The goal of this section is to give you all the informations about diplomacy in Europe.
In this issue, you will have a report on about what happened in Bonn, during the EuroDipCon. I delayed this issue, I was waiting for many informations.
Like in Bonn, I invite all the people who wants to work for this week and/or for the Association to contact me : jolylaur1 at hotmail.com.
In this issue :
Part I : EuroDipCon 2009 : André the master of Europe
Part II : EuroDipCon 2009 : The Annual General Meeting
Part III : Felix Austria 2009 : Fabian Straub won
Part IV : MosCon 2009 : The first Russian tournament
Part V : Coupe du Dragon 2009 : The belgian step is over and the champion is ...
Part VI : Somewhere in Europe, we've played to Diplomacy
Part VII : The French Championship of Diplomacy 2009 : The final of the Grand Prix 2009
Part VIII : The upcoming tounaments of Diplomacy
Part IX : The future of the World Diplomacy Database
Part X : The statistics of 2008
PART 1: By Laurent Joly
The EuroDipCon 2009 took place the last weekend in Bonn, in a very beautiful place. I had a lot of fun there, like during my whole trip which brings me from Stockhom to Bonn, via Bonn and Verona :)
First, the balticon. I want to thank Dennis for the huge work he done to organise and run the BaltiCon. We had a lot of fun during the whole cruise (including in my game, even if I got no points at all!!). For people who missed it, you cannot imagine how great was that weekend. In fact, some people said that there was a tournament of diplomacy won by Niclas Perez. Reality or not? Did I really finished last with no points? Did we really dance during a huge part of the night? Did we really drink some really strange thing? Did we really see the sun at 3am? A lot of good question, isn't it?
Now, the EDC. I want to thanks all the people who involved in the organisation : André Ilievics, Stefan Unger, Daniel Leinich, Dirk Brüggemann. (If I forgot someone, please don't blame me. 29 players attended and, finally the winner was André Ilievics (after his 3rd place in Como and his 2nd place in Utrecht).
The whole weekend was perfect (excluding the rain the last day, but that wasn't a problem).
A lot of people attended to the Hobby meeting and we had a lot of discussion about the hobby and we can do for it. I invited all the people who wants to write a report or an article about the last tournaments they attended, to contact me. If someone wants to write an article about : "what is a convention / tournament of Diplomacy. How funny it can be", to contact me. I wanted to add it to the European website : http://eurodip.nuxit.net
Finally, I'm really happy to announce that the next EuroDipCon will take place in Paris (I'm working to find the exact location) at the end of august or 1st weekend of september, during the WAC Paris. More details soon.
The committee of this tournament is : Nathan barnes, Mark Zoffel, Daniel Lester, Cyrille Sevin, Xavier Blanchot, Laurent Joly.
I hope that everyone went back to home safely and I wish a good tournament to all the people who goes in Austria this weekend for the Felix Austria Tournament.
Laurent
The results of the EuroDipCon 2009
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PART 2: By Toby Harris
Frank Bacher: “anyone want a taxi?”
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Getting to Bonn was not easy; a drive of 300km from Cornwall (where I was staying beforehand) to Birmingham airport for 5am meant no sleep. Then two flights, two trains, three tram rides and a “Frank Bacher” taxi meant that by the time I’d arrived I was totally knackered.
And all that only to be attacked from all sides in the first game. (?But you are Toby Harris ? I have to attack?)
But this is what Diplomacy is like, and I?ve learned to accept it. So a five centre finish in round one wasn?t so bad. And I still managed to be the second last person to bed ... last man standing was (obviously!) Igor Kurt.
Round two was much better: 14 centres as Germany. And after a poor result from the third round I sneaked into the final in 7th place.
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”I have a coin you can use ?”
((Yann Clouet and Andre Ilievics share the Best Diplomat award. The prize is awarded on the toss of a coin.))
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The Final
“Tobby, I am your friend so do not come north with army Moscow”.
((Gwen Maggi ? always my friend))
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The final table was a good mix of nationalities; one each from the Netherlands, the UK, Russia, Italy and France, with two from Germany. Drawing Russia, I played my favourite opening: A(War) does not move to Galicia. And with Andre agreeing the same as Austria, I explored the other wondrous options:
With the hungry Gwen Maggi as England, War-Ukr, Mos-StP was very tempting. Very tempting indeed!
And War-Sil was also very tempting; sometimes you just know you won’t get Sweden even when Germany (Marco Ferrari) says “all is cool”!
With crazyman Frank Oschmiansky as Turkey, the final thought was War-Ukr, Mos-Sev and Sev-Rum.
In the end A(War) just held. This gave every neighbour a chance to prove themselves worthy. All did.
That was until the Fall when Germany did indeed bounce me in Sweden, let me in for Spring 1902 and supported England (Gwen) there in the Fall of 1902.
This G/E alliance was quite foreseeable and I did make clear at this point to both Gwen and Marco that if I lost Sweden then they may not like what would follow. Not just in 1903, but the natural fallout for the rest of the game. (Pascal’s Triangle!)
Germany and England stayed allied and put pressure on Rene’s France, along with the Italian (Alex Lebedev) who joined in the three-way assault. So by 1904 / 1905 Gwen was flying.
In fact Gwen looked sure to win, because at one point there were no German fleets (disbanded after my fleet sneaked into Kiel by way of retaliation) and the closest French fleet was in the West Med, defending against Italy.
All that was left to stop the run-away Gwen was my sole fleet in Kiel.
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“Tobby, it iz not fair! You always attack me to stop me from winning!”
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But then something went wrong for Gwen; Marco started to defend properly, Rene pulled back a little, and I kept the pressure up with armies in Northern Russia.
And to top it all Andre?s Austria went for the kill, stealing Naples and Venice from Italy and taking Munich to make a 3-centre GRAB! A great stab.
It was now 1906 with 4 turns to play. Andre had become a clear favourite. Rather than throw all I had against Andre, I tried to race him instead. Sneaking into Armenia and stealing Norway from Gwen was a good start. And in the final year I moved (for the first time in the game) an army into Rumania to steal Serbia from Andre at the end.
Because Andre was a few centres clear, he was ok for me to take Serbia. What he didn?t spot was that I only needed to order F(BLA) ? Bul in the final turn to steal the championship! However, I didn?t spot it until after the game either.
So Andre topped the board and becomes the new European Champion. Looking back at the game, the moves, the negotiations and everything else ... he was without any doubt in my mind the best player on the day. Congratulations.
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PART 3: By Yann Clouet
One of my favorite moments for this EDC happened in the Sunday morning round which I skipped to rest a bit. I was watching the Fall resolution from a game, Daniel L. was visibly happy after winning the guessing game which eliminated Stefan U. So much that he high-fived Frank B. loudly. Then Daniel, as if he suddenly realised Stefan was still on the board turned toward him and gave him a pity dog look and served him a so natural "sorry". Stefan answered : "oh yes, you really look sorry !". So I skipped in and asked : "Can I be sorry with you ?" and then high-fived myself Daniel and Frank. Later we played a short board game including a chance element (dice throwing) with Frank and Stefan and Stefan kept on taking risks and being greedy. So every time the dices didn't end his way we said "Sorry" and high fived loudly again ! :)
Here's another one : in the first game I played, James Hardy kept on talking to me about "Dirk", but I knew there was no "Dirk" on our board. Then I finally realised that "Dirk" was in fact Stefan U. (him again). So I agreed with James every time we would talk to "Stefan" we would call him "Dirk". I sticked to the plan ((it’s “stuck”, Yann!)), but it raised questions from the other players. So I explained to "Ronald" (in fact Rene V.R.), "Sasha" (in fact Igor K.), "Gabriel" (in fact Vincent D.), "Davide" (in fact Giussepe) not to worry, it was just a little game between "Toby" (errr James ?) and me (you know, "Cyrille" !) . After that, I fear the game became a bit messy all sort of first names flying around.
((... and all because tele-tubby Hardy got one name wrong?))
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“... and Munich makes threeeee!”
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From the Dutch Fungus - Issue 1
Edited and directed by Toby Harris
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19 players were in Hohe Wand (a really beautiful place) for the Austrian step of the Grand Prix : 9 Austrian, 8 German, 1 French, 1 Dutch.
7 boards were played during 4 rounds.
Fabian Straub won the tournament, with the best Italy and the best Russia. Igor Kurt finished second with the best England and Stefan Hagemann was third with the best France.
From the Austrian website:
It was very beautiful, it made us very happy ... Unfortunately, the FAT in 2009 is already over.
The organizing team would like to thank all the visitors from near and far.
We congratulate the new Austrian Champion of Diplomacy Fabian Straub.
Very briefly, he pointed his team-mate Igor Kurt on position 2, Stefan Hagemann also managed to place 3rd and came onto the podium.
The Best team was Fabian and Igor Kurt Straub as a "Masters of disaster". Once again, our congratulations!
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The podium
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| 1. | Fabian STRAUB |  |
| 2. | Igor KURT | |
| 3. | Stefan HAGEMANN | |
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For the first tournament in Russia, 15 players were there, most of them were Russian (10). Some foreigners did the trip for the event (Gwen Maggi, Edi Birsan, Alex Lebedev).
6 boards were played during 3 rounds, and a solo was done by Edi Birsan with the Germany.
Edi Birsan became the first Russian Champion of Diplomacy, followed by Gwen Maggi and Alex Lebedev.
The Ukrainian player, Viktor Krivizjuk, took the fourth place and the russian player, Jurij Tvardovskij, finished fifth.
Edi Birsan won the players' Choice and the Best Strategist award. Gwen Maggi was the best Tactician and Alex Lebedev the best Strategist.
| 1. | Edi BIRSAN |  |
| 2. | Gwen MAGGI |  |
| 3. | Alex LEBEDEV |  |
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The winner, Philippe Dumay
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21 players were in Mons for the Belgian Championship : 11 Belgian, 6 French, 3 German, 1 Dutch.
7 boards were played during 3 rounds.
Philippe Dumay became the Belgian Champion, with the same score as René Van Rooijen, but the best single score.
René was second, for the second time this year. It was the case during the EuroDipCon. With only one point less, Jérôme Charon finished third!
Nicolas Ianiri was the best Belgium with his fourth place and Fabian Straub, the best German with his fifth place.
The most infamous traitor was the so sweet Philippe Dumay... Pay Attention to the Bear! The Best Tactician and the Best Diplomat was the Fabian Straub.
Geoffroy Hallaux was the most pleasant player, the one with which everyone wants to play.
| 1. | Philippe DUMAY | |
| 2. | René VAN ROOIJEN |  |
| 3. | Jérôme CHARON | |
See the results
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The best German of the tournament (5th), Fabian Straub
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The beautiful city of Mons, Belgium.
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Our poor tournament director, is playing!
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The organisation team with Laurent Dumont (without voice), Nicolas Ianiri (who repeated everything loudly) and Benjamin Grenier (drinking).
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The EuroDipCon 2009 will take place in Bonn from July 31 to August 2nd.
As usual, the German hobby will organise one of the most enjoyable event of the year, so don't miss it and register as soon as possible.
From André Ilievics :
We will play four rounds at a house called "Haus Annaberg" near Bonn, which is cosy and friendly place.
You can see some pictures of it at http://www.annaberg.de/bilder.htm.
It's definitely a great place to create a friendly and good atmosphere.
We offer packages starting from 66 € (6-bed-dorm) up to 109€ (single room) including tournament fees, free internet access, dinner on Friday evening, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday morning.
The convention begins Friday, 31/07/2009 and ends Sunday, 02/08/2009.
The first round starts Friday at about 4 p.m. and the last rounds is sunday morning at about 10 a.m. You can check in Friady starting from about noon.
Sunday's round will have a top board, and it will be possible to get through it even if you miss Friday's round.
We will have plenty of time for other games, hanging around or for visiting Bonn or Cologne. And I'm sure the will be some guys going out for night life as well. ;-)
The best place to fly to is Cologne/Bonn airport.
But it might also possible for a limited number of people to give you a lift from Frankfurt to the venue.
If you prefer to fly to Hahn, the low cost airlines airport, there is a bus shuttle to cologne and from the you will have a connections to Annaberg, but this will be very time consuming.
If you have an questions write us an email at edc@diplomacy-bund.de; we will be lucky to help you.
Andre Ilievics and the other: Stefan Unger, Julian Ziesing, Dirk Brüggemann, Daniel Leinich, Holger Schmalle, Frank Bacher
Website : Website in English
Location : Haus Annaberg, Annaberger Str. 400, 53175 Bonn, Germany.
Date : Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2
PreCon : BaltiCon (July 24-26)
AfterCon : Felix Austria (August 7-9)
WorldDipCon 2009 : Andrew Goff is the new World Champion
The winner : Andrew Goff
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The WorldDipCon 2009 took place in Columbus, Ohio. 53 players attended to the event, including 2 Australian, 1 English, 1 French and 49 North American.
There were 7 solos for 23 boards played during the whole tournament. Andrew Goff won with 3 wins, followed by the Dan "Small Dog" Lester with ONLY 2 wins.
Jim O'Kelley took the third place with one win followed by Adam Sigal with one win too.
The second European who did the trip (Me : Laurent Joly) finished at the 34th place (Yes, I know that is pretty poor!).
That is the third vitory of an Australian in a WorldDipCon and the first out of Australia!.
Andy Bartalone, Dan Lester and Mark "Washingon" Zoffel won the team competition.
See the results
The Next WorldDipCon will take place in Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands at the end of July or beginning of August. More informations will be available soon.
The following WorldDipCon will take place in Sydney in Australia during the World Cup of Rugby at the end of September 2011. More informations will be available soon.
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The second : Dan "Small Dog" Lester
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The last results in Europe are...
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8 players participated to the tournament, including the French, from the Frioul Island, Gwen Maggi. There was 3 rounds of 1 board.
Finally, Emeric Miszti won followed by Graeme Murphy and Gwen Maggi.
| 1. | Emeric MISZTI |  |
| 2. | Graeme MURPHY | |
| 3. | Gwen MAGGI | |
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BaltiCon 2009 : Niclas Perez is the new Swedish Champion
On left, Niclas Perez, the new Swedish Champion
Tallinn
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14 players (1 Russian, 3 French, 10 Swedish) were there for the cruise between Stockholm and Tallinn.
4 Swedish champions : Emmanuel du Pontavice (2008), Gwen Maggi (2007), Simon Fagerstedt (2005), Jens Persson (1997).
During the trip between Stockholm and Tallinn, we've played the first round. Niclas Perez and Gwen Maggi topped their board.
We had a great buffet the evening and we wasn't able to eat everything, so sad! And finnaly, we spent the night in the disco!
Arrived to Tallinn, we visited the city. During the trip between Tallinn and Stockholm, we've played the second round. Niclas Perez and Jens Persson topped their board.
The winner of the tournament is, without any surprise, Niclas Perez! Well done Niclas!
The last night in the boat was really great. Thank you to Dennis for this great tournament and cruise (even if the Swedish likes to lie and to kill me :) ).
| 1. | Niclas PEREZ |  |
| 2. | Jens PERSSON | |
| 3. | Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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The Boat that we took for the cruise
Tallinn
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The upcoming tounaments of Diplomacy
The Felix Austria is the AfterCon of the EuroDipCon 2009
Dear friends and participants of the Felix Austria Tournament (FAT),
We would like to invite you to this years FAT from THU 6th to SUN 9th August 2009.
It will also be our glorious return to Herrgottschnitzerhaus at the Hohe Wand Natural Ressort.
As always, after a competitive day of Diplomacy, our evenings are free to socialize and play.
The price for the whole weekend (3 days, full board) is from 60.- to 150.- Euro, depending on your need for comfort.
There are less places than ever available, so the sooner you register, the better.
!!!Special offer: the first five non-austrian participants to register get their weekend in the lowest category for free! True story!!!
For further informations, please take a look at the website.
or contact us : office@tu-felix-austria.org
See you soon,
Sebastia Beer
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The Moscow Tournament will be the first Russian step of the Grand Prix. Welcome to the Russian in the Grand Prix.
Here it is what we have right now:
- dates: 15-16 August 3 games (still to decide if the 2 games on saturday will be palyed morning - evening or evening - night ).
- place. everything is arranged, I have only to place the map on the site and write a little how to reach.
- the hotel is still on hold. It has to be cheap and near the venue: not an easy task. It'll be possible perhaps to stay at some russian players house.
- the invitation. we'll have in a day or two have the contacts for the agency, which can provvide the invitation (it'll cost 900 rubles something about 20-25 Eur), which is needed in order to get a visa.
I think it's all for now.
Alex Lebedev
For more informations, contact Alex Lebedev or see the website.
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Gwen Maggi will organise the tournament in Marseille on September 19-20 on the Frioul Island.
For more informations, contact Gwen Maggi
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The tournament of Pisa will be the final step of the Campionato Italo-San Marinese 2009.
The fight for the first place will continue between Marco Ferrari and Giuseppe Salerno. Good luck to us ;-).
For more informations, contact Luca Pazzaglia, president of the Italian Diplomacy Association
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The Championnat d'Ile de France will take place on October 10 (2 rounds).
It will be organise by Romain Parmentier, Mélina Parmentier and Philippe Dumay.
More informations will be available soon.
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The Brussels Cup won't take place this year. The lonely Belgian will be the Coupe du Dragon in Mons.
It will take place on October 17-18 and it will be the Begian Championship, a step of the Grand Prix and of the Tour de France.
More informations will be available soon.
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Waldkappel will be the Final step of the Vier Chancen Tournee. It will be also a great tournament (as usual!!).
Date : 13.11.2009 - 15.11.2009
Place : Waldkappel
Contact : Stefan Unger, Julian Ziesing, Dirk Brüggemann, Daniel Leinich, Holger Schmalle
EMail : vorstand@diplomacy-bund.de
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The French Championship of Diplomacy will be th final step of the Grand Prix and of the Tour de France.
We will keep the same organisation with some improvement in the rules.
More informations will be available on the website very soon.
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News about circuit in 2009
The European Grand Prix 2009 will have the same rules than in 2008.
You can find it on the Grand Prix's section.
A team can have two or three players. If you want to register a team, send me an email at jolylaur1@hotmail.com.
The Grand Prix will have 11 steps in 10 countries.
No step will take place in Finland, Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Czech Republic, Ireland and Turkey.
Pierre-Yves Franzetti, the Swiss organiser, said that his step will be back in 2010. It was impossible to have a location this year.
After 6 steps, Gwen Maggi is in first position (3700 pts) followed by Alex Lebedev (2700 pts) and Marco Ferrari (2600 pts).
The first team is "La vie est injuste !" with 6875 pts followed by the team of Marco, Frank and André with 4850 pts.
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Nb of Players |
Winner |
| May 15-17 |
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San Marino Con |
San Marino |
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| Leonardo QUIRINI |  |
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| June 13-14 |
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Diplomacy Over the Lake |
Brunate |
15 |
| Marcello CIANCIO | |
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| June 12-14 |
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BerliCon |
Berlin |
17 |
| Jan BADURCZIK | |
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| July 10-12 |
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Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament |
Utrecht |
15 |
| Gwen MAGGI | |
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| July 17-19 |
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ManorCon |
Leicester |
8 |
| Emeric MISZTI | |
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| July 24-25 |
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BaltiCon |
During a cruise |
14 |
| Niclas PEREZ | |
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Go on the GP website, to have the complete results and statistics.
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There will be 6 steps in Austria, Germany, Holland and France.
You can find all the informations on the Vier-Chancen Tournee's section.
For more informations, contact the DDB.
After 3 steps, Daniel Leinich (winner of the Chil Con Out III) is at the first place with 1156 pts followed by René Van Rooijen with 1018 pts.
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Sommet Franco-Allemand |
Metz |
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| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| June 12-14 |
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BerliCon |
Berlin |
17 |
| Jan BADURCZIK | |
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| July 10-12 |
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Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament |
Utrecht |
15 |
| Gwen MAGGI | |
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There will be 9 steps.
You can find all the informations on the Tour de France's section.
For more informations, contact Emmanuel du Pontavice.
After 5 steps, Emmanuel du Pontavice is in first place with 2208 pts (3 victories in 5 tournaments!).
Romain Parmantier is second with 1338 pts and Yann Clouet is third with 1229 pts.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
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Coppa Garibaldi |
Cannes |
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| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| February 21-22 |
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Anjou Feu |
Avrillé |
16 |
| Romain PARMANTIER | |
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| May 2-3 |
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Sommet Franco-Allemand |
Metz |
7 |
| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| May 30-June 1 |
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Trou Normand 2 |
Armentières-sur-Avre |
25 |
| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| July 11-13 |
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Open du FLIP |
Parthenay |
20 |
| Alexandre PIGNON | |
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You can find the complete results on the website.
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There will be 4 steps in Italy and 1 step in San Marino.
You can find all the informations on the Campionato Italo San Marinese's section.
For more informations, contact Luca Pazzaglia, president of the Italian Diplomacy Association.
Before the 4th step in Como, Marco Ferrari and Giuseppe Salerno were very closed.
After the 4th step, Marco Ferrari (5100 pts) took a good advantage on Giuseppe Salerno (3850 pts), Alex Lebedev (3600 pts) and Marcello Ciancio (3200 pts).
| Date |
Country |
Tournament |
Place |
Nb of Players |
Winner |
| January 24-25 |
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Udine |
Udine |
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| Marco FERRARI | |
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| March 14-15 |
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Terni |
Terni |
15 |
| Giuseppe SALERNO | |
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| May 15-17 |
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San Marino Con |
San Marino |
16 |
| Leonardo QUIRINI | |
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| June 13-14 |
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Diplomacy Over the Lake |
Brunate |
15 |
| Marcello CIANCIO | |
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Results of circuit in 2008
207 players participated to the Grand Prix 2008 (272 for the Grand Prix 2007) : 46 French, 34 German, 24 English, 24 Italian, 21 Swedish, 13 Irish, 13 Dutch, 10 Belgian, 8 Austrian, 3 Czech, 2 Canadian, 2 American, 2 Norwegian, 1 San Marinese, 1 Russian, 1 Australian.
We had more travelers but less steps : 21 persons played 3 steps or more (14 in 2007) and 11 steps in 10 countries (14 steps in 13 countries in 2007).
Unfortunatly, there was no step in Switzerland, Denmark and Norway. The Irish step was back to the Grand Prix.
| Date |
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Tournament |
Place |
Nb of Players |
Winner |
| Feb 28-Mar 2 |
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Leprecon, Irish NDC |
Dublin |
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| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
| Troy O'DONOGHUE | |
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| April 11-13 |
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EuroDipCon |
Brunate, Italy |
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| Luca PAZZAGLIA | |
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| May 1-4 |
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Swedish NDC |
Linköping |
22 |
| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| May 16-18 |
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San Marino Con |
San Marino |
14 |
| Alex LEBEDEV | |
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| July 5-6 |
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Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament |
Utrecht |
19 |
| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| July 25-27 |
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Manorcon |
Leicester |
23 |
| Mick DUNNETT | |
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| August 8-10 |
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BerliCon |
Berlin |
33 |
| Fabian STRAUB | |
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| August 14-17 |
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WorldDipCon |
Vienna |
63 |
| Julian ZIESING | |
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| October 25-26 |
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Coupe de Bruxelles |
Bruxelles |
12 |
| Emmanuel DU PONTAVICE | |
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| November 8-9 |
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Fossombrone |
Fossombrone |
16 |
| Davide CLEOPADRE | |
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| December 13-14 |
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Championnat de France |
Paris |
55 |
| Marvin LEFEBVRE | |
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Emmanuel du Pontavice won the Grand Prix with 4 victories (Ireland, Sweden, Netherland, Belgium). Fabian Straub finished second followed by Luca Pazzaglia and Gwen Maggi.
The trophies were given at the end ot the Final step in Paris (8 of the top 10 were there).
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| 1st | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 7771.3 pts | (Won the Irish NDC, the Swedish NDC, in Utrecht and in Bruxelles) |
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| 2nd | Fabian Straub | | 5100 pts | (Won the German NDC, 2rd in Bruxelles) |
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| 3rd | Luca Pazzaglia | | 4872.6 pts | (Won the EDC, 2nd in San Marino) |
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| 4th | Gwen Maggi | | 4121.6 pts | (2nd of the French NDC, 3rd of the EDC) |
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| 5th | René Van Rooijen | | 4024.4 pts | (2nd of the Italian NDC, 3rd in Utrecht) |
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| 6th | Davide Cleopadre | | 3450 pts | (Won the Italian NDC) |
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| 7th | Alex Lebedev | | 3215.3 pts | (Won the San MarinoCon) |
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| 8th | Dennis Andersson | | 2500 pts | (2nd of the BerliCon, 4th of the WDC) |
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| 9th | Stefan Unger | | 2324.3 pts | (2nd in Utrecht) |
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| 10th | Cyrille Sevin | | 2246.1 pts | (2nd of the WDC) |
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In the team competition, la vie est injuste ! (Emmanuel du Pontavice, Gwen Maggi, Frédéric Coste) won for the second time.
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La vie est injuste! |
9155 pts |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice (1th) | |
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| Gwen Maggi (4th) | |
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| Frédéric Coste (n.c.) | |
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| 2nd |
Pizza Mandolino Mamma |
6904 pts |
| Giovanni Cesarini (149th) | |
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| Davide Cleopadre (7th) | |
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| Luca Pazzaglia (3rd) | |
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| 3rd |
??? |
5441 pts |
| André Ilievics (20th) | |
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| Frank Oosterom (15th) | |
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| René Van Rooijen (5th) | |
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Go on the GP website, to have the complete results and statistics.
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This year, there were 6 steps in Germany, Austria, Holland and France.
115 players of 14 differents nationalities participated to Vier-Chancen 2008. Gwen Maggi, fourth of the Grand Prix, won it.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
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| February 23-24 |
|
Sommet Franco-Allemand |
Metz |
19 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| May 17-18 |
|
Chill Con Out |
Hannover |
14 |
| Stefan Hagemann | |
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| July 5-6 |
|
Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament |
Utrecht |
19 |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
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| August 8-10 |
|
BerliCon |
Berlin |
33 |
| Fabian Straub | |
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| August 15-17 |
|
Felix Austria, WDC |
Vienna |
63 |
| Julian Ziesing | |
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| November 22-23 |
|
HessenCon |
Waldkappel |
23 |
| Frank Oschmiansky | |
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| Individual Competition |
|---|
| 1st | Gwen Maggi | | 3646 pts |
|---|
| 2nd | Stefan Unger | | 3491 pts |
|---|
| 3rd | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 2925 pts |
|---|
| 4th | Fabian Straub | | 2370 pts |
|---|
| 5th | Daniel Leinich | | 2305 pts |
|---|
| 6th | Julian Ziesling | | 2154 pts |
|---|
| 7th | René Van Rooijen | | 2100 pts |
|---|
| 8th | Dirk Bruggemann | | 2086 pts |
|---|
| 9th | Frank Oosterom | | 2084 pts |
|---|
| 10th | André Ilievics | | 1995 pts |
|---|
|
| Team Competition |
|---|
| 1st |
Nevada C VIE-PAR (d) |
6537 pts |
Gwen Maggi |
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| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
| 2nd |
Die Unbesieglosen |
5269 pts |
Stefan Unger |
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| Julian Ziesling | |
| 3rd |
uiesce beatha |
3762 pts |
René Van Rooijen |
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| André Ilievics | |
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This year, there were 6 steps in France and Belgium.
101 players of 9 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de France 2008.
Gwen Maggi won the Tour de France.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|
| February 16-17 |
|
Coppa Garibaldi |
Cannes |
14 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| February 23-24 |
|
Sommet Franco-Allemand |
Metz |
19 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
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| July 12-14 |
|
Open du FLIP |
Parthenay |
21 |
| Philippe Dumay | |
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| September 13-14 |
|
Coupe de France |
Marseille |
26 |
| Alex Lebedev | |
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| October 11-12 |
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Coupe du Dragon |
Mons |
22 |
| Philippe Coic | |
|
| December 13-14 |
|
Championnat de France |
Paris |
55 |
| Marvin Lefebvre | |
|
| Individual Competition |
|---|
| 1st | Gwen Maggi | | 2039 pts | (Won in Cannes and Metz, 2nd of the French NDC) |
|---|
| 2nd | Alexandre Pignon | | 1783 pts | (2nd in Mons, 3rd in Metz) |
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| 3rd | Philippe Dumay | | 1505 pts | (Won in Parthenay) |
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| 4th | Luca Pazzaglia | | 1364 pts | (2nd in Marseille, Top board of the French NDC) |
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| 5th | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 1295 pts | (3rd in Cannes) |
|---|
| 6th | Alex Lebedev | | 1290 pts | (Won in Marseille) |
|---|
| 7th | Alexandre Godfroy | | 1197 pts | (3rd of the French NDC) |
|---|
| 8th | Philippe Coic | | 1185 pts | (Won in Mons) |
|---|
| 9th | Fabrice Essner | | 1096 pts | (4th in Marseille) |
|---|
| 10th | Cyril Cotet | | 1034 pts | (2nd in Parthenay) |
|---|
| 10th | David Thomae | | 1034 pts | (4th in Mons) |
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Gwen Maggi and Alexandre Pignon
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The second Tour de Belgique had 3 steps (Namur, Mons and Bruxelles).
30 players of 4 differents nationalities participated to the Tour de Belgique 2008. Bertrand Lelangue won it.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|
| May 10 |
|
DiploNam |
Namur |
7 |
| Bertrand Lelangue | |
|
| October 11-12 |
|
Coupe du Dragon |
Mons |
22 |
| Philippe Coïc | |
|
| October 25-26 |
|
Coupe de Bruxelles |
Louvain-la-neuve |
12 |
| Emmanuel du Pontavice | |
|
| Individual Competition |
|---|
| 1st | Bertrand Lelangue | | 143.8 pts |
|---|
| 2nd | Domitien Gillet | | 114.6 pts |
|---|
| 3rd | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 109.9 pts |
|---|
| 4th | Laurent Dumont | | 92.9 pts |
|---|
| 5th | Philippe Coïc | | 71.5 pts |
|---|
| 6th | David Thomae | | 47.1 pts |
|---|
| 7th | Alexandre Pignon | | 41 pts |
|---|
| 8th | Nicolas Ianiri | | 36.9 pts |
|---|
| 9th | Pierre Balthazar | | 36.2 pts |
|---|
| 10th | Fabian Straub | | 33.5 pts |
|---|
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This year, there were 6 steps in Italy and San Marino.
48 players of 7 differents nationalities participated to CISD 2008. Luca Pazzaglia, the European Champion, won it.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|
| April 11-13 |
|
EuroDipCon |
Brunate |
28 |
| Luca Pazzaglia | |
|
| May 16-18 |
|
San Marino Con |
San Marino |
14 |
| Alex Lebedev | |
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| June 28-29 |
|
Pisa |
Pisa |
7 |
| Giovanni Giudici | |
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| September 27-28 |
|
Italian NDC |
Terni |
7 |
| Luca Pazzaglia | |
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| October 18-19 |
|
MilanCon |
Milan |
13 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
|
| November 8-9 |
|
Fossombrone |
Fossombrone |
13 |
| Davide Cleopadre | |
|
| Individual Competition |
|---|
| 1st | Luca Pazzaglia | | 7700 pts |
|---|
| 2nd | Davide Cleopadre | | 4700 pts |
|---|
| 3rd | Daniele Belardinelli | | 3950 pts |
|---|
| 4th | Marco Ferrari | | 3800 pts |
|---|
| 5th | Alex Lebedev | | 3592 pts |
|---|
| 6th | Giovanni Giudici | | 3418 pts |
|---|
| 7th | Leonardo Quirini | | 3200 pts |
|---|
| 8th | Stefano Grisolia | | 2950 pts |
|---|
| 9th | Giuseppe Salerno | | 2450 pts |
|---|
| 10th | Gwen Maggi | | 1900 pts |
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This year, there were 4 steps around the Mediterranean Sea (France, Italy and San Marino).
50 players of 7 differents nationalities participated to the Mediterranean Championship 2008.
Luca Pazzaglia, the European Champion, won it.
You can find the complete results on the website.
| Date | Country | Tournament | Place | Nb of players | Winner |
|---|
| February 16-17 |
|
Coppa Garibaldi |
Cannes |
14 |
| Gwen Maggi | |
|
| April 11-13 |
|
EuroDipCon |
Brunate |
28 |
| Luca Pazzaglia | |
|
| September 13-14 |
|
Coupe de France |
Marseille |
26 |
| Alex Lebedev | |
|
| October 18-19 |
|
MilanCon |
Milan |
13 |
| Marco Ferrari | |
|
| Individual Competition |
|---|
| 1st | Luca Pazzaglia | | 2150 pts |
|---|
| 2nd | Gwen Maggi | | 1916.5 pts |
|---|
| 3rd | Marco Ferrari | | 1633.9 pts |
|---|
| 4th | Daniele Belardinelli | | 1595 pts |
|---|
| 5th | Davide Cleopadre | | 1574.5 pts |
|---|
| 6th | Alex Lebedev | | 1531 pts |
|---|
| 7th | Emmanuel du Pontavice | | 1483.3 pts |
|---|
| 8th | André Ilievics | | 1057.4 pts |
|---|
| 9th | Giuseppe Salerno | | 1006 pts |
|---|
| 10th | Fabrice Essner | | 905.7 pts |
|---|
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