{"id":2161,"date":"2014-04-23T01:30:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2014-04-25T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:44:16","slug":"result-nordic-open2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/article\/result-nordic-open2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test in Nordic Open 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, April 20th, the 3rd Backgammon Proficiency Test was administered in Nordic Open 2014<\/a>.
\nWe had 41 attendees from 17 countries, and the results were actually high-level.<\/p>\n

The next day, Mochy’s seminar on the answers and the commentaries for this exam was held.<\/p>\n

Schedule Nordic Open 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Nielsen (Denmark) got the highest score with 43 marks (out of 50), followed by Christian Sorensen (Netherlands).<\/p>\n

The result in Nordic Open is as follows.
\n(It does not include the result of a visually-impaired player, and we will add it later.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/td>\nTotal score<\/td>\nTotal errors<\/td>\nName<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n993<\/td>\nMichael Nielsen \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n1622<\/td>\nChristian Sorensen \"Netherlands\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n1154<\/td>\nTimo Vaatainen \"Finland\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n1281<\/td>\nCarlo Melzi \"Italy\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n1509<\/td>\nPetko Kostadinov \"USA\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n1420<\/td>\nThomas Tenland \"Sweden\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n1925<\/td>\nSabri Buyuksoy \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n1875<\/td>\nAlain Babillon \"France\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n2085<\/td>\nPeter Bennet \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n1337<\/td>\nStiebler Maik \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n1882<\/td>\nZafer Tas \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n1579<\/td>\nKlaus Evers \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n1597<\/td>\nJohan Segers \"Belgium\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n2099<\/td>\nJason Pack \"USA\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n2269<\/td>\nAref Alipour \"Iran\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n2245<\/td>\nSean Williams \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n2289<\/td>\nSimon Baget \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n2838<\/td>\nTerje Pedersen \"Norway\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n2903<\/td>\nPeter Toftso \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n3358<\/td>\nMartin Barkwill \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n2385<\/td>\nGiorgio Castellano \"Italy\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n2841<\/td>\nTheis K.K. Rasmussen \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n2973<\/td>\nV. G. \"USA\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n3196<\/td>\nTimur Bulekbaev \"Russia\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n2782<\/td>\nVadim Musaelyan \"USA\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n2803<\/td>\nWalter Meuwis \"Belgium\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n2530<\/td>\nAntonio Sgambato \"Italy\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n3513<\/td>\nMichael Urban \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3306<\/td>\nJesper Carlsson \"Sweden\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3450<\/td>\nTommy Berggren \"Sweden\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3516<\/td>\nJ. L. A. \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3639<\/td>\nRicardo Malas \"Spain\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n3363<\/td>\nGrunbaum Georges \"Switzerland\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n3773<\/td>\nFredrik Carlsson \"Sweden\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n3047<\/td>\nE. R. \"Switzerland\"\"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n4255<\/td>\nSimon Morecroft \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n4389<\/td>\nChristian Andresen \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n4845<\/td>\n(Anonymous) \"Lithuania\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n5449<\/td>\nP. H. S. \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n5781<\/td>\nSylvia Wist \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total 40<\/td>\nAve. 29.0<\/td>\nAve. 2752<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Thank you all for joining us!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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