Virtual World Diplomacy Classic 2020

The Virtual World Diplomacy Classic was a virtual tournament held from December 18-20, 2020, withgame play on Backstabbr.com and player interactions conducted on Discord.
== Registration ==
* Registration , Call on board, Negotiation https://discord.gg/KRpyA7ypFd
* Gameplay :  https://www.backstabbr.com
==Organisation==
*Tournament Director Bill Hackenbracht,
*Assistant Tournament Director West Coast Chris Brand,
*Assistant Tournament Director Pacific Peter McNamara,
*Assistant Tournament Director Central Europe Markus Zijlstra, 
*Assistant Tournament Director United Kingdom Garry Sturley.
This international cast of characters, who have each volunteered to TD a round friendly to their respective time zones, will facilitate maximum world participation.
Also, by sharing TD responsibilities, each of them will be able to participate in the event itself.
(The legendary David Hood has volunteered to serve as a back-up TD, in the event any ofthem have to drop out.)
== Results ==
=== Top Board ===
DBN Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZRuISfKJ94&t=18143s
Countries	Players 	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	POINTS
Austria 	Matthew Crill 	4 	3 	2 	1 	0 	 	 	 	 	 	6
England 	Nicolas Sahuguet 	4 	4 	3 	3 	3 	4 	7 	9 	9 	14	291
France 	Bill Hackenbracht	6 	6 	6 	6 	7 	6 	6 	7 	6 	3 	60
Germany 	Peter McNamara 	5 	6 	7 	6 	5 	4 	3 	1 	0 	 	12
Italy 	Maxim Popov 	5 	6 	6 	8 	7 	6 	6 	6 	5 	3 	60
Russia 	Farren Jane 	6 	5 	5 	4 	6 	7 	4 	1 	1 	0 	13,5
Turkey 	Morgante Pell 	4 	4 	5 	6 	6 	7 	8 	10	12	14	1291
=== Final Standing ===
Rk	Player 	Nat.	Res. 	Pts	0 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	TB
1 	Morgante Pell 	US 	US-VT 	 	 	90 	70 	 	218	158	1291
2 	Nicolas Sahuguet 	FRA 	CAN-QB 	 	 	 	100	 	144	224	291
3 	Bill Hackenbracht	US 	US-PA 	 	238	168	136	 	100	 	60
4 	Farren Jane 	US 	US 	 	 	136	60 	 	3 	420	13,5
5 	Maxim Popov 	US 	US 	 	 	218	188	 	70 	3 	60
6 	Matt Crill 	US 	 	 	 	150	198	 	198	 	6
7 	Peter McNamara 	AUS 	AUS-VIC	 	184	 	136	 	 	208	12
8 	Tom de Greef 	NDL 	 	 	80 	168	 	168	130	 	
9 	Jeremiah Raymond 	US 	 	 	3 	120	136	208	 	 	
10	Jaxon Roberts 	US 	 	 	 	60 	168	 	60 	224	
11	Jason Mastbaum 	US 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
12	Christian Kline 	US 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
13	Claesar de Graaf 	NDL 	NDL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
14	Tommy Anderson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
15	Chris Helwig 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16	Jaromir Sulja 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
17	Laszlo Levij 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
17	Dave Roberts 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
19	Ken Gordon 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20	Tanya Gill 	CAN 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
21	Jeff Dwornicki 	US 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
22	Cyrille Sevin 	FRA 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
=== Awards ===
* American Champion: Farren Jane
* European Champion Claes de Graaf
* Asia Pacific Champion Peter McNamara
* Best Austria
* Best England
* Best France
* Best Germany
* Best Italy Christophe Borgeat 1° 15c
* Best Russia
* Best Turkey
=== Early Round ===
==== Board A "Aachen" ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-ERGA-Aachen/6295472358817792
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Ferdinand Binnendijk	NED	 	E09	8
England 	Bill Hackenbracht 	US 	 	16 	238
France 	Günther Bedson 	UK 	 	10 	130
Germany 	Luis Quental 	 	 	E06	5
Italy 	Ben Knight 	 	 	E09	8
Russia 	Guillaume Machin 	FRA	 	E03	2
Turkey 	Garry Sturley 	UK 	 	8 	110
==== Board B " Bangkok" ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-ERGB-Bangkok/5681306933657600
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Matt Lynch 	 	 	E03	2
England 	Claesar de Graaff	NED	NED	3 	60
France 	Cyrille Sevin 	FRA	 	11 	140
Germany 	Andrei Ducusin 	PHI	PHI	E08	7
Italy 	Laszlo Levij 	 	 	13 	208
Russia 	Tom de Greef 	NED	 	5 	80
Turkey 	Philipp Weissert 	GER	OST	2 	50
==== Board C "Cadix" ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-ERGC-Cadiz/5637958365609984
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Denis Peskov 	GER	 	E09	8
England 	Callum Sullivan	 	 	13 	184
France 	Peter McNamara 	AUS	 	13 	184
Germany 	Jenny Hutton 	 	 	E05	4
Italy 	Ruben Sanchez 	FRA	 	E07	6
Russia 	Tony Swinnerton	 	 	E05	4
Turkey 	Tommy Anderson 	 	 	8 	110
==== Board D "Darwin" ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-ERGD-Darwin/6231276556386304
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Andy Harris 	UK 	 	E04	3
England 	Jeremiah (JJ) Raymond	 	 	E04	3
France 	Ken Gordon 	 	 	7 	100
Germany 	Tjeerd Broersma 	NED	 	6 	90
Italy 	Zachary Moore 	USA	 	3 	60
Russia 	Marijan Orsolic 	 	 	6 	90
Turkey 	Christian Kline 	USA	 	12 	198
=== Round 1 ===
==== Board A "Aberdeen" ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-R1GA-Aberdeen/5748808468398080
https://diplomacytv.com/tournaments/28/games/R2GA/
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Maxim Popov 	 	 	14 	218
England 	Natty Shafer 	 	 	9 	120
France 	Matt Lynch 	 	 	6 	90
Germany 	Greg Matthews 	 	 	1 	40
Italy 	Marijan Orsolic	 	 	2 	50
Russia 	Hugh Zhang 	 	 	2 	50
Turkey 	Ben Barov 	 	 	E04	3
==== Board B Baton Rouge ====
https://www.backstabbr.com/game/vWDC-R1GB-Baton-Rouge/6264557335216128
https://diplomacytv.com/tournaments/28/games/R2GB/sc_chart/
Countries	Players 	Nat	Res	Sc 	POINTS
Austria 	Karthik Konath 	 	 	9 	120
England 	Stewart Nairn 	 	 	E04	3
France 	Claesar de Graaff	NED	 	15 	180
Germany 	Ruben Sanchez 	FRA	 	E10	9
Italy 	Cyrille Sevin 	FRA	 	5 	80
Russia 	Emmett Wainwright	 	 	3 	60
Turkey 	Ben Kellman 	 	 	2 	50
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=== Round 2 ===
=== Round 3 ===
=== Round 4 ===
=== Round 5 ===
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==Tournament Structure==
*6 unlimited rounds (4 playable at most)
*3 best score for qualifying for championship game (100+100+100+0)
*World Classic Scoring System
*Championship game
== Subtournament ==
* virtual European Diplomacy Classic 
* virtual Asia Pacific Diplomacy Classic 
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