Newsletter for 13 July 2004

All-Star Tuesday

On Tuesday, 13 July 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. The All-Stars in the house played a tournament.

Tournament News

8 people entered a 16-player bracket on Tuesday night. We had the following tournament results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Tom Fahland
2nd place:  Eric Sedehi
3rd place:  Adrian Costa

Attendance has slipped recently, as we have had single-digit attendance for the third straight week. This means we're probably overdue for a big turnout soon!

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku      74
 2. Jason Lee        57
 3. Bruce Haight     48
 4. Adrian Costa     43
 5. Tom Fahland      41
 6. Osman Guner      33
 7. Fred Kamgar      29
 8. Eric Sedehi      24
 9. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
10. Henry Chaboki    12
11. Marcia Karen      9
12. Ned Cross         8
13. Greg Kopp         6
14. Bruce Discher     4
14. Vito Volpetti     4
16. Chris Rosin       3
16. Mark Weiner       3
18. Ryan Knowles      2
19. Maira Costa       1
19. Sam Mehri         1

Tom Fahland won a tournament for the first time since 6 April 2004, and holds steady in 5th place overall.

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.

Problem of the Week

The webmaster is taking a short hiatus from the Problem of the Week section.

See you next week! Keep tossing those cubes,
J. Lee

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