Newsletter for 28 September 2004

Pennant fever grips San Diego!

On Tuesday, 28 September 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met.

Tournament News

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

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)
  • 1st place:  Henry Chaboki

  • 2nd place:  Eric Sedehi

  • 3rd place:  Jason Lee

    • Henry Chaboki has won two straight tournaments. This week he won the main tournament, and last week he split for first place in an overflow tournament.

    Current Master Points Standings 

     1. Sho Sengoku      94
 2. Bruce Haight     79
 3. Jason Lee        69
 4. Tom Fahland      65
 5. Adrian Costa     62
 6. Fred Kamgar      38
 6. Osman Guner      38
 8. Eric Sedehi      29
 9. Henry Chaboki    25
10. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
11. Bruce Discher    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
    Henry Chaboki has moved into 9th place overall -- all other positions remained the same.

    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.

    Player of the Month for September 2004

    Henry Chaboki is the BCSD Player of the Month for September 2004. Henry split for first place in an eight-player overflow tournament and won a 16-player bracket. That was enough for him to take the top spot this month

    Here are the top point getters for each month this year:

    Problem of the Week

    We managed to omit the roll from the position last week:

    +-24-23-22-21-20-19-+---+-18-17-16-15-14-13-+
    |1O ' ' ' '5X|   |1O3X2X ' '4O|
    |                   |   |                   |
    |                 | 1 |       1 6       |
    | '2O '1X1X4O|   | '2O '1O '3X|
    +--1--2--3--4--5--6-+---+--7--8--9-10-11-12-+

    Match to 3, tied 0-0. Pip counts: White 152, Black 148
    Position ID: 4HPDAQWGZ+JBIA Match ID: cIl4AAAAAAAA

    Here's another problem to keep you busy:

    +-24-23-22-21-20-19-+---+-18-17-16-15-14-13-+
    |1O '1O3X '3X|   | '2X ' '1X5O|
    |                   |   |                   |
    |                 | 1 |       5 6       |
    | '2O2X '2O2O|   | '2O ' ' '4X|
    +--1--2--3--4--5--6-+---+--7--8--9-10-11-12-+

    Money Game. Pip counts: White 153, Black 153
    Position ID: OGfkAQzGZvABJA Match ID: cIkaAAAAAAAA

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

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