return to solutionsOystein Johansen and Achim Mueller, familiar names in the winner's circle,tied for first, barely ahead of several other readers on a challengingset of problems. They both win a free one-year subscription to GammOnLine,and are invited to join our expert panel next month.
Below is a list of the scores of the panelists and readers, andthe cumulative votes of the readers for each problem.
PanelistsGeorge Klitsas 790Snowie 770Marty Storer 770Alan Alsop 760Douglas Gitlin 750Chris Yep 750Bob Stringer 720Chuck Bower 690Malcolm Davis 650Kit Woolsey 650ReadersOystein Johansen 770 Achim Mueller 770 Steve Wood 760 Mary_Lee Pinkney 760 Charles Chambers 750 Hisako Sugiura 750 Douglas Gitlin 750 mau 740 Rodney Lighton 730 Gregg Cattanach 730 Blake Sorem 730 Walter Hamm 720 Tanja Lewis 720 Hannu Lyyjynen 720 Jordan Lampe 710 William Bitting 710 Aram Gurekian 710 Petter Bengtsson 710 Nigel Buchan 710 Hansjoerg Lehnherr 700 Christian Tagsold 700 Thomas Cunningham 700 Franck Del_Rio 700 Courtney Foster 690 John Bakovic 690 Don Heggen 680 Jim Allen 680 Doug Roberts 680 Claes Norreen 670 Charles Koval 670 Dean Gay 660 Peter Pallesen 660 Ian Dunstan 650 Maurits Pino 650 Ilia Guzei 650 Daniel Wittkopp 650 Steve Manchester 650 PeterO 650 Kevin McGrath 640 Cesare Maiellano 630 Eric Walstra 630 Bill Papa 620 Thomas Bovenzi 620 Morten Kidal 620 mjr 620 Richard Willis 610 Stewart Pemberton 610 Alef Rosenbaum 610 JP White 600 Kasper Andersen 600 Stanley Livingston 600 Bud McCullen 600 Peter Bennet 600 nelson_huey 590 Bruce Regittko 590 Alan Messer 590 Michael Nielsen 590 Cyril Courtial 580 Douglas Faust 570 Carsten Simonsen 570 Mary Bortnyck 570 Peter Shirley 570 Carl Blumenstein 560 Eliot Katz 560 James Cordes 540 Peter Grotrian 540 David Flaks 520 Ed Maslansky 490 Christian Anthon 490 Atsushi Honjo 490 John Brotherton 460 Harald Retter 440 Helped by his win last month, Douglas Gitlin takes the early lead in theyearly race. Last year's runner up, Mary Lee Pinkney, is once again insecond place. The year is young, and we can expect to see several shiftsin the standing before we are finished.Cumulative scores over 2 monthsDouglas Gitlin 1530 Mary_Lee Pinkney 1520 Achim Mueller 1510 Steve Wood 1490 Oystein Johansen 1480 Petter Bengtsson 1480 Nigel Buchan 1460 Christian Tagsold 1460 Hisako Sugiura 1450 John Bakovic 1430 Doug Roberts 1430 Hannu Lyyjynen 1420 Tanja Lewis 1410 Franck Del_Rio 1410 mau 1400 Thomas Cunningham 1400 Blake Sorem 1400 Jordan Lampe 1390 Charles Chambers 1380 Hansjoerg Lehnherr 1380 Ilia Guzei 1380 Walter Hamm 1370 Claes Norreen 1340 Dean Gay 1340 Rodney Lighton 1340 Ian Dunstan 1330 Kevin McGrath 1330 Charles Koval 1320 Jim Allen 1320 Don Heggen 1310 Peter Pallesen 1290 Gregg Cattanach 1290 William Bitting 1280 Aram Gurekian 1260 Bill Papa 1260 Kasper Andersen 1260 Michael Nielsen 1260 PeterO 1250 Maurits Pino 1250 Eric Walstra 1230 mjr 1230 Courtney Foster 1210 JP White 1210 Daniel Wittkopp 1210 Bud McCullen 1200 Alan Messer 1200 Thomas Bovenzi 1180 nelson_huey 1180 Douglas Faust 1180 Peter Shirley 1180 James Cordes 1180 Peter Bennet 1170 Richard Willis 1160 Bruce Regittko 1160 Carsten Simonsen 1140 Harald Retter 1140 Stanley Livingston 1130 Cyril Courtial 1120 Steve Manchester 1120 Christian Anthon 1110 Atsushi Honjo 1110 Eliot Katz 1100 Ed Maslansky 1080 Peter Grotrian 1010 Tally of reader's votes on each problemproblem 1 24/15 37 24/20, 13/8 20 13/8, 6/2* 5 24/20, 6/1* 5 24/20, 21/16 3 21/16, 13/9 2 24/20, 11/6 1 problem 2 24/20, 11/5 30 24/14 12 11/5, 8/4 9 16/6 8 8/2, 6/2 6 13/9, 11/5 4 11/5, 6/2 2 24/20, 16/10 2 problem 3 20/14*, 2/1* 29 9/2 19 7/1*, 2/1 11 9/3, 4/3 11 8/7, 8/2 3 20/14*, 14/13 0 problem 4 6/1*, 4/1 39 16/8 24 23/20, 8/3 5 23/20, 6/1* 3 23/20, 13/8 2 23/15 0 problem 5 24/20, 8/5* 31 13/9, 8/5* 24 8/5*, 5/1* 11 13/6 5 22/15 2 problem 6 B/20, 13/11 20 B/23, 6/1* 17 B/18 16 B/23, 13/8 13 B/20, 23/21 7 problem 7 8/7, 8/2 28 20/13 25 7/6, 7/1 10 13/7, 6/5 10 13/6 0 problem 8 24/13 46 24/18, 6/1 14 13/7, 6/1 9 22/16, 6/1 3 8/2, 6/1 1 13/2 0 13/8, 13/7 0