Newsletter for 23 November 2004

Tournament News

On Tuesday, 23 November 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. Eight players entered a 16-player tournament, with the following results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Sho Sengoku
2nd place:  Alan Epstein
3rd place:  Eric Sedehi

David Saad was a new player to the club this week, and Alan Epstein, visiting from Georgia, made his annual pre-Thanksgiving visit to the BCSD and earned a 2nd place result for his efforts.

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku     104
 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      34
 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. Alan Epstein      4
20. Sam Mehri         4
20. Vito Volpetti     4
23. Chris Rosin       3
24. George Alessi     2
24. Jon Vietor        2
26. Maira Costa       1

Sho Sengoku has opened up a nine point lead over Jason Lee, and will hold the pole position for at least another week.

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