On Thursday, August 7th, the 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test was held during the 39th Backgammon World Championship in Monte Carlo with #1 Giant of Backgammon Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki.
39th Backgammon World Championship – Blog – Mochy’s Backgammon Proficiency Exam
(Announcement by official site)
Despite little advance publicity, 18 players took time to challenge our exam.
Surprisingly, a professional shogi player, Daisuke Katagami got the highest score. Toshiyuki Moriuchi, who is also a professional shogi player and won 4th prize in the Championship tournament, made a good record.
The event promoter, Patti was satisfied with our proficiency exam and wants to have it again if there is a next time.
It’s a great news!
On the next day Mochy gave an in-depth lecture with review of all answers to the test-takers.
The result is as follows.
| Rank | Total score | Total errors | Name |
| 1 | 35 | 1369 | Daisuke Katagami  |
| 2 | 33 | 1897 | Martin Birkhahn  |
| 3 | 31 | 2709 | Alain Babillon  |
| 4 | 29 | 2665 | Toshiyuki Moriuchi |
| 5 | 28 | 2340 | Mitrelis Konstantinos  |
| 6 | 27 | 2862 | R. R.  |
| 7 | 26 | 3525 | (Anonymous) |
| 8 | 25 | 2640 | Sean Williams  |
| 9 | 22 | 3588 | Jan Jacobowitz |
| 9 | 22 | 3617 | M. F. |
| 11 | 17 | 4553 | M. G. |
| 12 | 15 | 4169 | Leslie Lockett |
| 12 | 15 | 4238 | Antoinette-Marie Wms |
| 12 | 15 | 4344 | L. H. |
| 12 | 15 | 5520 | (Anonymous) |
| 16 | 13 | 4788 | (Anonymous) |
| 16 | 13 | 5484 | Molly Anderson |
| 16 | 13 | 5512 | E. B. |
| Total 18 | Ave. 21.9 | Ave. 3657 |
The whole result as of now is here.