Box Scores

by Matt Shields



 

Whew! It's been a busy month in the world of international Diplomacy. But before we move on to more recent events, I hope everyone will take a look at the reviews of the Twelfth World Diplomacy Championships in Australia this April. If we missed anything, be sure to drop us a note for next issue's Pouch Deposits.

No action with the Bismark Cup since Worlds, but the European Diplomacy Grand Prix is now well underway with the first three tournaments taking place in April, and one more in May. It's still a close race and we've got a long way to go. Although the Israeli Championship has been postponed until fall, there are still lots of points up for grabs this summer with ArCon in June and ManorCon in July.

On the western side of the Atlantic, The North American DipCon - hosted this year by DixieCon - was supposed to begin clarifying the North American Grand Prix questions. No such luck. The NAGP is now even closer than it was before. As we move into summer, we can look forward to WBC and Dragonflight bringing into focus who the real contenders will be. Here are the top ten (or so) for each of these three races. Kudos to Yann Clouet and Brian Shelden for getting their names on two of the lists!

DAANZ Bismark Cup Standings (Top 12)

WDC had a big impact on the Bismark Cup race, but nothing is clear yet, with four more tournaments to go this year. (complete standings)

1Dominick StephensWEL18.19
2Rob SchoneWEL17.57
3Andrew GoffACT15.09
4Rob StephensonVIC14.29
5Grant SteelAKL12.86
6Christian Gemballa MouraVIC12.21
7Yann ClouetFRA12.14
8Brian SheldenUSA11.79
9Peter TaylorAKL11.6
10Frank MeerbachVIC11.31
11Tristan LeeVIC11.14
12Sean ColmanNSW11.13
European Diplomacy Grand Prix Standings (Top 12)

Here we go! Four tournaments took place in the last 2 months, with the 4 winners are at the top of the pack! (complete results)

1SPAMiguel Martinez1800
1SWEJens Persson1800
1FRAYann Clouet1800
1ENGSimon Bouton1800
5NETRonald Lokers1700
6FRAWilliam Attia1234
7FINJari Mustonen1200
7ENGVick Hall1200
9BELStephane Derdi800
9FINMatias Forss800
9ITAPietro Cremona800
9GERDominik Panic800

North American Diplomacy Grand Prix Standings (Top 11)

With the biggest prize of the year, DixieCon, out of the way, it's still a surprizingly close race, with a couple of old perennial favorites leading the pack!(complete standings)

1Edi BirsanCA289
2Chris MartinNY278
3Nathan BarnesWA270
4Andy MarshallMD263
4Morgan GurleyNC250
6Edward HawthorneWA247
7Ike PorterMD238
8Sandy WibleNC203
9Brian SheldenNY200
10Andy BartaloneMD198
11Manus HandCO194
Note: Manus couldn't attend DixieCon. His spare sister chose that weekend to get married. Despite such a good excuse, the other players chose to kick him out of the top ten. He considers this shameful.

Lincon 2002

LINKOPING - Fourty-nine players turned out for the 2002 Swedish Championship. (complete results)

1Bjorn Thalen
2Niklas Perez
3Dennis Andersson
4Tage Bengtsson
5Mattias Johansson
6Tommy Larsson
7Eric Billving
8Henrik Andersson
9Torbjorn Rander
10Tomas Falemo

DipCon XXXV /
DixieCon XVI

CHAPEL HILL - David Hood cleaned out the attic for this year's DixieCon, inviting some big names from years past. The field was led by Morgan Gurley, who won in his first tournament appearance in eight years! (complete results)

1Morgan Gurley
2Chris Martin
3Sandy Wible
4Mark Franceschini
5Dave McCrumb
6Dan Mathias
7Andy Bartalone
8Tim Richardson
9Edi Birsan
10Tom Kobrin

San Marino 2002

SAN MARINO - The semi-annual San Marino tournaments are quickly growing up to be a regular stop on the European circut. (complete results)

1Simon Bouton
2Vick Hall
2Pietro Cremona
4Antonio Congedo
5Renato Cremona
6Paolo Calbucci
7Piero Maselli
8David Zanatto
9Lorenzo Maggi
10Irene Maggi

Israeli DipCon II

ISRAEL - The second Israeli Diplomacy convention was a resounding success. (complete results)

1 Amos Haytman
2 Tal Hever
3 Yair Zvilichovsky
4 Sharon Prober
5 Uri Yaakobi
6 Michael Shynar
7 Itamar Laserson
8 Toussia Cohen
9 Ori Tal
9 Gilad Foldes

NordCon 2002

HAMBURG - The first true Diplomacy Tournament in Germany took place in Hamburg this May! (complete results)

1Yann Clouet
2William Attia
3Dominik Paric
3Ronald Lokers
5Marko Klockner
6Stefan Unger
7Thomas Mumm
8Marco Seidlitz
9Hinner Kandler
10Michael Schwuchow


Anyone who attended any of these events, or any others for that matter, who has comments or reviews about their experiences, please send them along!


  Matt Shields
(chirchill@diplom.org)

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