2002-2003 WCF CAMELOT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2002-2003 WCF Camelot World Championship Tournament began on May 10, 2002, with twelve participants, and concluded on June 22, 2003, with Dan Troyka of Saline, Michigan, winning the title of Camelot World Champion. The championship format included four three-player round-robins with two games against each opponent, followed by the four winners of the round-robins playing each other in two best-two-out-of-three semi-final knockouts, followed by the two winners of the knockouts playing a best-three-out-of-five match for the Camelot World Championship.
These are the final results and game scores of the Semi-Final Matches:
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SEMI-FINAL 1 (best two-out-of-three)
Group 1 Winner: Dan Troyka 2.0
vs.
Group 3 Winner: Andrew Perkis 1.0
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SEMI-FINAL 2 (best two-out-of-three)
Group 2 Winner: Michael Nolan 2.0
vs.
Group 4 Winner: Paul Yearout 0.0
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Andrew Perkis vs. Dan Troyka
1.E6-G8 E11-E9
2.D7-E6 C11-E11
3.C6-C7 D11-D9
4.J6-H8 F11-F9
5.E6-E8xC10 J11-H9-F11-D9xB11
6.G7-G9 H10xF8
7.E7xG9 F9xH9
8.I7-G7-I9xG9 I11-H10
9.G9xI11xI9 E11-G9xI7xG7xE7xG5xG7xI5xI7
10.D6-B8 D10-F8xH8xJ10
11.Resigns 0-1
Dan Troyka vs. Andrew Perkis
1.E6-E8 D10-F12
2.C6-E6 C11-D12
3.H6-F8 H10-J10
4.J6-H6 I10-G12
5.I6-I8 J10-K10
6.F6-H8 J11-L9
7.G7-I9 I11-H12
8.I9-J9 K10-L10
9.J9-K9 L10xJ8
10.I8xK8 L9xJ7
11.H6-J8xJ6 D11-F9
12.H8-G7 E10-G8
13.F8xH8 G12-E10-G8xI6xI8xG8
14.F7xH9 F12-H10xH8xF6xH6
15.E8-F7 F10-E10
16.E7-F8 H12-F10
17.F7-D5 F9xF7
18.E6-C6-E8xG6xI6 F10-F9
19.D7-E6 D12-F10
20.J6-H6 E11-G9
21.D5-D7-F5 H11-H10
22.I6-H5 H10-F8
23.E6-G4 G11-E9
24.H6-H4-F4 F9-E8
25.D6-E5 F10-F9
26.G4-E4-G6 F11-D9
27.E5-G5 G10-F10
28.G6-G4 F10-D8
29.G4-I6 G9-E7
30.I6-G4-G6 D9-F7
31.F4-H6 E10-G8
32.G6-G4 E9-G7
33.H6-F4 D8-F6
34.G4-E6xG6 F8-F6
35.G6-G4-E6xG6 F9-F8
36.G6-H6 G7xI5
37.H5xJ5 E8-E6
38.F5xD7 F8-F6-D8xD6
39.G5-G4 F7-D7-D5
40.F4-H4 D5-E5
41.J5-I5 G8-F7
42.I5-H5 F7-D7-D5
43.G4-G5 E7-D7
44.G5-G4 D7-C6
45.H5-H3 C6-E6-C4
46.H3-G3 C4-D4
47.G3-G2 D4-D3
48.G4-H3 D6-D4
49.H4-H2 E5-C3-E3
50.H3-G3 D3-D2
51.G3-H3 D5-D3
52.G2-I2-G4 D3-E2
53.G4-I2-G2 E3-F2
54.H3-G4 F2-G1
55.G4-F3 E2xG4
56.H2-F2 G1-F1
57.Resigns 0-1
Andrew Perkis vs. Dan Troyka
1.F7-D5-B7 E11-E9
2.D7-F7-H5 C11-E11
3.E7-G5-I5 D11-D9
4.C6-A8 F10-D8
5.D6-E5 D8-C8
6.B7-A7 C8-B8
7.A8xC8 D9xB7
8.A7xC7 D10-F10-D8xB6
9.E5-D6 B6-A7
10.D6-C6 E9-D8
11.I7-G5-E7xC9 E10-D10
12.F6-G5 D10xB8
13.H5-F7-D5-B7xB9 H10-F12-D10
14.B9-A9 G10-E12-E10-C10
15.C6-B6 A7xC5
16.J6-H4-F6-D6xB4 C10-B9
17.A9xC9 I10-G12-E10-C10xC8
18.I5-H5 F11-E10
19.E6-F6 H11-F11-D9-B7
20.I6-G4 B7-C6
21.B4-C3 E11-C9-C7-C5
22.H7-F5 J11-H11-F11-D9-B7-D5-B5
23.C3-D2 I11-H11
24.G5-E5 C5-B4
25.G7-G5 B4-B6-D6xF4xH4
26.H5xH3 D10-C9
27.H6-F4 C9-C7-C5
28.F4-E3 B5-B6
29.E3-D4 C5xE3
30.D2xF4 H11-F11-D9-B7-B5
31.G5-E5 G11-F11
32.H3-G4 C6-C5
33.G4-G5 F11-D9-B7
34.F5-E4 C5-C4
35.E5-D6 C4-C5
36.D6xB4 C8-A6-C4xA4
37.G6-F5 E10-D9
38.F5-E5 D9-C8
39.F6-D4 A4-B3
40.F4-E3 B6-A5
41.E4-D5 C8-A6-A4
42.G5-G4 B7-A6
43.D4-D6-F4 A4-C2
44.G4-E4-E2 C2-D3
45.E3xC3 B3xD3xF1
46.D5-F5-F3 A6-C4
47.E5-G3-E3 A5-B4
48.F3-F2 C4-C3
49.F4-D2 B5-B3-D3
50.D2xD4 B4-D2xF4
51.D4-D5 C3-D2
52.Resigns 0-1
Michael Nolan vs. Paul Yearout
(Annotations by M. Nolan)
M. Nolan vs. P. Yearout
1.E6-G8 H11-H9
2.E7-F8
(Trying something new)
J11-H11
3.H6-H8 H9-I8
4.H8xJ8
(Not 4.H7xJ9 H11-H9xH7xJ7xJ5xH7xF9)
(And not 4.I7xI9 H11-J11-H9xJ9)
H11-J9xJ7xJ5
5.I7-I5xK5 E11-E9
(Threatening C11-E11-G9xE7xC5xC7xE7xG5)
6.F7-E7 I10-H11
(Threatening H11-F9xF7xH9)
7.G8-F7 C11-E11
8.K5-J6 D11-F9
9.J6-H6 I11-G9
10.I6-G8 F11-D9
11.G8-E8 H11-F11
12.E8xC10 E11-C9xC11
13.G6-E8 H10-F12
14.F8xH10 G11xI9
(Not G10xI10 because of E8xG10xE12xG12xG10)
(Better was F11-H9xH11 with an even game)
(The text loses a piece)
15.H6-H8xJ10 D10-F8XH6xH8
(This loses outright to the text reply)
16.F6-F8
(All other moves allow equality)
E9xG7
17.F7xH7xH9
(Now if G10xI8 then E8xG10xE12xG12)
(Or if F11-D9xF7 then H9xF11xD9)
Resigns 1-0
Paul Yearout vs. Michael Nolan
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.C6-E6 J11-H11
3.E8-D9 C11-E9xC9
4.E6-C8xC10xE12 D10-F12xD12
5.D7-E6 D12-D11
6.H6-H8 I11-G9
7.J6-H6 F11-H9
8.I6-I8 I10-G8xI6
9.Resigns 0-1