Board 5
gameID=151360 1906 France stabs Germany
Quite possibly the most significant moment of the game. Sherincall (France) managed to take YHN completely by surprise (which is no small achievement), thwarting the German solo ambitions and avoiding what looked to be a likely quagmire with Italy.
Board 3 [
gameID=148789], 1901, Russia stabs England.
-- After a hard sell to England of friendship and eternal loyalty Russia surprises the entire board with the news that he was lying the entire time.
Board 4 [
gameID=151803], 1908, France/Russia stabs Italy and Turkey.
-- After falsely pulling back France gets Turkey and Italy to try to cut out Russia, and then France moves back, side-steps the planned bounce by Tunis, and Russia convoys him to the effective winning centers. Dunno if people more appreciate France's Med side-step and fake-out of dropping the solo attempt, or Russia's spiteful and effective throw. There's some interesting convoys and three-way swaps involved.
(Votes: 1) Board 7 [
gameID=156118], 1903, Russia stabs everyone, the spirit of Diplomacy, and decency.
--Realizing that there is an overwhelming chance that Russia will get >= 3 for the tournament lead, he bullies everyone on board and in press into a 7 way 1903 draw:
-Germany, who was in a great position, Russia convinces Germany that he'll "play the bad guy" and not draw so Germany can put up his draw for diplomatic leverage.
-England, who was about to kamikaze into France, Russia convinces him that France isn't worth losing his life over
-France actually refused for a bit he was so infuriated with England and insisted to only draw once England was gone but Russia convinced him that Germany would leave England alive as long as he was suicide into France so it would never happen.
-Italy was under pressure and losing centers from the A/R; naturally wanted draw
-Turkey was also under pressure from the A/R; naturally wanted draw
-Austria only friend was a Russia with two centers pressed on his back; naturally wanted draw(?)[He hasn't talked to me since the game even though I PM'd him...
Russia stabs Turkey and Germany
gameID=155329"I am struggling with Sherincall's stab of Turkey and Germany near the end (if indeed it was a stab of Turkey). On the face of it, it looked great, but at the end of the day the stab itself fell short of the win. Only rd's cunning understanding of the scoring system did that."
Germany stabs England (?)
gameID=148770 with fake stab in 1904 getting him to push units west and actually stabs in 1907
(Votes: 1) Board 5
gameID=151360 1909-1910 Italy stabs France
Some may say it was straight out of the blatantly obvious school of stabbery, but Sherincall is rarely fooled. A lot of preparation went on behind the scenes to make it possible. What it lacked in subtlety, it tried to make up for in terms of impact. On the back of this stab the game was not only won, but won in the most shamefully sickening supply centre focused style possible. On a tournament scale, this stab was all that stood between Sherincall and 1st place in the tournament.
By all means, continue the pattern :)
we have two player who have been blocked in my game I'm sorry I have so many Armies
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