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Updated Oct. 18, 2014

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2014 WBC Report
 

 2015 Status: pending 2015 GM commitment

Richard Beyma, VA

2014 Champion

Event History
1991    Rob Beyma      31
1992    Alan Frappier      26
1993    Ed O’Connor      20
1994    Jeff Martin      16
1995    Rob Beyma      16
1996    Tom Gregorio      20
1997    Gary Dickson      24
1998    Gary Dickson      27
1999    Gary Dickson     26
2000    Doug James     30
2001    Phil Evans     27
2002    Tom Gregorio     30
2003     Doug James     30
2004    Tom Gregorio     36
2005    Doug James     33
2006     Doug James     23
2007    Bert Schoose     34
2008     Doug James     27
2009    Doug James     39
2010    Bert Schoose     36
2011    John Ohlin     41
2012    Gary Dickson     31
2013    Bert Schoose     26
2014    Richard Beyma     24

PBeM Event History
1999    Gary Dickson      19
2000    Gary Dickson      22
2001    Doug James      23
2002    Gary Dickson      44
2003    Tom Gregorio     40
2006    Doug James     34
2008    Tom Gregorio     31
2010    Gary Dickson     31
2012    Gary Dickson     24
2014    Ed O'Connor     30

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Gary Dickson       AZ    14    451
  2.  Doug James         NC    14    390
  3.  Tom Gregorio       PA    13    358
  4.  Bert Schoose       IL    14    273
  5.  Rob Beyma          MD    13     96
  6.  John Ohlin         FL    14     89
  7.  Ed O'Connor        NJ    14     87
  8.  Alan Zasada        IL    14     87
  9.  George Karahalios  IL    10     86
 10.  Pat Flory          CT    14     85
 11.  Richard Beyma      VA    14     70
 12.  Phil Evans         VA    04     63
 13.  Jeff Martin        CT    10     48
 14.  Art Lupinacci      on    02     40
 15.  Tim Nielsen        VA    11     36
 16.  Joe Collinson      MD    04     36
 17.  Dave Ketchum       FL    04     36
 18.  Mike Pacheco       CA    10     32
 19.  Joe Angiolillo     CT    10     24
 20.  Gregory M. Smith   PA    12     22
 21.  Ari Kogut          TX    12     22
 22.  Michael Kaye       MD    12     20
 23.  John Malaska       NJ    14     16
 24.  Scott Abrams       CA    06     16
 25.  Forrest Pafenberg  VA    06     16
 26.  Allen Kaplan       NJ    05     16
 27.  Jim Eliason        IA    05     14
 28.  Mike Mishler       CA    14     13
 29.  Michael Trobaugh   IL    14     12
 30.  John Popiden       CA    07     12
 31.  Michael Mitchell   GA    06     12
 32.  Roy Walker         uk    08     10
 33.  Jeff Lange         ae    04     10
 34.  Brad Frisby        MD    01      8
 35.  John Bullis        WI    02      6
 36.  Rob McCracken      DE    05      5
 37.  John Ryan          FL    07      4
 38.  Alex Gregorio      PA    08      3
 39.  Larry Hollern      TX    08      3
 40.  Marty Musella      VA    99      3

2014 Laurelists                  Repeating Laurelists: 

Alan Zasada, IL
2nd

Gary Dickson, AZ
3rd

Michael Trobaugh, IL
4th

Mike Mishler, CA
5th

John Ohlin. FL
6th

Past Winners

Rob Beyma, MD
1991, 1995

Alan Frappier, CT
1992

Ed O’Connor, NJ
1993

Jeff Martin, CT
1994

Tom Gregorio, PA
'96, '02, '04

Gary Dickson, AZ
1997-1999, 2012

Doug James, NC
00, 03, 05-'06, 08-09

Phil Evans, VA
2001

Bert Schoose, IL
2007, 2010, 2013

John Ohlin, FL
2011


 Play By Email 2014

After two years of single elimination play encompassing 29 games between 30 opponents, Ed O’Connors Russians defeated Pat “the TRC Sensei” Flory in the 10-turn scenario in a hard fought match. Despite the attrition favoring the Germans, i.e., the Germans lost less than expected and the Russians more, Ed's tight play combined with the Germans admittedly less than aggressive style at the tail end of the game helped Ed land the victory.

While the Germans had a good chance of capturing Leningrad, and possibly Moscow, a German capture of Kursk would have been decidedly an uphill proposition. The dice favored the Germans early but 1942 saw the luck swing the other way and, combined with lousy (pro-German) weather, gave the Red Army the path to victory. Stay tuned for the announcement of the tenth edition of the 2014 BPA-Sponsored TRC PBeM Tournament; as the champ, Ed will soon get to enjoy the new experience of being the man with the target on his back!

Laurels for third through sixth place were won by John Malaska, Doug James, Bert Schoose and John Ohlin and are reflected in the updated totals above.

 GM      Tom Gregorio  [14th Year]   1650 Chadwyck Place, Blue Bell, PA 19422 
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