	53.0	1871	8	2.4	122	37.75	1840
Bert Leus-Bamps		BEL		P	1	0.0	N		14	0.4	1729	=	=											berkje																																				1	0.0	14	0.4	1729
Michał Kryszak		POL		P	1	0.1	N		33	4.1	1834	=	=											berwi																																				1	0.1	33	4.1	1834
Beth Burdet		NZL		P	1	0.3	N		24	6.0	1543	=	=	P	3	1.4	Y	18	31	20.5	1689	+098	+098	Beth																										18	1703									1	0.3	24	6.0	1543	2	0.4	13	2.5	1592
Kevin Baird		GBR		P	11	1.2	N		182	18.6	1771	+015	=											Bhoys																																				11	1.2	182	18.6	1771
Gábor Balázs		HUN		P	5	0.7	N		93	16.7	1661	=	=											bidzsi																																				5	0.7	93	16.7	1661
Alan Ford		GBR		P	3	0.9	y		43	11.4	1499	-013	=											Big4D																																				3	0.9	43	11.4	1499
Susi Rieger		GER		E	9	4.8	Y	71	215	109.0	1822	+007	+025	E	5	2.5	Y	16	77	39.3	1917	-009	-066	bikey								20	1848													30	1802							21	1873			16	1821	6	1.8	144	38.0	1797	4	1.5	61	23.25	1983
Brian Colp		USA		P	2	0.0	N		32	0.4	1750	=	=											Birdman																																				2	0.0	32	0.4	1750
Fred Biro		FRA		P	3	1.3	y		75	28.5	1706	-015	=											Biro																																				3	1.3	75	28.5	1706
Björn Oldenburger		NED		P	2	2.0	Y	42	42	42.0	1653	=	new											bjol																														21	1596	21	1710
Attila Mikulán		HUN		E	25	9.1	Y	141	563	228.5	1893	+014	+013	E	10	6.3	Y	65	158	100.0	2019	+047	+112	blick		11	2091					31	1927					17	2186	15	1947	26	1871			49	1904					17	2111	24	1807			16	2057	20	4.1	422	87.5	1880	6	2.3	93	35	1907
Frank Heyer		FRA		P	9	0.3	N		164	5.7	1911	=	=											blob