I give up.
The best I can accomplish (without making the first move change) is this.
After making the changes described in jlou's post to fix the first move bug, I get this.Code:RandomBot: -243 SimpleBot: 34709 Dante: 494960
So unless we've got secret unranked participants in this contest, I think jlou has won.Code:RandomBot: -4080 SimpleBot: 18681 Dante: 265600