To Vigo or not to Vigo? That is the question.

The draw system:
Stage I – all participants are divided into 3 groups, where they play in a group system in one round (there are 7 players in each group). The players who take the first two places in the group advance to the second stage.
Stage II – 6 players (those who took the first two places in each group) play 4 rounds (the result of the game between the players who took the first and second places in Stage I is carried over to the second stage).

Added: 04/12/2009 00:21
Vigoboy (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Sir Cheban (red, Castle, Tiris) 2sm4d(3) 215

Up to turn 124, I was definitely playing against Sir Vigoboy; I observed him in the tavern and the column gave me some insight into Shakti's secondary skills and I didn't notice any "super-duper gameplay" that masters usually demonstrate.
On turn 124, Shakti's parameters were 3312; level 4 (1000 experience points gained in the column); troops were not transferred to the battle; Shakti fought alone, no one fought from the outposts; there were no strong blocks, so Shakti was not trapped (as Sir Vigoboy himself wrote); income 1850; cats in the castle, but without minor artifacts; basic attack and earth, expert tactics
On turn 124, Tiris' parameters were 5518, level 7; income 3125; horses in the stronghold (upgrade in the stable next to the castle), wyverns in the fortress; expert leadership and tactics, advanced earth (there is a book, slow is also available)
I decided to rush, but on turn 124, we saved based on the opponent's initiative, and I was spotted in the metro 1-2 turns away from the dungeon (I think the opponent saw this). After the save, we couldn't finish the game for a long time, although Sir Vigoboy found time with other opponents, and I wrote in the chat and in the topic, indicating the time of the game (this was a weekend and evening in Moscow time). Finally, I caught him in the chat and offered to play, but he wanted to start a game with someone else (Sir Chemist) and refused to play with me.

412201154 (11:09:46 5/04/2009)
hello
let's play

Vigoboy (11:12:20 5/04/2009)
hello, I just agreed with Chemist, let's meet after lunch

412201154 (11:12:31 5/04/2009)
ok

412201154 (11:23:32 5/04/2009)
we can finish now, Chemist doesn't mind, he said that it's more important for us

Vigoboy (11:25:29 5/04/2009)
that's not fair! I wanted to play a new game now, I was ready :-(

I wrote to Sir Chemist:

412201154 (11:19:07 5/04/2009)
hello, are you playing with Vigoboy

Chemist (11:19:54 5/04/2009)
we haven't started yet, but you can play with him, you need it more)

Chemist (11:20:46 5/04/2009)
we agreed to play in 30 minutes, so if anything, you can play with him

412201154 (11:21:29 5/04/2009)
you have a save

412201154 (11:21:36 5/04/2009)
or the whole game

Chemist (11:21:49 5/04/2009)
no, I have a restart, but we can start from scratch

Chemist (11:22:41 5/04/2009)
so, go ahead and agree with him, because I need to run to the store, so I know if I should hurry)

412201154 (11:22:54 5/04/2009)
ok

Although our game was started (turn 124 – save) and it could have decided everything at once, and Sir Vigoboy knew all my efforts to finish the game so that in case I advanced, I would fight in another round (the battles had already started there), but there was a refusal even after the game with Sir Chemist.

Vigoboy (16:41:42 5/04/2009)
hooray, I won!

412201154 (16:42:18 5/04/2009)
congratulations, but let's continue ours

Vigoboy (16:42:47 5/04/2009)
yes, but I need to walk the dog and do my homework first

412201154 (16:43:08 5/04/2009)
when can you

Vigoboy (16:43:34 5/04/2009)
I don't know, I don't have parents around yet, I'll do everything now and knock on your door

412201154 (16:43:49 5/04/2009)
okay

And an hour later, I waited for Sir Vigoboy, and he was with his father, Sir Vigo (well, this is my assumption, because I don't have a video camera). I was near the castle on turn 125, taking away his secondary skills, leaving him with only 850 per day, well, I thought I would gradually strangle him by pulling troops. And then a completely tactically грамотная and calculated game began from the opponent, they built up chains, the outposts started to take away money near the castle, Shakti immediately took 4 nagas and managed to return all the troops to the castle and start the Shakti rush, killing my outposts. Of course, I don't have enough experience in such situations in these games; if someone from the masters was in my place in such a situation, Vigo wouldn't have helped. But I didn't immediately focus on this because there was an advantage, and I thought I would put pressure on him, so we sat like this for 1.5 weeks. The opponent gave up the castle, bought what he could, and ran away from me to the treasure, capturing 2 angels from the outpost near the secondary skills. I had most of the map open, and I could only watch, observe, and learn how skillfully and mockingly the master was dealing with me.

Added: 04/12/2009 12:57
After talking with both sides, they came to a mutual decision that the victory in the disputed game would be awarded to Sir Cheban. This incident is now resolved, and the discussion about it is closed.

And an hour later, I waited for Sir Vigoboy, and he was with his father, Sir Vigo (well, this is my assumption...