Newsletter for 14 September 2004

School is back! Backgammon, however, never went anywhere.

On Tuesday, 14 September 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met.

Tournament News

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

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Adrian Costa
2nd place:  Stan Krimerman
3rd place:  Bruce Haight / Jason Lee (split)

Stan Krimerman placed for the first time this year, in his second visit to the club. Bruce Haight had his 13-match winning streak ended in the semifinals by Stan. Bruce's streak is the second longest of the year, as Sho Sengoku had a 15-match streak earlier this year.

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku      92
 2. Bruce Haight     79
 3. Jason Lee        63
 4. Adrian Costa     61
 5. Tom Fahland      57
 6. Osman Guner      37
 7. Fred Kamgar      35
 8. Eric Sedehi      25
 9. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
10. Bruce Discher    14
10. Henry Chaboki    14
12. Mark Weiner      11
13. Marcia Karen      9
14. Ryan Knowles      8
14. Ned Cross         8
16. Kismet Hancer     6
16. Greg Kopp         6
18. Stan Krimerman    4
18. Vito Volpetti     4
20. Chris Rosin       3
21. Maira Costa       1
21. Sam Mehri         1

Adrian Costa moved back into 4th 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

We'll have a couple of weeks off of this business.

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

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