euphrat & tigris [Updated October 2007]  

2007 WBC Report      

 2008 Status: pending December Membership Trial Vote

Aaron Fuegi, MA

2007 Champion

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Event History
1999    John Kilbride     77
2000    Chetan Radia     49
2001    Aaron Fuegi     66
2002    Jeff Cornett     66
2003    Lance Ribeiro     47
2004    Aran Warszawski     44
2005    Matt Calkins     53
2006    Jeff Cornett     38
2007     Aaron Fuegi     41

Euro Quest Event History
2003    Joe Bellizzi     22
2004     Scott Buckwalter     21

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Jeff Cornett       FL    06     86
  2.  Aaron Fuegi        MA    07     66
  3.  Craig Moffit       NJ    06     46
  4.  John Kilbride      PA    03     42
  5.  Ananda Gupta       MD    00     42
  6.  Chetan Radia       UK    00     40
  7.  Rob Kilroy         PA    07     30
  8.  Matt Calkins       VA    05     30
  9.  Aran Warszawski   ISRL   04     30
 10.  Lance Ribeiro      NH    03     30
 11.  Joe Bellizzi       NJ    03     24
 12.  Frank Hamrick      NC    01     24
 13.  Eric Freeman       PA    06     20
 14.  Scott Buckwalter   MD    04     20
 15.  Ann Cornett        FL    04     18
 16.  Jeff Evich         MD    04     16
 17.  Mark Guttag        VA    03     16
 18.  Pat Beaudoin       PA    01     16
 19.  Daniel Eppolito    CA    07     12
 20.  Brian Stone        NY    05     12
 21.  Lucimara Martins   MD    04     12
 22.  Mario Lanza        PA    04     12
 23.  Will Wible         VA    02     12
 24.  Luke Moffit        NJ    01     12
 25.  Stu Hendrickson    VA    00     12
 26.  Bruce Glassco      VA    99     12
 27.  Thomas Wojke       PA    05      9
 28.  James Hopkin       CA    99      9
 29.  Deniz Bucak        PA    07      8
 30.  Jack Jaeger        VA    04      8
 31.  Steve Brooks       FL    00      8
 32.  Brad Sherwood      PA    07      6
 33.  Jeff Pounder       ON    05      6
 34.  Marty Hoff         TX    04      6
 35.  Haim Hochboim     ISRL   04      6
 36.  John Kerr          VA    03      6
 37.  Brian Reynolds     MD    03      6
 38.  Doug Smith         PA    02      6
 39.  Andrew Greene      VA    04      4
 40.  Ivan Lawson        MD    03      4
 41.  Geoff Engelstein   NJ    04      3
 42.  Mark Neale         RI    03      3
 43.  Jason Levine       NY    02      3
 44.  Kevin Wojtasczcyk  NY    99      3
 45.  Joshua Ostrander   NY    07      2
 46.  Jarett Weintraub   NY    06      2
 47.  Marshall Phillips  VA    04      2
 48.  Doug Hoylman       MD    03      2
         

2007 Laurelists

Daniel Eppolito, CA
2nd

Rob Kilroy, PA
3rd

Brad Sherwood, PA
4th

Deniz Bucak, PA
5th

Joshua Ostrander, NY
6th


Past Winners

John Kilbride, PA
1999

Chetan Radia, UK
2000

Aaron Fuegi, MA
2001, 2007

Jeff Cornett, FL
2002, 2006

Lance Ribeiro, NH
2003

Aran Warszawski, Israel
2004

Matt Calkins. VA
2005


 

In an event where relatively few finalists manage to return to the medal round, Rob Kilroy (right) makes it two in a row, but fails again to take it all.  

 Daniel Eppolito and Brad Sherwood failed in their bid to prevent Aaron Fuegi from being the first two-time champion.

Acquiring Civilization ...

Eight winners posted for the semi-finals after two preliminary heats, resulting in two semi-final games. Three alternates also posted, but unfortunately the round had to start before a late-coming qualifier could fill the third game. In the first semi-final, Aaron quickly grabbed three treasures to advance with returning laurelist Rob Kilroy. The second semi-final saw Daniel Epillito and Brad Sherwood advance, defeating defending champion Jeff Cornett in the process.

In the Final, Aaron, played the Archer dynasty and placed his King and Farmer in the east at the junction of the rivers. Daniel started in the southwest and immediately challenged Aaron for the central treasure. Brad, also looking to mix it up early, played his Farmer in the northeast corner. Rob employed a more peaceful approach and opening with a standard King and Trader to the northwest.

Aaron was determined to claim the first treasure and used a very early catastrophe against Daniel. However, Daniel returned the favor with another catastrophe and Aaron instead built a blue/green monument on the river. Rob soon used catastrophes of his own and took partial control of the monument and relocated three of his leaders east. During the mid-game, Aaron reestablished his board position and was able to win several key external conflicts against Rob to regain the lead. When the tile-bag was exhausted the game ended and the final score was Aaron 10-10-11-11 (one treasure), Daniel 7-7-7-13 (two treasures), Rob 6-6-6-10 (one treasure), and Brad 4-4-5-6 (one treasure).

This year, players moving first won four games each, those moving second won six times, those moving third won only once, while players moving fourth won four times. Only three games ended from treasures compared to twelve (from an empty tile bag. Winners captured an average of 2.33 treasures per game or 35% of the total, up from last year. However, monument builders were well represented as a solid 1/3 of winners claimed only one treasure.

Several changes are in-store for next year, pending event status. First, we will use a variant where the first two players receive only one action instead of two for the first turn only. This will mitigate the advantage of the first players. Second, the tournament will be run in a single weekend evening where entrants can play up to three games. Based on those results, four finalists will play one additional deciding game. This will allow participants more opportunities to play, avoid a semi-final round where non-winners might advance, and take advantage of the 90-minute playtime.

 GM      Craig Moffit [2nd Year]  NA
    cmoffitt@snip.net   NA 

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