Merhaba! (Hello!)
On Saturday, 17th January, the 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test was conducted as “BGTV Proficiency Contest” during the Istanbul Open 2015, Turkey.
It’s a truly wonderful thing that this is the third time to conduct our test in Istanbul.
The problem booklets were translated into Turkish by Mr.Arda, the president of WBF Turkey.
A special room was prepared for the test.
This time, more players joined our test than last year, and the room was full of 22 testees.
As a result, Murat Hazır (Turkey) got the highest score, followed by Peter Ghaussy (Germany).
Tebrikler! (Congratulations!)
The result is as follows.
| Rank | Total score | Total errors | Name |
| 1 | 22 | 4073 | Murat Hazır  |
| 2 | 21 | 4025 | Peter Ghaussy  |
| 2 | 21 | 4123 | Atila Malçok |
| 2 | 21 | 5483 | Emrullah Coşar |
| 5 | 19 | 3219 | Abdullah Sorgüven |
| 5 | 19 | 3636 | Cumhur Bektüre |
| 5 | 19 | 4245 | Seda Koç |
| 5 | 19 | 4248 | Igor Romashov  |
| 5 | 19 | 4406 | Helmut Gerdenits |
| 10 | 18 | 5656 | Ali Kamış |
| 10 | 18 | 5674 | Hakan Aksu |
| 12 | 17 | 4364 | Refik Vural |
| 12 | 17 | 5785 | Tamer Celasun |
| 14 | 16 | 5066 | Faruk Perkin |
| 15 | 15 | 3826 | Ömer Mert Gülaçtı |
| 15 | 15 | 5116 | Kemal Okal |
| 15 | 15 | 5157 | Göksel Kılınç |
| 18 | 14 | 3868 | K. A. |
| 18 | 14 | 4601 | Zehra Aydın |
| 18 | 14 | 5012 | Cengiz Ergin |
| 21 | 13 | 4717 | Annick Hasdenteufel  |
| 22 | 12 | 4967 | Y. G. |
| Total 22 | Ave. 17.2 | Ave. 4603 |
We hope they all enjoyed our test.
Teşekkür ederim! (Thank you for joining us!)
(All photos by Hiromi Yokose)
Current rankings for the 4th test are here.