On Saturday, January 18th, the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test was conducted as “BGTV Proficiency Contest” in Istanbul Open 2014 (Turkey).
At the discretion of Mr.Arda, the president of WBF Turkey, a special quiet room was prepared for the test.
The rule of the test was announced in Turkish and English.
The room was full of 17 testees.
As a result, David Presser (Israel) got the highest score, followed by Feza Diyarbekir (Turkey).
The result is as follows.
| Rank | Total score | Total errors | Name |
| 1 | 35 | 1769 | David Presser  |
| 2 | 31 | 2633 | Feza Diyarbekir  |
| 3 | 30 | 2520 | Tan Ruşan |
| 4 | 27 | 4139 | Atila Malçok |
| 4 | 27 | 4142 | Burhan Cumhur Bektüre |
| 6 | 26 | 3213 | Neil Smith  |
| 7 | 25 | 3218 | Mehmet Güven |
| 7 | 25 | 4071 | Ümit Bata |
| 9 | 23 | 3682 | Hakan Aksu |
| 10 | 21 | 3196 | Kagan Shimon |
| 10 | 21 | 4034 | Ömer Mert Gülaçtı |
| 12 | 20 | 4046 | Abdullah Sorgüven |
| 13 | 19 | 5108 | Mehmet Ali Akpolat |
| 14 | 18 | 4244 | Kemal Aksu |
| 15 | 17 | 5268 | Nihat Sorgüven |
| 16 | 15 | 6271 | Göksel Kılınç |
| 17 | 14 | 5903 | İlker Çetin |
| Total 17 | Ave. 23.2 | Ave. 3968 |
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