četvrtak, 30. lipnja 2011.

Bol Backgammon Open 2011, Mislav Radica (white) - Miran Tuhtan (red) 8-8/9

International Internet Backgammon Federation, Update June 2011

Since its launch two months ago, the International Internet Backgammon Federation (IIBGF) has grown rapidly, attracting over 300 members from around the world at various levels of play from beginner to world-class players. So far, 15 tournaments of five different types have begun. The five levels are described below:

·        Promotion Open Tournaments – open to all players
·        Promotion Higher Tournaments – open to players of intermediate/advanced level upwards
·        Promotion Master Tournaments – open to players of advanced/expert level upwards
·        Master Norm Tournaments – open to players of expert/world class level upwards
·        Grandmaster Norm Tournaments – open to players of world class/world champion level

These tournaments are all round robin, involving between 7 and 13 players playing each opponent twice. So there are ample opportunities for revenge! All matches are to 13 points. The length of the tournaments suggests that an average of one match per week should be played. However, one may play 3 or 4 matches in one week and then perhaps have a period of 2 or 3weeks when there might be no play. Players arrange mutually convenient times and dates with their opponents. The arrangement is intentionally flexible, enabling the maximum number of players to participate in IIBGF events. Players who prefer more action may enter more than one tournament at any one time.

Registration with the IIBGF is free and is carried out online using the registration page on the IIBGF Official Homepage http://iibgf.weebly.com/ The applicant is required to provide basic details comprising, full name, email address, primary backgammon server used together with nickname and nationality. When an applicant is registered, the unique IIBGF registration number is then emailed. Registered players may then make themselves available for suitable tournaments using the tournament page on the homepage. Note that the IIBGF is not a server. Matches may be played on any BG server where there is the facility to record matches. Tournaments have now commenced on three different severs: GridGammon, FIBS and NetGammon. It is anticipated that tournaments will also be held on other suitable servers within the next few months.

The drawsheets/score sheets for the various tournaments may be viewed from the IIBGF Official Homepage from the Tournaments page. For example, the first Grandmaster Norm tournament (with thirteen Backgammon Giants including both #1 and #2, Mochy and Falafel) may be viewed on http://iibgf.weebly.com/grandmasternorm001.html. Leonardo Jerkovic, Rick Janowski and Amir Eshraghi have been sharing tournament director responsibilities for the tournaments already started. They will continue in this role together with other suitable directors giving coverage over the various time zones. New tournaments start as soon as sufficient players become available to fill the brackets.

The 300+ registered members come from 46 different countries. Most countries with several registered players are represented by Provisional National Delegates who help deal with specific national issues (e.g., liaison, clarification or translation of IIBGF rules and policies, etc). The international nature of the Federation will soon be demonstrated by the Second Nations Cup, now an IIBGF event, where it is anticipated that 34 countries will participate, in comparison to the 28 countries participating in last years tournament.

The IIBGF will provide an ELO based rating system and Master Norm award system. The highest level performers will be able to obtain masterships such as International Master (IM) and Grandmaster (GM).
In addition to the round robin type tournament types listed above, in the future, the IIBGF will also promote/organise other types of tournaments as follows:

·        World Internet BG Championships
·        Zonal Internet BG Championships
·        Internet BG Olympiads (World Championships for National Teams)
·        World Cup Tournament
·        National Internet BG Championships (in association with National BG Bodies where appropriate)

Further details may be found on the Rules page of the IIBGF website.


The IIBGF have been fortunate to have gained proactive support from many National Backgammon Federations and Associations and online Backgammon Servers, together with associated discussion groups. Moreover, there has already been very positive endorsement from over 30 Backgammon Giants, many of whom are already participating or are likely to be participating in forthcoming prestigious events together with the very highest achieving players from the lower divisions.

The IIBGF have been very encouraged by the great success of the first fifteen tournaments, which makes us very optimistic for the success of future IIBGF events. Also, we are very grateful for the extremely useful and helpful support and feedback received from registered members, potential members and interested individuals, through online messages, emails, and through discussion groups. We are looking to redesign the IIBGF website over the next few months and the lessons learnt should be invaluable in improving efficiency and user friendliness.

Regards,

Leonardo Jerkovic & Rick Janowski, IIBGF Executives and Tournament Directors

(Contact email for enquiries: iibackgammonfederation@gmail.com)

Pregled backgammon turnira u Europi

Prema kalendaru Carol Joy Cole, ovog vikenda će se u Europi igrati slijedeći turniri: 

Jul 1.........*5th Brussels Friendly, Orée Bridge Club, Belgium........32476418688
Jul 1-3.......*BIBA World Championship, Barceló Hinckley Island, UK..441522-888676
Jul 2.........*11th Bützberg Open, Restaurant Tell, Bützberg, SWIZ....4179-4329378
Jul 2.........*Hamburg Monthly, Restaurant HT16, Hamburg, Germany.....49406-311371
Jul 2.........*Stavanger Bymesterskap 2011, Stavanger, Norway..........4799-153113

ponedjeljak, 27. lipnja 2011.

Backgammon Bol Open 2011, rezultati

CBT - 2nd Backgammon Bol Open 2011
25-26.06.2011. Bol, Hrvatska 

(23): 1-Mislav Radica (HR), 2-Mislav Kovačić (HR), 3-Željka Gracin (HR), 4-Vanja Vulić (BiH)

Poredak za Masters i ELO lista nakon 4 odigrana rating turnira u 2011. godini.

CBT: Backgammon Bol Open 2011, poredak







































Redoslijed kriterija: Bodovi, Median, Buholz, Berger.

CBT: Backgammon Bol Open 2011, mečevi

1. Kolo

bye MISLAV RADICA 0:9
ŽELJKO MESAREK ŽELJKA GRACIN 4:9
ISMET ALAGIC ŽELIMIR BODIROGA 0:9
TOMISLAV ŠTRK MARKO KOŽUL 9:4
BORO BUKVIC MAJA GAĆEŠA 6:9
TOMISLAV JURLIN DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  9:6
STIPE ŠESNIC ZLATKO ŠABIĆ 9:7
MARKO AŽDAJIĆ ZORAN KOŽUL 7:9
MIRAN TUHTAN VANJA VULIC 9:0
SRECKO RAJIC MISLAV KOVACIC 4:9
MARIO MIKULIC PERO BODLOVIC 4:9
DEJAN LOZO JURICA ŠIMIC 6:9

2. Kolo

TOMISLAV JURLIN MAJA GACESA 9:6
MISLAV KOVACIC ŽELIMIR BODIROGA 9:0
STIPE ŠESNIC JURICA ŠIMIC 0:9
ZORAN KOZUL TOMISLAV ŠTRK 9:5
MISLAV RADICA PERO BODLOVIC 9:7
ŽELJKA GRACIN MIRAN TUHTAN 7:9
SRECKO RAJIC MARKO KOŽUL 9:2
BORO BUKVIC MARKO AŽDAJIĆ 9:4
DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  ISMET ALAGIC 1:9
VANJA VULIC ZLATKO ŠABIC 9:5
MARIO MIKULIC DEJAN LOZO 9:2
ŽELJKO MESAREK bye 9:0

3. Kolo

MIRAN TUHTAN MISLAV KOVACIC 1:9
MISLAV RADICA TOMISLAV JURLIN 9:0
JURICA ŠIMIC ZORAN KOZUL 0:9
PERO BODLOVIC MAJA GACESA 2:9
ŽELIMIR BODIROGA ŽELJKA GRACIN 8:9
TOMISLAV ŠTRK STIPE ŠESNIC 9:0
VANJA VULIC SRECKO RAJIC 9:0
ISMET ALAGIC ŽELJKO MESAREK 9:5
BORO BUKVIC MARIO MIKULIC 3:9
DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  MARKO AŽDAJIĆ 9:2
DEJAN LOZO bye 9:0
ZLATKO ŠABIC MARKO KOŽUL 6:9

4. Kolo

ZORAN KOZUL MISLAV KOVACIC 5:9
MISLAV RADICA MIRAN TUHTAN 9:8
TOMISLAV JURLIN JURICA ŠIMIC 9:0
TOMISLAV ŠTRK ŽELJKA GRACIN 5:9
MAJA GACESA VANJA VULIC 9:7
ISMET ALAGIC MARIO MIKULIC 9:6
PERO BODLOVIC ŽELIMIR BODIROGA 9:4
SRECKO RAJIC STIPE ŠESNIC 8:9
BORO BUKVIC ŽELJKO MESAREK 9:2
DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  DEJAN LOZO 9:4
MARKO KOŽUL MARKO AŽDAJIĆ 3:9
bye ZLATKO ŠABIC 0:9

5. Kolo

MISLAV RADICA MISLAV KOVACIC 9:7
TOMISLAV JURLIN ZORAN KOZUL 9:0
MAJA GACESA ŽELJKA GRACIN 0:9
ISMET ALAGIC MIRAN TUHTAN 9:3
PERO BODLOVIC JURICA ŠIMIC 2:9
TOMISLAV ŠTRK MARIO MIKULIC 9:1
DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  VANJA VULIC 8:9
BORO BUKVIC STIPE ŠESNIC 9:2
ŽELIMIR BODIROGA SRECKO RAJIC 1:9
ŽELJKO MESAREK MARKO AŽDAJIĆ 7:9
DEJAN LOZO ZLATKO ŠABIC 5:9
MARKO KOŽUL bye 9:0

6. Kolo

MISLAV RADICA ŽELJKA GRACIN 9:4
TOMISLAV JURLIN MISLAV KOVACIC 7:9
ISMET ALAGIC ZORAN KOZUL 1:9
MAJA GACESA TOMISLAV ŠTRK 9:2
JURICA ŠIMIC VANJA VULIC 1:9
BORO BUKVIC MIRAN TUHTAN 9:6
DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  STIPE ŠESNIC 9:4
PERO BODLOVIC SRECKO RAJIC 5:9
MARIO MIKULIC MARKO AŽDAJIĆ 9:0
MARKO KOŽUL DEJAN LOZO 2:9
ZLATKO ŠABIC ŽELJKO MESAREK 9:4
ŽELIMIR BODIROGA bye 9:0

7. Kolo

MISLAV RADICA ZORAN KOZUL 9:4
MISLAV KOVACIC MAJA GACESA 9:4
TOMISLAV JURLIN ŽELJKA GRACIN 2:9
VANJA VULIC ISMET ALAGIC 9:1
BORO BUKVIC TOMISLAV ŠTRK 4:9
JURICA ŠIMIC DADO MARTINČEVIĆ  7:9
MARIO MIKULIC SRECKO RAJIC 5:9
ZLATKO ŠABIC MIRAN TUHTAN 3:9
PERO BODLOVIC STIPE ŠESNIC 0:9
ŽELIMIR BODIROGA DEJAN LOZO 7:9
MARKO AŽDAJIĆ bye 9:0
MARKO KOŽUL ŽELJKO MESAREK 5:9 

četvrtak, 23. lipnja 2011.

Pregled backgammon turnira u Europi

Prema kalendaru Carol Joy Cole, ovog tjedna će se osim u Bolu na Braču (4. rejting turnir CBT) u Europi igrati slijedeći turniri:

Jun 24-26......3rd Torneo del Mediterraneo, Bianche, Siracusa, Italy.393388-022946
Jun 25........*Rhein-Neckar-Cup Monthly, MFC Phönix, Mannheim, GER...496204-620396
Jun 25-26......CBTBol Open, Elaphusa Hotel, Bol (Brac), Croatia....38598-9736414
Jun 25-26.....*TBTIstanbul Championship/WBF-TR, Armada Hotel, TUR..90533-2352555
Jun 26........*Budapest Római Tournament, Golyós Club, Budapest, Hungary....E-mail
Jun 26........*Superzondag Monthly, Café oKay, Rotterdam, Holland.....316-53579164

Rotterdam Backgammon Supersunday Juni 26th, invitation

Start 1 pm
from 11 am possibility to play quarter entree (€ 30)
Entree fee main tournament € 100.- registration € 10.-
Location: Café Okay, 5 Werelddelen, near supermarket Jumbo

Contact:

Ed Baars 
e-baars@versatel.nl
tel +31653579164
http://www.dutchbackgammon.com

utorak, 21. lipnja 2011.

Tavla savez BiH - Donji Vakuf, rezultati

5. Kup Bosne i Hercegovine 2011
18.06.2011. Donji Vakuf, Hotel Vrbas

Pobjednik Tavla klub "Zrinjski-Derby" 

U sklopu dana Ajvatovice, 18.06.211. godine održan je 5. Kup Bosne i Hercegovine u tavli. Organizator turnira je Tavla savez Bosne i Hercegovine, a domaćin natjecanja Tavla klub Vatrogasac iz Donjeg Vakufa. 

U finalu su se sreli igrači Tavla kluba Zrinjski-Derby i Tavla kluba Dedo501 iz Novog Pazara. 
Treće mjesto osvojili su igrači Tavla klub Ta-Ko, a 4. igrači Tavla kluba Zar.  



Drugog dana, 19.06.2011. godine održano je pojedinačno natjecanje Ajvatovica 2011. Nastupilo je 38 igrača.

1. Salih Zahiragić, Vatrogasac
2. Erduan Jablaničanin, Dedo 501
3. Dževad Manjušak, Vatrogasac


više na tavla.ba

ponedjeljak, 20. lipnja 2011.

Play65/EBGT: 6th Portuguese Open/Doubles, rezultati

Davis Doubles (semi-finals):
Piergiorgio D´Ancona (Italy) & Werner Schmuck (Austria) defeat Paul Weaver (USA) & Tobias Hellwag (Germany)
Alain Babillon (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France) defeat Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) & Frank Simon (Germany)
Piergiorgio D´Ancona (Italy) & Werner Schmuck (Austria) win the final to become the Davis Doubles champions 2011.

Paul Weaver (USA) wins the Portuguese Open 2011 by defeating Tobias Hellwag (Germany). Semi-Finalists: Minh Nguyen (France) / Hans Capel (Netherlands). 
Winner of the Last Chance: Philipp Vischjager (Netherlands). 
Paul Weaver qualifies for the Play65/EBGT Grand Finale in Cyprus.

Paul Weaver in Australia (right) photo by Simon Woodhead

srijeda, 15. lipnja 2011.

Pregled backgammon turnira u Europi

Prema kalendaru Carol Joy Cole, ovog tjedna će se osim u Donjem Vakufu (Kup Bosne i Hercegovine 18-19.06) u Europi igrati slijedeći turniri:

Jun 15-19.....*Play65/EBGT6th Portuguese Open/Doubles, Carcavelos, PORT...E-mail
Jun 18........*Berlin Monthly, Café Kleisther, Berlin, Germany......49151-19470238
Jun 18........*HessenCup, Stadthalle Bergen, Frankfurt, Germany......49174-3397363
Jun 19........*BFCE Sunday KO #4, Whitefriars Alehouse, Coventry, UK.442476-445467

utorak, 14. lipnja 2011.

GridGammon: Bol Open online satelit, rezultati

14. lipnja 2011. na GridGammon backgammon internet serveru održan je freeroll turnir. Nastupilo je 12 igrača iz Hrvatske i Bosne i Hercegovine. 

Pobijedio je Zlatko Šabić iz Zadra (na slici desno) nakon što je u finalu savladao Zorana Kožula iz Zagreba.  Nagrada pobjedniku je besplatan ulaz (u vrijednosti od 200kn) na Bol Open. Rezultati turnira se mogu pogledati ovdje:  http://challonge.com/boo2011sat




Slijedeći CBT online satelit održati će se 30.08.2011.  u 21:00  također na GridGammon backgammon serveru. Nagrada pobjedniku je besplatna kotizacija za  Mostar Open 2011, koji će se održati 10. i 11. rujna 2011.

Više o CBT online satelitima.

Tavla savez BiH - Donji Vakuf, Hotel Vrbas, Kup Bosne i Hercegovine 2011

U sklopu dana Ajvatovice, 18.06-19.06.211. godine održat će se Kup Bosne i Hercegovine u tavli. Organizator Kupa je Tavla savez Bosne i Hercegovine, a domaćin natjecanja Tavla klub Vatrogasac iz Donjeg Vakufa. Prvog dana, 18.06.2011, održat će se Kup BiH, ekipno natjecanje, a 19.06.2011. odigrat će se pojedinačno natjecanje Ajvatovica 2011.

Kontakt: Pirkić Hasan, 062 323 952
                Smajić Nezir, 062 463 786  


više informacija tavla.ba

ABT - Los Angeles Open Tournament, rezultati

June 9-12, 2011; Los Angeles, California

L.A. OPEN (74): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Art Benjamin (CA), 4/5-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Rory Pascar (IL), 6/7/8-Matt Cohn-Geier (NY) / Gus Contos (CA) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
 
SUPER-48 (48): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3/4-Alan Martin (FL) / Joe Russell (CA), 5/6-Bob Koca (MD) / Zafer Yasa (CA).

USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS (19 teams): 1-Bob Koca (MD) & Perry Gartner (FL), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Russell Sands (FL), 3/4-Ed Bennett (NM) & Richard Munitz (NY) / Alex Gerding (FL) & Ralf Jonas (Germany).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (36 groups of 8): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Todd Crosner (AZ) / Bob Glass (CA).


Potpun izvještaj na stranici International Tournaments Results, koju uređuje Carol Joy Cole.

 

ponedjeljak, 13. lipnja 2011.

Online satelit za Bol Open 2011 na GridGammonu, najava

BACKGAMMON  “BOL OPEN 2011.”
subota 25.lipnja – nedjelja 26.lipnja, 2011.

Sutra u utorak 14.06. u 21:00 na GridGammon online serveru u organizaciji Hrvatskog backgammon saveza održati će se kvalifikacijski freeroll za CBT rating turnir na Bolu. Ulaz na satelit je besplatan, a pobjednik je oslobođen  kotizacije za Bol Open

Prijave za satelit na leonardo.jerkovic@du.t-com.hr

O formatu, pravilima i kalendaru online satelita za CBT rating turnire više na stranicama Dubrovnik Backgammon Magazina.

nedjelja, 12. lipnja 2011.

GammonVillage Magazine Newsletter - Vol. 13, #22, 08 Jun 2011

THE GAMMONVILLAGE ARTICLES PUBLISHED FROM JUNE 1 - JUNE 8, 2011.

News


Tournament Report - 2011 ABT Chicago Open and Giants Invitational 
Chuck Bower
Tournament Report - 2011 ABT Chicago Open and Giants Invitational
06 Jun 2011  -  by Adam Bennett
 
I wish I could find something more eloquent to say about the 31st Chicago Open/Giants Invitational combined event, held May 26-30, 2011, than an overworked palindrome from the 1960s, but I cannot. All I can say is "wow".

Rating: Article rated by 5 users  5.00

Feature Columnists


Winning Causes Poor Play 
Douglas Zare
Winning Causes Poor Play
01 Jun 2011  -  by Douglas Zare
 
Backgammon is a game of skill and luck, so there are times you will win even if your opponent outplayed you. You will also lose some matches against players who are playing poorly but rolling well.

Rating: Article rated by 4 users  4.75

subota, 11. lipnja 2011.

Monte Carlo WorldBackgammon Championship 2011, najava

The dates for the Monte Carlo WorldBackgammon Championship have changed to Friday, July 15th to Thursday, July 21st www.backgammon-tournaments.com

Also the 1st Monte Carlo Open, Friday, July 22nd and Saturday, July 23rd has been added (details below).

Final Registration Both Divisions 2:00 pm
Location: Grand Prix A & B
Limited to 48 players in Each Division

Entry Fees

Open Division         Euros 500, Side Pool                 Euros 100
Intermediate          Euros 200, Side Pool                  Euros   50

No personal checks will be accepted as payment for registration. 
All payments must be made in Euros.

Friday, July 22nd

Open 1st round                       11pts                             3:00 pm
Intermediate 1st round        9 pts                            3:00 pm

Saturday, July 23rd

Both Divisions continue                                        3:00 pm

All entries include a Consolation. 
90% Return in the Open Tournament: 75% for Main and 25% for Consolation
Side Pool with 100% return
85% Return in the Intermediate Tournament: 75% for Main and 25% for Consolation
Side Pool with 100% return

Više informacija o turniru u Monte Carlu na forumu bgonline.com