Newsletter for 1 February 2005

Tournament of Champions Notice

Please mark your calendar for Saturday, 12 February 2005, at 11:30 a.m., for our Tournament of Champions. All top finishers from 2004 will be invited to participate in the TOC. Everybody else is welcome to come -- there will be a regular BCSD tournament alongside the TOC.

The TOC will be double elimination with a progressive 2nd chance bracket -- 9 point matches in the main, 5 point matches in the 2nd chance. Late starting matches will be clocked, similar to the regular BCSD tournaments.

Tournament News

On Tuesday, 1 February 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. 13 players entered a 16-player main tournament and an 8-player overflow tournament, with the following results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)
  • Finalist:  Sheldon Woytek

  • Semifinalists:  Bruce Discher and Bruce Haight

  • 3rd place:  Adrian Costa (split)
    • Overflow Tournament (8 player bracket)
  • 1st place:  Henry Chaboki

  • 2nd place:  Steve Blake

    • Bruce Discher and Bruce Haight split before playing their semifinals match. Sheldon Woytek was a finalist, and earns a finals split.

    Steve Blake has now scored points in all five tournaments this year.

    Current Master Points Standings 

    Steve Blake       21
Henry Chaboki     16
Sheldon Woytek    12
Adrian Costa      11
Tom Fahland       10
Jason Lee         10
Bruce Haight       9
Eric Sedehi        7
Bruce Discher      4
Cyrus Mobedshahi   4
Osman Guner        1
Fred Kamgar        1

    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 2005 BCSD Tournament of Champions, to be held in early 2006.

    Problem of the Week

    None for now.

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