The 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test in Texas Backgammon Championships

On Friday, January 31st, the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test was administered in Texas Backgammon Championships 2014.

This time, we had the privilege of welcoming many Giants of Backgammon like Kit Woolsey, Bob Wachtel, Steve Sax.

  • Kit Woolsey (Giants #8 2011)
  • Bob Wachtel (Giants #9 2011)
  • Steve Sax (Giants #10 2011)
  • Ray Fogerlund (Giants #16 2011)
  • Richard Munitz (Giants #30 2011)
  • Mary Hickey (Giants #33 2011)
  • Bob Koca (Giants #35 2011)

We had 31 attendees, and the results were actually high-level. John Klein (USA) got the top score with 41 marks (out of 50), followed by Bob Koca (USA).
It was so nice of the staff in Texas to help us, and thank you very much for joining us.

Currently, Matt Cohn-Geier and Giorgos Kleitsas is #1 in terms of most answers right and Falafel is #1 in terms of least error made. The whole list is here.

The result in Texas is as follows.

Rank Total score Total errors Name
1 41 1401 John Klein USA
2 39 1190 Bob Koca USA
3 38 1118 Kit Woolsey USA
3 38 1663 Steve Sax USA
5 37 1847 Mary Hickey USA
6 36 1815 Bob Wachtel USA
7 35 1935 Ray Fogerlund USA
8 34 2062 Richard Munitz USA
9 32 2311 Bill Finneran USA
9 32 2600 (Anonymous) USA
11 29 2308 (Anonymous) USA
11 29 2978 (Anonymous) USA
11 29 2993 Rachel Rhodes UK
14 28 2635 D. D. USA
14 28 3003 (Anonymous) USA
14 28 3263 Julius High USA
17 27 3048 M. Z. USA
18 26 3013 Herb Roman USA
18 26 3483 Bruce J. Farquhar Canada
18 26 3630 Adrian Rios Mexico
21 25 2824 Howard Markowitz USA
22 24 3132 (Anonymous) USA
22 24 3418 MFIC USA
24 23 3334 L. L. USA
25 20 4090 M. B. USA
26 18 4287 (Anonymous) USA
27 16 4344 (Anonymous) USA
27 16 4938 (Anonymous) USA
29 14 4676 R. L. USA
30 13 4921 J. S. S. USA
31 10 6265 M. K. L. USA
Total 31 Ave. 27.1 Ave. 3049