(News) The 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test in the Backgammon Festival 2013

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We are proud to announce that the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test will be conducted during the Backgammon Festival in October.

We have already finished translating all of the booklets into English, so every English speaker can take this test without language problem.

This test is designed for players at the intermediate and advanced levels, and is intended to measure your degree of knowledge and understanding of backgammon.
Also, you can have the opportunity to compete with players throughout the world.
(We list the current results at https://blog.backgammonexam.com/en/score/)

It is scheduled as follows:
Date: Saturday, 12 October, 2013
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 pm
Price: 3,000 yen
Venue: Shibuya Shidax Village 2F SHIDAX HALL, Tokyo, Japan

It would be an honour if you would attend.

We are sorry to say that the 2nd Backgammon Beginners Test is only for Japanese.

The 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test in Porto Carras International Open

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We conducted the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test with Mochy (World Champion 2009, Giants #1 2009) in Porto Carras International Open (Greece) on May 11th.
13 participants took the test, and Giorgos Kleitsas got the highest score with 43 correct answers out of 50, followed by Kimon Papachristopoulos.

The result is as follows.
(Note: This does not include the result of a participant who withdrew due to lack of time.)

Rank Total score Total errors Name
1 43 855 Giorgos Kleitsas Greece
2 38 968 Kimon Papachristopoulos Germany
3 37 1615 Groutsos Christos Greece
4 36 1468 Haris Christidis Greece
4 36 1794 Glannis Pasialis Greece
6 32 2393 Terzis Dimitrios Greece
7 30 2428 Mitrelis Konstantinos Greece
8 29 2825 Filomila Karantzali Greece
9 25 2752 Takis Chatzelis Greece
10 24 3838 Yiannis Vallianos Greece
11 23 4589 Skrimponi Paraskevi Greece
12 20 3446 George Petalas Greece
Total 12 Ave. 31.1 Ave. 2414