A few points of note since I last compiled this list:
- The apparent curse/statistical anomaly by which anyone who defeated a superchampion during the regular season was either doomed to lose the very next game or destined to become a superchampion himself has now evaporated. Of the 5 new regular season nemeses on this list, 3 (Marissa Goldsmith, Katie Proctor, and Tim Kresowik) became multi-game non-superchampions themselves.
- Mark Runsvold -- a noble 4-game winner -- has the unenviable distinction of being the only player ever to face only superchampions in the ToC. He beat two at once -- becoming only the second player to do so -- in his quarterfinal game, but could not overcome Roger Craig and Joon Pahk simultaneously in the semis.
- Roger Craig, of course, joins Dan Pawson as the 2nd superchampion with only one nemesis, being undefeated in tournament play.
- Mark and Roger also became the 3rd and 4th players to beat 2 different superchampions -- Mark in 1 game, Roger in 2. Vijay Balse remains the only player ever to have won 3 games against superchampions, and I remain the only player to have defeated 3 different superchampions.
The total number of superchampions + nemeses now stands at 40. Still not divisible by 3. Curses!
- Superchampion..No. of Wins.....Regular Nemesis ......Tournament Nemeses
Ken Jennings....74.................Nancy Zerg.............Brad Rutter (UToC)
David Madden...19.................Victoria Groce.........Bill MacDonald
Dan Pawson.......9................ Kristen Welsh
Tom Kavanaugh..8.................Kevin Marshall (6)......Bill MacDonald
Tom Nissley.......8.................Marissa Goldsmith (3).Roger Craig
Tom Walsh........7.................Steve Hall..............Russ Schumacher; Michael Rooney (UToC)
Justin Bernbach...7.................Sara Doran.............Vijay Balse
Joon Pahk.........7.................Katie Proctor (2)......Roger Craig
Sean Ryan.........6.................Katie Durham.........Anne Boyd; Jerome Vered (UToC)
Kevin Marshall.....6................John Stratford.........Bill MacDonald
Larissa Kelly.......6.................Pat Roche.............Dan Pawson
Jim Stevens........6................Scott Shive.............Aaron Schroeder
Jason Zollinger.....6................Ted Ahern.............Vijay Balse (2x)
Roger Craig........6................Jelisa Castrodale
Christopher Short..6................Tim Kresowik(2)......Mark Runsvold
Justin Sausville.....6................Amit Kurlekar.........Mark Runsvold; Tom Nissley
P.S. -- if anyone knows how to format this list with proper tabs, please let me know!