Newsletter for 11 May 2004
The Winds of May are in the Air!
On Tuesday, 11 May 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. We May have a tournament...
Tournament News
8 people entered a 16-player bracket on Tuesday night. We had the following tournament results:
- First place: Sho Sengoku
- Second place: Greg Kopp
- Third place: Henry Chaboki / Tom Fahland (split)
We had a visitor from Northern California, as Fran Scheiman entered the tournament.
Current Master Points Standings
Sho Sengoku has won two straight tournaments, and now has won nine straight BCSD matches. A win in
his next match and Sho will make the 1023-to-1 list!
1. Adrian Costa 39
1. Jason Lee 39
3. Bruce Haight 33
4. Sho Sengoku 30
5. Tom Fahland 27
6. Osman Guner 25
7. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
8. Fred Kamgar 17
9. Henry Chaboki 12
10. Marcia Karen 9
11. Eric Sedehi 8
12. Greg Kopp 6
13. Mark Weiner 3
14. Ryan Knowles 2
14. Chris Rosin 2
16. Maira Costa 1
16. Sam Mehri 1
Adrian Costa and Jason Lee remain tied atop the leaderboard, with Bruce Haight in striking distance,
just six points back.
The point leader at the end of the year will be named
the BCSD Player of the Year, and the top 16 in the Master Point standings will be
invited to the 2004 BCSD Tournament of Champions, to be held in early 2005.
News from Las Vegas
The 10th International Cup took place over Mother's Day weekend in Las Vegas. Sho Sengoku made the
trip to Vegas, and once again won a side event. Sho was victorious in the Mini-Match Event.
Congratulations, Sho!
The next major tournament in the region will be the 53rd Gammon Associates Invitational on June 11-13,
2004 in Beverly Hills. There should be several BCSD players in attendance.
Problem of the Week
The following position is from a BCSD tournament match on 27 April 2004 between Bruce Haight (Black) and
Osman Guner (White). We had this as a problem last week, but the match score was omitted from the problem.
We'll keep this problem for a week and add one more.
White leads 5-3 in a 7 point match. Black on roll. Cube action? Pip counts: White 132, Black 133
Position ID: xs6hA0Cb3QAAMw Match ID: cAngAFAAGAAA
Here is a new problem to bite into:
White leads 5-3 in a 7 point match. Pip counts: White 150, Black 147
Position ID: Y85gDDBsG8aAQQ Match ID: QYn0AFAAGAAA
See you next week! Keep tossing those cubes,
J. Lee
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