Scores 8X63  Main Challenge

December 2005 Scores

Analyses  by Richard Pavlicek

The “I Heard the Bells” play contest had 1108 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	1108
Number of locations	119
Highest score	60
Median score	42
Lowest score	16
Average score	42.18

Top 100 Places

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	60	PL	Darek Kardas	D	B	F	E	A	F
2	60	USin	Tim DeLaney	D	B	F	E	A	F
3	60	AU	Bruce Neill	D	B	F	E	A	F
4	60	NL	Perry Groot	D	B	F	E	A	F
5	60	DE	Rainer Herrmann	D	B	F	E	A	F
6	60	HU	Lajos Linczmayer	D	B	F	E	A	F
7	60	SE	Carsten Kofoed	D	B	F	E	A	F
8	60	USca	Jim Munday	D	B	F	E	A	F
9	60	ZW	Leif-Erik Stabell	D	B	F	E	A	F
10	60	RO	Eduard Munteanu	D	B	F	E	A	F
11	60	NL	Thijs Veugen	D	B	F	E	A	F
12	60	USpa	Steve White	D	B	F	E	A	F
13	60	BG	Zahary Zahariev	D	B	F	E	A	F
14	60	USny	Joel Wooldridge	D	B	F	E	A	F
15	60	USmd	Michael Gill	D	B	F	E	A	F
16	60	IN	Madhukar Bapu	D	B	F	E	A	F
17	60	USil	Charles Blair	D	B	F	E	A	F
18	60	USfl	Steve Barcus	D	B	F	E	A	F
19	60	UKen	Jonathan Mestel	D	B	F	E	A	F
20	60	CN	Weidong Yang	D	B	F	E	A	F
21	60	USma	Joon Pahk	D	B	F	E	A	F
22	59	USwa	Henry Lortz	D	B	F	E	A	A
23	59	USny	Chuck Lamprey	D	B	F	E	F	F
24	59	CAon	Dale Freeman	D	B	F	E	F	F
25	59	IT	Valter Boetti	D	B	F	E	A	A
26	59	TR	Erdem Ozturk	D	B	F	E	A	A
27	59	USor	Barry White	D	B	F	E	A	A
28	59	CN	Ning Liu	D	B	F	E	A	A
29	59	CN	Roy Yu	D	B	F	E	A	A
30	59	UKen	John Reardon	D	B	F	E	A	A
31	59	UKwa	Julian Pottage	D	B	F	E	A	A
32	59	DK	Skafti Jonsson	D	B	F	E	A	A
33	59	AU	Stephen Fischer	D	B	F	E	F	F
34	59	USca	Rob Stevens	D	B	F	E	A	A
35	59	USil	Eugene Dille	D	B	F	E	A	A
36	58	HK	Wing-Kai Hon	E	B	F	E	A	F
37	58	USmd	Brad Theurer	D	B	F	E	A	D
38	58	FR	Led Beauvillain	D	E	F	E	A	F
39	58	UKen	Giles Woodruff	D	B	F	E	A	D
40	58	UKen	Anthony Golding	D	B	F	E	A	D
41	58	BR	Paulinho Brum	D	E	F	E	A	F
42	58	TW	Star Chen	D	B	F	E	A	D
43	58	HR	Dean Pokorny	E	B	F	E	A	F
44	58	USoh	Jerry Fink	D	B	F	E	A	D
45	58	CN	Liqiang He	D	B	F	E	A	D
46	58	HU	Imre Csiszar	D	E	F	E	A	F
47	58	NL	Ruud von Seida	E	B	F	E	A	F
48	58	IN	Satish Diwanji	D	B	F	E	F	A
49	58	USor	John Lusky	D	B	F	E	A	D
50	58	FI	Jouko Paganus	D	B	F	E	A	D
51	58	UKen	Geraint Harker	D	E	F	E	A	F
52	58	JP	Masayuki Hayasaka	D	B	F	E	A	D
53	58	PL	Jacek Masiarek	D	B	F	F	A	F
54	58	IN	Venkatesh Ramaratnam	D	B	F	E	A	D
55	58	UKen	Toby Kenney	D	B	F	E	A	D
56	58	UKen	Julian Wightwick	D	B	F	E	A	D
57	58	CN	Bluetooth Wuhan	D	B	F	E	A	D
58	58	USny	Albert Feasley	D	B	F	E	F	A
59	57	USnh	Ron Mak	D	E	F	E	A	A
60	57	CN	Wuping Lu	D	E	F	E	A	A
61	57	USco	David Caprera	D	B	E	E	A	F
62	57	USca	Len Vishnevsky	D	E	F	E	A	A
63	57	TR	Erdinc Erbil	D	B	F	E	F	D
64	57	CAbc	Alan Chapelle	E	B	F	E	A	A
65	57	CN	Wei Victor Zhang	D	B	E	E	A	F
66	57	HK	Pui Kong Chiu	D	E	F	E	A	A
67	57	USca	Rob Balas	D	B	E	E	A	F
68	57	USnv	Carol Simon	A	B	F	E	A	F
69	57	USnj	Leonard Helfgott	D	E	F	E	A	A
70	57	AU	David Brooks	E	B	F	E	A	A
71	57	USmo	Ding-Hwa Hsieh	D	B	E	E	A	F
72	57	USwa	N. Scott Cardell	D	B	E	E	A	F
73	57	CAon	Bala Iyer	D	E	F	E	F	F
74	57	UKen	Tim Dickinson	D	B	E	E	A	F
75	57	PT	Manuel Paulo	D	B	E	E	A	F
76	57	USma	Brian Lee	D	B	E	E	A	F
77	57	USga	Joel Haywood	D	E	F	E	A	A
78	57	USil	Jon Sorkin	D	B	E	E	A	F
79	57	CAab	Sheldon Spier	D	B	E	E	A	F
80	57	CAns	Bryson Crowell	D	B	E	E	A	F
81	57	CAab	Daniel Bertrand	D	E	F	E	A	A
82	57	UKen	David Kenward	D	E	F	E	A	A
83	57	DE	Arend Bayer	D	E	F	E	F	F
84	56	UKen	Gareth Birdsall	D	E	F	E	A	D
85	56	BE	Sebastien Louveaux	D	B	E	E	A	A
86	56	UKsc	Mark Lincoln	D	B	F	E	C	F
87	56	NL	Peter van de Linde	E	E	F	E	A	F
88	56	USin	Dan Mytelka	D	E	F	E	F	A
89	56	CApq	Solange Bouchard	E	B	F	E	A	D
90	56	USny	Bill Daly	D	E	F	F	A	F
91	56	NL	Pieter van der Klein	D	E	F	E	F	A
92	56	TW	Cheng Chun Wei	D	B	E	E	A	A
93	56	ES	Jordi Sabate	D	B	F	E	C	F
94	56	UKen	Shahid Hamid	D	B	E	E	F	F
95	56	USmn	Paul Meerschaert	D	E	F	E	A	D
96	56	HK	Simon Cheung	D	E	F	E	A	D
97	56	EE	Meelis Tiitson	E	E	F	E	A	F
98	56	BG	Ivan Kolev	D	B	F	F	F	A
99	56	UKen	James Mates	D	B	E	E	A	A
100	56	FR	Thibault Wolf	D	E	F	E	A	D

Scores 8X63 Main Challenge

Analyses Top December 2005 Scores

Places 101-200

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
101	56	RO	Dorin Toparceanu	A	B	F	E	A	A
102	56	UKen	Richard Morse	D	B	F	E	C	F
103	56	RO	Cosmin Mindruta	E	B	F	E	A	D
104	56	PL	Andrzej Krakowiak	D	B	F	D	A	F
105	56	PL	Marcin Zbroja	D	B	F	D	A	F
106	56	TR	Baran Karakurt	D	B	E	E	A	A
107	56	TR	Tamer Cokgor	D	B	E	E	A	A
108	56	BY	Dmitri Shabes	D	E	F	E	A	D
109	56	BG	Antonio Kotsev	D	E	F	E	A	D
110	56	UKen	Douglas Dunn	D	B	E	E	F	F
111	56	AU	Bill Powell	D	B	E	E	A	A
112	55	MY	Timothy Liang Kan	D	E	E	E	A	F
113	55	LB	Fadi Fattouche	D	E	E	E	A	F
114	55	USnv	Joshua Donn	D	B	C	E	A	F
115	55	NL	Michael Reuser	D	B	F	E	C	A
116	55	IN	Raghavendra Rajkumar	A	E	F	E	A	F
117	55	IT	Marco Catellani	D	B	E	E	A	D
118	55	UKen	Paul Huggins	D	C	F	E	A	A
119	55	CApq	Richard Wildi	A	B	F	E	A	D
120	55	FR	Pire Cusi	A	E	F	E	A	F
121	55	NL	Nico Klaver	D	B	F	E	C	A
122	55	USca	John Strauch	D	C	F	E	A	A
123	55	USca	Con Sera	E	E	F	E	F	F
124	55	TR	Ahmet Rifat Sahin	D	C	F	E	A	A
125	55	TR	Reha Akgun	E	B	E	E	A	F
126	55	NL	Bas Oosthoek	D	B	E	E	A	D
127	55	UKen	Wolf Klewe	D	B	E	E	A	D
128	55	CAon	Daniel Korbel	D	E	E	E	A	F
129	55	UKen	Rich Johnson	E	E	F	E	A	A
130	55	CAon	Kevin Conway	D	E	F	E	F	D
131	55	PT	Manuel Oliveira	D	B	E	E	A	D
132	55	CN	Xinjian Huang	D	B	E	E	A	D
133	55	PL	Slawek Cwiek	D	B	F	A	A	F
134	55	PL	Wojtek Urban	D	B	F	A	A	F
135	55	HR	Milko Pravdic	E	B	E	E	A	F
136	55	USca	Harold Simon	D	E	E	E	A	F
137	55	USwa	Keller Wightman	D	E	E	E	A	F
138	55	CAns	Jim Mathers	E	E	F	E	A	A
139	55	EE	Aivar Tihane	E	E	F	E	A	A
140	55	UKen	John Haslegrave	D	E	E	E	A	F
141	54	AU	David Wiltshire	D	C	F	E	A	D
142	54	CApq	Lise Lapointe	E	B	F	E	C	F
143	54	AU	Ed Barnes	A	E	F	E	A	A
144	54	ES	Gonzalo Goded	D	B	F	E	A	E
145	54	USnj	Jason Chiu	D	E	E	E	A	A
146	54	SE	Johnny Johansson	D	B	F	E	C	D
147	54	UKsc	Sam Punch	A	E	F	E	F	F
148	54	USny	Bruce Ross	E	E	F	E	F	A
149	54	USco	Anne Brenner	D	E	E	E	A	A
150	54	USoh	Gary Sikon	A	E	F	E	A	A
151	54	USmi	Martin Hirschman	D	E	E	E	A	A
152	54	CN	China Caac	D	E	E	E	A	A
153	54	CAbc	Michael Dimich	E	E	F	E	A	D
154	54	CN	Peter Lee	D	E	E	E	A	A
155	54	HU	Laszlo Sztrapkovics	E	E	F	E	F	A
156	54	RO	Adrian Petculescu	A	E	F	E	A	A
157	54	USsc	Jeff Ziemer	E	E	F	E	A	D
158	54	USny	Steve Zlotnick	A	E	F	E	A	A
159	54	UStx	Bill Breslin	A	E	F	E	F	F
160	54	FR	Jean-Christophe Clement	D	E	E	E	A	A
161	54	NL	Ruurd Riewald	D	B	E	E	F	D
162	54	UKen	Mike Tucker	D	E	F	E	C	F
163	54	UKen	William Zhang	D	E	F	E	C	F
164	54	IL	Michael Tilles	D	B	C	E	A	A
165	54	USil	Jon Greiman	A	E	F	E	A	A
166	54	USmn	Mike Cassel	E	E	F	E	A	D
167	54	JP	Atsuyo Miyake	A	B	F	E	F	D
168	54	USva	Alan Schwartz	D	E	E	E	A	A
169	54	UKen	David Hodge	D	B	F	E	A	E
170	53	USil	George Klemic	D	E	E	E	F	A
171	53	CAon	John Cunningham	A	B	E	E	A	A
172	53	USaz	Steven Price	A	E	F	E	F	A
173	53	USca	Edward Wang	D	E	E	E	F	A
174	53	AU	Nevena Djurovic	D	B	F	F	C	A
175	53	RO	Radu Blejeru	D	E	F	E	C	A
176	53	CN	Aihua Zhao	A	E	F	E	F	A
177	53	FI	Mauri Saastamoinen	D	F	F	E	A	F
178	53	IN	Subhransu Patnaik	D	E	E	E	A	D
179	53	HK	Mo Yee Sum	D	E	E	E	F	A
180	53	RO	Geza Stanca-Vass	D	E	F	E	C	A
181	53	FI	Jyrki Lahtonen	A	B	E	E	A	A
182	53	BG	Ognian Smilianov	E	B	F	E	A	B
183	53	ZA	Sid Ismail	A	B	E	E	A	A
184	53	PL	Julka Kowalska	D	B	F	B	A	F
185	53	SI	Aleksandra Jesenicnik	A	B	F	E	C	F
186	53	HK	Chen Hongyan	D	C	E	E	A	F
187	53	IT	Felice Cupane	E	B	E	E	A	D
188	52	USil	Micah Fogel	B	E	F	E	A	F
189	52	USmo	James Yeager	A	E	E	E	A	F
190	52	HU	Gabor Szots	D	E	F	E	D	F
191	52	TR	Omer Kizilok	D	E	E	E	F	D
192	52	TR	Deniz Unlu	E	E	F	E	C	F
193	52	NL	Robert Sandor	D	E	F	E	A	E
194	52	UKen	Bill March	D	B	F	B	A	A
195	52	AT	Michael Palitsch	D	E	F	E	A	E
196	52	UKen	Peter Buttery	A	B	F	E	C	A
197	52	UKen	Stephen Turner	D	B	F	B	A	A
198	52	USca	Richard Stein	D	E	C	E	A	A
199	52	IT	Margherita Gagna	D	B	E	E	A	B
200	52	CN	Ding Qiang	A	A	F	E	A	F

Scores 8X63 Main Challenge

Analyses Top December 2005 Scores

Places 201-300

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
201	52	PL	Kazik Drozdz	D	B	F	C	A	F
202	52	USsc	Rich Regan	A	B	F	E	C	A
203	52	PL	Jacek Zwolinski	D	E	F	E	A	E
204	52	RO	Adrian Popescu	A	B	E	E	A	D
205	52	TR	Guven Dalkilic	D	A	E	E	A	F
206	52	FR	Gilles Korngut	D	B	E	E	C	A
207	52	SE	Marcin Czechowski	A	C	F	E	A	A
208	52	USpa	David Klaus	E	E	F	F	A	D
209	52	UKsc	Terry Lillie	D	F	F	E	A	A
210	51	NL	Luuk Naarding	E	F	F	E	A	F
211	51	BG	Georgi Bachev	D	A	F	E	C	F
212	51	USil	Christopher Monsour	E	E	E	E	F	A
213	51	USnj	Michael Mayer	A	E	E	E	A	A
214	51	UKen	Andrew Robson	D	E	F	E	D	A
215	51	USfl	Joseph Lane	D	C	F	E	C	A
216	51	NL	Vincent Mes	A	C	F	E	F	A
217	51	BE	Eric Debus	D	C	F	E	C	A
218	51	CAon	Junaid Said	D	B	E	E	A	E
219	51	USca	Billy Blanchard	A	E	F	E	C	F
220	51	UKen	Joseph Mela	D	C	F	E	C	A
221	51	USok	David Hampton	A	E	F	E	C	F
222	51	USva	Yi Zhong	E	E	E	E	A	D
223	51	TW	Hang Chang	E	C	F	F	A	A
224	51	USwa	Dave Setterholm	A	B	E	F	A	A
225	51	IT	Renato Euterpe	D	B	E	F	C	F
226	51	USny	Gerald Cohen	D	B	E	E	C	D
227	51	DE	Martin Rehder	D	B	E	E	A	E
228	51	PT	Jorge Goncalves	C	B	F	E	A	A
229	51	USva	Rick Salkov	E	E	F	E	C	A
230	51	UKen	Malcolm Burch	D	C	F	E	C	A
231	51	USmi	Robert Johnson	A	E	F	E	C	F
232	51	USca	Diane Eisenberg	E	B	E	E	C	F
233	50	USpa	Travis Crump	A	E	E	E	A	D
234	50	USca	Sandy Barnes	A	E	F	E	C	A
235	50	AU	Michael Seldon	D	B	F	F	B	A
236	50	LV	Ivars Rubenis	A	B	C	E	A	D
237	50	CAon	Jeff Mayhew	D	E	E	E	A	B
238	50	USca	Michael Baiano	A	B	F	B	A	F
239	50	CAon	Jack Shinehoft	A	E	F	E	C	A
240	50	RO	Catalin Lazar	A	E	F	E	C	A
241	50	CN	Michael Liu	B	B	E	E	A	A
242	50	USva	Darwin Afdahl	B	B	F	E	C	F
243	50	IL	Inon Liran	E	B	F	E	B	A
244	50	UKen	Dodo Georgevic	A	E	F	E	C	A
245	50	EG	Samer ElSheikh	D	C	F	F	C	F
246	50	USny	Richard Whitehead	D	E	F	E	B	A
247	50	USwa	Dave Grubbs	A	E	F	E	C	A
248	50	NL	Niels de Groot	E	C	E	E	A	A
249	50	USca	Narayan Mohanram	A	E	E	E	F	A
250	50	FR	Emmanuel Amiot	E	E	F	E	A	E
251	50	USco	Roger Miller	A	B	F	F	C	A
252	50	RO	Viorica Mladin	D	A	E	E	A	D
253	50	CAon	Ross Taylor	D	E	E	E	C	A
254	50	IT	Daniela Tonti	D	E	E	F	F	D
255	50	SE	Charles Bjorklund	E	E	F	E	D	F
256	50	USma	Jeffrey Gertz	D	A	F	E	C	A
257	50	USpa	Kathy Miller	E	B	C	E	F	D
258	50	NL	Frans Buijsen	D	F	E	E	A	F
259	50	USpa	Jess Stuart	E	F	F	E	A	A
260	50	IN	Gowniyan Vaideeshwar	D	E	F	E	B	A
261	50	DK	Peter Skafte	A	E	F	E	C	A
262	50	IN	Sivakumar Salem	D	E	F	E	B	A
263	50	SG	Junyi Zhu	D	B	E	B	A	F
264	50	UStx	Jonathan Ferguson	D	E	E	E	C	A
265	49	USil	Dan Goldfein	F	B	F	F	A	D
266	49	USny	Barry Rigal	E	E	F	B	A	F
267	49	FI	Joakim Fabritius	D	C	F	E	B	F
268	49	BE	Alon Amsel	D	B	E	E	A	C
269	49	TR	Okan Ozcan	D	C	F	F	C	A
270	49	USwa	Hendrik Sharples	E	C	F	E	C	A
271	49	CAnf	Rahul Chandra	A	B	E	E	C	A
272	49	RO	Sorin Ivancu	A	B	F	E	B	A
273	49	USca	Bob Klein	E	C	F	E	C	A
274	49	AU	Angelo Gianazza	D	B	E	E	B	A
275	49	TR	Tayfun Ozbey	A	C	F	E	C	F
276	49	SG	Julian Lim	A	F	F	E	F	F
277	49	USca	James Weeks	E	C	F	E	C	A
278	49	USwa	Robert Getz	D	C	F	F	C	A
279	49	USaz	Kurt Oelze	B	B	F	E	C	A
280	49	IN	Jai Grama	E	C	F	E	C	A
281	49	NL	Daniel de Lind van Wijngaarden	D	B	E	F	A	E
282	49	USca	Patrick Chye	D	E	E	E	D	F
283	49	USnj	Igor Pogrebinsky	E	C	F	E	C	A
284	49	CN	Dongsheng Song	F	B	E	E	F	F
285	49	ID	Tommy Suhendra	E	B	F	E	C	B
286	49	UKen	Teymur Tahseen	A	E	F	E	A	E
287	49	HU	Jozsef Szikszai	D	F	E	E	A	A
288	49	USca	Eddie Sun	E	A	F	F	A	D
289	49	IN	Chandra Prakash	D	E	E	F	C	F
290	49	CApq	Marius Moldovan	A	C	F	E	C	F
291	49	USca	Roger Clough	A	B	E	E	C	A
292	49	UKen	Roger Morton	D	B	E	B	A	A
293	49	NL	Rob Wijman	D	A	F	E	C	D
294	49	USga	Don Howard	B	C	F	E	F	F
295	49	USor	Isolde Knaap	A	B	F	F	A	E
296	49	UKen	John Guilfoyle	D	E	E	E	C	D
297	49	UStx	David Warner	D	C	E	E	C	F
298	49	PL	Marek Malowidzki	E	B	E	E	A	E
299	48	CAbc	Laurent Coquet	D	C	E	E	C	A
300	48	USga	Richard Wimberley	A	C	F	E	C	A

Scores 8X63 Main Challenge

Analyses Top December 2005 Scores

Places 301-400

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
301	48	USoh	Craig Satersmoen	E	E	B	E	A	D
302	48	TR	Osman Ozcan	D	F	F	E	C	A
303	48	USpa	Frank Abel	A	E	F	F	A	B
304	48	AU	Keith Barrie	B	C	F	E	F	A
305	48	CAbc	Robert Gerrie	A	C	F	E	C	A
306	48	TR	Noyan Ekici	A	B	E	E	A	E
307	48	TR	Leyla Kezer	E	A	F	E	C	A
308	48	IE	Padraig O’Briain	D	E	F	F	B	A
309	48	UKsc	Myles Ellison	A	E	F	E	D	A
310	48	DE	Harro Wimmel	A	E	E	E	C	F
311	48	FR	Jerome Rombaut	D	F	E	E	A	D
312	48	USca	John Hardy	A	C	F	E	C	A
313	48	RO	Gelu Serpoi	D	E	E	E	B	F
314	48	UKen	Mark Taylor	A	C	E	E	A	D
315	48	TR	Ugur Tas	A	E	F	E	D	A
316	48	EG	Essam Aly	B	E	E	E	A	A
317	48	BE	Bram Amsel	B	C	F	E	F	A
318	48	USwv	Jim Buck	F	C	F	E	A	A
319	48	TR	Emrah Sen	B	B	E	E	F	D
320	48	UKen	Nick Wedd	E	C	F	E	D	F
321	48	USny	Sheng Li	E	E	E	E	C	A
322	48	FI	Matti Niemi	E	E	E	E	C	A
323	48	BE	Pat Cornelis	E	B	F	E	C	E
324	48	PT	Carlos Cabrinha	D	E	F	E	C	E
325	48	USmo	Marcus Rodhouse	D	A	E	E	C	F
326	48	CAon	Doug McAvoy	A	F	F	E	F	A
327	48	UKsc	Shelagh Lorimer	A	C	F	E	C	A
328	48	CAns	Del Knox	A	B	B	F	A	A
329	48	IE	Jeannie Fitzgerald	A	E	E	E	C	F
330	48	CN	Wayne Szeto	D	B	E	B	A	D
331	48	CZ	Mirek Stanek	D	C	E	E	C	A
332	48	USct	Henry Andrews	A	C	F	E	C	A
333	48	FI	Harri Kivi-Koskinen	A	C	F	E	C	A
334	48	IN	Venkatesh Ramanathan	D	E	E	F	C	A
335	48	EE	Jaak Kand	D	C	D	E	A	A
336	48	UKen	Graham Cope	E	E	B	F	A	F
337	48	USal	J. Larry Miles	D	E	E	F	C	A
338	48	USca	Steve Mager	D	C	F	B	A	A
339	47	USca	John R. Mayne	A	E	B	E	A	D
340	47	UKen	Gabriel Ip	B	E	F	E	C	A
341	47	FI	Jussi Tamminen	D	E	E	E	B	A
342	47	PL	Stanislaw Makowka	A	E	F	E	B	A
343	47	USca	Babu Bakshani	A	A	F	E	C	A
344	47	TR	Niso Eskinaz	D	C	E	E	A	E
345	47	NL	Hans Kelder	E	A	F	E	D	F
346	47	PT	Miguel Ramos	A	E	E	E	C	A
347	47	USnj	Jiang Gu	E	E	E	E	F	B
348	47	USmd	Jay Weinstein	C	B	F	E	C	A
349	47	RO	Gabriel Dinescu	A	E	E	E	C	A
350	47	RO	Marius Georgescu	F	E	E	E	A	A
351	47	IT	Franco Galleni	A	C	F	E	C	D
352	47	RO	Bogdan Agica	A	E	E	E	C	A
353	47	USny	Petar Ljubicic	F	E	E	E	A	A
354	47	USwa	Jim Wiitala	E	E	E	E	C	D
355	47	HK	Theo Chin	D	E	E	B	A	A
356	47	AT	Harry Ropper	F	C	F	E	F	A
357	47	RU	Eugene Hlyzov	E	B	E	E	B	A
358	47	USnj	Steven Shulman	A	E	F	B	A	A
359	47	USaz	Jerry Gaer	D	A	E	E	C	A
360	47	USoh	Tim Crank	A	E	E	E	C	A
361	47	NO	Jostein Amundsen	B	E	F	E	C	A
362	47	CN	Wind Zhang	F	E	F	E	C	F
363	47	IL	Rafi Amado	E	F	F	E	C	F
364	47	USfl	Judith Simon	B	E	F	E	C	A
365	47	USfl	Arthur Hoffman	A	E	F	E	B	A
366	47	HU	Peter Breuer	B	E	E	E	A	D
367	47	IN	Shyam Sashital	D	A	E	E	A	B
368	47	UKen	Carlos Dabezies	B	B	F	B	A	F
369	47	USfl	Baxter Clifford	E	F	E	E	A	A
370	47	USpa	Stephen Hamilton	D	E	C	E	A	E
371	47	CAns	Gerald Murphy	A	E	A	E	A	F
372	47	PL	Roman Kujaczynski	E	B	F	F	C	B
373	46	NO	Magnus Skaar	D	E	F	B	C	A
374	46	USmn	Gabrielle Uz	A	B	F	E	D	B
375	46	USfl	Edward Schulte	D	E	E	B	A	D
376	46	USny	Gene Saxe	A	C	E	E	C	F
377	46	USfl	Dick Burns	A	C	F	F	C	A
378	46	SE	Roger Karlsson	B	B	E	E	C	A
379	46	NL	Jacco Hop	D	B	E	E	D	B
380	46	UKen	Peter Stewart	A	E	E	F	C	F
381	46	RO	Costin Georgescu	F	A	F	E	F	A
382	46	DE	Roland Watzdorf	E	B	F	B	C	A
383	46	NL	Karen de Leeuw	A	C	E	E	C	F
384	46	IE	Conor Fox	A	F	F	F	A	D
385	46	IN	Shreerang Joshi	A	E	E	F	C	F
386	46	USwi	Bryan Delfs	B	C	F	E	C	F
387	46	BM	Sven Pride	A	E	E	E	A	E
388	46	TR	Gursel Sarikaya	E	F	E	F	A	F
389	46	HK	Sing Lam	C	E	F	F	F	A
390	46	USny	Peter Friedes	A	E	F	E	C	B
391	46	USca	Ronald Kow	A	E	F	E	C	B
392	46	CN	Cong Zhang	D	F	F	F	C	A
393	46	USmo	Charlie Lynn	F	A	F	E	A	D
394	46	USpa	Mark Pascale	E	C	E	E	C	A
395	46	TR	Yavuz Ovacik	A	E	F	E	B	D
396	46	PT	Fernando Neves	E	E	F	E	C	E
397	46	USal	Don Kemp	A	C	F	F	C	A
398	46	USny	William Bascom	E	B	E	E	B	D
399	46	USct	Ramesh Abhiraman	E	A	F	B	A	F
400	46	USny	Brian Meyer	B	B	E	E	C	A

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Places 401-500

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
401	46	IN	Dinesh Panchamia	D	A	E	E	C	D
402	46	SE	Torsten Timmerman	B	E	F	E	C	D
403	46	SE	Mats Waltre	F	B	E	E	C	F
404	46	USca	Steve Cooperstein	A	B	E	E	D	D
405	46	UKsc	Nigel Guthrie	D	E	E	B	A	D
406	45	RO	Catalin Doras	E	B	E	E	C	E
407	45	USnj	Aleksandar Lishkov	A	C	B	E	F	A
408	45	USsd	Shirley Gentry	D	E	F	C	C	A
409	45	AU	Fletcher Davies	E	C	E	E	F	B
410	45	VE	Gustavo de Lemos	B	E	F	E	B	F
411	45	USca	Gopal Venkatesh	F	E	E	E	F	D
412	45	USaz	Mike Miron	A	E	F	E	C	E
413	45	SI	Simon Pirjevec	A	E	E	F	C	A
414	45	RO	Andrei Cosmanescu	A	E	B	E	C	F
415	45	GR	Athanassios Akylas	D	A	F	E	C	E
416	45	IT	Alessandro Pardi	A	E	E	E	D	A
417	45	AT	Peter Seidnitzer	D	B	E	B	C	A
418	45	DE	Georg Edelmann	A	E	E	E	B	F
419	45	FI	Jonna Kaminen	A	C	F	F	F	B
420	45	UKen	Roger Courtney	B	C	F	F	F	D
421	45	RO	Razvan Stoicea	A	B	C	F	C	A
422	45	HK	Jonathan Ng	D	F	E	E	A	B
423	45	USde	Firoza Cooper	B	E	F	B	A	F
424	45	USmi	Joel Singer	F	C	E	E	A	A
425	45	USoh	Burt Frankel	C	E	F	E	C	A
426	45	USca	Milton Spinner	D	F	E	E	C	A
427	45	TR	Ergun Bolek	A	F	F	E	C	A
428	45	DE	Guenni Gaulob	A	C	E	E	C	A
429	45	HR	Srdjan Katusic	F	B	F	E	B	A
430	45	SI	Tomaz Butina	A	C	E	E	C	A
431	45	USok	Nell Reed	E	B	A	E	C	A
432	45	USmd	Jay Rottier	F	C	F	E	C	F
433	45	UStx	Robert Szafranski	A	E	B	E	C	F
434	45	GR	Tasos Koukouselis	A	C	F	E	B	A
435	45	USwa	David Robert	A	B	F	E	C	C
436	45	IT	Pierluigi Sessolo	A	C	E	E	C	A
437	45	USpa	Jim Boyer	A	C	F	F	A	E
438	45	NL	Peter Seli	A	C	F	E	B	A
439	45	DE	Thomas Maerten	A	C	F	E	B	A
440	45	HR	Zoran Bohacek	A	E	F	E	C	E
441	45	CAnb	Marilyn Barry	A	E	C	E	C	A
442	45	USca	Paul Nelson	B	C	F	E	C	A
443	45	TR	Ufuk Cotuk	D	F	F	E	B	A
444	44	RS	Zoran Radojcic	D	C	E	B	F	A
445	44	NO	Geir Nostdahl	B	E	E	E	C	A
446	44	PT	Francisco Espregueira	A	C	F	E	B	D
447	44	UKsc	Paul Gipson	D	E	C	E	B	D
448	44	BE	Anne de Backer	B	E	E	E	C	A
449	44	UKen	John Hall	B	A	E	E	F	A
450	44	UStx	Larry Smith	F	E	F	E	F	E
451	44	UStx	Steve Tuggle	E	E	F	F	C	E
452	44	EE	Allar Padari	B	E	F	E	B	A
453	44	NO	Hans Lahne	D	D	F	F	C	A
454	44	USca	Hank Murphy	F	E	E	E	C	F
455	44	NL	Bart Traksel	F	E	B	E	F	F
456	44	TR	Altay Alp	A	A	E	E	C	A
457	44	NO	Magnus Gulbrandsen	E	F	F	F	C	A
458	44	USmd	Audrey Warren	E	E	E	E	C	B
459	44	PT	Antonio Palma	B	E	E	E	C	A
460	44	CAmb	David Sired	F	E	D	E	A	F
461	44	USin	Brian Ross	C	C	F	F	F	A
462	44	CN	Jet Chj	A	E	E	B	A	A
463	44	CN	Xiaobiao Lv	C	C	F	E	C	F
464	44	RO	Liviu Oprea	B	E	E	E	C	A
465	44	USnj	Austin Fitzgerald	F	C	F	E	C	A
466	44	SG	Charles Leong	C	A	F	F	A	A
467	44	UKen	Owen Cotton-Barratt	F	C	E	E	F	A
468	44	USoh	Scott Jeggle	F	C	E	E	A	D
469	44	USaz	Paul Glick	A	C	A	E	A	A
470	44	USco	Paula Warren	C	F	F	E	A	A
471	44	HU	Mate Mraz	E	D	F	E	C	A
472	44	UKwa	Alan Stephenson	F	C	F	E	C	A
473	44	USma	Jason Rosenfeld	A	F	F	F	C	F
474	44	USks	L.N. Collier	F	C	F	E	A	B
475	44	BG	Chavdar Kochkov	B	E	D	E	F	F
476	44	CAbc	Samuel Krikler	B	E	E	E	C	A
477	44	CApq	Claude Poudrier	F	E	F	E	F	E
478	44	USwa	Roberta Tarr	A	C	E	F	C	F
479	44	NZ	Paul Carter	E	E	D	E	C	A
480	44	UKen	David Sheerin	D	F	E	E	C	D
481	44	TR	Mehmet Okan	D	A	E	E	B	A
482	44	USny	Jack Presser	E	B	F	E	D	C
483	44	USca	Matt Matuszewski	C	C	E	E	F	F
484	44	CH	Eric Williamson	E	C	E	E	F	E
485	44	FR	Andrei Varlan	F	C	F	E	C	A
486	44	CAns	B. Downey Grover	E	C	F	F	B	A
487	43	TR	Hakan Peksen	E	E	F	C	C	A
488	43	USmi	Rose Burke	F	E	F	E	B	A
489	43	USco	Karen Lavalley	F	C	F	F	C	F
490	43	USwa	Karen Sharples	B	C	F	B	A	F
491	43	CAon	Joel Shapiro	A	E	F	F	C	E
492	43	NZ	Michael Johnstone	F	C	F	F	C	F
493	43	TR	M. Fahir Uzumcu	A	A	E	E	C	D
494	43	ZA	Philip van Zijl	A	F	F	F	C	A
495	43	USca	Maria Shanle	C	E	E	E	C	F
496	43	PT	Luciano Machado	B	C	F	E	B	F
497	43	USid	Alison Sturgul	F	E	E	E	C	A
498	43	USmo	Herbert Condie	F	B	E	E	B	F
499	43	USca	Rai Osborne	C	C	F	E	C	A
500	43	USnc	William Schmink	F	E	B	E	A	D

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All Others Above Average

Rank	Score	LC	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6
501	43	RO	Bogdan Mitran	E	F	F	E	B	A
502	43	USmi	Gordon Parnes	E	B	E	E	D	E
503	43	CAab	Nicolae Vartosu	F	E	E	E	C	A
504	43	LV	Aigars Germanis	C	E	F	E	B	F
505	43	AM	Artem Baloyan	B	C	F	F	C	A
506	43	CN	Due Qu	A	A	E	E	C	D
507	43	AT	Wolfgang Kovac	F	E	F	E	D	D
508	43	USpa	Dick Henry	A	E	F	B	C	A
509	43	CApq	Pascale Gaudreault	B	C	F	F	C	A
510	43	USwy	Rex Clothier	F	C	F	E	C	D
511	43	RO	Adrian Craciun	F	C	F	E	C	D
512	43	USca	Douglas Baker	F	E	E	E	C	A
513	43	TH	Somyod Jaidee	F	E	F	B	A	A
514	43	USca	Franklin Gonzalez	A	E	E	E	B	D
515	43	NL	Johannes de Lang	A	E	E	E	B	D
516	43	USny	Elaine Universal	C	C	F	E	C	A
517	43	USca	John Freeman	F	C	F	E	D	F
518	43	PT	Luis Rodrigues	A	E	F	F	C	E
519	43	USfl	Miles Thomson	C	C	F	E	C	A
520	43	TR	Birol Guvenc	E	A	E	E	B	F
521	43	USoh	John Kropinak	E	C	C	E	C	D
522	43	AU	Phil Kline	F	E	F	C	A	F
523	43	USmn	Jack Rhatigan	F	E	F	E	B	A
524	43	FI	Kirsi Virtanen	F	E	E	E	C	A
525	43	CAns	Rosemary Sampson	C	E	F	F	C	A
526	43	PT	Pedro Matos	C	C	E	E	F	A

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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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	50.71	1	PL	Poland	14
2	50.13	6	HU	Hungary	8
3	48.85	20	CN	China	27
4	48.60	27	USor	Oregon	5
5	48.45	25	IT	Italy	11
6	48.11	13	BG	Bulgaria	9
7	47.12	10	RO	Romania	26
8	47.09	38	FR	France	11
9	46.80	97	EE	Estonia	5
10	45.94	17	USil	Illinois	16
11	45.94	26	TR	Turkey	35
12	45.75	71	USmo	Missouri	8
13	45.46	50	FI	Finland	13
14	45.33	43	HR	Croatia	6
15	45.17	7	SE	Sweden	12
16	45.11	19	UKen	England	71
17	45.00	36	HK	Hong Kong	12
18	44.64	44	USoh	Ohio	11
19	44.50	22	USwa	Washington	18
20	44.43	5	DE	Germany	14
21	44.29	95	USmn	Minnesota	7
22	44.13	172	USaz	Arizona	8
23	44.00	86	UKsc	Scotland	10
24	43.78	15	USmd	Maryland	9
25	43.68	4	NL	Netherlands	40
26	43.19	16	IN	India	27
27	43.11	14	USny	New York	27
28	43.00	2	USin	Indiana	8
29	42.80	61	USco	Colorado	10
30	42.24	8	USca	California	76
31	42.17	195	AT	Austria	6
32	42.10	79	CAab	Alberta	10
33	41.92	80	CAns	Nova Scotia	13
34	41.92	85	BE	Belgium	13
35	41.89	361	NO	Norway	9
36	41.80	185	SI	Slovenia	5
37	41.44	168	USva	Virginia	9
38	41.40	157	USsc	South Carolina	5
39	41.38	12	USpa	Pennsylvania	24
40	40.50	21	USma	Massachusetts	14
41	40.30	164	IL	Israel	10
42	40.29	77	USga	Georgia	7
43	40.00	263	SG	Singapore	9
44	39.58	3	AU	Australia	38
45	39.52	75	PT	Portugal	25
46	39.47	64	CAbc	British Columbia	17
47	39.42	151	USmi	Michigan	12
48	39.40	332	USct	Connecticut	10
49	38.92	24	CAon	Ontario	37
50	38.83	69	USnj	New Jersey	23
51	38.46	159	UStx	Texas	24
52	38.29	479	NZ	New Zealand	7
53	38.00	59	USnh	New Hampshire	5
54	37.89	93	ES	Spain	9
55	37.44	308	IE	Ireland	9
56	37.20	183	ZA	South Africa	5
57	37.15	89	CApq	Quebec	26
58	36.86	484	CH	Switzerland	7
59	36.79	18	USfl	Florida	42
60	36.00	624	USky	Kentucky	5
61	34.00	500	USnc	North Carolina	11

Rank	Average	Best	LC	Location	Entries
62	60.00	9	ZW	Zimbabwe	1
63	58.00	41	BR	Brazil	1
64	56.00	68	USnv	Nevada	2
65	56.00	108	BY	Belarus	1
66	55.00	112	MY	Malaysia	1
67	55.00	113	LB	Lebanon	1
68	51.25	42	TW	Taiwan	4
69	49.00	271	CAnf	Newfoundland	1
70	48.00	318	USwv	West Virginia	1
71	48.00	331	CZ	Czech Republic	1
72	46.50	236	LV	Latvia	2
73	46.00	387	BM	Bermuda	1
74	45.00	408	USsd	South Dakota	1
75	45.00	441	CAnb	New Brunswick	1
76	44.33	337	USal	Alabama	3
77	44.00	52	JP	Japan	4
78	44.00	221	USok	Oklahoma	3
79	44.00	444	RS	Serbia	1
80	43.00	31	UKwa	Wales	4
81	43.00	32	DK	Denmark	4
82	43.00	497	USid	Idaho	1
83	42.00	535	UKje	Jersey & Guernsey	1
84	41.50	505	AM	Armenia	2
85	41.00	357	RU	Russia	2
86	41.00	575	USvt	Vermont	1
87	40.25	245	EG	Egypt	4
88	40.00	645	AE	United Arab Emirates	1
89	39.75	415	GR	Greece	4
90	39.50	510	USwy	Wyoming	2
91	39.00	513	TH	Thailand	3
92	39.00	677	MT	Malta	1
93	39.00	685	USme	Maine	1
94	38.50	564	SK	Slovakia	2
95	38.25	386	USwi	Wisconsin	4
96	37.67	285	ID	Indonesia	3
97	37.67	602	USdc	Washington DC	3
98	37.33	474	USks	Kansas	3
99	37.00	755	CR	Costa Rica	1
100	36.00	423	USde	Delaware	2
101	35.00	844	BW	Botswana	1
102	35.00	852	CL	Chile	1
103	35.00	853	MZ	Mozambique	1
104	34.75	614	USla	Louisiana	4
105	34.00	886	EC	Ecuador	1
106	34.00	887	UY	Uruguay	1
107	34.00	893	UKni	Northern Ireland	1
108	34.00	895	DO	Dominican Republic	1
109	33.50	756	USnm	New Mexico	2
110	32.67	410	VE	Venezuela	3
111	32.00	935	USar	Arkansas	1
112	31.33	460	CAmb	Manitoba	3
113	31.00	966	MX	Mexico	1
114	30.00	987	SA	Saudi Arabia	1
115	29.50	837	UStn	Tennessee	2
116	29.00	1014	CAyt	Yukon	1
117	26.00	1065	USak	Alaska	1
118	25.00	1068	CApe	Prince Edward Island	1
119	23.00	1090	USne	Nebraska	2

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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 3.4 GHz CPU with 512 MB RAM, running Windows 98.

Congratulations to Jack (Netherlands) which scored a solid 48 to top the bots, but only by tiebreaker (Jack was faster) over GIB (US) with the same score. Jack and GIB were also the only bots to beat the average human score (42.18) or even to come close, for that matter. GIB easily retained its overall lead over Jack. My tests seem to show time and time again that GIB and Jack are the bots to beat — at least as far as card play is concerned.

As usual, some of the bot choices went off my chart. On Problem 2, Blue Chip Bridge cashed both top diamonds before finessing the Q; while GIB and Bridge Baron won the A first (sorry, no stiff king) then led up to the Q. These plays (indicated as G and scored 2) all lose the chance to establish clubs but aren’t quite as bad as Line D (scored 1). On Problem 5, Jack won the K early (ruining its communication) then led a heart. On Problem 6, Bridge Buff never led trumps, winning three spades and both top diamonds; and Q-plus Bridge won the K and A (not bad) but then led the 8 to block the suit. None of these aberrations (indicated as H) deserved special merit, so they’re scored the same as the worst listed choice.

There were bright spots, too. When bots find the winning play, I am usually suspicious whether they really knew what they were doing, or were just lucky. This month’s stars: On Problem 1, Jack played perfectly to establish either red suit. On Problem 4, both Jack and GIB played like pros to double-hook clubs and squeeze West. On Problem 5, GIB played flawlessly to endplay East or squeeze West (I checked both variations). On Problem 6, Bridge Baron correctly executed the ruffout squeeze, though it took an unusual view to put up the Q first. Oh, and I almost forgot! HAL returned to form with a Perfect 10.

December 2005 Rankings

Rank	Score	LC	Program version	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	48	NL	Jack 3.01	D	E	F	E	H	A
2	48	US	GIB 6.1.3	E	G	F	E	A	D
3	36	US	Bridge Baron 15.0	F	G	F	F	B	F
4	34	JP	Micro Bridge 11.00	B	E	A	F	B	A
5	33	DE	Q-plus Bridge 7.1	E	E	F	C	B	H
6	30	CA	Bridge Buff 11.0	A	C	A	B	A	H
7	29	UK	Blue Chip Bridge 4.2.6	E	G	C	D	C	C
8	10	US	HAL 9003	C	D	A	C	E	C

Bots Tested (alphabetical)

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

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