Loa Tournament 3, Round 1 Results

Here are the results from the first round of the 1998-99 LOA email LOA tournament. The tournament has 24 participants, 22 humans and two robot (loa-beta, loa-ai). Due to the number of players, there will be two rounds; the first consisting 6 player round-robins, and the second consisting of the winners and runners-up from the first round. Places in the first round were randomized in groups of four, seeded by current standing in the server ratings.

Here are the results from the first round.
Tournament Results 
player wins losses ties initial rating final rating Section
basplund 1 4 0 1751 1659 3
ben 2 3 0 1620 1633 3
bharat 2 3 0 1666 1683 4
dank 1 3 1 1604 1597 2
dave 3 2 0 1745 1726 2
ddyer 3 2 0 1872 1859 3+
dpriddy 5 0 0 1729 1776 1+
elloco 4 0 1 1727 1772 2+
engelberg 3 2 0 nr 1826* 4+
george 1 4 0 1575 1536 1
guzzle 2 3 0 1655 1681 3
hthordsen 4 1 0 1914* 1774 1+
jkassebaum 3 2 0 1944 1964 4
loa-ai 4 1 0 1678 1766 3+
loa-beta 0 5 0 1629 1506 2
munizao 3 2 0 1784* 1734* 1
ottavio 5 0 0 1837* 1824* 4+
peter 2 3 0 1794 1747 1
petert99 0 5 0 1675 1642 4
pj 0 5 0 1642* 1569 1
ragnar 3 2 0 1896 1889 3
renee 2 3 0 1763 1751 4
rolle 2 3 0 1647 1640 2
sharkey 4 1 0 1881 1885 2+
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 be collected into an archive for easy viewing.
Round 1 Section 1
george dpriddy peter pj munizao
hthordsen Black: george
White: hthordsen
hthordsen won


Black: dpriddy
White: hthordsen
dpriddy won


Black: peter
White: hthordsen
hthordsen won


Black: hthordsen
White: pj
hthordsen won


Black: hthordsen
White: munizao
hthorensen won


munizao Black: george
White: munizao
munizao won


Black: dpriddy
White: munizao
dpriddy won


Black: munizao
White: peter
munizao won


Black: munizao
White: pj
munizao won


pj Black: george
White: pj
george won


Black: pj
White: dpriddy
dpriddy won


Black: pj
White: peter
peter won


peter Black: peter
White: george
peter won


Black: peter
White: dpriddy
dpriddy won


dpriddy Black: dpriddy
White: george
dpriddy won


Round 1 Section 2
dank rolle elloco loa-beta sharkey
dave Black: dank
White: dave
dave won


Black: dave
White: rolle
dave won


Black: elloco
White: dave
elloco won


Black: dave
White: loa-beta
in progress


Black: sharkey
White: dave
sharkey won


sharkey Black: dank
White: sharkey
sharkey won


Black: sharkey
White: rolle
sharkey won


Black: elloco
White: sharkey
elloco won


Black: loa-beta
White: sharkey
sharkey won


loa-beta Black: loa-beta
White: dank
dank won


Black: rolle
White: loa-beta
rolle won


Black: loa-beta
White: elloco
elloco won


elloco Black: elloco
White: dank
tie game


Black: rolle
White: elloco
elloco won


rolle Black: dank
White: rolle
rolle won


Round 1 Section 3
loa-ai guzzle ben basplund ddyer
ragnar Black: loa-ai
White: ragnar
loa-ai won


Black: ragnar
White: guzzle
ragnar won


Black: ben
White: ragnar
ragnar won


Black: ragnar
White: basplund
ragnar won


Black: ddyer
White: ragnar
ddyer won


ddyer Black: ddyer
White: loa-ai
ddyer won


Black: guzzle
White: ddyer
ddyer won


Black: ddyer
White: ben
ben won


Black: basplund
White: ddyer
basplund won


basplund Black: loa-ai
White: basplund
loa-ai won


Black: basplund
White: guzzle
guzzle won


Black: ben
White: basplund
ben won


ben Black: ben
White: loa-ai
loa-ai won


Black: guzzle
White: ben
guzzle won


guzzle Black: loa-ai
White: guzzle
loa-ai won


Round 1 Section 4
engelberg Bharat petert99 renee ottavio
jkassebaum Black: engelberg
White: jkassebaum
engelberg won


Black: jkassebaum
White: bharat
jkassebaum won


Black: petert99
White: jkassebaum
jkassebaum won


Black: jkassebaum
White: renee

jkassebaum won


Black: ottavio
White: jkassebaum
ottavio won


ottavio Black: ottavio
White: engelberg
ottavio won


Black: bharat
White: ottavio
ottavio won


Black: ottavio
White: petert99
ottavio won


Black: renee
White: ottavio
ottavio won


renee Black: engelberg
White: renee
renee won


Black: renee
White: bharat
bharat won


Black: petert99
White: renee
renee won


petert99 Black: petert99
White: engelberg
engelberg won


Black: Bharat
White: petert99
bharat won


Bharat Black: engelberg
White: bharat
engleberg won