DBM
15mm SENIOR & JUNIOR ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS

"Most Improved" Results
The "Most Improved" award is based on the largest difference between a player's pre-championship ranking and their final placing. Players with no prior ranking available are unfortunately excluded.

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Names

Pre-
Championship
Ranking

Final
Championship
Placing

Difference
(Actual vs
 Expected)

Army

Year

Bk

Score

1

Chapman, Darren

119

36

83

Early Byzantine.

494AD

3,4

114

2

Steele, Phil

95

13

82

Sicilian.

1282AD

4,5

131

3

Maguire, John

87

10

77

Warring States Chinese.

250BC

2,4

136

4

Winter, Anthony

91

18

73

Later Hungarian.

1442AD

4,43

127

5

Fordham, Graham

101

28

73

Early Achaemenid Persian.

530BC

1,60

118

6

Helmet, Jan

103

31

72

Makkan.

999BC

1,8

117

7

George, Michael

88

19

69

Medieval Portuguese.

1385AD

4,68

125

8

Ager, Chris

80

17

63

Beja.

860AD

2,55

128

9

Wright, Andrew

121

60

61

Graeco-Bactriann.

151BC

2,36

100

10

Tolhurst, Hugh

94

35

59

Javanese.

1385AD

4,37

115

11

Bowman, Gavin

120

63

57

Ch'in Chinese.

228BC

2,4

98

12

D'Costa, Peter

104

51

53

Early Byzantine.

493AD

3,4

107

13

Ferguson, Bruce

85

33

52

Kushan.

40AD

2,46

116

14

Hammond, Neil

73

23

50

Khitan-Liao.

908AD

3,55

121

15

Wait, Garry

76

26

50

Later Hebrew.

715BC

1,34

121

16

Madigan, Dave

56

9

47

New Kingdom Egyptian.

1450BC

1,22

138

17

Haferung, Ingo

57

11

46

Ottoman.

1390AD

4,55

135

18

Young, David

58

16

42

Later Pre Islamic Arab.

633AD

2,23

129

19

Stathhoussis, Angelo

112

70

42

Sicilian.

1282AD

4,5

93

20

Hills, Darryl

109

68

41

Welsh.

1151AD

3,19

95

21

Barrett, Peter

93

54

39

Hellenistic Greek.

207BC

2,31

106

22

LeRay-Meyer, Simon

127

88

39

Communal Italian.

1201AD

3,72

85

23

Silk, Andrew

52

15

37

Later Hungarian.

1491AD

4,43

131

24

Williams, Joel

77

43

34

Later Pre Islamic Arab.

500AD

2,23

110

25

Spiers, Jason

107

75

32

Komnenan Byzantine.

1159AD

4,1

92

26

Lotter, Pierre

128

98

30

Classical Indian.

320BC

2,3

77

27

Cameron, Chris

49

20

29

Ottoman.

1428AD

4,55

123

28

Stopford, Steve

118

89

29

Saba.

683BC

1,8

83

29

Blanch, Scott

108

80

28

Later Pre Islamic Arab.

633AD

2,23

89

30

Hamilton, James

32

7

25

Welsh.

1405AD

3,19

139

31

Kvisle, Brett

71

46

25

Lydian.

546BC

1,50

110

32

Rivers, Charles

68

44

24

Early Libyan.

1200BC

1,7

110

33

Sleigh, Tim

126

103

23

Neo-Babylonian.

626BC

1,44

72

34