2005 Classic Olympic Championship

This was an entirely different story. Here we learned that the Brits and the French are opponents to watch out for and that practice online seems to pay off. First time British tournament players such as Richard Ratcliffe surprised the crowd by taking points from a number of internationally recognized players.

The French, already used to tournament games and eager to show their skill to the world did the same. Alexandre Baert and his friend Julien Alexis made good way with a number of players including Barrage World Champion David Bouten. Julien got more Buch points than Alexandre at the end of the tournament getting him enough points for the 3rd prize. The leader of the tournament on day one, Dennis Baas, was one of the few people to beat both of them. Anthony Melbourne who had a draw on day one, but managed to win all his games on the second day could to become the first British player to ever win a tournament.

Medal Positions

Gold = Anthony Melbourne  (GB)

Silver = Dennis Baas  (NL)

Bronze = Julien Alexis  (FR)

 

Full Results: Classic Olympic Championship (2005)

1	Melbourne, Anthony	GB	1883		45	180.5	230.0	100.00
2	Baas, Dennis	NL	1913		38	187.0	239.5	50.00
3-6	Alexis, Julien	FR	1682		33	189.0	257.0	40.00
	Baert, Alexandre	FR	1594		33	175.0	243.0	37.50
	Schulze, Jens	DE	1975		33	174.0	218.5	35.00
	Gerrits, Theo	NL	1833		33	171.5	223.0	32.50
7-8	Eeftink, Roel	NL	1949		32	187.0	247.0	30.00
	Ratcliffe, Richard	GB	1000		32	163.5	223.5	27.50
9	De Vos, Kees	NL	1791		30	166.5	214.5	25.00
10-11	Bouten, David	NL	1874		28	191.0	252.0	22.50
	Winkler, Jurgen	DE	2093		28	160.0	209.5	20.00
12-15	Van der Haar, Eric	NL	1677		23	165.5	205.0	17.50
	Sargeant, Cris	GB	1000		23	162.0	202.5	15.00
	Melbourne, Howard	GB	1000		23	150.0	189.5	12.50
	Ratcliffe, Matthew	GB	1000		23	144.5	193.5	10.00
16	Khandelwal, Ankush	GB	1000		16	85.0	133.0	7.50
17	Ho, Kenneth	GB	1000		15	133.0	171.5	5.00
18-19	Swanton, Phil	GB	1000		11	72.5	108.5	2.50
	Ho, Joey	GB	1000		11	38.0	78.0