Logo: Adam Bartley.
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Silver Mario Aluizo, ("casshern"), Los Angeles, USA.
Bronze Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
Masters of Asgarthr 2017 are
"bigwurm91", san diego, united states.
Aage Nielsen ("Hagbard"), Copenhagen, Danmark.
Master of Mithgarthr 1 2017 is
Alexander Steiger Dis ("Steiger"), Gorlovka, DPR.
Master of Mithgarthr 2 2017 is
Corey Hart ("Brench"), Philadelphia, USA
Masters of Utgarthr 2017 are
"Waegn", Worcester, USA
"emabear35", Hampshire, England, UK
The World Championship tournament is for all tafl players and not limited to players who believe they could have a chance of winning it all. It's the annual event where all the tafl community can come together and meet. In Round 1 you'll meet a broad range of players, but in Round 2 you'll be with players of your own strength only. Registered participants by September 15: Steiger, jrton80, AreVidar, OdinHimself, edmond-dantes, animals, xerxes, altti, epm180, Kratzer, Tuireann, casshern, sqAree, Waegn, MrTopom, Hagbard, Patterson, Thanir, Fraech, DoktorKarlsrud, JKRS, emabear35, bigwurm91, tomsavini, Lbalassone, Marcin, Rasmusruge, Brench, gokstad, Ozgen97, Kihtan, Plantagenet, Agmundr, evando1189 The players come from 14 countries (Ukraine, USA, Norway, Bulgaria, UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, Spain, Australia, Italy, Poland, Turkey) 7 USA states (West Virginia, New York, Ohio, California, Massachusetts, Louisiana, North Carolina) 4 continents (Europe, North America, Australia, Asia) |
Fierce winter Black plain Grim warriors Dark domain Bloody axes Cloven shields Violent death Frostbitten fields Lucho Panchev ("OdinHimself"), Kyustendil, Bulgaria Nov. 10, 2017 |
Tournament rules.Sign up: all July, August and half September. There is a button for registering for the tournament on the "Tafl against humans" page.Start: September 15th. Rules: The Copenhagen rules, described here. Points are 1 for won, 0 for lost and 0.5 for a draw. Umpire: Adam Bartley, Norway. The Thue-Morse sequence is used to distribute players into groups for Round 1 based on ratings. One player per preliminary group qualify for the final. (All other players will also have their own finals, divided into final groups based on the Round 1 results.) In case of a tie: 1. direct comparison of the games of the tied players (for this round). 2. Sonneborn-Berger score calculated for this round. in case of still a tie: 3. preliminary round: both players proceed. Final: new rounds until one wins (only to find the tournament winner). Time buffer 8 days. NB! When a game length exceeds 10 days, then over the next 10 days the time per move is gradually reduced from the initial 1 day to 0. But even if a player has no time buffer left, he has always 1.25 day to do his current move. If at any time you want to leave the tournament, just use the Deregister button. If a player does not move at all during the first 9 days of a round, he is removed from the tournament. A player who causes more than half of his Round games to time out, is disqualified from the tournament. Round 1: The preliminary groups are named Tunsberg, Fornebei, Heithabyr, Vinland etc. Round 2: The final group (with the future Hnefatafl World Champion) is named Valhöll. All other players are divided into final groups named Asgarthr, Mithgarthr, Utgarthr etc. Distribution of players in Round 2: The top winner from each Round 1 group make up the top group in the final. The remaining players are distributed into further groups according to their Round 1 points, such that drop outs and uneven group sizes are accounted for, calculated accurately like this: calculation of Round 2 groups. To shorten the tournament time and avoid that everybody wait for a few slow games: When the placement of 80% of the players for Round 2 is known, Round 2 can start with these, and the last players added when ready. |
white/black | Casshern | Plantagenet |
Casshern | - | |
Plantagenet | - |
Scores for Valhöll Round 3 (maximum possible score 2):
Plantagenet: 2 pt., Casshern: 0 pt.
Scores for Valhöll Round 2 (maximum possible score 10):
1 |
casshern, Los Angeles, USA Plantagenet, Châlons-en-Champagne, FR |
8 points |
3 | OdinHimself, Kyustendil, Bulgaria | 5 points |
4 | edmond-dantes, Kyustendil, Bulgaria | 4 points |
5 | animals, Peterborough, UK | 3 points |
6 | sqaree, Berlin, Germany | 2 points |
white/black | Odinhimself | Edmond-dantes | Animals | Casshern | Sqaree | Plantagenet |
Odinhimself | - | |||||
Edmond-dantes | - | |||||
Animals | - | |||||
Casshern | - | |||||
Sqaree | - | |||||
Plantagenet | - |
Scores for Asgarthr (maximum possible score 10):
7 |
Masters of Asgarthr 2017: bigwurm91, san diego, united states Hagbard, Copenhagen, Danmark |
9 points |
9 | Marcin, Poznań, Poland | 6 points |
10 | Thanir, Barcelona, Spain | 4 points |
11 | Kratzer, Glinde, Germany | 2 points |
white/black | Altti | Kratzer | Hagbard | Thanir | Bigwurm91 | Marcin |
Altti | - | |||||
Kratzer | - | |||||
Hagbard | - | |||||
Thanir | - | |||||
Bigwurm91 | - | |||||
Marcin | - |
Scores for Mithgarthr 1 (maximum possible score 8):
12 |
Master of Mithgarthr 1 2017: Steiger, Gorlovka, DPR |
6 points |
13 | xerxes, Peterborough, UK | 6 points |
14 | epm180, Dublin, Ireland | 5 points |
15 | AreVidar, Oslo, Norge | 3 points |
white/black | Steiger | Arevidar | Xerxes | Epm180 | Kihtan |
Steiger | - | ||||
Arevidar | - | ||||
Xerxes | - | ||||
Epm180 | - | ||||
Kihtan | - |
Scores for Mithgarthr 2 (maximum possible score 6):
16 |
Master of Mithgarthr 2 2017: Brench, Philadelphia, USA |
6 points |
17 |
Agmundr, Lier, Norway Jrton80, Kearneysville, WV |
3 points |
19 | Fraech, Bâton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. | 0 points |
white/black | Jrton80 | Fraech | Brench | Ozgen97 | Agmundr |
Jrton80 | - | ||||
Fraech | - | ||||
Brench | - | ||||
Ozgen97 | - | ||||
Agmundr | - |
Scores for Utgarthr (maximum possible score 2):
20 |
Masters of Utgarthr 2017: Waegn, Worcester, USA emabear35, Hampshire, England, UK |
1 points |
white/black | Waegn | Mrtopom | Patterson | Emabear35 | Rasmusruge | Evando1189 |
Waegn | - | |||||
Mrtopom | - | |||||
Patterson | - | |||||
Emabear35 | - | |||||
Rasmusruge | - | |||||
Evando1189 | - |
'No shows' disqualified Nov. 3rd:
MrTopom, Bordeaux, France
Patterson, Charleston, WV, United States
Rasmusruge, København, danmark
Ozgen97, Istanbul, Turkey
evando1189, Cincinnati, USA
Dec. 8th disqualified for timing out more than half of the Round 2 games:
altti, ny, usa
Kihtan, Kyiv, Ukraine
Agmundr / Brench |
Agmundr / Fraech |
Agmundr / Jrton80 |
Altti z / Bigwurm91 |
Altti z / Hagbard |
Altti z / Kratzer |
Altti z / Marcin |
Altti z / Thanir |
Animals / Casshern |
Animals / Edmond-dantes |
Animals / Odinhimself |
Animals / Plantagenet |
Animals / Sqaree |
Arevidar / Epm180 |
Arevidar / Kihtan z |
Arevidar / Steiger |
Arevidar / Xerxes |
Bigwurm91 / Altti z |
Bigwurm91 / Hagbard |
Bigwurm91 / Kratzer |
Bigwurm91 / Marcin |
Bigwurm91 / Thanir |
Brench / Agmundr |
Brench / Fraech |
Brench / Jrton80 |
Casshern / Animals |
Casshern / Edmond-dantes |
Casshern / Odinhimself |
Casshern / Plantagenet |
Casshern / Sqaree |
Edmond-dantes / Animals |
Edmond-dantes / Casshern |
Edmond-dantes / Odinhimself |
Edmond-dantes / Plantagenet |
Edmond-dantes / Sqaree |
Emabear35 / Waegn |
Epm180 / Arevidar |
Epm180 / Kihtan |
Epm180 / Steiger |
Epm180 / Xerxes |
Fraech z / Agmundr |
Fraech / Brench |
Fraech / Jrton80 |
Hagbard / Altti z |
Hagbard / Bigwurm91 |
Hagbard / Kratzer |
Hagbard / Marcin |
Hagbard / Thanir |
Jrton80 / Agmundr |
Jrton80 / Brench |
Jrton80 / Fraech |
Kihtan z / Arevidar |
Kihtan z / Epm180 |
Kihtan z / Steiger |
Kihtan z / Xerxes |
Kratzer / Altti |
Kratzer z / Bigwurm91 |
Kratzer / Hagbard |
Kratzer / Marcin |
Kratzer / Thanir |
Marcin / Altti z |
Marcin / Bigwurm91 |
Marcin / Hagbard |
Marcin / Kratzer |
Marcin / Thanir |
Odinhimself / Animals |
Odinhimself / Casshern |
Odinhimself / Edmond-dantes |
Odinhimself / Plantagenet |
Odinhimself / Sqaree z |
Plantagenet / Animals |
Plantagenet / Casshern |
Plantagenet / Edmond-dantes |
Plantagenet / Odinhimself |
Plantagenet / Sqaree z |
Sqaree / Animals |
Sqaree / Casshern |
Sqaree / Edmond-dantes |
Sqaree z / Odinhimself |
Sqaree / Plantagenet |
Steiger / Arevidar |
Steiger / Epm180 z |
Steiger / Kihtan |
Steiger / Xerxes |
Thanir / Altti z |
Thanir / Bigwurm91 |
Thanir / Hagbard |
Thanir / Kratzer |
Thanir / Marcin |
Waegn / Emabear35 |
Xerxes / Arevidar |
Xerxes / Epm180 z |
Xerxes / Kihtan z |
Xerxes / Steiger |
Final scores:
[Hagbard: 9 pt., Bigwurm91: 9 pt., Plantagenet: 8 pt., Casshern: 8 pt., Brench: 6 pt., Xerxes: 6 pt., Marcin: 6 pt., Steiger: 6 pt., Odinhimself: 5 pt., Epm180: 5 pt., Thanir: 4 pt., Edmond-dantes: 4 pt., Jrton80: 3 pt., Animals: 3 pt., Arevidar: 3 pt., Agmundr: 3 pt., Kratzer: 2 pt., Sqaree: 2 pt., Emabear35: 1 pt., Waegn: 1 pt., Fraech: 0 pt., Kihtan: 0 pt., Altti: 0 pt., ]
(94 points of 94 = 100%)
Final moves:
[Casshern: 360 mv., Thanir: 350 mv., Plantagenet: 340 mv., Odinhimself: 309 mv., Marcin: 293 mv., Kratzer: 291 mv., Edmond-dantes: 281 mv., Animals: 265 mv., Hagbard: 249 mv., Bigwurm91: 245 mv., Fraech: 236 mv., Epm180: 226 mv., Sqaree: 221 mv., Xerxes: 215 mv., Arevidar: 201 mv., Steiger: 200 mv., Kihtan: 196 mv., Jrton80: 193 mv., Brench: 188 mv., Agmundr: 154 mv., Altti: 143 mv., Emabear35: 40 mv., Waegn: 40 mv., ]
(Average per game 56 mv.)
Final finished games:
[Plantagenet: 10 gm., Hagbard: 10 gm., Casshern: 10 gm., Marcin: 10 gm., Thanir: 10 gm., Bigwurm91: 10 gm., Kratzer: 10 gm., Altti: 10 gm., Sqaree: 10 gm., Animals: 10 gm., Edmond-dantes: 10 gm., Odinhimself: 10 gm., Steiger: 8 gm., Xerxes: 8 gm., Epm180: 8 gm., Arevidar: 8 gm., Kihtan: 8 gm., Agmundr: 6 gm., Brench: 6 gm., Jrton80: 6 gm., Fraech: 6 gm., Emabear35: 2 gm., Waegn: 2 gm., ]
(94 finished games of 94 = 100%,
22 timeouts)
white/black | Steiger | Animals | Sqaree | Mrtopom | Fraech | Marcin |
Steiger | - | |||||
Animals | - | |||||
Sqaree | - | |||||
Mrtopom | - | |||||
Fraech | - | |||||
Marcin | - |
Scores for Fornebei (maximum possible score 10):
Animals: 8 pt., Sqaree: 8 pt., Marcin: 6 pt., Steiger: 5 pt., Fraech: 2 pt., Mrtopom: 1 pt.
white/black | Jrton80 | Odinhimself | Xerxes | Tuireann | Hagbard | Jkrs | Emabear35 |
Jrton80 | - | ||||||
Odinhimself | - | ||||||
Xerxes | - | ||||||
Tuireann | - | ||||||
Hagbard | - | ||||||
Jkrs | - | ||||||
Emabear35 | - |
Scores for Gàrtharíki (maximum possible score 10):
Odinhimself: 10 pt., Hagbard: 7 pt., Xerxes: 6 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Tuireann: 2 pt., Emabear35: 1 pt.
white/black | Arevidar | Edmond-dantes | Altti | Tomsavini | Rasmusruge | Kihtan | Evando1189 |
Arevidar | - | ||||||
Edmond-dantes | - | ||||||
Altti | - | ||||||
Tomsavini | - | ||||||
Rasmusruge | - | ||||||
Kihtan | - | ||||||
Evando1189 | - |
Scores for Vinland (maximum possible score 10):
Edmond-dantes: 9 pt., Altti: 8 pt., Kihtan: 6 pt., Arevidar: 5 pt., Rasmusruge: 2 pt., Evando1189: 0 pt.
white/black | Epm180 | Waegn | Thanir | Brench | Gokstad | Ozgen97 | Plantagenet |
Epm180 | - | ||||||
Waegn | - | ||||||
Thanir | - | ||||||
Brench | - | ||||||
Gokstad | - | ||||||
Ozgen97 | - | ||||||
Plantagenet | - |
Scores for Jórvik (maximum possible score 10):
Plantagenet: 10 pt., Thanir: 7 pt., Epm180: 5 pt., Brench: 4 pt., Ozgen97: 3 pt., Waegn: 1 pt.
white/black | Kratzer | Casshern | Patterson | Doktorkarlsrud | Bigwurm91 | Lbalassone | Agmundr |
Kratzer | - | ||||||
Casshern | - | ||||||
Patterson | - | ||||||
Doktorkarlsrud | - | ||||||
Bigwurm91 | - | ||||||
Lbalassone | - | ||||||
Agmundr | - |
Scores for Markland (maximum possible score 8):
Casshern: 8 pt., Kratzer: 5 pt., Bigwurm91: 5 pt., Agmundr: 1 pt., Patterson: 1 pt.
'No shows' disqualified Sep. 24th:
JKRS, Mannheim, Deutschland
tomsavini, Viareggio, Italy
gokstad, Australia
DoktorKarlsrud, Oslo, Norway
Lbalassone, Roma, Italy
Oct. 23rd disqualified for timing out more than half of the games:
tuireann, Columbus, OH, US
Calculation of Round 2 groups.
Agmundr / Bigwurm91 |
Agmundr / Casshern |
Agmundr / Kratzer |
Agmundr / Patterson |
Altti / Arevidar |
Altti / Edmond-dantes z |
Altti / Evando1189 z |
Altti / Kihtan |
Altti / Rasmusruge |
Animals / Fraech |
Animals / Marcin |
Animals / Mrtopom |
Animals / Sqaree |
Animals / Steiger z |
Arevidar / Altti |
Arevidar / Edmond-dantes |
Arevidar / Evando1189 |
Arevidar / Kihtan |
Arevidar / Rasmusruge |
Bigwurm91 / Agmundr |
Bigwurm91 / Casshern |
Bigwurm91 / Kratzer |
Bigwurm91 / Patterson |
Brench / Epm180 |
Brench / Ozgen97 |
Brench / Plantagenet |
Brench / Thanir |
Brench / Waegn |
Casshern / Agmundr |
Casshern / Bigwurm91 |
Casshern / Kratzer |
Casshern / Patterson |
Edmond-dantes / Altti |
Edmond-dantes / Arevidar |
Edmond-dantes / Evando1189 |
Edmond-dantes / Kihtan |
Edmond-dantes / Rasmusruge |
Emabear35 / Hagbard |
Emabear35 / Jrton80 |
Emabear35 / Odinhimself |
Emabear35 / Tuireann z |
Emabear35 / Xerxes |
Epm180 / Brench |
Epm180 z / Ozgen97 |
Epm180 z / Thanir |
Epm180 / Waegn |
Evando1189 z / Altti |
Evando1189 z / Arevidar |
Evando1189 / Edmond-dantes |
Evando1189 z / Kihtan |
Evando1189 / Rasmusruge |
Fraech / Animals |
Fraech / Marcin |
Fraech / Mrtopom |
Fraech z / Sqaree |
Fraech z / Steiger |
Hagbard / Emabear35 |
Hagbard / Jrton80 |
Hagbard / Odinhimself |
Hagbard / Tuireann z |
Hagbard / Xerxes |
Jrton80 / Emabear35 |
Jrton80 / Hagbard |
Jrton80 / Odinhimself |
Jrton80 / Tuireann |
Jrton80 / Xerxes |
Kihtan / Altti |
Kihtan / Arevidar |
Kihtan / Edmond-dantes |
Kihtan / Evando1189 |
Kihtan / Rasmusruge |
Kratzer / Agmundr |
Kratzer / Bigwurm91 |
Kratzer / Casshern |
Kratzer / Patterson |
Marcin / Animals |
Marcin / Fraech |
Marcin / Mrtopom |
Marcin / Sqaree |
Marcin / Steiger z |
Mrtopom / Animals |
Mrtopom / Fraech |
Mrtopom / Marcin |
Mrtopom z / Sqaree |
Mrtopom z / Steiger |
Odinhimself / Emabear35 |
Odinhimself / Hagbard |
Odinhimself / Jrton80 |
Odinhimself / Tuireann z |
Odinhimself / Xerxes |
Ozgen97 / Brench |
Ozgen97 z / Epm180 |
Ozgen97 / Plantagenet |
Ozgen97 / Thanir |
Ozgen97 / Waegn |
Patterson / Agmundr |
Patterson z / Bigwurm91 |
Patterson / Casshern |
Patterson z / Kratzer |
Plantagenet / Brench |
Plantagenet / Epm180 |
Plantagenet / Ozgen97 |
Plantagenet / Thanir |
Plantagenet / Waegn |
Rasmusruge z / Altti |
Rasmusruge / Arevidar |
Rasmusruge / Edmond-dantes |
Rasmusruge / Evando1189 z |
Rasmusruge z / Kihtan |
Sqaree / Animals |
Sqaree / Fraech |
Sqaree / Marcin |
Sqaree / Mrtopom |
Sqaree / Steiger |
Steiger z / Animals |
Steiger / Fraech |
Steiger / Marcin |
Steiger / Mrtopom z |
Steiger z / Sqaree |
Thanir / Brench |
Thanir / Epm180 z |
Thanir / Ozgen97 |
Thanir / Plantagenet |
Thanir / Waegn |
Tuireann / Emabear35 |
Tuireann z / Hagbard |
Tuireann / Jrton80 |
Tuireann z / Odinhimself |
Tuireann z / Xerxes |
Waegn / Brench |
Waegn / Epm180 |
Waegn / Ozgen97 |
Waegn / Plantagenet |
Waegn / Thanir |
Xerxes / Emabear35 |
Xerxes / Hagbard |
Xerxes / Jrton80 |
Xerxes / Odinhimself |
Xerxes / Tuireann z |
Preliminary scores:
[Odinhimself: 10 pt., Plantagenet: 10 pt., Edmond-dantes: 9 pt., Animals: 8 pt., Casshern: 8 pt., Sqaree: 8 pt., Altti: 8 pt., Thanir: 7 pt., Hagbard: 7 pt., Kihtan: 6 pt., Xerxes: 6 pt., Marcin: 6 pt., Steiger: 5 pt., Epm180: 5 pt., Bigwurm91: 5 pt., Arevidar: 5 pt., Kratzer: 5 pt., Jrton80: 4 pt., Brench: 4 pt., Ozgen97: 3 pt., Tuireann: 2 pt., Fraech: 2 pt., Rasmusruge: 2 pt., Emabear35: 1 pt., Waegn: 1 pt., Mrtopom: 1 pt., Patterson: 1 pt., Agmundr: 1 pt., Evando1189: 0 pt., ]
(140 points of 140 = 100%)
Preliminary moves:
[Jrton80: 334 mv., Fraech: 316 mv., Sqaree: 302 mv., Animals: 286 mv., Edmond-dantes: 269 mv., Marcin: 258 mv., Kihtan: 244 mv., Bigwurm91: 242 mv., Arevidar: 231 mv., Hagbard: 230 mv., Casshern: 225 mv., Odinhimself: 224 mv., Xerxes: 211 mv., Kratzer: 206 mv., Ozgen97: 201 mv., Mrtopom: 200 mv., Evando1189: 198 mv., Altti: 195 mv., Steiger: 193 mv., Agmundr: 191 mv., Emabear35: 189 mv., Rasmusruge: 181 mv., Brench: 178 mv., Thanir: 176 mv., Waegn: 176 mv., Tuireann: 171 mv., Plantagenet: 157 mv., Epm180: 152 mv., Patterson: 149 mv., ]
(Average per game 45 mv.)
Preliminary finished games:
[Steiger: 10 gm., Arevidar: 10 gm., Brench: 10 gm., Ozgen97: 10 gm., Plantagenet: 10 gm., Thanir: 10 gm., Waegn: 10 gm., Epm180: 10 gm., Evando1189: 10 gm., Rasmusruge: 10 gm., Altti: 10 gm., Animals: 10 gm., Edmond-dantes: 10 gm., Kihtan: 10 gm., Emabear35: 10 gm., Hagbard: 10 gm., Tuireann: 10 gm., Xerxes: 10 gm., Jrton80: 10 gm., Odinhimself: 10 gm., Marcin: 10 gm., Fraech: 10 gm., Mrtopom: 10 gm., Sqaree: 10 gm., Casshern: 8 gm., Kratzer: 8 gm., Patterson: 8 gm., Bigwurm91: 8 gm., Agmundr: 8 gm., ]
(140 finished games of 140 = 100%,
31 timeouts)