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Nov. 13 , 2001 Project GIPF weekend As announced yet: this year GIPF celebrates its 5th anniversary. And if GIPF exists 5 years, then the Project exists 5 years,too! 2000 has been difficult and the beginning of 2001 looked bad - really bad. We came close to putting down the books, but, yet again a number of months later, Don & Co still exists. And meanwhile DVONN exists! And even GIPF Set 2 exists! That calls for a party! A game party! Ooh yes, a Project GIPF game party! One of the main reasons - if not THE main reason - why we succeeded in keeping Project GIPF alive is the support we have had from a number of people. In the beginning it was just a handful, but meanwhile it has become a group, a community that covers all the continents. It remains a small community, but it is growing. I wish the world would be a *real* global village, so that it would be easy to invite everybody to attend the Project GIPF weekend. For the time being the global village remains virtual. Maybe next year. Awaiting the solution for that practical problem, I hope that many of the players who like abstract games for 2 players and who sympathize with Project GIPF - and don't live too far from Antwerp - will find a way (time, energy, means, etc.) to come over. As you must know by now: the Project GIPF weekend takes place on November 24 and 25. For the occasion Don & Co hired a Youth Hostel about 25 km from Antwerp. We want to make the party as cheap as possible for everybody, so we offer free accomodation and there will be no entry fees for the tournaments. If you cannot come for the complete weekend, then just pop in whenever you want. We have planned a number of tournaments, but you can just pop in to say hello or to play the games of the Project without playing in a competition. Only one request: if you think that, at a certain moment, you'll need *food*, then you must order it in advance! If not, you'll have to play with an empty stomach. Read all the details about the Project GIPF weekend in the Agenda. "Le Maître" wins Open Dutch Championship GIPF Patrick "Maître" Van de Perre (B) worked himself slowly upwards. With careful and consistent play he settled himself in the top 10 of the rankings (currently in 7th place), but without *brio* because he remained the highest ranked player who hadn't won a ranking tournament yet. He was collecting second and third places and always came just a bit short for a victory. In Eindhoven he put things straight: 5 wins in a row during the first Open Dutch Championship. Maybe he was a little too stressed during the previous confrontations, but this time (the first time that the games were played with 30 minutes per player) he found a way to deal with his nerves. He won his last match against Ad Rovers (NL) in a true final. Ad was the second player who was unbeaten after 4 rounds, which illustrates well that the *Dutchers*, in particular the EGO-members, are catching up with the Belgians. In the final standings Ad shared the second place with Werner Dupont (B) and Kurt Vandenbranden (B). Also a special compliment for Felix Vermeulen's (B) great result. He was the only junior (11 years) amongst the seniors, but that couldn't stop him from winning 3 games. Note: now that Patrick Van de Perre has won his first trophy, Jix Demerco is the highest ranked player without a win... Jix, do you copy? Place Name Rtg Pts M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 Van de Perre, Patrick B 1723 5 8.0 14.0 15.0 2-4 Rovers, Ad NL 1559 4 10.0 15.0 14.0 Van den Branden, Kurt B 1730 4 8.0 14.0 12.0 Dupont, Werner B 1749 4 7.0 14.0 12.0 5-9 Pauw, Brian NL 3 10.0 16.0 12.0 Sieuw, Olivier B 3 8.0 14.0 10.0 Pauwels, Rita B 1578 3 6.0 11.0 8.0 Wentzler, Angelo NL 1519 3 6.0 11.0 8.0 Vermeulen, Felix B 1464 3 6.0 9.0 7.0 10-17 Graafstra, Jelmer NL 1456 2 10.0 17.0 7.0 Torfs, Frank B 1375 2 10.0 16.0 7.0 Van Aelst, Frédéric B 1350 2 8.0 14.0 7.0 Dielen, Luc B 1443 2 8.0 13.0 7.0 De Laet, André B 1526 2 8.0 13.0 6.0 Kok, Fred NL 1493 2 7.0 13.0 6.0 Walvisch, Demian B 1483 2 6.0 9.0 4.0 Stulemeijer, Wynke NL 1267 2 5.0 8.0 3.0 18-19 Ammerlaan, Boris NL 1205 1 6.0 10.0 2.0 Notredame, John B 1 5.0 7.0 3.0 20 Nuyttens, Christof B 1289 0 7.0 12.0 0.0 2001 is Kurt Van den Branden's year Kurt Van den Branden was the strongest and most regular player of 2001. He snatched the title just 1 point in front of Werner Dupont and Patrick Van de Perre. A representative top 3, because each of them won a heat of the GRC with 5 wins out of 5 games. More over, they were the 3 highest ranked players that participated and that is a fine constatation, because it means that the Elo-ratings are becoming more and more reliable. 11 players played 3 or 4 heats (marked with an "x" in the table below). In total 35 players signed up for one of the GRC tournaments. Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 3 Best 1. Van den Branden Kurt 5 3 4 4 16 13 x
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