London Open 2026 Background

• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom was European Grand Prix Winner in 2025.
• Chris Brand has won Best Germany once.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Germany.
• George Mørk has never won Best France.
• Nat Shirley first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 1484/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Bradley Grace has competed in 35 tournaments.
• George Mørk has never won Best Germany.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Germany.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Germany in 2009 at MidCon Birmingham 2009.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Phil Johns has never won Best France.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Russia.
• The best tournament result for Phil Johns is 7th.
• Chris Brand first won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Alexander Styles has competed in 2 tournaments.
• Maaike Blom has won 7 of 30 tournaments (23.33%).
• Tom Garretty most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2025) in 2025.
• Alex Lebedev first competed in a tournament (San Marino Con 2005) in 2005.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Germany.
• Steve Brink has never played in a tournament before.
• Isaac Juckes has competed in 17 tournaments.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Turkey.
• Graham Dent has won 3 of 6 tournaments (50.00%).
• Isaac Juckes has won Best Italy once.
• Nat Shirley has competed in one tournament.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Germany.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Alex Lebedev won their first tournament (San Marino Con 2007) in 2007.
• Dan Lester topped the board in 53 of 147 tournament games played (36.05%).
• Tom Garretty is ranked 259 internationally in the WPE7.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best England.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has played 16 tournament games.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best Russia.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best France.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best England.
• Gregory T. Romer topped the board in 1 of 6 tournament games played (16.67%).
• Graham Dent is ranked 90 internationally in the WPE7.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Germany.
• Andrew Yang is ranked 197 internationally in the WPE7.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Phil Johns first competed in a tournament (Online Diplomacy Championship III 2019) in 2020.
• Maaike Blom has never won Best Germany.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Italy.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Turkey.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Turkey.
• Richard Bolton has never played in a tournament before.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Turkey.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won a tournament (Euro DipCon San Marino 2021) in 2021.
• The best tournament result for Tom Garretty is 4th.
• Chris Brand won their first tournament (World Diplomacy Championship Chicago 2016 Weasel Moot & DipCon) in 2016.
• Chris Brand most recently won a tournament (Asia-Pacific Championship Siem Reap 2023) in 2023.
• Gregory T. Romer has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand was eliminated in 13 of 172 tournament games played (7.56%).
• Chris Brand has won Best Russia 2 times.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 136/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Italy in 2009 at World DipCon Columbus 2009 DipCon Origins.
• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best England.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Italy.
• Gregory T. Romer has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Italy.
• Conrad Woodring won their first tournament (Tempest Washington 2002) in 2002.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Germany.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns has never won Best England.
• Alex Lebedev has never played in a tournament before.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Russia.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best France.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles first competed in a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Russia.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best England.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chris Brand has played 172 tournament games.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best France.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Turkey.
• Dan Lester is ranked 32 internationally in the WPE7.
• Spyros Dovas most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Turkey.
• Dan Lester first won Best Germany in 2005 at Oxcon Oxford 2005.
• Alexander Styles has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Bradley Grace most recently competed in a tournament (DBN Invitational S6 (2025-2026)) in 2026.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best France.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Italy.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Turkey.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Russia.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Isaac Juckes has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has played 1 top board game.
• George Mørk has never won Best Italy.
• The best tournament result for Anastasia (Nastja) Styles is 7th.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best France.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Gregory T. Romer has won Best Germany once.
• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best France.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Turkey.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Thomas Watson has never played in a tournament before.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best France.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand is ranked 15/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Conrad Woodring has never played in a tournament before.
• Richard Bolton most recently competed in a tournament (Steel Showdown Yorkshire 2026) in 2026.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Russia.
• George Mørk has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Italy in 2017 at Whipping San Francisco 2017.
• Phil Johns topped the board in 8 of 39 tournament games played (20.51%).
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Russia.
• Gregory T. Romer has competed in 2 tournaments.
• Maaike Blom has played 76 tournament games.
• The best tournament result for Andrew Yang is 4th.
• Dan Lester has played 2 top board games.
• Isaac Juckes topped the board in 6 of 52 tournament games played (11.54%).
• Steve Brink has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester most recently won a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Russia.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best England.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best England.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best France in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• Maaike Blom was eliminated in 5 of 76 tournament games played (6.58%).
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Italy.
• George Mørk is ranked 344 internationally in the WPE7.
• Spyros Dovas first won Best Turkey in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Russia.
• Marvin Fried first competed in a tournament (Euro DipCon Leicester 2015 Manorcon) in 2015.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best England in 2014 at DipCon Seattle 2014 WAC.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Turkey.
• Tom Garretty has never played in a tournament before.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Turkey.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Italy.
• Andrew Yang most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Russia.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Italy.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Germany.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Italy.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Dan Lester was eliminated in 11 of 147 tournament games played (7.48%).
• Günther Bedson has never won Best England.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Germany.
• Chris Brand first won Best England in 2005 at DragonFlight Seattle 2005.
• Chris Brand has soloed 3 of 172 tournament games played (1.74%).
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Marvin Fried most recently competed in a tournament (European Open Championship Amsterdam 2019 Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship) in 2019.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best France.
• Maaike Blom topped the board in 29 of 76 tournament games played (38.16%).
• George Mørk most recently competed in a tournament (Cascadia Open Vancouver 2026) in 2026.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best England.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Russia 3 times.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best France.
• Maaike Blom first won Best England in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won a tournament (CoronaCon 2020) in 2020.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Italy.
• Graham Dent most recently won a tournament (Midcon 2019) in 2019.
• Chris Brand is ranked 25 internationally in the WPE7.
• Isaac Juckes is ranked 259 internationally in the WPE7.
• Maaike Blom won their first tournament (Championnat de France 2024) in 2024.
• Dan Lester has competed in 59 tournaments.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Italy.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Turkey.
• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best Turkey.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best France.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Graham Dent has never played in a tournament before.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Turkey.
• Phil Johns is ranked 267 internationally in the WPE7.
• Conrad Woodring has competed in 100 tournaments.
• Alexander Styles has finished with as many as 2 centres in tournament games.
• Spyros Dovas first competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2024 Milano) in 2024.
• The best tournament result for Spyros Dovas is 4th.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best England.
• Conrad Woodring first competed in a tournament (World DipCon Baltimore 2000 Dipcon World Boardgaming Championship) in 2000.
• Maaike Blom most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Conrad Woodring has won 4 of 100 tournaments (4.00%).
• George Mørk has competed in 12 tournaments.
• Maaike Blom first won Best Russia in 2024 at World Diplomacy Championship 2024 Milano.
• Marvin Fried has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand has won Best Turkey once.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best England.
• Maaike Blom was Virtual Diplomacy Championship (VDC) Champion in 2025.
• Dan Lester first won Best Turkey in 2003 at MidCon Birmingham 2003.
• Conrad Woodring most recently competed in a tournament (DBN Invitational S6 (2025-2026)) in 2026.
• This is the first tournament Nigel Pallace has competed in.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Germany.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Germany.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 242 internationally in the WPE7.
• George Mørk has never played in a tournament before.
• Dan Lester has played 147 tournament games.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes first won Best Italy in 2026 at The London Open 2026.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Germany.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Chris Brand has finished with as many as 19 centres in tournament games.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Germany.
• Maaike Blom most recently won a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Italy.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Italy.
• Spyros Dovas most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Russia in 2006 at Canuck Con Vancouver 2006 British Columbia Championship.
• Dan Lester has won Best France 4 times.
• Dan Lester was North American Grand Prix Winner in 2014.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Russia.
• Phil Johns has played 39 tournament games.
• Phil Johns has won Best Russia once.
• The best tournament result for Isaac Juckes is 6th.
• Spyros Dovas has finished with as many as 10 centres in tournament games.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Italy.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Russia.
• Steve Brink has never won Best France.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Germany.
• Gregory T. Romer first won Best Germany in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Germany.
• Chris Brand has played 4 top board games.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Germany.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• This is the first tournament Emmanouil Laliotis has competed in.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Russia.
• The best tournament result for Marvin Fried is 2nd.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never played in a tournament before.
• Maaike Blom has played 6 top board games.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles topped the board in 4 of 16 tournament games played (25.00%).
• Chris Brand was World Champion in 2016.
• Spyros Dovas has competed in 15 tournaments.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Italy.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Germany.
• Chris Brand most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Graham Dent most recently competed in a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester has won Best Russia 7 times.
• This is the first tournament Sarp Hangisi has competed in.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best Turkey.
• This is the first tournament Jeremy Tullett has competed in.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Turkey once.
• The best tournament result for Richard Bolton is 3rd.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Turkey.
• Spyros Dovas topped the board in 7 of 39 tournament games played (17.95%).
• Nat Shirley has never played in a tournament before.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand topped the board in 57 of 172 tournament games played (33.14%).
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Turkey.
• Phil Johns first won Best Germany in 2026 at World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens.
• Spyros Dovas has played 39 tournament games.
• Chris Brand has won 2 of 57 tournaments (3.51%).
• Phil Johns most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best France.
• Jeremy Tullett has never played in a tournament before.
• Andrew Yang first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Maaike Blom has competed in 30 tournaments.
• Maaike Blom has soloed 1 of 76 tournament games played (1.32%).
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Russia.
• Alexander Styles has yet to top the board at a tournament.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Graham Dent has competed in 6 tournaments.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes most recently competed in a tournament (Nexus Full Press Season 10 2026) in 2026.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best Germany.
• Tom Garretty first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Chris Brand is ranked 26/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Phil Johns most recently competed in a tournament (Nexus Full Press Season 10 2026) in 2026.
• Chris Brand was APAC Champion in 2023.
• Günther Bedson most recently won a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Italy.
• Maaike Blom has never won Best Italy.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has finished with as many as 9 centres in tournament games.
• Günther Bedson has never played in a tournament before.
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 34/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Chris Brand first won Best Italy in 2007 at Whipping Oakland 2007.
• Spyros Dovas has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Chris Brand has won Best England 2 times.
• Günther Bedson has won 1 of 13 tournaments (7.69%).
• Phil Johns first won Best Russia in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Dan Lester first won Best Austria in 2003 at MidCon Birmingham 2003.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev has never won Best Italy.
• Alexander Styles has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Jacob Cooke has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand first competed in a tournament (Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch.) in 2004.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 2031/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Chris Brand has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best England.
• Chris Brand has won Best Italy 3 times.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best England.
• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best Italy.
• Graham Dent has never won Best England.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Germany.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Germany.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best England.
• Gregory T. Romer has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Alex Lebedev has won 10 of 110 tournaments (9.09%).
• Dan Lester was North American Champion in 2014.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Turkey.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best England.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 26/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best France.
• Bradley Grace first competed in a tournament (Nexus Full Press Season 7 2021-2022) in 2022.
• Spyros Dovas was eliminated in 1 of 39 tournament games played (2.56%).
• Maaike Blom first won Best Turkey in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Italy.
• Gregory T. Romer has played 6 tournament games.
• Phil Johns has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never played in a tournament before.
• Phil Johns has won Best Germany once.
• This is the first tournament Steve Brink has competed in.
• Bradley Grace has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand first won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Isaac Juckes most recently won Best Italy in 2026 at The London Open 2026.
• This is the first tournament Andrew Kisliakov has competed in.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best England in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Andrew Yang has never played in a tournament before.
• Bradley Grace most recently won a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2024) in 2024.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best France.
• Phil Johns most recently won Best Germany in 2026 at World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Turkey.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Andrew Yang has competed in one tournament.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best Germany.
• Dan Lester first won Best Italy in 1999 at ManorCon Birmingham 1999.
• Alex Lebedev most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Alexander Styles most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Günther Bedson most recently competed in a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Maaike Blom has won Best France once.
• Isaac Juckes first won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Dan Lester has soloed 2 of 147 tournament games played (1.36%).
• This is the first tournament Jacob Cooke has competed in.
• Günther Bedson won their first tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Spyros Dovas is ranked 136 internationally in the WPE7.
• George Mørk has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester first won Best Russia in 1996 at MidCon Birmingham 1996.
• Nat Shirley most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Bradley Grace is ranked 14 internationally in the WPE7.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Spyros Dovas has won Best Turkey once.
• Bradley Grace was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2025.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand has never won Best France.
• Tom Garretty has competed in 19 tournaments.
• Dan Lester has won 10 of 59 tournaments (16.95%).
• Dan Lester won their first tournament (Manorcon Intimate Diplomacy 1996) in 1996.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has competed in 5 tournaments.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Russia.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Turkey.
• Dan Lester first won Best England in 1999 at Oxcon Oxford 1999.
• Dan Lester has won Best Germany 4 times.
• Dan Lester has won Best Italy 6 times.
• George Mørk has never won Best Russia.
• Marvin Fried has competed in 3 tournaments.
• Bradley Grace has won 4 of 35 tournaments (11.43%).
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 103 internationally in the WPE7.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Maaike Blom first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2022) in 2022.
• Alexander Styles has played 5 tournament games.
• Isaac Juckes has played 52 tournament games.
• Gregory T. Romer has never won Best Russia.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has won Best Germany once.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes was eliminated in 8 of 52 tournament games played (15.38%).
• Dan Lester most recently won Best France in 2015 at World DipCon Milano 2015.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best England.
• Graham Dent won their first tournament (MaccCon Spring 2019) in 2019.
• Dan Lester has won Best England 4 times.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best France.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Turkey.
• Dan Lester first won Best France in 2003 at Oxcon Oxford 2003.
• Richard Bolton has competed in 15 tournaments.
• Chris Brand first won Best Russia in 2004 at Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch..
• Gregory T. Romer first competed in a tournament (The London Open 2026) in 2026.
• Nigel Pallace has never played in a tournament before.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best England.
• Richard Bolton first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Turkey.
• This is the first tournament Abdullah Hared has competed in.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Russia.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best France.
• Conrad Woodring has never won Best Russia.
• Phil Johns was eliminated in 3 of 39 tournament games played (7.69%).
• The best tournament result for Gregory T. Romer is 2nd.
• Alex Lebedev was European Champion in 2020, 2021.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Italy.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• George Mørk first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2020 Virtual World Diplomacy Classic) in 2020.
• The best tournament result for George Mørk is 4th.
• Gregory T. Romer most recently won Best Germany in 2026 at RegensCon Bayern 2026.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Italy.
• Isaac Juckes first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2022) in 2022.
• Günther Bedson first competed in a tournament (MidCon 1982) in 1982.
• Chris Brand was North American Champion in 2016.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Bradley Grace won their first tournament (SpireCon 2022) in 2022.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand first won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• The best tournament result for Alexander Styles is 23rd.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best France.
• Calum Macleod has never played in a tournament before.
• This is the first tournament Thomas Watson has competed in.
• Maaike Blom is ranked 10 internationally in the WPE7.
• Günther Bedson has competed in 13 tournaments.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 356/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Chris Brand has competed in 57 tournaments.
• Graham Dent has never won Best France.
• Maaike Blom has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring is ranked 61 internationally in the WPE7.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester first competed in a tournament (MasterCon Gloucestershire 1996) in 1996.
• Isaac Juckes has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• George Mørk has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Dan Lester has won Best Austria-Hungary 5 times.
• Abdullah Hared has never played in a tournament before.
• Phil Johns has competed in 15 tournaments.
• Maaike Blom has won Best England once.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best France.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Richard Bolton is ranked 536 internationally in the WPE7.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best England.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Russia.
• The best tournament result for Nat Shirley is 28th.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom first won Best Austria in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best England in 2009 at Whipping San Francisco 2009.
• Phil Johns has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Alex Lebedev has competed in 110 tournaments.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Italy.
• Maaike Blom first won Best France in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best England.
• Alexander Styles first competed in a tournament (The London Open 2026) in 2026.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Turkey in 2004 at MidCon 2004.
• Sarp Hangisi has never played in a tournament before.
• Graham Dent first competed in a tournament (MaccCon Spring 2019) in 2019.
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 39 internationally in the WPE7.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best England.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Gregory T. Romer most recently competed in a tournament (RegensCon Bayern 2026) in 2026.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Italy.
• This is the first tournament Calum Macleod has competed in.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Austria-Hungary.

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