Adam Latchford

Adam Latchford Well, it's impossible to be overtaken now so congratulations Florence on winning the title! Great work wrestling it from the grip of Fi Thorne, and really great scoring across all the variants to tumble all the way down from 1782.
Massive shout out to Joshua Mccune getting second in one of his first tournaments of apterous, and Ian Wray and Wesley (as of writing) who have also finished off in round 9. 37 needed for Richard Decker to do so and join them. Thanks all for playing - games will still keep loading so everybody can finish and congrats florence again!

Adam Latchford

Adam Latchford Everyone else- you've got til the end of tomorrow to play this round.

Adam Latchford

Adam Latchford Varying levels of success here, Maria used her Rex wildcard to record the highest score, with Florence, Joshua, Richard, Ian and Wesley all managing to check out and finish their ratings this round. Great job everybody

Tourney round: Reach your rating 2026: Round 9 - Beanstalk letters

<< Round 8 - Aegilops | Round 9 - Beanstalk letters >>

Notes from the organizer: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wu6V1WkQjb6BK_Xvy93hsGuEw-I6ccv2Ub9ObH2-ExM/edit?gid=0#gid=0

You have 5 days to complete this game, but the next game will load in just 2 days.

Remember - it's reach your rating - don't pass it!

JUST TO BE CLEAR WITH THIS - your game has to finish with your rating being hit if you are to finish. For example - if you have 75 points left, and you score 75 at round 11, then brick out the remaining rounds with 0 scores. If you score 76 in that game - then you will not have reached your rating and you will start the next game where you finished your last one.

Please note - there are many many people expected to be able to finish. Whoever finishes in the earliest round will win the tournament. But make sure you don't bust afterwards in the same game!

I will be adding games for everyone after this to finish their tournament also - and adding games to those who have finished. If you've already finished in a previous round, you can play or ignore your game, it doesn't matter.

If you wish to not have any more games after tournament over / you've reached your rating, sure let me know and i'll stop the games coming.

Good luck everyone (and Maria who is the only rex!)

Ran from: 17 – 21 May 2026. Format: Beanstalk Letters Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Adam Latchford.

Fixtures: 40. Completed: 40.

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