Armstrong Cup statistics (2012/13)

EnPassant

The Armstrong Cup is about to begin for next season. Below are some statistics from last season:-

There were 522 games played. Of these, White won 184, Black won 174 and there were 164 draws. White scored 51.9%.

Looking at the games where the rating gap is 350 or less, White won 158, Black won 148 and there were 153 draws. White scored 51.1%.
Black was rated on average 19 points higher than white over the 153 drawn games.
White was rated on average 73 points higher than Black over the 158 white wins.
Black was rated on average 48 points higher than White over the 148 Black wins.

I would have expected the average difference between Black and White to be higher where Black won than where White won. Looking at the drawn games, you could say that having the white pieces is worth 19 rating points but that is reversed looking at the wins.


Below is a table of the ratings on each board:-
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Board 2400+ 2300+ 2200+ 2100+ 2000+ 1900+ 1800+ 1700+ 1600+ 1500+ 1400+ 0+
1 11 11 31 23 28 17 0 11 0 0 0 0
2 0 3 8 41 25 37 7 11 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 3 5 37 36 35 14 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 3 16 18 64 25 3 1 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 9 13 71 26 8 0 1 2
6 0 0 0 0 1 6 50 42 22 2 1 6
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 31 34 14 2 19
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 32 29 6 34

[/HTML]There were only 6 games not played, 3 on board 8 and 1 each on boards 4,5 and 6.

Sparks

This is sortof creating a zombie thread, but it seemed the tidiest place to put this...

From the ICU website (with permission):

2012-13 Armstrong Cup Review

A review, by Paul Cassidy, of the 2012-13 Armstrong Cup (the top Leinster team league) based on rating performances is now available.

Makes for interesting reading, even for us lowly weakies, and if only from the this-is-what-the-local-competitive-scene-looks-like standpoint.