German Championship Preliminaries
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:09 am
Besides the four prequalified players Dickhut, Teuber, Obenaus and Radmacher, the four top players of the preliminaries qualify:
As usual, SOS creates meaningless results, in particular for places 1 and the place 4 qualification separation. Place 1: Despite cross-pairing in rounds 1 and 2, the first two rounds' SOS contribution of the opponents of players 1 and 2 was worse than lottery. Place 4: The places 4 to 8 sorting was not by skill but by the pairing luck's effect on SOS. With 7 new of 11 participants in comparison to 2011 German Championship preliminaries and finals, the tournament's pairing system has no chance to distinguish SOS from lottery even marginally. A bomb alarm in my train leading to its delay could have had a greater impact easily, but I just barely arrived on time for round 1:) At least the points criterion expresses fairly what has happened in the games, i.e. the two 5d players deserve their final places. Contrarily, the ratings are not reflected so well.
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Deutsche Meisterschaft 2012, Vorrunde - After Round 6
Place Name Club Level Rating Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points SOS SOSOS
1 Jasiek, Robert Berl 5 Dan 2443 26½ 8+ 3+ 7+ 2= 4+ 6+ 5½ 147½ 869
2 Tarumi, Jun Münc 5 Dan 2525 26½ 10+ 6+ 9+ 1= 3+ 5+ 5½ 145½ 868
3 Welticke, Jonas Bonn 4 Dan 2321 25 5+ 1- 12+ 7+ 2- 4+ 4 146 870½
4 Liebscher, V. Grei 3 Dan 2303 24 9+ 7- 5+ 6+ 1- 3- 3 146½ 869
5 Terwey, M. Müns 4 Dan 2461 24 3- 8+ 4- 9+ 10+ 2- 3 145½ 866½
6 Liu Yang Hamb 4 Dan 2336 24 12+ 2- 10+ 4- 11+ 1- 3 144 863
7 Ongaro, David Hamb 3 Dan 2374 24 11+ 4+ 1- 3- 8- 12+ 3 143½ 864½
8 Landgraf, Marc Dres 4 Dan 2315 24 1- 5- 11+ 10- 7+ 9+ 3 143½ 860½
9 Budahn, Michael Berl 4 Dan 2386 23 4- 11+ 2- 5- 12+ 8- 2 142½ 862
10 Ente, Lisa Hann 3 Dan 2327 23 2- 12+ 6- 8+ 5- 11- 2 142½ 859½
11 Kettenring, Th. Münc 3 Dan 2294 23 7- 9- 8- 12+ 6- 10+ 2 139 858
12 Freilos(BYE) Hamb 2 Dan 2100 21 6- 10- 3- 11- 9- 7- 0 142 857½