On Sunday, April 20th, the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test was administered in Nordic Open 2014.
We had 41 attendees from 17 countries, and the results were actually high-level.

The next day, Mochy’s seminar on the answers and the commentaries for this exam was held.

Schedule Nordic Open 2014

Michael Nielsen (Denmark) got the highest score with 43 marks (out of 50), followed by Christian Sorensen (Netherlands).

The result in Nordic Open is as follows.
(It does not include the result of a visually-impaired player, and we will add it later.)

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	43	993	Michael Nielsen
2	40	1622	Christian Sorensen
3	39	1154	Timo Vaatainen
3	39	1281	Carlo Melzi
5	38	1509	Petko Kostadinov
6	37	1420	Thomas Tenland
7	36	1925	Sabri Buyuksoy
8	35	1875	Alain Babillon
8	35	2085	Peter Bennet
10	34	1337	Stiebler Maik
10	34	1882	Zafer Tas
12	33	1579	Klaus Evers
12	33	1597	Johan Segers
12	33	2099	Jason Pack
12	33	2269	Aref Alipour
16	32	2245	Sean Williams
17	31	2289	Simon Baget
18	29	2838	Terje Pedersen
18	29	2903	Peter Toftso
18	29	3358	Martin Barkwill
21	28	2385	Giorgio Castellano
21	28	2841	Theis K.K. Rasmussen
21	28	2973	V. G.
21	28	3196	Timur Bulekbaev
25	27	2782	Vadim Musaelyan
25	27	2803	Walter Meuwis
27	26	2530	Antonio Sgambato
28	25	3513	Michael Urban
29	24	3306	Jesper Carlsson
29	24	3450	Tommy Berggren
29	24	3516	J. L. A.
29	24	3639	Ricardo Malas
33	22	3363	Grunbaum Georges
33	22	3773	Fredrik Carlsson
35	21	3047	E. R.
35	21	4255	Simon Morecroft
35	21	4389	Christian Andresen
38	18	4845	(Anonymous)
39	15	5449	P. H. S.
39	15	5781	Sylvia Wist
Total 40	Ave. 29.0	Ave. 2752

The 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test came to an end with this event (and we’re now preparing the next test).
Then, the number of attendees totaled 145 for the test. The whole list is here.

Finally, Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece) and Michael Nielsen (Denmark) is #1 in terms of most answers right, and Falafel is #1 in terms of least error made.

Thank you all for joining us!

3月21日（金・祝）、東京の赤坂例会で「第3回 バックギャモン検定」を実施し、その後、望月プロによる解説会を開催しました。

受検者は7名で、中にはバックギャモンを始めて数ヶ月で目下猛勉強中の方もいらっしゃいました。

望月プロによる解説会の様子。
7名以外にも、過去に検定を受検した方も来られました。
ちなみに、望月プロがバックギャモン検定の解説会をするのは日本ではこれが初めてです。

3月21日当日は “World Backgammon Day” ということで、バックギャモンに関わる何かをしようという日だったそうです。少しは貢献できたかもしれません。

参加された7名の成績はこちらです。
皆さま、お疲れ様でした。

順位	正答数	エラー合計	氏名
1	38	1033	Seiichi Nagai
2	34	2269	Yuya Watanabe
3	28	2643	Yusuke Itagaki
4	25	4626	T. I.
5	22	3791	Shouhei Noguchi
6	17	4046	T. T.
7	10	5367	Yuuki Kimura
合計 7人	平均 24.9	平均 3396

なお、これまでの全参加者の成績リストは、こちら から確認できます。
（1月の Texas Backgammon Championships での検定以降、望月プロおよび我々の監督の下で公式に受検していただいた矢澤亜希子さんら4名の成績も合算しています。）

今年5月の王位戦で問題がアップデートされるため、第3回検定を日本で実施するのは今回で最後となり、4月の Nordic Open での開催を残すのみとなりました。したがって、日本人最高位は40点獲得の金子真一郎さん、次点は永井誠一さんおよび片上大輔さんでほぼ確定となりました。

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

It has been more than 10 days since we administered “BGTV Proficiency Contest” in Istanbul Open 2014. Arda Fındıkoğlu, who is the host of Istanbul Open and the president of WBF Turkey, and Cüneyt Argun Genç, who helped us as a test proctor and a Turkish translator, applied our proficiency test on a different day.

They both reached to very good results. Arda got 36 marks (out of 50) and Cüneyt got 35 marks. Since they monitored each other as a witness to make it fair, we decided to add their scores into our official results.

Also, the current results of the 3rd proficiency test are listed up here.

We really appreciate their cooperation in “BGTV Proficiency Contest”. We would like to take this time to say thank-you to them again.

The 3rd backgammon proficiency test will take place in Texas Backgammon Championships.
Please join us!

On Saturday, January 18th, the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test was conducted as “BGTV Proficiency Contest” in Istanbul Open 2014 (Turkey).

At the discretion of Mr.Arda, the president of WBF Turkey, a special quiet room was prepared for the test.

The rule of the test was announced in Turkish and English.

The room was full of 17 testees.

As a result, David Presser (Israel) got the highest score, followed by Feza Diyarbekir (Turkey).

The result is as follows.

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	35	1769	David Presser
2	31	2633	Feza Diyarbekir
3	30	2520	Tan Ruşan
4	27	4139	Atila Malçok
4	27	4142	Burhan Cumhur Bektüre
6	26	3213	Neil Smith
7	25	3218	Mehmet Güven
7	25	4071	Ümit Bata
9	23	3682	Hakan Aksu
10	21	3196	Kagan Shimon
10	21	4034	Ömer Mert Gülaçtı
12	20	4046	Abdullah Sorgüven
13	19	5108	Mehmet Ali Akpolat
14	18	4244	Kemal Aksu
15	17	5268	Nihat Sorgüven
16	15	6271	Göksel Kılınç
17	14	5903	İlker Çetin
Total 17	Ave. 23.2	Ave. 3968

Thank you for joining us!

All thanks to the president of WBF Turkey, we will conduct the Backgammon Proficiency Test during Istanbul Open 2014.
http://www.wbfturkey.org/etkinlik/ist2014mt/ilanist2014mting.htm

The test is scheduled as follows:
Date: Saturday, 18 January, 2014
Time: 12:00 pm – 13:00 pm

It would be an honour if you would attend.

The world-famous player Falafel (Giants #1 2011) sat the 3rd backgammon proficiency test in Cyprus. Mochy monitored it in the heat of the 6th Cyprus Open 2013.

Falafel got 42 answers right and his total error (equity loss) was only 580. That’s awesome! The result was there for all to see.
He achieved the third as a result, but Matt Cohn-Geier is still #1.

We’ve added his score to the whole list.
Please check it out here.

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