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In a very tight contest, Kevin McGrath and Martin Short tied for first place withscores of 760. There were 4 scores of 750 and 6 scores of 740 right behindthem. Kevin and Martin win a one-year subscription to GammOnLine, and theywill be invited to join our expert panel next month.

Below is a list of the scores of the panelists and readers, andthe cumulative votes of the readers for each problem.

PanelistsSteve Clark                                800Snowie                                     780Casper van der Tak                         780Chris Yep                                  760Nigel Alsop                                750John Bakovic                               740Kit Woolsey                                700Marty Storer                               690Rob Maier                                  680Bob Stringer                               680Rob Adams                                  650George Klitsas                             640Chuck Bower                                620ReadersKevin McGrath                       760 Martin Short                               760 Nigel Alsop                                750 Don Heggen                                 750 Peter Bennet                               750 Mads Madsen                                750 PW Jackson                                 740 Serge Rived                                740 John Bakovic                               740 Achim Mueller                              740 ARAdams                                    740 Jack Carter                                740 Sven-Olav Noren                            730 Robert Anderegg                            710 Hannu Lyyjynen                             700 TarHeelFan                                 690 Neil Roseman                               680 Walter Hamm                                680 Steve Baedke                               680 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       670 Alan Alsop                                 670 Michael Kittel                             660 Dorn Bishop                                660 Eleni Chambers                             660 Rob Adams                                  650 Ron Dumont                                 650 Mary_Lee Pinkney                           650 Edward Hoskins                             650 John Bird                                  650 Vincent Mounts                             650 rkg                                        640 Eliot Katz                                 640 Ian Shaw                                   640 Gregg Cattanach                            630 Wee-Tiong Quah                             630 Mark Driver                                630 Louis-Juan Tillet                          620 Bud McCullen                               620 Kari Hotakainen                            620 Dennis Culpepper                           620 Anders Sorensen                            610 Greg Cottle                                610 David Wetzell                              610 PeterO                                     600 Ian Todd                                   600 Alfred Mamlet                              600 Doug Roberts                               600 Olivier Baur                               590 Ed Maslansky                               590 JP White                                   590 Steve                                      590 Adrian Jones                               590 mjr                                        580 William Bitting                            580 David Berry                                570 nelson_huey                                570 Bill Papa                                  570 Steve Tapper                               560 Charles Chambers                           560 Jeffrey Beaty                              560 Fotis Koutsofoteinos                       560 Richard Willis                             550 Martin Krainer                             550 Stuart Mann                                550 Robin Swaffield                            550 Jim Allen                                  540 Thomas Bovenzi                             540 Charles Koval                              540 Julie Vosika                               500 Wayne Felton                               500 Shane Williamson                           490 Jon Larsson                                460 

We have a new leader. Alan Alsop faltered, and Achim Mueller too overfirst place. There are several readers on their heels, and it looks likethis race could go to the wire.

Cumulative scores over 7 monthsAchim Mueller                              5100 Alan Alsop                                 5060 John Bakovic                               4990 Nigel Alsop                                4940 Kevin McGrath                              4880 Serge Rived                                4840 Hannu Lyyjynen                             4700 TarHeelFan                                 4670 mjr                                        4660 Wolfgang Goetschmann                       4650 Stuart Mann                                4650 Doug Roberts                               4620 Peter Bennet                               4580 Ed Maslansky                               4500 PW Jackson                                 4490 Mads Madsen                                4480 Rob Adams                                  4460 David Wetzell                              4460 Jim Allen                                  4450 Gregg Cattanach                            4400 Eliot Katz                                 4400 Mark Driver                                4300 PeterO                                     4240 rkg                                        4240 Edward Hoskins                             4190 Bill Papa                                  4170 nelson_huey                                4140 Fotis Koutsofoteinos                       4130 Robin Swaffield                            4120 Ian Todd                                   4060 Charles Chambers                           3840 Tally of reader's votes on each problemproblem 1 13/9, 13/7               40 14/8, 7/3                17 14/10, 13/7              12 8/2*, 7/3                3 9/3, 8/4*                1 21/15, 7/3               0 9/5, 9/3                 0 problem 2 13/8                     38 13/9, 10/9               20 24/23, 6/2               5 8/7, 8/4                 4 24/23, 13/9              2 6/1*                     2 24/23, 10/6              2 problem 3 13/7, 8/7                23 8/1*                     17 22/21, 10/4              16 22/15                    13 24/23, 10/4              2 22/16, 10/9              2 24/23, 22/16             0 problem 4 23/18, 6/5*              45 8/3, 6/5*                11 6/5*, 6/1*               10 24/23, 8/3               4 24/23, 6/1*              3 problem 5 B/21, 7/3*, 6/2(2)*      26 B/21, 7/3(2)*, 6/2*      23 B/21, 13/9(2), 6/2*      9 B/21, 13/5*, 5/1*        9 B/21, 13/9, 6/2(2)*      3 B/21, 13/5*, 6/2*        2 B/21, 13/9(3)            1 B/21, 13/9, 7/3(2)*      0 problem 6 22/16, 6/4               26 22/14                    24 13/5*                    20 21/13                    3 problem 7 6/3*, 3/1*               26 13/8                     19 13/11, 6/3*              13 13/11, 13/10             9 11/8, 6/4                3 11/9, 6/3*               3 problem 8 13/9*, 6/4(2)            32 13/9*, 5/3(2)*           22 6/4(2), 5/3(2)*          12 13/9(2)*                 7 

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