The season of the 5th “Backgammon Proficiency Test” ended at the Nordic Open 2016 last April, a brand-new season of the 6th test has just started at the JBL Ouisen Tournament early in May.

Our proficiency test, which renews every May, started from May 2011. It is gradually known worldwide as a “world standard” backgammon test for the past five years.

We have more than 100 testees every year, and we had 114 players in the past year. This year we step up our efforts to have even more testees.

On Thursday, 5th May, our 6th test was held during the third day of the JBL Ouisen Tournament 2016. Fifteen players took it, and a special room for our test became practically full.

We would like to express our gratitude to all of the testees. They made us get off to a hot start!

The results of the first round at the Ouisen Tournament 2016, is as follows.

順位	正答数	エラー合計	氏名
1	34	1265	Shigeru Fukazawa
2	26	1907	K. O.
2	26	2438	N. K.
2	26	2630	Hiromichi Sugimoto
2	26	2680	Shinya Kimura
6	24	2587	Masaaki Isobe
7	23	2504	K. S.
8	22	2854	J. K.
8	22	2913	Ryutaro Ozawa
10	21	2533	Keita Morina
10	21	2540	Hiroyuki Kawakami
12	20	3069	Y. O.
13	18	3332	T. S.
13	18	3997	Takashi Otani
15	17	2907	Naoki Chiba
合計 15人	平均 22.9	平均 2677

Shigeru Fukasawa currently got first place, who had ranked in the 10th place in the former test. He is a regular testee, and earns over 30 points in each test showing his ability.

From now on, the 6th test is scheduled to be held at the 4th Capital Classic Championships (Washington, U.S.) on 21st May, followed by the 36th Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament (Chicago, U.S.) on 29th May.