September 15th, 2003 - September 12th, 2005
Last Updated on September 15th, 2005

Congratulations, Mike Kaye!
PBEM World Champion

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Seed	Name	AREA Rating	Current Record	Finish
1	Ed Menzel	6997QOPI3	6-3	2nd
2	Andy Gardner	6502NLOH3	5-4	6th
3	Alfred Wong	6479MJMG3	6-3	3rd
4	Dan Henry	6462RPLL3	3-6	9th
5	Mike Kaye	6310OJTF3	8-1	1st
6	John Pack	6308QNQJ3	4-5	7th
7	Michael Day	6232FFHC3	0-9	10th
8	Jim Eliason	6109HGJE3	5-4	5th
9	Nick Markevich	5879MKMG3	5-4	4th
10	Anders Egneus	5719CCH-3	3-6	8th

The current record shows wins and losses in each of the player matches rather than individual game results (since players can optionally play a pair of games, one as each side, as their match). The top three get an automatic invitation to the next Top 10 Invitational!

* * * Pairings * * *

Round	Ed	Andy	Alfred	Dan	Mike	John	Michael	Jim	Nick	Anders
1	Anders	Nick	Jim	Michael	John	Mike	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed
2	Nick	Jim	Michael	John	Anders	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed	Mike
3	Jim	Michael	John	Mike	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed	Anders	Nick
4	Michael	John	Mike	Anders	Alfred	Andy	Ed	Nick	Jim	Dan
5	John	Mike	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed	Nick	Anders	Michael	Jim
6	Mike	Dan	Anders	Andy	Ed	Nick	Jim	Michael	John	Alfred
7	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed	Nick	Jim	Anders	John	Mike	Michael
8	Alfred	Anders	Ed	Nick	Jim	Michael	John	Mike	Dan	Andy
9	Andy	Ed	Nick	Jim	Michael	Anders	Mike	Dan	Alfred	John

Players may initiate games whenever they choose but are requested to
ask opponents in the designated order (moving on if an opponent is too busy at the time).
Players may play more than one opponent at a time (and, in fact, this is recommended).

* * * Round Robin Match-ups * * *

IJN vs. USN	Anders	Nick	Jim	Michael	John	Mike	Dan	Alfred	Andy	Ed
Ed	X	Turn 6 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4.5)	X	X	Turn 6 (NT1) IJN wins! (-1)	Turn 6 (1,2a,3b,5) USN wins! (-3)	Turn 6 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4.5)	X	X	X
Andy	X	Turn ? (1,2) USN wins! (-3.5)	X	X	Turn 4 (1,2a,3,5) USN wins! (-3)	Turn ? (1,2,3,5) IJN wins! (-3.5)	X	Turn 5 (1,2) USN wins! (-3.5)	X	Turn 8 (1,2a,3,5) IJN by 3! (-3)
Alfred	X	X	Turn 7 (NT1) IJN wins! (-1)	X	X	X	Turn 7 (1,2) USN wins! (-5)	X	X	Turn 8 (1,2) USN by 1! (-5)
Dan	X	X	Turn 4 (NT1) USN wins! (-0.5)	X	Turn 6 (1,2a,3a,5) USN wins! (-3)	Turn 6 (1,2,3b,5) USN wins! (-3)	X	X	Turn 3 USN wins! (-5)	X
Mike	X	Turn 7 (1,2,5) IJN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 6 (1,2,4,5) IJN wins! (-3)	X	Turn 5 (1,2a,3a,5) IJN wins! (-3)	X	Turn 6 (1,2,3b,5) IJN wins! (-3)	Turn 8 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4)	X	Turn 7 (1,2a,3b,5) IJN wins! (-3)
John	Turn 7 (NT1) IJN wins! (-0)	Turn 4 (1,2a,3a,5) USN wins! (-3)	Turn 8 (NT1) USN wins! (-0.5)	X	X	X	X	Turn 6 (NT1) USN wins! (-0.5)	X	X
Michael	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	X	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Turn 1 Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!	Unplayed Michael Forfeits!
Jim	Turn 8 (1,2) IJN by 8! (-5)	Turn 7 (2,3a,5) USN wins! (-3)	X	X	X	X	X	X	Turn 6 (2,4,5) IJN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 6 (NT1) USN wins! (-0.5)
Nick	X	X	X	X	X	X	Turn 7 (1,2,3a,5) USN wins! (-3)	Turn 8 (1,2) USN by 1! (-4)	X	X
Anders	X	Turn 5 (1,2) USN wins! (-4.5)	X	X	X	Turn 5 (1,2,3b) USN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 3 (1,2) IJN wins! (-3.5)	Turn 8 (1,2) USN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 4 (1,2,3a) USN wins! (-4)	Turn 3 (1,2) K.O. (-4.5)

Click on the Turn header/link to see more detail for each game!
Grey Background = Game in Progress
Light Blue or Light Red Background = Recently Completed
X = This game will not (or cannot) be played [i.e., single game match played].
Numbers after the turn number show the optional adjustments in use.
Number in parenthesis after the current score shows the bid.
The player on the left is playing the IJN; the player at the top, the USN.

* * * Qualifiers * * *

2005-2007 Top 10 Invitational

Name	Qualification
Mike Kaye	2004 World Boardgaming Championships Winner 2003-2005 Top 10 Invitational World PBEM Champion AREA Champion as of September 1st, 2005
Rob Flowers	2003-2005 BPA Single-Elimination Champion
Dan Henry*	2005 Midwest Open Champion 7th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Andy Gardner	2005 World Boardgaming Championships Winner 3rd Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Tom Henige#	2003-2005 King-of-the-Hill Ladder Champion
John Sharp	2nd Place in 2003-2005 King-of-the-Hill Ladder
Ed Menzel	2nd Place in 2003-2005 Top 10 Invitational 2004 Midwest Open Champion 2005 Conquest Champion 2nd Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Alfred Wong	3rd Place in 2003-2005 Top 10 Invitational 8th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Nick Markevich	2004 Conquest Champion 4th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Jim Eliason	5th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Dave Targonski#	6th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
John Pack	9th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005
Alan Applebaum	10th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2005

* Disqualified for failure to complete all games of the current Top 10 Invitational
# Declined Invitation

Top 10 Invitational Format
Universal PBEM Format, Rules, and Guidelines
PBEM Rules Clarifications
Official VITP Rules Clarifications
PBEM Reporting Guidelines

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