TABLE Tantrix Tournament Seeding List (based on Elő Ratings)

The end-2004 table tournament seeding list can be found below.

Elő ratings are the best estimate of your strength from the evidence of tournament games (TGs) you have played so far, but are less reliable when based on only a few TGs or tournaments so to give the benefit of the doubt to players whose ratings have been 'tested' over more TGs and should be more reliable, Elő ratings from less than 20 table TGs/less than 2 table tournaments are reduced when calculating your seeding points, SPs. To allow for the large confidence interval around Elő ratings based on very few games/tournaments or only on tournament games ("TGs") played long ago, the rating for seeding purposes is the player's Elő rating reduced by by various factors:

- a reduction of (200/20) for each 'missing' game if G is less than 20
- G is capped at 15 (75% of 20) for this purpose if the player has played in less than two tournaments

To find out the reasons for the above adjustments and for further information about the seeding criteria, please look at the seeding method and FAQ page. The figures on that page relate to online tournament seeding points, but the table tournament seeding adjustments will move towards those numbers over time as the number of table tournaments played increases.

If you did not have an"established" Elő rating before, your SPs will have risen by more than your Elő rating to reflect the greater confidence in the accuracy of your Elő rating now that you have played more tournament games - so newer players' SPs may rise even if their Elő rating has fallen.

To see whether or not your rating has improved it is best to look at how your rating has changed rather than your position. This is because the constant influx of completely new players and newish players (whose seeding deductions disappear as they play more tournaments and their Elő rating becomes established) may drop you down the table even if your rating stays the same.

* TABLE * TANTRIX TOURNAMENT SEEDING LIST as at 31 December 2004
Click here to return to the Elő rating and seeding home page
Actual seedings for a tournament will depend on which players enter - in addition, 2 x lobby ranking - 250 is used for SPs if higher than SPs shown here
To find yourself in the list below : CTRL+F then type your nickname & press Enter - the columns are explained at the end of the page
For detailed movements, tournt by tournt figures & comments on the underlying Elő ratings, please click the "Elő Rating" column heading below
Apparent ties are separated by looking at decimal places even though seeding points are shown here to the nearest whole number
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR THOSE SEEDING TABLE TOURNAMENTS
Because only a few players have played in more than two table tournaments so far, it is not yet practical to seed a table tournament using table seeding points only. So:
1) If an entrant has never played in a table tournament, you should use their online seeding points instead - i.e. the numbers in the purple column on the online seeding list.
2) If an entrant HAS played in a table tournament before, you should use the HIGHER of their table or online seeding points, i.e. the numbers in the BLUE column below.
3) For all of the above players and also for players who have never played in any type of tournament, you should also calculate 2 x all-time lobby ranking - 250.
4) If (2 x lobby ranking - 250) is HIGHER than the highest value calculated in steps 1) or 2) above, use that as the seeding points for that player instead.
5) If you would like advice or to be sent any of the tables sorted by nickname, name or country, please ask Steven, tournaments@tantrix.co.uk.
N.B. Players below are ORDERED by UNADJUSTED table tournament seeding points - this is the best measure of table tournament performance so far.
However, the notes above imply that the seeding order for any given table tournament may not match these positions exactly.
PLAYER DETAILS Trn T Games Played Unadj. Adju- Add so Adj. TABLE Chg Actual Adj. ADJ. Current
Pos Chg Player Name Trn Country Pld In All Dewtd Elő -sted G >= 20 if G SEEDING PTS in Online Online TABLE Lobby
2004 Mstr T Yr Yrs G Rating G G Elő LE 5 G Pts 2004 SPs SPs SPs Nickname
< adjustments (see above) >
1 new Matt Peek TGM NZL
1 21 21 21.0 2125 15.0 5.0 1925 20.0 2075 new 2000 2000 2075 Pekko
2 Up 1 Rob Morton ITM GBR
3 27 41 34.0 2055 34.0 34.0 2055 +121 1945 1945 2055 cheekymbk
3 new Niklas Andersson   SWE
2 28 28 28.0 2005 20.0 20.0 2005 new 1839 1839 2005 NiklasA
4 new Mike McManaway ITM NZL
1 20 20 20.0 2026 15.0 5.0 1826 20.0 1976 new 1919 1919 1976 mikem
5 Up 2 Heli Niemi   FIN
3 29 43 36.0 1972 36.0 36.0 1972 +230 1883 1883 1972 Helly
6 Dn 2 Kevin Scott   GBR
3 14 36 23.0 1968 23.0 23.0 1968 +050 1888 1888 1968 cuthbert
7 Dn 6 Tom McCoy   GBR
3 15 37 24.0 1945 24.0 24.0 1945 -031 1879 1879 1945 LittleTom
8 new Neil Jenner   GBR
1 15 15 15.0 1984 15.0 5.0 1784 20.0 1934 new 1948 1948 1948 Typo
9 Up 5 Simon Wright   GBR
2 15 23 17.0 1951 17.0 3.0 1751 20.0 1921 +317 1894 1894 1921 Shunter
10 new Zoltán Németh ITM HUN
1 15 15 15.0 1949 15.0 5.0 1749 20.0 1899 new 1948 1948 1948 Zormac
11 Dn 9 Ben Polman ITM NED
2 15 29 22.0 1882 20.0 20.0 1882 -063 1919 1919 1919 benopi
12 Dn 7 Marion Scott   GBR
3 15 37 24.0 1852 24.0 24.0 1852 +003 1842 1842 1852 mazzer
13 Dn 5 Eleanor Gordon   GBR
2 15 29 22.0 1850 20.0 20.0 1850 +109 1750 1750 1850 Frogzone1
14 new Shaun Cooper ITM NZL
1 17 17 17.0 1893 15.0 5.0 1693 20.0 1843 new 1980 1980 1980 scoop
15 Dn 4 Mauro Lazzara   GBR
2 16 24 18.0 1857 18.0 2.0 1657 20.0 1837 +170 1694 1694 1837 Soqquadro
16 Dn 10 Rick Yagodich   GBR
3 27 41 34.0 1833 34.0 34.0 1833 -007 1879 1879 1879 Rick
17 new Lennart Aspelin   SWE
1 14 14 14.0 1886 14.0 6.0 1686 20.0 1826 new 1818 1818 1826 Pellepen
18 new Axel Abrahamsson   SWE
1 14 14 14.0 1877 14.0 6.0 1677 20.0 1817 new 1506 1506 1817 Dubax
19 new Jason Oliver   NZL
1 18 18 18.0 1840 15.0 5.0 1640 20.0 1790 new 1833 1833 1833 Zorpolotta
20 Dn 10 Karen King   GBR
2 13 27 20.0 1790 20.0 20.0 1790 +111 1711 1711 1790 salsachick
21 new Markus Andersson   SWE
2 27 27 27.0 1784 20.0 20.0 1784 new 1709 1709 1784 MarkusA
22 new Colin Iles   NZL
Z*
1 15 15 15.0 1807 15.0 5.0 1607 20.0 1757 new 1757
23 new Britta Steude   NZL
1 11 11 11.0 1847 11.0 9.0 1647 20.0 1757 new 1867 1867 1867 Bdot
24 new Lewis Palmer   GBR
1 15 15 15.0 1781 15.0 5.0 1581 20.0 1731 new 1861 1861 1861 Luigi
25 new Monica Andersson   SWE
2 27 27 27.0 1725 20.0 20.0 1725 new 1871 1871 1871 Nica
26 new Derek (tba)   NZL
Z*
1 10 10 10.0 1816 10.0 10.0 1616 20.0 1716 new 1716
27 new Kati Karlsson   FIN
2 27 27 27.0 1709 20.0 20.0 1709 new 1710 1710 1710 katti
28 new Thomas Bächle   GER
1 16 16 16.0 1752 15.0 5.0 1552 20.0 1702 new 1790 1790 1790 Aquarius
29 new Johan Sjöholm   SWE
1 13 13 13.0 1767 13.0 7.0 1567 20.0 1697 new 1691 1691 1697 josj
30 new Scottie Smith   NZL
Z*
1 10 10 10.0 1791 10.0 10.0 1591 20.0 1691 new 1691
31 new Paul Smith   GBR
1 15 15 15.0 1736 15.0 5.0 1536 20.0 1686 new 1701 1701 1701 eratos
32 Dn 20 Alex Thompson   GBR
2 15 29 22.0 1684 20.0 20.0 1684 +027 1870 1870 1870 toddy
33 Dn 24 Brigitte Empt   GER
3 29 43 36.0 1676 36.0 36.0 1676 -022 1779 1779 1779 jolene
34 new Jens Ekengren   SWE
1 16 16 16.0 1714 15.0 5.0 1514 20.0 1664 new 1663 1663 1664 kashieda
35 new Oskar Green   SWE
1 13 13 13.0 1722 13.0 7.0 1522 20.0 1652 new 1745 1745 1745 oskar
36 new Malcolm Preen   GBR
1 14 14 14.0 1709 14.0 6.0 1509 20.0 1649 new 1642 1642 1649 Proon
37 new Victoria Close   GBR
1 16 16 16.0 1680 15.0 5.0 1480 20.0 1630 new 1494 1494 1630 Victoria
38 new Malin Aspelin   SWE
1 13 13 13.0 1696 13.0 7.0 1496 20.0 1626 new 1653 1653 1653 Malle
39 new Tuomo Niemi   FIN
1 14 14 14.0 1683 14.0 6.0 1483 20.0 1623 new 1634 1634 1634 player1
40 new Petra Wark   NED
2 26 26 26.0 1617 20.0 20.0 1617 new 1776 1776 1776 humber
41 new Phil Castle   NZL
Z*
1 11 11 11.0 1706 11.0 9.0 1506 20.0 1616 new 1616
42 new Polly Mackay   GBR
1 14 14 14.0 1666 14.0 6.0 1466 20.0 1606 new 1623 1623 1623 quercus
43 new Johan Wranker   SWE
1 13 13 13.0 1662 13.0 7.0 1462 20.0 1592 new 1512 1512 1592 jwranker
44 new Hilary Boyd   NZL
1 6 6 6.0 1700 6.0 14.0 1500 20.0 1560 new 1075 1075 1560 Pandora
45 Dn 32 Alistair Gorrie   GBR
1 14 7.0 1687 7.0 13.0 1487 20.0 1557 -070 1849 1849 1849 Allegory
46 new Jungle Payne   NZL
Z*
1 10 10 10.0 1652 10.0 10.0 1452 20.0 1552 new 1664 1664 1664 Jungle
47 new Seb Mrowinski   NZL
1 11 11 11.0 1630 11.0 9.0 1430 20.0 1540 new 1826 1826 1826 chimaster
48 Dn 33 Tracey Fletcher   GBR
1 8 2.0 1716 2.0 18.0 1516 20.0 1536 -020 1370 1370 1536 trable
49 Dn 33 Derek McKinnon   AUS
1 8 2.0 1714 2.0 18.0 1514 20.0 1534 -020 1534 mantzikert
50 Dn 33 William Brooks   GBR
1 8 2.0 1712 2.0 18.0 1512 20.0 1532 -020 1719 1719 1719 WillBrooks
51 new Marina McManaway   NZL
1 6 6 6.0 1644 6.0 14.0 1444 20.0 1504 new 1234 1234 1504 Marina
52 new Vincent Auger   FRA
1 14 14 14.0 1561 14.0 6.0 1361 20.0 1501 new 1838 1838 1838 Syagrius
53 Dn 35 Carl Crook   GBR
1 8 2.0 1671 2.0 18.0 1471 20.0 1491 -020 1659 1659 1659 Pickle
54 Dn 35 Steve Lugton   GBR
1 8 2.0 1644 2.0 18.0 1444 20.0 1464 -020 1464 ultrav
55 new David Lawrence   GBR
1 7 7 7.0 1591 7.0 13.0 1391 20.0 1461 new 1595 1595 1595 Argel
56 Dn 36 Sharon Crook   GBR
1 8 2.0 1623 2.0 18.0 1423 20.0 1443 -020 1535 1535 1535 Hotlips
57 Dn 34 Dale T [u]   GBR
2 16 30 23.0 1428 20.0 20.0 1428 +227 1453 1453 1453 thompster
58 new Mike Gwilliam   GBR
1 14 14 14.0 1485 14.0 6.0 1285 20.0 1425 new 1425
59 new Sarah Jackson   GBR
1 13 13 13.0 1438 13.0 7.0 1238 20.0 1368 new 1368
60 new Beth Cardett   NZL
Z*
1 6 6 6.0 1507 6.0 14.0 1307 20.0 1367 new 1367
61 new Daniela Pohl   GER
1 12 12 12.0 1399 12.0 8.0 1199 20.0 1319 new 1319 Puma
62 Dn 41 Jonathan Jones   GBR
1 14 7.0 1399 7.0 13.0 1199 20.0 1269 -070 1269 Jonjo
63 new Kate Pallas   GBR
1 16 16 16.0 1280 15.0 5.0 1080 20.0 1230 new 1230
64 Dn 42 Sharon Lewis   GBR
1 14 7.0 1338 7.0 13.0 1138 20.0 1208 -070 1208 frankie
65 Dn 41 Matthew Reid   GBR
1 8 2.0 1308 2.0 18.0 1108 20.0 1128 -020 1128
66 Dn 41 Sharon Hood   GBR
1 8 2.0 1298 2.0 18.0 1098 20.0 1118 -020 1456 1456 1456 sundance
67 Dn 41 Bethany Rogers   GBR
1 8 2.0 1177 2.0 18.0 977 20.0 997 -020 997 bug
Key:
Pos = position in the unadjusted table seeding list - seedings for actual tournaments may also depend on online ratings, lobby rankings and exactly who enters
Chg = change in position over the period/since the date/during the year shown - big drops near the end are mainly due to new players slotting in above
Player Name = the player's real name
                       - (u) = took the option to withhold surname because they are aged under 18
                       - (w) = played in tournaments before full names were generally obligatory for adults and withheld surname
Trn Mstr = tournament master title if any - TGM = grand master, ITM = international master, TTM = table master (may also be an ITM)
Country = country under which the player's most recent tournament entry was registered
Trn Pld (T) = no. of tournaments in which the player played, 1999-present - ADVANCE WARNING these will be deweighted like games at some point
T Games Played = no. of table tournament games played as follows:
                               - In Yr = actual number of table tournament games played this year
                               - All Time = actual number of table tournament games played since the start of 2002
                               - Dewtd G = no. of games after adjusting for deweighting of games from previous years - this G is before any seeding adjustments
Elő = overall Elő rating, the first one is before any seeding point adjustments
Adjusted G = max G to be counted in full for seeding after limiting to 15 if just one if just one table tournament played
Add so G>=20 = games (G) to be added at rating less 200 (Elo) to make adjusted G up to 20, i.e. 20 less adjusted G
Adj. if G LE 5 = -100 * (6 - actual G) if actual G is 5 or less - takes into account that ratings from very few games can be VERY extreme
Seeding Points G = 20 or the actual G if higher
Seeding Points Pts = the player's seeding points - Adjusted G x actual Elo + Add so G>=20 x (Elo - 200) + other negative adjs if any
- NB. In deciding seedings for tournaments, if 2 x lobby ranking less 250 is higher, that will be used instead
Chg = change in SPs over the period/since the date/during the year shown - big drops near the end are mainly due to new players slotting in above
        - expect particularly big rises as the no. of games a player has played goes up towards 36 (and/or the no. of tournaments goes up towards 3)
        - expect particularly big falls if the player has not played for a while
Actual online SPs = the player's online seeding points
Adj. online SPs = the player's online seeding points multiplied by a factor (currently 1, but this may reduce as we see how table ratings evolve relative to online ratings)
Adj. table SPs = the higher of the player table SPs and their adjusted online SPs - this is the main figure used to seed actual tournaments for the time being
Click here for the current ONLINE Tournament Seeding list
Click here to see all Tournament Master (TGM & ITM) norms and titles awarded so far
Click here to return to the Elő rating and seeding home page
Click here to return to the Tantrix Tournaments Home Page
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