2004 TEAM CHALLENGE - HUNGARY A v REST of the WORLD - Sun 26 Sep 2004
A 'friendly' challenge match (not Elo-rated) between the 2004 World Team Champions and some of the top players from other countries' WTTC teams.
As in 2003, the pre-match average Elos are almost identical, but nearly 20 points higher than last year: 1933.6 for Hungary A & 1935.6 for the Rest of the World team.
Key: W = games won, TP = total TP score, Tiles = tile scores, T1/T2 = times taken in whole minutes rounded down - lose 1 TP per whole minute over 14; C = colour used
TOTALS for the WHOLE MATCH and for EACH ROUND
Round T1 Nat. Team 1 Nat W TPs Tiles TPs W Nat Team 2 Nat. T2 Total playing time
TOTAL 225 HUN A HUNGARY A
5 (185.6) 459 - 515 (314.4) 19
REST of the WORLD RoW 246 Total playing time = 7 h 51 m 
ROUND 1 43 HUN A HUNGARY A
0 (28.0) 72 - 90 (72.0) 5
REST of the WORLD RoW 57 Total playing time = 1 h 40 m 
ROUND 2 50 HUN A HUNGARY A 1 (36.5) 94 - 108 (63.5) 4 REST of the WORLD RoW 37 Total playing time = 1 h 27 m 
ROUND 3 47 HUN A HUNGARY A 0 (31.5) 74 - 91 (68.5) 4 REST of the WORLD RoW 54 Total playing time = 1 h 41 m 
ROUND 4 47 HUN A HUNGARY A 2 (46.6) 123 - 118 (53.4) 3 REST of the WORLD RoW 47 Total playing time = 1 h 34 m 
ROUND 5 38 HUN A HUNGARY A 2 (43.0) 96 - 108 (57.0) 3 REST of the WORLD RoW 51 Total playing time = 1 h 29 m 
TOTALS for EACH PLAYER
No. in Order T1 Nickname HUN A Player Nat W TPs Tiles TPs W Nat RoW Player Nickname T2 Elo ratings
No. 1 54 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM)
1 (42.8) 89   100 (56.4) 3
Matt Peek (TGM) Pekko 46  Péter's Elo : 1961             Matt's Elo : 2021
No. 2 46 Zormac Zoltán Németh (ITM) 2 (44.5) 102   98 (60.0) 4 Neil Jenner Typo 39 Zoltán's Elo : 1941             Neil's Elo : 1951
No. 3 33 TommG Tamás Gombkötő 2 (47.7) 98   84 (62.6) 4 James Else ta56636 49  Tamás' Elo : 1943           James' Elo : 1936
No. 4 43 Sirpi László Szobonya 0 (26.0) 89   113 (60.0) 3 Ben Polman (ITM) benopi 47 László's Elo : 1916             Ben's Elo : 1904
No. 5 49 pusi János Püspöki (ITM) 0 (24.6) 81   120 (75.4) 5 James Preen bluedog 65  János'  Elo : 1907           James' Elo : 1866
INDIVIDUAL GAME RESULTS, round by round (with suggested colours based on WTC prefs)
Round T1 Nickname Player 1 Nat C TPs Tile score TPs C Nat Player 2 Nickname T2 Review game
ROUND 1 12 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM)
R (06.1) 13 - 15 (13.9) Y
Neil Jenner Typo 11 TM!pepe-13-typo-15-2004-09-26-1806
ROUND 1 8 Zormac Zoltán Németh (ITM) G (05.7) 17 - 20 (14.3) R James Else ta56636 12 TM!Zormac-17-ta56636-20-2004-09-26-1808
ROUND 1 2 TommG Tamás Gombkötő G (05.3) 12 - 16 (14.7) B Ben Polman (ITM) benopi 9 TM!TommG-12-benopi-16-2004-09-26-1802
ROUND 1 10 Sirpi László Szobonya R (06.7) 18 - 19 (13.3) B James Preen bluedog 11 TM!SiRPi-18-bluedog-19-2004-09-26-1801
ROUND 1 11 pusi János Püspöki (ITM) R (04.2) 12 - 20 (15.8) Y Matt Peek (TGM) Pekko 14 TM!Pekko-20-pusi-12-2004-09-26-1825
ROUND 2 13 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM)
Y (06.7) 14 - 15 (13.3) R
James Else ta56636 9 M!ta56636-15-pepe-14-2004-09-26-1833
ROUND 2 9 Zormac Zoltán Németh (ITM) R (16.2) 32 - 22 (03.8) B Ben Polman (ITM) benopi 7 TM!benopi-22-Zormac-32-2004-09-26-1833
ROUND 2 11 TommG Tamás Gombkötő G (03.0) 11 - 25 (17.0) B James Preen bluedog 12 TM!TommG-11-bluedog-25-2004-09-26-1832
ROUND 2 7 Sirpi László Szobonya R (04.5) 17 - 24 (15.5) Y Matt Peek (TGM) Pekko 5 TM!Pekko-24-SiRPi-17-2004-09-26-1833
ROUND 2 10 pusi János Püspöki (ITM) R (06.1) 20 - 22 (13.9) Y Neil Jenner Typo 4 TM!typo-22-pusi-20-2004-09-26-1839
ROUND 3 12 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM)
R (10.0) 14 - 14 (10.0) B
Ben Polman (ITM) benopi 14 M!pepe-14-benopi-14-2004-09-26-1905
ROUND 3 11 Zormac Zoltán Németh (ITM) R (04.2) 18 - 26 (15.8) B James Preen bluedog 14 TM!bluedog-26-Zormac-18-2004-09-26-1901
ROUND 3 10 TommG Tamás Gombkötő G (06.7) 15 - 16 (13.3) Y Matt Peek (TGM) Pekko 9 TM!TommG-15-Pekko-16-2004-09-26-1900
ROUND 3 5 Sirpi László Szobonya R (05.3) 15 - 19 (14.7) Y Neil Jenner Typo 6 TM!typo-19-SiRPi-15-2004-09-26-1900
ROUND 3 9 pusi János Püspöki (ITM) G (05.3) 12 - 16 (14.7) R James Else ta56636 11 TM!pusi-12-ta56636-16-2004-09-26-1902
ROUND 4 7 pepe Péter Petrecz (ITM)