Tener problemas para combinar HAVING con WHERE en una CONSULTA muy simple

No tengo antecedentes en PostgreSQL, pero veamos si esto funciona:

Comenzaría esto simplificándolo, escribiendo una consulta que primero devuelva el puntaje total por jugador:

SELECT player_id, SUM(score) score
FROM (
  SELECT first_player as player_id, first_score as score
  FROM matches
  UNION ALL
  SELECT second_player, second_score
  FROM matches
)
GROUP BY player_id

Ahora, une ese conjunto de datos a los jugadores para encontrar los grupos:

SELECT w.player_id, p.group_id, w.score
FROM
(
  SELECT player_id, SUM(score) score
  FROM (
    SELECT first_player as player_id, first_score as score
    FROM matches
    UNION ALL
    SELECT second_player, second_score
    FROM matches
  )
  GROUP BY player_id
) as w
inner join players p
on p.player_id = w.player_id

Ahora tenemos todos los jugadores, su puntuación total y su grupo. ¿Queremos identificar al ganador por grupo? Podemos usar ranking funciones para hacer esto:

SELECT 
w.player_id, 
p.group_id, 
w.score, 
RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY p.group_id ORDER BY score DESC) as group_placement
FROM
(
  SELECT player_id, SUM(score) score
  FROM (
    SELECT first_player as player_id, first_score as score
    FROM matches
    UNION ALL
    SELECT second_player, second_score
    FROM matches
  )
  GROUP BY player_id
) as w
inner join players p
on p.player_id = w.player_id

Ahora seleccionamos los primeros en cada grupo (rango =1) usando WHERE

  SELECT 
  player_id, 
  group_id
  FROM
  (
      SELECT 
      w.player_id, 
      p.group_id, 
      w.score, 
      RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY p.group_id ORDER BY score DESC) as group_placement
      FROM
      (
        SELECT player_id, SUM(score) score
        FROM (
          SELECT first_player as player_id, first_score as score
          FROM matches
          UNION ALL
          SELECT second_player, second_score
          FROM matches
        )
        GROUP BY player_id
      ) as w
      inner join players p
      on p.player_id = w.player_id
    ) as gp
    WHERE group_placement = 1

¿Parece complicado? sí, pero puede ver que el resultado final se proporciona poco a poco. Cada paso de esto es una 'subtabla' y puede ejecutar y observar los datos en cada punto.