5TH PAN-AMERICAN TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP 2003
FINAL LIST OF ENTRANTS (in Seeding Point Order) and where they finished
TO FIND SOMEONE EASILY, try Edit / Find (or Ctrl-F), type a name or nickname, then press Enter
The 12 entrants who played >=1 game come from 4 countries - USA 10 (5 states, including 4 players from CA), ARG 1, CAN 1, GUA 1
 6 of last year's 11 entrants (55%) have returned this year, all of them plus 3 others played in the 2002 WTC, 3 are new to tournaments
Seed Nickname Name (click to email) Nat./State Location Age C1 C2 Grp Elo SPs Lob. 2003 2002 02WC
SEEDING BAND 1 - Top 2 seeds, no. 1 goes in Grp A, no. 2 in Grp B
1 brad Brad Swanlund US-ca
Bakersfield CA 31 G R Final 1927 1927 924 Am-3rd Am-1st L64
2 ddyer Dave Dyer US-ca
Los Angeles CA 49 G R B 1904 1904 905 Am-B4 Am-3rd 2nd
SEEDING BAND 2 - Seeds 3 & 4, one of these two players was drawn into each group
3 Jed00 Jed Mihalisin US-nv
Las Vegas NV 36 Y B Final 1809 1809 951 Am-2nd Am-2nd L64
4 wily1 Steven Wiley US-mi
Grand Rapids MI 34 G N A 1778 1778 896 Am-A4 Am-4th L32
SEEDING BAND 3 - one of these two players was drawn into each group
5 idyer Irene Dyer US-ca
Los Angeles CA 44 B R B 1747 1747 845 Am-B5 Am-8th L128
6 JMSC Joe Ruby US-pa
Selinsgrove PA 13 Y B Final 1708 1708 753 Am-6th Am-7th L128
SEEDING BAND 4 - one of these two players was drawn into each group
7 bluedog James Preen CAN
Sydney NS 35 G B Final p1751 1664 957 Am-1st - L128
8 bodhran Gilles Brazzalotto GDL
Grand-Bourg GUAD 33 G Y A p1717 1571 906 Am-A5 - L128
SEEDING BAND 5 - one of these two players was drawn into each group
snuffy Stefani Gress US-ca
Bakersfield CA 53 R Y Final - 1418 834 Am-5th - -
rmanpv Roger Campbell USA
Littleton CO 34 R G Final -   0 Am-4th - -
SEEDING BAND 6 - one of these two players was drawn into each group
hernandz99 Mano Hernandez US-co
Lakewood CO 26 B R B - 1278 764 Am-B6 - -
Argentino Walter Haselmann ARG
Buenos Aires 38 Y N A p1310 1129 530 Am-A6 - L128
SEEDING BAND 7 - one group got John and has 7 players, the other group has 6 players
Destin John W [u] US-pa
Defaulted 13 B G B - 770 510 Am-Bd - -
Key:
Seed = seeding number
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)
Country = country and flag - NB. players can choose the country on their passport or their country of residence
Location = town/city (and state where applicable)
Age =  age on 20 February 2003
C1/C2 = first and second preference Tantrix colours
Grp = the qualifying group the player is playing in - click on the number to go to the results for that group
          Elo = pre-tournament Elo rating (click on the column heading for the pre-WTC rating list)
In bold if established T'>=3, G>=36, >=1 game in 2002, p & normal type if provisional, v & faint type if very provisional (G<8)
      SPs = 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 ratings but are set to 2 x lobby ranking - 250 if this is higher or if you have no Elo rating yet
        Lob. = lobby ranking at the entry closing date (click on the column heading for current rankings)
Zone = the player's time zone
2003 = performance in this tournament - in bold if the player has been knocked out otherwise round reached so far - see below for key
2002 = performance in 2002 tournament, eg. Eu-A3 = 3rd in Euro Grp A, etc ; df/def = defaulted some/all games; see codes below too
02WC = performance in 2002 World Championship main draw  - 1st = champion, 2nd = runner-up, QF = quarter-finalist, L16 = last 16, etc
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