Whipping 2024 Background

• Adam Silverman most recently won Best England in 2023 at Weasel Moot 2023.
• This is the first tournament Colin Flaherty has competed in.
• Steven Hogue has competed in 29 tournaments.
• This is the first tournament Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has competed in.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best Turkey.
• Noam Brown most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Diplomacy Championship 2025) in 2026.
• Ian Rudnick is ranked 124 internationally in the WPE7.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best Turkey.
• Craig Mayr has won Best Russia once.
• Ian Rudnick most recently competed in a tournament (Dipcon Denver 2026 at ARMADA Regatta) in 2026.
• The best tournament result for Ian Rudnick is 2nd.
• Siobhan Nolen has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Adam Silverman first won Best Turkey in 2007 at KublaCon San Francisco 2007.
• David Graff has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best Russia in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Tanya Gill most recently won a tournament (Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025) in 2025.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best Turkey.
• Peter Cook has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Don Del Grande has competed in 41 tournaments.
• Chris Brand was eliminated in 13 of 172 tournament games played (7.56%).
• Chris Brand has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Ian Rudnick has never played in a tournament before.
• Jason Mastbaum was DBNI Diplomat of the Year in 2022.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best Germany in 2018 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2018.
• Noam Brown is ranked 1566/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Peter McNamara first won Best England in 2005 at New South Wales Championships Sydney 2005.
• Peter McNamara first won Best Germany in 2009 at TempleCon Rhode Island 2009.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best Turkey in 2009 at TempleCon Rhode Island 2009.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best Turkey in 2017 at Boston Massacre 2017.
• Peter Cook has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Noam Brown was World Champion in 2025.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Jason Mastbaum has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Tanya Gill most recently won Best Austria in 2020 at v-Boston Massacre 2020.
• Siobhan Nolen won their first tournament (Conquest San José 2001) in 2001.
• Tanya Gill first won Best Italy in 2021 at Dipcon 2021 Carnage in the mountain.
• John Avina has never won Best Italy.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best Russia.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best England 2 times.
• Steven Hogue is ranked 110 internationally in the WPE7.
• Matthew Crill has won 1 of 34 tournaments (2.94%).
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best Germany.
• John Avina has never won Best France.
• Peter Cook first won Best Italy in 2026 at Boston Massacre 2026.
• Craig Mayr first won Best Russia in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• This is the first tournament Nicholas Schoichet has competed in.
• Peter McNamara most recently won a tournament (Australian Open Canberra 2024) in 2024.
• Tanya Gill is ranked 127/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Edi Birsan has won Best Austria-Hungary 8 times.
• Tanya Gill has soloed 1 of 58 tournament games played (1.72%).
• John Avina has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best Italy.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 50/176 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1989.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won a tournament (Carnage 2023) in 2023.
• Jason Mastbaum topped the board in 46 of 229 tournament games played (20.09%).
• Noam Brown has never won Best Germany.
• Tanya Gill first won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Luke Paulson has never played in a tournament before.
• John Avina has never won Best Germany.
• Peter McNamara first won Best Austria in 2007 at Boston Massacre 2007.
• Siobhan Nolen has played 2 top board games.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best Turkey.
• Adam Silverman was eliminated in 9 of 171 tournament games played (5.26%).
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best England.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best Turkey.
• Adam Silverman is ranked 9/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• This is the first tournament Sreeni Yalamanchili has competed in.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best Germany.
• Andrei Gribakov first competed in a tournament (Virtual-Weasel Moot 2020) in 2020.
• Edi Birsan won their first tournament (Hoosier Archives 1971 #01 "The Grudge Game") in 1972.
• Kayla Silverman has competed in 7 tournaments.
• Peter Cook most recently competed in a tournament (Boston Massacre 2026) in 2026.
• Edi Birsan was North American Champion in 1989.
• Steven Hogue has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand first won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best Italy.
• David Graff most recently competed in a tournament (Weasel Moot Open Chicago 2024) in 2024.
• Karthik Konath has won 4 of 56 tournaments (7.14%).
• Don Del Grande has never won Best France.
• Jason Mastbaum is ranked 77/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Edi Birsan has finished with as many as 18 centres in tournament games.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best Turkey.
• Peter Cook has won Best England once.
• The best tournament result for Edwin Lopez is 13th.
• Noam Brown is ranked 20 internationally in the WPE7.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best Italy.
• Tanya Gill has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best France in 2007 at Whipping Oakland 2007.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best Germany.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 10/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Jason Mastbaum has played 229 tournament games.
• Craig Mayr has finished with as many as 14 centres in tournament games.
• Mike Moore has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best Italy.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best Italy in 2013 at Massacre Philadelphie 2013.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best Germany.
• Peter Cook most recently won Best England in 2023 at Liberty Cup 2023.
• Ryan Panwar first competed in a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• Alex Amann has competed in 52 tournaments.
• Peter McNamara has won Best France 8 times.
• Edwin Lopez has never played in a tournament before.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best Germany 2 times.
• Peter Cook has never won Best Turkey.
• Karthik Konath was European Champion in 2024.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best Italy in 2008 at WAC 5 2008.
• Craig Mayr has won Best Germany once.
• Chris Brand has won Best Russia 2 times.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best France once.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Russia in 2006 at Canuck Con Vancouver 2006 British Columbia Championship.
• Edi Birsan has competed in 146 tournaments.
• Peter McNamara was eliminated in 27 of 271 tournament games played (9.96%).
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best France.
• Craig Mayr was eliminated in 6 of 107 tournament games played (5.61%).
• Adam Silverman has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best England.
• Tanya Gill most recently won Best Italy in 2025 at Euro Dipcon Leiden 2025.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 105/254 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1996.
• Noam Brown has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Craig Mayr has won Best France 3 times.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best Germany in 2024 at World Diplomacy Championship 2024 Milano.
• Chris Brand has played 4 top board games.
• Peter McNamara has soloed 5 of 271 tournament games played (1.85%).
• The best tournament result for Don Del Grande is 13th.
• Tanya Gill first won Best Turkey in 2017 at World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best Italy in 2008 at WAC 5 2008.
• Craig Mayr first won Best France in 2018 at Whipping San Francisco 2018.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best Germany.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best England.
• Mike Moore has never won Best Turkey.
• Edi Birsan has won Best France 5 times.
• Craig Mayr has competed in 43 tournaments.
• David Graff has never won Best Russia.
• Craig Mayr has won Best England 2 times.
• Tanya Gill has won Best France 2 times.
• Noam Brown has never won Best France.
• Andrei Gribakov is ranked 38 internationally in the WPE7.
• Kayla Silverman has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best Turkey.
• Edi Birsan was European Champion in 2004.
• Jason Mastbaum won their first tournament (Virtual Whipping 2021) in 2021.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never played in a tournament before.
• David Graff is ranked 189 internationally in the WPE7.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best France in 2024 at Whipping San Francisco 2024.
• Matthew Crill has never played in a tournament before.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best Turkey.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tanya Gill has never won Best England.
• Adam Silverman has won Best Russia 2 times.
• Katie Gray has never won Best Russia.
• Alex Amann is ranked 87/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Adam Silverman has won Best Germany 4 times.
• Ryan Panwar has never played in a tournament before.
• Mike Moore topped the board in 2 of 43 tournament games played (4.65%).
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best Turkey.
• Kayla Silverman topped the board in 1 of 19 tournament games played (5.26%).
• Matthew Crill won 2023 Whipping Diplomacy Tournament 2023
• Siobhan Nolen has played 103 tournament games.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best Russia.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best France in 2021 at Virtual Whipping 2021.
• Peter McNamara has won Best Italy 7 times.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best Germany.
• Tanya Gill was Virtual Diplomacy League (VDL) Champion in 2020.
• Don Del Grande has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand first won Best Germany in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Edwin Lopez first competed in a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2023) in 2023.
• Don Del Grande has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently competed in a tournament (Euro Dipcon Chesterfield 2026 Spirecon) in 2026.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 10/221 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1999.
• Adam Silverman has won Best France 2 times.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best France.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has competed in 7 tournaments.
• Jason Mastbaum won vWhipping 2021
• Peter McNamara won their first tournament (TempleCon Rhodes Island 2007) in 2007.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok is ranked 195/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best Austria in 2018 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2018.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best France.
• Adam Silverman has finished with as many as 17 centres in tournament games.
• Peter McNamara has competed in 101 tournaments.
• Alex Amann has never won Best Turkey.
• Matthew Crill won their first tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2023) in 2023.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best England in 2025 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2025.
• Noam Brown won WDC at Whipping 2025
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best England once.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best Germany.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 64/238 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1997.
• Tanya Gill first won Best France in 2019 at Liberty Cup Philadephie 2019.
• Katie Gray has never played in a tournament before.
• Peter McNamara was European Champion in 2014.
• Adam Silverman first competed in a tournament (Diplomatic Incident Denver 2000) in 2000.
• Mike Moore has never won Best Russia.
• Katie Gray most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Alex Amann has never won Best France.
• Steven Hogue won their first tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• Adam Silverman first won Best Italy in 2007 at KublaCon San Francisco 2007.
• Andrei Gribakov won their first tournament (Virtual-Tempest 2020) in 2020.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Mike Moore has competed in 16 tournaments.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best England.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best France.
• Peter McNamara has won Best Germany 6 times.
• Jason Mastbaum has competed in 94 tournaments.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best Russia.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate is ranked 331 internationally in the WPE7.
• Edi Birsan first won Best Austria in 2001 at British Columbia Championship 2001 Victoria DipCon.
• Chris Brand is ranked 26/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Alex Amann most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• David Graff has never won Best Turkey.
• John Avina has never won Best England.
• Noam Brown has never won Best Turkey.
• Peter Cook has won Best Italy once.
• Steven Hogue won Whipping 2024
• Mike Moore was eliminated in 5 of 43 tournament games played (11.63%).
• Karthik Konath is ranked 8 internationally in the WPE7.
• Katie Gray has competed in 35 tournaments.
• Adam Silverman first won Best Russia in 2011 at Weasel Moot Chicago 2011.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best Turkey.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 24/201 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1998.
• Ryan Panwar most recently competed in a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• Karthik Konath has competed in 56 tournaments.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best Germany in 2014 at ConCon 2014.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never played in a tournament before.
• Matthew Crill has competed in 34 tournaments.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best Austria in 2024 at Australian Open Canberra 2024.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best Russia in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
• Andrei Gribakov most recently won a tournament (Virtual-Tempest 2020) in 2020.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best France.
• Chris Brand has won 2 of 57 tournaments (3.51%).
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best England.
• Adam Silverman has played 1 top board game.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best Germany.
• Kayla Silverman most recently competed in a tournament (Dipcon Denver 2026 at ARMADA Regatta) in 2026.
• Alex Amann has never won Best Germany.
• Peter Cook first won Best Germany in 2026 at Boston Massacre 2026.
• Peter Cook most recently won Best Austria in 2023 at Liberty Cup 2023.
• Tanya Gill topped the board in 28 of 58 tournament games played (48.28%).
• Katie Gray won their first tournament (e-Carnage 2021) in 2021.
• Peter McNamara has won Best Russia 6 times.
• Tanya Gill has won Best Russia once.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best France.
• Peter Cook first won Best Austria in 2023 at Liberty Cup 2023.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best France in 2023 at Whipping San Francisco 2023.
• Alex Amann has never won Best Italy.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best Russia.
• Katie Gray has never won Best Italy.
• Adam Silverman has won Best Italy 3 times.
• The best tournament result for Ryan Panwar is 30th.
• Edi Birsan most recently competed in a tournament (Dipcon Denver 2026 at ARMADA Regatta) in 2026.
• April Mihalovitch has competed in 3 tournaments.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best Austria in 2019 at Cascadia Open Vancouver2019.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best Russia.
• Peter McNamara most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Peter McNamara has won 15 of 101 tournaments (14.85%).
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best France.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best Italy.
• Edi Birsan topped the board in 187 of 408 tournament games played (45.83%).
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best Turkey.
• Tanya Gill has never won Best Germany.
• Katie Gray has never won Best England.
• Jason Mastbaum is ranked 14 internationally in the WPE7.
• The best tournament result for Mike Moore is 5th.
• Kayla Silverman is ranked 556 internationally in the WPE7.
• Peter McNamara was DBNI Diplomat of the Year in 2021, 2024.
• Adam Silverman is ranked 45/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best Germany.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• April Mihalovitch most recently competed in a tournament (DiploRat Mischief New York 2026) in 2026.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best Russia.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best Russia.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best France.
• Adam Silverman first won Best Germany in 2005 at World DipCon Washington 2005 Tempest.
• Tanya Gill first won Best Austria in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Noam Brown has never won Best England.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best Turkey in 2016 at Boston Massacre 2016.
• Peter Cook first won Best England in 2023 at Liberty Cup 2023.
• Katie Gray was North American Champion in 2024.
• Katie Gray has never won Best Turkey.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best England in 2004 at Boston Massacre 2004.
• Jason Mastbaum was eliminated in 30 of 229 tournament games played (13.10%).
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best England.
• Henry Flaherman has never played in a tournament before.
• Katie Gray is ranked 3 internationally in the WPE7.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate first competed in a tournament (virtual-Dixiecon 2020) in 2020.
• Karthik Konath won their first tournament (Virtual-Dixiecon 2021) in 2021.
• Andrei Gribakov is ranked 287/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Karthik Konath has never played in a tournament before.
• David Graff has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand is ranked 25 internationally in the WPE7.
• David Graff has never won Best England.
• Tanya Gill is ranked 86/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• David Graff has competed in 7 tournaments.
• David Graff has never won Best France.
• Rohit Reddy has never played in a tournament before.
• Don Del Grande first competed in a tournament (World DipCon II 1990 Dixie 04 & DipCon 23) in 1990.
• Mike Moore first competed in a tournament (DipCon Seattle 2014 WAC) in 2014.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best Germany in 2024 at Carnage 2024.
• Adam Silverman most recently won a tournament (Weasel Moot Open Chicago 2024) in 2024.
• Siobhan Nolen topped the board in 26 of 103 tournament games played (25.24%).
• Peter Cook has never won Best Russia.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best Turkey.
• Adam Silverman was North American Champion in 2021.
• Peter Cook topped the board in 3 of 33 tournament games played (9.09%).
• Steven Hogue has won 1 of 29 tournaments (3.45%).
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best England.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best Russia.
• Edi Birsan first won Best Italy in 1999 at World Boardgaming Championships Baltimore1999.
• Siobhan Nolen has won 4 of 53 tournaments (7.55%).
• Peter Cook is ranked 2225/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Tanya Gill has won 3 of 23 tournaments (13.04%).
• Noam Brown has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand first won Best Russia in 2004 at Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch..
• The best tournament result for David Graff is 4th.
• The best tournament result for Peter Cook is 3rd.
• Adam Silverman most recently competed in a tournament (Weasel Moot 2026) in 2026.
• Mike Moore has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best England.
• Peter Cook first competed in a tournament (v-Liberty Cup 2020) in 2020.
• Mike Moore has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Jason Mastbaum has won 3 of 94 tournaments (3.19%).
• Don Del Grande has never won Best Germany.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best France 2 times.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best Russia.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best Russia.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best Turkey.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best Turkey.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best France.
• Siobhan Nolen has competed in 53 tournaments.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best Italy once.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best Austria in 2021 at Dipcon 2021 Carnage in the mountain.
• Adam Silverman has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best Turkey.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best England.
• Craig Mayr has won Best Italy once.
• Craig Mayr first won Best Austria in 2016 at Boston Massacre 2016.
• Andrei Gribakov has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand has played 172 tournament games.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Peter Cook most recently won Best Italy in 2026 at Boston Massacre 2026.
• Kayla Silverman has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best Austria in 2017 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2017.
• Katie Gray most recently won a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Chris Brand is ranked 15/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best England in 2017 at Boston Massacre 2017.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best Germany.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best France in 2007 at Whipping Oakland 2007.
• Chris Brand has never won Best France.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best Italy.
• Karthik Konath is ranked 135/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best Italy.
• Ian Rudnick is ranked 1670/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Alex Amann has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Kayla Silverman first competed in a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• This is the first tournament Evan Driscoll has competed in.
• Tanya Gill has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• David Graff has never played in a tournament before.
• April Mihalovitch has never played in a tournament before.
• Karthik Konath most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best Germany.
• Chris Brand has finished with as many as 19 centres in tournament games.
• Chris Brand has won Best Germany once.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best England.
• Peter McNamara first won Best Italy in 2007 at TempleCon Rhodes Island 2007.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best Italy in 2013 at Massacre Philadelphie 2013.
• Matthew Crill first competed in a tournament (DipCon Denver 2001 Regatta II) in 2001.
• Mike Moore is ranked 297 internationally in the WPE7.
• Peter Cook has won Best Germany once.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best Russia.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best Italy.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best Italy.
• Edi Birsan has played 2 top board games.
• Craig Mayr first competed in a tournament (Boston Massacre 2016) in 2016.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best France in 2021 at Dipcon 2021 Carnage in the mountain.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best Austria in 2018 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2018.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best Russia in 2023 at Weasel Moot 2023.
• Ian Rudnick first competed in a tournament (Boston Massacre 2022) in 2022.
• Siobhan Nolen is ranked 79 internationally in the WPE7.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best Italy.
• Craig Mayr most recently competed in a tournament (Dipcon Denver 2026 at ARMADA Regatta) in 2026.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best Germany in 2017 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2017.
• Alex Amann has never won Best England.
• Noam Brown first competed in a tournament (Tempest WashingtonI 2014) in 2014.
• Chris Brand has soloed 3 of 172 tournament games played (1.74%).
• Craig Mayr has played 107 tournament games.
• Edi Birsan has won Best England 6 times.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best France.
• The best tournament result for Alex Amann is 2nd.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Edi Birsan most recently won a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2018) in 2018.
• Andrei Gribakov most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best France.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best Russia.
• Don Del Grande has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand most recently won a tournament (Asia-Pacific Championship Siem Reap 2023) in 2023.
• Mike Moore has never won Best France.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 127/252 internationally in the SDR Marathon.
• Craig Mayr has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Tanya Gill first competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2017 Oxford) in 2017.
• David Graff first competed in a tournament (Virtual Massacre 2021) in 2021.
• Adam Silverman has played 171 tournament games.
• Mike Moore has never won Best England.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Italy in 2017 at Whipping San Francisco 2017.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best Italy.
• Peter Cook has never won Best France.
• Don Del Grande has never won Best Italy.
• Tanya Gill most recently won Best Turkey in 2024 at Whipping San Francisco 2024.
• Katie Gray has never won Best Germany.
• Ian Rudnick has competed in 25 tournaments.
• Peter Cook is ranked 180 internationally in the WPE7.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best France.
• Matthew Crill is ranked 98/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate most recently competed in a tournament (BADAss Whipping 2024) in 2024.
• Peter McNamara has played 10 top board games.
• Jason Mastbaum most recently won Best Russia in 2021 at Virtual Whipping 2021.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 91 internationally in the WPE7.
• Adam Silverman has competed in 64 tournaments.
• Jason Mastbaum is ranked 164/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Katie Gray first competed in a tournament (Virtual Whipping 2021) in 2021.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best Turkey in 2011 at HuskyCon New York 2011.
• Edi Birsan has played 408 tournament games.
• Craig Mayr first won Best Turkey in 2017 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2017.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best England in 2017 at Boston Massacre 2017.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best Turkey in 2014 at World DipCon Dixie 2014.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best England.
• Tanya Gill has finished with as many as 20 centres in tournament games.
• Katie Gray has never won Best France.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never won Best England.
• Chris Brand first competed in a tournament (Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch.) in 2004.
• Steven Hogue most recently won a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• John Avina has never won Best Russia.
• This is the first tournament Tom Hilton has competed in.
• The best tournament result for Ariel Mendez-Penate is 8th.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best Russia.
• Edi Birsan first won Best Germany in 2000 at Regatta Denver 2000.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best England in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Asia-Pacific Championship Brisbane 2025 Cane Toad Classic.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best Russia.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best England.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best Turkey in 2010 at Weasel Moot IV 2010.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best England.
• Ryan Panwar has competed in one tournament.
• Noam Brown is ranked 529/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best Germany.
• Chung Kiu (Seren) Kwok has never played in a tournament before.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best Russia in 2001 at Conquest San José 2001.
• April Mihalovitch has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best Italy.
• Edi Birsan has won Best Russia 10 times.
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best England.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best Russia.
• Edi Birsan first won Best France in 2001 at DipCon Denver 2001 Regatta II.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best Germany.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best Italy in 2014 at ConCon 2014.
• Craig Mayr has won Best Austria-Hungary 2 times.
• This is the first tournament Bas Van Opheusden has competed in.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best Turkey.
• Chris Brand has won Best Turkey once.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best Turkey in 2017 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2017.
• John Avina has never won Best Turkey.
• Tanya Gill most recently won Best Russia in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best England in 2009 at Whipping San Francisco 2009.
• John Avina has never played in a tournament before.
• This is the first tournament Eduardo Ries has competed in.
• Edi Birsan first won Best England in 2000 at Regatta Denver 2000.
• Craig Mayr first won Best Italy in 2023 at Weasel Moot 2023.
• Chris Brand topped the board in 57 of 172 tournament games played (33.14%).
• Adam Silverman topped the board in 79 of 171 tournament games played (46.20%).
• Peter McNamara is ranked 1 internationally in the WPE7.
• Mike Moore has played 43 tournament games.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• The best tournament result for April Mihalovitch is 15th.
• Craig Mayr first won Best England in 2019 at Cascadia Open Vancouver2019.
• Edwin Lopez has competed in 5 tournaments.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won Best Germany in 2014 at ConCon 2014.
• This is the first tournament Rohit Reddy has competed in.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best Germany once.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best France.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 5/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Adam Silverman first won Best Austria in 2007 at World DipCon Vancouver 2007 DipCon.
• Eduardo Ries has never played in a tournament before.
• Adam Silverman won their first tournament (Diplomatic Incident Denver 2000) in 2000.
• Kayla Silverman has finished with as many as 11 centres in tournament games.
• Chris Brand most recently won Best Austria in 2009 at WAC Seattle 2009.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best Germany.
• This is the first tournament John Avina has competed in.
• Siobhan Nolen was eliminated in 8 of 103 tournament games played (7.77%).
• Craig Mayr is ranked 77/2500 internationally in the Dip Pouch Tournament Rating.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand was World Champion in 2016.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best Italy.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best England.
• Noam Brown won their first tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best France.
• Peter McNamara has won Best England 10 times.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best Italy.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best Germany.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best Turkey.
• Tanya Gill is ranked 7 internationally in the WPE7.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best Italy in 2024 at Whipping San Francisco 2024.
• Adam Silverman has won 10 of 64 tournaments (15.62%).
• Adam Silverman is ranked 21 internationally in the WPE7.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best France.
• Alex Amann is ranked 471/3694 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Adam Silverman first won Best England in 2001 at World Boardgaming Championships Baltimore 2001 Baltimore.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best Turkey in 2006 at Conquest San Franciscoç 2006.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Katie Gray has won 7 of 35 tournaments (20.00%).
• Andrei Gribakov has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Peter McNamara has won Best Austria-Hungary 11 times.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best France.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best England.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best France.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best Italy once.
• Peter McNamara topped the board in 92 of 271 tournament games played (33.95%).
• Peter McNamara first won Best France in 2007 at Carnage Vermont 2007.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best Italy.
• Matthew Crill is the defending Whipping champion, having won 2023 Whipping Diplomacy Tournament 2023
• Edi Birsan has won 21 of 146 tournaments (14.38%).
• Edi Birsan has won Best Turkey 7 times.
• Don Del Grande has never won Best England.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tanya Gill was North American Champion in 2022.
• Jason Mastbaum has played 4 top board games.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Luke Paulson has never won Best England.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best Russia.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best Russia.
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never won Best Turkey.
• Edwin Lopez most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• Andrei Gribakov has won 1 of 23 tournaments (4.35%).
• Edi Birsan has soloed 4 of 408 tournament games played (0.98%).
• Matthew Crill has never won Best Turkey.
• Peter Cook has won Best Austria-Hungary once.
• Alex Amann has never played in a tournament before.
• Siobhan Nolen first competed in a tournament (Conquest San José 2001) in 2001.
• Siobhan Nolen has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Matthew Crill is ranked 24 internationally in the WPE7.
• Edi Birsan was eliminated in 50 of 408 tournament games played (12.25%).
• Craig Mayr is ranked 271/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Peter Cook most recently won Best Germany in 2026 at Boston Massacre 2026.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best Italy.
• This is the first tournament Henry Flaherman has competed in.
• Edi Birsan has won Best Italy 9 times.
• Jason Mastbaum first competed in a tournament (HuskyCon New York 2011) in 2011.
• Matthew Crill most recently won a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2023) in 2023.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best England.
• Chris Brand has won Best Italy 3 times.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best Italy.
• Adam Silverman has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best France.
• Chris Brand was North American Champion in 2016.
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Noam Brown has never won Best Italy.
• Steven Hogue first competed in a tournament (League - Windy City Weasels 2016) in 2016.
• Steven Hogue has never won Best Turkey.
• Adam Silverman most recently won Best Germany in 2024 at Weasel Moot Open Chicago 2024.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best Italy in 2022 at Poppycon 2022.
• Evan Driscoll has never played in a tournament before.
• Noam Brown has competed in 23 tournaments.
• Katie Gray has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Edi Birsan is ranked 145/275 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation 1992.
• Tanya Gill most recently won Best France in 2025 at Championnat de Suisse Sierre 2025.
• Peter Cook has played 33 tournament games.
• Ryan Panwar has never won Best Italy.
• Peter McNamara has won Best Turkey 2 times.
• Mike Moore has never won Best Italy.
• Noam Brown most recently won a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• Katie Gray is ranked 94/3713 internationally in the World Performance Evaluation.
• Peter McNamara first won Best Turkey in 2008 at TempleCon 2008.
• Noam Brown has won 1 of 23 tournaments (4.35%).
• Edi Birsan first won Best Russia in 1997 at World DipCon Goteborg 1997 Gothcon.
• Ian Rudnick has never won Best Germany.
• Don Del Grande most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship San Francisco 2025 Whipping) in 2025.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best France.
• Tanya Gill has played 58 tournament games.
• Evan Driscoll has never won Best England.
• The best tournament result for Kayla Silverman is 6th.
• Karthik Konath most recently won a tournament (DiploRat Mischief New York 2026) in 2026.
• Tom Hilton has never played in a tournament before.
• This is the first tournament Luke Paulson has competed in.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best Germany.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best Russia in 2011 at NADF Masters 2011.
• Nicholas Schoichet has never won Best Turkey.
• Colin Flaherty has never won Best Germany.
• Sreeni Yalamanchili has never won Best Germany.
• Steven Hogue most recently competed in a tournament (Virtual Summer Classic 2026) in 2026.
• Kayla Silverman has played 19 tournament games.
• Peter Cook has competed in 12 tournaments.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently competed in a tournament (Regatta Denver 2025 Jameson Hand Memorial) in 2025.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best France in 2026 at Melbourne Diplomacy Open 2026.
• Chris Brand first won Best Italy in 2007 at Whipping Oakland 2007.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best Italy.
• Chris Brand has competed in 57 tournaments.
• Peter McNamara has finished with as many as 20 centres in tournament games.
• Karthik Konath first competed in a tournament (Windy City Weasels 2016) in 2016.
• Edi Birsan first competed in a tournament (DipCon Oklahoma 1970) in 1970.
• Henry Flaherman has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Tanya Gill won their first tournament (v-Boston Massacre 2020) in 2020.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best France in 2020 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2020.
• Karthik Konath has never won Best Italy.
• Tanya Gill has won Best Italy 3 times.
• The best tournament result for Craig Mayr is 2nd.
• Alex Amann has never won Best Russia.
• Chris Brand was APAC Champion in 2023.
• Craig Mayr is ranked 84 internationally in the WPE7.
• Tanya Gill most recently competed in a tournament (Frankfurt Diplomacy Championship 2026) in 2026.
• Chris Brand won their first tournament (World Diplomacy Championship Chicago 2016 Weasel Moot & DipCon) in 2016.
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best Austria in 2026 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2026.
• Craig Mayr first won Best Germany in 2018 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2018.
• Edi Birsan first won Best Turkey in 2004 at Dip in the Ocean Vancouver 2004 British Columbia Ch..
• Craig Mayr most recently won Best Italy in 2023 at Weasel Moot 2023.
• Peter McNamara most recently won Best England in 2020 at Poppycon 2020.
• Tanya Gill won Whipping 2022
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best Germany.
• Mike Moore has never won Best Germany.
• Tanya Gill has competed in 23 tournaments.
• Bas Van Opheusden has never won Best France.
• Tanya Gill has played 2 top board games.
• Tom Hilton has never won Best Russia.
• Adam Silverman has won Best England 4 times.
• Siobhan Nolen most recently won a tournament (Cascadia Open Vancouver 2022) in 2022.
• Chris Brand has won Best England 2 times.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best Austria in 2017 at Cascadia Open Vancouver 2017.
• Peter McNamara has played 271 tournament games.
• Craig Mayr has won Best Turkey once.
• Siobhan Nolen has won Best Russia 5 times.
• Peter McNamara first competed in a tournament (New South Wales Championships Sydney 2005) in 2005.
• April Mihalovitch first competed in a tournament (Whipping San Francisco 2024) in 2024.
• Jason Mastbaum has won Best Russia once.
• Chris Brand most recently competed in a tournament (World Diplomacy Championship 2026 Athens) in 2026.
• Mike Moore most recently competed in a tournament (Cascadia Open Vancouver 2026) in 2026.
• Alex Amann first competed in a tournament (Boston Massacre 2003) in 2003.
• David Graff has never won Best Germany.
• Tanya Gill was European Champion in 2025.
• Peter Cook has yet to be eliminated in a tournament.
• Chris Brand first won Best England in 2005 at DragonFlight Seattle 2005.
• Colin Flaherty has never played in a tournament before.
• Chris Brand first won Best Turkey in 2010 at Dipcon San Francisco 2010 Whipping.
• Jason Mastbaum has yet to solo at a tournament.
• Matthew Crill most recently competed in a tournament (Regatta Denver 2025 Jameson Hand Memorial) in 2025.
• Siobhan Nolen first won Best England in 2016 at Tempest 2016.
• Adam Silverman first won Best France in 2019 at Cascadia Open Vancouver2019.
• Noam Brown has never played in a tournament before.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best Austria-Hungary.
• Matthew Crill has never won Best Russia.
• Craig Mayr topped the board in 26 of 107 tournament games played (24.30%).
• Ariel Mendez-Penate has never played in a tournament before.
• Rohit Reddy has never won Best Russia.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best France.
• Don Del Grande has never won Best Turkey.
• Edi Birsan has won Best Germany 11 times.
• Andrei Gribakov has competed in 23 tournaments.
• Edi Birsan most recently won Best Germany in 2013 at DipCon 2013 Tempest.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best Italy.
• Edwin Lopez has never won Best Russia.
• Tanya Gill was eliminated in 2 of 58 tournament games played (3.45%).
• Kayla Silverman has never won Best England.
• Jason Mastbaum first won Best Russia in 2021 at Virtual Whipping 2021.
• Peter McNamara first won Best Russia in 2008 at TempleCon 2008.
• Eduardo Ries has never won Best Germany.

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