Ra! [Updated October 2004]  

2003 WBC Report  

 2004 Status: pending 2004 GM commitment

Steve Scott, CA

2002-2003 Champion

2nd: Winton LeMoine, CA

3rd: Alex Bove, PA

4th: Joe Jaskiewicz, MD

5th: Evan Tannheimer, MA

6th: Kevin Coomes, GA

Event History
2000    John Reiners       95
2001    Michelle Hymowitz       88
2002    Tom Dunning     140
2003    Tom Dunning     109
2004    Steve Scott     116

Euro Quest Event History
2003     Tom Dunning     22
2004     Ilan Tadmore     23


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Tom Dunning

NY

03
100
 2. Steve Scott

CA

04
  43
 3. Michelle Hymowitz

MD

03
  38
 4. John Reiners

NY

00
  30
 5. Alex Bove

PA

04
  28
 6. Joe Jaskiewicz

MD

04
  28
 7. Winton LeMoine

CA

04
  24
 8. David Rohde

MI

03
  24
 9. Gordon Elgart

CA

02
  24
10. Ilan Tadmor

NY

04
  20
11. Jamie Tang

MD

01
  18
12. Pat Mitchell

DE

03
  16
13. Doug Galullo

FL

02
  16
14. Lyman Moquin

DC

04
  12
15. Jim Fry

MD

02
  12
16. Steve Brooks

FL

01
  12
17. Frank Arndt

MD

01
    9
18. Paul Haynes

MD

04
    8
19. Evan Tannheimer

MA

04
    8
20. John Adams

MD

03
    8
21. Eric Freeman

PA

02
    8
22. Kathy Stroh

MD

04
    6
23. Rich Shipley

MD

03
    6
24. Tom Stokes

NJ

01
    6
25. Kevin Coomes

GA

04
    4
26. Dave Bohnenberger

PA

03
    4
27. Keith Levy

MD

03
    3
28. Dudley Anderson

PA

01
    3
29. Holliday Jones

MD

04
    2
30. Phil Taylor

NJ

03
    2

Past Winners

John Reiners - NY
2000

Michelle Goldstein - MD
2001

Tom Dunning - NY
2002-03
 


100 + Again

RA broke the century mark in attendance for the third straight time. This year we had 116 would-be pharoahs, seven more than last year. The heats were spread out more evenly this time, with 10-11-13 and 10 tables in action respectively, for a total of 44 games. There were 39 winners with five players (Luke Kratz, Winton leMoine, Alex Bove, Steve Brooks, and Joe Jaskiewicz) victorious twice. 23 won their first heat, 14 won their second heat (two of which were winning their second game), three won their third heat (two of which were winning their second game), four won their fourth heat (the diehards plus one who was winning his second game). Among those who hadn't won after three tries were the GM and two-time defending champ Tom Dunning. Both won on their final try and waited to see whether there would be enough No Shows to admit them to the next round. Again this year the tie-breakers for the semi-finals weren't needed as only 24 winners appeared for the semi's - thus admitting all winners who appeared for the second round. I'm working on a tiebreaking system that will allow non-winners to advance to the semi-finals if less than 25 winners appear again next year. Some feel that only winners should advance and others want to fill the semi-finals to 25 players. If you have a strong opinion on the matter please send me an e-mail with your thoughts. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. If you don't want to comment now, don't bother to do so next summer when its too late.

Overall, the games weren't as close this year as 29 of the 50 games were decided by more than five points. Two of the semi-final games were decided by a single point, but the other three were decided by twelve, nine and nine points. However, a single point was the difference in the final!

Three of the five finalists had won two preliminary games. Making it to the final round were Winton Lemoine who won both heats he entered and was riding a three-game winning streak. Alex Bove, on the other hand, had tasted defeat twice before winning his third and fourth heats to also sport a three-game winning streak. Joe Jaskiewicz had won two of his heats and ended two-time defending champ Tom Dunning's hopes of a "three-peat" in his semi-final win. That left Evan Tannheimer and Steve Scott who had won only one of their heats. Winton was seeded second, Alex third, Joe 5th, Evan 6th( his lone win was by 27 points, which was the tournament record for this year). Steve Scott was seeded 38th and next to last among the 39 winners (that's the 13th alternate if all the eligible winners had appeared for the Semis). So the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 38th seed made it to the finals. Guess who won? That's right, the 38th seed who needed 13 N0 Shows just to make the Semi-Finals.

Kevin Coombs and Keith Levy tied for sixth as they both lost their semi-final game by one point, but Kevin had 47 points while Keith only had 39. So Keith was denied sixth place for the second consecutive year by a tie-breaker. Keith has consistenly performed well in RA since its inception in 2000, missing the finals by agonizingly close semi-final games each year.

Fun, but Possibly Useless Statistical Facts for Future Reference:
 Stats 5-Player Game 4-Player Game
 Total Game Score Average 152.1 141.6
 Player Score Average 30.4 35.4
 Average Score Gain Per Round 6.8 8.5
 Winner's Score Average 43.7 46.3
 Average Score Gain per Round for Winners 11.2 12.1
 GM      Steve Scott  [2nd Year]   NA 
    sscott2753@aol.com   NA

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