Newsletter for 16 November 2004

Tournament News

On Tuesday, 16 November 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. A meager four people entered an 8-player tournament, with the following results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Fred Kamgar and Jason Lee (split)
3rd place:  Bruce Discher and Bruce Haight (split)

Fred and Jason both earned six master points, and both Bruce's earned one point. An 8-player tournament still earns full master points when it's the only tournament.

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku      96
 2. Jason Lee        95
 3. Bruce Haight     89
 4. Tom Fahland      79
 5. Adrian Costa     66
 6. Osman Guner      50
 7. Fred Kamgar      44
 8. Eric Sedehi      32
 9. Henry Chaboki    26
10. Bruce Discher    21
10. Mark Weiner      21
12. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
13. Marcia Karen      9
14. Stan Krimerman    8
14. Ryan Knowles      8
14. Ned Cross         8
17. Steve Blake       6
17. Kismet Hancer     6
17. Greg Kopp         6
20. Sam Mehri         4
20. Vito Volpetti     4
22. Chris Rosin       3
23. George Alessi     2
23. Jon Vietor        2
25. Maira Costa       1

Bruce Haight has closed to just seven points of Sho Sengoku, and Jason Lee is now just a single point behind!

Bruce Discher moved into a 10th place tie with Mark Weiner.

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.

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