London Open 2026 Background

• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Turkey.
• Dan Lester first won Best Turkey in 2003 at MidCon Birmingham 2003.
• Chris Brand is ranked 25 internationally in the WPE7.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best England.
• Conrad Woodring topped the board in 53 of 163 tournament games played (32.52%).
• Nat Shirley has played 6 tournament games.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• This is the first tournament for Calum Macleod.
• Dan Lester first won Best Germany in 2005 at Oxcon Oxford 2005.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Russia.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best France.
• Günther Bedson has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Germany.
• Günther Bedson topped the board in 5 of 27 tournament games played (18.52%).
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 34/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Maaike Blom has never won Best Italy.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best France in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Nat Shirley has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Chris Brand won Division Winner at DragonFlight 2007.
• This is the first tournament for Emmanouil Laliotis.
• Maaike Blom has won 8 of 36 tournaments (22.22%).
• George Mørk has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Phil Johns most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Tom Garretty has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Chris Brand has won Best Turkey once.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Italy.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Italy.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Turkey.
• Spyros Dovas was eliminated in 1 of 56 tournament games played (1.79%).
• Conrad Woodring has finished with as many as 19 centres in tournament games.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Ally at Felix Austria 2006.
• Alex Lebedev won Prix « J’t’offre Un Verre » at Coppa Garibaldi 2009.
• Graham Dent has played 7 tournament games.
• Chris Brand won Best Pirate (fleet) at DipCon 43 2010.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Turkey.
• Phil Johns has never won Best France.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Russia.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best France.
• Tom Garretty most recently won Best Germany in 2011 at ManorCon 29 2011.
• This is the first tournament for Thomas Watson.
• Nat Shirley first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Chris Brand was World Champion in 2016.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• Günther Bedson first competed in a tournament (MidCon 1982) in 1982.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best Turkey 5 times.
• Alex Lebedev won Most Enjoyable Player at BaltiCon 2009.
• Tom Garretty first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has played 8 tournament games.
• Spyros Dovas has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring was eliminated in 18 of 163 tournament games played (11.04%).
• Marvin Fried was eliminated in 1 of 8 tournament games played (12.50%).
• George Mørk has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Germany.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Russia.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom is ranked 10 internationally in the WPE7.
• Richard Bolton most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Alex Lebedev won Meilleur Tacticien at Dip on the Beach 2008.
• Maaike Blom won their first tournament (Championnat de France 2024) in 2024.
• Alex Lebedev won Miglior Diplomatico at Torneo di Fano 2014.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Turkey.
• Richard Bolton has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Bradley Grace won their first tournament (SpireCon 2022) in 2022.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best Italy in 2010 at Carnage on the mountain 2010.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best England.
• Alex Lebedev first won Best France in 2007 at Terni 2007.
• Alex Lebedev won Miglior Diplomatico at Diplomacy Over the Lake 2007.
• Richard Bolton has played 29 tournament games.
• Maaike Blom first won Best Russia in 2024 at World Diplomacy Championship 2024 Milano.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Italy.
• Maaike Blom first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2022) in 2022.
• Graham Dent first competed in a tournament (MaccCon Autumn 2019) in 2019.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 103 internationally in the WPE7.
• Günther Bedson has won Best Germany once.
• Chris Brand first won Best Italy in 2007 at Whipping Oakland 2007.
• Alex Lebedev won Prix « J’t’offre Un Verre » at Coppa Garibaldi 2009.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Turkey once.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chris Brand first won Best England in 2005 at DragonFlight Seattle 2005.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best England.
• George Mørk has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Germany.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best England.
• Marvin Fried has finished with as many as 16 centres in tournament games.
• Bradley Grace has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Italy in 2009 at World DipCon Columbus 2009 DipCon Origins.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester first won Best France in 2003 at Oxcon Oxford 2003.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Turkey.
• Conrad Woodring is ranked 61 internationally in the WPE7.
• Spyros Dovas topped the board in 11 of 56 tournament games played (19.64%).
• Günther Bedson has won 1 of 13 tournaments (7.69%).
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Germany.
• The best tournament result for Andrew Yang is 4th.
• Maaike Blom first won Best Austria in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Turkey.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Strategist at Moscon I 2009.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Turkey.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best Turkey 5 times.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Günther Bedson was eliminated in 3 of 27 tournament games played (11.11%).
• Graham Dent most recently competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Bradley Grace has competed in 35 tournaments.
• Alex Lebedev won Meilleur Diplomate at XXIVème Championnat de France 2008.
• Spyros Dovas has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 1484/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Germany.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Germany.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester most recently competed in a tournament (European Grand Prix 2025) in 2025.
• Richard Bolton is ranked 536 internationally in the WPE7.
• Andrew Yang has competed in one tournament.
• Phil Johns topped the board in 5 of 30 tournament games played (16.67%).
• Chris Brand first competed in a tournament (Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch.) in 2004.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best Turkey in 2009 at World DipCon Columbus 2009 DipCon Origins.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best Italy in 2005 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2005 Open du Genie de la Lampe.
• George Mørk is ranked 344 internationally in the WPE7.
• Nat Shirley has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Phil Johns is ranked 267 internationally in the WPE7.
• Chris Brand most recently won a tournament (Asia-Pacific Championship Siem Reap 2023) in 2023.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best France.
• Richard Bolton first won Best Italy in 2007 at ManorCon Leicester 2007.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Germany.
• Tom Garretty was eliminated in 4 of 26 tournament games played (15.38%).
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chris Brand has won Best England 2 times.
• Dan Lester most recently won a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Germany.
• George Mørk has never won Best Italy.
• George Mørk most recently competed in a tournament (Steel Showdown Yorkshire 2026) in 2026.
• Tom Garretty topped the board in 8 of 26 tournament games played (30.77%).
• Alex Lebedev was European Champion in 2020, 2021.
• Nat Shirley most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best Russia in 2002 at Tempest Washington 2002.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• George Mørk topped the board in 2 of 38 tournament games played (5.26%).
• Alex Lebedev won their first tournament (San Marino Con 2007) in 2007.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Turkey in 2004 at MidCon 2004.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best Germany 3 times.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best Turkey.
• Günther Bedson won Furthest Travelled at Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship 2018.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best Italy.
• Bradley Grace most recently won a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2024) in 2024.
• Chris Brand has won Best Germany once.
• Dan Lester was eliminated in 11 of 144 tournament games played (7.64%).
• Alex Lebedev first won Best Italy in 2006 at Felix Austria Wien 2006.
• Chris Brand is ranked 15/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Steve Brink has never won Best England.
• Alex Lebedev first won Best Austria in 2005 at MilanCon II 2005 Italian NDC.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Russia in 2006 at Canuck Con Vancouver 2006 British Columbia Championship.
• Chris Brand first won Best Russia in 2004 at Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch..
• Maaike Blom topped the board in 36 of 101 tournament games played (35.64%).
• Chris Brand most recently won Best England in 2009 at Whipping San Francisco 2009.
• Dan Lester has won Best Germany 4 times.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best France.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Germany.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Turkey.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Italy.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Italy.
• Maaike Blom first won Best Turkey in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Dan Lester has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Graham Dent has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester was North American Grand Prix Winner in 2014.
• Graham Dent has yet to solo at a tournament.
• The best tournament result for George Mørk is 4th.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Strategist at San Marino Con 2008.
• Isaac Juckes has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Günther Bedson most recently competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Germany.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best France in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• George Mørk has played 38 tournament games.
• Dan Lester first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 1996) in 1996.
• Maaike Blom has played 101 tournament games.
• Graham Dent was eliminated in 1 of 7 tournament games played (14.29%).
• Graham Dent has never won Best Turkey.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Conrad Woodring has competed in 100 tournaments.
• This is the first tournament for Sarp Hangisi.
• Bradley Grace was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2025.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best Russia in 2011 at Legatio in Urbe 2011.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best Italy 3 times.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Russia.
• Marvin Fried most recently competed in a tournament (European Open Championship Amsterdam 2019 Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship) in 2019.
• Bradley Grace has won 4 of 35 tournaments (11.43%).
• Alex Lebedev topped the board in 43 of 176 tournament games played (24.43%).
• Maaike Blom has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Günther Bedson has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best England.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Germany in 2009 at MidCon Birmingham 2009.
• Spyros Dovas is ranked 136 internationally in the WPE7.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best England in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Marvin Fried most recently won Best Russia in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 39 internationally in the WPE7.
• Chris Brand has competed in 83 tournaments.
• Günther Bedson has competed in 13 tournaments.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best England.
• Maaike Blom has won Best France once.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best England.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Italy.
• The best tournament result for Marvin Fried is 2nd.
• This is the first tournament for Andrew Kisliakov.
• Andrew Yang has played 8 tournament games.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Germany.
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Alex Lebedev has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best France in 2015 at World DipCon XXV 2015.
• Steve Brink has never won Best France.
• Günther Bedson most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Germany.
• Maaike Blom first won Best France in 2025 at World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping.
• Günther Bedson most recently won a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best England in 2014 at DipCon Seattle 2014 WAC.
• Dan Lester most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Bradley Grace has soloed 1 of 92 tournament games played (1.09%).
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best Italy.
• Dan Lester has soloed 2 of 144 tournament games played (1.39%).
• Andrew Yang is ranked 197 internationally in the WPE7.
• George Mørk has never won Best France.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best Germany.
• Alex Lebedev first won Best Germany in 2007 at MilanCon IV 2007 Italian NDC.
• Chris Brand most recently competed in a tournament (Buz Cup 2024) in 2024.
• Chris Brand has soloed 3 of 186 tournament games played (1.61%).
• Bradley Grace most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Bradley Grace was eliminated in 6 of 92 tournament games played (6.52%).
• Bradley Grace first competed in a tournament (Nexus Full Press Season 7 2021-2022) in 2022.
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best Italy in 2007 at ManorCon Leicester 2007.
• The best tournament result for Spyros Dovas is 2nd.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Graham Dent has finished with as many as 12 centres in tournament games.
• Maaike Blom has soloed 2 of 101 tournament games played (1.98%).
• Dan Lester has won Best Austria-Hungary 5 times.
• Günther Bedson most recently won Best Germany in 2018 at Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship 2018 Grunn Dip I.
• Richard Bolton first won Best England in 2010 at ManorCon Leicester 2010.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Graham Dent most recently won a tournament (MaccCon Autumn 2019) in 2019.
• George Mørk first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2020 Virtual World Diplomacy Classic) in 2020.
• Dan Lester is ranked 32 internationally in the WPE7.
• Conrad Woodring has played 163 tournament games.
• Chris Brand was APAC Champion in 2023.
• Maaike Blom has competed in 36 tournaments.
• Phil Johns most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Chris Brand has won Best Italy 3 times.
• George Mørk has never won Best Germany.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Germany.
• Chris Brand has won Best Russia 2 times.
• Isaac Juckes first competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2022) in 2022.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Defender at Utrecht Diplomacy Tournament 2009.
• Phil Johns first won Best Russia in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Italy.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best England.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best France.
• Marvin Fried first competed in a tournament (Euro DipCon Leicester 2015 Manorcon) in 2015.
• Dan Lester has won Best Russia 7 times.
• Maaike Blom most recently competed in a tournament (Seven Year's War League 2025) in 2026.
• Chris Brand was eliminated in 18 of 186 tournament games played (9.68%).
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has finished with as many as 9 centres in tournament games.
• Dan Lester first won Best Italy in 1999 at ManorCon Birmingham 1999.
• Maaike Blom has won Best England once.
• Nat Shirley topped the board in 2 of 6 tournament games played (33.33%).
• Chris Brand has finished with as many as 19 centres in tournament games.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand won Meilleur Joueur De Colombie Britannique at Dip in the Ocean 2004.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles first competed in a tournament (UK Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2025.
• Andrew Yang topped the board in 3 of 8 tournament games played (37.50%).
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Italy.
• Graham Dent won their first tournament (MaccCon Autumn 2019) in 2019.
• Nat Shirley has competed in one tournament.
• George Mørk has never won Best Russia.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Günther Bedson has played 27 tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best Germany in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best Turkey in 2010 at Legatio in Urbe Roma 2010.
• Richard Bolton has finished with as many as 10 centres in tournament games.
• Dan Lester has won Best France 4 times.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Russia.
• Spyros Dovas first competed in a tournament (Virtual Tour of Britain 2024) in 2024.
• Alex Lebedev has won 10 of 108 tournaments (9.26%).
• Andrew Yang has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Spyros Dovas first won Best Turkey in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev won Meilleur Diplomate at XXIVème Championnat de France 2008.
• Dan Lester first won Best England in 1999 at Oxcon Oxford 1999.
• Phil Johns has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Bradley Grace has played 92 tournament games.
• The best tournament result for Tom Garretty is 4th.
• Alex Lebedev won Prix Garibaldi at Dip on the Beach 2008.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best England.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Italy.
• Alex Lebedev first won Best England in 2009 at Coppa Garibaldi 2009.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Italy.
• Marvin Fried has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Italy.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Russia 3 times.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Russia.
• This is the first tournament for Abdullah Hared.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Turkey.
• Conrad Woodring has won 4 of 100 tournaments (4.00%).
• This is the first tournament for Jacob Cooke.
• The best tournament result for Richard Bolton is 3rd.
• Günther Bedson won their first tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Marvin Fried topped the board in 3 of 8 tournament games played (37.50%).
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand was North American Champion in 2016.
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tom Garretty has won Best Germany once.
• Graham Dent is ranked 90 internationally in the WPE7.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Turkey.
• Graham Dent has never won Best France.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best France.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Italy.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best France.
• Bradley Grace topped the board in 24 of 92 tournament games played (26.09%).
• Alex Lebedev has won Best Russia 3 times.
• Günther Bedson first won Best Germany in 2018 at Open Dutch Diplomacy Championship 2018 Grunn Dip I.
• Chris Brand first won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Germany.
• Isaac Juckes was eliminated in 10 of 86 tournament games played (11.63%).
• Tom Garretty first won Best Turkey in 2006 at ManorCon Birmingham 2006.
• Conrad Woodring has soloed 3 of 163 tournament games played (1.84%).
• Conrad Woodring most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• George Mørk has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Marvin Fried first won Best Russia in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best England.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Turkey.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best England in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• This is the first tournament for Jeremy Tullett.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best Austria in 2011 at Verona 2011.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best England.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Phil Johns first competed in a tournament (Online Diplomacy Championship III 2019) in 2020.
• Chris Brand won Best Revenge at BADAss Whipping 2008.
• Richard Bolton has won Best Italy once.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won a tournament (CoronaCon 2020) in 2020.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best England in 2022 at Italian National Diplomacy Championship 2022 Milancon.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Italy.
• Isaac Juckes first won Best Germany in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• This is the first tournament for Steve Brink.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best France.
• Richard Bolton has won Best Germany once.
• Graham Dent has won 3 of 6 tournaments (50.00%).
• Dan Lester first won Best Austria in 2003 at MidCon Birmingham 2003.
• Phil Johns was eliminated in 3 of 30 tournament games played (10.00%).
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Netherlands NDC 2025 Groningen.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best Austria in 2006 at Carnage Vermont 2006.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 136/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Richard Bolton has won Best England once.
• Isaac Juckes has played 86 tournament games.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Dan Lester has played 144 tournament games.
• Chris Brand won their first tournament (World Diplomacy Championship Chicago 2016 Weasel Moot & DipCon) in 2016.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best Russia.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best England.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best Germany in 2003 at World Boardgaming Championships 2003.
• Günther Bedson won Most Machiavelic at World DipCon XXIX 2019.
• This is the first tournament for Gregory Tiberghien-Romer.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best Austria in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Bradley Grace most recently won Best Germany in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best England.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best Italy 6 times.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Italy.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Tactic at Diplomacy Over The Lake 2009.
• Isaac Juckes has won Best Germany once.
• Maaike Blom has never won Best Germany.
• George Mørk has finished with as many as 10 centres in tournament games.
• Dan Lester first won Best Russia in 1996 at MidCon Birmingham 1996.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Russia.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best Italy.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has competed in 2 tournaments.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles topped the board in 3 of 8 tournament games played (37.50%).
• Phil Johns has competed in 14 tournaments.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 242 internationally in the WPE7.
• Chris Brand has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Tom Garretty is ranked 259 internationally in the WPE7.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chris Brand has played 186 tournament games.
• George Mørk has never won Best Turkey.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best Turkey.
• Isaac Juckes has competed in 25 tournaments.
• Phil Johns has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Nat Shirley first won Best France in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Russia.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Turkey.
• Alex Lebedev was eliminated in 10 of 176 tournament games played (5.68%).
• Isaac Juckes is ranked 259 internationally in the WPE7.
• Spyros Dovas has never won Best Germany.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Turkey.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Russia.
• Marvin Fried has won Best Russia once.
• Alex Lebedev has competed in 108 tournaments.
• Nat Shirley most recently won Best France in 2025 at London Diplomacy Club League 2025.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Günther Bedson has never won Best Italy.
• Tom Garretty has competed in 19 tournaments.
• Spyros Dovas most recently competed in a tournament (European Grand Prix 2025) in 2025.
• Isaac Juckes has never won Best France.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best France.
• Marvin Fried has never won Best England.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chris Brand has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Andrew Kisliakov has never won Best England.
• Isaac Juckes most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Marvin Fried is ranked 356/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Bradley Grace has won Best Germany once.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best Russia.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Russia.
• Andrew Yang most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best Russia in 2007 at HuskyCon New York 2007.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Turkey.
• Spyros Dovas has competed in 21 tournaments.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Russia.
• Richard Bolton topped the board in 6 of 29 tournament games played (20.69%).
• Chris Brand first won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Conrad Woodring first competed in a tournament (World DipCon Baltimore 2000 Dipcon World Boardgaming Championship) in 2000.
• Graham Dent topped the board in 2 of 7 tournament games played (28.57%).
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Russia.
• Tom Garretty has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Spyros Dovas has won Best Turkey once.
• Dan Lester has won Best England 4 times.
• Andrew Yang has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best England 5 times.
• Conrad Woodring most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• This is the first tournament for Nigel Pallace.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best England.
• Tom Garretty has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Maaike Blom was Virtual Diplomacy Championship (VDC) Champion in 2025.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best Austria-Hungary 6 times.
• Spyros Dovas has played 56 tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best Russia 2 times.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best Germany 4 times.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand first won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• Tom Garretty most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at London Diplomacy Club League 2025.
• Marvin Fried has competed in 3 tournaments.
• Richard Bolton has competed in 15 tournaments.
• Dan Lester was North American Champion in 2014.
• Günther Bedson has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Spyros Dovas most recently won Best Turkey in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Steve Brink has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand has won 2 of 83 tournaments (2.41%).
• Nat Shirley has won Best France 2 times.
• Chris Brand topped the board in 63 of 186 tournament games played (33.87%).
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Italy in 2017 at Whipping San Francisco 2017.
• Phil Johns has never won Best England.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best France.
• Günther Bedson first won Best Austria in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Russia.
• George Mørk has competed in 12 tournaments.
• Graham Dent has never won Best Italy.
• Dan Lester has competed in 84 tournaments.
• Abdullah Hared has never won Best Germany.
• Nat Shirley has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• The best tournament result for Phil Johns is 7th.
• The best tournament result for Isaac Juckes is 2nd.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Italy.
• Conrad Woodring first won Best France in 2004 at Coupe de Lorraine Nancy 2004 Joutes du Temeraire.
• This is the first tournament for Alexander Styles.
• Bradley Grace is ranked 14 internationally in the WPE7.
• Dan Lester has won 11 of 84 tournaments (13.10%).
• Tom Garretty has played 26 tournament games.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best England once.
• Graham Dent has competed in 6 tournaments.
• Andrew Yang has never won Best Germany.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best France in 2009 at Moscon 2009.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Italy.
• Conrad Woodring won their first tournament (Tempest Washington 2002) in 2002.
• Richard Bolton has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best Russia.
• Richard Bolton most recently won Best England in 2010 at ManorCon Leicester 2010.
• Alex Lebedev won Best Diplomat at San Marino Con 2008.
• Tom Garretty most recently competed in a tournament (SpireCon 2025) in 2025.
• Günther Bedson is ranked 2031/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Alex Lebedev is ranked 26/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won a tournament (Euro DipCon San Marino 2021) in 2021.
• Phil Johns has never won Best Italy.
• Conrad Woodring has won Best France 2 times.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best England.
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Isaac Juckes has finished with as many as 15 centres in tournament games.
• Dan Lester won their first tournament (Manorcon Intimate Diplomacy 1996) in 1996.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best Germany.
• The best tournament result for Nat Shirley is 28th.
• Jacob Cooke has never won Best France.
• Tom Garretty first won Best Germany in 2011 at ManorCon 29 2011.
• Dan Lester has won Best Italy 6 times.
• Bradley Grace first won Best Germany in 2025 at SpireCon 2025.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Emmanouil Laliotis has never won Best England.
• Maaike Blom was eliminated in 7 of 101 tournament games played (6.93%).
• Alex Lebedev first competed in a tournament (Felix Austria Wien 2005) in 2005.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev won The Stabber at MilanCon II 2005.
• Thomas Watson has never won Best Russia.
• Gregory Tiberghien-Romer has never won Best Russia.
• Isaac Juckes topped the board in 9 of 86 tournament games played (10.47%).
• Anastasia (Nastja) Styles has never won Best Russia.
• Alex Lebedev has played 176 tournament games.
• Tom Garretty has never won Best France.
• Dan Lester topped the board in 51 of 144 tournament games played (35.42%).
• Bradley Grace has never won Best Russia.
• Nat Shirley has never won Best Turkey.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best Turkey.
• Phil Johns has won Best Russia once.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Marvin Fried has played 8 tournament games.
• Chris Brand is ranked 26/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Richard Bolton first competed in a tournament (ManorCon Birmingham 2006) in 2006.
• Richard Bolton first won Best Germany in 2025 at UK Diplomacy Championship 2025.
• Maaike Blom first won Best England in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Alexander Styles has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Nigel Pallace has never won Best France.
• Jeremy Tullett has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Maaike Blom most recently won a tournament (Seven Year's War League 2025) in 2026.
• Alex Lebedev first won Best Russia in 2007 at San Marino Con 2007.
• Alex Lebedev most recently won Best Germany in 2011 at Legatio in Urbe 2011.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Maaike Blom most recently won Best England in 2025 at Hechtstechen Dresden 2025.
• Alex Lebedev has won Best France 3 times.
• Sarp Hangisi has never won Best France.
• Alex Lebedev most recently competed in a tournament (Netherlands Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
• Calum Macleod has never won Best France.
• Phil Johns has played 30 tournament games.
• Andrew Yang has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Andrew Yang first competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Richard Bolton was eliminated in 2 of 29 tournament games played (6.90%).
• Alex Lebedev first won Best Turkey in 2006 at San Marino Con 2006 Coupe de la Méditerranée.
• The best tournament result for Anastasia (Nastja) Styles is 16th.
• Alex Lebedev has yet to solo at a tournament.

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