Update (Open Section)

Submitted by alexholowczak on Sat, 09/05/2009 at 3:20am.

Here is an update for the preliminary round of the Open section.

Please check that I have the information correct on this spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al_fpRaVhnV_cnhLUzlSZnMxSGQ3bU8wQkhqTDdEdEE&hl=en

I.e. check the "shorthanded" column. Make sure I've got the correct info there, it makes a difference. Basically, if you had 4 players signed up, you are 1 shorthanded, if 3 sign up, 2 shorthanded etc. Results below take the result of shorthanded games into account.

Opinions on whether you think better can be done in Group 3, i.e. whether the result is fair or otherwise.

This section takes the following layout:
team score team score (numBoards) matchResult

The tables take the following layout:
team matchPoints maxPointsAttainable -> divisionQualifiedFor

Group 1
Cheshire 5 Devon 1 (10) Cheshire at least draw
Yorkshire 11 Suffolk 1 (12) Yorkshire win
Suffolk 1 Cheshire 6 (10) Cheshire win
Devon 2 Yorkshire 3 (12)
Cheshire 3 Yorkshire 3 (20)
Suffolk 0 Devon 4 (10)

Cheshire 1.5 (3)
Yorkshire 1 (3)
Devon 0 (2.5)
Suffolk 0 (1)

Group 2

Northamptonshire withdrew, so their games do not count towards the standings.

Gloucestershire 11 Kent 8 (24)
Cambridgeshire 1 Gloucestershire 6 (10) Gloucestershire win
Kent 5 Cambridgeshire 1 (10) Kent at least draw

Gloucestershire 1 (2)
Kent 0.5 (2)
Cambridgeshire 0 (0) -> Division 3
Northamptonshire (withdrew) -> Division 3

Group 3
Sussex 14 Hertfordshire 5 (20) Sussex win
Hertfordshire 7 Durham 3 (10) Hertfordshire win
Durham 10 Sussex 0 (Sussex forfeit) Durham win

Sussex 1 (1)
Hertfordshire 1 (1)
Durham 1 (1)

Tie-break:
1) Head-to-head - Still tied.
2) Chess.com Tiebreak - Still tied (all on 2)
3) Result against highest placed other - Still tied (none is higher placed)
4) Repeat 3 - Still tied (none is higher placed)
5) Average points between tied teams -

Durham 13/20 = .650 (13/20 = .650) -> Division 1
Sussex 14/29 = .483 (15/30 = .500) -> Division 2
Hertfordshire = 12/29 = .414 (13/30 = .433) -> Division 3

This division has been messed up totally by Sussex's forfeiting of a match, by simply not having anyone make it.

Group 4
Norfolk 5 Essex 1 (10) Norfolk at least draw
Essex 3 Oxfordshire 4 (10)
Oxfordshire 5 Norfolk 3 (10) Oxfordshire at least draw

Oxfordshire 0.5 (2)
Norfolk 0.5 (1.5)
Essex 0 (1.5)

Group 5
Shropshire 5 Staffordshire 3 (10) Shropshire at least draw
Staffordshire 10.5 Worcestershire 3.5 (22)
Worcestershire 4.5 Shropshire 4.5 (12)

Shropshire 0.5 (2)
Worcestershire 0 (2)
Staffordshire 0 (1.5)

Group 6
Hampshire 16.5 Somerset 6.5 (28) Hampshire win
Somerset 2.5 Surrey 10.5 (18) Surrey win
Surrey 5 Hampshire 4 (22)

Surrey 1 (2)
Hampshire 1 (2)
Somerset 0 (0) -> Division 3

Group 7
Dorset 8 Bedfordshire 0 (10) Dorset win
Bedfordshire 2 Herefordshire 5 (10) Herefordshire at least draw
Herefordshire 2 Dorset 7 (10) Dorset win

Dorset 2 (2) -> Division 1
Herefordshire 0.5 (1)
Bedfordshire 0 (1)

Group 8
Derbyshire 2 Lancashire 4 (10)
Lancashire 7 Wiltshire 1 (12) Lancashire win
Wiltshire 0 Derbyshire 8 (10) Derbyshire win

Lancashire 1 (2)
Derbyshire 1 (2)
Wiltshire 0 (0) -> Division 3