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2005 WBC Report  

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Blair Morgen, NJ

2005 Champion


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Event History
2004    Alan Kaiser     151
2005     Blair Morgen     160

Euro Quest Event History
2004    Daniel Karp     45

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Daniel Karp        MD    04     48
  2.  Blair Morgen       NJ    05     40
  3.  Alan Kaiser        OH    04     30
  4.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05     24
  5.  Tom McCorry        VA    04     18
  6.  Jim Fishkin        FL    05     16
  7.  Jean Francis Gagne QC    05     12
  8.  Arthur Field       SC    04     12
  9.  Tamara McGraw      VA    04     12
 10.  Tom DeMarco        NJ    04      9
 11.  Cathy Kratz        ID    04      9
 12.  Bob Heinzmann      FL    05      8
 13.  Eric Haas          MD    04      6
 14.  Kathleen McCorry   NJ    04      6
 15.  Barb Flaxington    NJ    05      4
 16.  Mark Guttag        VA    04      3
 17.  Davyd Field        SC    04      3
           

2005 Laurelists

Robert Cranshaw, RI
2nd

Jim Fishkin, FL
3rd

Jean-Francois Gagne, QC
4th

Bob Heinzmann, FL
5th

Barb Flaximngton, NJ
6th


Past Winners

Alan Kaiser, OH
2004


No Sophomore Jinx ...

The 2005 WBC Ticket to Ride tournament was a smashing success in its debut as a Century event as players took their shots at building the best rail network to connect the destinations on their tickets. Having qualifying heats on Tuesday evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning worked well for most player's schedules. The format was simple: win and you are in the elimination round. Two wins got you a bye if a quarterfinal was required.

23 one game winners faced off in the Quarterfinals for the 17 available berths in the semifinals. Eight players had two wins in the qualifying heats to earn a bye to the semifinals: Blair Morgen, Chris Johnson, Debbie Davidson, Katie McCorry, Mary Ellen Powers, Patrick Mirk, Philip Shea, and Winton Lemoine. After the semifinals were completed, five people qualified: Jim Fishkin, Blair Morgen, Robert Cranshaw, Jean Francois Gagne, and Bob Heinzmann. Bob unfortunately had to withdraw because of travel plans so we had four players facing off for three plaques.

The final round found an even mix of building and drawing train cards. Blair made the first build from LA to Phoenix enroute to New York City in round 3.Two rounds later Jim took additional tickets before having placed a single train! Bob meanwhile was building a long North-Westerly route beginning in El Paso, through Denver, Helena, Duluth, Sault St Marie, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle, and back to Helena. Blair started expanding his route and managed to build a Boston to Miami connection. After 32 rounds, Bob triggered the end game. The tickets favored Blair however giving him the LA/NYC, BOS/MIA, and the LA/MIA routes and the victory with 129 points. Blair also finished 4-0 for the tournament. Bob claimed the longest route and 118 points, Jim finished with 117 points on the strength of his trains, and Jean got tangled up in the Northeast with Blair and finished with 104.

A quick look at the tournament statistics: the highest score belonged to Davyd Field playing Ticket to Ride Europe (TTR:E) who had a total of 158 points. Dominic Hull had the high score for regular TTR with 154 points. The lowest winning score belonged to Blair Morgen with a 97 (25 for tickets, 72 for trains). The game winner had the longest route only 58% of the time. The low scores were -48 for tickets, 31 for trains placed, and 10 for final
score. The average score was 103 and the average winning score was 128.

 GM      Tom McCorry [1st Year]   NA 
    tommccorry@aol.com   NA

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