Below is a list of the scores of the panelists and readers, andthe cumulative votes of the readers for each problem.

PanelistsAlan Alsop                                 800Marty Storer                               800Snowie                                     780Chris Yep                                  780George Klitsas                             740Allen Adams                                720Casper van der Tak                         720Kit Woolsey                                710Bob Stringer                               670Laila Leonhardt                            660Chuck Bower                                640ReadersRobert Anderegg                            800 Alan Alsop                                 800 Ilia Guzei                                 800 Hannu Lyyjynen                             780 John Bakovic                               770 Achim Mueller                              770 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       760 Nigel Alsop                                760 ARAdams                                    720 rkg                                        720 Kevin McGrath                              700 Stanley Livingston                         700 Gregg Cattanach                            690 Dorn Bishop                                690 Edward Hoskins                             680 Martin Short                               680 mjr                                        680 Bud McCullen                               680 Michael Nielsen                            680 Sven-Olav Noren                            670 Stein Kulseth                              670 bpiland                                    670 Thaddeus Bright                            660 Peter Bennet                               660 Kari Hotakainen                            660 Sean Casey                                 650 Martin Pikler                              650 Scott Troen                                650 Rob Adams                                  650 Jim Allen                                  650 Doug Roberts                               650 PW Jackson                                 640 Don Heggen                                 630 Adrian Jones                               630 Christian Anthon                           620 Mark Driver                                620 Dan Merrill                                620 Bill Papa                                  610 William Bitting                            610 Greg Cottle                                610 Serge Rived                                610 Charles Koval                              610 Douglas Faust                              610 TarHeelFan                                 610 Anders Sorensen                            610 nelson_huey                                600 Stuart Mann                                600 Walter Hamm                                600 Lars Leth                                  600 Jordan Lampe                               590 Steve Wood                                 590 Joe Hickey                                 590 Thomas Bovenzi                             590 Ed Maslansky                               580 Daniel Bruni                               580 coop1234                                   580 Rodney Lighton                             570 Eliot Katz                                 570 Hansjoerg Lehnherr                         570 Martin Krainer                             560 Alfred Mamlet                              560 DeWayne Derryberry                         560 John Bird                                  550 Bruce Regittko                             550 Scott Roy                                  550 mau                                        550 Morris Pearl                               540 Charles Chambers                           540 Osman Guner                                530 Russell Haley                              520 PeterO                                     520 David Wetzell                              520 Strato                                     500 JP White                                   480 Courtney Foster                            450 
Any chances of a last minute upset were put to rest by Alan Alsop, whonailed a perfect 800 in December to lock up the cumulative contest witha fine total of 8740.  Alan receives a lifetime subscription to GammOnLine,and he will be invited to become a permanent member of our expert panel.Congratulations, Alan.  Achim Mueller holds onto the runner-up spot,staying ahead of John Backovic and Nigel Alsop.
Cumulative scores over 12 monthsAlan Alsop                                 8740 Achim Mueller                              8620 John Bakovic                               8570 Nigel Alsop                                8500 Kevin McGrath                              8440 Hannu Lyyjynen                             8360 Serge Rived                                8110 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       8110 TarHeelFan                                 8060 PW Jackson                                 7990 Doug Roberts                               7960 Peter Bennet                               7850 Stuart Mann                                7830 mjr                                        7810 Rob Adams                                  7750 Jim Allen                                  7630 Gregg Cattanach                            7620 Edward Hoskins                             7520 rkg                                        7470 Ed Maslansky                               7460 Eliot Katz                                 7450 David Wetzell                              7310 Mark Driver                                7240 Bill Papa                                  7230 nelson_huey                                7160 Charles Chambers                           6520 Tally of reader's votes on each problemproblem 1 13/7*, 8/7               43 8/7*, 8/2*               12 22/21, 13/7*             10 8/2*, 2/1*               7 13/7*, 7/6               3 problem 2 21/18(2), 13/10(2)       32 21/18(2), 6/3(2)         29 13/10(2), 6/3(2)         8 21/15(2)                 4 13/7(2)                  2 problem 3 11/5, 6/2*               23 13/7, 11/7               18 24/20, 11/5              18 24/14                    15 24/20, 10/4              1 11/5, 10/6               0 24/18, 6/2*              0 24/18, 10/6              0 problem 4 13/11(2), 6/4(2)         48 24/20(2)                 8 24/22, 13/11, 6/4(2)     8 24/22(2), 6/4(2)         7 6/4(2), 3/1(2)*          4 problem 5 13/8, 11/10              31 10/5, 6/5                23 8/7*, 6/1*               16 13/7*                    5 11/10, 6/1*              0 problem 6 24/20, 13/10             52 8/5, 8/4*                10 13/6                     7 13/10, 8/4*              4 20/13                    2 problem 7 9/6, 9/3                 47 14/11, 14/8              11 8/2, 4/1                 9 13/4                     8 problem 8 7/3, 6/1                 27 24/15                    22 24/20, 6/1               19 13/9, 13/8               6 6/1, 5/1                 1 7/3, 7/2                 0