Scores 7X79  Main Challenge

April 2004 Scores

Analyses  by Richard Pavlicek

“The Worst Leading Man” play contest had 908 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

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Location Ranking

Bot’s Eye View

Participation Stats

Number of participants	908
Number of locations	115
Highest score	60
Median score	38
Lowest score	18
Average score	38.91

Top 100 Places

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	60	USmo	Ding-Hwa Hsieh	9	6	K	9	10	C
2	60	USor	John Lusky	9	6	K	9	10	C
3	59	FR	Patrice Piganeau	9	6	K	9	4	C
4	59	BG	Zahary Zahariev	9	6	K	9	4	C
5	58	USca	Richard Stein	9	6	K	9	10	C
6	57	USmo	Howard Dean	9	6	K	9	6	C
7	57	USor	Mike Sweet	9	6	K	9	10	D
8	57	ES	Gonzalo Goded	9	6	K	9	10	D
9	57	ZW	Leif-Erik Stabell	9	6	K	9	10	D
10	57	HU	Imre Csiszar	9	6	K	9	10	D
11	57	USca	Jim Munday	9	6	K	9	10	D
12	57	DE	Rainer Herrmann	9	6	K	9	10	D
13	57	PL	Julka Kowalska	9	6	K	9	6	C
14	56	HR	Dean Pokorny	4	6	K	9	10	C
15	56	USin	Tim DeLaney	2	6	K	9	4	C
16	56	HU	Lajos Linczmayer	9	6	K	9	4	D
17	56	PT	Manuel Paulo	9	6	K	9	4	D
18	56	IN	Kamal Roy	9	6	K	9	4	D
19	56	PL	Hieronim Wspanialy	9	6	K	9	4	D
20	56	ES	Jordi Sabate	9	6	K	9	10	F
21	56	FI	Erkki Malkamaki	9	9	K	9	10	D
22	55	UKen	John Reardon	9	6	8	9	10	C
23	55	LV	Ivars Rubenis	9	6	K	2	10	D
24	55	FI	Jouko Paganus	9	9	K	7	10	C
25	55	FR	Jean-Christophe Clement	9	6	K	2	10	D
26	55	CN	Weidong Yang	4	6	K	9	4	C
27	55	PL	Marcin Zbroja	9	6	K	9	6	F
28	54	PL	Darek Kardas	9	6	K	9	6	D
29	54	RE	Sylvain Brethes	2	6	K	9	4	F
30	54	CN	Bluetooth Wuhan	9	6	K	9	10	B
31	54	USga	Tom Carmichael	9	6	8	9	10	D
32	54	UKen	Gareth Birdsall	9	6	K	9	6	D
33	53	UKen	Teymur Tahseen	9	6	K	2	10	A
34	53	CN	Ning Liu	9	6	K	9	4	B
35	53	CAon	David Lindop	9	J	K	9	4	F
36	53	USco	David Caprera	9	A	K	9	10	C
37	53	UKen	Keith Bennett	9	J	K	9	4	F
38	53	USoh	Carolyn Ahlert	9	6	K	9	4	B
39	53	SE	Rolf Mattsson	9	6	K	9	4	B
40	53	USpa	Steve White	9	J	K	9	10	D
41	53	PL	Wojtek Siwiec	2	6	K	9	4	D
42	53	PL	Klitajmestra Dzierlatka	2	6	K	9	4	D
43	53	USil	Charles Blair	Q	6	K	9	10	C
44	53	IT	Marco Buccoliero	9	J	K	2	4	C
45	53	USca	Rob Stevens	9	6	8	2	10	C
46	53	CAbc	Connie Delisle	2	6	K	2	10	F
47	52	CAab	Thomas Wang	9	6	8	2	10	C
48	52	CAbc	Margaret McLaughlin	9	6	K	2	6	C
49	52	ES	Federico Goded	9	6	K	2	6	D
50	52	USny	Andrew Nitzberg	9	3	K	9	10	D
51	52	NL	Jan Tesselaar	9	6	K	2	10	B
52	52	RO	Dan Moraru	Q	6	K	9	6	C
53	52	CAon	Dale Freeman	9	6	K	2	10	B
54	52	IN	Sivakumar Salem	9	6	K	2	10	B
55	52	RO	Cosmin Mindruta	9	6	8	2	4	F
56	52	USnv	Barry Goren	3	6	K	9	10	F
57	52	PL	Euzebiusz Truten	2	9	K	9	4	D
58	52	PL	Slawek Cwiek	9	6	K	9	6	A
59	52	RO	Razvan Spiridonescu	Q	9	K	2	10	C
60	51	IN	Nareshkumar Gupta	9	J	K	2	10	D
61	51	IL	Or Shoham	4	6	K	2	6	C
62	51	AU	Mark Abraham	9	3	K	2	10	F
63	51	CN	Wuping Lu	9	6	K	9	7	C
64	51	IE	John Carroll	9	J	K	9	10	D
65	51	CApq	Solange Bouchard	2	J	K	9	10	F
66	51	USwa	Jim Wiitala	3	6	K	9	10	D
67	51	PL	Kazik Drozdz	9	6	K	9	6	B
68	50	CAon	David Grainger	9	3	K	9	10	A
69	50	FR	Christian Osterman	9	9	8	2	4	C
70	50	NL	Peter van Montfoort	Q	6	K	2	6	C
71	50	PL	Tomasz Radko	4	6	8	9	10	D
72	50	HK	David Mok	9	3	K	2	10	C
73	50	USpa	Andy Purbrick	9	6	8	9	4	B
74	50	CN	Hua Huang	9	J	K	9	10	B
75	50	HR	Jurica Hladek	4	6	K	9	10	B
76	50	IE	Annmarie Horan	9	3	K	9	10	A
77	50	USca	Len Vishnevsky	4	6	K	2	4	D
78	50	USnh	Lawrence Cheetham	Q	6	K	2	4	F
79	50	PL	Roman Kujaczynski	9	9	K	2	4	B
80	50	PL	Wojtek Urban	9	6	K	9	6	E
81	50	UKen	Julian Wightwick	4	9	K	2	10	D
82	50	CAon	Malcolm Ewashkiw	4	6	8	9	4	F
83	49	UKen	Andy Holland	Q	6	8	2	4	C
84	49	USwi	Tyson Patterson	9	6	K	2	4	A
85	49	LB	Fadi Fattouche	9	6	8	2	6	D
86	49	AU	Bruce Neill	9	6	K	9	Q	B
87	49	UK	Marcus Chiloarnus	3	6	8	9	10	C
88	49	CN	Jing Liu	9	6	K	9	Q	B
89	49	RO	Eduard Munteanu	4	6	K	2	10	A
90	49	UKen	Mike Tucker	9	3	K	7	10	C
91	49	PT	Jorge Castanheira	9	3	8	9	10	D
92	49	USfl	Florence Smith	4	6	8	9	10	F
93	49	CN	Xiongwen Gu	9	3	K	9	10	B
94	49	PL	Euzebiusz Rebajllo	2	6	K	9	4	E
95	49	NL	Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden	9	J	8	2	10	F
96	49	UKen	Frances Hinden	4	J	K	9	6	C
97	48	UKen	Lorne Anderson	Q	9	K	2	10	F
98	48	CApq	Yvan Lessard	2	6	3	2	10	C
99	48	USsc	Wes Bailey	Q	6	K	2	10	F
100	48	IN	S.T. Arasu	2	6	2	2	10	D

Scores 7X79 Main Challenge

Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

Places 101-200

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
101	48	PL	Wojtek Gawel	3	6	8	9	6	C
102	48	PT	Jose Egreja	9	J	K	2	4	F
103	48	USnj	Vish Viswanathan	4	6	8	2	10	D
104	48	UKwa	Julian Pottage	4	6	K	9	4	E
105	48	PL	Jacek Zwolinski	9	A	K	2	10	D
106	48	USma	Mark Greenberg	Q	6	K	7	4	F
107	48	SG	Roddy Kok	9	6	2	2	10	B
108	48	IN	Neelotpal Sahai	9	6	2	2	10	B
109	48	CAns	Gerald Murphy	4	6	8	2	10	D
110	47	USor	Dave Wiegand	2	J	8	2	4	C
111	47	USwa	Dave Setterholm	4	6	8	9	6	D
112	47	HU	Laszlo Sztrapkovics	9	6	K	2	6	A
113	47	IT	Marco Catellani	9	J	2	2	10	D
114	47	USmi	Gordon Parnes	4	6	2	2	6	C
115	47	HK	Pui Kong Chiu	9	3	K	2	6	D
116	47	FR	Herve Fleury	9	3	K	2	6	D
117	47	RO	Marius Cosma	4	9	K	2	6	D
118	47	USca	Edward Wang	Q	6	8	9	6	F
119	47	AU	David Wiltshire	4	6	8	9	6	D
120	47	USmi	Douglas Ogozaly	4	3	K	2	10	F
121	47	USca	Con Sera	Q	J	8	9	4	C
122	47	USil	Nikolay Demirev	9	3	K	9	Q	D
123	47	PT	Carlos Cabrinha	9	J	K	2	10	A
124	47	CN	Xiangmin Gao	Q	J	K	9	4	D
125	47	NO	Jostein Amundsen	Q	6	8	2	10	C
126	47	CN	Leo Yuan	4	9	K	2	10	B
127	47	UKen	Chrys Poole	Q	6	8	2	10	C
128	47	IN	Gowniyan Vaideeshwar	9	3	K	2	10	B
129	47	TR	Yavuz Ovacik	9	9	8	2	10	A
130	47	TR	Sitki Sonmezer	2	3	8	9	10	C
131	47	BG	Petko Boukov	4	6	2	2	10	D
132	46	NL	Jan de Kleijn	4	3	8	9	10	C
133	46	UKen	Gabriel Ip	Q	6	3	2	10	C
134	46	NL	Pieter van der Klein	Q	J	K	9	10	D
135	46	UStx	Hua Yang	4	3	K	2	10	D
136	46	AE	John MacDonald	9	6	2	Q	10	F
137	46	USnc	Faye Sattin	Q	6	K	7	10	A
138	46	UKen	Peter Stewart	2	6	3	7	10	C
139	46	USfl	Frank Nankin	Q	3	K	7	10	C
140	46	RO	Adrian Petculescu	4	3	K	2	10	D
141	46	CAns	Bryson Crowell	9	6	8	2	6	B
142	46	NL	Gerrit de Ruiter	9	J	J	2	10	F
143	46	FR	Thibault Wolf	9	6	K	2	Q	E
144	46	USla	Ted Morris	4	6	K	10	10	D
145	46	PT	Antonio Gomes	9	A	5	9	10	F
146	46	CAbc	Sandy McIlwain	9	3	2	2	10	D
147	46	CN	Jet Chj	4	6	8	2	10	F
148	46	HK	Hongyan Chen	9	6	8	Q	10	D
149	46	USfl	Ronald Michaels	9	J	K	7	10	B
150	46	UKen	Toby Kenney	Q	6	K	9	10	E
151	45	CN	Michael Liu	4	3	2	2	10	C
152	45	EE	Jaak Kand	Q	6	3	2	4	C
153	45	CApq	Peter Schwartz	9	3	8	2	10	D
154	45	USnc	Mike Rice	Q	9	8	7	10	C
155	45	CN	Wang Yunlei	Q	3	8	2	10	C
156	45	UStx	Albert Sekac	4	J	8	9	10	F
157	45	USid	Geoff Bridges	4	9	8	9	4	B
158	45	USwa	Josh Sinnett	9	J	8	2	6	D
159	45	CN	Zhang Ye	Q	3	K	2	10	D
160	45	LV	Janis Dzenis	Q	6	K	7	10	B
161	45	MT	Mario Dix	Q	6	8	10	10	C
162	45	USoh	Scott Jeggle	9	A	8	2	10	C
163	45	USny	Gerald Cohen	2	9	3	2	10	F
164	45	CN	Ma Jihong	9	A	2	2	10	F
165	45	CApq	Lise Lapointe	J	6	8	9	10	D
166	45	CN	Liang Chen	Q	J	8	9	10	D
167	45	IL	Yuval Goldwerger	Q	6	8	2	10	F
168	45	UKen	Roger Morton	9	3	K	7	6	D
169	45	CAon	Daniel Cecchelli	Q	6	3	2	4	C
170	45	EE	Aivar Tihane	2	J	8	2	10	D
171	45	USfl	Jane Killelea	2	6	8	7	10	A
172	45	TR	Ufuk Cotuk	3	J	8	2	10	C
173	45	CN	Wqiqiqi Laoqi Wu	J	9	8	9	10	F
174	45	PT	Anant Rajani	4	3	8	9	10	D
175	45	NL	Dale Rudrum	9	3	8	2	10	D
176	44	UKen	Geraint Harker	2	A	8	9	6	C
177	44	USfl	Mark Raphaelson	4	3	8	2	10	C
178	44	CAon	Jack Shinehoft	2	3	2	2	10	F
179	44	CD	Paul Inbona	9	J	5	2	10	F
180	44	USin	Janet Jauch	9	6	8	Q	10	A
181	44	NL	William Claassen	2	3	8	2	10	D
182	44	USwa	Roberta Tarr	Q	6	K	2	4	A
183	44	TR	Cengiz Seker	2	3	K	2	6	D
184	44	CN	Peijie Zang	4	9	8	2	10	B
185	44	USfl	Ed Mallinson	Q	6	5	7	10	F
186	44	CAsk	Gerry Nelson	2	6	5	2	4	F
187	44	HK	Eddy Choi	2	J	3	2	10	C
188	44	CN	Shao Songhua	9	J	J	9	10	B
189	44	USme	Alan Goff	Q	6	3	2	10	F
190	44	USnj	Leonard Helfgott	4	A	K	2	6	C
191	44	USga	Dan Osburn	4	6	8	7	10	A
192	44	AU	Charles Baker	Q	6	K	7	10	E
193	44	AU	Heather Scott	Q	3	K	2	4	C
194	44	FR	Gillian Hewitt	Q	6	8	7	4	D
195	44	USma	Jason Rosenfeld	Q	3	K	7	10	C
196	43	USny	Barry Rigal	Q	A	K	2	10	D
197	43	USpa	Karl Barth	Q	J	J	9	10	F
198	43	CAbc	Brent Mooder	Q	6	8	2	10	E
199	43	USmd	Joe Botkin	3	6	3	7	10	C
200	43	USca	Sandy Barnes	4	3	8	2	10	D

Scores 7X79 Main Challenge

Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

Places 201-300

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
201	43	USde	Lars Arthur Johansen	Q	9	5	7	10	F
202	43	USfl	Rita Spitzer	9	6	J	2	4	A
203	43	SI	Bojan Kos	Q	6	J	7	10	F
204	43	IE	Breda Scanlan	Q	6	5	7	4	F
205	43	USca	Jack Shiffer	4	3	K	2	6	D
206	43	CAab	Dick Yuen	4	A	2	2	10	C
207	43	USfl	Robert Guida	Q	6	K	7	6	A
208	43	RU	Nickolay Kuznetsov	J	9	K	2	10	F
209	43	SI	Simon Pirjevec	4	6	8	7	4	A
210	43	USsc	Hugh Brown	2	3	3	2	10	C
211	43	TR	Imin Kandemir	Q	9	5	2	10	F
212	43	IN	Sushi Natraj	3	9	K	2	10	A
213	43	DE	Roland Watzdorf	Q	3	8	2	10	F
214	43	TR	Hakan Peksen	9	Q	K	2	10	B
215	43	AU	Dennis Ye	Q	6	8	2	4	B
216	43	ID	Edi Nugroho	Q	6	8	2	10	F
217	43	RO	Gelu Serpoi	9	3	8	10	10	F
218	43	RO	Catalin Lazar	3	3	K	7	10	C
219	43	IE	Jeannie Fitzgerald	9	3	8	10	10	F
220	43	USva	Darwin Afdahl	4	6	8	9	6	E
221	43	CN	Ying Ma	4	3	8	2	10	D
222	43	UKen	Daniel Miller	Q	J	K	2	6	C
223	43	TR	Murat Yavuz	2	9	2	9	6	B
224	43	USfl	Meg Bongirne	4	A	K	7	10	F
225	43	USca	Richard Aronson	4	J	8	9	10	B
226	43	NL	Thijs Veugen	9	3	K	10	10	D
227	43	CAon	Peter Roney	4	3	8	9	10	A
228	43	USma	K. Scott Kimball	Q	3	8	7	10	C
229	43	UKen	Nigel Marlow	Q	6	8	2	10	E
230	43	NL	Frans Buijsen	4	A	K	9	10	B
231	43	IT	Vanni Rui	Q	A	8	2	10	C
232	43	USca	Patrick Page	3	J	K	7	4	F
233	43	ID	Pika Piskanto	Q	A	K	2	10	D
234	43	SG	Fabian Tan	2	6	J	2	4	A
235	42	NZ	Fraser Rew	Q	3	8	2	10	D
236	42	USmi	Ginny Poulter	Q	9	8	7	10	A
237	42	PL	Stanislaw Makowka	4	9	3	7	10	F
238	42	CAab	Chris Jager	2	J	3	2	10	C
239	42	USpa	William Holt	Q	6	8	7	4	A
240	42	USny	Leonard Brum	Q	J	K	2	10	A
241	42	USma	Lois Belliveau	3	6	8	2	Q	F
242	42	USfl	Matthew Norris	9	3	3	9	4	A
243	42	AU	Mike Phillips	Q	J	8	9	4	A
244	42	CN	Jerry Lee	Q	6	K	2	10	B
245	42	UKen	Colin Lee	9	6	3	10	10	F
246	42	NL	Jacco Hop	Q	9	K	2	10	E
247	42	TR	Senih Inal	3	6	8	2	10	F
248	42	CAon	Michael Roche	4	J	2	9	6	D
249	42	FI	Taru Suppula	9	J	3	9	10	A
250	42	CH	Pedro Bilar	Q	9	3	7	4	C
251	42	USnj	Stephen Maltzman	2	3	3	2	4	C
252	42	CN	Min Yan	Q	3	8	9	10	D
253	42	USnj	Elaine Glauser	Q	6	8	7	4	A
254	42	USfl	Baxter Clifford	Q	J	2	2	10	D
255	42	IL	Michael Tilles	9	3	J	9	4	B
256	42	USmn	Tony Ames	Q	J	8	9	10	B
257	42	CAon	Nick Wong	9	J	J	2	4	F
258	42	BE	Graham Southgate	Q	6	3	2	4	C
259	42	RO	Radu Vasilescu	4	3	K	9	6	B
260	42	HU	Sandor Pal	2	3	K	Q	10	F
261	42	USfl	Mel Klein	Q	3	K	2	4	F
262	42	SE	Ove Sarnkvist	3	3	K	2	10	F
263	42	UKen	John Golding	9	3	8	2	10	A
264	42	CAon	Naveed Ather	Q	3	2	7	10	C
265	42	USnj	June Sakamoto	Q	3	8	7	4	C
266	42	EG	Andrew de Sosa	9	A	8	2	6	D
267	42	IL	Brian Zietman	4	6	2	10	4	F
268	42	USnj	James Bartow	2	6	2	7	10	A
269	42	PT	Alexandre Quaresma	3	A	8	2	10	C
270	42	CAon	Bala Iyer	9	6	2	10	10	E
271	42	SI	Aleksandra Jesenicnik	9	3	8	7	4	A
272	42	HR	Zoran Bohacek	9	J	8	2	10	B
273	42	CApq	Guy Charpentier	9	A	8	10	4	C
274	42	USnc	Toby Weinstein	4	9	8	Q	10	F
275	41	CAab	David Johnson	Q	3	8	7	10	C
276	41	JP	Mark LaForge	4	A	8	2	10	C
277	41	CAab	Cory Bradshaw	Q	9	J	7	4	F
278	41	PL	Ela Ruchlicka	3	6	8	7	4	A
279	41	USca	Dan Hirschberg	Q	3	3	2	10	C
280	41	USoh	David Stewart	Q	6	8	7	10	E
281	41	USnc	Jon Rice	Q	3	2	2	10	D
282	41	USmi	Ronald Rasansky	4	3	J	2	10	C
283	41	UKsc	Gray Robertson	Q	6	8	10	4	D
284	41	USil	Bob Fash	Q	A	2	9	10	D
285	41	CApq	Bob Lyrette	Q	3	K	7	10	A
286	41	USaz	Steven Price	3	A	2	9	10	F
287	41	USca	Rob Millar	Q	6	3	7	4	F
288	41	USfl	John Ridenour	Q	A	8	7	10	C
289	41	AU	Keith Barrie	2	9	3	2	4	A
290	41	CN	Xue Yong	9	3	K	2	7	D
291	41	SE	Johnny Johansson	9	J	3	2	10	B
292	41	NL	Tommie Nooij	4	9	3	7	4	F
293	41	NL	Piet Dekker	Q	9	8	10	4	F
294	41	USnc	David Kogut	2	6	J	10	10	D
295	41	CAnf	Rahul Chandra	Q	6	3	7	4	F
296	41	IN	Jai Grama	4	3	K	2	10	A
297	41	UKsc	Martin Kane	9	3	J	2	10	B
298	41	USwa	Randy Deans	Q	6	3	2	10	F
299	41	USmd	Richard Price	Q	J	8	2	10	F
300	41	IN	Bonny D’Lima	Q	6	3	7	4	F

Scores 7X79 Main Challenge

Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

Places 301-400

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
301	41	USva	Yi Zhong	4	3	8	2	10	A
302	41	USca	Ralph Weil	Q	6	8	2	4	A
303	41	IN	Madhukar Bapu	4	9	2	10	10	D
304	41	ZA	Cherrie Swartz	Q	9	8	2	4	E
305	41	USva	Bette Segal	Q	3	K	7	10	A
306	41	USfl	Patrick Thomas	Q	J	K	7	4	A
307	41	NZ	Pieter Verhoek	4	3	8	2	10	D
308	41	CN	Jimmy Zheng	Q	3	8	2	4	D
309	41	BG	George Paraloffsky	Q	J	8	7	10	D
310	41	CAns	Ralph Fisher	2	3	3	2	10	F
311	41	UKen	Geoff Morris	Q	J	8	2	10	D
312	41	CN	Sheng Jiao	Q	A	K	2	10	C
313	41	CN	Tianle Zhang	4	3	K	2	6	F
314	41	USdc	Jonathan Siegel	Q	9	2	9	10	E
315	41	US	Valerie Stone	9	3	5	7	10	D
316	41	CAbc	Brian Wright	4	6	3	7	4	D
317	41	USma	Susan Pappas	Q	9	8	2	10	A
318	41	IE	Conor Moore	9	3	2	Q	10	F
319	41	IE	Maire O’Keeffe	4	6	3	7	10	F
320	41	USwa	Ken Christiansen	2	A	2	9	10	A
321	41	BE	Sebastien Louveaux	9	A	8	2	10	E
322	41	PK	Humayun Khan Pathan	4	6	8	10	10	D
323	41	USca	Damo Nair	2	J	3	9	10	D
324	41	EE	Mihkel Allik	3	6	K	10	10	B
325	41	SE	Tord Wagenius	Q	J	8	7	4	F
326	41	PT	Antonio Oliveira	Q	A	K	2	10	D
327	41	PT	Miguel Ramos	4	6	3	2	6	C
328	41	IE	Paul Waldron	Q	Q	K	2	10	C
329	40	SG	Charles Leong	Q	J	J	9	10	D
330	40	USwa	Keller Wightman	Q	3	8	2	6	F
331	40	FI	Joakim Fabritius	9	J	8	10	6	D
332	40	USoh	Don Walker	4	J	8	10	10	F
333	40	SE	Mans Nedlich	9	J	5	10	10	F
334	40	NL	Tim Broeken	4	3	K	2	4	A
335	40	UKen	Mary Stanley	Q	3	8	2	10	A
336	40	PK	Ahsan Qureshi	Q	3	3	2	4	C
337	40	USca	Steve Cooperstein	3	6	3	7	4	F
338	40	USma	Mildred Beer	4	6	8	2	6	A
339	40	UStn	Joseph Hawes	Q	J	K	7	4	B
340	40	USoh	David Stuckey	4	6	J	10	4	F
341	40	AU	David Stern	Q	3	2	2	4	D
342	40	USfl	Dick Burns	Q	J	8	7	10	F
343	40	USla	Carolyn Songy	2	A	3	2	4	C
344	40	EE	Meelis Tiitson	Q	6	3	2	6	D
345	40	UKen	Bill Michell	J	J	8	2	10	F
346	40	SE	Anders Stromberg	Q	6	8	2	10	E
347	40	CAon	Richard Papineau	Q	6	8	9	Q	E
348	40	USia	Richard Newell	Q	J	K	10	10	F
349	40	NL	Yvonne Kager	3	6	2	10	10	D
350	40	USny	Adam Morse	Q	6	3	2	4	F
351	40	USmn	Jack Rhatigan	4	J	2	2	6	D
352	40	USca	Yu Chang	Q	3	3	2	4	C
353	40	CN	Tianxiang Zhang	Q	3	8	9	10	A
354	40	FR	Michail Macri	3	3	2	2	4	F
355	40	USca	Ron Landgraff	3	3	2	2	6	C
356	40	CApe	Ron Butler	Q	3	8	2	10	C
357	40	USdc	Brian Julius	Q	3	3	2	4	C
358	40	USca	Marvin French	9	6	2	10	6	B
359	40	CAon	Shirley Ashworth	Q	9	3	10	10	C
360	40	AU	Inez Glanger	9	J	8	2	10	B
361	40	PT	Luis Rodrigues	Q	6	K	2	Q	A
362	40	IE	Fred Barry	3	J	8	2	10	A
363	40	USca	Carol Blumberg	3	9	K	7	6	B
364	40	USma	Joon Pahk	9	J	8	Q	10	A
365	40	USfl	Sharon Goldberg	J	6	K	7	4	B
366	40	RO	Bogdan Mitran	4	3	2	7	10	D
367	40	CApq	Nicole Durand	J	9	5	9	Q	C
368	40	CApq	Ansar Burney	Q	6	3	9	4	E
369	40	AM	Artem Baloyan	2	J	J	2	Q	C
370	40	USaz	Larry Watson	2	A	K	2	10	D
371	40	UKen	John Osmond	Q	6	J	2	10	A
372	40	AR	Raul Martino	2	A	2	9	10	B
373	40	USma	Helene Portnoy	J	6	2	9	10	E
374	40	TH	Apisai Makmitree	3	9	8	2	6	A
375	40	PL	Andrzej Matuszewski	9	J	2	10	6	F
376	40	SE	Carsten Kofoed	3	6	8	2	6	B
377	40	BG	Irina Dimitrova	Q	6	3	Q	10	C
378	39	USil	George Klemic	4	J	J	2	10	A
379	39	USpa	James Benson	Q	6	3	2	10	F
380	39	USfl	Jerry Merrell	4	J	K	10	10	B
381	39	LV	Aigars Germanis	9	6	2	Q	6	B
382	39	CH	Jade Eric	2	3	J	2	10	A
383	39	UK	James Wanless	4	J	K	Q	10	A
384	39	UStx	Donna McKay	Q	3	K	7	4	B
385	39	USca	Roger Clough	4	3	2	2	10	B
386	39	CAbc	Roger Allen	3	3	K	2	10	A
387	39	USny	Mildred Simon	Q	9	J	7	10	A
388	39	CAon	Pieter Geerkens	9	A	8	2	10	B
389	39	NL	Leo Blaauw	Q	6	2	2	10	A
390	39	NZ	Bruce Kelly	Q	6	2	10	10	A
391	39	PT	Jorge Goncalves	4	A	8	2	10	A
392	39	VG	Beverly Washburn	Q	6	3	7	10	A
393	39	USia	Dorothy Eggerss	4	6	3	2	10	A
394	39	USco	John Bortins	Q	6	3	7	10	A
395	39	USwa	Jerome Stryker	9	6	3	Q	4	A
396	39	UK	Jane Marvin	Q	J	K	2	10	A
397	39	USfl	Paul Frank	Q	3	8	2	4	F
398	39	AU	Justin Brown	3	6	5	7	4	A
399	39	SG	Licai Yeo	Q	3	3	7	10	C
400	39	CAon	John S. Robson	2	J	8	Q	10	D

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Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

All Others Above Average

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
401	39	FR	Jean-Pierre Bloch	Q	6	8	7	10	E
402	39	USca	Rena Farber	3	6	3	9	4	E
403	39	USny	Wendy Weisbard	Q	6	J	7	4	A
404	39	USva	Chris Johnson	Q	3	2	2	10	C
405	39	BR	Tibor Feher	Q	3	8	2	10	D
406	39	CL	Andres Honorato	Q	9	3	7	10	F
407	39	USfl	Arthur Hoffman	3	3	8	2	10	D
408	39	USca	Sanjay Yedur	4	9	8	2	4	E
409	39	USfl	Eleanor Garber	Q	3	5	7	10	F
410	39	USma	Vincent Harackiewicz	Q	J	J	2	10	F
411	39	USfl	Marcia Greenstein	Q	3	3	7	10	C
412	39	USny	William Bascom	4	J	J	9	10	E
413	39	CAon	Doug McAvoy	2	A	3	2	10	F
414	39	TR	Ahmet Turan Oner	Q	9	3	7	10	F
415	39	IE	Conor Cagney	Q	6	5	7	Q	F
416	39	UKen	Chris Challinor	Q	6	3	Q	4	C
417	39	SG	Eugene Ho	Q	6	8	10	4	A
418	39	USga	Fred Tanzer	Q	3	3	9	4	D
419	39	PT	Mario Bebiano	9	A	5	2	10	F
420	39	SG	Kelvin Ng	2	6	J	10	Q	C
421	39	USil	Ted McHugh	9	J	3	2	10	A
422	39	NO	Geir Harnes	4	3	K	Q	10	F
423	39	CAon	Abe Gottesman	Q	6	3	7	10	A
424	39	NZ	Martin Reid	3	3	K	2	10	B
425	39	UKen	Richard Morse	4	A	2	2	4	C
426	39	RO	Laurentiu Dimcica	9	Q	3	2	6	C
427	39	ES	Javier Carbonero	4	J	5	2	6	C

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).

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Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

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
1	46.52	13	PL	Poland	23
2	45.40	2	USor	Oregon	5
3	45.00	8	ES	Spain	6
4	43.80	14	HR	Croatia	5
5	43.67	4	BG	Bulgaria	6
6	42.75	3	FR	France	12
7	42.14	72	HK	Hong Kong	7
8	42.00	114	USmi	Michigan	5
9	41.91	64	IE	Ireland	11
10	41.60	26	CN	China	40
11	41.44	21	FI	Finland	9
12	41.00	1	USmo	Missouri	6
13	40.70	39	SE	Sweden	10
14	40.52	51	NL	Netherlands	25
15	40.44	10	HU	Hungary	9
16	40.25	107	SG	Singapore	8
17	40.21	18	IN	India	19
18	40.00	46	CAbc	British Columbia	14
19	40.00	47	CAab	Alberta	10
20	40.00	152	EE	Estonia	7
21	39.71	109	CAns	Nova Scotia	7
22	39.70	22	UKen	England	54
23	39.65	65	CApq	Quebec	17
24	39.50	17	PT	Portugal	22
25	39.45	66	USwa	Washington	11
26	39.40	12	DE	Germany	5
27	39.00	52	RO	Romania	24
28	38.97	35	CAon	Ontario	36
29	38.89	129	TR	Turkey	18
30	38.75	137	USnc	North Carolina	12
31	38.50	220	USva	Virginia	6
32	38.38	61	IL	Israel	8
33	38.17	44	IT	Italy	6
34	38.14	62	AU	Australia	28
35	37.86	199	USmd	Maryland	7
36	37.85	40	USpa	Pennsylvania	13
37	37.66	5	USca	California	56
38	37.60	103	USnj	New Jersey	15
39	37.40	36	USco	Colorado	10
40	37.34	92	USfl	Florida	44
41	37.11	43	USil	Illinois	18
42	37.00	235	NZ	New Zealand	7
43	36.85	106	USma	Massachusetts	20
44	36.73	135	UStx	Texas	15
45	36.70	31	USga	Georgia	10
46	36.67	315	US	United States	6
47	36.23	38	USoh	Ohio	13
48	35.86	50	USny	New York	21
49	35.86	283	UKsc	Scotland	7
50	35.43	286	USaz	Arizona	7
51	35.20	125	NO	Norway	10
52	34.63	203	SI	Slovenia	8
53	34.63	304	ZA	South Africa	8
54	33.50	258	BE	Belgium	6

Rank	Average	Best	LC	Location	Entries
55	57.00	9	ZW	Zimbabwe	1
56	54.00	29	RE	Reunion	1
57	52.00	56	USnv	Nevada	1
58	49.00	84	USwi	Wisconsin	1
59	49.00	85	LB	Lebanon	1
60	46.00	136	AE	United Arab Emirates	1
61	45.00	157	USid	Idaho	1
62	45.00	161	MT	Malta	1
63	44.00	179	CD	Congo (Dem Republic)	1
64	44.00	189	USme	Maine	1
65	43.00	15	USin	Indiana	4
66	43.00	201	USde	Delaware	1
67	42.75	23	LV	Latvia	4
68	42.00	266	EG	Egypt	1
69	41.00	276	JP	Japan	1
70	41.00	295	CAnf	Newfoundland	1
71	40.50	87	UK	United Kingdom	4
72	40.50	322	PK	Pakistan	2
73	40.00	186	CAsk	Saskatchewan	2
74	40.00	356	CApe	Prince Edward Island	1
75	40.00	369	AM	Armenia	1
76	40.00	372	AR	Argentina	1
77	40.00	374	TH	Thailand	1
78	39.75	99	USsc	South Carolina	4
79	39.00	104	UKwa	Wales	3
80	39.00	314	USdc	Washington DC	3
81	39.00	392	VG	Virgin Islands UK	1
82	39.00	405	BR	Brazil	1
83	38.00	479	CZ	Czech Republic	1
84	37.50	78	USnh	New Hampshire	4
85	37.50	216	ID	Indonesia	4
86	37.33	256	USmn	Minnesota	3
87	37.00	525	MX	Mexico	1
88	37.00	531	CA	Canada	1
89	37.00	541	USsd	South Dakota	1
90	36.67	348	USia	Iowa	3
91	36.00	522	TW	Taiwan	3
92	36.00	576	UKni	Northern Ireland	1
93	36.00	580	IS	Iceland	1
94	35.75	144	USla	Louisiana	4
95	35.67	461	RS	Serbia	3
96	35.50	544	USnm	New Mexico	2
97	35.00	208	RU	Russia	2
98	35.00	250	CH	Switzerland	4
99	35.00	339	UStn	Tennessee	3
100	35.00	617	USks	Kansas	1
101	34.50	568	SK	Slovakia	2
102	34.50	657	USky	Kentucky	2
103	34.33	571	CAmb	Manitoba	3
104	34.00	673	GT	Guatemala	1
105	33.50	489	AT	Austria	2
106	33.00	547	GR	Greece	3
107	33.00	556	USct	Connecticut	3
108	33.00	742	CO	Colombia	1
109	33.00	753	VE	Venezuela	1
110	32.75	406	CL	Chile	4
111	32.00	783	BC	Basque Country	1
112	32.00	795	UShi	Hawaii	1
113	31.00	798	USok	Oklahoma	1
114	30.50	669	USal	Alabama	2
115	28.00	885	DK	Denmark	1

Scores 7X79 Main Challenge

Analyses Top April 2004 Scores

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 score, the edge goes to the one using less time. Tests are conducted on a 2.0 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.

Congratulations to Blue Chip Bridge and GIB, which topped the bots this month with respectable scores of 48. By virtue of being slightly faster with its answers, Blue Chip Bridge gets the top spot. Bridge Buff was third with 45, and two other bots (Q-plus Bridge and Micro Bridge) also managed to top the average human score. The surprise this month was the mediocre finish of Jack, though it still retains the overall lead for the last six contests.

The only bots to go off the chart* this month were Q-plus Bridge on Problem 1, leading the J; and Bridge Baron and Jack on Problem 3, leading the A. Neither of these leads deserves any special merit, so they are scored the same as the worst choice. HAL managed to find a lead that defied all logic, choosing the A on Problem 1. When I tried to convey that it didn’t even hold that card, HAL became obnoxious and referred me to its instruction manual, which says in bold print, “Good defense requires imagination.” Fair enough, HAL, then imagine you scored any points for it.

*When a bot leads an unlisted card, I substitute a listed card if the difference is trivial or negligible. If the difference is significant, I record the actual lead and score it appropriately, but never lower than the award for the worst listed lead.

April 2004 Rankings

Rank	Score	LC	Program version	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	48	UK	Blue Chip Bridge 4.1.1	Q	6	K	7	6	C
2	48	US	GIB 6.1.3	9	J	K	2	10	D
3	45	CA	Bridge Buff 11.0	Q	J	K	7	10	F
4	43	DE	Q-plus Bridge 7.1	J	6	K	7	10	F
5	41	JP	Micro Bridge 10.02	Q	J	K	7	6	D
6	37	US	Bridge Baron 14.0	3	6	A	7	6	D
7	35	NL	Jack 2.03	9	3	A	7	6	B
8	10	US	HAL 9001	A	Q	3	Q	7	E