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Updated Nov. 23, 2013

2013 WBC Report  

 2014 Status: pending 2014 GM commitment

Janet Ottey, PA

2013 Champion

Event History
2000    John Reiners       95
2001    Michelle Hymowitz       88
2002    Tom Dunning     140
2003    Tom Dunning     109
2004    Steve Scott     116
2005     Alex Bove     121
2006     Chris Terrell     125
2007    Bobbi Warczak     150
2008     Alex Bove     145
2009     Alex Bove     176
2010    Alex Bove     162
2011    Richard Meyer     170
2012    Steve Scott     154
2013    Janet Ottey     160

Euro Quest BPA Event History
2003     Tom Dunning     22
2004     Ilan Tadmore     23
2005      Joe Jaskiewiez     20
2006      Arthur Field     34
2007      Tom Dunning     32
2008     Joe Jaskiewiez     32
2009     Kirk Harris     37
2010     Jeremy Oppenheim     32
2011     Daniel Eppolito     42
2012     Scott Fenn     33

 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Alex Bove          PA    12    240
  2.  Tom Dunning        NY    09    178
  3.  Steve Scott        CA    12     84
  4.  Joe Jaskiewicz     MD    08     70
  5.  Winton LeMoine     CA    08     64
  6.  Richard Meyer      MA    13     60
  7.  Scott Fenn         MD    12     52
  8.  Janet Ottey        PA    13     50
  9.  Mike Kaltman       PA    10     44
 10.  Henry Dove         MD    12     42
 11.  Eric Freeman       PA    12     40
 12.  David Buchholz     MI    09     40
 13.  Bobbi Warczak      CA    07     40
 14.  Chris Terrell      VA    06     40
 15.  David Rohde        MI    06     40
 16.  Michelle Hymowitz  MD    03     38
 17.  David Platnick     VA    13     30
 18.  John Reiners       NY    00     30
 19.  Jeremy Oppenheim   VA    11     28
 20.  Kenneth Horan      PA    11     24
 21.  Dominic Blais      qc    11     24
 22.  Ken Rothstein      NY    07     24
 23.  Tom Browne         PA    06     24
 24.  Arthur Field       SC    06     24
 25.  Gordon Elgart      CA    02     24
 26.  Doug Galullo       FL    11     22
 27.  Cheryl Meek        MD    09     22
 28.  Robert Kircher     RI    12     20
 29.  Daniel Eppolito    CA    11     20
 30.  Kirk Harris        NJ    09     20
 31.  Ilan Tadmor        NY    04     20
 32.  Tom Stokes         NJ    05     18
 33.  Jamie Tang         MD    01     18
 34.  Michael Johnson    MA    00     18
 35.  Jeff Meyer         MA    13     17
 36.  Jean-Francois Gagneqc    08     16
 37.  Alex Lange         ae    10     16
 38.  James Parauda      NJ    05     16
 39.  Pat Mitchell       DE    03     16
 40.  James Freeman      VA    13     15
 41.  Dan Mathias        MD    12     12
 42.  Harry Flawd        PA    11     12
 43.  Curt Collins II    PA    10     12
 44.  Greg Thatcher      CA    08     12
 45.  Chris Burke        MD    06     12
 46.  Blair Morgen       NJ    05     12
 47.  Lyman Moquin       DC    04     12
 48.  Jim Fry            MD    02     12
 49.  Steve Brooks       FL    01     12
 50.  Dan Hoffman        NC    00     12
 51.  Jason Levine       NY    13     10
 52.  Frank Arndt        MD    01      9
 53.  David Earls        PA    00      9
 54.  Mikko Raimi        fn    12      8
 55.  Jennifer Gorman    PA    11      8
 56.  Keith Levy         MD    10      8
 57.  Jake Byrens        CA    09      8
 58.  Brad Sherwood      PA    08      8
 59.  Kevin Brown        GA    07      8
 60.  Paul Haynes        MD    04      8
 61.  Evan Tannheimer    MA    04      8
 62.  John Adams         MD    03      8
 63.  Sam Atabaki        CA    09      6
 64.  Michael Fox        IL    06      6
 65.  Robert Cranshaw    RI    05      6
 66.  Kathy Stroh        MD    04      6
 67.  Rich Shipley       MD    03      6
 68.  John Ellsworth     IL    00      6
 69.  Richard Irving     CA    12      4
 70.  Mary Ellen Powers  VA    11      4
 71.  Edward Fear        NY    11      4
 72.  Carmen Petruzelli  PA    09      4
 73.  Anne Chaplin       NY    09      4
 74.  Bob Wicks          CT    08      4
 75.  Luke Koleszar      VA    10      4
 76.  Brian Reynolds     MD    06      4
 77.  Steve Shambeda     PA    05      4
 78.  Kevin Coombs       GA    04      4
 79.  Dave Bohnenberger  PA    03      4
 80.  Dudley Anderson    PA    01      3
 81.  Keith MacFarland   NJ    00      3
 82.  Steve LeWinter     NC    12      2
 83.  Keith Boone        MD    11      2
 84.  Andy Latto         MA    10      2
 85.  Michael Brazinski  MD    08      2
 86.  Greg Knoll         MD    06      2
 87.  Bill Crenshaw      VA    05      2
 88.  Holliday Jones     MD    04      2
 89.  Phil Taylor        NJ    03      2

2013 Laurelists                                                  Repeating Laurelists: 0

David Platnick, VA
2nd

Richard Meyer, MA
3rd

James Freeman, VA
4th

Jason Levine, NY
5th

Jefferson Meyer, MA
6th

Past Winners

John Reiners, NY 2000

Michelle Goldstein, NY 2001

Tom Dunning, NY 2002-2003

Steve Scott, CA 2004, 2012

Alex Bove, PA 2005, 2008-10

Chris Terrell, VA 2006

Bobbi Warczak, CA 2007

Richard Meyer, MA 2011

Janet Ottey, PA 2013
 

Dave Metzger and Winton Lemoine rooting for different Ra draws.

Eric Freeman and Marissa Bianca vacation on the Nile.

 Air fare from Israel? Many shekels. WBC competition? Priceless

 Norwegian Gudny Osk Scheving does some sun worshiping.

Man Killer ...

Ra's attendance remained stable as we passed the 150 mark for the fifth straight year to remain among the top tier of popularity at WBC. I was expecting a much bigger increase as we began with a record 20 tables on Monday night. The rest of the tournament wasn't too shabby either as we filled a consistent 14-14-12 tables in the remaining three heats. Even 12 tables for a 9 am start on Friday was more than expected. But apparently 58 Would-be Pharoahs wanted one more crack at "wood". Or more probably wanted one more chance at the fabulous prizes that were donated once again by the great philanthropist John Jacoby, the fabled GM of Circus Maximus. I would also like to take this time to thank the GM of Ticket to Ride - Claire Brosius, for graciously allowing us to use a few tables off to the side in the ballroom as her railroad conductors overran the building.

The biggest change this year was returning to the back-to-back format of playing the Final immediately after the semifinals. There was a little "discussion" from my regulars about splitting the elimination rounds last year, not to mention the late (11 pm) starts. It didn't seem to matter though as we only had five dropouts for the semifinals. Not counting the no shows, it took a win in your first heat played and a 4th in a second heat to make the top 25. Including the no shows, it took a win in your second heat played as well as a 3rd and a 4th in two other heats to make the semifinals. There were 13 double winners but no triple winners. 35 players won in their first attempt. So to make the top 25 you would have had to have played in at least two heats.

The first semifinal was an easy 8-point win for Janet Ottey over four male opponents who included the frustrated defending champion. The second semifinal was a 3-point win for David Platnik over Jeff Meyer, who gained 6th place laurels as a consolation for his narrow defeat. Semifinal 3 was a 9-point win for Lyman Moquin over Jason Levine. The largest margin of victory, however, came in Semifinal 4 as tenth ranked Rich Meyer bested #7 Mike Kaltman by ten points. The last semifinal was a 6-point win by James Freeman over Angela Hoffman.

Congratulalations are in order for Rich and Jeff Meyer as the only father and son duo to earn laurels in the same year. Rich made it back to the Final for the second time in the last three years. More kudos for James Freeman who held up the family honor by replacing his 9th ranked son Eric at the Final. But the biggest congratulations goes to our Champion, Janet Ottey, who again bested four men with a 4-point win over David Platnik.

Thanks to evryone who played RA this year. It was another great tournament. I'll be better prepared next year when I bring the "wood" to the Final. My apologies to those who had to wait for me to turn in the results last year.

 GM      Steve Scott  [10th Year]   NA 
    sscott2753@aol.com    NA

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