On Sunday, May 26th, the fourth day of the 39th Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament, Giants #2 Michihito “Michy” Kageyama presented the newest version of our “Backgammon Proficiency Test”. He also offered a comprehensive review to its participants on the following day.

We have held the proficiency test in Chicago for six years consecutively since 2014. The previous articles are here:

• 8th Proficiency Test – Round 2 @ 38th Chicago Open
• 7th Proficiency Test – Round 2 @ 37th Chicago Open
• 6th Proficiency Test – Round 3 @ 36th Chicago Open
• 5th Backgammon Proficiency Test – Round 2 @ 35th Chicago Open
• The 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test in 34th Chicago Open

The number of participants of this year was 35, and more than half are repeat participants.

As the result, Gerry Tansey is on top with 38 correct answers (out of 50), followed by Chuck Bower.

All of their scores are as below:

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	38	1651	Gerry Tansey
2	35	2217	Chuck Bower
3	33	2235	Albert Steg
4	29	2544	Justin Nowell
5	28	2760	Frank Talbot
6	26	3186	Dennis Culpepper
6	26	3414	David Todd
8	25	3392	Allen Tish
9	24	3393	(Anonymous)
9	24	5088	Butch Meese
11	23	3387	D. D.
11	23	3659	(Anonymous)
11	23	3729	D. K.
11	23	4336	S. R.
15	22	3464	David Winn
15	22	3613	(Anonymous)
15	22	3637	John Craig Anderson
15	22	4057	D. J. J.
15	22	4772	Mike Clapsadle
20	21	3506	S. B.
21	20	3889	Steve Hairgrove
21	20	4185	(Anonymous)
23	19	4836	Richard Stubbe
23	19	5606	Joe Briggs
25	18	4732	Karen Davis
25	18	4787	Paul Mangone
25	18	4839	Rick Silberman
25	18	5181	Apollo Lammers
29	17	4585	Jeb Horton
30	16	4307	Jeffrey Spencer
30	16	4402	Roberto Gaui
30	16	4441	Jesus Ibarra
30	16	4448	Charles Haley
30	16	5917	Danny Lynch
35	14	7094	Sharon Lefferts
Total 35	Ave. 22.1	Ave. 4057

You can see the overall results of the 9th test as of now here.

Thank you for joining us! 🙂