2002 WORLD TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL LIST OF ENTRIES IN SEEDING POINT ORDER
128 entrants played in the main draw - they came from 21 countries - GBR 31, NZL 19, FRA 17, AUS 13, GER 11, HUN 10
USA 8, SVK 3, SWE 2, FIN 2, NED 2, TUR 1, IRL 1, ISR 1, CHI 1, ARG 1, CAN 1, MKD 1, NOR 1, KOR 1, POR 1
83 (65%) are from Europe, 32 (25%) Oceania, 11 (8%) the Americas & 2 (2%) Asia- Ages range from 10 to 55 - 15% under 20, 25% in 20s, 50% in 30s, 10% over 40
50 of the 128 played in the 2001 WTC, 31 played their 1st tournament in 2002, 3 are back after long break > 1 year and 44 are playing in their 1st tournament
The list is in seeding point order and the rounds reached in this year's WTC and Plate are shown - in bold if player has been knocked out
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Sd	Nickname	Name (click to email)	Country		Location	Age	C1	C2	Sec.	Elo	Seed	Lob.	WTC	Plate	2002	2001
SEEDING GROUP A - Top 4 seeds, no. 1 goes at top of first quarter of the draw, 2 at bottom of fourth quarter, 3 & 4 in middle quarters
1	Pekko	Matt Peek (TGM)	NZL		Auckland	19			1	2028	2028	992	1st	-	NZ-1st	1st
2	Bell	Leah Sanders	AUS		Flaxton QLD	37			8	1961	1961	920	L32	-	AU-3rd*	3rd
3	scoop	Shaun Cooper	NZL		Auckland	36			4	1956	1956	867	QF	-	NZ-QF	L16
4	steven2	Steven Trezise (ITM)	GBR		Croydon ENG	36			5	1954	1954	966	L64	L32	EU-1st	L32
SEEDING GROUP B - Seeds 5-8 - will be drawn to avoid any of the other top 8 seeds until the quarter-finals
5	LittleTom	Tom McCoy	GBR		London ENG	22			6	1953	1953	948	L16	-	BO-1st	-
6	pepe	Péter Petrecz	HUN		Budapest	34			3	1934	1934	968	3rd	-	EU-A3	4th
7	MikeM	Mike McManaway	NZL		Nelson	41			2	1929	1929	934	L16	-	-	QF
8	space	Wolfgang Schwarz	GER		Berlin	26			7	1928	1928	969	L64	-	WTTC	QF
SEEDING GROUP C - Seeds 9-16 - will be drawn to avoid any of the other top 16 seeds until the last 16
9	Helly	Heli Niemi	FIN		Kemi	27			3	1913	1913	905	L16	-	EU-L16	2nd
10	brad	Brad Swanlund	USA		Bakersfield CA	31			1	1913	1913	952	L64	L32	AM-1st	L64
11	Cuthbert	Kevin Scott	GBR		Wolverhampton ENG	31			5	1911	1911	935	4th	-	EU-3rd	L32
12	Bdot	Britta Steude	NZL		Nelson	33			7	p1911	1900	974	L32	-	-	L16
13	taita	Garry Laishley	AUS		Adelaide SA	39			2	1890	1890	956	L64	L64	AU-B5	L16
14	Mighty	Bevan Chong	NZL		Auckland	19			6	1889	1889	918	L32	-	NZ-QF	L32
15	jade	Julia Schwarz	GBR		Croydon ENG	25			4	1887	1887	925	L128	L16	WTTC	L32
16	benopi	Ben Polman	NED		's-Hertogenbosch	41			8	1887	1887	967	L16	-	EU-L16	L32
SEEDING GROUP D - Seeds 17-32 - will be drawn to avoid any of the other seeds until the last 32
17	Bhoys	Kevin Baird	GBR		N Queensferry SCO	28			7	p1948	1885	815	L32	-	EU-QF	-
18	Thylacine	Graeme Jolliffe	AUS		Lawson NSW	29			5	1884	1884	908	L64	-	AU-2nd	L48
19	Scarab	Murray Pharaoh	NZL		Wellington	41			8	1883	1883	965	L32	-	NZ-2nd	L48
20	papillon	Jérôme Papillon	FRA		Bordeaux	32			2	1870	1870	961	QF	-	EU-C3	L16
21	yoshi	Josh Button	AUS		Penrith NSW	24			6	1869	1869	872	L64	L16	AU-1st	L64
22	tryme	Tamás Köpeczi Bócz	HUN		Budapest	35			4	1869	1869	965	L64	L64	EU-L16	-
23	RufusT	Martin Harlow	GBR		Croydon ENG	35			3	1867	1867	941	L64	QF	EU-G4	QF
24	pierre	Pierre Sanchez	FRA		Coulanges-les-Nevers	28			6	1864	1864	935	L64	L32	EU-B4	L32
25	ragnar	Ragnar Wikman	FIN		Åbo	54			2	p1864	1856	840	L64	L16	WTTC	L16
26	ddyer	Dave Dyer	USA		Los Angeles CA	49		N	8	1852	1852	937	2nd	-	AM-3rd	L48
27	yoseph	Yoseph Phillips	ISR		Jerusalem	26			3	1845	1845	988	L32	-	EU-L16	L16
28	blob	Frank Heyer	FRA		Perols	31			4	1842	1842	968	L64	L64	EU-2nd	L48
29	fraufuchs	Ilona Halbach	GER		Wuppertal	30			1	1838	1838	862	L64	L32	EU-B3	L32
30	mazzer	Marion Scott	GBR		Wolverhampton ENG	32			5	1829	1829	928	L64	L32	EU-4th	L48
31	Ariel	Kathy Upton	AUS		Brisbane QLD	37			1	1817	1817	968	L128	1stL	AU-A6	L48
32	Paintman	Anthony Sanders	AUS		Flaxton QLD	41			7	p1878	1815	892	L64	def	AU-4th	-
SEEDING GROUP E - unseeded players in the second quarter of the seeding list - will be drawn to avoid seeds 1-32 in Round 1
U	Othello	Lutz Göhmann	GER		Hess. Oldendorf	36			5	1813	1813	980	L32	-	EU-F3	L32
U	Soqquadro	Mauro Lazzara	GBR		London ENG	32			6	p1843	1812	930	L32	-	EU-L16	-
U	shunter	Simon Wright	GBR		Belfast NIR	13			2	1805	1805	917	L64	L32	WJ-1st	L64
U	idyer	Irene Dyer	USA		Los Angeles CA	44			7	1802	1802	871	L128	L32	AM-8th	L32
U	mikellos	Miklos Hansel	HUN		Szeged	32			6	1801	1801	940	QF	-	HU-3rd	-
U	leslie	László Harsányi	HUN		Szigetszentmiklos	39			8	1788	1788	952	L64	L64	HU-1st	L32
U	phildnarud	Philippe Durand	FRA		Massy	42			3	1787	1787	885	L128	L32	EU-E5	L48
U	wily1	Steven Wiley	USA		Grand Rapids MI	34		N	1	1777	1777	924	L32	-	AM-4th	L32
U	ramon	Raymond Hemmecke	GER		Koelleda	30			4	1775	1775	892	L32	-	EU-E3	L64
U	nova	Peter West	NZL		Christchurch	27			4	p1784	1768	897	L16	-	NZ-QF	R1
U	pusi	János Püspöki	HUN		Budapest	36			7	1765	1765	964	QF	-	HU-2nd	L64
U	jmn34	Jean-Marc Nelken	FRA		Sartrouville	40			7	p1894	1753	874	L128	L88	EU-L16	-
U	Jed00	James Mihalisin	USA		Emeryville CA	36			6	p1815	1752	950	L64	L64	AM-2nd	-
U	lolo	Laurent Berguin	FRA		Capesterre GUAD	39	N	N	6	p1846	1748	894	L64	L64	-	L32
U	Bastet	Catherine Moxham	NZL		Palmerston North	27			3	v1989	1744	997	L32	-	WTTC	-
U	toddy	Alex Thompson	GBR		London ENG	38			4	v2358	1724	902	L128	L64	WTTC	-
U	Zotya	Zoltán Nedeczky	HUN		Godfelso	35			8	1719	1719	790	L128	L32	HU-QF	L64
U	JMSC	Joe Ruby	USA		Selinsgrove PA	12			3	1695	1695	721	L128	-	AM-7th	R1
U	WilHunting	Peter Henderson	AUS		Springwood NSW	17			1	p1812	1687	933	L128	def	AU-QF	-
U	Ioiad	John Waggott	GBR		London ENG	38			5	p1732	1670	830	L64	L64	EU-F4	L64
U	RickY	Rick Yagodich	GBR		Twickenham ENG	32	N	N	2	p1790	1665	918	L128	L64	EU-E4	-
U	MrTwister	Neal Bolton	GBR		London ENG	32			8	1665	1665	818	L128	L64	EU-D6	L48
U	voogel	Matthias Neumeister	GER		Leipzig	30			1	p1774	1665	946	L64	L32	EU-D3	-
U	redrackam	Marc Abramson	FRA		Paris	35			3	1664	1664	813	L64	L16	EU-B6	L48
U	yeoda	John Warden	USA		Alexandria VA	32			5	p1751	1662	956	L32	-	AM-6th	-
U	egmaria	Mária Erdey-Grúz	HUN		Budapest	24			2	p1669	1662	884	L128	-	HU-QF	-
U	looping	Alex Heyer	FRA		Toulouse	20			4	p1743	1654	952	L64	L64	EU-D4	-
U	WillBrooks	William Brooks	GBR		Cambridge ENG	13			7	p1712	1650	950	L16	-	BO-6th	-
U	ThB99	Thierry Berguin	FRA		Paris	39			1	p1702	1639	884	L32	-	EU-B5	L64
U	zolaty	Zoltán Borbély	HUN		Budapest	33			-	p1728	1634	788	withdrew		HU-B3	-
U	MonkeyBob	Stacy Henwood	NZL		Auckland	29	N	N	2	p1799	1627	883	L64	3rd	NZ-B4	-
U	Zephyr	Christine Dreesen	GER		Bonn	30			5	v2247	1613	830	L128	QF	WTTC	-
SEEDING GROUP L - unseeded players in the third quarter of the seeding list - will meet players in the second quarter in Round 1
U	seaurchin	Aras Kutlusan	TUR		Istanbul	45			5	p1682	1612	609	L128	L64	EU-G6	R1
U	jolene	Brigitte Empt	GER		Erftstadt	26			3	p1794	1607	816	L64	L64	WTTC	-
U	Pickle	Carl Crook	GBR		High Wycombe ENG	33			5	p1640	1594	922	L128	L32	BO-7th	-
U	Brunojoue	Bruno Fillon	FRA		Poitiers	34			6	p1736	1588	827	L128	L32	-	R1
U	crusty	Chris Dellaway	NZL		Wellington	23			1	p1643	1581	733	L128	L32	NZ-A5	L48
U	Daniel03	Daniel Martin	NZL		Auckland	22			8	p1735	1571	869	L128	L64	NZ-C4	-
U	jacgir	Jacques Giraud	FRA		Paris	43			4	-	1568	909	L32	-	-	-
U	fany	Fany Buisan	FRA		Montpellier	29			7	p1606	1564	907	L64	4th	EU-C5	-
U	brett	Brett Laishley	AUS		Adelaide SA	14			3	p1686	1561	852	L128	L64	WJ-2nd	-
U	hexe	Jessica Tebbe	GER		Hildesheim	26			2	v1692	1560	905	L32	-	-	R1
U	Zormac	Zoltán Németh	HUN		Budapest	24			8	v2190	1556	869	L64	2nd	WTTC	-
U	melinda	Melinda Barry	GBR		Canterbury ENG	36			8	p1834	1550	890	L64	L32	-	-
U	Frogzone1	Eleanor Gordon	GBR		Sunderland ENG	15			1	p1591	1528	858	L16	-	EU-H8	-
U	Bowdy	Kyle B [u]	AUS		Perth WA	13			7	-	1528	889	L64	-	-	-
U	Elea	Andreas N [u]	FRA		Toulouse	15			3	v1542	1498	874	L64	-	-	-
U	Luigi	Lewis Palmer	GBR		Colchester ENG	38		N	2	-	1494	872	L128	L32	-	-
U	Barby	Barbara Böcsödi	HUN		Budapest	29		N	3	p1569	1491	691	withdrew		HU-B4	-
U	Hotlips	Sharon Crook	GBR		High Wycombe ENG	35			6	p1540	1477	820	L128	L64	BO-10th	-
U	trable	Tracey Fletcher	GBR		Bedford ENG	38			2	p1503	1456	765	L128	L64	BO-11th	R1
U	franck	Franck Torset	FRA		Grand Bourg GUAD	37			8	v1147	1456	853	L64	-	-	R1
U	NAK	N Alexeji Kummer	GER		Stuttgart	31			1	v1480	1410	830	L128	L16	WTTC	-
U	tetraedro	Manuel Correa	POR		Lisboa	39			1	-	1386	818	L128	L32	-	-
U	Puddleglum	Glynn Ridley	GBR		Newcastle ENG	37			7	-	1386	818	L128	L16	-	-
U	bricks	Andreas Kemerle	GER		Leipzig	22			5	v1321	1382	816	L16	-	WTTC	-
U	oskar	Oskar Green	SWE		Alingsås	34			4	-	1372	811	L128	L88	-	-
U	phirst	Paul Hirst	AUS		Melbourne VIC	32			4	-	1356	803	L128	QF	-	-
U	Jobsworthy	Paul Davidoff	GBR		Guildford ENG	29			5	-	1350	800	L128	L88	-	-
U	theking	David Dunn	GBR		Newcastle ENG	11			4	p1463	1338	592	L128	L88	EU-G8	-
U	SebaB	Sebastian B [u]	CHI		Santiago	15			6	-	1326	788	L128	-	-	-
U	mavve	Thomas Jarl	SWE		Värnamo	38			2	-	1306	778	L32	-	-	-
U	MrWolf	Péter Strauss	HUN		Szolnok	25			6	-	1298	774	L128	L88	-	-
U	harrysnet	Mark Harris	IRL		Dublin	34			7	-	1284	767	L128	L64	-	-
SEEDING GROUP R - unseeded players in the last quarter of the seeding list - will meet seeded players in Round 1
U	totte	Totte Wendt	GER		Wuppertal	37			7	-	1272	761	L128	LL64	-	-
U	bodhran	Gilles Brazzalotto	FRA		Grand Bourg GUAD	33	N	N	5	-	1264	757	L128	L64	-	-
U	Malcolm	Malcolm Wotton	GBR		Watford ENG	33	N	N	4	-	1230	740	L64	L64	-	-
U	CHISEL	Michael Drewett	AUS		Brisbane QLD	27			3	-	1222	736	L128	L88	-	-
U	klarheit69	Steve Borley	NZL		Wellington	42			7	-	1216	733	L128	-	-	-
U	humber	Petra Wark	NED		Wageningen	25			8	-	1210	730	L128	L64	-	-
U	paulb	Paul Baynton	GBR		London ENG	46			5	-	1206	728	L128	-	-	-
U	paris	Dallas White	NZL		Taranaki	37		N	2	p1358	1194	668	L128	L88	NZ-C6	-
U	myrtle	Andras Keszei	HUN		Canberra ACT	25			6	-	1160	705	L128	L88	-	-
U	Burgot	Pierre Faure	FRA		Grand Bourg GUAD	38	N	N	3	-	1156	703	L128	def	-	-
U	pdh	Peter Hinton	GBR		Cambridge ENG	37		N	1	-	1156	703	L64	L64	-	-
U	jpreen	James Preen	CAN		Nova Scotia	34			7	-	1154	702	L128	L16	-	-
U	Gsebs	Gary Sebalja	NZL		Auckland	23			8	v1560	1141	525	L128	L88	-	-
U	zorpolotta	Jason O [u]	NZL		New Plymouth	13			5	-	1138	694	L128	L64	-	-
U	montblanc	Sylvie Banuls	FRA		Grand Bourg GUAD	31	N	N	2	-	1112	681	L128	L88	-	-
U	Scarabjnr	Josh Pharaoh	NZL		Blenheim	10			4	-	1104	677	L128	L88	-	-
U	chimaster	Seb M [u]	NZL		New Plymouth	12			6	-	1082	666	L128	LL16	-	-
U	zoki	Zoran Tomovski	MKD		Auckland	30			1	-	1078	664	L128	L64	-	-
U	Medeia	Mette Lund	NOR		Oslo	32			8	-	1072	661	L128	def	-	-
U	salsachick	Karen King	GBR		Hayling Island ENG	40			1	-	1046	648	L128	L64	-	-
U	thom	Thom Clutterbuck	GBR		Sheffield ENG	39			6	-	1038	644	L128	L64	-	-
U	baerenkind	Karsten Täuber	GER		Hildesheim	26			-	-	1022	636	defaulted		-	-
U	Mrcleanie	Daniel Robbins	KOR		Guangju	27			1	-	1012	631	L128	L88	-	-
U	Lizardman	Matt  Ruby	USA		Selinsgrove PA	10			5	-	982	616	L128	def	-	-
U	thompy	Dale Thompson	GBR		London ENG	10			8	-	974	612	L128	LL64	-	-
U	Drakien	James Stuart	GBR		Coventry ENG	20			-	-	908	579	defaulted		-	-
U	colinb	Colin Bridges	GBR		Waltham Abbey ENG	34			4	-	896	573	L128	L88	-	-
U	Argentino	Walter Haselmann	ARG		Buenos Aires	37		N	3	-	890	570	L128	L88	-	-
U	lavejr	Markus L [u]	SWE		Kvillsfors	17			-	-	890	570	defaulted		-	-
U	katka	Katarina Krausová	SVK		Michalovce	38			3	-	880	565	L128	LL64	-	-
SEEDING GROUP R/P - players with lowest seeding points/lobby rankings need to play a preliminary match, winners join seed group R
U	aprilmoon	April White	NZL		Eltham	13			8	-	858	554	LL128	L88	-	-
U	cheekymbk	Rob Morton	GBR		York ENG	22			7	-	784	517	QL128	QF	-	-
U	fcielka	Ela Sikudova	SVK		Bratislava	31			6	-	740	495	QL128	LL64	-	-
U	peanut	Gina White	NZL		Taranaki	15			2	-	686	468	LL128	L88	-	-
LATE ENTRANTS - only playing in the Plate unless late places in the R1 draw come up
(in the main draw, these players can only be used to replace higher-ranked players who default or withdraw)
P	Mick	Michael Hall	AUS		Penrith NSW	18			-	-	1652	951	-	def	-	-
P	megan	Sarah K [w]	NZL		Nelson	34			-	-	1566	908	-	L64	-	-
P	Skooks	Luke S [u]	AUS		Perth WA	13			3	-	948	599	LL128	L88	-	-
P	gabika	Gabriela Krausová	SVK		Michalovce	10			4	-	802	526	LL128	L88	-	-
P	FrogJesus	Chris Irvine	AUS		Darwin NT	25			2	-	750	500	LL128	def	-	-
P	seadra	Siraj K [u]	GBR		London ENG	12			-	-	676	463	-	def	-	-
Key:
Sd =		seeding number if one of the top 32 seeds
Nickname =		nickname in the Tantrix lobby
Name =		player's real name (click it to start an email with their address in the "To" field) plus their tournament master title if any
		- to check the email address, please put your mouse cursor on the name and look at the bottom left of your screen
		- [u] = full surname has been withheld (an option offered to players aged under 18 when full surnames have been supplied to us)
		- [w] = full surname has been withheld (an option for adults too if only entering the Plate when full surname supplied to us)
Country =		country and flag - NB. players can choose the country on their passport or their country of at least semi-permanent residence
Location =		town/city (and state where applicable)
Age =		age on 17 August 2002
C1/C2 =		first and second preference Tantrix colours
Sec. =		section of the main draw that the player ended up in - click on the number to go to the results page for that section
Elo =		pre-tournament Elo rating (click on the column heading for the pre-WTC rating list)
		In bold if established T>3, G>32, >=1 game in 2001-2, p / normal type if provisional, v / faint type if very provisional (<8 games)
Seed =		seeding points = Elo rating if based on enough tournts/games, else adjusted downwards (click heading for list) sorted to 4 DP
		seeding points are based on Elo rating but are equal to 2 x lobby ranking - 250 if this is higher or if you have no Elo rating yet
Lob. =		lobby ranking at the entry deadline, midnight GMT 17 August 2002 (click on the column heading for current rankings)
WTC =		performance in this year's WTC - in bold if the player has been knocked out otherwise round reached so far - see below for key
Plate =		performance in this year's Plate - in bold if the player has been knocked out otherwise round reached so far - see below for key
2002 =		best placing in 2002 - 1st = champion, 2nd = runner-up, etc (top 3 bold), QF = quarter-finalist, L16 = last 16, A4 = 4th in Grp A
		EU = Euro, NZ = NZ; AU = Australian; AM = Pan-Am; HU=Hungarian; BO = Brit. Open; WJ = World Junior; WTTC = in WTTC
		the tournament shown is the one in which the best performance was achieved in terms of position divided by number of entrants
		* Australian 3rd/4th match was not played so the player with a better overall record in the tournt is shown in 3rd, the other 4th
2001 =		performance in 2001 World - 1st = champion, etc, QF = quarter-finalist, L16 = reached the last 16, etc, R1 = KO'd in Round 1
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