On Thursday, August 6th, the third round of the 5th “Backgammon Proficiency Test” was conducted at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo, during the 40th Backgammon World Championship.

There were fourteen testees from different national origins.

(Photo: the venue of the Fairmont Hotel)

As a result, Alain Babillon (France) got the highest score and Doug Mayfield (USA) got the lowest error rate.

We had prepared a special prize for a winner of this event, and Doug won a gold-lacquer (Japanese traditional Kin-makie) board by defeating Alain with a 1-point match.

(Photo: Doug got a special custom-made board)

The result of the third round is as follows:

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	36	1811	Alain Babillon
2	35	1272	Doug Mayfield
3	32	1623	Jorgen Granstedt
4	30	2486	P. Z.
5	29	2414	K. M.
6	27	2862	Karen Davis
7	23	3580	Jeremy Sherr
8	22	3967	Lorenzo Rusconi
9	21	3236	P. F.
10	19	3315	Bogdan Constantinoicu
11	18	3886	Dr. Leopold Dercsaly
12	17	3944	Malis Sergiu
13	16	4299	Jose Farca
14	14	4552	M. R.
Total 14	Ave. 24.2	Ave. 3089

You can see the whole result of the 5th test at this page, as of today.