Thanks to the generosity of member Mike Rezai, new titles have been added to the club Library page. The latest additions include the remaining issues of Backgammon With the Champions as well as some titles by Danny Kleinman.
Let me know if you are interested in borrowing anything, and I’ll bring it to you at the next club event!
Good weather outside cut down the attendance this month for the monthly tournament, with only 6 participants competing this time around. This month, Bob Hickey was able to take home the win, adding to his Masters Points lead for the year. Chris Yep won the consolation final over David Rearick to keep pace with Bob. We are now halfway through the year and the points race is very competitive, leaving room for anyone to be there at the end.
Congratulations, Bob! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, July 14th.
The current Masters Points standings can be found here.
This month saw second-time participant Fred Allen win 3 straight matches to win the 8-player May tournament. Fred becomes the third different tournament winner this year with his win and immediately vaults into 5th place overall in the yearly points race. The consolation final saw Chris Yep defeat Mike Rezai for second place, his second runner-up result of the year. That result earned Chris enough points to jump to 3rd overall.
Congratulations, Fred! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, June 9th.
The current Masters Points standings can be found here.
Holidays in May are causing some changes to the schedule for the coming month! Mother’s Day falls on the same day that the May Monthly Tournament would normally fall, so this has been rescheduled for May 19th. Additionally, the Open/Social Play event for May has been cancelled due to a conflict with Memorial Day.
See the right-hand sidebar for a full list of updated dates and times.
Thanks to the generosity of Mike Rezai, we have a few more issues from the Backgammon with the Champions series added to the library of books that are available to borrow. All available materials can be found on the Library page of the website.
Please let me know if there are items that you would like me to bring to you at the next event.
Thanks, Mike!
Matching our previous high, 10 players came out on Sunday to compete in our monthly tournament for April, including one new player – Fred Allen, as well as 2 prodigal members back again – Doug Hill and Bram Binsky. This month saw Mike Rezai win for the second month in a row, tightening the race at the top of the points table for the year. Mike defeated David Rearick in the main event final. David went on to beat Dale Berlin in a topsy-turvy Consolation Final for his second runner-up result of the year.
Welcome to Fred, and welcome back to Doug and Bram! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, May 12th.
The current Masters Points standings can be found here.
7 players came out this month on a beautiful Sunday to play backgammon on the NE side of Columbus. Those present saw Mike Rezai beat out Bob Hickey in the main tournament final to notch his first tournament win with the club in its current form. Bob went on to defeat David Steinberg in the consolation final. This makes 3 straight finishes in the money for Bob, and David’s second straight 3rd place finish. Well done, and thank you to all who participated.
The current Masters Points standings can be found here.
The next monthly tournament will be held on April 14th, 2013. See you there!
February brought 7 players out for our monthly tournament this time around. Bob Hickey won the main flight final over Chris Yep to get his second win of the year. Chris was able to defeat David Steinberg in the consolation bracket to take second place. The current Masters Points standings can be found here.
The next monthly tournament will be held on March 10th, 2013. See you there!
The new year started with a record-tying field of 10 players, with four of those being first time tournament attendees! This first installment ended with Bob Hickey returning to winning ways and finishing in first place. The consolation final saw David Rearick best first-timer Natalie Hendricks, to round out the top 3. The updated standings for the 2013 points race can be found here.
Welcome to our other newcomers – Rhonda Beckett, Randy Hendricks, and Nelsen Thomas. Thanks for coming out and playing with us and helping to grow the club!
The next monthly tournament will be held on February 10th, 2013. See you there!
2 rule changes are being implemented for the upcoming year that directly affect the monthly tournaments and the Masters Points system. First, matches that are won by forfeit for any reason will not contribute any points towards the winning player’s Masters Points total. The second change is that we will be implementing the Legal Plays rule. For comparison, the current rule is:
ILLEGAL PLAYS: A player may condone his opponent’s illegal play by rolling his dice or turning the cube. Otherwise, he must require the opponent to replay the entire roll legally.
The new rule being implemented is:
LEGAL PLAYS: A player MUST point out his opponent’s or his own illegal play if he notices it, and correct such play before the game continues.
We have already been using the Legal Plays rule during chouettes, but not during the monthly tournaments in order to more closely emulate the conditions that one would find at a major tournament. However, I feel that this change is important for fostering a better atmosphere for newer and less experienced players.
I’ll be reminding players of these changes at the upcoming January Monthly Tournament.