THE 4th BRITISH OPEN TABLE TANTRIX CHAMPIONSHIP
Cambridge, England, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th May 2005
FINAL LIST OF ENTRANTS in seeding order
Players are split by seeding band - one player from each seeding band will be drawn into each of the four qualifying groups on Saturday
Esther Purnell and Mike Gwilliam are being sponsored by Wassail Games of Frome (click here for their site) for finishing 1st and 2nd in a local qualifying competition
Eligibility for "Rising Stars" : as last year - table Elo < 1800, online Elo < 1800 AND highest ever lobby ranking < 950 UK, already paid entry fee  
N.B seeding bands are still subject to change before the draw on Friday, but you will NOT end up more than one seeding band higher or lower than shown non-UK, confirmed travel plans  
Sd U18 Ris. Nickname Name (click to email) Country Location Age C1 C2 TabElo SPs Lob HiL Sat. Sun. 04BO 03BO 02BO 04WTC 04 Eur St. Sp
1 Y NiklasA Niklas Andersson SWE
Trosa 15 B R 2005 2005 978 999 2nd - - QF L32 A -
2 Helly Heli Niemi (TTM) FIN
Mesnil Esnard (FRA) 30 N N 1968 1968 904 991 7th 7th - L32 L32 D -
3 cuthbert Kevin Scott ENG
Wolverhampton 34 R B 1968 1968 948 981 11th 4th 2nd L16 - A -
4 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM) HUN
Budapest 37 R Y - 1951 950 999 - - - 1st 3rd A -
5 Y TommG Tamás Gombkötő HUN
Tatabánya 16 G Y - 1940 992 999 - - - L128 1st A -
6 Y shunter Simon Wright NIR
Belfast 15 R B p1951 1921 941 989 10th - 3rd QF L16 A -
7 benopi Ben Polman (ITM) NED
's-Hertogenbosch 44 B R 1889 1919 935 997 12th 1st - L32 QF A -
8 SiRPi László Szobonya HUN
Budapest 27 R N p1921 1908 913 992 - - - L32 L32 A -
9 Nica Monica Andersson SWE
Trosa 40 Y R 1725 1871 952 979 14th - - L16 L16 A -
10 Luigi Lewis Palmer ENG
Colchester 41 Y B p1781 1861 962 995 13th - - L32 L32 A 1
11 Y blick Attila Mikulan HUN
Debrecen 16 B Y p1774 1853 966 983 - - - L128 L16 A 4
12 mazzer Marion Scott ENG
Wolverhampton 35 G Y 1852 1852 851 953 8th 6th 9th L64 L50 A 4
13 Frogzone1 Eleanor Gordon ENG
Sunderland 18 G Y 1850 1850 872 949 6th 8th - L128 L100 A -
14 Syagrius Vincent Auger FRA
Paris 40 N N p1561 1838 925 979 27th - - L152 L50 D -
15 egmaria Mária Erdey-Grúz HUN
Budapest 26 Y B p1768 1832 921 976 - - - L64 L40 A -
16 Y JMSC Joe Ruby USA
Selinsgrove PA 15 Y G - 1830 833 937 - - - L64 Am-5th A 1
Pellepen Lennart Aspelin SWE
Strängnas 42 N N p1886 1826 985 997 - - - L64 L50 A -
Soqquadro Mauro Lazzara SCO
Aberdeen 34 B G 1826 1826 943 979 19th - 4th - L100 A -
Y padam Ádám Petrecz HUN
Budapest 12 B Y - 1807 915 947 - - - L128 L16 A -
Y MarkusA Markus Andersson SWE
Trosa 10 B Y 1784 1784 899 960 20th - - L128 L100 A -
Leslie Laszlo Harsanyi HUN
Szigetszentmiklós 41 B R - 1778 904 969 - - - L128 L70 A -
humber Petra Wark NED
Wageningen 28 N N 1640 1776 912 998 30th - - L128 L70 A -
bikey Susi Rieger GER
Wettenberg 33 R Y - 1765 932 986 - - - L128 - A -
Y Kashieda Jens Ekengren SWE
Göteborg 28 G N p1714 1664 873 937 21st - - - L120 A -
Y Y Malle Malin Aspelin SWE
Strängnas 13 G R p1696 1655 682 762 - - - - - A -
Y Proon Malcolm Preen SCO
Harlow (ENG) 40 Y G p1709 1649 664 728 23rd - - L152 L80 A -
Y Ante Matthias Merz GER
Münzenberg-Gambach 40 R Y p1676 1626 903 939 - - - - - A -
Y Schwabe Klaus Quecke GER
Wettenberg 37 Y R - 1605 918 947 - - - L152 - A -
argel David Lawrence ENG
Watford 56 G R p1591 1595 861 959 SO - - - - D -
Y MooreHen Judy Moore ENG
St Neots 39 G N - 1450 850 893 - - - - - D -
Y Noodles Esther Purnell ENG
Radstock 35 B G - 1440 845 905 - - - - - D 1
Y - Mike Gwilliam ENG
Frome 34 G B p1485 1425 - - 28th - - - - D -
Y Chrissie Claire Hynde IOM
Dersingham (ENG) 28 Y B - 1176 713 758 - - - - - A -
Y MooreCock Steve Moore ENG
St Neots 46 R N - 1070 660 773 - - - - - D -
Y Fozzy Andrea Frank GER
Münzenberg-Gambach 36 Y R - 772 511 511 - - - - - A -
Y Tailz Madeleine Hjelm SWE
Karlstad 22 Y B - 768 509 515 - - - - - A -
Y - Marc Kerr NIR
Cambridge (ENG) 32 B N - 750 - - - - - - - D 2
TOURNAMENT ORGANISERS
TOURNAMENT CONTROLLER
steven Steven Trezise (ITM) ENG
Croydon 39 B Y - 1855 957 987 ctrl ctrl ctrl L32 L40 -
ASSISTANT CONTROLLER (Julia might play in the tournament under certain circumstances)
jade Julia Schwarz ENG
Croydon 28 Y R - 1883 967 985 ctrl ctrl ctrl L32 QF -
ACCOMMODATION & SOCIAL ORGANISER and ASSISTANT CONTROLLER (Saturday only)
Rick Rick Yagodich ENG
Twickenham 35 N N 1799 1879 932 986 5th 5th - L32 QF -
Other entrants on the text registration list who have since withdrawn due to exams, illness, etc - some may be around for part of the time though: Neil Jenner (ENG),
Marek Reniers (POL), Galina Ryvchin (ISR), Karen King (ENG), Fiona Duncan (ENG), Paul Smith (ENG), Polly Mackay (ENG), Glen Ridgway (ENG), Tom McCoy (ENG)
Key: Sd = seed number - shown for the top 16 seeds, i.e. those 'expected' to qualify for the top two divisions on Sunday
U18 = Y if eligible for the U18 medals
Ris. = Y if eligible for the "Rising Stars" medals
Nickname = nickname in the Tantrix lobby, if any
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
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 30 April 2005
C1/C2 = first and second preference Tantrix colours
        TabElo = pre-tournament Elo rating from table tournaments only (click on the column heading for the pre-event rating list)
      SPs = seeding points = Elo rating if based on enough tournts/games, else adjusted downwards (click heading for list) sorted to 4 DP
        Lob = lobby ranking at midnight GMT 2 April (click on the column heading for current rankings) and HiL = highest every lobby ranking up to that date
        Sat. / Sun. = group that this player will be in on Saturday and Sunday respectively, with links to the results page for that group
04BO, etc = final position in the 2004 British Open out of 34 (out of 15 in 2003 and out of 14 in 2002; CTRL = was a controller; SO = did not play on Sunday)
04 Eur = performance in the 2004 Euro, eg. 1st = champion; QF = quarter-finalist; L16 = last 16; L24 = 3rd in a group A-H; Pre = lost in prelims
04WTC = performance in 2004 World Championship main draw  - 1st = champion, 2nd = runner-up, QF = quarter-finalist, L16 = last 16, etc
St. = D = definite, A = definite and booked in for group accommodation, T = definite subject to confirmation of travel, P = provisional, C = controller/organiser
Sp = probable number of spectators travelling with this player
BRITISH OPEN 2005 home page
TANTRIX TOURNAMENTS HOME PAGE