A few simple rules ... limitless possibilities

Sunday 8th December 2002

Players in order of registration strength. Random within one grade. Games played as full handicap according to West Surrey rules (an X stone game has X<=9 on the star points, X+6 komi to Black (X=0 6 komi to White), if X>9 then 10 komi to black per extra stone, clock = 50+2X/50-2X minutes, Black wins jigo.

Players in order of registration strength. Random within one grade. Games played as full handicap according to West Surrey rules (an X stone game has X<=9 on the star points, X+6 komi to Black (X=0 6 komi to White), if X>9 then 10 komi to black per extra stone, clock = 50+2X/50-2X minutes, Black wins jigo.

The cup went to the strongest player on 4/4 who was Taiko Nakamura 5k (***) from Tim Hunt. Prizes for 3/4 (*) and 4/4 (**).

Entrants aged under 18 are shown in red.

1   Taiko Nakamura      5d   Epsom          10+ 4+  5+  3+      4 *** 
2   Andrew Grant        3d   Milton Keynes  11- 14+ 19- 8+      2
3   Tim Hunt            3d   Milton Keynes  12+ 11+ 18+ 1-      3 *
4   Simon Goss          2d   Bracknell      13+ 1-  17- 7+      2
5   Alan Thornton       2d   St Albans      14+ 15+ 1-  19+     3 *
6   Michael Charles     2d   St Albans      17- 16+ 22- 9-      1
7   Paul Margetts       1d   Epsom          15- 22- 12- 4-      0
8   Baron Allday        1d   Barmouth       18- 21- 14+ 2-      1
9   David Artus         1d   London         19- 20- 16+ 6+      2
10  Paul Clarke         1d   High Wycombe   1-  24- 26- 13+     1
11  Brian Brunswick     1k   Epsom          2+  3-  21- 23-     1
12  Brian Dackombe      1k   U/A            3-  23- 7+  25+     2
13  Roger Daniel        2k   London         4-  25+ 24- 10-     1
14  Edward Blockley     2k   Worcester      5-  2-  8-  26-     0
15  Geoff Kaniuk        2k   London         7+  5-  23+ 20+     3 *
16  Steve Bailey        3k   West Surrey    30- 6-  9-  28-     0
17  Philippe Bourrez    4k   West Surrey    6+  27- 4+  21-     2
18  Malcolm Hagan       4k   Winchester     8+  28+ 3-  14-     2
19  Ron Bell            4k   Reading        9+  29- 2+  5-      2
20  David Hall          5k   West Surrey    27- 9+  30+ 15-     2
21  Bill Streeten       5k   Wanstead       28- 8+  11+ 17+     3 *
22  David Denholm       5k   High Wycombe   29- 7+  6+  24+     3 *
23  Philip Ward-Ackland 6k   Swansea        31- 12+ 15- 11+     2
24  Erwin Bonsma        6k   U/A            32- 10+ 13+ 18+     3 *
25  John Johnstone      7k   Bournemouth    33- 13- 25+ 12-     1
26  Neil Cleverly       8k   Bournemouth    34- 38- 10+ 14+     2
27  Jil Segerman        8k   Brighton       20+ 17+ 31- 37-     2
28  Nicola Hurden       10k  Bracknell      21+ 18- 34- 16+     2
29  Toby Anderson       8k   Bournemouth    22+ 19+ 36+ 31-     3 *
30  Richard Brand       11k  Reading        16+ 33- 20- 38+     2
31  Guy Plowman         12k  Epsom          23+ 35+ 27+ 29+     4 **
32  Paul Blockley       14k  Worcester      24+ 36- 38- 35-     1
33  Jonathon Englefield 15k  High Wycombe   25+ 30+ 37- 36-     2
34  Pauline Bailey      16k  West Surrey    26+ 37- 28+ 22-     2
35  Phil Venton         18k  West Surrey    37- 31- 25- 32+     1
36  Chris Dunthorne     19k  Reading        38+ 32+ 29- 33+     3 *
37  Kay Dackombe        35k  U/A            35+ 34+ 33+ 27+     4 **
38  Ken Dackombe        35k  U/A            36- 26+ 32+ 30-     2

White wins                                  5   8   8   9      30
Black wins                                  14  11  11  10     46

For the second year running, we note that Black has won 60% of his games to white's 40%. It is possible that this is caused by kyu players regrading themselves less optimisticly by following the EGF rating list. It is proposed to alter the handicap slightly for next year.

13*13 winners

• Most wins: Chris Dunthorne on 7.5/11
• Best %: Richard Brand on 80%
• Persistance: Ron Bell on 40.5 (= 4.5 wins * 9 played)