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This three round tournament was played over the Easter
weekend, April 10-12, in Melbourne. There were four boards
in rounds one and two and three boards in round three. The
tournament was scored using the Detour98e scoring system.
The results are summarized below.
1 88.759 Harry Kolotas
2 79.951 Frank Meerbach
3 78.153 Jason Whitby
4 72.344 Phil Orme
5 69.896 Rob Stephenson
6 58.810 Robert Hadley
7 56.988 Rohan Keane
8 54.867 Bill Brown
9 52.595 David Currell
10 49.027 Craig Sedgwick
11 44.066 Tristan Lee
12 42.704 Richard Orme
13 41.786 Dugal Ure
14 40.456 Rohan Flavelle
15 33.333 Anthony Swinnerton (1)
16 26.316 Ken Sandy (1)
17 25.393 Ross Lay (2)
18 25.217 Stephen Muzzatti
19 24.915 Andrew Goff
20 24.074 Paul Drake (1)
21 19.936 Ken Sproat (2)
22 19.087 Matt Hastings (2)
23 14.210 Geoff Kerr
24 13.636 Sean Saxton (1)
25 12.712 David Blom
26 10.909 Hugh Benbow (1)
27 5.172 Leigh Gold
28 3.572 James Bounsall
29 1.961 Roland Wallander (2)
30 1.818 Scott McInnes (1)
31 1.818 David Murnane (2)
(1) = played in one round
(2) = played in two rounds
Best Countries
Austria 49.206 Rob Stephenson
England 41.818 Craig Sedgwick
France 36.364 Jason Whitby
Germany 37.255 Frank Meerbach
Italy 46.970 Harry the Bastard
Russia 29.412 Rohan Keane
Turkey 42.105 Tristan Lee
Best Novice
Hugh Benbow
Player's Choice
Ken Sproat (by acclamation, for standing aside in round 3)
Tournament Director's Statement
The tournament featured a total of 11 boards, 4 on Friday,
4 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday. There were 70 player positions,
with the remaining 7 positions throughout the tournament
filled by the GMs (John Cain, Matt Hastings, Ross Lay
and David Murnane).
I'd like to thank all the players who attended the Championships,
and put up with my usual severe standard of GMing (particularly
regarding negotiations during the builds phase). In particular
I'd like to that Ken Sproat, who stood aside from the
Sunday round when 22 players wished
to play. I'd also like to thank my assistant GMs: Matt
Hastings, Ross Lay and David Murnane. Also thanks to Bill
Brown, Tristan Lee and Jason Whitby who assisted with
a variety of tasks including publicity, the dinner and
trophies.
As a result of a vote by players during the tournament,
next year's Victorian Diplomacy Championships will be
held over four days (Friday to Monday) rather than the
current three days (Friday to Sunday). Also, we have been
alerted by the Conquest organizers that there might possibly
be a change of venue next year, due to the limited number
rooms University High now makes available to Conquest,
however no firm decision has been taken yet.
John Cain
Tournament Director, VicDipChamps 1998
j.cain@unimelb.edu.au
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