A no press game ends in a Turkish solo in F1925M. Here are the maps:
http://www.floc.net/observer.py?judge=USAK&game=fge00003&page=game
This is England's End of Game statement:
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The last move of the game featured the most
dishonorable win I have ever witnessed. Turkey, shame
on you! After seeing what France did to you in Spring
1922 (move in on your supply centers when you had
retreated, clearly signaling a 3-way draw), you should
have known better how that is not the way to win!
I could have won the game had I moved in on you right
then, but decided that this would have been
dishonorable. Instead, I chose and succeeded in
punishing France for the unsportsmanlike conduct
(while signaling my desire for a TWO-WAY draw by
withdrawing my forces from Russia, exactly the same
method you had chosen). What makes me upset isn't that
I lost the chance to win the game, but that of all
possible opponents, you, the victim of unsportsmanlike
conduct yourself in the same game, pulled the same
cheap stunt yourself. A win should be the result of
brilliant play or an opponent's mistake, and not
moving in on a player when he is unfairly down. What
you did was like a mugging victim ending up mugging
the same person who defended her. And I know you won't
get this, but even in Diplomacy where lying and
stabbing are part of the game, there is a place for
honor.
I had a lot of respect for the way you had played
until the last move. A two-way draw in this game would
have been one of the most beautiful results in all the
games I have played (and I've won many, honorably).
But instead, you blew it! Your last move reminds me of
watching a graceful athlete win a game with wonderful
speed and agility, but then celebrating it with the
ugliest and most desperate taunting of his opponent.
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Comments? Shame on Turkey, shame on England or shame on me? ;-)
Chris
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