Loa Tournament 2, Round 1 Results

Here are the results from the first round of the 1997-98 LOA email LOA tournament. The tournament has 28 participants, 27 humans and one robot (loa-beta). Due to the number of players, there will be two rounds; the first consisting 7 player round-robins, and the second consisting of the winners and runners-up from the first round. Places in the first round were randomized.

Here are the results from the first round.

Tournament Results

player wins losses ties initial rating final rating Section

basplund 4 2 0 1764* 1746* 2

charly 2 4 0 1676 1661 2

chaz 1 5 0 1504 1506 4

dank 2 4 0 1522* 1636 3

daniel-k 0 6 0 nr 1572* 4

ddyer 4 2 0 1853 1825 1

deyoung 4 2 0 1704 1705 3

dpriddy 5 1 0 1748 1814 1+

elloco 2 4 0 1756 1734 2

guzzle 3 3 0 1687* 1702 4

jkassebaum 2 4 0 1724* 1761 4

loa-beta 3 3 0 1734 1719 1

mburke 1 5 0 1555* 1626* 3

meikel 5 1 0 1656* 1727 3+

munizao 6 0 0 nr 1843* 3+

nkeir 3 3 0 nr 1684* 3

petert99 1 5 0 1533* 1682 1

ragnar 6 0 0 1872 1898 4+

renee 4 2 0 1722 1760 4

rolle 0 6 0 1590* 1690* 1

salohcin 5 1 0 nr 1854* 4+

scotty 5 1 0 1935* 1823* 2+

sharkey 6 0 0 1861 1920 1+

steveo 0 6 0 nr 1611 2

stratogems 0 6 0 nr 1525* 3

tangram 2 4 0 1759 1743 2

taran 6 0 0 1807 1857 2+

whiz 2 4 0 1615* 1657* 1

The games and commentaries

* indicates a provisional ranking. nr indicates no ranking

+ indicates section winner or runner-up, advances to round 2

I hope to comment the games again for this tournament, but some volunteer help would be greatly appreciated.

The games themselves will at least be collected into an archive for easy viewing.

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**Round 1 Section 1**
	whiz	petert99	ddyer	dpriddy	rolle	loa-beta
sharkey	Black: whiz White: sharkey sharkey won	Black: petert99 White: sharkey sharkey won	Black: ddyer White: sharkey sharkey won	Black: sharkey White: dpriddy sharkey won	Black: sharkey White: rolle sharkey won	Black: sharkey White: loa-beta sharkey won
loa-beta	Black: whiz White: loa-beta loa-beta won	Black: petert99 White: loa-beta loa-beta won	Black: loa-beta White: ddyer ddyer won	Black: loa-beta White: dpriddy dpriddy won	Black: loa-beta White: rolle loa-beta won
rolle	Black: whiz White: rolle whiz won	Black: rolle White: petert99 petert99 won	Black: rolle White: ddyer ddyer won	Black: rolle White: dpriddy dpriddy won
dpriddy	Black: dpriddy White: whiz dpriddy won	Black: dpriddy White: petert99 dpriddy won	Black: dpriddy White: ddyer dpriddy won
ddyer	Black: ddyer White: whiz ddyer won	Black: ddyer White: petert99 ddyer won
petert99	Black: petert99 White: whiz whiz won

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**Round 1 Section 2**
	scotty	taran	tangram	charly	elloco	basplund
steveo	Black: scotty White: steveo scotty won	Black: taran White: steveo taran won	Black: tangram White: steveo tangram won	Black: steveo White: charly charly won	Black: steveo White: elloco elloco won	Black: steveo White: basplund basplund won
basplund	Black: scotty White: basplund scotty won	Black: taran White: basplund taran won	Black: basplund White: tangram basplund won	Black: basplund White: charly basplund won	Black: basplund White: elloco basplund won
elloco	Black: scotty White: elloco scotty won	Black: elloco White: taran taran won	Black: elloco White: tangram elloco won	Black: elloco White: charly charley won
charly	Black: charly White: scotty scotty won	Black: charly White: taran taran won	Black: charly White: tangram tangram won
tangram	Black: tangram White: scotty scotty won	Black: tangram White: taran taran won
taran	Black: taran White: scotty taran won

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**Round 1 Section 3**
	mburke	deyoung	meikel	munizao	nkeir	stratogems
dank	Black: mburke White: dank dank won	Black: deyoung White: dank deyoung won	Black: meikel White: dank meikel won	Black: dank White: munizao munizao won	Black: dank White: nkeir nkeir won	Black: dank White: stratogems dank won
stratogems	Black: mburke White: stratogems mburke won	Black: deyoung White: stratogems deyoung won	Black: stratogems White: meikel meikel won	Black: stratogems White: munizao munizao won	Black: stratogems White: nkeir nkeir won
nkeir	Black: mburke White: nkeir nkeir won	Black: nkeir White: deyoung deyoung won	Black: nkeir White: meikel meikel won	Black: nkeir White: munizao munizao won
munizao	Black: munizao White: mburke munizao won	Black: munizao White: deyoung minizao won	Black: munizao White: meikel munizao won
meikel	Black: meikel White: mburke meikel won	Black: meikel White: deyoung meikel won
deyoung	Black: deyoung White: mburke deyoung won

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**Round 1 Section 4**
	ragnar	salohcin	chaz	renee	guzzle	daniel-k
jkassebaum	Black: ragnar White: jkassebaum ragnar won	Black: salohcin White: jkassebaum salohcin won	Black: chaz White: jkassebaum jkassebaum won	Black: jkassebaum White: renee renee won	Black: jkassebaum White: guzzle guzzle won	Black: jkassebaum White: daniel-k jkassebaum won
daniel-k	Black: ragnar White: daniel-k ragnar won	Black: salohcin White: daniel-k salohcin won	Black: daniel-k White: chaz chaz won	Black: daniel-k White: renee renee won	Black: daniel-k White: guzzle guzzle won
guzzle	Black: ragnar White: guzzle ragnar won	Black: guzzle White: salohcin salohcin won	Black: guzzle White: chaz guzzle won	Black: guzzle White: renee renee won
renee	Black: renee White: ragnar ragnar won	Black: renee White: salohcin salohcin won	Black: renee White: chaz renee won
chaz	Black: chaz White: ragnar ragnar won	Black: chaz White: salohcin salohcin won
salohcin	Black: salohcin White: ragnar ragnar won

Download The Games

The games are in four archives, one for each section. Use the "save as" option of your browser to save the games to your local disk.

These games can be viewed (and comments added) by the LOA applet, which you can find on the programs page