“The House on Phantom Lane” play contest had 690 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.
Participation Stats
| Number of participants | 690
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| Number of locations | 103
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| Highest score | 60
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| Median score | 37
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| Lowest score | 22
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| Average score | 37.29 |
Top 100 Places
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 60 | ZW | Leif-Erik Stabell | F | B | F | A | D | A
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| 2 | 60 | JP | Tong Xu | F | B | F | A | D | A
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| 3 | 59 | UKen | Gareth Birdsall | F | B | F | A | D | D
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| 4 | 58 | CAon | David Grainger | F | B | F | B | D | A
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| 5 | 57 | PL | Wojtek Siwiec | F | B | D | B | D | A
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| 6 | 57 | PL | Euzebiusz Rebajllo | F | B | D | B | D | A
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| 7 | 57 | UKwa | Julian Pottage | F | C | D | A | D | A
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| 8 | 57 | HU | Lajos Linczmayer | F | B | D | B | D | A
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| 9 | 56 | CAon | Gabriel Nita-Saguna | F | F | F | A | D | D
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| 10 | 56 | UKen | Frances Hinden | F | C | D | A | D | D
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| 11 | 55 | IN | Neelotpal Sahai | F | B | D | A | D | C
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| 12 | 55 | USma | Brian Lee | F | B | D | A | A | A
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| 13 | 54 | UKen | Neil Morgenstern | F | B | D | A | A | D
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| 14 | 54 | PL | Eustachy Truten | F | B | D | E | D | A
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| 15 | 54 | BG | Zahary Zahariev | F | B | D | E | D | A
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| 16 | 53 | UStx | Bill Erwin | D | B | D | A | D | D
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| 17 | 53 | USca | Len Vishnevsky | D | B | D | A | D | D
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| 18 | 53 | USil | Charles Blair | F | C | C | A | D | A
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| 19 | 53 | CN | Weidong Yang | F | B | D | E | D | D
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| 20 | 52 | PL | Hieronim Wspanialy | F | B | D | F | D | A
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| 21 | 52 | DE | Rainer Herrmann | F | B | F | A | E | D
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| 22 | 52 | UKen | John Reardon | E | B | D | B | D | D
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| 23 | 52 | TR | Ufuk Cotuk | B | B | D | A | D | D
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| 24 | 51 | UStx | David Cochener | D | B | D | B | D | D
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| 25 | 51 | CApq | Richard Wildi | F | E | D | C | D | A
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| 26 | 51 | EG | Andrew de Sosa | E | F | F | B | D | A
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| 27 | 51 | PL | Wojtek Urban | F | B | F | E | A | A
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| 28 | 50 | NL | Fernando Noordam | F | B | D | B | D | B
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| 29 | 50 | USor | Paul Flashenberg | C | C | D | B | F | D
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| 30 | 50 | NL | Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden | C | F | D | B | F | A
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| 31 | 50 | FI | Jussi Tamminen | F | B | D | F | F | A
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| 32 | 50 | UK | Marcus Chiloarnus | B | B | D | B | D | D
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| 33 | 50 | USoh | Amit Raturi | C | F | D | C | D | D
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| 34 | 50 | PL | Jacek Masiarek | F | B | F | E | B | A
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| 35 | 50 | PL | Julka Kowalska | F | B | F | E | B | A
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| 36 | 50 | UKsc | Nigel Guthrie | F | F | D | B | D | C
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| 37 | 49 | PL | Darek Kardas | F | B | F | E | C | A
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| 38 | 49 | USca | Sandy Barnes | C | E | D | B | D | D
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| 39 | 49 | IL | Ram Meiri | C | C | D | A | C | A
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| 40 | 49 | USfl | Jane Killelea | E | F | F | A | A | A
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| 41 | 49 | AU | Ken Dalley | E | F | D | B | D | D
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| 42 | 49 | NL | Jan Tesselaar | B | F | D | A | D | D
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| 43 | 49 | IN | Kamal Roy | F | F | F | A | E | D
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| 44 | 49 | NL | Frans Buijsen | F | F | F | A | E | D
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| 45 | 49 | SE | Rolf Mattsson | D | E | D | A | D | A
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| 46 | 49 | BE | Pol Dutrifoy | E | F | D | B | D | D
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| 47 | 48 | USca | Steven Hough | E | C | D | B | F | D
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| 48 | 48 | IE | Mary Collins | F | F | D | A | A | C
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| 49 | 48 | PL | Slawek Cwiek | F | B | F | F | B | A
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| 50 | 48 | PL | Kazik Drozdz | F | B | D | E | C | A
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| 51 | 48 | USfl | Carol Dickman | F | E | D | B | D | C
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| 52 | 48 | USma | Helene Portnoy | C | F | D | A | F | C
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| 53 | 48 | LV | Ildze Straume | D | F | D | A | F | D
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| 54 | 48 | USwa | N. Scott Cardell | F | B | E | B | C | D
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| 55 | 47 | USoh | Bob Stitt | E | C | D | A | F | C
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| 56 | 47 | SE | Johan Gronkvist | C | C | D | C | B | A
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| 57 | 47 | PT | Manuel Paulo | E | B | D | F | D | D
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| 58 | 47 | NO | Sjur Boe | C | B | D | B | A | C
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| 59 | 47 | IN | Vibhas Todi | E | F | D | A | A | D
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| 60 | 47 | CAon | Bruce Amos | F | F | D | C | B | D
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| 61 | 47 | PL | Andrzej Krakowiak | F | B | F | F | C | A
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| 62 | 47 | SE | Carsten Kofoed | F | F | F | B | E | D
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| 63 | 47 | CAns | Gerald Murphy | F | C | D | B | E | D
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| 64 | 46 | CAon | John Cunningham | C | B | D | C | D | E
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| 65 | 46 | RO | Catalin Doras | E | F | D | A | B | D
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| 66 | 46 | CH | George Hashimoto | E | E | D | B | F | A
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| 67 | 46 | USpa | Andy Purbrick | F | F | D | B | F | F
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| 68 | 46 | USma | Mark Aquino | E | F | D | B | D | C
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| 69 | 46 | USin | Michael Spurgeon | E | E | D | A | A | A
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| 70 | 46 | PT | Manuel Oliveira | F | F | D | B | D | E
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| 71 | 46 | UStx | Richard Higgins | E | F | D | B | A | A
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| 72 | 46 | USmd | Tibor Roberts | F | C | F | B | F | E
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| 73 | 46 | UKen | Toby Kenney | F | B | D | A | B | E
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| 74 | 46 | PT | Antonio Soucasaux | E | F | D | E | D | D
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| 75 | 46 | PL | Marcin Zbroja | F | B | D | F | C | A
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| 76 | 46 | IN | Venkatesh Ramaratnam | E | B | D | B | C | D
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| 77 | 46 | USca | Richard Aronson | B | F | D | C | D | D
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| 78 | 46 | UKen | Julian Wightwick | C | E | D | A | F | C
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| 79 | 45 | MK | Ana Robeva | E | F | F | B | F | C
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| 80 | 45 | RS | Zoran Radojcic | C | E | D | A | C | D
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| 81 | 45 | FR | Christian Osterman | C | E | D | F | D | A
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| 82 | 45 | CAon | Matthew Mason | E | F | D | B | A | D
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| 83 | 45 | USca | Danny Kleinman | E | C | D | B | C | A
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| 84 | 45 | USaz | Max Johnson | E | F | D | B | B | A
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| 85 | 45 | CApq | Nicole Gervais | E | C | D | A | A | C
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| 86 | 45 | NL | William Claassen | E | C | D | B | F | C
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| 87 | 45 | FI | Matti Niemi | C | E | F | F | D | D
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| 88 | 45 | CAon | John S. Robson | C | B | F | C | F | E
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| 89 | 45 | USin | Tim DeLaney | F | A | D | A | D | E
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| 90 | 45 | UKen | David Hodge | C | C | D | E | A | D
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| 91 | 45 | NO | Geir Harnes | E | C | D | E | F | D
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| 92 | 45 | EE | Allar Padari | E | F | D | B | A | D
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| 93 | 45 | SG | Jerome Ganz | F | C | D | E | C | D
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| 94 | 45 | FI | Erkki Malkamaki | E | F | F | F | D | D
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| 95 | 45 | AU | David Harris | C | C | D | A | A | F
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| 96 | 45 | USor | John Lusky | B | C | D | A | F | C
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| 97 | 44 | AE | Ravi Shivram | F | F | D | B | A | F
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| 98 | 44 | AU | Matthew Porter | E | E | D | A | F | C
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| 99 | 44 | USmn | Jack Rhatigan | E | E | D | B | D | C
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| 100 | 44 | USnh | Richard Bator | F | B | D | B | B | E |
Places 101-200
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 101 | 44 | US | David Dunstan | E | C | D | B | C | D
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| 102 | 44 | CAon | Terry Nosanchuk | B | C | D | C | D | C
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| 103 | 44 | TR | Salvador Assael | E | B | D | B | B | C
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| 104 | 44 | NO | Hans Holme | C | F | D | B | D | E
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| 105 | 44 | USfl | Alan Kravetz | E | F | D | F | D | D
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| 106 | 44 | AU | Keith Barrie | D | C | D | B | F | C
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| 107 | 44 | NL | Dale Rudrum | E | B | D | E | D | F
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| 108 | 44 | BR | Italo Bovo | E | F | D | A | A | C
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| 109 | 44 | RO | Andrei Cosmanescu | C | D | D | A | A | D
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| 110 | 44 | EE | Meelis Tiitson | E | F | D | F | D | D
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| 111 | 44 | HK | Dicky Lai | F | E | D | B | A | C
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| 112 | 44 | FR | Samuel Rozenberg | E | F | D | E | F | D
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| 113 | 44 | USnj | James Connell | F | E | F | F | D | C
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| 114 | 44 | USfl | Gloria Trinkunas | E | E | D | E | D | D
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| 115 | 43 | USaz | Sherryl Buchler | C | E | F | A | A | F
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| 116 | 43 | USca | Paul Nelson | E | F | F | E | A | D
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| 117 | 43 | CAab | Nicolae Vartosu | E | E | D | B | B | A
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| 118 | 43 | USny | Chuck Lamprey | F | F | D | B | E | C
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| 119 | 43 | NL | Tommie Nooij | F | E | D | E | C | A
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| 120 | 43 | USva | Yi Zhong | F | A | D | B | E | D
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| 121 | 43 | USnj | Tina Daly | C | F | D | F | D | C
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| 122 | 43 | UKen | Jack Morgan | E | D | F | B | F | D
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| 123 | 43 | NZ | Pieter Verhoek | E | C | D | D | F | A
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| 124 | 43 | NO | Jostein Amundsen | F | E | D | E | F | C
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| 125 | 43 | USfl | Arnold Weinstein | E | C | D | B | D | E
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| 126 | 43 | AU | Jack Bana | E | C | F | E | F | C
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| 127 | 43 | TR | Savas Kucukyavuz | E | C | D | B | A | C
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| 128 | 43 | SE | Johnny Johansson | B | F | F | B | D | F
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| 129 | 43 | USma | Barney Reiffen | F | E | C | B | A | D
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| 130 | 43 | TW | Roy Tsai | E | E | D | C | D | C
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| 131 | 43 | USca | Alvin Farber | C | E | F | A | C | C
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| 132 | 43 | USca | Ronald Kow | B | F | D | B | B | A
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| 133 | 43 | USmi | Rose Burke | E | F | D | C | F | C
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| 134 | 43 | LV | Ivars Rubenis | E | E | D | B | A | D
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| 135 | 43 | ZA | Neil Tracey | C | E | F | F | F | D
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| 136 | 43 | USfl | Marcia Greenstein | E | B | D | B | C | C
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| 137 | 43 | USca | Con Sera | C | F | D | B | F | B
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| 138 | 43 | CAns | Bryson Crowell | E | F | D | B | C | D
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| 139 | 43 | UKen | Richard Morse | D | E | D | B | A | A
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| 140 | 43 | RE | Sylvain Brethes | B | C | D | F | D | D
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| 141 | 42 | PL | Zbych Bednarek | C | B | D | F | D | E
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| 142 | 42 | USil | Jacqueline Rapp | D | B | F | C | F | E
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| 143 | 42 | RO | Max Rotaru | E | F | D | B | D | E
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| 144 | 42 | IT | Franco Galleni | E | F | D | D | F | A
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| 145 | 42 | HU | Laszlo Sztrapkovics | D | F | D | B | C | D
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| 146 | 42 | SG | Charles Leong | C | E | F | D | F | D
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| 147 | 42 | UKen | Karl Farquhar | E | B | D | D | A | D
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| 148 | 42 | NL | Leo Blaauw | B | E | D | A | B | D
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| 149 | 42 | USny | Barry Rigal | C | F | D | B | F | E
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| 150 | 42 | USok | Winston Munn | E | E | D | B | D | F
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| 151 | 42 | EE | Margus Tuvikene | C | E | D | C | C | D
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| 152 | 42 | UKen | Quentin Stephens | C | E | F | C | E | D
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| 153 | 42 | USor | Josh Kvidt | C | C | D | E | A | C
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| 154 | 42 | USca | Allen Prohofsky | D | C | D | E | A | D
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| 155 | 42 | TR | Sitki Sonmezer | C | C | D | B | E | C
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| 156 | 42 | PT | Carlos Cabrinha | C | E | D | B | A | C
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| 157 | 42 | HU | Topi Topi | E | F | D | B | A | C
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| 158 | 42 | USsc | Hugh Brown | E | E | D | C | A | D
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| 159 | 42 | USia | Bob McCurdy | E | F | D | B | A | C
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| 160 | 42 | USmn | Tom Rand | E | F | C | B | D | C
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| 161 | 42 | PT | Joao Costa | F | E | D | B | C | C
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| 162 | 42 | CAab | Daniel Bertrand | B | E | F | C | A | A
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| 163 | 42 | USfl | William Slepin | E | F | D | E | A | D
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| 164 | 42 | PT | Jorge Goncalves | E | E | D | A | A | C
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| 165 | 42 | AU | Catherine Ritter | F | E | D | A | C | F
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| 166 | 42 | BG | Tchavdar Nikolov | E | F | D | B | A | C
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| 167 | 41 | USga | Bill Bickford | F | F | D | F | A | C
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| 168 | 41 | UKen | Andy Holland | E | E | D | C | F | C
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| 169 | 41 | RO | Bogdan Mitran | B | F | D | B | C | D
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| 170 | 41 | USnc | Nancy Dressing | D | E | D | A | F | F
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| 171 | 41 | USil | Dan English | D | E | F | E | A | A
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| 172 | 41 | UStx | Larry Smith | D | F | E | C | A | D
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| 173 | 41 | HU | Tom Barczy | D | E | F | B | C | D
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| 174 | 41 | CAon | Paul Redvers | E | E | C | B | F | D
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| 175 | 41 | USca | Mike Roney | C | E | D | F | A | A
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| 176 | 41 | UKen | Andrew Doye | E | E | D | B | D | B
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| 177 | 41 | CAon | David Colbert | E | C | D | F | B | A
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| 178 | 41 | US | Pat Rich | E | E | D | E | D | C
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| 179 | 41 | AU | Gaye Marks | C | E | D | C | A | C
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| 180 | 41 | UKen | Victor Milman | E | C | D | B | A | F
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| 181 | 41 | UKen | Anne Walford | F | E | F | D | F | C
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| 182 | 41 | UStx | Doug Couchman | C | E | D | B | B | C
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| 183 | 41 | IL | Brian Zietman | E | F | D | B | F | B
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| 184 | 41 | CAon | Mike Malette | D | E | F | F | F | A
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| 185 | 41 | NL | Yvonne Kager | D | C | B | A | B | D
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| 186 | 41 | USny | Gerald Cohen | B | F | D | C | D | F
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| 187 | 41 | ID | Pika Piskanto | E | E | D | B | E | A
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| 188 | 41 | CAon | Alex Cameron | D | E | D | A | A | C
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| 189 | 41 | DE | Hans Fleischhack | E | D | D | B | D | C
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| 190 | 41 | PT | Anant Rajani | C | B | D | D | A | C
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| 191 | 41 | USny | Jack Presser | E | C | D | A | C | F
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| 192 | 41 | UKen | Nigel Marlow | B | F | D | C | C | A
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| 193 | 41 | CApq | Gervais Thibaudeau | F | E | D | F | F | C
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| 194 | 41 | CApq | Louise Sauvageau | E | F | D | C | F | F
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| 195 | 41 | HR | Frano Jancic | B | C | B | B | F | D
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| 196 | 41 | UStx | Mary Jo Branscomb | B | C | D | A | C | C
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| 197 | 41 | USny | Marvin Talish | E | F | C | B | B | A
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| 198 | 41 | IN | Sivakumar Salem | C | B | D | B | C | E
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| 199 | 41 | BG | Nadejda Jordanova | E | F | A | B | F | D
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| 200 | 41 | RO | Andrei Dumitrescu | C | C | F | E | C | C |
Places 201-300
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 201 | 41 | SK | Karol Lohay | E | E | E | A | C | D
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| 202 | 41 | JP | Katsuko Kawakubo | C | C | F | D | C | D
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| 203 | 41 | TR | Yavuz Ovacik | C | C | F | F | A | C
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| 204 | 41 | USny | Jay Levy | E | E | D | C | F | C
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| 205 | 41 | UK | Michael Errington | E | F | F | B | F | E
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| 206 | 41 | AU | Don Stephens | E | E | B | A | A | A
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| 207 | 41 | USmi | Douglas Ogozaly | C | E | D | E | C | A
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| 208 | 40 | FI | Juuso Leikola | E | A | D | B | C | D
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| 209 | 40 | USaz | Tom Schlangen | C | F | D | A | C | E
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| 210 | 40 | CAon | Elizabeth Chapman | C | E | D | B | C | C
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| 211 | 40 | USga | Larry Giltman | F | F | E | B | C | F
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| 212 | 40 | USwa | Maude Gunn | E | F | D | F | A | D
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| 213 | 40 | NZ | Kerry Kelly | B | C | D | B | B | C
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| 214 | 40 | RO | Geza Stanca-Vass | E | E | D | C | D | B
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| 215 | 40 | USaz | Steven Price | B | F | D | B | D | E
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| 216 | 40 | UK | Jane Marvin | E | C | D | F | C | A
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| 217 | 40 | TR | Murat Yavuz | E | E | D | D | F | A
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| 218 | 40 | USfl | Paul Kendall | B | F | D | F | F | D
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| 219 | 40 | RO | Mona Lacatus | D | F | D | C | A | C
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| 220 | 40 | PT | Miguel Ramos | D | E | D | B | C | D
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| 221 | 40 | CAbc | Samuel Krikler | E | E | D | B | F | F
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| 222 | 40 | USoh | Charles Bisesi | F | E | D | A | E | B
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| 223 | 40 | USca | Jay Helekar | E | C | D | C | F | E
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| 224 | 40 | SE | Pierre Winberg | F | B | B | F | C | D
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| 225 | 40 | FI | Mikko Kekki | C | D | D | B | C | D
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| 226 | 40 | FR | Jean-Christophe Clement | F | E | D | B | A | E
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| 227 | 40 | UKen | Roger Morton | E | F | D | B | F | E
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| 228 | 40 | USct | Scott Maramo | B | C | D | B | F | B
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| 229 | 40 | TR | Guven Dalkilic | E | F | D | B | F | E
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| 230 | 40 | USca | Dick Winant | D | C | D | B | F | E
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| 231 | 40 | RO | Petre Voicu | B | F | D | B | A | C
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| 232 | 40 | AU | Marjorie Askew | F | F | D | B | C | E
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| 233 | 40 | USwa | Ilarie Letca | E | F | D | B | A | F
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| 234 | 40 | USil | Karen Walker | B | F | D | B | E | D
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| 235 | 40 | UKen | Carlos Dabezies | E | E | C | B | D | C
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| 236 | 40 | ES | Javier Carbonero | F | E | C | E | A | D
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| 237 | 40 | USma | Brad Barnhorst | E | C | D | B | E | C
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| 238 | 40 | BG | Boyan Balgaranov | B | F | D | B | F | F
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| 239 | 39 | PT | Rui Marques | C | E | E | E | F | C
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| 240 | 39 | TR | Senih Inal | C | F | D | F | A | C
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| 241 | 39 | USfl | Matthew Norris | D | A | D | F | F | A
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| 242 | 39 | USca | Milton Spinner | E | E | D | F | A | A
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| 243 | 39 | USfl | Terri Irwin | D | E | F | F | A | A
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| 244 | 39 | CApq | Pierre Caron | E | F | D | C | F | E
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| 245 | 39 | USin | Janet Jauch | C | E | D | E | A | C
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| 246 | 39 | RU | Vitaly Novikov | D | C | D | F | C | A
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| 247 | 39 | IT | Zulia Pomello | E | F | D | F | C | A
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| 248 | 39 | USny | Gene Saxe | E | F | D | C | F | E
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| 249 | 39 | USin | Bill Cross | D | E | F | B | F | B
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| 250 | 39 | IN | Gowniyan Vaideeshwar | C | B | E | B | C | E
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| 251 | 39 | USsc | Rajan Iyer | F | D | D | F | A | D
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| 252 | 39 | NZ | Dean Eidler | B | C | D | D | D | C
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| 253 | 39 | USpa | Sal Berenholz | C | F | D | F | E | D
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| 254 | 39 | CAbc | Robert Gerrie | B | E | D | C | C | A
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| 255 | 39 | USma | Susan Pappas | C | F | D | F | A | C
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| 256 | 39 | USmd | Jerrold Miller | D | E | D | A | F | E
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| 257 | 39 | USma | Joon Pahk | E | C | B | B | C | D
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| 258 | 39 | HU | Bernadette Magyar | E | C | D | D | C | A
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| 259 | 39 | USny | William Bascom | E | E | B | C | F | D
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| 260 | 39 | USfl | Meg Sullivan | E | C | E | A | B | B
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| 261 | 39 | AU | Bill Powell | F | F | D | F | F | E
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| 262 | 38 | FR | Pierre Bian | E | F | D | B | A | E
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| 263 | 38 | USny | Ron Sperber | E | E | D | F | A | D
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| 264 | 38 | SG | Leon Ong | E | E | C | B | C | A
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| 265 | 38 | HU | Gyorgy Zalai | E | E | F | E | A | C
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| 266 | 38 | USnh | Robert Eachus | E | E | D | A | C | F
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| 267 | 38 | USfl | Dick Burns | F | D | D | F | F | C
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| 268 | 38 | SG | Mingfeng Liu | E | E | C | A | A | C
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| 269 | 38 | IN | Shreerang Joshi | E | F | D | C | A | B
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| 270 | 38 | HK | Jonathan Ng | E | B | D | B | E | E
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| 271 | 38 | IL | Or Shoham | E | F | C | E | A | D
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| 272 | 38 | USpa | Dottie Abel | B | C | C | C | C | A
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| 273 | 38 | USnc | Mike Rice | B | F | D | B | A | F
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| 274 | 38 | USva | Chris Johnson | E | C | B | B | A | C
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| 275 | 38 | CAon | Greg Eland | F | A | B | A | F | E
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| 276 | 38 | SG | Boon Chuan Mah | E | C | D | F | A | C
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| 277 | 38 | NZ | Richard Andrew | F | E | B | A | A | B
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| 278 | 38 | SE | Leif Lundberg | E | D | F | E | A | D
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| 279 | 38 | RO | Alin Salinacki | B | F | D | B | C | C
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| 280 | 38 | UKen | Neil Prebble | D | E | D | D | F | D
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| 281 | 38 | USwa | Randy Deans | E | C | D | F | A | C
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| 282 | 38 | USmd | Mollie Lipman | D | E | D | F | A | A
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| 283 | 38 | CApq | Jean-Louis Gervais | D | E | D | A | E | C
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| 284 | 38 | USpa | John Policella | D | E | D | C | A | C
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| 285 | 38 | USnh | Bruce Downing | D | C | D | D | F | C
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| 286 | 38 | UKen | Dom Goodwin | E | E | D | B | C | C
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| 287 | 38 | USca | Dan Scarola | E | E | D | B | C | C
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| 288 | 38 | NO | Magnus Skaar | B | E | D | C | C | D
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| 289 | 38 | HK | David Mok | F | F | E | D | A | C
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| 290 | 38 | UKsc | Paul Gipson | C | F | D | B | E | B
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| 291 | 38 | AU | Heather Scott | F | C | D | F | C | F
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| 292 | 38 | CApq | Chantal Seigneur | B | E | D | B | F | F
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| 293 | 38 | UStx | John Stieber | E | F | F | F | A | C
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| 294 | 38 | IL | Jacob Shor | E | F | C | B | A | C
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| 295 | 38 | IL | Michael Tilles | E | E | E | C | C | D
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| 296 | 38 | DK | Bjorn Rem | D | B | D | E | E | C
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| 297 | 38 | USwa | Len Maxwell | C | F | E | C | E | C
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| 298 | 38 | AU | Inez Glanger | B | C | D | F | D | F
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| 299 | 38 | CL | Constantino Sifaqui | B | E | D | C | C | D
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| 300 | 38 | IN | Vaduganathan Murugaiyan | E | F | D | F | C | D |
All Others Above Average
| Rank | Score | LC | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 301 | 38 | NO | Kay Strand | E | E | F | E | A | C
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| 302 | 38 | IN | Jai Grama | E | E | D | B | C | C
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| 303 | 38 | LV | Aigars Germanis | F | F | D | D | C | C
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| 304 | 38 | IE | Jeroen Lodewijks | E | B | D | F | F | E
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| 305 | 38 | ID | Yusfiq Rafiqi | E | D | C | A | A | D
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| 306 | 38 | EE | Aivar Tihane | E | F | D | A | C | E
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| 307 | 38 | HR | Zoran Bohacek | E | C | C | B | B | C
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| 308 | 38 | BE | Eric Baes | C | E | C | F | F | D
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| 309 | 38 | BG | Chavdar Kochkov | E | B | D | C | C | E
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| 310 | 38 | PT | Tiago Canelas | C | F | D | B | C | E |
Names with accented or non-English letters have been converted to an English representation with a 26-letter alphabet. Many people use erratic capitalization, so I determine proper case by algorithm; if this does not correctly display your name, please advise and I will add it to the exception list. If you wish to contact someone whose name you see listed (such as a lost friend) give me permission to send your address to that person, then he or she can contact you. I will not give out e-mail addresses (these are private and go nowhere from me).
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 | LC | Location | Entries
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| 1 | 46.88 | 5 | PL | Poland | 16
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| 2 | 40.89 | 16 | UStx | Texas | 9
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| 3 | 40.40 | 45 | SE | Sweden | 10
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| 4 | 40.25 | 15 | BG | Bulgaria | 8
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| 5 | 40.13 | 58 | NO | Norway | 8
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| 6 | 39.80 | 29 | USor | Oregon | 5
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| 7 | 39.67 | 8 | HU | Hungary | 9
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| 8 | 39.17 | 69 | USin | Indiana | 6
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| 9 | 39.00 | 4 | CAon | Ontario | 24
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| 10 | 38.50 | 99 | USmn | Minnesota | 6
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| 11 | 38.29 | 23 | TR | Turkey | 17
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| 12 | 38.23 | 3 | UKen | England | 43
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| 13 | 38.14 | 28 | NL | Netherlands | 21
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| 14 | 38.00 | 39 | IL | Israel | 9
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| 15 | 37.88 | 93 | SG | Singapore | 8
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| 16 | 37.87 | 65 | RO | Romania | 15
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| 17 | 37.83 | 92 | EE | Estonia | 6
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| 18 | 37.79 | 11 | IN | India | 19
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| 19 | 37.72 | 41 | AU | Australia | 25
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| 20 | 37.63 | 57 | PT | Portugal | 19
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| 21 | 37.40 | 117 | CAab | Alberta | 5
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| 22 | 37.31 | 12 | USma | Massachusetts | 16
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| 23 | 37.20 | 21 | DE | Germany | 5
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| 24 | 37.18 | 31 | FI | Finland | 11
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| 25 | 37.17 | 84 | USaz | Arizona | 6
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| 26 | 37.00 | 63 | CAns | Nova Scotia | 5
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| 27 | 36.76 | 17 | USca | California | 38
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| 28 | 36.70 | 18 | USil | Illinois | 10
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| 29 | 36.55 | 54 | USwa | Washington | 11
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| 30 | 36.43 | 81 | FR | France | 7
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| 31 | 36.39 | 40 | USfl | Florida | 31
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| 32 | 36.33 | 111 | HK | Hong Kong | 6
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| 33 | 36.31 | 118 | USny | New York | 16
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| 34 | 36.29 | 33 | USoh | Ohio | 7
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| 35 | 36.00 | 101 | US | United States | 6
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| 36 | 36.00 | 123 | NZ | New Zealand | 6
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| 37 | 35.75 | 221 | CAbc | British Columbia | 8
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| 38 | 35.50 | 72 | USmd | Maryland | 6
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| 39 | 35.27 | 113 | USnj | New Jersey | 11
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| 40 | 35.00 | 133 | USmi | Michigan | 7
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| 41 | 34.67 | 144 | IT | Italy | 6
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| 42 | 34.52 | 25 | CApq | Quebec | 23
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| 43 | 34.14 | 236 | ES | Spain | 7
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| 44 | 33.75 | 46 | BE | Belgium | 8
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| 45 | 33.36 | 67 | USpa | Pennsylvania | 14
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| 46 | 33.33 | 130 | TW | Taiwan | 6
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| 47 | 33.17 | 338 | USco | Colorado | 6
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| 48 | 31.00 | 170 | USnc | North Carolina | 9 |
| Rank | Average | Best | LC | Location | Entries
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| 49 | 60.00 | 1 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 1
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| 50 | 51.00 | 26 | EG | Egypt | 1
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| 51 | 45.00 | 79 | MK | Macedonia | 1
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| 52 | 45.00 | 80 | RS | Serbia | 1
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| 53 | 44.00 | 97 | AE | United Arab Emirates | 1
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| 54 | 43.67 | 32 | UK | United Kingdom | 3
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| 55 | 43.00 | 140 | RE | Reunion | 1
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| 56 | 42.00 | 150 | USok | Oklahoma | 1
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| 57 | 42.00 | 159 | USia | Iowa | 1
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| 58 | 41.50 | 2 | JP | Japan | 4
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| 59 | 41.00 | 19 | CN | China | 3
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| 60 | 41.00 | 48 | IE | Ireland | 3
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| 61 | 40.50 | 53 | LV | Latvia | 4
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| 62 | 40.33 | 7 | UKwa | Wales | 3
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| 63 | 39.50 | 195 | HR | Croatia | 2
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| 64 | 39.33 | 158 | USsc | South Carolina | 3
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| 65 | 39.00 | 36 | UKsc | Scotland | 4
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| 66 | 39.00 | 167 | USga | Georgia | 3
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| 67 | 38.50 | 108 | BR | Brazil | 2
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| 68 | 38.00 | 201 | SK | Slovakia | 2
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| 69 | 38.00 | 296 | DK | Denmark | 1
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| 70 | 37.50 | 120 | USva | Virginia | 4
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| 71 | 37.50 | 246 | RU | Russia | 2
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| 72 | 37.25 | 100 | USnh | New Hampshire | 4
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| 73 | 37.25 | 187 | ID | Indonesia | 4
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| 74 | 37.00 | 299 | CL | Chile | 2
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| 75 | 37.00 | 316 | TH | Thailand | 1
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| 76 | 37.00 | 326 | CAsk | Saskatchewan | 1
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| 77 | 37.00 | 335 | USid | Idaho | 1
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| 78 | 37.00 | 343 | CA | Canada | 1
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| 79 | 37.00 | 353 | USvt | Vermont | 1
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| 80 | 36.00 | 368 | USri | Rhode Island | 1
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| 81 | 36.00 | 392 | UKje | Jersey & Guernsey | 1
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| 82 | 36.00 | 397 | USwi | Wisconsin | 1
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| 83 | 35.75 | 66 | CH | Switzerland | 4
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| 84 | 35.50 | 228 | USct | Connecticut | 4
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| 85 | 35.00 | 418 | CO | Colombia | 1
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| 86 | 34.00 | 135 | ZA | South Africa | 4
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| 87 | 34.00 | 321 | USmo | Missouri | 3
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| 88 | 34.00 | 464 | USne | Nebraska | 1
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| 89 | 34.00 | 472 | USky | Kentucky | 1
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| 90 | 33.33 | 334 | IS | Iceland | 3
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| 91 | 33.00 | 360 | USdc | Washington DC | 3
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| 92 | 33.00 | 499 | MX | Mexico | 1
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| 93 | 32.00 | 547 | USal | Alabama | 1
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| 94 | 32.00 | 554 | VE | Venezuela | 1
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| 95 | 31.67 | 336 | SI | Slovenia | 3
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| 96 | 31.00 | 374 | USla | Louisiana | 2
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| 97 | 30.00 | 602 | AR | Argentina | 1
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| 98 | 29.50 | 569 | CApe | Prince Edward Island | 2
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| 99 | 29.00 | 548 | CAmb | Manitoba | 2
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| 100 | 29.00 | 611 | MT | Malta | 1
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| 101 | 28.00 | 628 | USnm | New Mexico | 1
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| 102 | 27.00 | 648 | VG | Virgin Islands UK | 1
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| 103 | 27.00 | 661 | GR | Greece | 1 |
Bot’s Eye View
I posed these play 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 have 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.
*I do not allow any setting that takes more than a minute to make a play. Time considerations are also used to break ties, i.e., if two bots have the same total score, the edge goes to the one that took less time. I conduct the tests on a 2.0 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.
Congratulations to Jack, which came through with a fantastic score of 54 to win easily. Q-plus Bridge was a distant second with 48, beating out GIB with the same score by tiebreaker (Q-plus was faster). Bridge Buff and Blue Chip Bridge were the only other bots to top the average human score, which is always a good sign. All considered, a fine bot showing on a set of problems that most people found troubling because of Fritz. Evidently, the impersonal aspect of the bots was a plus.
As usual, some of the bot plays went off the chart.* On Problem 1, Line G by Bridge Baron and Micro Bridge was to draw the last trump — not cool but surely better than ducking a spade, so I gave it 3. On Problem 4, Line G by Bridge Baron was to ruff a club and lead a trump — not as bad as a few other choices, so I gave it 4. On Problem 5, Blue Chip Bridge and Jack decided to cash a couple of winners (two clubs, or one club and one spade) before making the correct lead of the 
2 — clearly inferior but retaining some chances, so I decided on 5. I won’t bother to explain the Line H choices. Trust me; you don’t want to know.
*When a bot chooses an unlisted line of play, I substitute a listed line if the difference is trivial or negligible (such as a transposition of plays). If the difference is significant, I assign it a new letter and score it appropriately. This month, Line G indicates a line deemed to have more merit than the worst listed line, while Line H (think “hopeless”) represents a line as bad as or worse than the worst listed choice.
Quizzes in multiple-choice format always contain an element of luck for humans — how good are your guesses? — but this would not seem to be true for bots. Wrong. As a case in point, consider Problem 6 on which four bots chose the correct Line A. Out of curiosity, I followed up their plays, and only two (Jack and Q-plus Bridge) executed the endplay correctly. Hence, for the other two it was equivalent to a good guess.
Even HAL produced one of its better scores, proving once and for all that it can count to 13. Its curious sequence of answers (ADADEE) may contain a hidden message — yes, I remember HAL once printed an unrequested document about how it was orphaned as a child. Perhaps all it really wants is “a daddy.” Aww-w-w. Makes my eyes water.
October 2003 Rankings
| Rank | Score | LC | Program version | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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| 1 | 54 | NL | Jack 2.0 | F | B | D | A | G | A
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| 2 | 48 | DE | Q-plus Bridge 7.1 | F | H | F | A | A | A
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| 3 | 48 | US | GIB 6.1.3 | F | F | D | A | D | E
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| 4 | 45 | CA | Bridge Buff 8.0 | F | E | D | B | D | B
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| 5 | 39 | UK | Blue Chip Bridge 4.0.8 | F | H | D | F | G | A
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| 6 | 30 | JP | Micro Bridge 10.01 | G | H | H | A | A | C
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| 7 | 28 | US | Bridge Baron 11.0 | G | H | H | G | A | A
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| 8 | 13 | US | HAL 9000 | A | D | A | D | E | E |
Bots Tested (alphabetical)
| Program | Author/Creator
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| Blue Chip Bridge | Ian Trackman and Mike Whittaker
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| Bridge Baron | Tom Throop and Stephen Smith
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| Bridge Buff | Doug Bennion
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| GIB | Matthew Ginsberg
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| HAL | Someone with a warped mind
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| Jack | Hans Kuijf
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| Micro Bridge | Tomio and Yumiko Uchida
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| Q-plus Bridge | Hans Leber |
© 2003 Richard Pavlicek
by Richard Pavlicek
