[HoMM IV TOURNAMENT ON] World Championship in HoMM IV online 2013

Shnurov and I played in the final.

It happened. To have even a slight chance, I had to come up with a plan. I executed my plan as intended. I had zero chance on "technical" maps like the Circle. Therefore, I gave Ruslan the choice between a "deployable" PS and a strong Bizarro. Ruslan chose PS. I'm counting on the deployment and strength. So, I leave the option of keeping a death with a bunch of uninteresting monsters like ice and bone creatures for myself, and I focus on preventing Ruslan from gaining access to the town portal. This is an obvious chaotic situation that is very difficult to play without losses.
Let's start. The starting position is excellent (which is what I planned!). On the market, there are venom and devil creatures, and two dwellings of venom creatures. There are 2 stacks of spellcasters. As a result, I get the best PS start in my life. With a free altar of nobility, I get a master diplomat. This is enough to join a gargoyle on a quest. The quest gives 3 ice creatures! Another join at the quest with vampires. 2 joins at 2 cities. As a result, I get a city on the third day. I start developing a future decent mage. And I have a quite combat-ready army even without level 3 dwellings. I also considered leaving space for a powerful stack of mages, which could be bought on the external market. Then came the surrender. Which, however, I secretly expected. What can you do? The level of play is too incomparable.
This was a strange championship. I won purely on strength. Thank you all. :)