In an exciting Final Scoring match against Dutchman Gerlof Pielage, Canadian Denis Larocque was the first player since Justin Kitt who succeeded in defending his ETSL Ladder title. He will now face Czech Rostislav Krhut, who surprised himself by reaching the Championship match. For more details, see the ETSL page!

After a thrilling Wargames victory over Ioan Angelo Mitiu from Rumania, Polish Jedrzej Gasiorowski took the first spot in the ETSL Ladder. In the next round he will face Greek Nik Doumpas or Peruvian Giancarlo Corcuera to defend his title.

After sitting on the throne for 3 consecutive rounds, English Twilight Struggle expert Justin Kitt met a stronger opponent in Rumanian Ioan Angelo Mitiu. In a well-fought Final Scoring game, Ioan managed to defeat Justin’s Russians by 6 VP. Ioan: “I managed to defeat Justin at final scoring (VP +6 if I remember well). It…

After taking over the ETSL Ladder Championship in round 2, Justin Kitt defended his number 1 position versus American Tim Bina as well. Kitt: ” USSR: Justin, 32:51, winner; US: Tim, 20:40; Victory by autovictory (-21VP) on turn 6.1: an interesting game, first turn saw the USSR Purged but the US had a very low…

After Alban Ullrich’s resignation, season 2 is now officially closed. Time to have a look at the statistics. In season 2 126 matches (144 in season 1) have been played: 3 ties, 68 US victories and 55 USSR victories (resp. 1, 70 and 73 in season 1). Let’s see how they were divided: No optionals,…

Although one season 2 match has to be played still, season 3 of the ETSL started already. 32 players entered the new Ladder format and by now 11 matches have been finished already. See the ETSL page for details.

After a very tight Final Scoring match versus Dutchman Tijs de Kler, who however enjoyed a very successful debut season, German Fabian Mainzer took the season 2 ETSL title. Congratulations!

After a first loss versus Englishman Justin Kitt, Jarek Moc from Poland fully recovered and took the 2 remaining matches to win the best of 3 series and reach the semi finals. He will meet Fabian Mainzer from Germany now!

To his own surprise Fabian Mainzer from Germany defeated Daniël Hogetoorn in the decisive match of the best of 3 quarter finals of the ETSL. A very timely played Cuban Missile Crisis (USSR didn’t control Cuba and Fidel was in US hand) gave the Americans a free route into the Americas and Africa. When North and South…

With a convincing soviet win over Robert-Jan Zwiers, Tijs de Kler from Holland secured his place within the last 4, where he will meet southern neighbor Bill Hollebeke. Check the ETSL page for detailed rankings and results.