Double Brussels victory at 7th Leuven Open

An Iranian derby at the 7th Leuven Open.

Twenty-eight players enjoyed the view and the catering at the beautiful Abdijmolen in Heverlee during the 7th Leuven Open on Sunday, November 29, 2015 (announcement). We played upstairs, in the two “Gottfried” rooms, and we were assisted by the very friendly staff of the venue.

Four players having 5 out 6: Robin Bilderbeek (2nd prize), Johan Brisaert (1st prize), Guy Van Middelem (showing Elkie), and Zsolt Tasnadi (3rd prize).

After six rounds (Swiss format, 5-point matches), four players had scored 5 points, and the mutual results between those four players did not help to rank them any further. Swiss tie-break rules then had to be applied to arrive at the final ranking:

1. Johan Brisaert (Brussels)
2. Robin Bilderbeek (Gent)
3. Zsolt Tasnadi (Brussels)
4. Guy Van Middelem (Brugge)

Please see below for the detailed results.

The Brussels team winning the Fonske challenge: Alain Chif, Zsolt Tasnadi, Nabil Antoun, Maurits Pino, Liliane Baptista, Johan Brisaert, and Kristoffer De Weert.

In addition, the Brussels team won the Fonske challenge, the Brussels players scoring a total of 18 victories against players from other clubs. Second team was Brugge, whose four players still scored 16 victories against players from other clubs, a very strong result. Third team was Leuven with 14 victories; Gent and Hasselt scored 10 and 8 victories respectively.

Michel Lamote giving a backgammon lecture to the participants of the 7th Leuven Open.

At lunch time, Belgium’s number one player Michel Lamote (Brugge) gave a lecture about basic principles in backgammon. To prepare for the lecture, participants were invited to think about a set of exercices, taken from recent live games between Belgian players. You can hereby download the exercices and the slides.

Finally, six players competed in the Vesalius challenge, fighting not only for the best result but also for the highest playing accuracy, as measured by an analysis of the match records by a computer program. The results will be announced later, after all analyses have been completed.

Thank you to all participants for having joined us for a great backgammon day!

— JS

Ranking and Games after round 6 of 7th Leuven Open
No. PNo.  Name               R1    R2    R3    R4    R5     R6  T
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 1.  7  Johan Brisaert      21w1   8b1  25w1  22b1   6b1  26w0  5
     6  Robin Bilderbeek    26w1  29b1  11w1   9b1   7w0   4w1  5
    23  Zsolt Tasnadi       11w0  18b1   8w1  16w1  22b1  24w1  5
    26  Guy Van Middelem     6b0   5w1  14b1   4w1   9w1   7b1  5
 5. 24  Paul van Dijke      12w1  22b0  13w1   2b1  25w1  23b0  4
    22  Marc Steyvers        2b1  24w1  17b1   7w0  23w0  13b1  4
    11  Kristoffer De Weert 23b1  16w1   6b0  20w1  14b0  27w1  4
    16  Michel Lamote       18w1  11b0   1w1  23b0  15w1  25w1  4
     2  Eric Aries          22w0  12b1  27w1  24w0  20b1   9w1  4
     8  Alain Chif          17b1   7w0  23b0   3w1   5b1  14b1  4
11. 14  Nadia Falise        27w1  25b0  26w0  29b1  11w1   8w0  3
     4  Rudy Bertels        15w1  13b1   9w0  26b0   1w1   6b0  3
     9  Ronny Conaert        1b1  19w1   4b1   6w0  26b0   2b0  3
    25  Marc Van Haverbeke  20b1  14w1   7b0  19w1  24b0  16b0  3
    13  Fakhri Salasi        3b1   4w0  24b0  12w1  19b1  22w0  3
    12  Geert Dooms         24b0   2w0  21w1  13b0  17b1  19w1  3
    29  Nick De Ruyck        5b1   6w0  20b0  14w0   3b1   1w1  3
    15  Sassan Kachanian     4b0   3w1  19b0  17w1  16b0  20b1  3
19. 20  Henri Pollet        25w0  27b1  29w1  11b0   2w0  15w0  2
    18  Luc Palmans         16b0  23w0   5b1   1b0  27w0  17w1  2
     5  Hennie Bilderbeek   29w0  26b0  18w0  21b1   8w0  30w1  2
    19  Maurits Pino        30w1   9b0  15w1  25b0  13w0  12b0  2
     1  Nabil Antoun         9w0  30b1  16b0  18w1   4b0  29b0  2
    27  Paulus van Rooijen  14b0  20w0   2b0  30w1  18b1  11b0  2
    21  Akbar Soltani        7b0  17w0  12b0   5w0  30b1   3w1  2
26. 17  Christof Nuyttens    8w0  21b1  22w0  15b0  12w0  18b0  1
     3  Liliane Baptista    13w0  15b0  30w1   8b0  29w0  21b0  1
28. 30  Nader K Rad         19b0   1w0   3b0  27b0  21w0   5b0  0

Ranking after round 6 o 7th Leuven Open
No.  PNo.  Name                       Score WP    SB     PS   
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  1.    7  Johan Brisaert              5.0  23.0  18.00  20.0 
        6  Robin Bilderbeek            5.0  23.0  18.00  19.0 
       23  Zsolt Tasnadi               5.0  22.0  18.00  15.0 
       26  Guy Van Middelem            5.0  21.0  16.00  15.0 
  5.   24  Paul van Dijke              4.0  22.0  13.00  15.0 
       22  Marc Steyvers               4.0  22.0  12.00  16.0 
       11  Kristoffer De Weert         4.0  21.0  13.00  15.0 
       16  Michel Lamote               4.0  19.0  10.00  13.0 
        2  Eric Aries                  4.0  18.0  10.00  12.0 
        8  Alain Chif                  4.0  17.0   7.00  12.0 
 11.   14  Nadia Falise                3.0  21.0   9.00  11.0 
        4  Rudy Bertels                3.0  21.0   8.00  13.0 
        9  Ronny Conaert               3.0  21.0   7.00  15.0 
       25  Marc Van Haverbeke          3.0  20.0   7.00  14.0 
       13  Fakhri Salasi               3.0  17.0   6.00  11.0 
       12  Geert Dooms                 3.0  16.0   5.00   7.0 
       29  Nick De Ruyck               3.0  15.0   5.00   9.0 
       15  Sassan Kachanian            3.0  13.0   4.00   9.0 
 19.   20  Henri Pollet                2.0  19.0   5.00   9.0 
       18  Luc Palmans                 2.0  16.0   3.00   5.0 
        5  Hennie Bilderbeek           2.0  16.0   2.00   4.0 
       19  Maurits Pino                2.0  15.0   3.00  10.0 
        1  Nabil Antoun                2.0  15.0   2.00   8.0 
       27  Paulus van Rooijen          2.0  15.0   2.00   5.0 
       21  Akbar Soltani               2.0  12.0   1.00   3.0 
 26.   17  Christof Nuyttens           1.0  18.0   2.00   5.0 
        3  Liliane Baptista            1.0  15.0   0.00   4.0 
 28.   30  Nader K Rad                 0.0  11.0   0.00   0.0