International prize list of Diplomacy

Tournaments for the Diplomacy board game have been conducted around the world for decades.

WorldDipCon

During the 1970s, there were very few Diplomacy tournaments outside North America. At that time, the winner of the tournament held at American DipCon was considered by the North American players as a world champion of Diplomacy.

The WorldDipCon (World Diplomacy Convention) was created in 1988 and the winner of the tournament held at this convention becomes the world champion of Diplomacy.

The players taking the top three places in each WorldDipCon tournament are listed below:

Year Host City Host Country World Champion Second Third
1988Birmingham Great Britain Phil Day Matt MacVeigh Jim Mills
1990Chapel Hill United States Jason Bergmann Jeff Bohner Steve Cooley
1992Canberra Australia Steve Gould Eric Roche Bruno-André Giraudon
1994Birmingham Great Britain Pascal Montagna Stéphane Gentric Bruno-André Giraudon
1995Paris France Bruno-André Giraudon Antonio Ribeiro da Silva Thomas Sebeyran
1996Columbus United States Pitt Crandlemire Leif Bergman Björn von Knorring
1997Gothenburg Sweden Cyrille Sevin Roger Edblom Borger Borgersen
1998Chapel Hill United States Chris Martin John Quarto-von-Tivadar Mark Fassio
1999Namur Belgium Christian Dreyer Leif Bergman Ivan Woodward
2000Hunt Valley United States Simon Bouton Brian Dennehy Matthew Shields
2001Paris France Cyrille Sevin Brian Dennehy Chetan Radia
2002Canberra Australia Rob Stephenson Grant Steel Yann Clouet
2003Denver United States Vincent Carry Edward Hawthorne Frank Johansen
2004Birmingham Great Britain Yann Clouet André Kooy Cyrille Sevin
2005Washington[1] United States Frank Johansen Tom Kobrin Edi Birsan
2006Berlin Germany Nicolas Sahuguet Cyrille Sevin Yann Clouet
2007Vancouver Canada Doug Moore Jake Mannix Mark Zoffel
2008Lockenhaus Austria Julian Ziesing Cyrille Sevin Daniel Leinich
2009Columbus United States Andrew Goff Daniel Lester Jim O'Kelley
2010The Hague Netherlands Gwen Maggi Igor Kurt Xavier Blanchot
2011Sydney Australia Andrew Goff Grant Steel Liam Cosgrave
2012Chicago United States Michael A. Binder Don Scheifler Matt Shields
2013Paris France Cyrille Sevin Toby Harris Gwen Maggi
2014Chapel Hill United States Thomas Haver Daniel Lester Phil Weissert
2015Milan Italy Toby Harris Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid Thomas Haver
2016Chicago United States Chris Brand Doug Moore Andrew Goff
2017Oxford Great Britain Doug Moore Marvin Fried Tanya Gill
2018Washington United States Andrew Goff Doug Moore Adam Sigal
2019Marseille France Gwen Maggi Andrew Goff Christophe Borgeat
2020Dover United States
2021Bangkok Thailand

Online Diplomacy Championship

Created in 2015, the Online Diplomacy Championship occurs once every two years, rotating between a number of Diplomacy websites. The winner is considered to be the World Champion of Online Diplomacy, a format in which phases are processed once every one or two days, and all correspondence is sent in written form via the host site. Players in online tournaments typically play under pseudonyms, and accept the title under these names.

The players taking the top three places in each ODC tournament are listed below.

Year Host Website Online Champion Second Third
2015webDiplomacy Octavious VillageIdiot Yonni
2017PlayDiplomacy Steve Cooley & Bravo Papa Alpha [2] Machiara
2019webDiplomacy Brumark Teccles Napoleon of Oz

North America

DipCon

The winner of the DipCon (Diplomacy Convention) tournament is the North American champion. The title of North American champion was not given at the beginning, but since 1972 has been awarded to each winner of the convention tournament. DipCon was created in 1966 and occurred each year (except in 1967 and 1968). There was no tournament in 1966,[3] 1969[4] and 1971.

The winner of each DipCon North American Championship tournament:

Year Host City Host Country North American Champion Notes
1970Oklahoma City United States John Smythe
1972Chicago United States Richard Ackerlay
1973Chicago United States Conrad von Metzke and
John Smythe tie
1974Chicago United States Mike Rocamora
1975Chicago United States Walter Blank and
Bob Wartenberg tie
1976Baltimore United States Thomas Reape
1977Lake Geneva United States Mike Rocamora
1978Los Angeles United States David Lagerson
1979Chester United States Ben Zablocki
1980Rochester United States Carl Eichelberger
1981Burlingame United States Ron Brown[5]
1982Baltimore United States Konrad Baumeister
1983Detroit United States Joyce Singer[6]
1984Dallas United States Jeff Key
1985Seattle United States J.R. Baker
1986Fredericksburg United States Malcolm Smith[7]
1987Madison United States David Hood
1988San Antonio United States Dan Sellers
1989San Diego United States Edi Birsan[8]
1990Chapel Hill United States Jason Bergmann[9]
1991Scarborough Canada Gary Behnen
1992Lenexa United States Marc Peters
1993San Mateo United States Hohn Cho
1994Chapel Hill United States Bruce Reiff
1995Baltimore United States Sylvain Larose
1996Columbus United States Pitt Crandlemire[9]
1997Seattle United States Chris Mazza
1998Chapel Hill United States Chris Martin[9]
1999Columbus United States Chris Mazza
2000Hunt Valley United States Simon Bouton[9][10]
2001Denver United States David Hood
2002Chapel Hill United States Morgan Gurley
2003Washington United States Edward Hawthorne
2004Portland United States Ken Lemere
2005At Sea United States
 Mexico
 Belize		 Rick Desper[11]
2006Charlottesville United States Hohn Cho
2007Vancouver Canada Doug Moore[9]
2008Tysons Corner[12] United States Chris Martin[13]
2009Columbus United States Andrew Goff[9][14]
2010San Francisco United States Eric Mead
2011Fairlee, Vermont United States Chris Martin
2012Chicago United States Michael A. Binder[9]
2013Silver Spring United States Nate Cockerill
2014Seattle United States Dan Lester[15]
2015Philadelphia United States Chris Martin
2016Chicago United States Chris Brand
2017Killington, Vermont United States Doug Moore

North American Grand Prix

The winner of each Grand Prix:

Year Steps Players Winner
1999758 Chris Martin
200014125 Matt Shields
200134166 Jerry Fest
200217171 Andy Bartalone
200316213 Edward Hawthorne
200414305 Doug Moore
200513234 Andrew Neumann
200612200 Jim O'Kelley
200712270 Doug Moore
200815275 Thomas Haver
200910182 Adam Sigal
201010220 Peter Yeargin
20119143 Chris Martin
201211202 Michael A. Binder
20138136 Graham Woodring
20148188 Dan Lester

Europe

EuroDipCon

The winner of each EuroDipCon tournament:

Year Host City Host Country European Champion Notes
1993Paris France Samy Malki
1994Linköping Sweden Xavier Blanchot
1995Cirencester Great Britain Inge Kjøl
1996Oslo Norway Inge Kjøl
1997Namur Belgium Cyrille Sevin
1998Bedford Great Britain Toby Harris
1999Turku Finland Simon Bouton
2000Paris France Leif Bergman
2001Dublin Ireland Paraic Reddington
2002Malmö Sweden Frank Johansen
2003Dogana San Marino Yann Clouet
2004Darmstadt Germany Edi Birsan[16]
2005Utrecht Netherlands Simon Bouton
2006Cheshunt Great Britain Benjamin Pouillès-Duplaix
2007Marseille France Fabien Grellier
2008Brunate Italy Luca Pazzaglia
2009Bonn Germany André Ilievics
2010Paris France Fabian Straub
2011Derby Great Britain Gwen Maggi
2012Serravalle San Marino Nicolas Sahuguet
2013Namur Belgium Gwen Maggi
2014Rome Italy Peter McNamara[17]
2015Leicester Great Britain Cyrille Sevin
2016Paris France Gwen Maggi
2017Milan Italy Gwen Maggi
2018Paris France Lei Saarlainen
2019Marseille France Gwen Maggi
2020Sion  Switzerland Alex Lebedev
2021Serravalle San Marino 

European Grand Prix

The winner of each Grand Prix:

Year Nb of steps Nb of players Winner
200210283 William Attia
200311349 Yann Clouet
200415472 Yann Clouet
200513364 Gwen Maggi
200614340 Gwen Maggi
200714272 Gwen Maggi
200811207 Emmanuel du Pontavice
200911175 Gwen Maggi
20108172 Gwen Maggi
20116108 Gwen Maggi
2012576 Dave Simpson
20137112 Gwen Maggi
2014681 Gwen Maggi
20158116 Matteo Anfossi

Australia and New Zealand

Bismark Cup

The National Tournaments Championship – comprising the perpetual trophy known as the Bismark Cup – is awarded for the best aggregate tournament results at Diplomacy tournaments held during the calendar year. It is an annual (short term) ranking. The exact number of points depends on the size of the tournament and the person's placing in that tournament.

The winner of each Bismark Cup:

Year Nbr of steps Nbr of players Winner
1989 Robert Wessels
1990 Harry Kolotas
1991375 Robert Wessels
19925123 Steve Gould
1993693 Harry Kolotas
1994 Craig Sedgwick
1995 Rob Stephenson
1996565 Craig Sedgwick
1997574 Bill Brown
1998792 Rob Stephenson
19998117 Brandon Clarke
20009111 Rob Stephenson
200110104 Tristan Lee
2002784 Rob Schöne
2003652 Geoff Kerr
2004856 Grant Steel
2005865 Tony Collins
20061076 Sean Colman
2007––Not organised
2008758 Andrew Goff
2009769 Shane Cubis
2010769 Thorin Munro
2011549 Grant Steel
2012––Not organised

Origins of the Bismark Cup

In the early 1980s the Diplomacy scene in Australia was built around several PBM Diplomacy magazines, of which the most significant titles were Rumplestiltskin, The Go Between, Beowulf, Victoriana, The Journal of Australian Diplomacy, and The Envoy. Most of the tournament players were subscribers, players and editors of these magazines. The Envoy, which was published between 1986 and 1991, ran a series of articles which were both popular and influential. Purportedly written by Arthur von Bismark and styled as lecture transcripts, the character of Arthur von Bismark became celebrated among the contemporary Diplomacy subculture in Australia.

The articles were popular at a time when tournament play in Australia had become more organized, with well-attended tournaments in Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Rating systems at the time were being hotly debated and many players desired a way to assess the best player in the tournament scene for a calendar year, as a way of overcoming the perceived inconsistencies of rating systems within one event. The annual trophy concept was accepted among the then-principle organizers of these tournaments and the title Arthur Bismark Cup was suggested by The Envoy's then-editor Mathew Gibson.

The real author of these Arthur von Bismark articles was never announced publicly, but was suspected as being either Harry Kolotas, Marion Ashworth, Neil Ashworth or Luke Clutterbuck.

Diplomacy National World Cup

More prestigious web tournament. The third edition begins in 2013.

Edition World Champion Second Third
2007–2009  France  Italy  Argentina
2010–2012  Ireland  United States  France
2013-____ Cancelled tournament
Edition Members of the World champion team Members of second team Members of third team
2007–2009 France
Emmanuel du Pontavice
Fabrice Essner
Jean-Luc Granier
Fabien Grellier
Michel Lacroix
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin		 Italy
Enrico Agamennone
Alessio Cei
Giovanni Cesarini
Davide Cleopadre
Marco Noseda Pedraglio
Luca Pazzaglia
Roberto Perego
Leonardo Quirini
Andrea Ziffer		 Argentina
Leonardo Colangelo
Pablo Echevarría
Mike Goldfeld
Martin Kaplan
Marcelo Larroque
Ismael Puga
Felipe Sanchez
Ariel Max Sanchez Romero
2010–2012 Ireland
Mike Cosgrave
Brian Dennehy
Aidan Duggan
Conor Kostick
Cian O'Rathaille
Nigel Phillips
Rick Powell		 United States
Kevin Dietz
Jim Green
Melinda Holley
Brian McCain
Pete Marinaro
Charles Mullin
Kyra Olson
Yashwant Parmar
Eric Sorenson		 France
Frédéric Coste
Fabrice Essner
Gwen Maggi
Jean-Pierre Maulion
Jean-François Mougard
Reynald Nicod
Vincent Reulet
Nicolas Sahuguet
Rubén Sanchez García Luengo de Madrid
Cyrille Sevin
2013-____ Cancelled tournament

See also

Diplomacy List of world championships in mind sports

Notes
  1. Originally scheduled to be in Hunt Valley, but moved when the original host convention moved from Hunt Valley to Lancaster.
  2. Tournament scoring in ODC 2017 allowed for a tie for first place.
  3. DipCon I held in Youngstown, and hosted by John Koning in his home, 31 August 1666.
  4. DipCon II held in Youngstown, because "...we had so much fun last time, let's do it again."
  5. Held as part of Origins, which was in San Mateo, but held in a separate hotel because of space limitations
  6. We can see in Diplomacy World 35 that the name of the winner is Joyce Singer.
  7. The best North American player, Marc Hurwitz, finished 2nd.
  8. Hohn Cho won the 1989 DipCon Diplomacy tournament, but that year's "DipCon Champion" was decided by a number of events.
  9. This year, the DipCon was the WorldDipCon.
  10. The best North American player, Matthew Shields, finished 3rd.
  11. Played during a cruise from Galveston and with several stops: Progreso , Cozumel and Belize City .
  12. DipCon status was removed from the Bangor event by the NADF on 30 July 2008.
  13. Results Disputed. Under normal hobby practice, the Tournament Director is ineligible for prizes due to real or perceived conflicts of interest. David Webster acted as TD, but still declared himself the winner.
  14. The best North American player, Jim O'Kelley, finished 3rd.
  15. The best North American player, Chris Martin, finished 2nd.
  16. First European: Gihan Bandaranaike (second of the tournament).
  17. First European: Filippo Lonardo (second of the tournament).
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