Again, possibly a group up for grabs depending on perpective, but i ended up with Jamie and Neal for my vote

Voted Jodie here. Although she and Jamie / Neal would be 2 of my top end contenders to take the actual award, so a shame from my POV that they are both in the same group. Not sure that description does her justice for those who don't normally follow the women's scene, as it looks pretty modest for someone already with a W25 title and a couple more finals to her name, but she came through quals of a strong event, not even as a top 8 Q seed, beat 2 younger 140-155 players in the main draw, one very promising (in a 3 hr epic), en route to the SF before losing to the well known Kanepi.

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Voted Jodie here. Although she and Jamie / Neal would be 2 of my top end contenders to take the actual award, so a shame from my POV that they are both in the same group. Not sure that description does her justice for those who don't normally follow the women's scene, as it looks pretty modest for someone already with a W25 title and a couple more finals to her name, but she came through quals of a strong event, not even as a top 8 Q seed, beat 2 younger 140-155 players in the main draw, one very promising (in a 3 hr epic), en route to the SF before losing to the well known Kanepi.

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 thanks for adding some detail, and anyone please feel free to add on any of the players as I was just giving thumbnail overviews!

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You do a fantastic job with this, and there's like 15/16 players this month, so you can't expect full breakdowns, and your description of Jodie isn't actually incorrect , but I think the Cherbourg W25 was a great performance for her, and that 3 hr Wang Xinyu wins looks even better after Xinyu's performances in Reims the following week.

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Ace Ventura wrote:

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Voted Jodie here. Although she and Jamie / Neal would be 2 of my top end contenders to take the actual award, so a shame from my POV that they are both in the same group. Not sure that description does her justice for those who don't normally follow the women's scene, as it looks pretty modest for someone already with a W25 title and a couple more finals to her name, but she came through quals of a strong event, not even as a top 8 Q seed, beat 2 younger 140-155 players in the main draw, one very promising (in a 3 hr epic), en route to the SF before losing to the well known Kanepi.

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 thanks for adding some detail, and anyone please feel free to add on any of the players as I was just giving thumbnail overviews!

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You do a fantastic job with this, and there's like 15/16 players this month, so you can't expect full breakdowns, and your description of Jodie isn't actually incorrect , but I think the Cherbourg W25 was a great performance for her, and that 3 hr Wang Xinyu wins looks even better after Xinyu's performances in Reims the following week.

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 Thanks AV, but seriously anymore detail people want to add welcomed. I think it helps see what someone has achieved beyond the numbers and particularly for players where I've not followed the detail, it's a welcome addition!

Jodie and Jamie and neal are tied here,anyones to win.

Went for Anton, feel that he played above his predicted level whereas Jodie is slumming it in 25ks and Jamie and Neal did well but not by their standards. See I'm in the minority here though.