European Tantrix Championship 2002 - Group F

No. 8 seed Heli Niemi (FIN) took Group F by storm, showing that her 2nd place in last year's World Championship was not a one-off by winning 12 of the 14 games she played. It was not the strongest of the eight groups by any means, but this was a great achievement by any standards. Four of the games were excluded from the final table under rule 7.c. (because her opponents in those games later withdrew with more than two of their games left unplayed) but will be included in the Elo calculations.

No. 14 seed Lutz Göhmann (GER), who reached the QFs last year by winning a group in which Heli finished 4th, nearly joined her in the last 16, but in the end Miklos Hansel (HUN) pipped him to the post. Curiously, Miklos lost matches to both Lutz and John Waggott (GBR) who finished 3rd and 4th (though he did draw his match against Heli, which was more than anyone else managed) but his very comprehensive victories against the weaker players, including a 64-20 win in one game against the weakest player in the group, were the main reason why he qualified. Lutz and John both slipped up in one game against Sharon Hood (GBR) who did well to come 5th after being in the final seeding group.
EUROPEAN TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP F TABLE AFTER 30 OF 30 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 -> EF6 Helly Heli Niemi (8) FIN
(1887) 10 8 2 133.3 67%
2nd -> EF1 mikellos Miklos Hansel HUN
10 7 3 121.7 61%
3rd Othello Lutz Göhmann (14) GER
(1795) 10 6 4 113.2 57%
4th Ioiad John Waggott GBR
(1747) 10 4 6 96.2 48%
5th sundance Sharon Hood GBR
(1348) 10 3 7 73.3 37%
6th Jockey András Pinczel HUN
10 2 8 62.3 31%
lebandit Mathieu Capcarrere SUI
withdrew after eight games
Kryyni Matti Tastula FIN
withdrew after six games
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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
TOURNMNT GROUP CROSS-TABLE AFTER ALL 30 GAMES IN TPs
(bold if winner in 2-game match)
Name Nat. hel mik oth ioi sun joc Totals
Helly FIN - 20.0 21.4 28.8 30.0 33.1 133.3
mikellos HUN 20.0 - 18.3 17.1 32.4 33.9 121.7
Othello GER 18.6 21.7 - 20.3 22.5 30.1 113.2
Ioiad GBR 11.2 22.9 19.7 - 22.1 20.3 96.2
sundance GBR 10.0 7.6 17.5 17.9 - 20.3 73.3
Jockey HUN 6.9 6.1 9.9 19.7 19.7 - 62.3
FIXTURES & RESULTS : 10 - 28 MARCH 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
10-Mar mikellos R (16.6) 25 - 13 (03.4) B sundance 3 8 "game saved as line" not supplied
10-Mar sundance B (04.2) 14 - 22 (15.8) R mikellos 10 6 mikellos-sundance-2002-03-11-0013
11-Mar Helly G (15.3) 22 - 16 (04.7) B sundance 4 10 helly-sundance-2002-03-12-1942
11-Mar sundance B (05.3) 20 - 24 (14.7) G Helly 12 4 Helly-sundance-2002-03-12-2038
12-Mar Othello Y (15.0) 19 - 14 (05.0) R mikellos 8 9 M!Othello-mikellos-2002-03-13-0849
12-Mar mikellos B (13.3) 20 - 19 (06.7) R Othello 10 7 M!Mikellos-Othello-2002-03-13-0916
12-Mar Helly G (05.7) 17 - 20 (14.3) R mikellos 8 7 M!mikellos-Helly-2002-03-13-1011
12-Mar mikellos R (05.7) 15 - 18 (14.3) G Helly 9 9 M!mikellos-Helly-2002-03-13-1035
12-Mar Othello R (15.8) 22 - 14 (04.2) B sundance 7 11 sundance-othello-2002-03-13-2001
12-Mar sundance B (13.3) 20 - 19 (06.7) R Othello 9 7 sundance-othello-2002-03-13-2028
13-Mar Helly G (15.3) 31 - 25 (04.7) R Othello 6 5 M!Othello-Helly-2002-03-14-0832
13-Mar Othello R (13.9) 17 - 15 (06.1) G Helly 10 9 M!Othello-Helly-2002-03-14-0850
19-Mar Ioiad R (16.0) 30 - 21 (04.0) B sundance 7 14 ioiad-sundance-2002-03-20-1948
19-Mar sundance B (13.9) 17 - 15 (06.1) R Ioiad 8 5 ioiad-sundance-2002-03-20-2016
20-Mar Ioiad R (16.2) 32 - 22 (03.8) B mikellos 8 7 ioiad-mikellos-2002-03-21-1909
20-Mar mikellos B (13.3) 20 - 19 (06.7) R Ioiad 9 5 mikellos-ioiad-2002-03-21-1934
20-Mar Othello R (13.9) 24 - 22 (06.1) G Jockey 7 6 Jockey-Othello-2002-03-21-1929
20-Mar Othello Y (05.0) 13 - 18 (15.0) R Ioiad 9 6 ioiad-Othello-2002-03-21-2006
20-Mar mikellos B (13.9) 22 - 20 (06.1) G Jockey 12 8 Jockey-mikellos-2002-03-21-1957
20-Mar Jockey G (00.0) 22 - 64 (20.0) R mikellos 7 5 mikellos-Jockey-2002-03-21-2014
20-Mar Ioiad R (15.0) 21 - 16 (05.0) G Jockey 9 8 ioiad-Jockey-2002-03-21-2027
20-Mar Jockey G (14.7) 18 - 14 (05.3) R Ioiad 4 7 Jockey-ioiad-2002-03-21-2050
20-Mar Jockey G (03.8) 14 - 24 (16.2) R Othello 5 6 Jockey-Othello-2002-03-21-2106
20-Mar Jockey G (05.0) 23 - 28 (15.0) B sundance 4 8 jockey-sundance-2002-03-21-2125
20-Mar Ioiad Y (04.7) 15 - 21 (15.3) R Othello 5 6 ioiad-Othello-2002-03-21-2134
20-Mar sundance B (05.3) 19 - 23 (14.7) G Jockey 8 5 jockey-sundance-2002-03-21-2147
25-Mar Helly R (15.3) 23 - 17 (04.7) B Jockey 4 5 Jockey-Helly-2002-03-26-1618
26-Mar Helly G (15.5) 24 - 17 (04.5) R Ioiad 5 10 ioiad-Helly-2002-03-28-2207
26-Mar Ioiad R (06.7) 16 - 17 (13.3) G Helly 8 11 ioiad-Helly-2002-03-27-1652
27-Mar Jockey B (02.2) 21 - 40 (17.8) R Helly 7 4 Jockey-Helly-2002-03-28-1022
Under tournament rule 7c, the results of the eight games played by lebandit and the six games played by Kryyni before they
 withdrew have been excluded from the group table (so that the scores for the remaining players include only like-for-like
 matches) but the results of these 14 games, shown below, will be included in the Elo rating calculations for this tournament:
11-Mar Helly G (19.3) 42 - 12 (00.7) R Kryyni 5 6 Helly-Kryyni-2002-03-12-2019
11-Mar Kryyni R (04.5) 22 - 29 (15.5) G Helly 5 8 Kryyni-Helly-2002-03-12-2159
13-Mar Helly G (13.9) 17 - 15 (06.1) R lebandit 4 13 Helly-lebandit-2002-03-14-1514
13-Mar lebandit R (04.5) 26 - 33 (15.5) G Helly 12 4 lebandit-Helly-2002-03-14-1535
14-Mar mikellos R (13.9) 30 - 28 (06.1) Y lebandit 9 14 mikellos-lebandit-2002-03-15-0910
14-Mar lebandit Y (14.3) 20 - 17 (05.7) R mikellos 12 7 mikellos-lebandit-2002-03-15-0936
21-Mar Othello B (18.4) 37 - 14 (01.6) R Kryyni 6 7 Kryyni-Othello-2002-03-22-1703
21-Mar Kryyni R (05.7) 25 - 28 (14.3) B Othello 7 8 Othello-Kryyni-2002-03-22-1720
22-Mar lebandit R (05.7) 18 - 21 (14.3) G Jockey 10 6 lebandit-Jockey-2002-03-23-1546
22-Mar Jockey G (01.7) 12 - 34 (18.3) R lebandit 7 10 lebandit-Jockey-2002-03-23-1606
25-Mar mikellos B (13.9) 17 - 15 (06.1) R Kryyni 9 8 Kryyni-mikellos-2002-03-26-0818
26-Mar Othello B (14.3) 16 - 15 (05.7) R lebandit 11 15 Othello-lebandit-2002-03-27-1233
27-Mar Kryyni R (01.2) 8 - 34 (18.8) B mikellos 6 7 mikellos-Kryyni-2002-03-28-1255
28-Mar lebandit B (15.0) 28 - 23 (05.0) R Othello 14 6 Othello-lebandit-2002-03-29-1309