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3rd New Zealand Tantrix Championship9 March-May 2002
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3rd New Zealand Tantrix Championship
No. 1 seed Matt Peek TGM (AKL) put in the best ever performance by a reigning world champion to win his first NZ Championship, beating no. 5 seed Murray Pharaoh (WEL) in the Final by 71.8-48.2 TPs. Matt ended up with an almost unbelievable record of 24 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the tournament. There is little doubt that he remains the strongest player in the world at the present time.
Runner-up Murray, the first non-Auckland player ever to make it into the top two, put in an exceptional performance too, edging out no. 2 seed and reigning champion Shaun Cooper (AKL) in the QFs, then no. 3 seed and previous World & NZ runner-up Jamie Sneddon (AKL) in the SFs. He then came back from three games down in the Final, winning the next two games to give himself a chance in game 6. "An incredible match," said Matt after the last game, "I almost threw it away completely. Thank God it's over!" Jamie beat unseeded Jenni Poortman (AKL) in the play-off for 3rd place. There were 21 entrants originally, of whom 18 actually played some games, including six of last year's quarter-finalists.
Notes for Entrants
All the notes are on this page - if you only want a specific section, click on one of these links:
Who can enter: Click here to add/change time details if you have already entered Click here to send an email if you have any questions
The New Zealand Tantrix Championship is open to everyone who lives in New Zealand or who comes from New Zealand. There is no entry fee and while there are deadlines for matches to be completed, you arrange a mutually convenient date and time for each match with your opponent. We hope all Tantrix players from New Zealand, from the strongest to the newest, will enter!
Even if you are new to Tantrix, this is a good chance to start getting in some tournament practice in time for the World Championship later in the year - you might even surprise yourself in this tournament.
Please note that if you come from New Zealand but no longer live there, you should enter only if you are willing to play the majority of your games at times convenient to those in New Zealand (i.e. mainly their evenings and weekends) and if you do enter this tournament, you should not also enter the continental/national championship for the country where you now live.
Tournament format:
The exact format of the tournament will depend on the number of entrants, but it will almost certainly start with a group section so that everyone gets to play a few other players. Seedings will be used to keep the strongest players apart in the early stages whatever the format.
Group matches will consist of one or two games against each opponent and knockout matches, if any, will consist of six games against the other player and to allow for margins of victory, the games will be scored using the Tournament Point system.
In March, there will be links on this page to fixture lists and results, which will be updated every day or two.
Rules:
The standard tournament rules apply. There are only a few minor changes this year and the time limit is still 15 minutes per player per game.
Click here if you want to see the full rules or click here for just a summary of the main rules.
Free Entry:
There is no entry fee and the winner will be able to call themselves the 2002 New Zealand Tantrix Champion.
Elo ratings / Seeding method:
All games played will count towards the Tantrix Tournament Elo Ratings which are to be used to decide seedings for future tournaments. See Tantrix tournament Elo ratings for further information. The seeding method is based on these ratings - see the Seeding method & list for full details.
Final note:
The non-playing controller will be Steven Trezise, email tournaments@tantrix.co.uk In the case of disputes, the decision of the controller will be final. Assistant controllers, who may be playing in the tournament, will be appointed later.
We have to reserve the right to default at our discretion people whom we have very good reason to think are either cheating or not making an effort to arrange a match, even if (given the nature of the Internet) we cannot conclusively prove it. We will not, however, abuse this right and it is only ever used in extreme circumstances.
Tournament Records
Results and reports from the 2001 New Zealand Championship
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