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:
- Johan Brisaert (Brussels)
- Robin Bilderbeek (Gent)
- Zsolt Tasnadi (Brussels)
- 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
