European Tantrix Championship 2002 - Group B

Two tournament newcomers qualified from this exceptionally close group. One, Mauro Lazzara (GBR) had a high lobby ranking before the tournament started. The other, Tuomo Niemi (FIN) had hardly played any online games before the tournament started, but just happens to be the husband of the runner-up in last year's World Championship, with whom he is now just one match away from a potential QF meeting. The last match was between these two players and if either had lost both games, they would probably have dropped out of the qualifying positions.

The two seeds, then, were very unfortunate. Ilona Halbach (GER) and last year's quarter-finalist Pierre Sanchez (FRA) both won 7 games just like Tuomo, but Tuomo also had two draws, Ilona had one and Pierre had none. Ilona had looked a near-certainty to qualify at one stage, doing very well against the stronger players in the group and winning more two-game matches (5) than any other player, but her match wins were mainly close wins where she did not win both games whereas the other players had bigger double-wins, especially against the weaker players in the group.
EUROPEAN TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP B TABLE AFTER 42 OF 42 GAMES = 100%
Submit a new result Deadline for group games : 9 April
List of Entrants, Email Addresses, Unavailable Dates, Time Zones
Pos. QUAL Nick Name (Seed) Nat. PreElo Pld W. D. L. TPs %
1st -> EF2 Soqquadro Mauro Lazzara GBR
12 8 4 142.5 59%
2nd -> EF5 player1 Tuomo Niemi FIN
12 7 2 3 139.0 58%
3rd fraufuchs Ilona Halbach (13) GER
(1854) 12 7 1 4 136.6 57%
4th pierre Pierre Sanchez (6) FRA
(1897) 12 7 5 133.4 56%
5th ThB99 Thierry Berguin FRA
(1696) 12 5 1 6 115.6 48%
6th marcab Marc Abramson FRA
(1642) 12 5 7 112.6 47%
7th trable Tracey Fletcher GBR
(1276) 12 1 11 60.3 25%
deadmetal Liam Ross GBR
defaulted on 22 March
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2 games against each player. Draw with time penalty = a loss.
PreElo = Pre-tournament Elo rating - in bold type if official
TOURNMT GROUP CROSS-TABLE AFTER ALL 42 GAMES, IN TPs
(bold if winner in 2-game match)
Name Nat. soq pla fra pie thb mar tra Totals
Soqquadro GBR - 21.0 29.9 27.6 11.8 20.0 32.2 142.5
player1 FIN 19.0 - 14.7 19.2 24.3 29.0 32.8 139.0
fraufuchs GER 10.1 25.3 - 30.8 28.9 21.0 20.5 136.6
pierre FRA 12.4 20.8 9.2 - 30.5 30.8 29.7 133.4
ThB99 FRA 28.2 15.7 11.1 9.5 - 18.1 33.0 115.6
marcab FRA 20.0 11.0 19.0 9.2 21.9 - 31.5 112.6
trable GBR 7.8 7.2 19.5 10.3 7.0 8.5 - 60.3
FIXTURES & RESULTS : 11 MARCH - 6 APRIL 2002
Key: C = Colour used; TP = Tournament points this game; T1/T2 = times in whole mins
Date: Player 1: C: TP: Game score: TP: C: Player 2: T1: T2: Review game
11-Mar fraufuchs Y (15.5) 26 - 19 (04.5) G trable 8 12 fraufuchs-trable2002-03-12-1141
11-Mar trable G (15.0) 23 - 18 (05.0) Y fraufuchs 6 5 trable-fraufuchs-2002-03-12-1206
11-Mar marcab B (15.5) 22 - 15 (04.5) G trable 5 7 trable-marcab-2002-03-12-2134
11-Mar trable Y (04.0) 13 - 22 (16.0) G marcab 6 3 trable-marcab-2002-03-12-2150
11-Mar ThB99 B (16.6) 33 - 21 (03.4) G trable 9 7 ThB99-trable-2002-03-12-2208
11-Mar trable G (03.6) 17 - 28 (16.4) B ThB99 8 6 trable-ThB99-2002-03-12-2241
12-Mar pierre B (15.8) 25 - 17 (04.2) G marcab 12 5 marcab-pierre-2002-03-13-1952
12-Mar marcab G (05.0) 23 - 28 (15.0) B pierre 4 7 pierre-marcab-2002-03-13-2028
13-Mar pierre B (14.7) 19 - 15 (05.3) R player1 7 13 pierre-player1-2002-03-14-1937
13-Mar player1 R (13.9) 30 - 28 (06.1) B pierre 13 14 player1-pierre-2002-03-14-2005
13-Mar marcab G (05.3) 19 - 23 (14.7) R player1 6 14 player1-marcab-2002-03-14-2028
13-Mar player1 R (14.3) 18 - 15 (05.7) G marcab 6 9 marcab-player1-2002-03-14-2051
15-Mar trable G (03.0) 16 - 30 (17.0) R player1 7 11 player1-trable-2002-03-16-1805
15-Mar player1 R (15.8) 25 - 17 (04.2) G trable 10 8 player1-trable-2002-03-16-1834
18-Mar ThB99 B (13.9) 23 - 21 (06.1) G marcab 12 6 ThB99-marcab-2002-03-19-2251
18-Mar marcab G (15.8) 25 - 17 (04.2) B ThB99 5 11 marcab-ThB99-2002-03-19-2316
19-Mar Soqquadro B (15.8) 22 - 14 (04.2) G trable 9 7 trable-Soqquadro-2002-03-20-2050
19-Mar trable G (03.6) 20 - 31 (16.4) B Soqquadro 9 7 trable-soqquaddro-2002-03-20-2114
19-Mar fraufuchs B (06.7) 20 - 21 (13.3) G marcab 11 5 marcab-fraufuchs-2002-03-20-2122
19-Mar marcab G (05.7) 16 - 19 (14.3) Y fraufuchs 6 11 marcab-fraufuchs-2002-03-20-2139
19-Mar Soqquadro B (14.7) 27 - 23 (05.3) G marcab 7 4 Soqquadro-marcab-2002-03-20-2206
19-Mar marcab G (14.7) 24 - 20 (05.3) B Soqquadro 5 7 marcab-Soqquadro-2002-03-20-2218
23-Mar pierre B (04.7) 18 - 24 (15.3) Y fraufuchs 12 3 pierre-fraufuchs-2002-03-23-2129
23-Mar fraufuchs Y (15.5) 23 - 16 (04.5) B pierre 8 14 fraufuchs-pierre-2002-03-23-2155
24-Mar pierre B (15.8) 23 - 15 (04.2) G trable 11 7 pierre-trable-2002-03-25-1932
24-Mar trable G (06.1) 16 - 18 (13.9) B pierre 7 11 trable-pierre-2002-03-25-1949
24-Mar pierre R (13.3) 16 - 15 (06.7) Y ThB99 13 13 pierre-ThB99-2002-03-25-2023
24-Mar ThB99 Y (02.8) 15 - 30 (17.2) R pierre 12 9 pierre-ThB99-2002-03-25-2103
24-Mar fraufuchs Y (10.0) 23 - 23 (10.0) R player1 12 12 fraufuchs-player1-2002-03-25-2022
24-Mar player1 R (04.7) 21 - 27 (15.3) Y fraufuchs 12 12 fraufuchs-player1-2002-03-25-2050
25-Mar fraufuchs Y (15.0) 18 - 13 (05.0) B ThB99 8 11 fraufuchs-ThB99-2002-03-26-1112
25-Mar ThB99 B (06.1) 20 - 22 (13.9) Y fraufuchs 6 7 fraufuchs-ThB99-2002-03-26-1128
25-Mar ThB99 B (10.0) 27 - 27 (10.0) R player1 10 14 player1-ThB99-2002-03-26-2009
25-Mar player1 R (14.3) 24 - 21 (05.7) B ThB99 10 10 player1-ThB99-2002-03-26-2039
3-Apr pierre R (06.7) 18 - 19 (13.3) G Soqquadro 11 9 pierre-Soqquadro-2002-04-04-2025
3-Apr Soqquadro G (14.3) 21 - 18 (05.7) R pierre 9 11 pierre-Soqquadro-2002-04-04-2050
3-Apr fraufuchs Y (04.0) 18 - 27 (16.0) B Soqquadro 8 7 fraufuchs-Soqquadro-2002-04-04-2117
3-Apr Soqquadro B (13.9) 21 - 19 (06.1) Y fraufuchs 5 6 fraufuchs-Soqquadro-2002-04-04-2143
4-Apr ThB99 B (13.9) 20 - 18 (06.1) G Soqquadro 13 9 ThB99-Soqquadro-2002-04-05-2125
4-Apr Soqquadro B (05.7) 21 - 24 (14.3) Y ThB99 7 10 Soqquadro-ThB99-2002-04-05-2209
6-Apr Soqquadro B (05.7) 9 - 12 (14.3) R player1 6 8 player1-Soqquadro-2002-07-04-0925
6-Apr player1 R (04.7) 18 - 24 (15.3) B Soqquadro 10 9 Soqquadro-player1-2002-04-07-09