Newsletter for 15 February 2005

Tournament News

On Tuesday, 15 February 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met. 14 players entered a 16-player main tournament and an 8-player overflow tournament, with the following results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Steve Blake
2nd place:  Osman Guner
3rd place:  Mark Weiner

Overflow Tournament (8 player bracket)

1st place:  Fred Kamgar and Henry Chaboki (split)

Steve Blake continues his run, as he has scored master points in seven consecutive tournaments.

Current Master Points Standings

Steve Blake       29
Henry Chaboki     21
Jason Lee         18
Tom Fahland       14
Sheldon Woytek    12
Adrian Costa      11
Eric Sedehi        9
Bruce Haight       9
Fred Kamgar        8
Osman Guner        5
Bruce Discher      4
Cyrus Mobedshahi   4
Mark Weiner        2

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