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Readers Answers

Congratulations to Alan Alsop, whose score of 760 easily outdistanced therest of the field. Both the readers and the panelists found this month'sproblems more difficult than usual, as the scores were unusually low.Alan wins a 1-year subscription to GammOnLine, and he is invited to serveon 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.

PanelistsMalcolm Davis                             730Laila Leonhardt                            730Achim Mueller                              730Snowie                                     730Chris Yep                                  730Hal Heinrich                               710Kit Woolsey                                710Chuck Bower                                690Ray Fogerlund                              690Mads K. Madsen                             680Rob Maier                                  680Bob Stringer                               670George Klitsas                             660ReadersAlan Alsop                          760 Achim Mueller                              730 John Bakovic                               720 Serge Rived                                710 Malcolm Davis                              710 Ed Maslansky                               700 Nigel Alsop                                690 Casper Van_der_tak                         690 TarHeelFan                                 690 Edward Hoskins                             680 David Ranson                               680 Dorn Bishop                                680 nelson_huey                                680 Thomas Suzanski                            670 Stuart Mann                                670 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       670 Tony_Moutzouris                            670 Jim Allen                                  660 Robert Anderegg                            660 Bruce Penrod                               660 nikalban                                   660 John Marttila                              660 Martin Short                               660 Kevin McGrath                              650 Fotis Koutsofoteinos                       650 Alfred Mamlet                              650 Doug Roberts                               640 Douglas Faust                              630 PW Jackson                                 630 mau                                        630 Mads Madsen                                620 Walter Hamm                                620 Anders Sorensen                            620 David Wetzell                              620 Peter Bennet                               620 Ron Karr                                   620 Ian Todd                                   610 Stein Kulseth                              610 Martin Toudal                              610 Rob Adams                                  610 Strato                                     610 Timucin Tuerker                            600 Sven-Olav Noren                            600 Don Heggen                                 600 Jordan Lampe                               590 Mark Driver                                590 Robin Swaffield                            590 JP White                                   590 Steve Wood                                 590 Gary Lucchesi                              590 rkg                                        580 Hannu Lyyjynen                             580 Robert Sexton                              580 David McAdams                              570 Neil Roseman                               570 William Bitting                            570 Michael Schell                             570 Helle Olsen                                570 PeterO                                     560 Martin Krainer                             560 Laverne Wendell                            560 Mary_Lee Pinkney                           550 mjr                                        540 Morris Pearl                               540 Charles Chambers                           540 Eliot Katz                                 540 Bill Papa                                  530 Blake Sorem                                520 Muttley                                    520 mmgrm                                      520 bpiland                                    510 Michael Howard                             510 Keith Daniell                              490 Gregg Cattanach                            490 Daniel Murphy                              490 Peter Forbes                               480 Ian Shaw                                   480 Peter Pallesen                             470 Michael Kittel                             460 Ron Dumont                                 450 

The rich get richer. Alan Alsop was the previous leader in the yearlycontest, and he increased his lead by achieving the highest score thismont. Achim Mueller and Casper Van Der Tak remain within strikingdistance, with several other readers not far behind. We still haveeight months to go, so a lot can happen.

Cumulative scores over 3 monthsAlan Alsop                                 2920 Achim Mueller                              2830 Casper Van_der_tak                         2800 Serge Rived                                2750 John Bakovic                               2750 Jim Allen                                  2740 Stuart Mann                                2720 Mads Madsen                                2710 Nigel Alsop                                2680 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       2660 TarHeelFan                                 2660 John Marttila                              2650 Martin Short                               2650 Doug Roberts                               2640 mau                                        2640 Hannu Lyyjynen                             2640 mjr                                        2640 Kevin McGrath                              2620 Ed Maslansky                               2600 Peter Bennet                               2600 Walter Hamm                                2580 Steve Wood                                 2560 rkg                                        2530 Mark Driver                                2520 Michael Howard                             2510 nelson_huey                                2480 PeterO                                     2480 Eliot Katz                                 2480 David Wetzell                              2460 nikalban                                   2450 Rob Adams                                  2450 Gary Lucchesi                              2440 Jordan Lampe                               2430 William Bitting                            2430 Ian Shaw                                   2430 Stein Kulseth                              2420 Blake Sorem                                2420 PW Jackson                                 2420 Gregg Cattanach                            2410 Muttley                                    2390 Fotis Koutsofoteinos                       2380 Robin Swaffield                            2380 Don Heggen                                 2360 Ian Todd                                   2330 Peter Pallesen                             2330 JP White                                   2320 Edward Hoskins                             2300 Bill Papa                                  2300 Keith Daniell                              2280 Charles Chambers                           2250 Tally of reader's votes on each problemproblem 1 23/22, 13/8              43 23/22, 8/3*              17 8/3*, 3/2*               12 24/23, 13/8              8 problem 2 21/15, 6/3(2)            45 8/5(2), 6/3(2)           10 21/18, 13/10(3)          10 24/21, 13/10(3)          6 21/18, 8/5(3)            3 24/18, 6/3(2)            3 24/21, 8/5(3)            3 problem 3 23/22, 9/7               25 6/3                      24 9/8, 9/7                 16 23/22, 3/1*              14 3/2*, 3/1*               1 problem 4 21/13                    21 13/11, 13/7              17 21/15, 13/11             17 13/5                     13 13/11, 8/2*              9 11/3                     2 11/5, 6/4                1 problem 5 21/16, 21/15             26 21/16, 8/2               25 16/11, 8/2               20 16/5                     9 problem 6 9/6, 8/4                 20 8/1*                     19 9/6, 5/1*                16 24/20, 9/6               15 6/2, 5/2                 8 5/1*, 4/1                2 problem 7 13/9, 13/8               22 8/4, 6/1                 21 8/4, 8/3                 20 20/11                    9 8/3, 6/2                 7 13/4                     1 problem 8 24/22, 6/5, 2/1          32 12/9*, 9/8               16 24/23, 12/11(2), 6/5     15 24/22, 12/11(2)          10 24/22, 7/5               7 

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