Thailand/ASEAN championship 2020/2021

Player 	#1 	#2	#3 	#4 	#5	#6 	HK 	FS 	#7 	SI1 	total	#	rating
1 	Mario Huys 	 	 	4 	 	23	 	 	13.43	26 	6 	72.43	5	8.05
2 	S. Heylmann 	13 	6 	31 	8 	4 	14 	 	8 	6 	1.2 	91.2 	9	7.02
3 	L Saarlainen 	7 	18	 	 	 	9.33 	 	5 	 	17.5	56.83	5	6.31
4 	Peter Darby 	15.5	4 	16 	1.2 	 	14 	 	 	 	 	50.7 	5	5.63
5 	Wenzel Frick 	6 	7 	0.9	20.2	7 	 	5 	 	11 	6 	63.1 	8	5.26
6 	J-P Blanchet 	 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	11 	15 	33 	3	4.71
7 	Tristan Lee 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20.2	 	 	 	20.2 	1	4.04
8 	F. Weiner 	7 	9 	 	9 	5 	6 	 	 	 	 	36 	5	4
9 	Tom Barbé 	 	18	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	1	3.6
10	H. Boulanger 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17.5	17.5 	1	3.5
11	Du Pontavice 	 	 	 	16.8	 	 	 	 	 	 	16.8 	1	3.36
11	Kelvin Kwok 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16.8	 	 	 	16.8 	1	3.36
13	C. Sanderson 	 	 	6 	6 	4 	11.66	 	 	4 	1.8 	33.46	6	3.35
14	A. Reardon 	15.5	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19.5 	2	3.25
15	Andrew Goff 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16.14	 	 	16.14	1	3.23
16	C.de Graaf 	 	 	 	 	15	 	 	 	 	 	15 	1	3
17	J. Anderson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13.43	 	 	13.43	1	2.69
18	C. Borgeat 	 	 	 	 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	9 	1	1.8
19	Michael Chan 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	8 	1	1.6
20	Richard Hau 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	8 	1	1.6
21	G. Radford 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	8 	1	1.6
22	Pash Chan 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	 	7 	1	1.4
23	Hackenbracht 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	6 	1	1.2
24	Jono 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	5 	1	1
25	S. Rajapogalan	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	1	1
26	H.Stillman 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	5 	1	1
27	Jeffrey Tjeuw 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	 	5 	1	1
28	A. Geraghty 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	1	0.8
29	Frank Lei 	 	 	1.5	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1.5 	1	0.3
30	Sean Colman 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1.2 	 	 	1.2 	1	0.24
31	W. Rungroeng 	1.2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1.2 	1	0.24
32	Andrei Ducosin	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0.9	 	0.9 	1	0.18
====Game #1 FTF 04 March 2020 Battlefield Bangkok====
First qualifier played face to face at Battlefield Bangkok boardgame café
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts
Austria	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	3 	6
England	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	7 	13
France 	Waranawong Rungroeng	 	 	E05	1.2
Germany	Fabian Weiner 	 	 	4 	7
Italy 	Anthony Reardon 	 	 	8 	15.5
Russia 	Lei Saarlainen 	 	 	4 	7
Turkey 	Peter Darby 	 	 	8 	15.5
This was a 1905 face to face 7 players game played in 4 hours at Battlefield Bangkok boardgame café.
====Game #2 FTF 11 March 2020 Ninive Game Store====
Second qualifier played face fo face at Ninive Game boardgame café
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc	Pts
Austria	Lei Saarlainen 	 	 	9 	18
England	Tom Barbé 	 	 	9 	18
France 	Fabian Weiner 	 	 	6 	9
Germany	Siddartha Rajapogalan	 	 	2 	5
Italy 	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	4 	7
Russia 	Peter Darby 	 	 	1 	4
Turkey 	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	3 	6
This was a 1905 7 players face to face game played in 5 hours at Ninive Game boardgame café.
====Game #3 Correspondence 24 March 2020 - 23 April Webdiplomacy====
thumb|324x324pxAs the coronavirus lockdown postponed the possibility of live FtF games, the activities of the club shifted to the internet on the Webdiplomacy platform.
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts
Austria	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	E04	0.9
England	Anthony Reardon	 	 	1 	4
France 	Chris Sanderson	 	 	3 	6
Germany	Mario Huys 	 	 	1 	4
Italy 	Frank Lei 	 	 	E06	1.5
Russia 	Sascha Heylmann	 	 	16 	31
Turkey 	Peter Darby 	 	 	13 	16
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 Game history
====Game #4 Correspondence 18 April - 2 May Webdiplomacy====
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts
Austria	Andrew Geraghty 	 	 	1 	4
England	Peter Darby 	 	 	E05	1.2
France 	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	10 	20.2
Germany	Emmanuel du Pontavice	 	 	9 	16.8
Italy 	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	5 	8
Russia 	Chris Sanderson 	 	 	3 	6
Turkey 	Fabian Weiner 	 	 	6 	9
This was a 1907 7 player correspondence game played on Webdiplomacy.
 Game history
====Game #5 Correspondence 2 May Webdiplomacy/Diplomacy Discord====
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Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc	Pts
Austria	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	1 	4
England	Chris Sanderson 	 	 	1 	4
France 	Mario Huys 	 	 	11	23
Germany	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	4 	7
Italy 	Claes de Graaf 	 	 	9 	15
Russia 	Fabian Weiner 	 	 	2 	5
Turkey 	Christophe Borgeat	 	 	6 	9
This was a live game played as a test game on the Diplomacy Discord server.
====Game #6 Correspondence 11 May - 2 June Correspondence Webdiplomacy/free====
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Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc	Pts
Austria	Jean-Pierre Blanchet	 	 	4 	7
England	Lei Saarlainen 	 	 	5 	9.33
France 	Peter Darby 	 	 	7 	14
Germany	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	7 	14
Italy 	Fabian Weiner 	 	 	3 	6
Russia 	Hunter Stillman 	 	 	2 	5
Turkey 	Chris Sanderson 	 	 	6 	11.66
This was a correspondence game played on webdiplomacy planned for seven years, but it ended in a draw after winter 04.
Game history
==== Hongkong Game 6 june 2020 Wheat & Wood Boardgame Café ====
Main Article : Hongkong Diplomacy Community
====First Saturday #1 3 October 2020 Speedboat (no negotiation, live) Backstabbr====
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts
Austria	Mario Huys 	 	 	7 	13.43
England	Sean Colman 	 	 	E05	1.2
France 	Sascha Heylmann	 	 	5 	8
Germany	Andrew Goff 	 	 	8 	16.14
Italy 	Graeme Radford 	 	 	5 	8
Russia 	John Anderson 	 	 	7 	13.43
Turkey 	Lei Saarlainen 	 	 	2 	5
This was scheduled as a first Saturday asia pacific league live game, but eventually played without negotiation and ending after five years.
====Game #7 Correspondence 15 November 2020 - 12 January 2021 Correspondence Backstabbr/Discord====
Country	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts
Austria	Bill Hackenbracht 	 	 	3 	6
England	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	8 	11
France 	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	3 	6
Germany	Andrei Ducosin 	 	 	E04	0.9
Italy 	Chris Sanderson 	 	 	1 	4
Russia 	Mario Huys 	 	 	11 	26
Turkey 	Jean-Pierre Blanchet	 	 	8 	11
Correspondence game ending in 1907 with a domination victory for Russia.
Russian EOG: At the start I proposed Turkey we'd try something novel to get our armies and fleets quickly arrayed against Austria. I would convoy his army to Rum if he'd let me in Bla. He countered with a move set that would blow up my fleet in Rum. Not exactly what I had in mind, but I went with it, because it meant Turkey would take on the lion part of the battle, while I could venture elsewhere. While others were screaming "Steamroller", I could pretend to not be really involved, because for the longest time I only had an army in Gal as my only contribution to the RT. And with Italy such a staunch ally to Austria, the South was as good as deadlocked.
Meanwhile Germany was getting attacked from all sides with especially France successful in dominating the scene. I built a second fleet on StP south coast to join the fray as an ally of England, aiming to control the whole Baltic region.
Fall 1902 was a turning point. Italy had entered the Eastern Med, forcing Turkey to redeploy southwards and temporarily leave Rum. I was hoping to take it over from him, but bounced with Austria. As a result Turkey built a fairly useless army, whereas I was desperately in need for a unit in StP to keep a dittering England honest. Meanwhile Germany incomprehensibly allowed France to enter Mun. The game seemed rigged.
This need for a dot forced me to re-evaluate my alliances. I decided to side with Austria in order to secure Rum and get a foothold in Germany. Meanwhile I promised England whatever he wanted ("A game long alliance?  Check.") to move him away from overrunning my Northern holdings. This worked marvelously well, so that by Fall I was looking at gaining two centers and tie France for the top.
But then I made the most foolish decision of the whole game. Unaware that Italy had decided to stab that turn, and in an attempt to placate Turkey, I voluntarily walked out of Rum. Simply protecting Sev with Ukr to cripple Turkey, or cutting Ser with Rum to aid Italy, would have been so much more sensical.
Upset by my own stupidity I became lackluster. No more astute plans, just take the easy dots. But Turkey had seen enough and decided to move against me. This quickly put him in Sev, if not for Austria's stab on him the very same season. Count on Bill Hackenbracht, the current number one in the world according to DBN, to seize the opportunity to explode to the top. And on me to blunt that stab with a seemingly counterproductive bounce on Rum. Turkey again avoided becoming marginalized by the rarest of luck.
Meanwhile France was in full attack against England who did all he could to protect his homeland. Italy was on the brink, because of the short-lived AT that had helped Austria into Ven. Things were in flux, but thanks to Austria's stab I no longer had to worry about further Turkish incursions. In fact I had no enemy anywhere near my borders. What a luxury.
From there on it was smooth sailing. I coordinated with England and Austria to push France out of Germany and the Lowlands and force Turkey back to his homeland. Then with Austria out of position I seized the opportunity to finally take Rum and descend on his exposed home centers, cheered on by an incensed Turkey.
I brought France to tears by never taking the Scandinavian centers from England. But my goal had already shifted. I not only wanted a board top, I wanted a top score that would put me in first place in the Thai Championship Standings, where Sascha (France) was in the lead. Diminishing his score was just as important as increasing mine. As long as I could keep the second finisher 3 centers behind, I would be guaranteed of the full 12 points domination score, which was vital, more so than the actual centers I would obtain.
Before the final turn, Fall 1907, I had already 9 centers assured and could vie for 11, unless stabbed. My main rivals were my two allies, England and Turkey, both at 6. They could really only hope to get to 8, but only if they worked with me, not against me. Even then, their 8th center (Bre and Tri) could be denied from them if their opponents chose to do so.
Note the beautiful symmetry of these two powers, as well as France/Austria who faced the same kinds of decisions and basically came to the same conclusions, priming their defences against me, the board leader, instead of against my allies, their main threats. They also ended with the same score. Karma?
So yes, I could stab for an extra dot here and there (Rum, Edi, Den or Hol). But I considered the likelihood of either of my allies stabbing me small enough that my 3 center lead, and thus my domination bonus, was not in any danger. And thus I care-beared even on the final turn. You'll all like me the more for it.
====Game #8 Spice Island====
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Country 	Player 	Nat.	Res.	Sc 	Pts 	Standing
Ayuthaya 	Jean-Pierre Blanchet	 	 	9 	15 	4.71
Brunei 	Wenzel Frick 	 	 	3 	6 	5.26
Dai Viet 	Sascha Heylmann 	 	 	A05	1.2 	7.02
Majapahit	Lei Saarlainen 	 	 	10 	17.5	6.31
Malacca 	Chris Sanderson 	 	 	A07	1.8 	3.35
Ternate 	Mario Huys 	 	 	3 	6 	8.05
Tondo 	Hervé Boulanger 	 	 	10 	17.5	3.5
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