victory in the pacific
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Updated 11/30/2009 |
Rising Sun Pre-Con
2009 WBC Report
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2010 Status: pending 2010
GM commitment |
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Michael Kaye, MD |
2009 Champion |
Offsite Links
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Event History |
1991 |
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Dave Targonski |
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1992 |
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Wes Erni |
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1993 |
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Alan Applebaum |
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36 |
1994 |
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Dave Targonski |
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36 |
1995 |
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Dan Henry |
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45 |
1996 |
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Robert Kondracki |
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46 |
1997 |
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Ed O'Connor |
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42 |
1998 |
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Joe Dragan |
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48 |
1999 |
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Alan Applebaum |
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48 |
2000 |
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Andy Gardner |
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50 |
2001 |
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Dan Henry |
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48 |
2002 |
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Dan Henry |
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50 |
2003 |
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Ed Menzel |
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39 |
2004 |
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Michael Kaye |
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44 |
2005 |
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Andy Gardner |
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32 |
2006 |
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Ed Menzel |
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41 |
2007 |
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Darren Kilfara |
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39 |
2008 |
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Charlie Drozd |
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36 |
2009 |
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Michael Kaye |
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37 |
PBeM Event History |
1999 |
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Nick Markevich |
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2001 |
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Ed Menzel |
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32 |
2004 |
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Rob Flowers |
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32 |
2007 |
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Charles Drozd |
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2009 |
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Joe Dragon |
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42 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Dan Henry IL 07 272
2. Andy Gardner VA 09 258
3. Michael Kaye CA 09 246
4. Ed Menzel CA 06 214
5. Charlie Drozd IL 08 152
6. Darren Kilfara uk 09 146
7. Alan Applebaum MA 05 113
8. John Pack CO 08 96
9. Michael Ussery MD 08 78
10. Joe Dragan MI 09 66
11. Ray Freeman CA 04 60
12. Rob Flowers MD 04 50
13. Larry Meyers AZ 09 44
14. Ed Paule NJ 09 42
15. Jim Eliason IA 08 42
16. Tim Tow TX 04 39
17. John Sharp FL 07 30
18. Bob Hamel CT 00 30
19. Ted Drozd IL 09 18
20. Nathan Zietlow IA 09 18
21. Michael Day AZ 09 18
22. John Strand CO 02 18
23. Eric El Osta bg 00 18
24. Philip Watkins MN 07 15
25. Ken Nied KS 03 14
26. Pat Richardson FL 09 12
27. Mark Booth VA 08 12
28. Joe Powell VA 99 12
29. Nick Markevich CA 99 10
30. Robert Drozd IL 09 6
31. John Sharp Jr FL 03 6
32. Casey Adams MN 00 6
33. Brad Solberg CA 99 6
34. Scott Fenn MD 07 5
35. Ong Meng Soon my 01 4
36. Bobby Clinton CA 01 4
37. Max Zavanelli FL 99 4
38. Dennis Nicholson NY 99 3
39. Vince Meconi DE 99 2
40. Glenn McMaster on 01 1
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2009 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists: |
Darren Kilfara, uk
2nd
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Andy Gardner, VA
3rd
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Ted Drozd, IL
4th
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Pat Richardson, FL
5th
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Ed Paule, NJ
6th
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Past Winners |
Dave Targonski, DC
1991, 1994
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Alan Applebaum, MA
1993, 1999
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Dan Henry, IL
1995, 200l-02
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Robert Kondracki, PA
1996
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Ed O'Connor, NJ
1997
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Joe Dragan, MI
1998
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Andy Gardner, VA
2000, 2005
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Ed Menzel, CA
2003, 2006
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Michael Kaye, MD
2004, 2009
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Darren Kilfara, UK
2007
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Charlie Drozd, IL
2008
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Two-time champ Dave Targonski records
his moves, presumably for later study, in his game against Ted
Drozd. Ted moved on to make the elimination rounds. |
Former champs collide as Mike Kaye
is paired with Alan Applebaum while Jeff Cornett battles another
former champ, Darren Kilfara, in the background. |
Rising
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73 matches overall - 65 Swiss and eight of the new single
elimination games combined to crown Mike Kaye as the 2009 Champion.
The bids jumped this year - games with a bid averaged 4.4275,
vs 2008's 3.974 POC average, a half POC increase. Overall
bids (including four games with no bid) averaged 4.1849, compared
to last year's 3.827.
This year's change to a Swiss-Elim format finally brought a Final
into play after 18 years of pure swiss! The top eight
advanced from the fierce Swiss rounds to quarter-finals. One
5-0, followed by three 4-1s advanced automatically. Eight
3-2 players matched strength-of-schedule stats to determine which
four would advance to the elimination rounds.
During the Swiss competition, an unusual situation occurred in
the game between Greg Smith (IJN) and Vince Meconi (Allies). I
looked at their board to see Australia wearing a RED PORT symbol
- taken by the Japanese. In addition, Ceylon was also
taken by the IJN. I had never seen that combination in any game. Of
course, Vince's Allies (mostly the USN) pressed their advantage
in the east, since most of the IJN was busy with the Royal Navy
and capturing western lands. Nevertheless, Greg's
Japanese held on for a net 5.5 POC win.
Undefeated Andy Gardner was the top seed for the elimination
rounds, followed by (in order of Swiss finish after tie-breakers)
Mike Kaye (4-1), Darren Kilfara (4-1), Ted Drozd (4-1), Pat Richardson
(3-2), Ed Paule (3-2), Mark Booth (3-2) and Ed Menzel (3-2).
The quarter-finals featured these matches:
Andy Gardner vs Ed Menzel, with Ed prevailing after eight brutal
turns.
Darren Kilfara vs Ed Paule, with Darren posting the win after
eight.
Mike Kaye vs Mark Booth, with Mike taking the honors.
Ted Drozd vs Pat Richardson, with Pat sealing the game after
six turns.
One semi-final pitted Ed Menzel against Darren Kilfara. Ed
took the Allies and 4.5 POC against Darren's IJN in a SEASAW
battle that ran a full eight turns, with Darren's IJN finally
scoring the win because the IJN LBA held Hawaii!
The other semi-final saw Mike Kay's IJN take on Pat Richardson's
Allies with a 6.0 bid. Early turns were nip and tuck,
with Pat boring holes in the IJN perimeter as the POC mounted. Pat
snatched bases from the Japanese, making inroads against the
IJN flags. The crowning point on Turn 6 occurred as
the Allies drove for Indonesia bases. The IJN sank
the Marine, the Allies missed Yokosuka, and the Philippines fell
to the Yokosuka SNLF. Losing that key base, the Allies
conceded.
In the Final, Mike Kaye bid 5.5 for the Japanese, so Darren Kilfara
lined up Battleship Row for the Pearl Harbor strikes. Turn
2, Darren dared Mike with five USN CVs in three areas. Losing
four (including one to the mighty Hosho and one to the I-Boat)
put Darren in a tight spot. While seeming risky, Darren's
exposure of all five Allied CVs pitted the USN against the smaller
IJN CVs. Darren's calculations showed that the expected
outcome would be two, perhaps three USN CVs sunk. Unfortunately,
the dice do have a way of sometimes "exceeding our expectations!" Turn
3, Darren's LBA in Hawaii had a tough time, losing five of six
Allied LBA in the first round while only max damaging one IJN
CV and disabling another. With Pearl Harbor under
IJN rule, Mike pressed in later turns. Darren fought
back until a large battle in the South Pacific on Turn 5 went
the wrong way giving the IJN too much of an advantage. Darren's
Allies conceded.
My thanks to all of the loyal players whose attendance and assistance
over the years have made running this tournament a pleasure.
Next year will see a new VIP GM: Charlie Drozd has offered to
take on the task. He will be assisted by a team of
experienced players to allow him to both GM and play effectively.
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Dave Gubbay and Mike Pustilnik trade
incoming air raids in one of the five swiss rounds filled with
veteran players. |
Not surprisingly, the Final paired
two former champs, this time it was Darren Kilfara and Mike Kaye.
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