Congratulations, Ed Menzel!
PBEM World Champion

September 15th, 2007 - September 12th, 2009
Last Updated on September 14th, 2009

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Seed	Name	AREA Rating	Over-all Record	Final Record	Finish
1	Andy Gardner	7444RNUJ7	7-2	5-2	3rd
2	John Pack	6861VQWL7	4-5	2-5	6th
3	Mike Kaye	6781RJYH7	7-2	5-2	2nd
4	Ed Menzel	6696VQVL7	7-2	6-1	1st
5	Dan Henry	6644UPRM7	2-7	0-0	10th
6	Jon Kammerer	6622IGGF7	2-7	0-0	9th
7	Darren Kilfara	6417HHMB7	4-5	2-5	7th
8	John Sharp	6154URNM7	2-7	1-6	8th
9	Nick Markevich	6120QKSI7	6-3	4-3	4th
10	Charles Drozd	5932MILH7	4-5	3-4	5th

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	Andy	John P	Mike	Ed	Dan	Jon	Darren	John S	Nick	Charles
1	Charles	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Dan	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy
2	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Charles	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	Dan
3	John S	Darren	Jon	Dan	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	Charles	Nick
4	Darren	Jon	Dan	Charles	Mike	John P	Andy	Nick	John S	Ed
5	Jon	Dan	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	Nick	Charles	Darren	John S
6	Dan	Ed	Charles	John P	Andy	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Mike
7	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	Nick	John S	Charles	Jon	Dan	Darren
8	Mike	Charles	Andy	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Dan	Ed	John P
9	John P	Andy	Nick	John S	Darren	Charles	Dan	Ed	Mike	Jon

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	Charles	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Dan	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	IJN vs. USN
Andy	Turn 4 (1,2a) IJN wins! (-4)	Turn ? (1,2,3b) IJN wins! (-3.5)	Turn 5 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 5 (1,2) USN wins! (-5)	Turn ? (1,2) Concedes! (-5)	Turn 4 (1,2) Forfeits! (-4.5)	X	X	Turn 6 (1,2a) IJN lock! (-4.5)	X	Andy
John P	X	Turn 6 (NT1) USN wins! (-1)	X	X	Turn 4 (NT1) Concedes! (-0.5)	X	Turn 8 (1,2c) USN by 6! (-5)	X	X	X	John P
Mike	Turn 7 (1,2,5) IJN wins! (-4)	Turn 7 (1,2b,5) USN wins! (-4.5)	Turn ? (1,2,5) IJN wins!  (-5)	X	X	Turn 5 (?) Forfeits! (-?)	Turn 8 (1,2,5) USN by 4! (-5)	X	Turn 5 (1,2b) IJN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 3 (1,2b,5) IJN wins! (-5)	Mike
Ed	Turn 6 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4)	Turn 8 (1,2a) IJN by 0.5! (-4.5)	X	Turn 8 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4.5)	Turn 8 (1,2) USN wins! (-4.5)	X	X	X	X	Turn 4 (1,2) Forfeits! (-5)	Ed
Dan	Turn 5 (1,2) IJN wins! (-4)	Turn 3 Forfeits! (-5.5)	X	Turn 1 Forfeits!	X	X	Turn ? (1,2) Forfeits! (-4.5)	X	Turn 2 (1,2,CPO) Forfeits! (+1.5)	X	Dan
Jon	Turn 1 Forfeits!	Turn 1 Forfeits!	Turn 1 Forfeits!	Turn 1 Forfeits!	X	Turn ? (2,CPO) Forfeits! (-?)	X	Turn 1 Forfeits!	X	X	Jon
Darren	Turn 3 (1,2a) USN wins! (-4)	Turn 3 (1,2) USN wins! (-4.5)	X	X	X	X	X	Turn 3 (1,2,5) USN wins! (-5.5)	Turn 6 (1,2a) USN wins! (-4.5)	X	Darren
John S	Turn 1 Forfeits!	Turn 5 (NT1) USN wins! (-1.5)	X	Turn ? (1,2) USN wins!(-4)	X	Turn 1 Forfeits!	Turn 1 Forfeits!	X	Turn 7 (NT1) IJN lock! (-1.5)	X	John S
Nick	Turn 6 (1,2) USN wins! (-3.5)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Nick
Charles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	Turn 7 (1,2a) USN wins! (-4)	X	Charles
IJN vs. USN	Charles	Nick	John S	Darren	Jon	Dan	Ed	Mike	John P	Andy	IJN vs. USN

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 * * *

2009-2011 Top 10 Invitational

Name	Qualification
Charles Drozd	2008 World Boardgaming Championships Winner
Joe Dragan	2007-2009 BPA Single-Elimination Champion 6th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2009
John Sharp #	2009 Midwest Open Champion
Mike Kaye	2009 World Boardgaming Championships Winner 2nd Place in 2007-2009 Top 10 Invitational 2nd Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2009
Larry Meyers	2007-2009 King-of-the-Hill Ladder Champion
Alan Applebaum	2nd Place in 2007-2009 King-of-the-Hill Ladder
Ed Menzel	2007-2009 Top 10 Invitational World PBEM Champion 3rd Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2009
Andy Gardner	3rd Place in 2007-2009 Top 10 Invitational AREA Champion (as of September 1st, 2009)
Ted Drozd	2008 Midwest Open Champion
John Pack	4th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2009
Darren Kilfara	5th Place in AREA as of September 1st, 2009

# 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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