For the first time, we had more than 2,000 entries this month. With an average score of just 44.81, this also turned one of the most difficult sets so far. We therefore say “Chapeau” to everyone who makes the leader-board and, particularly, to our lone winner. Equalling the leading panellist’s score, with 77/80, this month’s winner is:
Radu Mihai (BBO: varza) from Bucharest, Romania
Radu is a math teacher living in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, and he has been the #1 player in the Romanian national classification for many years. He won a bronze medal in the Wuhan Cup (Mixed Teams) at the 2019 World Championships in China. He also finished third in the Mixed Pairs at the European Transnational Championships in Istanbul that same year. Last month, his Romanian team reached the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Cup at the World Championships in Italy.
Also on the May ‘Roll of Honour’:
with a score 76/80:
Ian Thomas Findlay (BBO: finales) from Banff AB, Canada
And, with scores of 75/80
Luwen Koh (BBO: Xreborned) from Singapore
and
Dima Myedvyedyev (BBO: Quarky) from Idaho, USA
Honourable mentions also go all of to those who outscored at least one panellist, so you need a score of 63/80 or more to make this month’s leaderboard:
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Arif Ozer Orhan (misket09) from Turkey | 74 |
| Tom Rainforth (Le Poisson) from Kidlington | 74 |
| Julian Wightwick (juliancb) from Cambridge | 74 |
| Peter Knee (umpire2220) from Canyon Country, CA, USA | 74 |
| Bernódus Kristinsson (icebenni) from Reykjavik Iceland | 74 |
| Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France | 74 |
| Kees Bakker (keesbak) from Utrecht, the Netherlands | 73 |
| Jan Spiess (JanDoko) from Bad Homburg, Germany | 72 |
| Carles Acero (Orzuelo) from Girona, Spain | 71 |
| Pedro Gonsalves Caballer (pgonsalvs) from Valencia Spain | 71 |
| Andreas William Plejdrup Meister (andreasw) from Copenhagen, Denmark | 71 |
| John Stell (johnworf1) from Bury, England | 71 |
| John MacGregor (johnmacg) from Halifax NS, Canada | 71 |
| Dimitris Paraskevas (mploum) from Athens, Greece | 71 |
| Serhat Paksoy (paaksoy2) from Turkey | 70 |
| Chen-Ru Yang (chenru30) from Taiwan | 70 |
| UgurcanSuzer (fulhouse) from Turkey Istanbul | 70 |
| Omer Onem (f2g) from Turkiye | 70 |
| Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 70 |
| Lin Yu Chih (yogiooigoy) from Taiwan | 70 |
| Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) from Nepean ON, Canada | 70 |
| Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Sweden | 70 |
| Marcel Canoy (tramkaart) from Amsterdam, Netherlands | 70 |
| Christina de Leiva (moski1) fromMadrid, Spain | 70 |
| Gabby Kamil (gab7nt) from Buckeye AZ, USA | 69 |
| Henry Jacobson (UggyJ) from Coconut Creek, FL USA | 69 |
| Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia, Santiago, Chile | 69 |
| Sally Levering (Eurekasal) from Venice FL, USA | 68 |
| Frank WU (superrhaze) from Hangzhou, China | 68 |
| Leon Meier (Leon123453) from Christchurch New Zealand | 68 |
| Hakan Kuscu (luficer) from Izmir, Turkey | 68 |
| Hamish Brown (Hamish32) from Auckland New Zealand | 68 |
| Michael Young (mjy127) from Stewartstown | 68 |
| Radu Iacob Oprisoni (oradu) from Gilau | 68 |
| Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from Gaithersburg MD, USA | 68 |
| Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) from Victoria BC, Canada | 68 |
| Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixa, Portugal | 68 |
| Gregory LeBlanc (gnlblnc151) from Charlotte NC, USA | 68 |
| Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria BC, Canada | 68 |
| John C Osher (J5280) from Denver CO, USA | 68 |
| Jacques Humble (brimor_73) from Montrouge | 68 |
| Taavi Toomere (taavi) from Tartu, Estonia | 68 |
| Paul Sontag (pgs58) from Mayne Island BC , Canada | 68 |
| Onno Eskes (Onno) from Leiden, Netherlands | 68 |
| William R. Haskitt (redwineman) from Grasonville | 68 |
| Harald Bletz (Fiann) from Germany | 67 |
| L.C Huang (LCHuang) from Taipei, Taiwan | 67 |
| Ned Paul (Ned Paul) from Twickenham, England | 67 |
| Jim Streisand (strei1) from Wayland, MA, USA | 67 |
| Timothy Liang (Tim_Toucan) | 67 |
| Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) from Livramento, Estoril, Portugal | 67 |
| Jean-Marie Arnaud (jmarnaud51) from Paris, France | 67 |
| Xenophon Makris (fondas) from Greece | 67 |
| Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria | 67 |
| Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney NSW, Australia | 67 |
| Mark Chen (mark_chen) from Herndon VA, USA | 67 |
| Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook IL, USA | 67 |
| Oded Pachtmann (oded) from Kfar Saba, Israel | 66 |
| Mark Micheli (markgameon) from San Francisco, USA | 66 |
| Jean-Marie KREMPP (HotHeart) from Cernay-la-Ville, France | 66 |
| Michel Leduc (Michel Leduc) from Montreal, Canada | 66 |
| Richard Traxler (dickiegera) from Fairlawn OH USA | 66 |
| Carlo Vandenbussche (cmvdb) from Oostkamp | 66 |
| Judith Morissette (juju4) from St Colomban | 66 |
| Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Richmond Hill ONT, Canada | 66 |
| Guoqiang Meng (menggq) from Shanghai,China | 66 |
| Stephen D GOLDSTEIN (sdvdg) from Anaheim CA, USA | 66 |
| Fabio Carugati (kounellis) from Vigevano, Italy | 65 |
| Karel De Raeymaeker (Ewion) from Dublin, Ireland | 65 |
| Itamar Ginossar (itamarg) from Romania | 65 |
| Savin Daniel (daniel sav) from Bucharest, Romania | 65 |
| Les AJZNER (atzto1) from Melbourne Australia | 65 |
| Ioannis Exarchos (Jexa_) from Athens, Greece | 65 |
| David Williams (dave251164) from Llangollen, Wales | 65 |
| Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM, USA | 65 |
| John R Mayne (JRMayne) from Modesto | 65 |
| Zoran Bohacek (zoran) from Zagreb, Croatia | 65 |
| Leo Resk (resker) from Victoria | 65 |
| Ronald W Vickery (rvickery) from Oro Valley | 65 |
| Anne-Marie Quazza (Alexima) from Mansouria Morroco | 64 |
| Lazaros Tselepis (tselo1968) from RODOS-GREECE | 64 |
| Morrie Kleinplatz (amulet1) from Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 64 |
| Roger Floutier (parwich) from Worksop, England | 64 |
| wwww (zxc9072) from China | 64 |
| Anthony Ker (Ant) from Wellington, New Zealand | 64 |
| Bill Neumann (wcneumann) from Columbia, USA | 64 |
| Andrzej Knap (andknap) from Spain | 64 |
| Antonio Kotsev (asc) from Tatarevo, Bulgaria | 64 |
| John Garrison (Jgarris) from Hailey, ID USA | 64 |
| Robert Glowacki (berendei) from Warsaw, Poland | 64 |
| Vanni Nozzoli (Gelindos6) from Rome, Italy | 64 |
| GEORGE WANG (ggnaw) from El Monte | 64 |
| Rosaleen Glasheen (Remlagh) from Waterford, Ireland | 64 |
| Adrian Pang (MP7601) from Hong Kong, China | 64 |
| Andrzej Stankiewicz (south66) from Gdansk, Poland | 64 |
| Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest, Hungary | 64 |
| Wilson Xu (Wei J) from China | 63 |
| Judith Hyde (judyquake) from Northampton, England | 63 |
| Christophe Carde (ccarde) from Meudon | 63 |
| Atilla Aday (glint) from Ankara, Turkey | 63 |
| Michael Beyer (Olafbey) from Stirling, Scotland | 63 |
| Petter Haugum (Psm1) from Trondheim, Norway | 63 |
| Christer Glimsjö (Stenstaplarn) from Ljungby | 63 |
| Charles milne (pooch4) from Vancouver, Canada | 63 |
| david saltsman (147) from Montreal, Canada | 63 |
| Larry Giltman, M. D. (lig1) from Estero | 63 |
| Michael Berkowitz (berkmb5) from SLC | 63 |
| Andreas Pournaras (a n d) from Athens, Greece | 63 |
| Kepecs G√°bor (gabor51954) from Budapest, Hungary | 63 |
| Jim Norton (jimnorton) from Charlotte USA | 63 |
| Peter Hutchings (peter10024) from New York NY, USA | 63 |
| Wanfeng Mou (wmou) from Sugar Land TX, USA | 63 |
| Nolan Derby (noba7) from Vancouver, Canada | 63 |
| Paul D Amer (Pamer) from Moultonborough | 63 |
| Shahar Zack (shaharz) from Kiryat Motzkin, Israel | 63 |
You need a running total of 270 to make the annual competition leader-board with five months played, which means that about 70 players make the list.
With his third-place finish this month, the 2021 winner, Luwen Koh from Singapore, climbs into a tie at the top with Australia’s Alexander Cook. Last month’s guest panelist, Francois Duffour from Paris, is just two points behind in third, whilst Canada’s Ian Findlay’s second-place finish this month puts him in fourth spot in the rankings. Alexander’s 67 this month was his first score this year below 70/80, meaning that everyone now has at least one score below 70, but hat’s off to the top four, all of whom are still averaging 70 or more. A special mention to Douglas, who is alone in making the leader-board despite missing a month and thus having only four counting scores.
Remember that if you miss a month, that is one more poor score that you will not be able to discard, so be sure to put an entry in every month.
| Luwen Koh (Xreborned) from Singapore | 360 |
| Alexander Cook (spade7) from Sydney NSW, Australia | 360 |
| Francois Duffour (toutmo) from Paris, France | 358 |
| Ian T Findlay (findles) from Banff AB, Canada | 350 |
| David Williams (dave251164) from Llangollen, Wales | 345 |
| Venkatesh Ramaratnam (rv) from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India | 345 |
| Hanoi A Rondon (hanoi5) from Providencia, Santiago, Chile | 341 |
| Milko Slavov (milko_sl) from Varna, Bulgaria | 337 |
| Daniel Klein (drdnmnk) from Victoria BC, Canada | 334 |
| Manuel Oliveira (m oliveira) from Livramento, Estoril, Portugal | 332 |
| Claude Candillier (capri13) from Peyrolles en Provence, France | 328 |
| Babs Giesbrecht (bABsG) from Qualicum Beach BC, Canada | 327 |
| Va Ena (fachiru) from Taos NM, USA | 322 |
| Dan Gheorghiu (DanG4503) from Victoria BC, Canada | 320 |
| Paul Dubois (pottsca) from El Cajon CA, USA | 320 |
| Capri Bucci (atp13) from Rome, Italy | 319 |
| Jarek Langer (jarek444) from Austin TX, USA | 318 |
| Josh Sinnett (oshoj) from Bellingham WA, USA | 318 |
| Stephen Merriman (smerriman) from Auckland, New Zealand | 318 |
| Patrick Shields (patr1cks) from Cheltenham, England | 317 |
| Shahar Zack (shaharz) from Kiryat Motzkin, Israel | 316 |
| Rasmus Maide (dst463) from Espoo, Finland | 312 |
| Yongjun Lu (ottawa2008) from Nepean ON, Canada | 311 |
| Clay Cuthbertson (Clayc) from Quincy IL, USA | 310 |
| Tobias Bern (xtober) from Sweden | 310 |
| Brad Theurer (batmanbrad) from Gaithersburg MD, USA | 308 |
| Peter Law (petelaw) from Broadstairs, Kent, England | 308 |
| Adam Magyar (Sundiszno) from Budapest, Hungary | 308 |
| Stephen Kwan (sk1958) from Richmond Hill ONT, Canada | 307 |
| Athanasiadis Alex (alati) from Thessaloniki, Greece | 304 |
| Juliano Barbosa (JBarbosa) from Seixa, Portugal | 304 |
| Gregory LeBlanc (gnlblnc151) from Charlotte NC, USA | 303 |
| Andreas Persson (Rosengatan) from Mukksja, Sweden | 303 |
| Jean-Marie Arnaud (jmarnaud51) from Paris, France | 301 |
| Michael van Gulik (Bananatree) from Belleville, Canada | 300 |
| Alex Green (Galexy) from Sydney NSW, Australia | 299 |
| Ioannis Exarchos (Jexa_) from Athens, Greece | 297 |
| Moeen Mahmood (mmahmood) from London, England | 296 |
| Rishabh Singh (rishabh) from San Jose CA, USA | 295 |
| Bonny Waworuntu (Polcep) from Jakarta, Indonesia | 294 |
| Daniel Thouvignon (danielth) from Chiang Mai, Thailand | 293 |
| Enhao Du (diandian23) from Newbury Park CA, USA | 291 |
| John C Osher (J5280) from Denver CO, USA | 291 |
| Jim Ritts (rtscracker) from Knoxville TN, USA | 289 |
| borislav dobroykov (b_dobroyko) from Drogheda, Ireland | 288 |
| Gianni Hsieh (wakanari) from Sammamish WA, USA | 288 |
| Dave Bugay (hikerdave1) from Parker, USA | 287 |
| Orjan Tornblom (unperfect) from Karlstad, Sweden | 287 |
| David Johnson (davidmj) from Calgary AB, Canada | 285 |
| Charles Nudelman (soxguy) from Northbrook IL, USA | 285 |
| Mani Gupta (Manig) from USA | 282 |
| Benjamin Bomber (soccertoo) from Portland OR, USA | 281 |
| Michael Camp (therudy) from Fort Lee | 280 |
| Matthew Rewinski (mrew) from Hampton Bays NY, USA | 279 |
| Douglas Schmickrath (P0STM0RTEM) from Los Altos Hills, USA | 279 |
| Dima Myedvyedyev (Quarky) from Idaho, USA | 279 |
| Andy Hsiao (andyhsiao) from Marvin NC, USA | 278 |
| Frank Wharton (AcolF1551) from London, England | 277 |
| James Sampson (jtsamp1) from Lake Worth TX, USA | 277 |
| Robert Goldbloom (DrG81) from Hastings-on-Hudson NY, USA | 276 |
| Raj Agarwal (badesh) from Cambridge MA, USA | 275 |
| Thanassis Akylas (aakylas) from Greece | 273 |
| Gjivo Tikvica (KhazadDoom) from Dubrovnik, Croatia | 273 |
| Evgenii Kupriianov (neglinka) from Madrid, Spain | 273 |
| Pär Ol-Mårs (olmar) from Sweden | 272 |
| Xiaoqi Zhou (xiaoqi1221) from Murphy | 271 |
| Bruce Ballard (2milo) from Katikati, New Zealand | 270 |
| C Billiet (cbilliet) from Netherlands | 270 |
| Kresten Sandager Kristensen (kesse) from Copenhagen, Denmark | 270 |
| Karen Barrett (karenbbarr) from Norwalk CT, USA | 270 |
| Peter Hudson (p_t_red) from Coppell TX, USA | 270 |
| Tomek Modrzejewski (tommodrzej) from Poland | 270 |
