Backgammon Club Leuven

Because of a Late Night Shopping event in the Leuven city centre, parking space was extremely scarse. After searching for half an hour, Eric, Sonja and Christof could not find a place to park their cars and had to return home. Those who did find a spot reported very long searching times too. Thank you to all players who made the effort to join the tournament, whether successful or not.

Welcome to new player Guido. He’s been playing backgammon for a long time, with a friend who passed away one year ago. We hope he enjoyed the evening and the company.

In the 2016 Championship, three players are still in contention for the title: Kristoffer (66 points), Alain (58 points), and Nader (52 points). The race will come to a finish at the 12th and final round, on Friday, December 23, in Café Sport, at 19:45. See you there!

No.  PNo.  Name                 R1    R2    R3    R4    Score
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  1.    1  Alain Chif           7w0   6b1   4w1   3b1    3
        7  Maurits Pino         1b1   3w1   8b1   2w0    3
  3.    2  Nader K. Rad         8b1   8w0   3b0   7b1    2
        3  Kristoffer De Weert  6w1   7b0   2w1   1w0    2
        4  Guido Joris          8b0   8w1   1b0   +      2
        8  Dan Pascu            2w0   4b0   6w1   8w1    2
        8  Metin Ates           4w1   2b1   7w0   8b0    2
  8.    6  Gery Vermaut         3b0   1w0   8b0   -      0

A hilarious moment occurred when two players, whose names shall not be disclosed, noticed, during the bear-in, that one of them had been playing with 14 checkers only… The EUBGF rules state that an illegal starting position stands as it is as soon as the starting player has made his or her second roll. Moreover, a player starting with less than 15 checkers can still lose a gammon.

With two more tournaments to go in 2016 and at most 32 Championship Points to be earned, five players are still in contention to win the 2016 club title: Kristoffer (62 CP), Alain (50 CP), Nader (48 CP), Johan S. (46 CP) and Henri (42 CP). For the full results, please see the link to the spreadsheet in the menu.

The final two 4th Fridays of 2016 will take place on Friday, November 25 and December 23, at 19:45 in the Café Sport, Leuven.

No.  PNo.  Name                  R1    R2    R3    R4    Score
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  1.    3  Johan Segers          6w1   8w1   5b1   9b1    4
  2.    8  Guy Van Middelem      1w1   3b0   6w1   2b1    3
        5  Nader K. Rad          9w1   2b1   3w0   7b1    3
  4.    9  Kristoffer De Weert   5b0   7b1   1w1   3w0    2
        2  Jeroen Nuyts          7w1   5w0  10b1   8w0    2
        6  Alain Chif            3b0   4w1   8b0  10w1    2
        1  Christian Ducra       8b0  10w1   9b0   4w1    2
  8.    7  Liliane Baptista      2b0   9w0   4b1   5w0    1
       10  Henri Pollet          4w1   1b0   2w0   6b0    1
 10.    4  Gery Vermaut         10b0   6b0   7w0   1b0    0

Our next Fourth Friday tournament takes place on

Friday, October 28
19:45 pairings
20:00 start first round

Café Sport, Martelarenplein 13, 3000 Leuven

Coming by car? Parking De Bond, under the railway station, is convenient and cheap (from 19:00 till 07:00 for only €3)

Tournament format: Swiss, 4 rounds, 5-point matches, with clock

Registration fee: €2 (free for BCL members)

The tournament is also stage 9 out of 12 of our Club Championship 2016. Who will succeed Guy Van Middelem, winner of 2015?

Eric Aries (left) and Ronny Conaert (right), both from the city of Geel, finalists of the September 4th Friday tournament. Congratulations to winner Ronny!

After three rounds, Eric and Ronny, both living in the city of Geel, had three victories each. Their match in the fourth round would therefore decide upon the evening’s winner. Ronny came out first — congratulations!

Welcome also to new player Christian. We hope that “whatever was left of him” had a good time.

After the club’s summer excursion to the Brigde Club Pieterman, the tournament took place again in the Café Sport, which had been renovated during the summer. We immediately felt at home in the spacious and well-lit meeting room. The spaghetti bolognaise was delicious!

In the Club Championship 2016 ranking, Kristoffer firmly remains on top. But there are still three tournaments to go, and a single tournament victory can make a big difference!

No.  PNo.  Name                   R1    R2    R3    R4   Score
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  1.   12  Ronny Conaert         13b1   4b1   3w1   5w1   4
  2.    5  Eric Aries             8w1   3b1   1w1  12b0   3
        2  Henri Pollet           3w0   8b1   4w1   1b1   3
        9  Alain Chif             6w1   1b0   8w1   7w1   3
  5.    1  Nader K. Rad           7b1   9w1   5b0   2w0   2
        3  Johan Segers           2b1   5w0  12b0  11w1   2
        7  Johan Brisaert         1w0   6b1  13w1   9b0   2
  8.    4  Marc Van Haverbeke    11b1  12w0   2b0     -   1
        8  Kristoffer De Weer     5b0   2w0   9b0     +   1
       13  Christian Ducra       12w0  11w1   7b0   6b0   1
        6  Gery Vermaut           9b0   7w0  11b0  13w1   1
       11  Liliane Baptista       4w0  13b0   6w1   3b0   1

Our next Fourth Friday tournament takes place on

Friday, September 23
19:45 pairings
20:00 start first round

Café Sport, Martelarenplein 13, 3000 Leuven

Coming by car? Parking De Bond, under the railway station, is convenient and cheap (from 19:00 till 07:00 for only €3)

Tournament format: Swiss, 4 rounds, 5-point matches, with clock

Registration fee: €2 (free for BCL members)
First prize for the evening’s winner kindly offered by the club.

The tournament is also stage 9 out of 12 of our Club Championship 2016. Who will succeed Guy Van Middelem, winner of 2015?