The results of round 7 are in. To recap, the challenge was to beat your up to 500 line long opponent loaded at a fixed position halfway through core. This was an exciting round with huge score ranges. Robert Macrae's Last Laugh won by a land slide, with 90% wins. We saw some intriguingly new P-space strategies, and we'd like to ask the top 3 contenders, Robert Macrae, Myer Bremer and Beppe Bezzi to post their warriors with discussion of their strategy. The results in detail: Battle 1 of 66 (2%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 471 (93 1 6) BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 11 (1 93 6) Battle 2 of 66 (3%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 484 (96 0 4) Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 4 (0 96 4) Battle 3 of 66 (5%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 500 (100 0 0) Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 4 of 66 (6%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 15 (3 97 0) Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 485 (97 3 0) Battle 5 of 66 (8%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 176 (19 0 81) Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 81 (0 19 81) Battle 6 of 66 (9%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 0 (0 100 0) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 7 of 66 (11%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 50 (8 82 10) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 420 (82 8 10) Battle 8 of 66 (12%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 240 (38 12 50) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 110 (12 38 50) Battle 9 of 66 (14%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 483 (96 1 3) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 8 (1 96 3) Battle 10 of 66 (15%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 444 (86 0 14) Tim by G. Eadon scores 14 (0 86 14) Battle 11 of 66 (17%) is finished: Back Propagation by M R Bremer scores 443 (88 9 3) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 48 (9 88 3) Battle 12 of 66 (18%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 0 (0 100 0) Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 13 of 66 (20%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 485 (97 3 0) Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 15 (3 97 0) Battle 14 of 66 (21%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 5 (1 99 0) Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 495 (99 1 0) Battle 15 of 66 (23%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 425 (84 11 5) Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 60 (11 84 5) Battle 16 of 66 (24%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 500 (100 0 0) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 17 of 66 (26%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 93 (15 67 18) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 353 (67 15 18) Battle 18 of 66 (27%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 113 (22 75 3) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 378 (75 22 3) Battle 19 of 66 (29%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 96 (18 76 6) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 386 (76 18 6) Battle 20 of 66 (30%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 50 (10 90 0) Tim by G. Eadon scores 450 (90 10 0) Battle 21 of 66 (32%) is finished: BlackMoor by P.Kline scores 75 (15 85 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 425 (85 15 0) Battle 22 of 66 (33%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 100 (0 0 100) Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 100 (0 0 100) Battle 23 of 66 (35%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 97 (19 79 2) Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 397 (79 19 2) Battle 24 of 66 (36%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 140 (13 12 75) Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 135 (12 13 75) Battle 25 of 66 (38%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 0 (0 100 0) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 26 of 66 (39%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 8 (1 96 3) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 483 (96 1 3) Battle 27 of 66 (41%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 100 (0 0 100) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 100 (0 0 100) Battle 28 of 66 (42%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 0 (0 100 0) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 29 of 66 (44%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 32 (6 92 2) Tim by G. Eadon scores 462 (92 6 2) Battle 30 of 66 (45%) is finished: Burger Chef & Jeff by Karl Lewin scores 225 (45 55 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 275 (55 45 0) Battle 31 of 66 (47%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 0 (0 100 0) Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 32 of 66 (48%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 500 (100 0 0) Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 33 of 66 (50%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 0 (0 100 0) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 34 of 66 (52%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 496 (99 0 1) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 1 (0 99 1) Battle 35 of 66 (53%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 500 (100 0 0) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 36 of 66 (55%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 10 (2 98 0) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 490 (98 2 0) Battle 37 of 66 (56%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 204 (26 0 74) Tim by G. Eadon scores 74 (0 26 74) Battle 38 of 66 (58%) is finished: Frontwards by Steven Morrell scores 35 (7 93 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 465 (93 7 0) Battle 39 of 66 (59%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 496 (99 0 1) Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 1 (0 99 1) Battle 40 of 66 (61%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 486 (97 2 1) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 11 (2 97 1) Battle 41 of 66 (62%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 500 (100 0 0) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 42 of 66 (64%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 500 (100 0 0) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 43 of 66 (65%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 500 (100 0 0) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 44 of 66 (67%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 104 (19 72 9) Tim by G. Eadon scores 369 (72 19 9) Battle 45 of 66 (68%) is finished: Last Laugh by Robert Macrae scores 500 (100 0 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 0 (0 100 0) Battle 46 of 66 (70%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 23 (0 77 23) myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 408 (77 0 23) Battle 47 of 66 (71%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 53 (6 71 23) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 378 (71 6 23) Battle 48 of 66 (73%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 194 (32 34 34) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 204 (34 32 34) Battle 49 of 66 (74%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 276 (50 24 26) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 146 (24 50 26) Battle 50 of 66 (76%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 211 (28 1 71) Tim by G. Eadon scores 76 (1 28 71) Battle 51 of 66 (77%) is finished: Mister Bond by Derek Ross scores 130 (26 74 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 370 (74 26 0) Battle 52 of 66 (79%) is finished: myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 10 (2 98 0) run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 490 (98 2 0) Battle 53 of 66 (80%) is finished: myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 100 (0 0 100) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 100 (0 0 100) Battle 54 of 66 (82%) is finished: myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 0 (0 100 0) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 500 (100 0 0) Battle 55 of 66 (83%) is finished: myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 87 (9 49 42) Tim by G. Eadon scores 287 (49 9 42) Battle 56 of 66 (85%) is finished: myVamp v3.7 by Paulsson scores 85 (17 83 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 415 (83 17 0) Battle 57 of 66 (86%) is finished: run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 96 (16 68 16) Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 356 (68 16 16) Battle 58 of 66 (88%) is finished: run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 481 (96 3 1) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 16 (3 96 1) Battle 59 of 66 (89%) is finished: run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 319 (57 9 34) Tim by G. Eadon scores 79 (9 57 34) Battle 60 of 66 (91%) is finished: run and hit by Beppe Bezzi scores 75 (15 85 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 425 (85 15 0) Battle 61 of 66 (92%) is finished: Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 363 (66 1 33) Slayer by Randy Graham scores 38 (1 66 33) Battle 62 of 66 (94%) is finished: Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 314 (58 18 24) Tim by G. Eadon scores 114 (18 58 24) Battle 63 of 66 (95%) is finished: Settete by Maurizio Vittuari scores 85 (17 83 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 415 (83 17 0) Battle 64 of 66 (97%) is finished: Slayer by Randy Graham scores 88 (1 16 83) Tim by G. Eadon scores 163 (16 1 83) Battle 65 of 66 (98%) is finished: Slayer by Randy Graham scores 480 (96 4 0) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 20 (4 96 0) Battle 66 of 66 (100%) is finished: Tim by G. Eadon scores 491 (98 1 1) Victory or death by Anders Ivner scores 6 (1 98 1) Elapsed time: 5286 seconds (01:28:06) Rank Name Author %W %L %T Score ___________________________________________________________________________ 1 Last Laugh Robert Macrae 90 9 1 4963 2 Back Propagation M R Bremer 57 27 16 3306 3 run and hit Beppe Bezzi 54 36 10 3096 4 Victory or death Anders Ivner 52 48 0 2864 5 Slayer Randy Graham 45 41 14 2652 6 Tim G. Eadon 40 27 32 2579 7 myVamp v3.7 Paulsson 37 48 15 2201 8 Settete Maurizio Vittuari 30 37 33 2010 9 Frontwards Steven Morrell 31 53 16 1860 10 BlackMoor P.Kline 33 64 3 1853 11 Burger Chef & Jeff Karl Lewin 17 57 26 1206 12 Mister Bond Derek Ross 15 54 31 1164 The scores so far: Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 total Steven Morrell 5 10 9 13 14 10 4 65 P.Kline 7.5 9 7 11 11 12 3 60.5 Paulsson 7.5 11 11 9 2 5 6 51.5 Anders Ivner 5.5 8 4 0 10 14 9 50.5 Beppe Bezzi 7 7 13 2 8 3 10 50 Robert Macrae 0 0 0 12 12 13 12 49 M R Bremer 7 4 3.6 5 7 11 11 48.6 Maurizio Vittuari 6.5 5 6 3 9 8 5 42.5 Randy Graham 0 0 8 10 4 7 8 37 John K. Wilkinson 4 6 12 0 13 2 0 37 Karl Lewin 0 0 10 4 6 10 2 32 Derek Ross 3.5 3 3.3 7 3 6 1 26.8 G. Eadon 1.5 2 5 6 1 4 7 26.5 Kurt Franke 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 Michael Constant 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 Anders Scholl 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 John Lewis 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 Calvin Loh 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 As this tournament draws to a close -- only 2 more rounds to go, it looks like we're up for some up for some final stretch excitement. The lead of Steven Morrell and Paul Kline has dwindled to a mere 9 points and the midfield is densely packed with 5 players scoring between 48 and 51 points. The game is still wide open. Just as a reminder, the GIFs of winner and two runners-up will be featured in the upcoming Core War Hall of Fame at stormking -- how's that for an incentive? Good luck for the remaining rounds, Nandor & Stefan