2002 West Surrey Handicap Go Tournament

Players in order of registration strength. Random within one grade. Games played as full handicap according to West Surrey rules (an X stone game has X<=9 on the star points, X+6 komi to Black (X=0 6 komi to White), if X>9 then 10 komi to black per extra stone, clock = 50+2X/50-2X minutes, Black wins jigo.

The cup went to the strongest player on 4/4 who was Taiko Nakamura 5k (***) from Tim Hunt. Prizes for 3/4 (*) and 4/4 (**).

Entrants aged under 18 are shown in red.

1   Taiko Nakamura      5d   Epsom          10+ 4+  5+  3+      4 *** 
2   Andrew Grant        3d   Milton Keynes  11- 14+ 19- 8+      2
3   Tim Hunt            3d   Milton Keynes  12+ 11+ 18+ 1-      3 *
4   Simon Goss          2d   Bracknell      13+ 1-  17- 7+      2
5   Alan Thornton       2d   St Albans      14+ 15+ 1-  19+     3 *
6   Michael Charles     2d   St Albans      17- 16+ 22- 9-      1
7   Paul Margetts       1d   Epsom          15- 22- 12- 4-      0
8   Baron Allday        1d   Barmouth       18- 21- 14+ 2-      1
9   David Artus         1d   London         19- 20- 16+ 6+      2
10  Paul Clarke         1d   High Wycombe   1-  24- 26- 13+     1
11  Brian Brunswick     1k   Epsom          2+  3-  21- 23-     1
12  Brian Dackombe      1k   U/A            3-  23- 7+  25+     2
13  Roger Daniel        2k   London         4-  25+ 24- 10-     1
14  Edward Blockley     2k   Worcester      5-  2-  8-  26-     0
15  Geoff Kaniuk        2k   London         7+  5-  23+ 20+     3 *
16  Steve Bailey        3k   West Surrey    30- 6-  9-  28-     0
17  Philippe Bourrez    4k   West Surrey    6+  27- 4+  21-     2
18  Malcolm Hagan       4k   Winchester     8+  28+ 3-  14-     2
19  Ron Bell            4k   Reading        9+  29- 2+  5-      2
20  David Hall          5k   West Surrey    27- 9+  30+ 15-     2
21  Bill Streeten       5k   Wanstead       28- 8+  11+ 17+     3 *
22  David Denholm       5k   High Wycombe   29- 7+  6+  24+     3 *
23  Philip Ward-Ackland 6k   Swansea        31- 12+ 15- 11+     2
24  Erwin Bonsma        6k   U/A            32- 10+ 13+ 18+     3 *
25  John Johnstone      7k   Bournemouth    33- 13- 25+ 12-     1
26  Neil Cleverly       8k   Bournemouth    34- 38- 10+ 14+     2
27  Jil Segerman        8k   Brighton       20+ 17+ 31- 37-     2
28  Nicola Hurden       10k  Bracknell      21+ 18- 34- 16+     2
29  Toby Anderson       8k   Bournemouth    22+ 19+ 36+ 31-     3 *
30  Richard Brand       11k  Reading        16+ 33- 20- 38+     2
31  Guy Plowman         12k  Epsom          23+ 35+ 27+ 29+     4 **
32  Paul Blockley       14k  Worcester      24+ 36- 38- 35-     1
33  Jonathon Englefield 15k  High Wycombe   25+ 30+ 37- 36-     2
34  Pauline Bailey      16k  West Surrey    26+ 37- 28+ 22-     2
35  Phil Venton         18k  West Surrey    37- 31- 25- 32+     1
36  Chris Dunthorne     19k  Reading        38+ 32+ 29- 33+     3 *
37  Kay Dackombe        35k  U/A            35+ 34+ 33+ 27+     4 **
38  Ken Dackombe        35k  U/A            36- 26+ 32+ 30-     2

White wins                                  5   8   8   9      30
Black wins                                  14  11  11  10     46

For the second year running, we note that Black has won 60% of his games to white's 40%. It is possible that this is caused by kyu players regrading themselves less optimisticly by following the EGF rating list. It is proposed to alter the handicap slightly for next year.

13*13 winners

• Most wins: Chris Dunthorne on 7.5/11
• Best %: Richard Brand on 80%
• Persistance: Ron Bell on 40.5 (= 4.5 wins * 9 played)

2001 Tournament