Group winners first stage of Ficgs WCH

  

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A. T. S. Broekhuizen    (2024-09-10)
Group winners first stage of Ficgs WCH

For group 1 t/m 5 it is already clear as crystal who's going to win and for the last groups as well, but those are shared group wins. Sadly many players prolong their game. And for group 6 and 7 I can understand, since the rules are such that in case of a tie the group win goes to the highest TER and after that to the highest rating holder.
But wouldn't it be best to just start a second round ASAP with two groups of five players? Or will it really come down to TER's and most recent ratings?

I included an oversight of the group winners:

Group 1
Kireev, Sergey

Group 2
Hallqvist, Niklas

Group 3
Knittel, Martin

Group 4
Swiatek, Janusz

Group 5
LaDuke, Matt

Group 6
Gounant, Stanislas
Pech, Stepan

Group 7
DeBonis, Patrick
Broekhuizen, A. T. S.
Ward, David