Ten players under the age of 25 had a four-day backgammon training camp supervised by Mochy, on the 16th through the 19th.

On the third day, six promising youths took the 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test to check their own level of expertise.

Yoshiyuki Nakamura, who remained as our test giver until just a years ago, got a good score and currently stand in the second place only after Falafel.

While it might depend to a large extent on the outcomes of the camp, they all looked to achieve good results on the test.

順位	正答数	エラー合計	氏名
1	36	1301	Yoshiyuki Nakamura
2	33	1539	Kanade Kubota
3	32	2734	Takayuki Hino
4	25	3262	Yuri Nakamura
5	20	3698	Takuto Yamashita
6	16	4391	Kazuma Kinoshita
合計 6人	平均 27.0	平均 2821

On Thursday, August 7th, the 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test was held during the 39th Backgammon World Championship in Monte Carlo with #1 Giant of Backgammon Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki.

39th Backgammon World Championship – Blog – Mochy’s Backgammon Proficiency Exam
(Announcement by official site)

Despite little advance publicity, 18 players took time to challenge our exam.
Surprisingly, a professional shogi player, Daisuke Katagami got the highest score. Toshiyuki Moriuchi, who is also a professional shogi player and won 4th prize in the Championship tournament, made a good record.

The event promoter, Patti was satisfied with our proficiency exam and wants to have it again if there is a next time.
It’s a great news!

On the next day Mochy gave an in-depth lecture with review of all answers to the test-takers.

The result is as follows.

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	35	1369	Daisuke Katagami
2	33	1897	Martin Birkhahn
3	31	2709	Alain Babillon
4	29	2665	Toshiyuki Moriuchi
5	28	2340	Mitrelis Konstantinos
6	27	2862	R. R.
7	26	3525	(Anonymous)
8	25	2640	Sean Williams
9	22	3588	Jan Jacobowitz
9	22	3617	M. F.
11	17	4553	M. G.
12	15	4169	Leslie Lockett
12	15	4238	Antoinette-Marie Wms
12	15	4344	L. H.
12	15	5520	(Anonymous)
16	13	4788	(Anonymous)
16	13	5484	Molly Anderson
16	13	5512	E. B.
Total 18	Ave. 21.9	Ave. 3657

The whole result as of now is here.

We are proud to announce that the 4th backgammon proficiency test will take place in the 39th Backgammon World Championship (Monaco).

39th Backgammon World Championship – Blog – Mochy’s Backgammon Proficiency Exam

This is the fourth version of our test, and over 140 players took it in just the past year.
Mochizuki Masayuki (Mochy) and Kageyama Michihito (Michy) devised 50 high-quality and well-balanced questions for the test. Thus, the test is a worthy challenge for players at the intermediate and advanced levels.
(Details at About Backgammon Proficiency Test)

As you know, the 39th World Championship is one of the most famous and prestigious backgammon events in the world, and it is scheduled to be held from Tuesday, August 5th thru Sunday, August 10th at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo.
(Details at 39th Backgammon World Championship – Schedule)

The 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test is scheduled as follows:
Date: Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

The next day, you can take Mochy’s lecture and review for this test.
Date: Friday, August 8th, 2014
Time: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

It gives you a wonderful opportunity that is hard to come by, since it is the first time that you can sit for our backgammon proficiency test in Monte Carlo.
It would be an honor if you would attend.

Sincerely,

On Sunday, May 25th, the 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test took place with acceptance in 34th Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament.
The next day’s lecture by Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki for the test was also received well.

Schedule of Events – 34th Chicago Open –

We are very privileged to welcome many world-leading players like Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon, John O’Hagan, Matt Cohn-Geier, Mary Hickey, Stepan Nuniyants, Phil Simborg and Tobias Hellwag.

(Photo by Mochizuki Masayuki)

Falafel came in a slamming 1st place in terms of the number of correct answers as of today. David Pressar, who had gotten the highest score out of 17 testees on the 3rd test this January, took 2nd place.

In spite of the tight schedule, we had 28 testees in total during 34th Chicago Open.
Thank you all for joining us!

The result is as follows.

Rank	Total score	Total errors	Name
1	38	1567	Falafel
2	35	1600	David Presser
3	34	1761	John O’Hagan
4	33	1669	G. T.
5	32	1624	Matt Cohn-Geier
6	30	2058	Dennis Culpepper
7	29	2616	Mary Hickey
8	26	2267	Tobias Hellwag
9	25	2625	A. M.
9	25	2648	Saba Bejanishvili
9	25	3086	Stepan Nuniyants
9	25	4043	Karen Davis
13	24	2706	Chuck Bower
14	23	3102	Roberto Litzenberger
14	23	3507	Phil Simborg
16	21	3018	Herb Roman
16	21	3481	G. A.
16	21	4090	Ronald Loero
19	20	4521	David Hanold
20	19	4605	Vadim Nuniyants
21	18	4339	(Anonymous)
22	17	4579	Allen Tish
23	16	4404	J. P.
23	16	5083	Rose Sheedy
23	16	5407	Bruce J. Farquhar
26	14	5048	Harry Glinos
27	13	6118	Frank Dama
Total 28	Ave. 23.2	Ave. 3489

今年も、王位戦で「バックギャモン検定」がスタートしました。
4年前の王位戦からスタートした「バックギャモン検定」は今回で4年目を迎え、今や日本を飛び出して、世界中に認知されつつあります。

今回の受検者は計15名。
毎年参加していただいている常連の方も数名いらっしゃいました。
いつもありがとうございます！

参加者15名の成績はこちらです。
現時点で、久保田（聡）さん・磯部さんの両名が正答数で同率トップとなっています。

順位	正答数	エラー合計	氏名
1	27	2314	Satoshi Kubota
1	27	3158	Masaaki Isobe
3	26	2654	Shigeru Fukazawa
4	23	3605	(Anonymous)
4	23	3739	Takashi Otani
6	19	5855	(Anonymous)
7	18	4730	S. T.
8	17	4212	Akiharu Okazaki
9	16	3963	K. T.
9	16	3978	K. N.
9	16	4397	Syohei Noguchi
9	16	5113	H. K.
13	13	5779	T. I.
14	12	5017	H. K.
15	10	4972	Y. O.
合計 15人	平均 18.6	平均 4232

皆さま、お疲れ様でした。

「第4回 バックギャモン検定」はこの後、34th Chicago Open （U.S.A.）、5th Dubrovnik Backgammon Open （クロアチア） で開催予定です。

なお、初級検定の受検者は2名となりました（2名とも合格でした）。
スケジュールの都合で参加できなかった方、次の機会に挑戦してみてください！

【お詫び】

5/6 午前開始分の中上級検定につきまして、事前に告知していたスケジュールでは 11：00 開始となっていたところを、進行のミスで 10:50 に開始してしまいました。この場を借りてお詫び申し上げます。
大変申し訳ありませんでした。

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