On 14th January, the second day of Istanbul Open 2017, our 6th Backgammon Proficiency Test was held as “BGTV Proficiency Contest”.
Arda Fındıkoğlu, the host of the event and the president of WBF Turkey, arranged a special dedicated room for testees. We’re always thankful for the help. 🙂
A lot of players participated although it decreased a little compared with last year.
Thank you everyone for everything.
The overall score was much higher than last year.
As a result of summing up, David Presser (Israel) got the highest score, followed by Jalil Khalili (Iran). Atilla Malçok and Berkant Bilgi got the top score among the Turks.
I gave trophies as a presenter to the top two at the awards ceremony.
The whole result of this round is as follows:
| Rank | Total score | Total errors | Name |
| 1 | 34 | 1427 | David Presser  |
| 2 | 31 | 2051 | Jalil Khalili  |
| 3 | 29 | 2071 | Atilla Malçok  |
| 3 | 29 | 2169 | Berkant Bilgi |
| 5 | 26 | 2172 | Bülent Bahar |
| 5 | 26 | 2220 | Dinçer Güneş |
| 5 | 26 | 2299 | Abdullah Sorgüven |
| 8 | 25 | 2207 | Mehmet Ali Akpolat |
| 8 | 25 | 2427 | Göksel Kılınç |
| 10 | 24 | 2244 | Martin Barkwill  |
| 11 | 22 | 2622 | Jeremy Sherr |
| 12 | 19 | 3097 | Tim Line |
| 13 | 18 | 2989 | Igor Romashov  |
| 14 | 17 | 3362 | Hakan Aksu |
| 14 | 17 | 3474 | Atilla Kılınç |
| 14 | 17 | 3694 | (Anonymous) |
| Total 16 | Ave. 24.1 | Ave. 2533 |
As with last year, Arda and Cüneyt Argun Genç gave us a lot of help.
I cannot thank them enough.
We’ll see each other again next year 🙂
Akihito
You can see the whole result of the 6th test at this page, as of today.