#In this assignment we are asked to transform the provided data into a data frame with Player's Name, Player's State, Total Number of Points, Player's Pre Rating and Average Pre-Chess Rating of Opponets. 
#First we read the table, and names of columns are assigned accoring to the txt file. Since each line ends with |, the character is used as a delimeter. The first 4 rows of the table are ignored since they do not have any data. 
library(tidyverse)
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chess_fields <-c("Number", "Name", "Points", "R1", "R2", "R3", "R4", "R5", "R6", "R7", "EOL")
tournament <- read.table("./tournamentinfo.txt", 
                         header = FALSE, skip = 4, sep = "|", 
                         fill = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE, 
                         col.names = chess_fields)
#The rows that are used to separate are removed as well as the EOL column since they are not needed for the purposes of this assignment. 
tournament <-subset(tournament, !Name == "", 
                     select = c(Number:R7))
tournament
##     Number                              Name Points    R1    R2    R3
## 1       1   GARY HUA                          6.0   W  39 W  21 W  18
## 2      ON   15445895 / R: 1794   ->1817       N:2   W     B     W    
## 4       2   DAKSHESH DARURI                   6.0   W  63 W  58 L   4
## 5      MI   14598900 / R: 1553   ->1663       N:2   B     W     B    
## 7       3   ADITYA BAJAJ                      6.0   L   8 W  61 W  25
## 8      MI   14959604 / R: 1384   ->1640       N:2   W     B     W    
## 10      4   PATRICK H SCHILLING               5.5   W  23 D  28 W   2
## 11     MI   12616049 / R: 1716   ->1744       N:2   W     B     W    
## 13      5   HANSHI ZUO                        5.5   W  45 W  37 D  12
## 14     MI   14601533 / R: 1655   ->1690       N:2   B     W     B    
## 16      6   HANSEN SONG                       5.0   W  34 D  29 L  11
## 17     OH   15055204 / R: 1686   ->1687       N:3   W     B     W    
## 19      7   GARY DEE SWATHELL                 5.0   W  57 W  46 W  13
## 20     MI   11146376 / R: 1649   ->1673       N:3   W     B     W    
## 22      8   EZEKIEL HOUGHTON                  5.0   W   3 W  32 L  14
## 23     MI   15142253 / R: 1641P17->1657P24    N:3   B     W     B    
## 25      9   STEFANO LEE                       5.0   W  25 L  18 W  59
## 26     ON   14954524 / R: 1411   ->1564       N:2   W     B     W    
## 28     10   ANVIT RAO                         5.0   D  16 L  19 W  55
## 29     MI   14150362 / R: 1365   ->1544       N:3   W     W     B    
## 31     11   CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN          4.5   D  38 W  56 W   6
## 32     MI   12581589 / R: 1712   ->1696       N:3   B     W     B    
## 34     12   KENNETH J TACK                    4.5   W  42 W  33 D   5
## 35     MI   12681257 / R: 1663   ->1670       N:3   W     B     W    
## 37     13   TORRANCE HENRY JR                 4.5   W  36 W  27 L   7
## 38     MI   15082995 / R: 1666   ->1662       N:3   B     W     B    
## 40     14   BRADLEY SHAW                      4.5   W  54 W  44 W   8
## 41     MI   10131499 / R: 1610   ->1618       N:3   W     B     W    
## 43     15   ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON            4.5   D  19 L  16 W  30
## 44     MI   15619130 / R: 1220P13->1416P20    N:3   B     B     W    
## 46     16   MIKE NIKITIN                      4.0   D  10 W  15 H    
## 47     MI   10295068 / R: 1604   ->1613       N:3   B     W          
## 49     17   RONALD GRZEGORCZYK                4.0   W  48 W  41 L  26
## 50     MI   10297702 / R: 1629   ->1610       N:3   W     B     W    
## 52     18   DAVID SUNDEEN                     4.0   W  47 W   9 L   1
## 53     MI   11342094 / R: 1600   ->1600       N:3   B     W     B    
## 55     19   DIPANKAR ROY                      4.0   D  15 W  10 W  52
## 56     MI   14862333 / R: 1564   ->1570       N:3   W     B     W    
## 58     20   JASON ZHENG                       4.0   L  40 W  49 W  23
## 59     MI   14529060 / R: 1595   ->1569       N:4   W     B     W    
## 61     21   DINH DANG BUI                     4.0   W  43 L   1 W  47
## 62     ON   15495066 / R: 1563P22->1562       N:3   B     W     B    
## 64     22   EUGENE L MCCLURE                  4.0   W  64 D  52 L  28
## 65     MI   12405534 / R: 1555   ->1529       N:4   W     B     W    
## 67     23   ALAN BUI                          4.0   L   4 W  43 L  20
## 68     ON   15030142 / R: 1363   ->1371             B     W     B    
## 70     24   MICHAEL R ALDRICH                 4.0   L  28 L  47 W  43
## 71     MI   13469010 / R: 1229   ->1300       N:4   B     W     B    
## 73     25   LOREN SCHWIEBERT                  3.5   L   9 W  53 L   3
## 74     MI   12486656 / R: 1745   ->1681       N:4   B     W     B    
## 76     26   MAX ZHU                           3.5   W  49 W  40 W  17
## 77     ON   15131520 / R: 1579   ->1564       N:4   B     W     B    
## 79     27   GAURAV GIDWANI                    3.5   W  51 L  13 W  46
## 80     MI   14476567 / R: 1552   ->1539       N:4   W     B     W    
## 82     28   SOFIA ADINA STANESCU-BELLU        3.5   W  24 D   4 W  22
## 83     MI   14882954 / R: 1507   ->1513       N:3   W     W     B    
## 85     29   CHIEDOZIE OKORIE                  3.5   W  50 D   6 L  38
## 86     MI   15323285 / R: 1602P6 ->1508P12    N:4   B     W     B    
## 88     30   GEORGE AVERY JONES                3.5   L  52 D  64 L  15
## 89     ON   12577178 / R: 1522   ->1444             W     B     B    
## 91     31   RISHI SHETTY                      3.5   L  58 D  55 W  64
## 92     MI   15131618 / R: 1494   ->1444             B     W     B    
## 94     32   JOSHUA PHILIP MATHEWS             3.5   W  61 L   8 W  44
## 95     ON   14073750 / R: 1441   ->1433       N:4   W     B     W    
## 97     33   JADE GE                           3.5   W  60 L  12 W  50
## 98     MI   14691842 / R: 1449   ->1421             B     W     B    
## 100    34   MICHAEL JEFFERY THOMAS            3.5   L   6 W  60 L  37
## 101    MI   15051807 / R: 1399   ->1400             B     W     B    
## 103    35   JOSHUA DAVID LEE                  3.5   L  46 L  38 W  56
## 104    MI   14601397 / R: 1438   ->1392             W     W     B    
## 106    36   SIDDHARTH JHA                     3.5   L  13 W  57 W  51
## 107    MI   14773163 / R: 1355   ->1367       N:4   W     B     W    
## 109    37   AMIYATOSH PWNANANDAM              3.5   B     L   5 W  34
## 110    MI   15489571 / R:  980P12->1077P17                B     W    
## 112    38   BRIAN LIU                         3.0   D  11 W  35 W  29
## 113    MI   15108523 / R: 1423   ->1439       N:4   W     B     W    
## 115    39   JOEL R HENDON                     3.0   L   1 W  54 W  40
## 116    MI   12923035 / R: 1436P23->1413       N:4   B     W     B    
## 118    40   FOREST ZHANG                      3.0   W  20 L  26 L  39
## 119    MI   14892710 / R: 1348   ->1346             B     B     W    
## 121    41   KYLE WILLIAM MURPHY               3.0   W  59 L  17 W  58
## 122    MI   15761443 / R: 1403P5 ->1341P9           B     W     B    
## 124    42   JARED GE                          3.0   L  12 L  50 L  57
## 125    MI   14462326 / R: 1332   ->1256             B     W     B    
## 127    43   ROBERT GLEN VASEY                 3.0   L  21 L  23 L  24
## 128    MI   14101068 / R: 1283   ->1244             W     B     W    
## 130    44   JUSTIN D SCHILLING                3.0   B     L  14 L  32
## 131    MI   15323504 / R: 1199   ->1199                   W     B    
## 133    45   DEREK YAN                         3.0   L   5 L  51 D  60
## 134    MI   15372807 / R: 1242   ->1191             W     B     W    
## 136    46   JACOB ALEXANDER LAVALLEY          3.0   W  35 L   7 L  27
## 137    MI   15490981 / R:  377P3 ->1076P10          B     W     B    
## 139    47   ERIC WRIGHT                       2.5   L  18 W  24 L  21
## 140    MI   12533115 / R: 1362   ->1341             W     B     W    
## 142    48   DANIEL KHAIN                      2.5   L  17 W  63 H    
## 143    MI   14369165 / R: 1382   ->1335             B     W          
## 145    49   MICHAEL J MARTIN                  2.5   L  26 L  20 D  63
## 146    MI   12531685 / R: 1291P12->1259P17          W     W     B    
## 148    50   SHIVAM JHA                        2.5   L  29 W  42 L  33
## 149    MI   14773178 / R: 1056   ->1111             W     B     W    
## 151    51   TEJAS AYYAGARI                    2.5   L  27 W  45 L  36
## 152    MI   15205474 / R: 1011   ->1097             B     W     B    
## 154    52   ETHAN GUO                         2.5   W  30 D  22 L  19
## 155    MI   14918803 / R:  935   ->1092       N:4   B     W     B    
## 157    53   JOSE C YBARRA                     2.0   H     L  25 H    
## 158    MI   12578849 / R: 1393   ->1359                   B          
## 160    54   LARRY HODGE                       2.0   L  14 L  39 L  61
## 161    MI   12836773 / R: 1270   ->1200             B     B     W    
## 163    55   ALEX KONG                         2.0   L  62 D  31 L  10
## 164    MI   15412571 / R: 1186   ->1163             W     B     W    
## 166    56   MARISA RICCI                      2.0   H     L  11 L  35
## 167    MI   14679887 / R: 1153   ->1140                   B     W    
## 169    57   MICHAEL LU                        2.0   L   7 L  36 W  42
## 170    MI   15113330 / R: 1092   ->1079             B     W     W    
## 172    58   VIRAJ MOHILE                      2.0   W  31 L   2 L  41
## 173    MI   14700365 / R:  917   -> 941             W     B     W    
## 175    59   SEAN M MC CORMICK                 2.0   L  41 B     L   9
## 176    MI   12841036 / R:  853   -> 878             W           B    
## 178    60   JULIA SHEN                        1.5   L  33 L  34 D  45
## 179    MI   14579262 / R:  967   -> 984             W     B     B    
## 181    61   JEZZEL FARKAS                     1.5   L  32 L   3 W  54
## 182    ON   15771592 / R:  955P11-> 979P18          B     W     B    
## 184    62   ASHWIN BALAJI                     1.0   W  55 U     U    
## 185    MI   15219542 / R: 1530   ->1535             B                
## 187    63   THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER              1.0   L   2 L  48 D  49
## 188    MI   15057092 / R: 1175   ->1125             W     B     W    
## 190    64   BEN LI                            1.0   L  22 D  30 L  31
## 191    MI   15006561 / R: 1163   ->1112             B     W     W    
##        R4    R5    R6    R7
## 1   W  14 W   7 D  12 D   4
## 2   B     W     B     W    
## 4   W  17 W  16 W  20 W   7
## 5   W     B     W     B    
## 7   W  21 W  11 W  13 W  12
## 8   B     W     B     W    
## 10  W  26 D   5 W  19 D   1
## 11  B     W     B     B    
## 13  D  13 D   4 W  14 W  17
## 14  W     B     W     B    
## 16  W  35 D  10 W  27 W  21
## 17  B     B     W     B    
## 19  W  11 L   1 W   9 L   2
## 20  B     B     W     W    
## 22  L   9 W  47 W  28 W  19
## 23  W     B     W     W    
## 25  W   8 W  26 L   7 W  20
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## 28  W  31 D   6 W  25 W  18
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## 55  D  28 W  18 L   4 L   8
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## 59  B     W     B     W    
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## 65  B           W     B    
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## 68  W     B     W     B    
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## 71  B     W     W     B    
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## 74  W     B     W     B    
## 76  L   4 L   9 D  32 L  11
## 77  W     B     W     W    
## 79  W  37 D  14 L   6 U    
## 80  B     W     B          
## 82  D  19 L  20 L   8 D  36
## 83  W     B     B     W    
## 85  L  34 W  52 W  48 U    
## 86  W     W     B          
## 88  W  55 L  31 W  61 W  50
## 89  W     W     B     B    
## 91  L  10 W  30 W  50 L  14
## 92  W     B     W     B    
## 94  L  18 W  51 D  26 L  13
## 95  B     W     B     W    
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## 98  W     B     W     B    
## 100 W  29 D  25 L  11 W  52
## 101 B     W     B     W    
## 103 L   6 W  57 D  52 W  48
## 104 W     B     B     W    
## 106 D  33 H     L  16 D  28
## 107 B           W     B    
## 109 L  27 H     L  23 W  61
## 110 W           B     W    
## 112 L  12 H     L  18 L  15
## 113 W           B     B    
## 115 L  16 W  44 L  21 L  24
## 116 W     B     W     W    
## 118 W  59 L  21 W  56 L  22
## 119 W     B     W     W    
## 121 L  20 X     U     U    
## 122 W                      
## 124 D  60 D  61 W  64 W  56
## 125 B     W     W     B    
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## 128 W     B     B     W    
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## 131 B     W     B     W    
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## 134 B     W     B     W    
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## 137 W     B     W     W    
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## 140 B     W     B     W    
## 142 D  52 H     L  29 L  35
## 143 B           W     B    
## 145 D  64 W  58 H     U    
## 146 W     B                
## 148 W  46 H     L  31 L  30
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## 152 W     B     W     W    
## 154 D  48 L  29 D  35 L  34
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## 182 W     B     W     B    
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## 187 L  43 L  45 H     U    
## 188 B     B                
## 190 D  49 L  46 L  42 L  54
## 191 B     W     B     B
library(stringr)
for (i in 1:length(tournament)) {
  tournament[, i] <- str_trim(tournament[, i])
}
#Now each column is trimmed to remove all the extra spaces and single row is created for each player. Also, each player's pre rating and state are taken from underneath their name and put into a separate column. 
for (i in 1:nrow(tournament)) {
  tournament$State[i] <- tournament$Number[i + 1]
  tournament$Player[i] <- str_trim(str_extract
                                   (tournament$Name[i + 1], 
                                               "[[:blank:]]{1}[[:digit:]]{3,4}"))
}
tournament <-subset(tournament, !is.na(Player))
tournament
##     Number                       Name Points    R1    R2    R3    R4    R5
## 1        1                   GARY HUA    6.0 W  39 W  21 W  18 W  14 W   7
## 4        2            DAKSHESH DARURI    6.0 W  63 W  58 L   4 W  17 W  16
## 7        3               ADITYA BAJAJ    6.0 L   8 W  61 W  25 W  21 W  11
## 10       4        PATRICK H SCHILLING    5.5 W  23 D  28 W   2 W  26 D   5
## 13       5                 HANSHI ZUO    5.5 W  45 W  37 D  12 D  13 D   4
## 16       6                HANSEN SONG    5.0 W  34 D  29 L  11 W  35 D  10
## 19       7          GARY DEE SWATHELL    5.0 W  57 W  46 W  13 W  11 L   1
## 22       8           EZEKIEL HOUGHTON    5.0 W   3 W  32 L  14 L   9 W  47
## 25       9                STEFANO LEE    5.0 W  25 L  18 W  59 W   8 W  26
## 28      10                  ANVIT RAO    5.0 D  16 L  19 W  55 W  31 D   6
## 31      11   CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN    4.5 D  38 W  56 W   6 L   7 L   3
## 34      12             KENNETH J TACK    4.5 W  42 W  33 D   5 W  38     H
## 37      13          TORRANCE HENRY JR    4.5 W  36 W  27 L   7 D   5 W  33
## 40      14               BRADLEY SHAW    4.5 W  54 W  44 W   8 L   1 D  27
## 43      15     ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON    4.5 D  19 L  16 W  30 L  22 W  54
## 46      16               MIKE NIKITIN    4.0 D  10 W  15     H W  39 L   2
## 49      17         RONALD GRZEGORCZYK    4.0 W  48 W  41 L  26 L   2 W  23
## 52      18              DAVID SUNDEEN    4.0 W  47 W   9 L   1 W  32 L  19
## 55      19               DIPANKAR ROY    4.0 D  15 W  10 W  52 D  28 W  18
## 58      20                JASON ZHENG    4.0 L  40 W  49 W  23 W  41 W  28
## 61      21              DINH DANG BUI    4.0 W  43 L   1 W  47 L   3 W  40
## 64      22           EUGENE L MCCLURE    4.0 W  64 D  52 L  28 W  15     H
## 67      23                   ALAN BUI    4.0 L   4 W  43 L  20 W  58 L  17
## 70      24          MICHAEL R ALDRICH    4.0 L  28 L  47 W  43 L  25 W  60
## 73      25           LOREN SCHWIEBERT    3.5 L   9 W  53 L   3 W  24 D  34
## 76      26                    MAX ZHU    3.5 W  49 W  40 W  17 L   4 L   9
## 79      27             GAURAV GIDWANI    3.5 W  51 L  13 W  46 W  37 D  14
## 82      28 SOFIA ADINA STANESCU-BELLU    3.5 W  24 D   4 W  22 D  19 L  20
## 85      29           CHIEDOZIE OKORIE    3.5 W  50 D   6 L  38 L  34 W  52
## 88      30         GEORGE AVERY JONES    3.5 L  52 D  64 L  15 W  55 L  31
## 91      31               RISHI SHETTY    3.5 L  58 D  55 W  64 L  10 W  30
## 94      32      JOSHUA PHILIP MATHEWS    3.5 W  61 L   8 W  44 L  18 W  51
## 97      33                    JADE GE    3.5 W  60 L  12 W  50 D  36 L  13
## 100     34     MICHAEL JEFFERY THOMAS    3.5 L   6 W  60 L  37 W  29 D  25
## 103     35           JOSHUA DAVID LEE    3.5 L  46 L  38 W  56 L   6 W  57
## 106     36              SIDDHARTH JHA    3.5 L  13 W  57 W  51 D  33     H
## 109     37       AMIYATOSH PWNANANDAM    3.5     B L   5 W  34 L  27     H
## 112     38                  BRIAN LIU    3.0 D  11 W  35 W  29 L  12     H
## 115     39              JOEL R HENDON    3.0 L   1 W  54 W  40 L  16 W  44
## 118     40               FOREST ZHANG    3.0 W  20 L  26 L  39 W  59 L  21
## 121     41        KYLE WILLIAM MURPHY    3.0 W  59 L  17 W  58 L  20     X
## 124     42                   JARED GE    3.0 L  12 L  50 L  57 D  60 D  61
## 127     43          ROBERT GLEN VASEY    3.0 L  21 L  23 L  24 W  63 W  59
## 130     44         JUSTIN D SCHILLING    3.0     B L  14 L  32 W  53 L  39
## 133     45                  DEREK YAN    3.0 L   5 L  51 D  60 L  56 W  63
## 136     46   JACOB ALEXANDER LAVALLEY    3.0 W  35 L   7 L  27 L  50 W  64
## 139     47                ERIC WRIGHT    2.5 L  18 W  24 L  21 W  61 L   8
## 142     48               DANIEL KHAIN    2.5 L  17 W  63     H D  52     H
## 145     49           MICHAEL J MARTIN    2.5 L  26 L  20 D  63 D  64 W  58
## 148     50                 SHIVAM JHA    2.5 L  29 W  42 L  33 W  46     H
## 151     51             TEJAS AYYAGARI    2.5 L  27 W  45 L  36 W  57 L  32
## 154     52                  ETHAN GUO    2.5 W  30 D  22 L  19 D  48 L  29
## 157     53              JOSE C YBARRA    2.0     H L  25     H L  44     U
## 160     54                LARRY HODGE    2.0 L  14 L  39 L  61     B L  15
## 163     55                  ALEX KONG    2.0 L  62 D  31 L  10 L  30     B
## 166     56               MARISA RICCI    2.0     H L  11 L  35 W  45     H
## 169     57                 MICHAEL LU    2.0 L   7 L  36 W  42 L  51 L  35
## 172     58               VIRAJ MOHILE    2.0 W  31 L   2 L  41 L  23 L  49
## 175     59          SEAN M MC CORMICK    2.0 L  41     B L   9 L  40 L  43
## 178     60                 JULIA SHEN    1.5 L  33 L  34 D  45 D  42 L  24
## 181     61              JEZZEL FARKAS    1.5 L  32 L   3 W  54 L  47 D  42
## 184     62              ASHWIN BALAJI    1.0 W  55     U     U     U     U
## 187     63       THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER    1.0 L   2 L  48 D  49 L  43 L  45
## 190     64                     BEN LI    1.0 L  22 D  30 L  31 D  49 L  46
##        R6    R7 State Player
## 1   D  12 D   4    ON   1794
## 4   W  20 W   7    MI   1553
## 7   W  13 W  12    MI   1384
## 10  W  19 D   1    MI   1716
## 13  W  14 W  17    MI   1655
## 16  W  27 W  21    OH   1686
## 19  W   9 L   2    MI   1649
## 22  W  28 W  19    MI   1641
## 25  L   7 W  20    ON   1411
## 28  W  25 W  18    MI   1365
## 31  W  34 W  26    MI   1712
## 34  D   1 L   3    MI   1663
## 37  L   3 W  32    MI   1666
## 40  L   5 W  31    MI   1610
## 43  W  33 W  38    MI   1220
## 46  W  36     U    MI   1604
## 49  W  22 L   5    MI   1629
## 52  W  38 L  10    MI   1600
## 55  L   4 L   8    MI   1564
## 58  L   2 L   9    MI   1595
## 61  W  39 L   6    ON   1563
## 64  L  17 W  40    MI   1555
## 67  W  37 W  46    ON   1363
## 70  W  44 W  39    MI   1229
## 73  L  10 W  47    MI   1745
## 76  D  32 L  11    ON   1579
## 79  L   6     U    MI   1552
## 82  L   8 D  36    MI   1507
## 85  W  48     U    MI   1602
## 88  W  61 W  50    ON   1522
## 91  W  50 L  14    MI   1494
## 94  D  26 L  13    ON   1441
## 97  L  15 W  51    MI   1449
## 100 L  11 W  52    MI   1399
## 103 D  52 W  48    MI   1438
## 106 L  16 D  28    MI   1355
## 109 L  23 W  61    MI    980
## 112 L  18 L  15    MI   1423
## 115 L  21 L  24    MI   1436
## 118 W  56 L  22    MI   1348
## 121     U     U    MI   1403
## 124 W  64 W  56    MI   1332
## 127 L  46 W  55    MI   1283
## 130 L  24 W  59    MI   1199
## 133 D  55 W  58    MI   1242
## 136 W  43 L  23    MI    377
## 139 D  51 L  25    MI   1362
## 142 L  29 L  35    MI   1382
## 145     H     U    MI   1291
## 148 L  31 L  30    MI   1056
## 151 D  47 L  33    MI   1011
## 154 D  35 L  34    MI    935
## 157 W  57     U    MI   1393
## 160 L  59 W  64    MI   1270
## 163 D  45 L  43    MI   1186
## 166 L  40 L  42    MI   1153
## 169 L  53     B    MI   1092
## 172     B L  45    MI    917
## 175 W  54 L  44    MI    853
## 178     H     U    MI    967
## 181 L  30 L  37    ON    955
## 184     U     U    MI   1530
## 187     H     U    MI   1175
## 190 L  42 L  54    MI   1163
#Each round in which a player played a match is represented by the result of the match, followed by a space and then the opponent’s number. 
for (i in 4:10) {
  tournament[, i] <-str_trim(str_extract(tournament[, i], 
                                          "[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]{1,2}"))
}
#Now the ratings are found by each player faced.
for (i in 1:nrow(tournament)) {
  for(j in 4:10) {
    tournament[i,j] <- tournament[tournament$Number == tournament[i,j],12][1]
    
  }
}
#The Opponents Rating's are calculated by pulling in their pre-ratings and the total number of ratings or the means. Before that the total number of points and pre-ratings are converted into numbers. 
for (i in 4:10) {
  tournament[, i] <- as.numeric(tournament[, i])
}

tournament$Player <- as.numeric(tournament$Player)
tournament$Points <- as.numeric(tournament$Points)
tournament$Opponent <- round(rowMeans(tournament[, c(4:10)], 
                                      na.rm = TRUE), 1)
#The new columns are saved into a new data frame and the data frame is exported as a csv file. Some descriptive statistics are performed for exploratory purposes. 
tournamentData<-write.table(tournament, file = "tournamentData.csv",
            row.names=FALSE, na="",
            col.names=TRUE, sep=",")
tdata<-read.csv("tournamentData.csv", header=TRUE)
tdata
##    Number                       Name Points   R1   R2   R3   R4   R5   R6
## 1       1                   GARY HUA    6.0 1436 1563 1600 1610 1649 1663
## 2       2            DAKSHESH DARURI    6.0 1175  917 1716 1629 1604 1595
## 3       3               ADITYA BAJAJ    6.0 1641  955 1745 1563 1712 1666
## 4       4        PATRICK H SCHILLING    5.5 1363 1507 1553 1579 1655 1564
## 5       5                 HANSHI ZUO    5.5 1242  980 1663 1666 1716 1610
## 6       6                HANSEN SONG    5.0 1399 1602 1712 1438 1365 1552
## 7       7          GARY DEE SWATHELL    5.0 1092  377 1666 1712 1794 1411
## 8       8           EZEKIEL HOUGHTON    5.0 1384 1441 1610 1411 1362 1507
## 9       9                STEFANO LEE    5.0 1745 1600  853 1641 1579 1649
## 10     10                  ANVIT RAO    5.0 1604 1564 1186 1494 1686 1745
## 11     11   CAMERON WILLIAM MC LEMAN    4.5 1423 1153 1686 1649 1384 1399
## 12     12             KENNETH J TACK    4.5 1332 1449 1655 1423   NA 1794
## 13     13          TORRANCE HENRY JR    4.5 1355 1552 1649 1655 1449 1384
## 14     14               BRADLEY SHAW    4.5 1270 1199 1641 1794 1552 1655
## 15     15     ZACHARY JAMES HOUGHTON    4.5 1564 1604 1522 1555 1270 1449
## 16     16               MIKE NIKITIN    4.0 1365 1220   NA 1436 1553 1355
## 17     17         RONALD GRZEGORCZYK    4.0 1382 1403 1579 1553 1363 1555
## 18     18              DAVID SUNDEEN    4.0 1362 1411 1794 1441 1564 1423
## 19     19               DIPANKAR ROY    4.0 1220 1365  935 1507 1600 1716
## 20     20                JASON ZHENG    4.0 1348 1291 1363 1403 1507 1553
## 21     21              DINH DANG BUI    4.0 1283 1794 1362 1384 1348 1436
## 22     22           EUGENE L MCCLURE    4.0 1163  935 1507 1220   NA 1629
## 23     23                   ALAN BUI    4.0 1716 1283 1595  917 1629  980
## 24     24          MICHAEL R ALDRICH    4.0 1507 1362 1283 1745  967 1199
## 25     25           LOREN SCHWIEBERT    3.5 1411 1393 1384 1229 1399 1365
## 26     26                    MAX ZHU    3.5 1291 1348 1629 1716 1411 1441
## 27     27             GAURAV GIDWANI    3.5 1011 1666  377  980 1610 1686
## 28     28 SOFIA ADINA STANESCU-BELLU    3.5 1229 1716 1555 1564 1595 1641
## 29     29           CHIEDOZIE OKORIE    3.5 1056 1686 1423 1399  935 1382
## 30     30         GEORGE AVERY JONES    3.5  935 1163 1220 1186 1494  955
## 31     31               RISHI SHETTY    3.5  917 1186 1163 1365 1522 1056
## 32     32      JOSHUA PHILIP MATHEWS    3.5  955 1641 1199 1600 1011 1579
## 33     33                    JADE GE    3.5  967 1663 1056 1355 1666 1220
## 34     34     MICHAEL JEFFERY THOMAS    3.5 1686  967  980 1602 1745 1712
## 35     35           JOSHUA DAVID LEE    3.5  377 1423 1153 1686 1092  935
## 36     36              SIDDHARTH JHA    3.5 1666 1092 1011 1449   NA 1604
## 37     37       AMIYATOSH PWNANANDAM    3.5   NA 1655 1399 1552   NA 1363
## 38     38                  BRIAN LIU    3.0 1712 1438 1602 1663   NA 1600
## 39     39              JOEL R HENDON    3.0 1794 1270 1348 1604 1199 1563
## 40     40               FOREST ZHANG    3.0 1595 1579 1436  853 1563 1153
## 41     41        KYLE WILLIAM MURPHY    3.0  853 1629  917 1595   NA   NA
## 42     42                   JARED GE    3.0 1663 1056 1092  967  955 1163
## 43     43          ROBERT GLEN VASEY    3.0 1563 1363 1229 1175  853  377
## 44     44         JUSTIN D SCHILLING    3.0   NA 1610 1441 1393 1436 1229
## 45     45                  DEREK YAN    3.0 1655 1011  967 1153 1175 1186
## 46     46   JACOB ALEXANDER LAVALLEY    3.0 1438 1649 1552 1056 1163 1283
## 47     47                ERIC WRIGHT    2.5 1600 1229 1563  955 1641 1011
## 48     48               DANIEL KHAIN    2.5 1629 1175   NA  935   NA 1602
## 49     49           MICHAEL J MARTIN    2.5 1579 1595 1175 1163  917   NA
## 50     50                 SHIVAM JHA    2.5 1602 1332 1449  377   NA 1494
## 51     51             TEJAS AYYAGARI    2.5 1552 1242 1355 1092 1441 1362
## 52     52                  ETHAN GUO    2.5 1522 1555 1564 1382 1602 1438
## 53     53              JOSE C YBARRA    2.0   NA 1745   NA 1199   NA 1092
## 54     54                LARRY HODGE    2.0 1610 1436  955   NA 1220  853
## 55     55                  ALEX KONG    2.0 1530 1494 1365 1522   NA 1242
## 56     56               MARISA RICCI    2.0   NA 1712 1438 1242   NA 1348
## 57     57                 MICHAEL LU    2.0 1649 1355 1332 1011 1438 1393
## 58     58               VIRAJ MOHILE    2.0 1494 1553 1403 1363 1291   NA
## 59     59          SEAN M MC CORMICK    2.0 1403   NA 1411 1348 1283 1270
## 60     60                 JULIA SHEN    1.5 1449 1399 1242 1332 1229   NA
## 61     61              JEZZEL FARKAS    1.5 1441 1384 1270 1362 1332 1522
## 62     62              ASHWIN BALAJI    1.0 1186   NA   NA   NA   NA   NA
## 63     63       THOMAS JOSEPH HOSMER    1.0 1553 1382 1291 1283 1242   NA
## 64     64                     BEN LI    1.0 1555 1522 1494 1291  377 1332
##      R7 State Player Opponent
## 1  1716    ON   1794   1605.3
## 2  1649    MI   1553   1469.3
## 3  1663    MI   1384   1563.6
## 4  1794    MI   1716   1573.6
## 5  1629    MI   1655   1500.9
## 6  1563    OH   1686   1518.7
## 7  1553    MI   1649   1372.1
## 8  1564    MI   1641   1468.4
## 9  1595    ON   1411   1523.1
## 10 1600    MI   1365   1554.1
## 11 1579    MI   1712   1467.6
## 12 1384    MI   1663   1506.2
## 13 1441    MI   1666   1497.9
## 14 1494    MI   1610   1515.0
## 15 1423    MI   1220   1483.9
## 16   NA    MI   1604   1385.8
## 17 1655    MI   1629   1498.6
## 18 1365    MI   1600   1480.0
## 19 1641    MI   1564   1426.3
## 20 1411    MI   1595   1410.9
## 21 1686    ON   1563   1470.4
## 22 1348    MI   1555   1300.3
## 23  377    ON   1363   1213.9
## 24 1436    MI   1229   1357.0
## 25 1362    MI   1745   1363.3
## 26 1712    ON   1579   1506.9
## 27   NA    MI   1552   1221.7
## 28 1355    MI   1507   1522.1
## 29   NA    MI   1602   1313.5
## 30 1056    ON   1522   1144.1
## 31 1610    MI   1494   1259.9
## 32 1666    ON   1441   1378.7
## 33 1011    MI   1449   1276.9
## 34  935    MI   1399   1375.3
## 35 1382    MI   1438   1149.7
## 36 1507    MI   1355   1388.2
## 37  955    MI    980   1384.8
## 38 1220    MI   1423   1539.2
## 39 1229    MI   1436   1429.6
## 40 1555    MI   1348   1390.6
## 41   NA    MI   1403   1248.5
## 42 1153    MI   1332   1149.9
## 43 1186    MI   1283   1106.6
## 44  853    MI   1199   1327.0
## 45  917    MI   1242   1152.0
## 46 1363    MI    377   1357.7
## 47 1745    MI   1362   1392.0
## 48 1438    MI   1382   1355.8
## 49   NA    MI   1291   1285.8
## 50 1522    MI   1056   1296.0
## 51 1449    MI   1011   1356.1
## 52 1399    MI    935   1494.6
## 53   NA    MI   1393   1345.3
## 54 1163    MI   1270   1206.2
## 55 1283    MI   1186   1406.0
## 56 1332    MI   1153   1414.4
## 57   NA    MI   1092   1363.0
## 58 1242    MI    917   1391.0
## 59 1199    MI    853   1319.0
## 60   NA    MI    967   1330.2
## 61  980    ON    955   1327.3
## 62   NA    MI   1530   1186.0
## 63   NA    MI   1175   1350.2
## 64 1270    MI   1163   1263.0
mean(tdata$Player)
## [1] 1378.5
mean(tdata$Opponent)
## [1] 1378.609
#Some data visualization follows where we can see on this scatter plot the positive correlation between Pre rating of the players and Average pre-chess ratings of the opponents. 
plot(tdata$`Player`,tdata$`Opponent`)