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GIPF WC 2001
Organization: MSO & Project GIPF Center
Place: South Bank University, London
Date: August 25, 2001
Format: Swiss system, 7 rounds, 25 min. player/game
Participants: 12
International Grand Master Dupont...
7 Belgians, 4 Englishmen and one Japanese -
12 players measured up to each other to become the second GIPF World
Champion. No Yoshi Ikkai (J) this year, so he could not defend his
title. Werner Dupont (B), being the highest ranked player of the
lot, was the favourite and, with 6 wins in the first 6 rounds, he
convincingly lived up to his status. Two years ago he had already
won the first GIPF tournament that took place during a Mind Sports
Olympiad, but at that time it wasn't called a WC yet. Any way, according
to the MSO stipulations Werner may call himself the first "International
GIPF Grand Master" now. International Grand Master Dupont... He'll
love that.
The silver medal was won by the surprisingly strong junior player
E. Josiah Lutton (GB). For Josiah, having learned the game at MSO
4, it was his first GIPF tournament and, as such, he started unranked.
He begun with rather hesitant play, scored only 1 point in 3 games,
but then he pulled himself together and ended with 4 wins. He had
his ultimate moment without any doubt in his 7th round match against
Werner and became the only player to beat him. Werner had opened
rather weak, but Josiah punished him for that with very solid play;
he kept controlling the diagonals, switched strategy and focused
on Werner's reserve at the right moment and made him run out of
pieces. No excuse! A well deserved second place.
Two more players ended with 5 points, Kurt Vandenbranden (B) and
Stephen Tavener (GB). Kurt got the bronze medal because the Swiss
Perfect program had calculated that his series of games had been
more difficult than Stephen's. What a computer program calculetes
is sacret!
Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Dupont, Werner B 1780 6 19.5 27.5 27.0
2-4 Lutton, E. Josiah GB 5 21.5 29.5 17.0
Van den Branden, Kurt B 1715 5 19.5 28.5 22.0
Tavener, Stephen GB 1572 5 18.5 26.5 19.0
5-6 Van de Perre, Patrick B 1763 4 21.5 29.5 18.0
Pauwels, Rita B 1500 4 15.0 19.5 12.0
7-9 Van Aelst, Frédéric B 1302 3 18.0 24.0 14.0
Delvaux, Johan B 1562 3 18.0 24.0 13.0
Omodera, Osamu J 1599 3 16.0 22.0 11.0
10-11 Bleasdale, Sebastian GB 2 16.0 21.0 9.0
Nuyttens, Christof B 1285 2 15.5 20.5 6.0
12 Dixson, Aaron GB 0 14.5 20.5 0.0
Cross table
No Name Nat. Rtg 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Dupont, Werner B 1780 6:W 4:W 2:W 3:W 5:W 8:W 12:L
2. Van de Perre, Patrick B 1763 7:W 5:W 1:L 6:W 3:L 12:L 10:W
3. Van den Branden, Kurt B 1715 8:W 12:W 4:W 1:L 2:W 5:L 6:W
4. Omodera, Osamu J 1599 9:W 1:L 3:L 10:L 6:W 7:L 11:W
5. Tavener, Stephen GB 1572 10:W 2:L 12:W 8:W 1:L 3:W 9:W
6. Delvaux, Johan B 1562 1:L 9:W 7:W 2:L 4:L 11:W 3:L
7. Pauwels, Rita B 1500 2:L 10:W 6:L 12:L 11:W 4:W 8:W
8. Van Aelst, Frédéric B 1302 3:L 11:W 9:W 5:L 10:W 1:L 7:L
9. Nuyttens, Christof B 1285 4:L 6:L 8:L 11:W 12:L 10:W 5:L
10. Bleasdale, Sebastian GB 5:L 7:L 11:W 4:W 8:L 9:L 2:L
11. Dixson, Aaron GB : 8:L 10:L 9:L 7:L 6:L 4:L
12. Lutton, E. Josiah GB :W 3:L 5:L 7:W 9:W 2:W 1:W
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