European Tantrix Championship 2003 - Group C

Overall, this was one of the more spread out groups and no. 8 seed Martin Harlow (GBR) won it convincingly with 11 wins out of 14. However, it was also the group with the most dramatic ending, with the race for 2nd place between Matthias Neumeister (GER), Frank Heyer (FRA) & Fany Buisan (FRA) going right to the wire.

Indeed, we will probably never see a final day in a group quite like it - if someone had written it as a work of fiction, it would have been dismissed as ridiculously contrived. First of all, Thomas Jarl (SWE) climbed off the bottom of the table when he sensationally won both games v Frank, last year's Euro runner-up and this year's no. 13 seed. Matthias then needed 24.7 TPs from his two games with Tuomo Niemi (FIN) to displace Frank from 2nd place, but a loss in g1 seemed to end any real hope for him.

There were two more twists to come though, as Fany won both games v Thomas by enough to boot husband Frank out of the 2nd qualifying slot by just 0.3 TPs and (I thought) surely qualify herself instead - indeed, I had already written her name into the KO phase grid! However, Matthias was playing his last game v Tuomo and in a game regularly interrupted by disconnections, he was building two long lines. If these lines had connected, Matthias would have won by enough to get the unlikely 18.2 TPs he needed. Tuomo was doing his level best to stop the connection from happening but could not do so without using up massive amounts of time. In the end, Tuomo succeeded in keeping the lines apart and Matthias' winning margin down to 7 tiles, but he used up over 17 minutes in doing so, and the time penalties were enough to take the German into the second qualifying place, just 0.3 TPs ahead of Fany, so that 2nd to 4th places were covered by just 0.6 TPs or about 2 tiles. What drama!

For the record, both the AC left in the room at the end and Tuomo, neither of whom had any idea at the time what the exact situation in the group was (indeed, the TP totals after the previous match had not been published by then), agreed that the fairest times after allowing for the disconnections were 17/14 as shown. Matthias kept out of the discussion.

An honourable mention should also go to 10-y-o Thomas Durand (FRA), the son of 2001 runner-up Philippe, who made a very good start to his first tournament, eventually finishing 5th in the this group.
5th EUROPEAN TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP 2003 GROUP C AFTER 56 OF 56 GAMES, i.e. 100%
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Pos. Qual. Nick Name (Seed) Nat. PreSPs Pld W. D. L. P. TPs %
1st ->EF3 RufusT Martin Harlow (8) GBR
(1884) 14 11   3   183.4 66%
2nd ->EF8 voogel Matthias Neumeister  GER
(1815) 14 8 1 5   158.4 57%
3rd fany Fany Buisan  FRA
(1734) 14 8 6 158.1 56%
4th blob Frank Heyer (13) FRA
(1853) 14 9 5 157.8 56%
5th thomasonic Thomas Durand  FRA
(1348) 14 7 1 6 137.7 49%
6th Puddleglum Glynn Ridley  GBR
(1617) 14 6 8 131.1 47%
7th Mavve Thomas Jarl  SWE
(1659) 14 3 11 97.3 35%
8th player1 Tuomo Niemi  FIN
(1722) 14 3 11 96.2 34%
2 games against each player. A draw with a -ve time penalty is shown in the loss column.
[u]/[w] = surname known to us but withheld; PreSPs = pre-tournt seeding pts, bold if an established Elo
Pld = games played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, P = no-show credits & penalties, TPs = tournt pts
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GROUP C - CROSS-TABLE after 56 out of 56 games, scores in TPs
(bold if won the whole mini-match, italics if match not finished yet)
Name Nat. Ruf voo fan blo tho Pud Mav pla Totals
RufusT GBR
- 21.1 22.1 27.6 23.1 31.6 31.3 26.6 183.4
voogel GER
18.9 - 26.2 12.2 26.4 19.0 30.5 25.2 158.4
fany FRA
17.9 13.8 - 12.0 31.3 20.6 30.1 32.4 158.1
blob FRA
12.4 27.8 28.0 - 29.7 18.4 11.8 29.7 157.8
thomasonic FRA
16.9 13.6 8.7 10.3 - 29.6 30.8 27.8 137.7
Puddleglum GBR
8.4 21.0 19.4 21.6 10.4 - 27.2 23.1 131.1
Mavve SWE
8.7 9.5 9.9 28.2 9.2 12.8 - 19.0 97.3
player1 FIN
13.4 14.8 7.6 10.3 12.2 16.9 21.0 - 96.2
FIXTURES & RESULTS : SUN 9 MAR - WED 2 APR 2003
Key: TPs = Tournament points this game or for the match as a whole; C = colour
Winner T1/T2 = times taken in whole minutes rounded down - lose 1 TP per whole minute over 14
Player 1 (higher seeding pts) v Player 2 (lower seeding pts)
Date: Player 1: C: TPs: Game score: TPs: C: Player 2: T1: T2: Review game
9-Mar Mavve   (04.2) 20 - 28 (15.8)   thomasonic 8 8 thomasonic-mavve-2003-03-10-1757
9-Mar Mavve   (05.0) 16 - 21 (15.0)   thomasonic 7 5 thomasonic-mavve-2003-03-10-1817
12-Mar voogel   (10.0) 11 - 11 (10.0)   thomasonic 14 5 thomasonic-voogel-2003-03-13-1807
12-Mar voogel   (16.4) 31 - 20 (03.6)   thomasonic 12 4 voogel-thomasonic-2003-03-13-1839
12-Mar Mavve   (06.1) 23 - 25 (13.9)   Puddleglum 10 11 Mavve-Puddlelglum-2003-03-13-2301
12-Mar Mavve   (06.7) 27 - 28 (13.3)   Puddleglum 9 8 Puddleglum-Mavve-2003-03-13-2322
15-Mar player1   (13.3) 18 - 17 (06.7)   Puddleglum 11 11 player1-Puddleglum-2003-03-16-1927
15-Mar player1   (03.6) 29 - 40 (16.4)   Puddleglum 8 10 Puddleglum-player1-2003-03-16-1953
16-Mar Puddleglum   (05.7) 17 - 20 (14.3)   thomasonic 6 9 thomasonic-Puddleglum-2003-03-17-0851
16-Mar Puddleglum   (04.7) 16 - 22 (15.3)   thomasonic 9 3 thomasonic-Puddleglum-2003-03-17-0919
16-Mar fany   (06.7) 23 - 24 (13.3)   Puddleglum 10 7 fany-Puddleglum-2003-03-17-1808
16-Mar fany   (13.9) 22 - 20 (06.1)   Puddleglum 14 12 Puddleglum-fany-2003-03-17-1852
16-Mar fany   (15.5) 32 - 25 (04.5)   thomasonic 13 4 thomasonic-fany-2003-03-17-2006
16-Mar fany   (15.8) 22 - 14 (04.2)   thomasonic 10 8 fany-thomasonic-2003-03-17-2027
17-Mar blob   (14.7) 22 - 18 (05.3)   thomasonic 6 4 blob-thomasonic-2003-03-18-2006
17-Mar blob   (15.0) 23 - 18 (05.0)   thomasonic 6 7 thomasonic-blob-2003-03-18-2020
19-Mar blob   (15.0) 26 - 21 (05.0)   player1 9 11 player1-blob-2003-03-20-1903
19-Mar blob   (14.7) 20 - 16 (05.3)   player1 10 11 player1-blob-2003-03-20-1946
19-Mar fany   (15.8) 20 - 12 (04.2)   player1 6 7 player1-fany-2003-03-20-2002
19-Mar fany   (16.6) 23 - 11 (03.4)   player1 9 10 fany-player1-2003-03-20-2025
19-Mar blob   (04.5) 15 - 22 (15.5)   Puddleglum 7 9 Puddleglum-blob-2003-03-20-2117
19-Mar blob   (13.9) 25 - 23 (06.1)   Puddleglum 10 14 Puddleglum-blob-2003-03-20-2137
24-Mar RufusT   (15.5) 30 - 23 (04.5)   Mavve 10 9 RufusT-Mavve-2003-03-25-1342
24-Mar RufusT   (15.8) 25 - 17 (04.2)   Mavve 11 12 Mavve-RufusT-2003-03-25-1407
24-Mar RufusT   (15.8) 26 - 18 (04.2)   Puddleglum 11 12 Puddleglum-RufusT-2003-03-25-2027
24-Mar RufusT   (15.8) 28 - 20 (04.2)   Puddleglum 10 9 RufusT-Puddleglum-2003-03-25-2101
25-Mar blob   (13.9) 24 - 22 (06.1)   voogel 8 14 M!voogel-blob-2003-03-26-1855
25-Mar blob   (13.9) 22 - 20 (06.1)   voogel 11 14 M!voogel-blob-2003-03-26-1928
26-Mar voogel   (12.9) 23 - 21 (07.1)   fany 15 12 M!fany-voogel-2003-03-27-1851
26-Mar voogel   (13.3) 23 - 22 (06.7)   fany 12 11 M!voogel-fany-2003-03-27-1929
26-Mar voogel   (06.7) 16 - 17 (13.3)   Puddleglum 14 10 Puddleglum-voogel-2003-03-27-2002
26-Mar voogel   (12.3) 14 - 13 (07.7)   Puddleglum 15 14 Puddleglum-voogel-2003-03-27-2035
27-Mar blob   (14.7) 24 - 20 (05.3)   fany 18 16 Played offline with 20 min limit
27-Mar blob   (13.3) 17 - 16 (06.7)   fany 17 19 Played offline with 20 min limit
28-Mar player1   (14.3) 16 - 13 (05.7)   Mavve 10 6 player1-Mavve-2003-03-29-1254
28-Mar player1   (06.7) 22 - 23 (13.3)   Mavve 12 7 player1-Mavve-2003-03-29-1314
28-Mar voogel   (15.5) 26 - 19 (04.5)   Mavve 14 12 Mavve-voogel-2003-03-29-1815
28-Mar voogel   (15.0) 20 - 11 (05.0)   Mavve 15 14 voogel-Mavve-2003-03-29-1848
29-Mar RufusT   (14.3) 26 - 23 (05.7)   blob 11 13 RufusT-blob-2003-03-30-1547
29-Mar RufusT   (13.3) 28 - 27 (06.7)   blob 8 10 RufusT-blob-2003-03-30-1615
29-Mar RufusT   (06.1) 20 - 22 (13.9)   fany 13 7 M!fany-RufusT-2003-03-30-1547
29-Mar RufusT   (16.0) 30 - 21 (04.0)   fany 9 9 M!RufusT-fany-2003-03-30-1611
30-Mar RufusT   (13.3) 16 - 15 (06.7)   player1 14 9 RufusT-player1-2003-03-31-1550
30-Mar RufusT   (13.3) 20 - 19 (06.7)   player1 10 7 RufusT-player1-2003-03-31-1615
30-Mar player1   (06.1) 17 - 19 (13.9)   thomasonic 11 6 thomasonic-player1-2003-03-31-1810
30-Mar player1   (06.1) 16 - 18 (13.9)   thomasonic 8 8 player1-thomasonic-2003-03-31-1842
31-Mar RufusT   (16.4) 24 - 13 (03.6)   thomasonic 6 10  thomasonic-RufusT-2003-03-32-1753
31-Mar RufusT   (06.7) 10 - 11 (13.3)   thomasonic 10 7 thomasonic-RufusT-2003-03-32-1816
31-Mar RufusT   (15.0) 23 - 18 (05.0)   voogel 9 14 M!RufusT-voogel-2003-03-32-1842
31-Mar RufusT   (06.1) 16 - 18 (13.9)   voogel 12 14 M!RufusT-voogel-2003-03-32-1913
2-Apr blob   (06.1) 18 - 20 (13.9)   Mavve 10 7 blob-Mavve-2003-04-03-1338
2-Apr blob   (05.7) 19 - 22 (14.3)   Mavve 11 10 Mavve-blob-2003-04-03-1401
2-Apr fany   (16.2) 23 - 13 (03.8)   Mavve 10 9 fany-mavve-2003-04-03-1703
2-Apr voogel   (06.7) 15 - 16 (13.3)   player1 14 11 voogel-player1-2003-04-03-1703
2-Apr fany   (13.9) 23 - 21 (06.1)   Mavve 6 10 Mavve-fany-2003-04-03-1728
2-Apr voogel   (18.5) 20 - 13 (01.5)   player1 14 17 voogel-player1-2003-04-03-1837
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