CWC Candidates 2020 - Final Standings

NOTE: Post from JannLee NOTE2: Hi :) NOTE3: NOTE2 from FischyVishy Hi everyone, The final standings for CWC Candidates 2020 had been delayed for a period of time in order to work through an approach to account for the 7 unplayed matches below: - Kingswitcher vs ArtOfDeception - Kingswitcher vs Bugzilla - Kingswitcher vs gsvc - Kingswitcher vs mastertan - Kingswitcher vs Mugwort - Kingswitcher vs VariantsOnly - Kingswitcher vs xuanet Throughout the duration of the tournament, it was determined that the opponents of Kingswitcher had made greater efforts to complete these matches. Therefore the 7 opponents will still be entitled to their full allocation of prize money. However, Kingswitcher will be entitled to 4/11 of his prize money allocation. Beyond this, the remaining situation is that 4 players completed all their matches, while 8 players did not. Rather than exclude all of Kingswitcher's results or award 10-0 forfeit results to all, it seemed fairer to attempt an objective and mathematical method of estimation of results based on performance during the CWC Candidates. To be transparent with this approach, the method is available to the public on the CWC Candidates scoreboard in Excel format here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10MPghGlSfbgkWN3McgIKIFlrAedPmFA0B2RC9ftKncA Please refer to the sheet named "Standings with Estimates" for the final standings. A video has also been provided to cover context and walk through the approach here: youtube.com/watch?v=IrsqBLIHLnA The final scores, standings and prize distribution for the CWC Candidates and Final is as follows: - 1st candidate and eventual champion: Jasugi99 on 93.5 points who went on to become champion defeating opperwezen 35-25 in the grand final ($400) - runner up in grand final: opperwezen ($200) - 2nd candidate: chickencrossroad on 66 points ($150) - 3rd candidate: gsvc on 65.5 points ($140) - 4th candidate: Bugzilla on 65 points ($130) - 5th candidate: TheFinnisher on 62.5 points ($125) - 6th candidate: Mugwort on 53.5 points ($120) - 7th candidate: VariantsOnly on 50 points ($115) - 8th candidate: penguingim1 on 49.5 points ($110) - 9th candidate: xuanet on 44.5 points ($105) - 10th candidate: mastertan on 41.5 points ($105) - 11th candidate: Kingswitcher on 35 points (4/11 of $100 = $36.36) - 12th candidate: ArtOfDeception ($100) Prizes will be distributed shortly. Congratulations to all the Candidates for their efforts in what has been a very long tournament during 2020! This officially closes the Crazyhouse World Championship for 2020. Let's get started on 2021. Cheers, Jann