Hi all,

The 17th Cambridge International happened this weekend.  It was the
usual format of 11 rounds Swiss and a best-of-three final and 3/4
playoff.

Here is the ranking of the 19 players after round 11:
 
  1.  17 dpt [869]   BRIGHTWELL Graham (73) {GB}
             [842]   NICOLET Stephane (433)
  3.  16 dpt [822]   LAZARD Emmanuel (11)
  4.  15 dpt [826]   CORDY Alexandre (482)
             [814]   AUZENDE Frederic (3384)
  6.  13 dpt [708]   VIVIANI Alberto (2854) {I}
  7.  12 dpt [850]   KASHIWABARA Takuji (839)
             [843]   MENOZZI Beppi (2857) {I}
             [741]   HUBBARD Geoff (804) {AUS}
             [734]   MARSON Phil (2065) {GB}
             [699]   ROBIN Francois (592)
             [695]   CASTELLANO Giorgio (2858) {I}
             [690]   DE GRAAF Jan C. (4012) {NL}
 14.  11 dpt [748]   SCHERNO Dominique (695)
 15.  10 dpt [746]   DE GREY Aubrey (74) {GB}
             [642]   SUMMERS David (2081) {GB}
 17.   6 dpt [635]   VAN DE ZANDE Josbert (4030) {NL}
 18.   4 dpt [559]   HERBEUVAL Olivier (2756) {B}
 19.   2 dpt [485]   DECUPERE Joost (2774) {B}

3/4 playoff:  I can't remember the scores, Geoff has them
Cordy ??-?? Lazard  (Lazard won)
Lazard ??-?? Cordy  (Lazard lost on time)
Cordy ??-?? Lazard  (Lazard won)

Final:
Nicolet 39-25 Brightwell
Brightwell 34-30 Nicolet
Brightwell 31-33 Nicolet

Congratulations to Stephane, who probably also caught his train home...

Cheers, Aubrey