An interesting turn of events! So, let's see:
England: Solid start. Nothing much in your moves to talk about - that's pretty much the perfect English 1901. Army in Belgium, Fleet in Norway, and a bounce in Sweden. Probably would have welcomed the Turkish attack on Russia succeeding, but beyond that - job done. Lots of options for 1902: The French move to Burgundy opens up the chance of an E/F invasion of Germany whilst he squabbles with Russia (who'd probably accept your support to Sweden, as he's now reliant on you for any real gains up north, as working with Germany against you in his current situation is fairly unlikely). An E/G is also very viable, and if you can convince France not to build F-Bre, then you don't even need F-Lon... just F-Liv and A-Lon. At which point, you'll be laughing. Good job. You already had your cookie in Spring though - that was when the real work was done there.
France: Well, better. No terrible Lisbon Leap is a plus, and the Burgundy move puts you back into a place where you can proactively shape the board rather than reactively hide in a corner. The West is now in a state of flux as 1901 hasn't tied down anybody to particular alliances, so like England and Germany, you can pick who you want to ally with and where to attack. This builds phase is critical for you though: not building F-Bre would be a gigantic risk here as a second English convoy, onto Picardy, would be catastrophic. Even if you're going for the E/F, you need to be careful there. Still no cookie, but no detention either.
Germany: Utter waste of a turn. Holding units in a home SC in 1901? What are you doing? Everyone else may be screaming about the Swedish bounce, which I'll get to momentarily, but holding Munich is just as awful, if not even more so in my eyes. You had so many options which could have put you in the driving seat there, or at least in a strong position. You could have ruined an Italian Bohemian Crusher by going to Tyrolia (or Bohemia, but Tyrolia gives you more options if it succeeds, which it would have), which is probably what I'd have done there. You also could have gone for Burgundy for an attack on France (would have failed, and perhaps you knew that), but really, why not Ruhr? Gives you options on both France AND England with Belgium & Burgundy respectively, and lets you build in Munich. The fact you've held Munich means you're now forced into building in Berlin. This, combined with the Sweden bounce, is essentially forcing your hand into a Russo-German war that you really don't want to be in this early. Unless you were crazy and did want it, but in that case, why not go to Bohemia (for Galicia) or directly to Silesia? Awful move.
Then we get to the Sweden bounce: god damnit. Russia was on the ropes with an aggressive Turkish opening and a probable lack of any Austrian support due to the Italian opening. Bouncing Sweden benefits England in the medium term, but the person it benefitted more than anyone there was Turkey. What the absolute fuck does anyone in the West want to help Turkey for? Rapid Turkish growth is the kiss of death to a Western solo, as it's so hard to reverse, and when it looked like A/I were fighting too... you need Turkey kept in check. That requires a strong Russia. So all in all, that was an atrocious turn. Write me 100 lines of "I must not be so short-sighted".
Italy: Jmo might be raving about your moves, and I see what he means, but I'm not quite so convinced by them. Tyrolia/Venice is fairly irrelevant to me - I see what you did there and why. But when the board was in such a beautiful spot for an I/T, slamming a brick down on Turkey's face was a really great way to ruin that by moving to the Aegean. Even if you turn back on Austria, it's cost you time, momentum, and trust. Bad. Bohemia was a good move, and Venice an average one. But I intensely dislike the Aegean Key there. The other problem with your strategy is that there is very little reason for Austria not to jump into an A/T here. You've taken the advantage you had and just gifted it to Austria. With Russia and Turkey fighting, F-Rum meaning Austria is under no Russian threat, and the Swedish bounce too, an Austrian invasion of Italy is not only possible but outright reasonable. Sure, it'll take him 2 turns, but I'd be looking very very closely at that option right now. He can easily fencesit for a year on A/T vs A/R and give promises for Autumn, whilst grabbing two SC's from you or sailing into Tunis. You really have to use the diplomatic options Bohemia has given you well. 50/50 stuff. No cookie.
Austria: Well, that turned around quickly. Italy handing you the advantage is fantastic - the already great start on your eastern flank with F-Rum is now combined with a much safer western flank. As just stated - you now have a very plausible invasion of Italy available to you, whilst still being able to attack Turkey or turn on Russia. Italy has thrown away his threat on you; Russia never had one in the first place and with the Swedish bounce on top, is now unlikely to develop one; and Turkey has just decided to smash his own face through a window and also have no threat on you. A 1902 Austria which is in a grand total of Zero provinces under immediate threat is fantastic. Great turnaround. Have a big cookie for your diplomatic work.
Russia: Bullet dodged! Turkey's inability to know how to attack someone has ensured you kept strength in the south. Germany's belligerence could be an issue on the horizon though, and you're far from out of the woods yet. A plausible Gin & Tonic could be about to put a lot more pressure on you, and that's without taking the English into consideration. I don't think it's in England's interests to cap STP with a fleet here, though you never know, so I'd probably be going A-War (A-Mos is just such a dumb reactive build). Italy possibly floating into Galicia and going on the attack against you can't be ruled out either, so there's threats everywhere. Even your apparent buddy Austria's great turn could be a negative, as he no longer has to fear Italy, but also has a Turkey that's being pushed close to him by the Italian move to Aegean, and thus an A/T could also form up here. Still, you did as well as could be expected, but you need to weave some diplomatic spells to rescue your situation here.
Turkey: What the actual fuck are you doing? Double bouncing yourself in Rumania, via convoy, to effectively waste an entire turn. You had Russia on the ropes and decided to just throw your money in the air before you'd actually won it. Mayweather would've knocked you out by now. The convoy was never an option - Sevastopol was guaranteed to support hold Rumania so you needed Armenia to tap Sev if you were going to go for Rumania. Leaving the Black Sea wouldn't have been bad because you'd have been disbanding the Russian fleet, and you'd have been able to build F-Con if he ran back to Sev with it anyway. Throw in the fact that Italy has moved to Aegean (not directly your fault, but it shows a failure in diplomacy on your part, and blows the previously promising IT option out of the window) and that turn was horrific for you. Now you need to cosy up to Austria, when Russia has a head start on you there, and Italy is probably doing the same. Germany might be able to rescue you against Russia, but an A/I could easily tear you to shreds here. Appalling turn. 200 lines of "I need to learn how to cut a support hold".
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