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Updated Nov. 23, 2013

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  2014 Status: pending 2014 GM commitment

Rob Kircher, RI

2013 Champion

 

Event History
2003   Arthur Field     85
2004   Evan Tannheimer     73
2005    Nick Anner     53
2006   Arthur Field     49
2007    Sam Atabaki     57
2008   Greg Thatcher     67
2009   Eric Freeman     57
2010   Alex Bove     48
2011   Raphael Lehrer     75
2012    Michael Shea     59
2013   Rob Kircher     77

Euro Quest BPA History
2003   Arthur Field     17

PBeM History
2008   Kevin Wojtaszczyk     30
2009   Greg Thatcher     30
2010    Haim Hochboim     30

  Laurels

 Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
   1.  Greg Thatcher      FL    10    112
   2.  Eric Freeman       PA    13     94
   3.  Alex Bove          PA    12     92
   4.  Arthur Field       SC    09     91
   5.  Haim Hochboim      il    13     67
   6.  Raphael Lehrer     MD    11     64
   7.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    10     55
   8.  Nick Anner         NY    07     51
   9.  Aram Warszawski    il    13     48
  10.  Curt Collins II    PA    10     43
  11.  Evan Tannheimer    MA    05     42
  12.  Andrew Emerick     CT    13     33
  13.  Rob Kircher        RI    13     30
  14.  Michael Shea       CT    12     30
  15.  Andrew Gerb        MA    10     30
  16.  Rich Meyer         MA    08     30
  17.  Sam Atabaki        CA    07     30
  18.  Mike Kaltman       PA    08     27
  19.  Bill Zurn          CA    11     26
  20.  Doug Smith         PA    11     24
  21.  Chris Trimmer      TX    10     24
  22.  Owen Kyrollos      NJ    13     18
  23.  Davyd Field        SC    05     18
  24.  Ilan Woll          CT    08     15
  25.  Rob Flowers        MD    12     12
  26.  Brian Kowal        WI    07     12
  27.  Brian Jones        NC    05     12
  28.  John Kerr          VA    03     12
  29.  Cary Morris        NC    12      9
  30.  Bryan Berkenstock  NJ    10      9
  31.  Jonathan Tivel     VA    04      9
  32.  Luke Koleszar      VA    03      9
  33.  Tom Browne         PA    08      8
  34.  Ken Dozier         NC    03      8
  35.  Greg Crowe         VA    07      6
  36.  Joshua Cooper      MD    06      6
  37.  Shannon Beets      CA    05      6
  38.  Tyler Sheaffer     CA    04      6
  39.  David Fogel        MD    03      6
  40.  Matt Calkins       VA    11      4
  41.  Grant LaDue        NY    10      4
  42.  Tom Dunning        NY    08      4
  43.  Rob Taylor         MI    03      4
  44.  Dominic Blais      qc    12      3
  45.  John Pack          CO    05      3
  46.  Tom McCorry        PA    03      2

2013 Laurelists                                                  Repeating Laurelists:

Owen Kyrollos, NJ
2nd

Aran Warszawski, il
3rd

Andrew Emerick, CT
4th

Eric Freeman, PA
5th

Haim Hochboim, il
6th


Past Winners

Arthur Field, SC
2003, 2006

Evan Tannheimer, MA
2004

Nick Anner, NY
2005

Sam Atabaki, CA
2007

Greg Thatcher, CA
2008

Eric Freeman, PA
2009

Alex Bove, PA
2010

Raphael Lehrer, CA
2011

Michael Shea, CT
2012

Rob Kircher, RI
2013

Sun worshipers among the pyramids ...

Bruce Rae, Jason Levine, Dave Gagne and Keith Layton

Amun-Renaissance ...

Amun-Re enjoyed a large attendance increase with 77 players, its highest total since its debut 11 years ago. In the heats, 23 tables yielded 22 different winners, with only Chris Moffa managing to win twice. Owen Kyrollos won by the largest margin (10 points), while David Platnick had the highest winning score (48). On the other end of the spectrum, the lowest winning score (34) was posted by Evan Cagwin to edge 2012 laurelist Cary Morris and Edward Fear, who tied for runner-up at 33. Two games finished in ties. One was also the closest game of the heats, with eight points separating all five players and Scott Saccenti edging Greg Crowe to punch his ticket to the semifinals (and deny a seat to Greg, who finished as the first alternate).

20 of the 22 winners opted to continue to the semifinals, making four tables of five players each. The top seeds (Chris Moffa, Alex Bove, Bob Cranshaw, and Aran Warszawski) were seated at separate tables, but only Aran advanced. The other winners were former finalists Eric Freeman and Andrew Emerick and relative newcomer Owen Kyrollos. Rob Kircher - without an AMR laurel to his name - was the closest runner-up, allowing him to join the 5-player Final and forcing Haim Hochboim to settle for 6th place laurels.

This year's Final had exactly the same winning (33) and last place scores (27) as last year's, and in many ways it was just as close, even though the margin of victory this time was four points. The Old Kingdom saw players scramble for money as only five positive sacrifices were made and farmer income never rose above 1 gold. The pharaoh also changed hands three times. After scoring, Andrew had the lead at 13, with Eric and Rob at 10 and 9 respectively and Owen and Aran slightly farther back at 7 apiece. Only three scoring cards were played. As is common at the halfway point, the two scoring leaders had the least cash while the lower scorers were hoping to convert their larger stacks into comebacks in the second half.

In the New Kingdom, the first half money leaders each bought one of the most developed territories: In Round 4, Rob bought Memphis and its two pyramids for 15; in Round 5, Owen used his bid blockade to pay only 15 for Damanhur and its three pyramids; and in Round 6, Aran paid 28 for the two pyramids and extra brick on Sawu. While Rob fortified his pyramid lead on Memphis, Aran and Eric worked toward double sets. Owen was out of position and decided to complete two sets rather than compete with Rob for the most-pyramids bonus. Andrew was very cash poor and had to settle for a single set. Aran's purchase of Sawu allowed him to take the most-pyramids bonus on the opposite side of the Nile.

The last sacrifice was crucial for Rob. He had built a second pyramid on Amarna but left just one on Edfu. If his sacrifice was the highest, he could build a second pyramid on Edfu and complete another set for four points. Owen and Rob both bid nearly all of their cash, but Rob came out ahead and completed his set. Those four points were his margin of victory. Owen had to settle for second. Aran and Andrew tied for third place, with Aran winning the tiebreaker with seven pyramids to Andrew's three. Eric was one point behind. The scores were 33-29-28-28-27.

Thanks to everyone who helped us reach nearly record player numbers. Let's break 100 next year!

Andy Latto and Perrianne Lurie mug for the camera.

GM Alex Bove oversees his finalists.
 GM      Alex Bove [1st Year]   NA
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