Sunday, 10 November 2024 | 9:00–19:00
Sport & Squash Club De Vaart
Kolonel Begaultlaan 15 | 3012 Leuven | Belgium
The Backgammon Club Leuven is thrilled to announce the 15th Leuven Backgammon Open on Sunday, 10 November 2024 in Sport & Squash Club De Vaart at the border of the canal Leuven—Mechelen. We’re looking forward to your participation!
Registration and fees
For our convenience, please register by the online registration form.
The registration fee is €30 (€40 for non-BGFed.be members, additional €10 includes BGFed.be membership) per person, to be paid to the club’s account no later than Monday, November 4:
Backgammon Club Leuven
IBAN BE84 7360 4493 9659
BIC KREDBEBB
The registration fee includes:
- At arrival: coffee or tea, viennoiseries
- Lunch: soup, sandwiches
- Participation in the main tournament
Maximum 36 players. Payment of the registration fee by Monday, November 4.
Schedule
- 09:00 Welcome: breakfast and coffee
- 10:00 Rounds 1 to 3
- 13:30 Lunch
- 14:00 Rounds 4 to 7
- 18:30 Prize ceremony
- 19:00 Dinner (optional)
Format
Swiss format, 7 rounds, 5-point matches, with doubling cube.
Clock: Bronstein system, 10 minutes for the match plus 12 seconds per move.
Prizes
We offer no money prizes, but will provide for
- trophies generously sponsored by BGFed.be, the Belgian Backgammon Federation
- surprises for those unlucky enough to do the Devil’s Dance (= to dance with double 6 against a 1-point board)
BGFed.be
The tournament is generously sponsored by BGFed.be, the Belgian Backgammon Federation. All match results will count for the Belgian rating list. To participate, membership to the federation is required. If you’re no member yet, you can join the federation for only €10.
Fonske Challenge
Fonske is the name of the statue of the book-reading, beer-spilling student at the Rector De Somerplein in the city of Leuven. Following the example of the ‘Brugse Zotten’, Fonske challenges backgammon clubs in Belgium to show their worth.
Rules:
- Before the start of the main tournament, all participating clubs identify themselves and their players to the tournament director. Each club is represented by a club captain, who will be the spokesperson for the club regarding the Fonske Challenge.
- If a player from club A wins a match in the main tournament against a player from a different club B, club A scores 1 point. Nothing happens to club B.
- A match between two players from the same club does not count.
- At the end of each round of the main tournament, the number of points scored by a club is added to the club’s Fonske ranking.
- At no occasion will the pairings in the main tournament be influenced by the Fonske Challenge. The pairings are exclusively determined by the results in the main (individual) tournament according to the Swiss tournament format.
- The club with the highest number of points in the Fonske ranking wins the Fonske Challenge.
