Scores 7V71 Main Challenge

February 2002 Scores

Analyses  by Richard Pavlicek

The “Leading for the Gold” opening-lead contest had 754 participants, and everyone scoring above average is listed here. Ties in the rankings are broken by the date and time of submission (earliest wins). At the end of this page is a “Bot’s Eye View,” which shows how various computer programs fared.

Top 100

101

201

301

Location Ranking

Bot’s Eye View

Number of participants	754
Number of locations	102
Highest score	58
Median score	43
Lowest score	22
Average score	42.75

Top 100

Rank	Score	CC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	58	AU	Kieran Dyke	2	K	J	5	Q	9
2	58	USal	Bob Simkins	2	K	J	J	J	10
3	57	RO	Radu Mihai	8	K	J	J	J	10
4	56	USca	Barbara Reichman	2	K	J	5	J	5
5	56	USfl	Mabel Pavlicek	2	K	J	3	Q	9
6	55	CApe	Judy Reilly	3	K	J	J	Q	10
7	55	UKwa	Julian Pottage	2	K	4	J	Q	9
8	55	USmi	Gordon Parnes	2	K	2	J	Q	10
9	55	CAon	Sheila McDonald	2	K	J	5	3	9
10	55	USny	Chris Willenken	2	K	4	J	Q	9
11	55	USnj	Arline Fulton	8	J	J	5	Q	9
12	55	USoh	Walter Bein	3	K	J	5	J	10
13	55	CApq	Bert Eccles	2	K	J	2	Q	10
14	55	CA	Bill Turnbull	2	J	J	J	Q	10
15	55	TR	Tamer Cokgor	8	K	4	5	Q	9
16	55	UKen	Gareth Birdsall	2	K	J	2	Q	10
17	55	HU	Gyula Argay	8	4	J	J	Q	10
18	54	UKen	Diana Harvey	3	K	J	J	J	10
19	54	ES	Aurelio Gracia	8	K	4	J	Q	9
20	54	CL	Constantino Sifaqui	3	K	J	J	J	10
21	54	USfl	Bonnie Lamkin	2	K	J	J	J	2
22	54	USva	Carey Shirk	2	J	J	J	J	10
23	54	IN	Kaizad Anklesaria	10	K	J	5	J	10
24	54	UKen	Douglas Dunn	8	K	J	5	Q	4
25	54	USca	Grant Peacock	3	K	4	5	Q	10
26	53	SI	Simon Pirjevec	2	K	J	J	J	4
27	53	HU	Zsuzsa Ranki	2	6	J	J	J	10
28	53	JP	Mark LaForge	8	K	J	3	Q	2
29	53	USca	Al Goldspiel	8	J	J	J	J	9
30	53	UStx	Travis Jordan	2	J	4	3	J	10
31	53	USmi	Robert Katz	2	J	J	2	Q	10
32	53	UStx	Thomas Peters	2	J	4	J	Q	10
33	53	PL	Slawek Cwiek	8	K	J	9	Q	9
34	53	FI	Jyri Tamminen	2	J	J	J	J	5
35	53	USca	Alan Shotkin	3	4	J	5	Q	10
36	53	USnj	Dirk Enthoven	2	J	J	2	Q	10
37	53	USfl	Marcia Greenstein	2	J	J	J	Q	2
38	53	IN	Kaustubh Bendre	2	J	J	J	Q	2
39	52	USca	Len Vishnevsky	2	K	2	J	Q	5
40	52	USwa	Josh Sinnett	8	J	J	2	Q	10
41	52	USca	Kevin Costello	2	K	2	3	Q	9
42	52	SG	Gerald Tan	3	J	J	5	Q	10
43	52	UKen	Robin Zigmond	10	K	4	J	Q	10
44	52	USfl	Lance Marrou	2	J	J	5	A	10
45	52	UStx	Herbert Wilton	2	K	2	5	Q	2
46	52	AU	Geoffrey Toon	10	J	J	J	Q	10
47	52	USaz	Larry Watson	10	K	4	J	Q	10
48	52	BE	Jean Verbeke	8	J	J	J	Q	9
49	52	UKen	Stephen Turner	2	J	4	3	Q	9
50	52	UKen	Jonathan Jacobs	2	4	2	J	Q	10
51	52	UKen	Dean Rivers	3	K	J	J	Q	5
52	52	PL	Darek Kardas	8	K	2	J	Q	9
53	52	PL	Marcin Zbroja	8	J	4	J	Q	9
54	52	CZ	Sefik Filipovic	9	K	J	5	J	4
55	52	USfl	Gene Petrey	2	J	J	J	J	2
56	52	USma	Leo Zelevinsky	9	K	4	J	Q	5
57	52	USga	Gladys Hardcastle	2	J	J	5	J	4
58	52	RU	Alex Perlin	9	K	J	J	3	9
59	52	HU	Bernadette Magyar	8	J	4	J	Q	9
60	52	IN	Venkatesh Ramaratnam	2	K	2	5	Q	2
61	51	USfl	Arthur Hoffman	2	J	J	3	Q	5
62	51	USca	Bob Combs	2	K	J	J	A	9
63	51	USma	John Kenny	3	4	J	5	Q	9
64	51	SE	Leif Lundberg	3	K	J	J	Q	2
65	51	UKen	John Reardon	10	K	J	3	Q	9
66	51	USar	Dick Heil	2	K	4	J	J	4
67	51	IL	Or Shoham	3	J	J	J	Q	10
68	51	USny	Dick Bryden	2	K	J	J	3	4
69	51	CApq	Michael Kanigsberg	3	K	J	3	J	9
70	51	EE	Hendrik Nigul	Q	K	J	5	J	4
71	51	CAon	Vinay Sarin	10	K	J	J	Q	5
72	51	UKen	Stephen Hurst	8	J	J	2	J	10
73	51	USmd	Christopher Miller	2	K	J	J	A	9
74	51	USca	Milton Spinner	8	K	2	J	J	9
75	51	USnj	Patricia Christie	8	K	J	5	3	4
76	51	USnc	Faye Sattin	Q	K	J	5	J	4
77	51	PL	Kazik Drozdz	8	K	2	3	Q	9
78	51	RU	Eugene Marchenko	2	K	2	2	Q	10
79	51	USny	Micki Kaufman	2	J	J	5	Q	4
80	51	AU	Anne Rutter	3	J	J	J	Q	10
81	51	HU	Gyorgy Ormay	10	K	J	J	J	9
82	51	SG	Tze Cheow Sng	2	K	J	J	Q	K
83	51	ES	Francisco Plana	10	J	J	J	J	10
84	51	RU	Sergey Kustarov	2	K	2	3	Q	5
85	51	ID	Didik Koesbianto	2	J	J	5	Q	4
86	50	NL	Jelmer Hasper	2	J	2	3	Q	9
87	50	NZ	Jenny Millington	3	J	J	J	J	9
88	50	FI	Erkki Malkamaki	10	J	J	3	J	10
89	50	AT	Carl-Pius Aretin	3	K	J	J	Q	4
90	50	USin	Helen Walz	3	K	J	J	3	9
91	50	CAbc	Suzanne Kilfoyle	3	K	J	J	Q	4
92	50	IN	Brendon Tauro	3	K	J	5	J	4
93	50	USsc	Rajan Iyer	10	J	J	5	Q	5
94	50	UKen	David Davies	2	J	4	3	Q	2
95	50	NO	Magnus Skaar	3	K	J	J	Q	4
96	50	IS	Jon Bjornsson	2	K	2	J	J	2
97	50	IN	Gopal Solanki	10	J	J	3	J	10
98	50	USnc	Ron Marrs	10	K	J	J	Q	2
99	50	USia	Dorothy Eggerss	2	J	J	J	Q	4
100	50	USfl	Ruthie Frank	3	J	4	J	J	10

Scores 7V71 Main Challenge

Analyses Top February 2002 Scores

Places 101-200

Rank	Score	CC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
101	50	CN	Weidong Yang	9	K	J	5	3	4
102	50	FR	Etienne Klis	3	J	J	J	Q	5
103	50	USma	Jonathan Weinstein	9	6	J	5	Q	5
104	49	USca	David desJardins	3	K	2	J	Q	9
105	49	UKen	Giles Woodruff	8	J	4	J	3	9
106	49	ES	Santiago Masia	3	J	4	3	J	10
107	49	UKen	Carlos Dabezies	10	J	J	J	J	9
108	49	RO	Horia Garbea	10	K	J	J	Q	4
109	49	NL	Graard Steenbakkers	2	J	J	2	Q	2
110	49	AU	Tania Gariepy	8	J	2	5	Q	2
111	49	USms	Pat Lacerva	10	K	J	J	4	10
112	49	NL	Foppe Hemminga	2	6	J	2	J	10
113	49	USfl	Irma Willenborg	8	K	2	2	J	10
114	49	TW	Roy Tsai	2	6	4	J	Q	5
115	49	USny	Nicholas France	Q	K	4	J	Q	4
116	49	USri	Michael Joyce	3	J	J	J	Q	9
117	49	USny	Jerold French	2	4	J	3	J	4
118	49	USor	Ed Freeman	9	K	2	J	Q	2
119	49	UKen	Michael Scanlon	2	K	4	J	Q	10
120	49	USfl	Rod Kerr	3	K	J	3	J	2
121	49	USva	Mark Dahl	3	J	J	5	Q	4
122	49	UKen	Neil Weller	3	J	2	J	Q	10
123	49	NL	Iris Amidi	8	J	J	2	J	10
124	49	USfl	Simone Kruger	2	J	J	J	3	4
125	49	IE	Richard Mullins	2	J	4	J	Q	2
126	49	PL	Wojtek Urban	8	K	2	9	Q	9
127	49	USca	Ronald Kow	9	4	J	J	Q	4
128	49	IN	Sunil Varghese	3	J	J	3	J	10
129	49	RS	Zoran Radojcic	2	J	J	3	4	9
130	49	ZA	Joe Steel	8	J	2	5	Q	9
131	49	BG	Tchavdar Nikolov	10	K	J	J	4	10
132	49	USmn	David Neiman	Q	K	2	J	J	9
133	48	USil	George Klemic	10	4	J	3	Q	9
134	48	UKen	Neil Morgenstern	3	K	J	5	4	5
135	48	UKsc	Nigel Guthrie	2	J	2	3	Q	2
136	48	USnj	Leonard Helfgott	10	J	J	J	Q	9
137	48	USfl	William Slepin	2	J	J	5	A	2
138	48	USny	Gerald Cohen	10	K	J	2	Q	9
139	48	IN	Vibhas Todi	8	J	2	J	Q	2
140	48	CAon	John Cunningham	8	K	2	3	3	9
141	48	UKen	Dave Maeer	2	J	J	3	3	4
142	48	CAon	Daniel Korbel	2	J	4	5	Q	K
143	48	USca	Stu Goodgold	3	K	J	5	4	5
144	48	CAon	Gabriel Nita-Saguna	2	J	4	9	J	5
145	48	USca	Eric Leong	2	K	6	J	J	9
146	48	USca	Phillip Mackler	3	K	J	J	3	2
147	48	USal	Donna Dahl	3	J	J	J	Q	4
148	48	USca	Lisa Evans	3	J	J	J	4	10
149	48	UKsc	Paul Gipson	8	K	2	2	Q	9
150	48	ES	Raimon Tatxe	10	K	4	J	J	5
151	48	UKen	Paul Hankin	9	J	J	5	Q	K
152	48	BE	Luc Vandenberghe	3	K	2	J	J	9
153	48	USco	David Caprera	8	J	2	2	Q	10
154	48	PT	Rodrigo Cunha	2	J	J	J	A	5
155	48	UKen	David Park	3	J	J	J	Q	4
156	48	AU	Nicoleta Giura	10	K	J	2	Q	9
157	48	SE	Mans Bruun	3	J	J	5	J	5
158	48	DE	Matthias Schueller	3	6	4	J	Q	10
159	48	CAns	Gerald Murphy	2	K	2	9	Q	2
160	48	CAon	Sigitas Keras	2	6	2	J	Q	9
161	48	USga	David Hemmer	3	J	J	J	J	9
162	48	AU	Phil Kline	10	J	J	5	Q	4
163	48	RO	Bogdan Vulcan	2	K	4	2	Q	4
164	48	PL	Jacek Masiarek	3	K	2	5	Q	2
165	48	USma	Stephen McDevitt	3	J	J	9	Q	9
166	48	HR	Dean Pokorny	8	J	J	J	4	5
167	48	TR	Nese Erkel	8	K	2	5	4	9
168	48	USpa	Barbara Morrison	10	K	J	J	J	4
169	48	HU	Imre Csiszar	3	K	J	J	3	2
170	47	DE	Hans Fleischhack	2	J	2	5	4	10
171	47	UStx	Eric Taylor	2	K	4	2	A	10
172	47	AU	Peter Gill	2	K	2	3	3	2
173	47	UKsc	Geoffrey Linnitt	Q	6	J	5	Q	4
174	47	FI	Juha Tamminen	2	K	J	J	J	5
175	47	USil	David Shelton	10	J	J	J	J	2
176	47	USfl	Karen Raphaelson	10	J	4	J	J	10
177	47	CApq	Hany Chehata	3	K	2	J	Q	2
178	47	FI	Mikko Sarela	3	J	4	5	J	2
179	47	USnj	Jason Chiu	2	J	4	J	J	4
180	47	USca	Michael Bodell	3	4	J	5	J	4
181	47	USin	Kenneth Woodman	3	K	J	3	3	2
182	47	HK	Sam Chan	10	J	J	J	Q	4
183	47	USny	William Schmitt	3	K	J	J	4	5
184	47	USpa	Dottie Abel	9	J	J	3	5	10
185	47	USca	William Sumner	10	J	4	J	Q	5
186	47	AU	Faye Grant	3	J	2	J	Q	10
187	47	CAab	Bob Jamha	8	J	2	5	J	4
188	47	TW	Kan-Sen Chou	2	J	J	9	4	9
189	47	IL	Ram Meiri	10	J	J	J	J	2
190	47	IL	Alex Dov	10	K	4	J	4	10
191	47	USma	Garth Wiens	3	J	J	J	Q	2
192	47	USok	Velma Kubiak	2	6	J	3	J	4
193	47	IN	Pinaki Khan	3	J	J	J	J	4
194	47	FR	Jean-Claude Duong	8	J	2	2	J	10
195	47	CAon	Dale Freeman	3	K	J	J	Q	K
196	47	JP	Katsuko Kawakubo	10	J	J	5	J	4
197	47	US	Cliff Gillespie	10	J	J	2	J	10
198	47	IN	Rohit Shah	10	J	2	J	J	10
199	47	DE	Arend Bayer	2	J	J	J	Q	9
200	47	USsc	John Hurd	8	J	J	3	Q	K

Scores 7V71 Main Challenge

Analyses Top February 2002 Scores

Places 201-300

Rank	Score	CC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
201	47	USpa	Dorothy Loy	8	J	J	J	3	2
202	47	SI	Barbara Kranjc	8	J	J	5	Q	K
203	47	CAon	Shirley Ashworth	8	4	J	2	Q	2
204	47	AU	Arian Lasocki	8	J	4	2	Q	5
205	47	SE	Johnny Johansson	2	K	J	5	4	K
206	47	USca	Martin Hertz	3	4	J	3	Q	2
207	47	USmd	James Geist	10	J	2	3	Q	10
208	47	TR	Cengiz Oncu	2	4	J	J	4	2
209	47	USky	Cynthia Powell	8	K	A	J	J	4
210	47	CH	Dima Nikolenkov	8	J	2	J	J	9
211	47	US	Dave Chen	10	K	J	J	4	9
212	47	HK	Walter Lee	2	K	2	3	3	2
213	46	USga	Bill Bickford	3	6	J	2	Q	10
214	46	CAab	Dick Yuen	10	J	J	5	4	9
215	46	DE	Rainer Herrmann	2	6	2	3	Q	5
216	46	UStx	Brendan Gau	Q	J	J	J	J	4
217	46	USnh	Richard Bator	2	J	4	2	4	10
218	46	IL	Con Adam	8	K	2	2	Q	2
219	46	USfl	Irene Powers	10	J	J	J	J	5
220	46	NO	Jon Ivar Boland	3	J	2	J	Q	5
221	46	USor	Fred Marsden	3	4	4	J	J	5
222	46	EE	Jaak Kand	9	6	J	J	3	5
223	46	USny	Gerry Wildenberg	10	K	2	J	J	5
224	46	USwa	Marsha Rayton	2	K	J	2	4	2
225	46	CApq	Norman Wolfe	2	J	2	J	Q	4
226	46	IN	Vivek Joshi	3	4	J	J	J	4
227	46	CAbc	Joyce Munich	3	4	J	J	J	4
228	46	TR	Senih Inal	10	J	J	J	J	4
229	46	USar	Rick Bibby	8	K	2	J	Q	10
230	46	UKwa	Steve Webb	3	J	2	3	Q	9
231	46	PT	Carlos Santos	10	J	J	9	Q	5
232	46	USny	Adam Lally	2	4	2	9	Q	5
233	46	USfl	Alan Kravetz	8	K	2	J	Q	K
234	46	CN	Ru Shangguan	3	J	J	5	Q	K
235	46	SE	Anders Aslund	2	K	J	2	J	K
236	46	UKen	Ian Coombs	8	J	2	5	J	2
237	46	IS	Haraldur Sigurjonsson	3	K	2	J	Q	4
238	46	UK	Merton Lawton	3	K	2	J	4	10
239	46	UKen	Gabriel Ip	3	J	J	J	Q	4
240	46	USca	Stephen Seagren	9	J	4	3	3	5
241	46	USoh	David Stuckey	3	J	J	5	3	4
242	46	CAon	Colin Lafferty	Q	K	2	3	3	9
243	46	SI	Bojan Ambroz	10	K	J	5	J	K
244	46	USny	Tom Barry	3	K	2	5	J	4
245	46	PT	Manuel Paulo	9	K	2	2	J	9
246	46	IT	Roberto Olivotto	2	J	2	2	J	10
247	46	UStx	Jeff Ford	3	K	A	5	Q	4
248	46	USny	Leonard Brum	3	K	J	2	4	10
249	46	LV	Martins Egle	10	6	J	J	J	9
250	46	USil	Barbara Rohrdanz	3	K	J	J	J	10
251	46	SE	Daniel Auby	2	K	4	J	J	9
252	46	NZ	Karen Harris	3	K	J	2	Q	4
253	46	USca	Tom McGuire	2	J	J	2	J	2
254	46	SE	Dick Andersson	10	J	J	J	J	4
255	46	RO	Costin Georgescu	8	J	2	J	J	4
256	46	AU	Bill Jacobs	10	K	2	J	Q	2
257	46	USfl	Hy Glantz	9	6	4	3	3	10
258	46	USil	Kent Feiler	8	K	2	2	Q	2
259	46	AU	Gaye Marks	2	K	J	J	J	2
260	46	USca	Alvin Farber	10	J	J	5	Q	4
261	46	USco	Robert Johnson	3	K	2	J	4	10
262	46	USca	Michael Kaplan	3	J	J	5	A	10
263	46	SE	Calle Naucler	3	J	J	5	J	4
264	46	IT	Alessandra La Spina	8	J	J	2	Q	2
265	46	AU	Bill Maddock	3	4	2	J	Q	9
266	46	USnc	Dale Swift	10	K	4	2	Q	9
267	46	AU	Diana Hearn	3	6	J	5	Q	4
268	46	USwa	Craig Zastera	3	J	J	2	Q	5
269	45	CAab	David Johnson	8	K	2	2	3	9
270	45	RU	Leonid Ulanovsky	2	K	2	2	3	5
271	45	USca	Jeff Tang	10	4	A	3	Q	10
272	45	UKen	Michael Clark	8	K	4	J	5	2
273	45	USva	Larry Kahn	3	K	2	2	Q	9
274	45	CL	Rudolf Buitelaar	3	J	J	3	3	2
275	45	USny	Bill Scherer	Q	4	J	J	A	9
276	45	DE	Michael Botzet	3	4	J	3	3	5
277	45	USca	Jojo Sarkar	3	J	J	2	Q	2
278	45	UStx	Hanchang Wang	9	K	J	2	Q	K
279	45	UY	Sara Rathauser	10	J	J	J	J	2
280	45	USca	Sanjay Yedur	3	J	J	J	J	4
281	45	RO	Alin Salinacki	8	4	2	5	3	2
282	45	DK	Lars Moller Sorensen	8	J	2	J	4	9
283	45	AU	Gary Brown	2	K	2	3	5	9
284	45	US	Claude Di Fruscia	3	6	J	5	J	4
285	45	USva	Edward Cooper	2	J	J	J	4	4
286	45	USny	Jack Presser	10	K	J	J	5	9
287	45	USca	Steve Cooperstein	3	J	J	J	J	4
288	45	NZ	Michael Johnstone	10	K	4	2	3	10
289	45	CAbc	Geoff Fetterley	10	J	J	5	3	4
290	45	FR	Patrick Flodrops	2	J	2	J	Q	K
291	45	CApq	Peter Schwartz	2	J	2	3	J	2
292	45	ES	Vicens Casanovas	8	J	J	J	J	K
293	45	UStx	Mary Cargill	3	K	J	2	J	4
294	45	USfl	Frank Nankin	10	6	J	J	J	5
295	45	HR	Ivan Mosettig	3	J	J	2	Q	2
296	45	USca	Steve Mager	3	J	2	J	Q	2
297	45	PL	Zbych Bednarek	8	K	J	J	J	2
298	45	USny	Bruce Ross	2	4	J	3	5	5
299	45	USdc	Simon Steel	9	K	J	2	4	5
300	45	SI	Janko Mijoc	2	K	2	5	5	2

Scores 7V71 Main Challenge

Analyses Top February 2002 Scores

All Others Above Average

Rank	Score	CC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
301	45	SI	Hubert Froehlich	10	K	J	2	Q	4
302	45	IS	Bjorn Thorlaksson	3	J	2	J	Q	2
303	45	USca	Jan Nathan	3	J	J	J	A	10
304	45	USal	Curtis Loftis	8	J	A	J	J	4
305	45	DE	Gerben Dirksen	10	J	J	9	Q	2
306	45	USdc	Jonathan Siegel	3	J	J	J	Q	10
307	45	CAbc	Ross Lam	3	J	J	J	J	4
308	45	IN	Manoj Kumar Nair	3	K	2	9	J	9
309	45	USfl	Bijoy Anand	10	K	2	J	Q	4
310	45	USma	Irene L. Finkle	8	K	J	5	A	K
311	45	USca	Harold Simon	10	K	2	J	J	2
312	45	CAon	Craig Barkhouse	10	4	2	J	Q	9
313	45	NL	Rik ter Veen	3	J	J	J	Q	K
314	45	USmi	Douglas Ogozaly	3	J	J	2	J	5
315	45	USca	Rob Stevens	10	K	2	3	Q	2
316	45	AU	Arlene Dalley	9	J	2	5	3	2
317	45	SG	Licai Yeo	2	K	J	J	J	4
318	45	UKen	Dave Warren	3	J	J	3	3	9
319	45	IN	Neelotpal Sahai	10	J	2	5	Q	2
320	45	HU	Peter Talyigas	10	J	J	J	3	2
321	44	AU	Leigh Gold	8	J	2	2	J	5
322	44	UKen	Gordon Rainsford	10	J	J	J	Q	10
323	44	DE	Zuzana Herrmann	3	J	J	5	4	4
324	44	USca	Michael Erickson	2	J	2	3	4	5
325	44	USil	Bruce Scott	2	4	2	2	Q	2
326	44	CN	Xi Li	3	K	4	5	4	4
327	44	TW	Fat Orange	3	J	2	9	Q	9
328	44	AU	Bill Powell	10	K	4	2	Q	2
329	44	USaz	Thomas Hanford	3	K	J	3	4	4
330	44	USca	Marvin French	10	6	2	5	Q	9
331	44	USma	Arthur Shahian	3	K	J	J	Q	5
332	44	USca	Michael Day	9	K	J	2	5	9
333	44	USga	George Lathbury	3	K	2	2	3	10
334	44	USmd	Morris Tepper	10	K	2	J	A	10
335	44	USfl	Burt Berger	3	6	J	J	J	4
336	44	NZ	Neal Phillips	8	4	J	2	3	2
337	44	NL	Joop Simmelink	2	K	A	3	4	2
338	44	NL	Ben Ter Horst	2	4	J	5	4	K
339	44	SE	Tommy Jansson	Q	K	2	J	Q	10
340	44	TR	Meral Yamac	3	J	J	J	J	K
341	44	USfl	Stuart Schwartz	3	J	J	9	J	4
342	44	NZ	Richard Andrew	10	J	2	5	J	2
343	44	DK	Henrik Kruse Petersen	3	K	2	5	4	5
344	44	USpa	Bertrand Kushner	3	K	J	J	Q	5
345	44	AU	Bill Haughie	2	4	2	2	Q	2
346	44	CAns	Jim Sotvedt	2	J	2	3	3	5
347	44	USca	Marina Fomenkova	8	K	2	J	Q	9
348	44	USoh	Sterling Uhler	Q	J	J	J	4	4
349	44	RO	Vali Enache	9	J	J	2	3	2
350	44	USnv	Carole Voge	3	K	J	9	3	4
351	44	NL	Onno Eskes	2	4	J	2	Q	K
352	44	AT	Michael Palitsch	10	J	J	2	Q	2
353	44	USoh	Craig Satersmoen	2	J	2	2	3	9
354	44	IN	Sivakumar Salem	3	J	J	2	J	2
355	44	UStx	Janice Masciarelli	Q	J	J	J	Q	10
356	44	IN	Rajeev Goyal	3	4	J	J	Q	10
357	44	SG	Marco Poh	10	6	J	J	Q	4
358	44	HR	Miro Tesla	8	J	J	2	Q	K
359	44	IS	Ulfar Kristinsson	3	K	2	3	3	5
360	44	US	Nicu Voinicu	2	K	J	2	Q	5
361	44	USdc	Ron Zucker	8	J	J	2	Q	K
362	44	UStx	Mike Oliver	3	J	2	J	4	10
363	44	CAns	Elianor Kennie	10	J	J	J	4	5
364	44	AU	Alex Kemeny	3	J	J	2	J	2
365	44	USca	Richard Stein	8	J	2	9	4	10
366	44	UStx	Billy Leeper	8	K	J	9	5	2
367	43	USca	Henry Hsieh	10	6	4	5	4	10
368	43	TW	Hang Chang	10	K	2	J	4	9
369	43	IN	Shyam Sashital	2	K	2	3	5	2
370	43	USca	Sandy Barnes	10	K	2	2	Q	5
371	43	USil	Rick Kirby	3	J	J	5	4	2
372	43	SI	Egon Novak	2	J	2	5	A	5
373	43	USwi	Bill McFall	3	J	J	J	5	5
374	43	BR	Christian Dahoui	3	J	6	5	J	10
375	43	FR	Michel Mayeur	10	K	4	J	J	10
376	43	USny	Brian Meyer	2	K	2	9	A	5
377	43	AU	David Stern	3	K	J	J	Q	2
378	43	UStx	Jack Lacy	2	K	2	2	4	5
379	43	USfl	Peter Cleaves	2	J	2	3	4	2
380	43	HR	Frano Stanicic	2	J	4	2	J	4
381	43	USca	Leila Sink	3	6	2	5	J	5
382	43	NO	Svein Erik Dahl	3	J	J	2	J	4
383	43	UStx	Bill Erwin	2	K	J	5	5	9
384	43	USfl	Robert Markley	3	K	4	2	J	4
385	43	UKsc	Martyn Kenyon	10	K	2	2	Q	5
386	43	IN	Asit Kumar Chakravarty	10	4	J	J	3	4
387	43	FR	Ron Tacchi	10	4	2	J	Q	2
388	43	US	Leonard Paul	3	6	J	3	J	4
389	43	USwa	Ed Chow	10	J	2	5	J	4
390	43	EE	Rein Molder	10	4	J	9	Q	4
391	43	UStx	Betty Rinker	2	4	2	J	J	10
392	43	IT	Daniela Tonti	8	K	2	9	4	5
393	43	NL	Peter van der Stap	9	J	2	5	4	2
394	43	USca	Ron Jacksier	3	J	J	J	4	4
395	43	USfl	Elaine Schwartz	10	J	A	5	Q	4
396	43	USne	Matt Campbell	10	J	4	J	Q	4
397	43	NL	Hans Walthaus	3	K	2	J	Q	10
398	43	IN	Ramkumar Vaidyanathan	3	K	2	2	J	5
399	43	NL	Thijs Veugen	8	K	J	2	Q	5
400	43	USmo	Kit Nowicki	10	K	J	2	4	9
401	43	HR	Zoran Bohacek	10	K	2	J	5	10
402	43	USoh	Mark Rishavy	9	K	2	J	Q	9
403	43	NO	Kay Strand	10	K	2	2	J	9
404	43	BE	Sebastien Louveaux	10	K	2	2	Q	5

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Location Ranking

This table lists all the participating locations, ranked by the average score of their entries. The “Best” column shows the best finish (by rank) of any player in that location. Locations with less than five entries are ineligible for the top ranking and grouped separately.

Rank	Average	Best	CC	Location	Entries
1	50.67	17	HU	Hungary	6
2	47.00	33	PL	Poland	9
3	46.40	22	USva	Virginia	5
4	46.20	2	USal	Alabama	5
5	46.20	67	IL	Israel	5
6	45.86	19	ES	Spain	7
7	45.80	76	USnc	North Carolina	5
8	45.75	11	USnj	New Jersey	8
9	45.12	30	UStx	Texas	17
10	45.00	42	SG	Singapore	5
11	44.60	3	RO	Romania	10
12	44.50	102	FR	France	6
13	44.40	48	BE	Belgium	5
14	44.33	26	SI	Slovenia	9
15	44.17	166	HR	Croatia	6
16	43.93	23	IN	India	28
17	43.88	10	USny	New York	24
18	43.86	87	NZ	New Zealand	7
19	43.63	16	UKen	England	43
20	43.60	70	EE	Estonia	5
21	43.57	57	USga	Georgia	7
22	43.44	4	USca	California	66
23	43.22	12	USoh	Ohio	9
24	43.17	135	UKsc	Scotland	6
25	42.90	13	CApq	Quebec	10
26	42.86	34	FI	Finland	7
27	42.65	5	USfl	Florida	43
28	42.50	93	USsc	South Carolina	6
29	42.50	168	USpa	Pennsylvania	10
30	42.40	85	ID	Indonesia	5
31	42.08	133	USil	Illinois	12
32	41.97	1	AU	Australia	36
33	41.83	96	IS	Iceland	6
34	41.82	56	USma	Massachusetts	17
35	41.75	95	NO	Norway	8
36	41.64	158	DE	Germany	11
37	41.47	64	SE	Sweden	15
38	41.27	9	CAon	Ontario	30
39	41.27	86	NL	Netherlands	22
40	40.67	246	IT	Italy	9
41	40.58	114	TW	Taiwan	12
42	40.55	91	CAbc	British Columbia	11
43	40.50	187	CAab	Alberta	6
44	40.44	159	CAns	Nova Scotia	9
45	40.43	132	USmn	Minnesota	7
46	40.42	197	US	United States	12
47	40.33	40	USwa	Washington	9
48	39.64	15	TR	Turkey	11
49	39.42	73	USmd	Maryland	12
50	36.75	130	ZA	South Africa	8

Rank	Average	Best	CC	Location	Entries
51	52.00	54	CZ	Czech Republic	1
52	51.00	8	USmi	Michigan	3
53	50.50	7	UKwa	Wales	2
54	50.00	28	JP	Japan	2
55	49.75	58	RU	Russia	4
56	49.00	111	USms	Mississippi	1
57	49.00	116	USri	Rhode Island	1
58	49.00	129	RS	Serbia	1
59	48.50	66	USar	Arkansas	2
60	47.50	118	USor	Oregon	2
61	47.00	89	AT	Austria	2
62	46.67	101	CN	China	3
63	46.67	154	PT	Portugal	3
64	46.00	6	CApe	Prince Edward Island	2
65	46.00	47	USaz	Arizona	3
66	46.00	99	USia	Iowa	2
67	46.00	249	LV	Latvia	1
68	45.00	279	UY	Uruguay	1
69	44.67	20	CL	Chile	3
70	44.67	299	USdc	Washington DC	3
71	43.33	238	UK	United Kingdom	3
72	43.00	374	BR	Brazil	1
73	42.67	153	USco	Colorado	3
74	42.50	125	IE	Ireland	2
75	42.50	350	USnv	Nevada	2
76	42.50	373	USwi	Wisconsin	2
77	42.33	14	CA	Canada	3
78	42.33	131	BG	Bulgaria	3
79	42.00	396	USne	Nebraska	2
80	42.00	405	CAmb	Manitoba	1
81	41.25	90	USin	Indiana	4
82	41.00	182	HK	Hong Kong	4
83	41.00	217	USnh	New Hampshire	3
84	41.00	400	USmo	Missouri	2
85	41.00	451	CAnf	Newfoundland	1
86	40.00	282	DK	Denmark	3
87	40.00	518	LB	Lebanon	1
88	40.00	536	TH	Thailand	1
89	39.00	555	USla	Louisiana	1
90	38.50	450	GR	Greece	2
91	38.33	209	USky	Kentucky	3
92	38.33	210	CH	Switzerland	3
93	38.00	587	CAsk	Saskatchewan	1
94	37.50	590	USct	Connecticut	2
95	37.00	610	BS	Bahamas	1
96	37.00	621	EG	Egypt	1
97	37.00	632	USde	Delaware	1
98	33.50	434	USme	Maine	2
99	33.50	675	AR	Argentina	2
100	31.67	192	USok	Oklahoma	3
101	31.00	718	UStn	Tennessee	1
102	30.00	732	CAnb	New Brunswick	1

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Bot’s Eye View

I posed these opening-lead problems to some of the well-known bridge computer programs, and the results are tabulated below. (These results are not included in the “number of participants” shown above, nor in the calculation of the median or average score.) Most of the programs had different skill settings (thinking time), and this was set to the highest level within reason. The scores and rankings, based on six specific problems, are not necessarily indicative of each program’s overall capability.

In a few cases the bot’s opening lead was not among the choices offered, but this was easy to resolve. On Problem 2, GIB and Q-Plus Bridge each led the A (because of different leading agreements) which was scored the same as the K. On Problem 3, Bridge Buff led the 8, scored the same as the 4. On Problem 6, Blue Chip Bridge led the A, scored the same as the 2.

Congratulations to GIB and Micro Bridge, which fought tooth-and-silicon to an exact tie — and an exceptional score. Wow! The bots would have placed sixth in the human contest, right behind Mabel (hehe). Whether this was through amazing wisdom, or just luck, is debatable; but you better think twice next time before overbidding against a bot! It is also noteworthy that five of the bots topped the average human score. Not bad! Even HAL had its best score ever.

February 2002 Rankings

Rank	Score	CC	Program version	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	55	US	GIB 4.1.12	10	A	J	5	Q	10
2	55	JP	Micro Bridge 9.01	2	K	J	5	Q	4
3	51	DE	Q-plus Bridge 6.1	10	A	4	J	J	10
4	49	CA	Bridge Buff 8.0	Q	K	8	J	Q	4
5	43	UK	Blue Chip Bridge 3.4.3	2	6	J	2	3	A
6	40	US	Bridge Baron 11.0	8	J	A	2	Q	4
7	31	US	Finesse Bridge 2.5	10	J	A	J	3	5
8	16	US	HAL 9000	3	K	3	J	A	K

Participants (alphabetical)

Program	Author/Creator
Blue Chip Bridge	Ian Trackman and Mike Whittaker
Bridge Baron	Tom Throop and Stephen Smith
Bridge Buff	Doug Bennion
Finesse Bridge	Mark and Aaron Marin
GIB	Matthew Ginsberg
HAL	Someone with a warped mind
Micro Bridge	Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
Q-plus Bridge	Hans Leber

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