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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)
| 1 | Dominick Stephens | WEL | 18.19 |
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| 2 | Rob Schone | WEL | 17.57 |
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| 3 | Andrew Goff | ACT | 15.09 |
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| 4 | Rob Stephenson | VIC | 14.29 |
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| 5 | Grant Steel | AKL | 12.86 |
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| 6 | Christian Gemballa Moura | VIC | 12.21 |
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| 7 | Yann Clouet | FRA | 12.14 |
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| 8 | Brian Shelden | USA | 11.79 |
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| 9 | Peter Taylor | AKL | 11.6 |
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| 10 | Frank Meerbach | VIC | 11.31 |
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| 11 | Tristan Lee | VIC | 11.14 |
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| 12 | Sean Colman | NSW | 11.13 |
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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)
| 1 | SPA | Miguel Martinez | 1800 |
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| 1 | SWE | Jens Persson | 1800 |
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| 1 | FRA | Yann Clouet | 1800 |
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| 1 | ENG | Simon Bouton | 1800 |
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| 5 | NET | Ronald Lokers | 1700 |
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| 6 | FRA | William Attia | 1234 |
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| 7 | FIN | Jari Mustonen | 1200 |
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| 7 | ENG | Vick Hall | 1200 |
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| 9 | BEL | Stephane Derdi | 800 |
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| 9 | FIN | Matias Forss | 800 |
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| 9 | ITA | Pietro Cremona | 800 |
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| 9 | GER | Dominik Panic | 800 |
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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)
| 1 | Edi Birsan | CA | 289 |
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| 2 | Chris Martin | NY | 278 |
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| 3 | Nathan Barnes | WA | 270 |
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| 4 | Andy Marshall | MD | 263 |
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| 4 | Morgan Gurley | NC | 250 |
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| 6 | Edward Hawthorne | WA | 247 |
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| 7 | Ike Porter | MD | 238 |
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| 8 | Sandy Wible | NC | 203 |
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| 9 | Brian Shelden | NY | 200 |
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| 10 | Andy Bartalone | MD | 198 |
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| 11 | Manus Hand | CO | 194 |
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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.
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| Lincon 2002
LINKOPING - Fourty-nine players turned out for the 2002 Swedish Championship. (complete results)
| 1 | Bjorn Thalen |
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| 2 | Niklas Perez |
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| 3 | Dennis Andersson |
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| 4 | Tage Bengtsson |
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| 5 | Mattias Johansson |
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| 6 | Tommy Larsson |
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| 7 | Eric Billving |
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| 8 | Henrik Andersson |
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| 9 | Torbjorn Rander |
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| 10 | Tomas Falemo |
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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)
| 1 | Morgan Gurley |
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| 2 | Chris Martin |
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| 3 | Sandy Wible |
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| 4 | Mark Franceschini |
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| 5 | Dave McCrumb |
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| 6 | Dan Mathias |
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| 7 | Andy Bartalone |
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| 8 | Tim Richardson |
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| 9 | Edi Birsan |
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| 10 | Tom Kobrin |
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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)
| 1 | Simon Bouton |
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| 2 | Vick Hall |
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| 2 | Pietro Cremona |
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| 4 | Antonio Congedo |
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| 5 | Renato Cremona |
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| 6 | Paolo Calbucci |
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| 7 | Piero Maselli |
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| 8 | David Zanatto |
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| 9 | Lorenzo Maggi |
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| 10 | Irene Maggi |
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Israeli DipCon II
ISRAEL - The second Israeli Diplomacy convention was a resounding success. (complete results)
| 1 | Amos Haytman |
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| 2 | Tal Hever |
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| 3 | Yair Zvilichovsky |
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| 4 | Sharon Prober |
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| 5 | Uri Yaakobi |
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| 6 | Michael Shynar |
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| 7 | Itamar Laserson |
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| 8 | Toussia Cohen |
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| 9 | Ori Tal |
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| 9 | Gilad Foldes |
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NordCon 2002
HAMBURG - The first true Diplomacy Tournament in Germany took place in Hamburg this May! (complete results)
| 1 | Yann Clouet |
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| 2 | William Attia |
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| 3 | Dominik Paric |
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| 3 | Ronald Lokers |
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| 5 | Marko Klockner |
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| 6 | Stefan Unger |
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| 7 | Thomas Mumm |
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| 8 | Marco Seidlitz |
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| 9 | Hinner Kandler |
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| 10 | Michael Schwuchow |
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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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