Welcome to the World Tantrix Championship 2001 Plate Competition Home page. The draw for the preliminary round took place on the 27th of September. The Plate competition will consist of a preliminary round, three knockout rounds followed by the quarter finals, semi-finals and the final which is scheduled near the end of November. If you have any questions about the tournament please contact the organiser: Phil.
The table below outlines the schedule for the plate competition. To ensure that the competition finishes on time it is important that you play your games by the prescribed date for each round (all rounds end on Sundays). If for some reason you will be unable to complete a set of games, please contact the organiser Phil.
| Games | Start Date | End Date | |
| Preliminary Round | 5 | 27th September | 7th October |
| Round 1 | 5 | 5th October | 14th October |
| Round 2 | 5 | 12th October | 21st October |
| Round 3 | 5 | 19th October | 28th October |
| Quarter Finals | 5 | 26th October | 4th November |
| Semi Finals | 5 | 2nd November | 11th November |
| Final | 5 | 9th November | 18th November |
For information on arranging games, take a look at these pages on the main Tantrix tournament web site.
The table below lists the matches for the first round, numbers inside [ ] indicate the round that player exited the main draw. Scores inside brackets () show that the match is incomplete. This round should be completed by the 7th of October. If you aren't able to play your match by then, please contact the organiser as soon as possible.
| Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
Chris Dellaway [3] (Crusty)  |
47.3-52.7 |
 Raymond Hemmecke [2] (Ramon) |
Aras Kutlusan [1] (seaurchin)  |
postman withdraws | Jeffrey Simpson [2] (postman) |
Carl Nielsen [1] (cazz)  |
59.8-40.2*** |  Thierry Berguin [2] (thb99) |
| Rob Hayden [1] (Choddo) |
TIED**** | Sharon Hood [1] (sundance) |
| John Smith [1] (REALSMITH) |
TIED**** |  Susanne Krogull [1] (Kleopetra) |
| Joseph Ruby [1] (JMSC) |
31.8-68.2** |  Janos Puspoki [2] (pusi) |
| Bruno Fillon [1] (Brunojoue) |
82.3-17.7 |  Sam Howard [2] (samdarshi) |
| Tracey Fletcher [1] (trable) |
trable withdraws* | Peter West [1] (nova) |
Oliver Schmid [1] (Morton)  |
47.8-52.2 | Kristina Chilton [2] (Chilly) |
| Delma Wotton [1] (zoom) |
42.8-57.2 | Josh Button [2] (yoshi) |
| Simon Wright [2] (Shunter) |
63.9-36.1 | John Waggott [2] (Ioaid) |
| Bronwyn Venus [2] (Witchypoo) |
45.6-54.4 | Alida Remiens [3] (JustAsk) |
| Zoltan Nedeczky [2] (Zotya) |
28.0-72.0 | Graeme Jolliffe [3] (Thylacine) |
| Jim Tarsi [2] (JimT) |
34.0-66.0 |  Luis Morfin [3] (Abyss) |
| Pamela Wiley [3] (Pamela) |
pamela withdraws | Yan Moulin [3] (YanM) |
| Philippe Durand [3] (phildnarud) |
61.4-38.6***** | Marc Abramson [3] (MarcAB) |
| Marion Scott [3] (mazzer) |
56.7-43.3 | Kathy Upton [3] (Ariel) |
| Franky Heyer [3] (blob) |
59.4-40.6 | Neal Bolton [3] (nealbolton) |
There are 8 entrants from Great Britain, 7 from New Zealand, 6 from France, 5 from Australia, 4 from USA, 2 from Hungary and 1 each from Turkey, Germany, Mexico and Switzerland.
Only two matches have both entrants from the same country.
If there is any more interesting information, please tell me and I will put it on the site.
* Due to time differences trable is forced to withdraw.
** Game score corrected, thanks Janos.
*** Cazz conceded 4 time penalties, 3 in the last game on the way to his win.
**** Due to time differences and other factors, this game could not be played. Both players remain elligible for the next round
***** Deadline not met, only 3 games played before draw had to be made. Seedings based on the games that were played.
For information on arranging games, take a look at these pages on the main Tantrix tournament web site.
The table below lists the matches for the first round, 20 of the 44 entrants have BYES in this round, you start in Round 2. Scores inside brackets () show that the match is incomplete. This round should be completed by the 14th of October. If you aren't able to play your match by then, please contact the organiser as soon as possible.
| Player 1 | Result | Player 2 |
Ben Polman (benopi)  |
57.-42.8 | Aras Kutlusan (seaurchin) |
| Raymond Hemmecke (Ramon) |
Admiral withdraws | Andrew Swan (Admiral) |
| Julia Schwarz (jade) |
33.8-66.2 | Kathy Upton (Ariel) |
| Zoltan Nedeczky (zotya) |
62.2-37.8 | Lutz Gohman (Othello) |
| Neal Bolton (NealBolton) |
40.8-59.2 | Yan Moulin (YanM) |
| Steven Trezise (Steven2) |
47.1-52.9 | Kevin Scott (Cuthbert) |
| Sam Howard (samdarshi) |
Kleopetra defaulted- | Susanne Krogull (Kleopetra) |
| Peter West (nova) |
44.6-55.4 | Bevan Chong (Mighty) |
| Rob Hayden (Choddo) |
Choddo withdraws | Sharon Hood (sundance) |
| Joseph Ruby (JMSC) |
71.4-29.6 | Delma Wotton (zoom) |
| John Smith (REALSMITH) |
REALSMITH defaulted | John Waggott (Ioaid) |
| Thierry Berguin (thb99) |
62.5-37.5 | Jim Tarsi (JimT) |
These games fit onto the main draw page, which will be updated once they are complete. The draw from Round 2 onwards will be available very shortly through the PLATE ROUNDS link at the top of the page.
Those players who did not keep in contact were defaulted.
For information on arranging games, take a look at these pages on the main Tantrix tournament web site.
Please report any problems you find with this web page to Paul.