Thursday, December 17, 2009

This Fortnight in Puzzles

  • Some great crosswords in the NYTimes recently; the all-name puzzle from last week, and today's Heaney/Blindauer construction was great. (It was interesting: I figured out what the gimmick was going to be, and then only once did I consciously use that gimmick when solving the puzzle, since I ended up getting most of the "theme" entries the other way in the end.)
  • Although, the most fantastic crossword of the year was Matt Gaffney's most recent contest puzzle. Even though the contest is over, if you haven't done it go there now. (Granted the meta is hard. You will still like it, and if you don't figure it out you will be amazed when you read the writeup.)
  • The Puzzle Boat puzzles are progressing, which I didn't think six months ago I would ever say again. I managed to get through ring three in less than a week. I still don't have ring two done, nor have I even yet figured out the basic conceit of the metapuzzle, let alone solve the thing. I'm temporarily stopped in ring four, as puzzle #1 has gone completely by me, and puzzle #3 involves getting what appears to be some '90s version of WoW (which is therefore presumably a '90s version of D&D) and playing a specially-crafted world/level/whatever. I'm filing that one in "do only if necessary" (along with the Paper Folder puzzle and the one with all the images to sort in ring two).
  • And in a shock, I have the contest in this week's Fill Me In. Please, somebody, do this puzzle, so that I am not the first person to have a contest go completely dead. Please?

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Walmart Juxtapositions

Seen next to each other at WalMart today: (1) a bag of "Bliss" mint-and-chocolate candy; (2) a can of generic-brand sliced beets.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Wonders of an Alumni Magazine

  1. The article about social networking refers several times to "[and several other percussion video hosting sites]". I am frankly amazed there's even one "percussion video hosting site".
  2. From the "please give us money" article:
    "My parents helped pay for my first year, then I told them I would pay the rest. I don't want my parents to help," he says, as if it's a point of independence and pride.

    "As if"? As if? Do the writers/editors not recognize it as such? What do they believe are independence and pride?

Monday, November 16, 2009

Things that are Happening

  1. I am running another tournament at apterous.org; calling this one the Winter Closed because (a) it's close enough to winter for me and (b) it's a closed tournament (based on rating). A little smaller than the Summer Open was (45 total, compared to I believe 48 for the Summer Open, counting only distinct entrants). The side speed event is another 30 (but pretty much the same people). I deliberately made these as self-running as I could (hello Holland system!), and you can watch them vicariously at their own website (thanks Google sites!). Yes I did do that with the championship division pool names, thanks.
  2. Speaking of tournaments, the World Mahjong Championship is coming up in about ten months. I haven't qualified here (there are 20 spots for "the rest of the world" -- non-Europe and non-Asia) and am not even sure who is verifying those qualifiers. (The official site says that the "national mahjong organizations" are setting the standards. What the national mahjong organization is for "the rest of the world" I'm still working on. The US mahjong association doesn't seem to have anything up at the moment.) There are also 5 spots for online qualifiers, which might be more likely; although even there I haven't played a serious game of mahjong for about ... four or five months? I'm not sure my membership at MahjongTime is still valid. (Checks... I was able to log in just now so that's good.)
  3. The hybrid class is progressing, slightly. I was not at all surprised when a grand total of one person appeared to have done the hybrid work for the off day last week (out of a class of 20-ish, depending on how many people have (been) dropped). Why some of these people agreed to a hybrid class when they don't have a computer or internet access I'm not sure.
  4. Did not die in the storm this weekend, even though I was in Virginia Beach at the time. We all got caught in a game of chicken (IMO) since the site of the awards banquet didn't want to lose a lot of money by canceling on us, despite the fact that they were flooded at the time (we had to drive out via the golf cart track, since the road was gone) and we didn't want to lose a lot of money by not showing, despite the fact that it was sheer lunacy to go (since they were flooded at the time). I think I will continue to resist promotion so I don't have to do this again next year.
  5. I now have a new debit card to replace the one that got misappropriated over Halloween.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

I need the Internet's help

So the standings for the speed demon tournament -- "a colorful way to display information so that you can see at a glance what's going on", or "garish"?

Amtrak and Airtran are conspiring against me (a/k/a ACPT travel woes)

I've been using Airtran to get to NYC every year since I got here (even when the ACPT was in Connecticut, nobody actually goes to Connecticut. How else would we get our Connecticut Limo horror stories?). So I'm trying to do some preliminary planning, on the assumption that Willz will only change the date once (which has already happened).

I'm pretty sure Airtran used to have a lot more flights than they do now; at least they're still the cheapest option I'm pretty sure ($62/72 each way, plus taxes). But there's only two flights a day each way now: I can leave here at 8 in the morning, and then think of something to do in NYC that day or leave at 6 in the evening and probably miss the Friday night stuff. And then the only possible flight home leaves at 7:30 pm. Delta doesn't even fly to New York from PHF any more; I'd either have to fly to Atlanta or drive to Norfolk and fly to JFK; that comes out to $168 (plus taxes).

I've done the train up to DC, and the Northeast still seems to have this idea that trains are good. Eight hours on a train each way isn't necessarily the fastest travel plan, but usually Amtrak isn't too bad. And if I could get both ways for $77, then that would not be that much worse than anything else. Unfortunately: 1) the return trip is $110, and 2) it leaves at 1pm, which means no lunch (although having a good reason to skip the generally over-priced and under-catered banquet may not be a bad thing). And I suppose 3) the 25%-off on the NPN-New York run expires December 28. I suppose someone would have to teach me how to use the NYC subway system to get from Penn Station to the hotel and back.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Strange Design Choices

So when you go to the GMail login page, your password is filled in for you and you can start typing your username. BUT: As soon as you hit tab or enter, the password is erased (meaning that at least you can't log in without actually typing your password). But what is the point of showing you what your password looks like filled in? "Oooh, that's a lot of dots, I must be using the long password here!"

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Today's product of the day

Is here. (h/t Instapundit) I firmly agree with the first commenter: (1) this is a good idea and (2) this shouldn't be (or shouldn't have to be, perhaps) a good idea.

Monday, October 19, 2009

We'll call it a draw

So my slide rules need some definite attention paid to them, and part of providing that attention is slathering on some white petroleum jelly. The only difficulty here is that I do not actually possess any Vaseline and therefore had to acquire some. Even after 30 minutes in Walmart today, I still could not tell you where Vaseline is stocked there. Fortunately the mouthwash aisle had some in the little travel-size containers, which is more than I need anyway (since it's not as though I have that many slide rules). I am looking forward to soon having the slickest-moving slide rules this side of my front door.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

It must be that time of year

I wandered into the kitchen just now, noticed a box of stuffing, and said "Oooh!" So I will have stuffing as a snack in about seven minutes.

Also if someone could find my fingernail clippers I'd appreciate it.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Today's Wikipediaism

So clearly [citation needed] is not really a bad thing in Wikipedia. But I'm guessing someone got a little too trigger happy on the "Kernel trick" page:

The origin of the term kernel trick is not known.[citation needed]

If anyone can find a definitive reference for this, I for one would be happy to see it.

Friday, August 28, 2009

I guess you've been a Red Sox fan for a while then

The Lexus I was behind today coming home from work (well, not coming home so much as going to the Dairy Queen, but it's almost on the way) had three bumper stickers: New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, and "The most excellent jihad is the conquest of self."

Puzzles puzzles puzzles

Someday soon I'll finish up my Sites page with some tools. Someday.

We got some good weekends coming up: the first hints for P&A comes out this weekend (hey, I've already got one puzzle, and most of four others, that's not bad, right?). Eric Berlin's puzzles are coming out soon, and then there's DASH the weekend after that. But those actual, physical, hunts have never been my strong suit, and I don't know anybody local that would tolerate my presence for that (not that there's a huge number of people who would tolerate my presence anywhere), so maybe that one will be a miss.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Return of the Puzzles

So, obviously, Google has webspace for people. For whatever reason (perhaps my ignorance, perhaps an oversight, perhaps a deliberate decision) you can't get there from Blogger so far as I can tell. So while the blog is still here, things that need to be posted will get posted at my new Google Sites page under Puzzles and Tools. Currently I've put up four crostics (which, alas, is currently my entire crostic output). The tools will go back up soon, and maybe one day I will post my utterly utterly pathetic puzzle suite.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Apterous Summer U1200 Final Results

The final crosstable for the U1200:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5OverallGamesPPG
2 Matthew Green 1183 16
2 - 0
13
2 - 1
14
2 - 0
12
2 - 0
11
2 - 1
5 +8 85.3
13 Aaron Higgs 1086 27
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
4
2 - 1
3
2 - 1
5
2 - 0
4 +5 91.7
11 Jeff Clayton 1115 25
2 - 1
19
2 - 0
17
2 - 1
15
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
4 +5 83.1
6 Marcus Hares 1162 21
2 - 0
14
1 - 2
19
2 - 0
17
2 - 1
20
0 - 0
3 +4 86.7
7 Mark Harrison 1135 20
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
21
2 - 0
18
2 - 0
15
0 - 0
3 +4 86.3
15 Lesley Hines 1072 28
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
1
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
7
0 - 0
3 +4 42.5
12 Andy Kravis 1104 26
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
18
2 - 1
2
0 - 2
3
0 - 0
3 +3 87.3
17 Simon Myers 1058 4
2 - 1
9
2 - 0
11
1 - 2
6
1 - 2
10
2 - 0
3 +3 82.3
20 Matt Morrison 1033 7
2 - 0
12
0 - 2
8
2 - 0
9
2 - 1
6
0 - 0
3 +3 79.6
4 Donald Gordon 1165 17
1 - 2
24
2 - 1
13
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
16
2 - 1
3 +2 81.3
5 Henry Meier 1164 19
1 - 2
25
2 - 0
16
2 - 1
14
2 - 0
13
0 - 2
3
+2 80
3 Ross Allatt 1177 18
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
10
2 - 0
13
1 - 2
12
0 - 0
2 +2 77.6
14 Jeff Burgin 1076 1
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
2
0 - 2
5
0 - 0
21
0 - 0
2 +1 99
9 Tyron Potts 1121 23
2 - 0
17
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
20
1 - 2
18
0 - 0
2 +1 79.1
16 Tom Rowell 1065 2
0 - 2
27
2 - 0
5
1 - 2
24
2 - 0
4
1 - 2
2 +0 78.9
18 Paul Erdunast 1047 3
2 - 1
10
2 - 0
12
1 - 2
7
0 - 2
9
0 - 0
2 +0 76
21 Jay Murphy 1031 6
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
7
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
14
0 - 0
2 +0 56.1
22 Peter Crawley 1004 8
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
9
0 - 2
19
2 - 0
27
2 - 0
2 -1 74.2
23 Liam Tiernan 984 9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
4
0 - 2
28
2 - 1
2 -3 75.5
10 Peter Lee 1119 24
2 - 1
18
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
17
0 - 2
2 -3 72.8
8 James Doohan 1126 22
2 - 0
15
0 - 2
20
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
1
0 - 0
1 -2 54.3
24 Shaun Hegarty 983 10
1 - 2
4
1 - 2
27
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
19
0 - 0
1 -3 74.1
1 Barry Evans 1199 14
0 - 2
22
2 - 1
15
0 - 2
8
0 - 0
8
0 - 0
1 -3 54
19 Daniel O'Dowd 1043 5
2 - 1
11
0 - 2
6
0 - 2
22
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
1 -5 74.3
28 Ian Dent 665 15
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
10
0 - 2
23
1 - 2
1 -5 46.6
27 Andy Wilson 898 13
0 - 2
16
0 - 2
24
1 - 2
26
2 - 1
22
0 - 2
1 -6 66.2
25 Rob Thomas 928 11
1 - 2
5
0 - 2
28
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
26
2 - 1
1 -6 47
26 Phil Collinge 900 12
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
23
0 - 2
27
1 - 2
25
1 - 2
0 -8 71

Congratulations to Matthew Green, defeating Jeff Clayton in a de facto final match, and thanks to everyone for making this work.

Apterous Summer Open Final Results

The final crosstable for the Summer Open is here:
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5OverallGamesPPG
5 Innis Carson 1625 15
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
33
2 - 0
1
0 - 2
11
2 - 0
4 +6 100.5
13 Ben Wilson 1457 3
1 - 2
26
2 - 0
30
2 - 0
33
2 - 0
28
2 - 1
4 +6 94.5
4 Charlie Reams 1643 14
2 - 1
17
2 - 0
28
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
8
2 - 1
4 +5 102.2
3 Jon Corby 1696 13
2 - 1
10
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
12
2 - 0
7
2 - 0
4 +5 102.0
1 Kirk Bevins 1833 11
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
5
2 - 0
2
0 - 2
4 +4 107.2
2 Junaid Mubeen 1781 12
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
10
2 - 1
4
2 - 1
1
2 - 0
4 +4 100.7
8 David O'Donnell 1577 18
2 - 0
2
2 - 0
1
1 - 2
20
2 - 0
4
1 - 2
3 +4 98.7
9 Andrew Hulme 1575 20
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
25
2 - 0
21
0 - 0
23
2 - 0
3 +4 80.8
6 Dinos Sfyris 1597 16
2 - 1
1
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
17
0 - 1
21
2 - 0
3 +3 98.9
7 Kai Laddiman 1579 17
1 - 2
21
2 - 0
24
2 - 0
16
2 - 0
3
0 - 2
3 +3 95.3
16 Jim Bentley 1318 6
1 - 2
29
2 - 0
31
2 - 0
7
0 - 2
30
2 - 0
3 +3 82.9
31 Simon Myers 1058 21
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
16
0 - 2
18
2 - 0
14
2 - 1
3 +2 83.2
11 James Hurrell 1549 1
0 - 2
24
2 - 0
27
2 - 0
28
2 - 1
5
0 - 2
3 +1 96.4
27 Andy Kravis 1104 37
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
11
0 - 2
15
2 - 1
12
2 - 1
3 +1 83.5
10 Damian Eadie 1550 19
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
25
0 - 0
25
0 - 0
2 +3 98.4
14 Martin May 1338 4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
36
2 - 0
29
2 - 0
31
1 - 2
2 +2 96.2
17 Neil Zussman 1307 7
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
6
1 - 0
33
0 - 0
2 +2 92.4
26 Peter Lee 1119 36
0 - 0
13
0 - 2
40
0 - 0
40
2 - 0
37
2 - 0
2 +2 85.7
28 Aaron Higgs 1086 38
2 - 0
15
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
11
1 - 2
13
1 - 2
2 -1 89.8
15 Jack Hurst 1325 5
0 - 2
28
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
27
1 - 2
20
2 - 1
2 -1 82.5
21 Ross Allatt 1177 31
2 - 1
7
0 - 2
35
2 - 0
9
0 - 0
6
0 - 2
2 -1 81.6
23 Henry Meier 1164 33
1 - 2
36
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
9
0 - 2
2 -1 81.1
22 Donald Gordon 1165 32
2 - 1
9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
34
0 - 0
35
2 - 0
2 -1 80.8
18 Julie Taylor 1256 8
0 - 2
30
1 - 2
38
2 - 0
31
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
2 -1 80.3
12 Oliver Garner 1469 2
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
29
2 - 0
3
0 - 2
27
1 - 2
2 -1 78.6
30 Tom Rowell 1065 40
0 - 0
18
2 - 1
13
0 - 2
19
2 - 0
16
0 - 2
2 -1 77.3
20 Richard Priest 1255 9
2 - 0
5
0 - 2
34
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
15
1 - 2
2 -1 72.5
33 Matt Morrison 1033 23
2 - 1
19
2 - 1
5
0 - 2
13
0 - 2
17
0 - 0
2 -2 72.1
29 Jeff Burgin 1076 39
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
12
0 - 2
14
0 - 2
38
2 - 0
2 -3 77.4
34 Jay Murphy 1031 24
0 - 2
40
2 - 0
20
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
19
0 - 0
1 -2 91.7
24 Mark Harrison 1135 34
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
35
0 - 0
36
0 - 0
1 -2 74.2
36 James Levison 884 26
0 - 0
23
0 - 2
14
0 - 2
38
2 - 0
24
0 - 0
1 -2 58.7
35 Julie Russell 934 25
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
21
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
22
0 - 2
1 -3 81.9
19 Ian Volante 1255 10
0 - 2
33
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
30
0 - 2
34
0 - 0
1 -3 69.6
40 Ben Ziek 619 30
0 - 0
34
0 - 2
26
0 - 0
26
0 - 2
39
2 - 1
1 -3 63
25 James Doohan 1126 35
2 - 1
12
0 - 2
9
0 - 2
10
0 - 0
10
0 - 0
1 -3 53.6
32 Paul Erdunast 1047 22
1 - 2
38
2 - 1
17
0 - 2
23
0 - 2
18
0 - 2
1 -6 80.4
37 Marc Meakin 850 27
1 - 2
31
0 - 2
15
0 - 2
39
2 - 1
26
0 - 2
1 -6 69.3
39 Ian Dent 665 29
1 - 2
35
0 - 2
19
0 - 2
37
1 - 2
40
1 - 2
0 -7 65.3
38 Niall Seymour 834 28
0 - 2
32
1 - 2
18
0 - 2
36
0 - 2
29
0 - 2
0 -9 64.7

Congratulations to Innis Carson for topping the charts, and thanks to everybody for making this work.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Rather Delayed Apterous Summer Tournaments Week 4

Oops! Here are some rather tardy crosstables before the last week.

For the Open:
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OverallGamesPPG
1 Kirk Bevins 1833 11
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
5
2 - 0
4 +6 110
8 David O'Donnell 1577 18
2 - 0
2
2 - 0
1
1 - 2
20
2 - 0
3 +5 102
7 Kai Laddiman 1579 17
1 - 2
21
2 - 0
24
2 - 0
16
2 - 0
3 +5 93.3
4 Charlie Reams 1643 14
2 - 1
17
2 - 0
28
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
3 +4 102
5 Innis Carson 1625 15
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
33
2 - 0
1
0 - 2
3 +4 71.1
11 James Hurrell 1549 1
0 - 2
24
2 - 0
27
2 - 0
28
2 - 1
3 +3 99.2
3 Jon Corby 1696 13
2 - 1
10
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
12
2 - 0
3 +3 97.6
2 Junaid Mubeen 1781 12
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
10
2 - 1
4
2 - 1
3 +2 99.5
14 Martin May 1338 4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
36
2 - 0
29
2 - 0
2 +3 101
10 Damian Eadie 1550 19
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
25
0 - 0
2 +3 98.4
13 Ben Wilson 1457 3
1 - 2
26
2 - 0
30
2 - 0
33
0 - 0
2 +3 92
17 Neil Zussman 1307 7
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
6
1 - 0
2 +2 92.4
9 Andrew Hulme 1575 20
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
25
2 - 0
21
0 - 0
2 +2 70.7
6 Dinos Sfyris 1597 16
2 - 1
1
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
17
0 - 1
2 +1 97
21 Ross Allatt 1177 31
2 - 1
7
0 - 2
35
2 - 0
9
0 - 0
2 +1 83.7
16 Jim Bentley 1318 6
1 - 2
29
2 - 0
31
2 - 0
7
0 - 2
2 +1 81.1
30 Tom Rowell 1065 40
0 - 0
18
2 - 1
13
0 - 2
19
2 - 0
2 +1 80.3
31 Simon Myers 1058 21
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
16
0 - 2
18
2 - 0
2 +1 79.9
23 Henry Meier 1164 33
1 - 2
36
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
2 +1 79.8
28 Aaron Higgs 1086 38
2 - 0
15
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
11
1 - 2
2 +0 90.1
27 Andy Kravis 1104 37
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
11
0 - 2
15
2 - 1
2 +0 80
12 Oliver Garner 1469 2
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
29
2 - 0
3
0 - 2
2 +0 70.9
20 Richard Priest 1255 9
2 - 0
5
0 - 2
34
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
2 +0 63
33 Matt Morrison 1033 23
2 - 1
19
2 - 1
5
0 - 2
13
0 - 0
2 +0 59.8
26 Peter Lee 1119 36
0 - 0
13
0 - 2
40
0 - 0
40
2 - 0
1 +0 84.5
35 Julie Russell 934 25
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
21
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
1 -1 84.1
34 Jay Murphy 1031 24
0 - 2
40
2 - 0
20
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
1 -2 91.7
15 Jack Hurst 1325 5
0 - 2
28
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
27
1 - 2
1 -2 79.1
24 Mark Harrison 1135 34
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
35
0 - 0
1 -2 74.2
36 James Levison 884 26
0 - 0
23
0 - 2
14
0 - 2
38
2 - 0
1 -2 58.7
18 Matt Bayfield 1256 8
0 - 2
30
1 - 2
38
2 - 0
31
0 - 2
1 -3 77.6
22 Donald Gordon 1165 32
2 - 1
9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
34
0 - 0
1 -3 76.7
19 Ian Volante 1255 10
0 - 2
33
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
30
0 - 2
1 -3 69.6
25 James Doohan 1126 35
2 - 1
12
0 - 2
9
0 - 2
10
0 - 0
1 -3 53.6
32 Paul Erdunast 1047 22
1 - 2
38
2 - 1
17
0 - 2
23
0 - 2
1 -4 81
37 Marc Meakin 850 27
1 - 2
31
0 - 2
15
0 - 2
39
2 - 1
1 -4 69
29 Jeff Burgin 1076 39
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
12
0 - 2
14
0 - 2
1 -5 73.8
40 Ben Ziek 619 30
0 - 0
34
0 - 2
26
0 - 0
26
0 - 2
0 -4 54.5
39 Ian Dent 665 29
1 - 2
35
0 - 2
19
0 - 2
37
1 - 2
0 -6 64.9
38 Niall Seymour 834 28
0 - 2
32
1 - 2
18
0 - 2
36
0 - 2
0 -7 65.7

Kirk tries to survive unbeaten against Junaid, while Junaid tries to create a massive tie for the top spot.

The U1200:
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OverallGamesPPG
2 Matthew Green 1183 16
2 - 0
13
2 - 1
14
2 - 0
12
2 - 0
4 +7 87.1
11 Jeff Clayton 1115 25
2 - 1
19
2 - 0
17
2 - 1
15
2 - 0
4 +6 87.7
6 Marcus Hares 1162 21
2 - 0
14
1 - 2
19
2 - 0
17
2 - 1
3 +4 86.7
7 Mark Harrison 1135 20
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
21
2 - 0
18
2 - 0
3 +4 86.3
15 Lesley Hines 1072 28
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
1
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
3 +4 42.5
13 Aaron Higgs 1086 27
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
4
2 - 1
3
2 - 1
3 +3 89.6
12 Andy Kravis 1104 26
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
18
2 - 1
2
0 - 2
3 +3 87.3
20 Matt Morrison 1033 7
2 - 0
12
0 - 2
8
2 - 0
9
2 - 1
3 +3 79.6
5 Henry Meier 1164 19
1 - 2
25
2 - 0
16
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
2 +2 102
3 Ross Allatt 1177 18
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
10
2 - 0
13
1 - 2
2 +2 77.6
14 Jeff Burgin 1076 1
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
2
0 - 2
5
0 - 0
2 +1 99
17 Simon Myers 1058 4
2 - 1
9
2 - 0
11
1 - 2
6
1 - 2
2 +1 80.8
9 Tyron Potts 1121 23
2 - 0
17
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
20
1 - 2
2 +1 79.1
16 Tom Rowell 1065 2
0 - 2
27
2 - 0
5
1 - 2
24
2 - 0
2 +1 78.9
4 Donald Gordon 1165 17
1 - 2
24
2 - 1
13
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
2 +1 78.3
18 Paul Erdunast 1047 3
2 - 1
10
2 - 0
12
1 - 2
7
0 - 2
2 +0 76
21 Jay Murphy 1031 6
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
7
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
2 +0 56.1
10 Peter Lee 1119 24
2 - 1
18
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
2 -1 74.6
8 James Doohan 1126 22
2 - 0
15
0 - 2
20
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
1 -2 54.3
24 Shaun Hegarty 983 10
1 - 2
4
1 - 2
27
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
1 -3 74.1
22 Peter Crawley 1004 8
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
9
0 - 2
19
2 - 0
1 -3 72.6
1 Barry Evans 1199 14
0 - 2
22
2 - 1
15
0 - 2
8
0 - 0
1 -3 54
23 Liam Tiernan 984 9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
4
0 - 2
1 -4 68.5
27 Andy Wilson 898 13
0 - 2
16
0 - 2
24
1 - 2
26
2 - 1
1 -4 67.5
28 Ian Dent 665 15
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
10
0 - 2
1 -4 38.5
19 Daniel O'Dowd 1043 5
2 - 1
11
0 - 2
6
0 - 2
22
0 - 2
1 -5 74.3
26 Phil Collinge 900 12
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
23
0 - 2
27
1 - 2
0 -7 69.4
25 Rob Thomas 928 11
1 - 2
5
0 - 2
28
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
0 -7 35.1

A de facto final game in this division, with the two last undefeated players squaring off.

In the U1000:
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5OverallGamesPPG
1 Liam Tiernan 984 10
2 - 0
7
2 - 0
5
2 - 1
4
1 - 2
2
0 - 0
3 +4 81.8
2 Shaun Hegarty 983 9
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
6
2 - 1
3
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
4 +5 86.1
3 Jason Turner 958 8
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
4
0 - 2
2
0 - 2
9
0 - 0
1 -4 75.6
4 James Hall 955 7
2 - 0
5
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
1
2 - 1
10
0 - 0
4 +7 83.4
5 Julie Russell 934 6
2 - 0
4
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
10
2 - 0
7
0 - 0
2 +1 77.7
6 Phil Collinge 900 5
0 - 2
3
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
9
2 - 1
8
0 - 0
2 +0 82.9
7 Andy Wilson 898 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 2
10
2 - 1
8
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
2 -1 73.3
8 James Levison 884 3
0 - 2
2
1 - 2
9
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
6
0 - 0
0 -7 65
9 Niall Seymour 834 2
1 - 2
10
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
6
1 - 2
3
0 - 0
2 +2 80.8
10 Ian Dent 665 1
0 - 2
9
0 - 2
7
1 - 2
5
0 - 2
4
0 - 0
0 -7 57

If James Hall can finish it off against Ian Dent this week, then there will be a special final match between Shaun Hegarty and James Hall.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Apterous Summer U1200 Week 3

Heading into the homestretch here, with two weeks to go and four undefeated players, three of whom come from the middle of the pack. Those players marked with * by their names are on the injured reserve list (i.e., they have vanished). With any luck, Lesley H will get to play a game this week. The crosstable:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OverallGamesPPG
1 Barry Evans 1199 14
0 - 2
22
2 - 1
15
0 - 2F
21
0 - 0
1 -3 54
2 Matthew Green 1183 16
2 - 0
13
2 - 1
14
2 - 0
12
0 - 0
3 +5 86.6
3 Ross Allatt 1177 18
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
10
2 - 0
13
0 - 0
2 +3 76.9
4 Donald Gordon 1165 17
1 - 2
24
2 - 1
13
1 - 2
23
0 - 0
1 -1 74.3
5 Henry Meier 1164 19
1 - 2
25
2 - 0
16
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
2 +2 79.6
6 Marcus Hares 1162 21
2 - 0
14
1 - 2
19
2 - 0
17
0 - 0
2 +3 89.6
7 Mark Harrison 1135 20
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
21
2 - 0
18
0 - 0
2 +2 86.3
8 James Doohan* 1126 22
2 - 0
15
0 - 2F
20
0 - 2
25
0 - 0
1 -2 54.3
9 Tyron Potts 1121 23
2 - 0
17
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
20
0 - 0
2 +2 83.8
10 Peter Lee 1119 24
2 - 1
18
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
28
0 - 0
1 -3 71.9
11 Jeff Clayton 1115 25
2 - 1
19
2 - 0
17
2 - 1
15
0 - 0
3 +4 88.3
12 Andy Kravis 1104 26
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
18
2 - 1
2
0 - 0
3 +5 90.3
13 Aaron Higgs 1086 27
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
4
2 - 1
3
0 - 0
2 +2 90.3
14 Jeff Burgin 1076 1
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
2
0 - 2
5
0 - 0
2 +1 76.3
15 Lesley Hines 1072 28
2 - 0
8
2 - 0F
1
2 - 0F
11
0 - 0
3 +6 30.3
16 Tom Rowell 1065 2
0 - 2
27
2 - 0
5
1 - 2
24
0 - 0
1 -1 78.7
17 Simon Myers 1058 4
2 - 1
9
2 - 0
11
1 - 2
6
0 - 0
2 +2 83.8
18 Paul Erdunast 1047 3
2 - 1
10
2 - 0
12
1 - 2
7
0 - 0
2 +2 76.9
19 Daniel O'Dowd 1043 5
2 - 1
11
0 - 2
6
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
1 -3 78
20 Matt Morrison 1033 7
2 - 0
12
0 - 2
8
2 - 0
9
0 - 0
2 +2 81.2
21 Jay Murphy 1031 6
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
7
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
1 -2 74.5
22 Peter Crawley 1004 8
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
9
0 - 2
19
0 - 0
0 -5 68.6
23 Liam Tiernan 984 9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
4
0 - 0
1 -2 74.3
24 Shaun Hegarty 983 10
1 - 2
4
1 - 2
27
2 - 1
16
0 - 0
1 -1 75.7
25 Rob Thomas* 928 11
1 - 2
5
0 - 2
28
0 - 2F
8
0 - 0
0 -5 45.1
26 Phil Collinge 900 12
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
23
0 - 2
27
0 - 0
0 -6 68.2
27 Andy Wilson 898 13
0 - 2
16
0 - 2
24
1 - 2
26
0 - 0
0 -5 63.6
28 Ian Dent 665 15
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
25
2 - 0F
10
0 - 0
1 -2 32.5

Notes: I played James Doohan's round 3 match. Matches listed as 0-0 are treated as unplayed; matches marked with "F" are treated as two 1-0 walkovers (good for the first tiebreaker, games won minus games lost; bad for the second, points per game).

Apterous Summer Open Week 3

Some terrific matches at the top this week (Kirk overcoming 14 maxes by D O'D to win?!) and there are going to be come terrific matches at the top this week too. The middle is sorting itself out (it always takes a little bit in an accelerated schedule); hopefully this week's matches will be more fun for the "average bloke".

This week, because you've earned it, I've sorted the crosstable by standings. I've left in the players who are currently on injured reserve (i.e., either they've withdrawn themselves or they've missed two games) so that you can see who they've played, but put a * next to their name. The standings, then:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OverallGamesPPG
5 Innis Carson 1625 15
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
33
2 - 0F
1
0 - 0
3 +6 66.7
4 Charlie Reams 1643 14
2 - 1
17
2 - 0
28
2 - 0
2
0 - 0
3 +5 105
1 Kirk Bevins 1833 11
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
5
0 - 0
3 +4 111
8 David O'Donnell 1577 18
2 - 0
2
2 - 0
1
1 - 2
20
0 - 0
2 +3 103
10 Damian Eadie* 1550 19
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
25
0 - 0
2 +3 98.4
7 Kai Laddiman 1579 17
1 - 2
21
2 - 0
24
2 - 0
16
0 - 0
2 +3 93.6
13 Ben Wilson 1457 3
1 - 2
26
2 - 0
30
2 - 0
33
0 - 0
2 +3 92
16 Jim Bentley 1318 6
1 - 2
29
2 - 0
31
2 - 0
7
0 - 0
2 +3 89.6
6 Dinos Sfyris 1597 16
2 - 1
1
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
17
0 - 0
2 +2 97.9
11 James Hurrell 1549 1
0 - 2
24
2 - 0
27
2 - 0
28
0 - 0
2 +2 97.8
9 Andrew Hulme 1575 20
0 - 2F
22
2 - 0
25
2 - 0
21
0 - 0
2 +2 70.7
12 Oliver Garner 1469 2
0 - 2
25
2 - 0F
29
2 - 0
3
0 - 0
2 +2 66.3
20 Richard Priest 1255 9
2 - 0F
5
0 - 2
34
2 - 0
8
0 - 0
2 +2 56.2
2 Junaid Mubeen 1781 12
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
10
2 - 1
4
0 - 0
2 +1 100
3 Jon Corby 1696 13
2 - 1
10
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
12
0 - 0
2 +1 96.7
17 Neil Zussman 1307 7
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
32
2 - 0
6
0 - 0
2 +1 91.6
28 Aaron Higgs 1086 38
2 - 0
15
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
11
0 - 0
2 +1 87.6
21 Ross Allatt 1177 31
2 - 1
7
0 - 2
35
2 - 0
9
0 - 0
2 +1 83.7
33 Matt Morrison 1033 23
2 - 1
19
2 - 1
5
0 - 2F
13
0 - 0
2 +0 59.8
14 Martin May 1338 4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
36
2 - 0
29
0 - 0
1 +1 101
35 Julie Russell 934 25
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
21
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
1 -1 84.1
18 Julie Taylor
1256 8
0 - 2
30
1 - 2
38
2 - 0
31
0 - 0
1 -1 81.6
31 Simon Myers 1058 21
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
16
0 - 2
18
0 - 0
1 -1 78.6
23 Henry Meier 1164 33
1 - 2
36
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
32
0 - 0
1 -1 78.3
15 Jack Hurst 1325 5
0 - 2
28
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
27
0 - 0
1 -1 78
27 Andy Kravis 1104 37
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
11
0 - 2
15
0 - 0
1 -1 76.2
30 Tom Rowell 1065 40
0 - 0
18
2 - 1
13
0 - 2
19
0 - 0
1 -1 72.8
19 Ian Volante 1255 10
0 - 2
33
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
30
0 - 0
1 -1 69.4
34 Jay Murphy 1031 24
0 - 2
40
2 - 0
20
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
1 -2 91.7
32 Paul Erdunast 1047 22
1 - 2
38
2 - 1
17
0 - 2
23
0 - 0
1 -2 83.1
24 Mark Harrison 1135 34
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
35
0 - 0
1 -2 74.2
22 Donald Gordon 1165 32
2 - 1
9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
34
0 - 0
1 -3 76.7
29 Jeff Burgin 1076 39
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
12
0 - 2
14
0 - 0
1 -3 74.3
25 James Doohan* 1126 35
2 - 1
12
0 - 2F
9
0 - 2
10
0 - 0
1 -3 53.6
26 Peter Lee* 1119 36
0 - 0
13
0 - 2
40
0 - 0
40
0 - 0
0 -2 71
40 Ben Ziek* 619 30
0 - 0
34
0 - 2
26
0 - 0
26
0 - 0
0 -2 51.5
36 James Levison 884 26
0 - 0
23
0 - 2
14
0 - 2
38
0 - 0
0 -4 46.8
37 Marc Meakin 850 27
1 - 2
31
0 - 2
15
0 - 2
39
0 - 0
0 -5 65.6
38 Niall Seymour 834 28
0 - 2
32
1 - 2
18
0 - 2
36
0 - 0
0 -5 65.6
39 Ian Dent 665 29
1 - 2
35
0 - 2
19
0 - 2
37
0 - 0
0 -5 59.1

Some notes for completeness: I played James Doohan's round 3 match; Matt Bayfield played Julie Taylor's round 1 match; pairings are, as always, based on seeds not performance to date, hence Junaid was "promoted" to play an undefeated player last week and this as the top-seeded one-loss player; games scored as 0-0 are treated as unplayed, while those marked with "F" are treated as two 1-0 walkovers (good for the first tiebreaker, games won minus games lost; bad for the second tiebreaker, which is points per game).

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Apterous Summer U1000 Week 3

Edit: Phil and Shaun finished their game, so round 3 has completed. The crosstable:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OverallGamesPPG
1 Liam Tiernan 984 10
2 - 0
7
2 - 0
5
2 - 1
4
0 - 0
3 +5 82.3
2 Shaun Hegarty 983 9
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
6
2 - 1
3
0 - 0
3 +3 86.3
3 Jason Turner 958 8
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
4
0 - 2
2
0 - 0
1 -2 80.2
4 James Hall 955 7
2 - 0
5
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
3 +6 85.5
5 Julie Russell 934 6
2 - 0
4
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
10
0 - 0
1 -1 78.3
6 Phil Collinge 900 5
0 - 2
3
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
9
0 - 0
1 -1 84
7 Andy Wilson 898 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 2
10
2 - 1
8
0 - 0
1 -3 72.7
8 James Levison 884 3
0 - 2
2
1 - 2
9
0 - 2
7
0 - 0
0 -5 68.3
9 Niall Seymour 834 2
1 - 2
10
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
6
0 - 0
2 +3 80.1
10 Ian Dent 665 1
0 - 2
9
0 - 2
7
1 - 2
5
0 - 0
0 -5 61.4

This week will decide the winner of pool 1 (sort of the semifinals if you will): Liam Tiernan can win the pool with a win; and with a win James Hall would put himself in the driver's seat (he would still have to get past Ian D to clinch it); if James does go through we will have to have an extra game in week 5. Shaun Hegarty is now the only undefeated player left in pool 2 and is guaranteed to at least be tied at the top when the dust settles.

Apterous Summer U800 Week 3 -- the playoffs begin

So pool play is over (more or less) for the U800 group; our final standings in the preliminary phase look like this:


SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPGSeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
4 Ian Dent 665 5
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
2 +469.5 2 Maxine Silkstone 722 7
2 - 0
6
1 - 2
3
2 - 1
2+2 74.4
1 Adam Dexter 724 8
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
4
0 - 0
1+2 80.5 6 Ben Ziek 619 3
2 - 1
2
2 - 1
7
0 - 0
2 +2 71
5 James Leroux 662 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
8
2 - 0
1 +0 61 7 Steve Rogers 461 2
0 -2
3
0 - 0
6
0 - 0
0 -268.5
8 Supee Juachan 378 1
0 -2
4
0 - 2
5
0 - 2
0-6 42.3 3 Gregor Morgan 686 6
1 - 2
7
0 - 0
2
1 - 2
0 -2 67

This brings us now to the playoff phase: the top two from each pool will go into the top playoff bracket, and play against their counterparts in the other bracket. (The game between, say, Maxine Silkstone and Ben Ziek will travel with them into the playoff bracket.) Unplayed matches between individuals now in different playoff brackets will remain double zeros forevermore; matches between players in the same playoff bracket can still be made up (and are listed again on the schedule). So the new pools, and the carryover games:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPGSeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Adam Dexter 724 4
0 - 0
2
0 -0
6
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J 3 Gregor Morgan 686 7
0 - 0
5
0 - 0
8
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J
2 Maxine Silkstone 722 6
1 -2
1
0 - 0
4
0 - 0
0 -1 67.3 5 James Leroux 662 8
2 - 0
3
0 - 0
7
0 - 0
1 +2 72.5
4 Ian Dent 665 1
0 - 0
6
0 - 0
2
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J 7 Steve Rogers 461 3
0 - 0
8
0 - 0
5
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J
6 Ben Ziek 619 2
2 - 1
4
0 - 0
1
0 - 0
1 +1 72.7 8 Supee Juachan 378 5
0 - 2
7
0 - 0
3
0 - 0
0 -2 54.5

The left side, of course, is the top bracket, and the right side is the lower bracket. Round 1 was (or should have been) played already, and this week is round 2 of the playoffs.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Apterous Summer Open Week 2

And finally, the big one. Again, a little trouble with scheduling, as two matches ended up unplayed this week. (Still, that's a 90% completion rate which isn't too bad.) Seven players remain undefeated going into this week's play. Three or four of them will remain so for next week.

The table: (again in seed order, not in order of results):
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Kirk Bevins 1833 11
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
8
0 - 0
2 +3 110
2 Junaid Mubeen 1781 12
2 - 0
8
0 - 2
10
0 - 0
1 +0 99.5
3 Jon Corby 1696 13
2 - 1
10
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
1 -1 92.2
4 Charlie Reams 1643 14
2 - 1
17
2 - 0
28
0 - 0
2 +3 105
5 Innis Carson 1625 15
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
33
0 - 0
2 +4 99.5
6 Dinos Sfyris 1597 16
2 - 1
1
1 - 2
23
0 - 0
1 +0 96.5
7 Kai Laddiman 1579 17
1 - 2
21
2 - 0
24
0 - 0
1 +1 94.8
8 David O'Donnell 1577 18
2 - 0
2
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
2 +4 101
9 Andrew Hulme 1575 20
0 - 2
22
2 - 0
25
0 - 0
1 +0 54.5
10 Damian Eadie 1550 19
2 - 0
3
2 - 0
2
0 - 0
2 +4 106
11 James Hurrell 1549 1
0 - 2
24
2 - 0
27
0 - 0
1 +0 96
12 Oliver Garner 1469 2
0 - 2
25
2 - 0
29
0 - 0
1 +0 50
13 Ben Wilson 1457 3
1 - 2
26
2 - 0
30
0 - 0
1 +1 88.4
14 Martin May 1338 4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
36
0 - 0
0 -1 97
15 Jack Hurst 1325 5
0 - 2
28
1 - 2
37
0 - 0
0 -3 76
16 Jim Bentley 1318 6
1 - 2
29
2 - 0
31
0 - 0
1 +1 89.4
17 Neil Zussman 1307 7
2 - 1
4
0 - 2
32
0 - 0
1 -1 89.4
18 Matt Bayfield 1256 8
0 - 2
30
1 - 2
38
0 - 0
0 -3 77.6
19 Ian Volante 1255 10
0 - 2
33
1 - 2
39
0 - 0
0 -3 67.8
20 Richard Priest 1255 9
2 - 0
5
0 - 2
34
0 - 0
1 +0 40.3
21 Ross Allatt 1177 31
2 - 1
7
0 - 2
35
0 - 0
1 -1 77.2
22 Donald Gordon 1165 32
2 - 1
9
0 - 2
3
0 - 0
1 -1 79.2
23 Henry Meier 1164 33
1 - 2
36
2 - 0
6
0 - 0
1 +1 83.4
24 Mark Harrison 1135 34
2 - 0
11
0 - 2
7
0 - 0
1 +0 82.5
25 James Doohan 1126 35
2 - 1
12
0 - 2
9
0 - 0
1 -1 50.2
26 Peter Lee 1119 36
0 - 0
13
0 - 2
40
0 - 0
0 -2 71
27 Andy Kravis 1104 37
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
11
0 - 0
1 +1 77
28 Aaron Higgs 1086 38
2 - 0
15
2 - 1
4
0 - 0
2 +3 95.4
29 Jeff Burgin 1076 39
2 - 1
16
0 - 2
12
0 - 0
1 -1 79.8
30 Tom Rowell 1065 40
0 - 0
18
2 - 1
13
0 - 0
1 +1 84.7
31 Simon Myers 1058 21
1 - 2
37
2 - 0
16
0 - 0
1 +1 79.4
32 Paul Erdunast 1047 22
1 - 2
38
2 - 1
17
0 - 0
1 +0 83.8
33 Matt Morrison 1033 23
2 - 1
19
2 - 1
5
0 - 0
2 +2 79.7
34 Jay Murphy 1031 24
0 - 2
40
2 - 0
20
0 - 0
1 +0 97.3
35 Julie Russell 934 25
1 - 2
39
2 - 0
21
0 - 0
1 +1 81.8
36 James Levison 884 26
0 - 0
23
0 - 2
14
0 - 0
0 -2 54
37 Marc Meakin 850 27
1 - 2
31
0 - 2
15
0 - 0
0 -3 69.6
38 Niall Seymour 834 28
0 - 2
32
1 - 2
18
0 - 0
0 -3 65.2
39 Ian Dent 665 29
1 - 2
35
0 - 2
19
0 - 0
0 -3 61.8
40 Ben Ziek 619 30
0 - 0
34
0 - 2
26
0 - 0
0 -2 51.5

Some very good matchups this week: Bevins-O'Donnell; Mubeen-Eadie. The giant-killers get another shot: Aaron Higgs vs. Charlie; Matt Morrison vs. Innis. The honor of the Ian is at stake with Ian Volante - Ian Dent.

Apterous Summer U1200 Week 2

A few more upsets. You might expect the top 7 to be 2-0 (they aren't), the middle 14 to be 1-1 (they aren't), and the bottom 7 to be 0-2 (alas, they are). Some interesting matchups, although the "closest" in terms of rating are in the 1-1 group. Surprisingly, Matt Morrison is doing worse here than he is in the Open; and Peter Crawley can't catch a break with his third top-10-seed opponent in three matches, despite being 0-2. (Since there's an odd number of 0-2 players, the top seed (which he is) gets promoted to the bottom player in the 1-1 group, so he's playing the middle player with that record. You would expect, in a normal tournament, for that to be #15 or so, but not this time.)

Here's the table (in seed order, not in order of results):
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Barry Evans 1199 14
0 - 2
22
2 - 1
15
0 - 0
1 -1 75.6
2 Matthew Green 1183 16
2 - 0
13
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
2 +3 84.4
3 Ross Allatt 1177 18
1 - 2
23
2 - 0
10
0 - 0
1 +1 77.6
4 Donald Gordon 1165 17
1 - 2
24
2 - 1
13
0 - 0
1 +0 73.7
5 Henry Meier 1164 19
1 - 2
25
2 - 0
16
0 - 0
1 +1 76.4
6 Marcus Hares 1162 21
2 - 0
14
1 - 2
19
0 - 0
1 +1 89.2
7 Mark Harrison 1135 20
0 - 2
26
2 - 0
21
0 - 0
1 +0 88.8
8 James Doohan 1126 22
2 - 0
15
0 - 2
20
0 - 0
1 +0 44.8
9 Tyron Potts 1121 23
2 - 0
17
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
1 +0 79.8
10 Peter Lee 1119 24
2 - 1
18
0 - 2
3
0 - 0
1 -1 75.8
11 Jeff Clayton 1115 25
2 - 1
19
2 - 0
17
0 - 0
2 +3 86.8
12 Andy Kravis 1104 26
2 - 0
20
2 - 0
18
0 - 0
2 +4 94
13 Aaron Higgs 1086 27
2 - 0
2
1 - 2
4
0 - 0
1 +1 87.6
14 Jeff Burgin 1076 1
2 - 0
6
2 - 1
2
0 - 0
2 +3 84.2
15 Lesley Hines 1072 28
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
2 +4 45
16 Tom Rowell 1065 2
0 - 2
27
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
1 +0 76.3
17 Simon Myers 1058 4
2 - 1
9
2 - 0
11
0 - 0
2 +3 84
18 Paul Erdunast 1047 3
2 - 1
10
2 - 0
12
0 - 0
2 +3 75.8
19 Daniel O'Dowd 1043 5
2 - 1
11
0 - 2
6
0 - 0
1 -1 78.8
20 Matt Morrison 1033 7
2 - 0
12
0 - 2
8
0 - 0
1 +0 74.5
21 Jay Murphy 1031 6
0 - 2
28
2 - 0
7
0 - 0
1 +0 79
22 Peter Crawley 1004 8
0 - 2
1
1 - 2
9
0 - 0
0 -3 73.4
23 Liam Tiernan 984 9
0 - 2
3
0 - 2
26
0 - 0
0 -4 69
24 Shaun Hegarty 983 10
1 - 2
4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
0 -2 74.2
25 Rob Thomas 928 11
1 - 2
5
0 - 2
28
0 - 0
0 -3 63.2
26 Phil Collinge 900 12
0 - 2
7
0 - 2
23
0 - 0
0 -4 64.8
27 Andy Wilson 898 13
0 - 2
16
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
0 -4 61
28 Ian Dent 665 15
0 - 2
21
0 - 2
25
0 - 0
0 -4 48.3

Apterous Summer U800 Week 2

Only two of the four games were played this week, which makes me very unhappy. Fortunately, it's pool play so they can be made up without damage to the schedule. Perhaps unfortunately, we're coming to the end of the pool play so this is it, all games done this week or 0's for everybody.

Where we are right now:
SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Adam Dexter 724 8
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
4
0 - 0
1 +2 80.5
2 Maxine Silkstone 722 7
2 - 0
6
1 - 2
3
0 - 0
1 +1 71
3 Gregor Morgan 686 6
1 - 2
7
0 - 0
2
0 - 0
0 -1 63
4 Ian Dent 665 5
2 - 0
8
2 - 0
1
0 - 0
2 +4 69.5
5 James Leroux 662 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
8
0 - 0
0 -2 49.5
6 Ben Ziek 619 3
2 - 1
2
2 - 1
7
0 - 0
2 +2 71
7 Steve Rogers 461 2
0 - 2
3
0 - 0
6
0 - 0
0 -2 68.5
8 Supee Juachan 378 1
0 - 2
4
0 - 2
5
0 - 0
0 -4 36.3


In Pool 1 (1/4/5/8), Ian Dent has the advantage at 2-0, and Adam Dexter is at 1-0. If Adam wins his second round game, then the third round game would end up just being for seeding, as Adam and Ian would be the qualifiers to the top playoff bracket. If Adam loses round 2 but wins round 3, then they would both be 2-1, and if James L can then win his third game he would also be 2-1, meaning game records would then be important.

In Pool 2 (2/3/6/7), Ben Ziek at 2-0 has the advantage; the only way for there to be a three-way tie in this pool is for Maxine to beat Gregor and for Steve to win out. If Ben wins his third game, then whoever can get to 2-1 will take the other top bracket spot.

Apterous Summer U1000 Week 2

Our modified round robin continues apace. The current state of play, with the matches for Week 3 is as follows:

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Liam Tiernan 984 10
2 - 0
7
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
2 +4 79.5
2 Shaun Hegarty 983 9
2 - 1
8
2 - 1
6
0 - 0
2 +2 86
3 Jason Turner 958 8
2 - 0
6
0 - 2
4
0 - 0
1 +0 84.8
4 James Hall 955 7
2 - 0
5
2 - 0
3
0 - 0
2 +4 84
5 Julie Russell 934 6
2 - 0
4
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
1 +0 85.3
6 Phil Collinge 900 5
0 - 2
3
2 - 0
2
0 - 0
1 +0 89.3
7 Andy Wilson 898 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 2
10
0 - 0
0 -4 70.8
8 James Levison 884 3
0 - 2
2
1 - 2
9
0 - 0
0 -3 72.6
9 Niall Seymour 834 2
1 - 2
10
2 - 0
8
0 - 0
1 +1 74.6
10 Ian Dent 665 1
0 - 2
9
0 - 2
7
0 - 0
0 -4 58.8

Liam Tiernan and James Hall are still undefeated in pool 1, while Shaun Hegarty and Phil Collinge are undefeated in pool 2 (although Phil did lose his crossover game in week 1). Even more exciting is the fact that Shaun and Phil are playing this week, so there will definitely be a target for the last two weeks in pool 2.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Apterous Summer Open Week 1

And finally, the premier division. There were some snags, as a couple groups forgot to play their games, which is why there's more losers than winners. On the bright side, I do already have one round 2 game in. If I'm not mistaken, that round 2 game guarantees that there will be a 5-0 player at the end of the tournament (assuming all future matches are played). So that's exciting.

SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2OverallGamesPPG
1 Kirk Bevins 1833 11
2 - 0
6
0 - 0
1 +2 108
2 Junaid Mubeen 1781 12
2 - 0
8
0 - 0
1 +2 109
3 Jon Corby 1696 13
2 - 1
10
0 - 0
1 +1 97
4 Charlie Reams 1643 14
2 - 1
17
0 - 0
1 +1 105
5 Innis Carson 1625 15
2 - 0
20
0 - 0
1 +2 91.5
6 Dinos Sfyris 1597 16
2 - 1
1
0 - 0
1 +1 93
7 Kai Laddiman 1579 17
1 - 2
21
0 - 0
0 -1 92
8 David O'Donnell 1577 18
2 - 0
2
0 - 0
1 +2 96
9 Andrew Hulme 1575 20
0 - 2
22
0 - 0
0 -2 0
10 Damian Eadie 1550 19
2 - 0
3
0 - 0
1 +2 98
11 James Hurrell 1549 1
0 - 2
24
0 - 0
0 -2 84.5
12 Oliver Garner 1469 2
0 - 2
25
0 - 0
0 -2 99
13 Ben Wilson 1457 3
1 - 2
26
0 - 0
0 -1 91.3
14 Martin May 1338 4
1 - 2
27
0 - 0
0 -1 97
15 Jack Hurst 1325 5
0 - 2
28
1 - 2
0 -3 76
16 Jim Bentley 1318 6
1 - 2
29
0 - 0
0 -1 85.7
17 Neil Zussman 1307 7
2 - 1
4
0 - 0
1 +1 88.7
18 Matt Bayfield 1256 8
0 - 2
30
0 - 0
0 -2 64
19 Ian Volante 1255 10
0 - 2
33
0 - 0
0 -2 75.5
20 Richard Priest 1255 9
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
1 +2 1
21 Ross Allatt 1177 31
2 - 1
7
0 - 0
1 +1 90.3
22 Donald Gordon 1165 32
2 - 1
9
0 - 0
1 +1 89.3
23 Henry Meier 1164 33
1 - 2
36
0 - 0
0 -1 74
24 Mark Harrison 1135 34
2 - 0
11
0 - 0
1 +2 102
25 James Doohan 1126 35
2 - 1
12
0 - 0
1 +1 83.7
26 Peter Lee 1119 36
0 - 0
13
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J
27 Andy Kravis 1104 37
2 - 1
14
0 - 0
1 +1 77
28 Aaron Higgs 1086 38
2 - 0
15
2 - 1
2 +3 95.4
29 Jeff Burgin 1076 39
2 - 1
16
0 - 0
1 +1 77
30 Tom Rowell 1065 40
0 - 0
18
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J
31 Simon Myers 1058 21
1 - 2
37
0 - 0
0 -1 79
32 Paul Erdunast 1047 22
1 - 2
38
0 - 0
0 -1 78
33 Matt Morrison 1033 23
2 - 1
19
0 - 0
1 +1 87
34 Jay Murphy 1031 24
0 - 2
40
0 - 0
0 -2 86.5
35 Julie Russell 934 25
1 - 2
39
0 - 0
0 -1 76.7
36 James Levison 884 26
0 - 0
23
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J
37 Marc Meakin 850 27
1 - 2
31
0 - 0
0 -1 72.7
38 Niall Seymour 834 28
0 - 2
32
0 - 0
0 -2 59.5
39 Ian Dent 665 29
1 - 2
35
0 - 0
0 -1 65.3
40 Ben Ziek 619 30
0 - 0
34
0 - 0
0 +0 -1.#J

Apterous Summer U800 Week 1

This is the "normal" division: two pools of four, with the top two from each pool playing their counterparts in the other pool for rounds four and five and the bottom two doing the same. The pools here were "snaked" without regards to rating, so 1/4/5/8 in one pool and 2/3/6/7 in the other. The entire round-robin:


SeedNameRatingRound 1Round 2Round 3OverallGamesPPG
1 Adam Dexter 724 8
2 - 0
5
0 - 0
4
0 - 0
1 +2 80.5
2 Maxine Silkstone 722 7
2 - 0
6
0 - 0
3
0 - 0
1 +2 76.5
3 Gregor Morgan 686 6
1 - 2
7
0 - 0
2
0 - 0
0 -1 63
4 Ian Dent 665 5
2 - 0
8
0 - 0
1
0 - 0
1 +2 67
5 James Leroux 662 4
0 - 2
1
0 - 0
8
0 - 0
0 -2 49.5
6 Ben Ziek 619 3
2 - 1
2
0 - 0
7
0 - 0
1 +1 69.3
7 Steve Rogers 461 2
0 - 2
3
0 - 0
6
0 - 0
0 -2 68.5
8 Supee Juachan 378 1
0 - 2
4
0 - 0
5
0 - 0
0 -2 44.5