The U.S. Backgammon Federation (USBGF) is pleased to announce the winner of the first U.S. Collegiate Backgammon Championships: the University of California at Los Angeles defeated Northwestern University in the finals in an online event on April 23rd. The UCLA team consisted of Dan Ben-Moshe, Joe Roth, and Ashim Ahuja, each of whom received a $300 scholarship from the U.S. Backgammon Foundation.
According to Joe Russell, Chairman of the USBGF Education Committee and organizer of the event, “I was truly amazed at the high quality of play. Most of these students are new to tournament play, but they put in a lot of study and hard work the past few months preparing for this competition. “
Perry Gartner, President of the USBGF: “Thanks go to USBGF members who organized the tournament, coached the students, proctored the online play, and funded the scholarship prizes. As a result, backgammon is now a growing attraction at colleges and universities across the U.S.” Over two dozen schools across the country have started backgammon clubs in the past year under the leadership of Phil Simborg, USBGF Education Advisor.
The Northwestern University finalist team included: Uri Magaram, Naveed Heydari, Kerem Taskin, and Michael Harper.* The six other participating teams included: Clemson (Ben Cousins, Justen Brewster, Christopher Corsi), Harvey Mudd College (Emily Fischer*, Louis Ryan, Jonathan Schwartz), Indiana University (Benjamin Hugon, Brian Rogers, Eric Wallace), a second Northwestern team (Jesse Anderson-Leyman, Stephen Bock, and Michael Davis), Princeton (Kamron Saniee, Boris Alexeev, Onder Polat), and Yale (Ryan McKinnon, Yuval Bussi, Edward Shaer*). * Floater or did not play.
According to Joe Russell, Chairman of the USBGF Education Committee and organizer of the event, “I was truly amazed at the high quality of play. Most of these students are new to tournament play, but they put in a lot of study and hard work the past few months preparing for this competition. “
Perry Gartner, President of the USBGF: “Thanks go to USBGF members who organized the tournament, coached the students, proctored the online play, and funded the scholarship prizes. As a result, backgammon is now a growing attraction at colleges and universities across the U.S.” Over two dozen schools across the country have started backgammon clubs in the past year under the leadership of Phil Simborg, USBGF Education Advisor.
The Northwestern University finalist team included: Uri Magaram, Naveed Heydari, Kerem Taskin, and Michael Harper.* The six other participating teams included: Clemson (Ben Cousins, Justen Brewster, Christopher Corsi), Harvey Mudd College (Emily Fischer*, Louis Ryan, Jonathan Schwartz), Indiana University (Benjamin Hugon, Brian Rogers, Eric Wallace), a second Northwestern team (Jesse Anderson-Leyman, Stephen Bock, and Michael Davis), Princeton (Kamron Saniee, Boris Alexeev, Onder Polat), and Yale (Ryan McKinnon, Yuval Bussi, Edward Shaer*). * Floater or did not play.
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