euphrat & tigris [Updated October 2003]  

2003 WBC Report      

 2004 Status: pending 2004 GM commitment

Lance Ribeiro, NH

2003 Champion

2nd: Jeff Cornett, FL

3rd: John Kilbride, PA

4th: Ann Cornett, FL

5th: John Kerr, VA

6th: Mark Neale, RI

Event History
1999    John Kilbride     77
2000    Chetan Radia     49
2001    Aaron Fuegi     66
2002    Jeff Cornett     66
2003    Lance Ribeiro     47

Euro Quest Event History
2003    Joe Bellizzi     22


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. Jeff Cornett

FL

03
48
 2. Aaron Fuegi

MA

01
46
 3. John Kilbride

PA

03
42
 4. Ananda Gupta

MD

00
42
 5. Chetan Radia

UK

00
40
 6. Craig Moffit

NJ

03
34
 7. Lance Ribeiro

NH

03
30
 8. Joe Bellizzi

NJ

03
24
 9. Frank Hamrick

NC

01
24
10. Mark Guttag

VA

03
16
11. Pat Beaudoin

PA

01
16
12. Rob Kilroy

PA

00
16
13. Will Wible

VA

02
12
14. Luke Moffit

NJ

01
12
15. Stu Hendickson

VA

00
12
16. Bruce Glassco

VA

99
12
17. Ann Cornett

FL

03
  9
18. Eric Freeman

PA

02
  9
19. James Hopkin

CA

99
  9
20. Steve Brooks

FL

00
  8
21. John Kerr

VA

03
  6
22.  Brian Reynolds

MD

03
  6
23. Doug Smith

PA

02
  6
24. Ivan Lawson

MD

03
  4
25. Mark Neale

RI

03
  3
26. Jason Levine

NY

02
  3
27. Kevin Wojtasczyk

NY

99
  3
28.  Doug Hoylman

MD

03
  2

Past Winners

John Kilbride - PA
1999

Chetan Radia - UK
2000

Aaron Fuegi - MA
2001

Jeff Cornett - FL
2002
 


Acquiring Civilization ...

Euphrat & Tigris (E&T) drew 47 entrants, down 19 from 2002 and 2001. The 2003 tournament used essentially the same format as the previous two years: players were only guaranteed to advance to the semi-finals if the player won the first heat game he/she played in, whether that game was in heat 1, 2 or 3. This year, a player whose best finish was a single 2nd place finish advanced to the semi-finals. All but one game played in the tournament were four-player games.

In response to this year's decline in attendance, the GM is hoping to run the entire tournament on a single day next year to avoid having the E&T semifinals and finals conflict with Puerto Rico as they did this year. The number of heats will be reduced from three to two, but the remainder of the format will be essentially the same with a player only being required to play and win in one of the two heats to advance to the elimination round.

Three finalists from last year: defending champion Jeff Cornett, Craig Moffitt and Eric Freeman made the semifinals. However, only Jeff advanced to play in the final and defend his title against his daughter Ann Cornett, 1999 champion John Kilbride and Lance Ribeiro. This marked the second final in 2003 matching Jeff against one of his children as he lost to his son Scott in the Napoleon final

Lance, as the 4th Dynasty, jumped out to an early lead and hung on to win 8-18-8-7 (Blue-Black-Green-Red) over Jeff 6-6-6-6 (2nd Dynasty), John 5-8-22-7 (1st Dynasty) and Ann 9-3-6-5 (3rd Dynasty).

This year, players going 1st won seven games, players going second won four, players going third won five and players going fourth won five. The slight advantage in having an earlier player turn is the reason that player order continues to be used to break ties. Also, this year, players were seeded in the semi-finals so that players who played the 4th and 3rd dynasty in their qualifying heats were more likely to play as the 1st and 2nd dynasty in their semi-final games.

The GM would also like to thank his Assistant GM: Stuart Hendrickson, for assisting him in running the tournament this year and for helping to fill out four-player tables as necessary, even though he could not attend the semi-finals for which he qualified.

Finalists (l to r) John Kilbride, Jeff and Ann Cornett, and Lance Ribeiro.
 GM      Mark J. Guttag [5th Year]  NA
    mguttag@erols.com   NA 

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