Loa Tournament 4, Round 1

The Fourth annual pbem tournament is in progress.  The tournament has 26 participants, all human (the Robots are taking the year off). Due to the number of players, there will be two rounds; the first consisting 6 or 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 in groups of four, seeded by current standing in the server ratings.

Here are the results from the first round.

Several players immediiately forfeited all their games. They've been obliterated from the records.
 
Tournament Results 
player wins losses ties initial rating final rating Section
alexsb 2 4 0 1787* 1702* c
arth 3 2 0 1669 1728 d+
ben 1 5 0 1668 1660 c
bharat 2 2 0 1745 1729 a#
chaunier 5 1 0 1906 1944 c%
dank 0 5 0 1581 1544 d
dave 2 2 0 1727 1769 b
ddyer 5 0 0 1888 1921 d+
dpriddy 0 4 0 1822 1781 b
elloco 2 2 0 1769 1779 a#*+
george 1 3 0 1643 1695 b
guzzle 0 6 0 1709 1650 c
hthordsen 4 0 0 1971 2004 a+
jarrausi 4 0 0 n/a* 1978* b+
kerryh 5 1 0 1865* 1844* c*%+
kurtvdb 2 3 0 1777* 1673* d
morford 2 2 0 1842* 1722* a#
ragnar 3 1 0 1909 1943 b+
rolle 0 4 0 1640 1611 a
sharkey 3 2 0 1874 1854 d
tangram 5 1 0 1856 1926 c%+
treesong 3 3 0 n/a* 1730* c
u-sha 2 3 0 1700 1693 d
The games and commentaries 
* indicates a provisional ranking. nr indicates no ranking 
+ indicates section winner or runner-up, advances to round 2 
# three-way tie for second, playoff required
elloco won over bharat in game 1699 and morford withdrew.
% tree-way tie for first.  Chaunier decided to not participate in the final, so no playoff is needed.
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 A
hthordsen elloco bharat role
morford Black: hthordsen
White: morford
hthordsen won

Black: morford
White: elloco
morford won

Black: bharat
White: morford
bharat won

Black: morford
White: rolle
morford won

rolle Black: hthordsen
White: rolle
hthordsen won

Black: rolle
White: elloco
elloco won

Black: bharat
White: rolle
bharat won

bharat Black: bharat
White: hthordsen
hthordsen won

Black: elloco
White: bharat
elloco won

elloco Black: hthordsen
White: elloco
hthordsen won

Round 1 Section B
ragnar dpriddy dave george
jarrausi Black: jarrausi
White: ragnar
jarrausi won

Black: dpriddy
White: jarrausi
jaraussi won

Black: jaraussi
White: dave
jarrausi won

Black: jarrausi
White: george
jarrausi won

george Black: ragnar
White: george
ragnar won

Black: george
White: dpriddy
george won

Black: dave
White: george
dave won

dave Black: dave
White: ragnar
ragnar won

Black: dpriddy
White: dave
dave won

dpriddy Black: ragnar
White: dpriddy
ragnar won

Round 1 Section C
chaunier tangram guzzle ben alexsb kerryh
treesong Black: treesong
White: chaunier
chaunier won

Black: tangram
White: treesong
tangram won

Black: treesong
White: guzzle
treesong won

Black: ben
White: treesong
treesong won

Black: treesong
White: alexsb
treesong won

Black: kerryh
White: treesong
kerryh won

kerryh Black: chaunier
White: kerryh
chaunier won

Black: kerryh
White: tangram
kerryh won

Black: guzzle
White: kerryh
kerryh won

Black: kerryh
White: ben
kerryh won

Black: alexsb
White: kerryh
kerryh won

alexsb Black: ben
White: chaunier
chaunier won

Black: tangram
White: alexsb
tangram won

Black: alexsb
White: guzzle
alexsb won

Black: ben
White: alexsb
alexsb won

ben Black: chaunier
White: ben
chaunier won

Black: ben
White: tangram
tangram won

Black: guzzle
White: ben
ben won

guzzle Black: guzzle
White: chaunier
chaunier won

Black: tangram
White: guzzle
tangram won

tangram Black: chaunier
White: tangram
tangram won

Round 1 Section D
ddyer sharkey u-sha arth dank
kurtvdb Black: kurtvdb
White: ddyer
ddyer won

Black: sharkey
White: kurtvdb
sharkey won

Black: mkeroppi
White: u-sha
kurtvdb won

Black: arth
White: kurtvdb
arth won

Black: kurtvdb
White: dank
kurtvdb won

dank Black: dank
White: ddyer
ddyer won

Black: sharkey
White: dank
sharkey won

Black: dank
White: u-sha
u-sha won

Black: arth
White: dank
arth won

arth Black: ddyer
White: arth
ddyer won

Black: arth
White: sharkey
arth won

Black: u-sha
White: arth
u-sha won

u-sha Black: u-sha
White: ddyer
ddyer won

Black: sharkey
White: u-sha
sharkey won

sharkey Black: ddyer
White: sharkey
ddyer won


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