{"id":3441,"date":"2016-03-29T02:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T17:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2016-05-25T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T16:16:18","slug":"result-nordic-open2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/article\/result-nordic-open2016\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Proficiency Test &#8211; Round 7 @ Nordic Open 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, March 27th, our 5th Backgammon Proficiency Test was conducted by Masayuki \u201cMochy\u201d Mochizuki (Giants #1 2015-2016)  during the fourth day of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordicopen.dk\/index.php?id=8\" target=\"_blank\">Nordic Open 2016<\/a>, Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two players took time to challenge it, and Mochy gave them the in-depth lecture with review of the answers on the next day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nordic2016_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nordic2016_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their results were totally excellent and eight players scored over 30 points (out of 50).<br \/>\nZdenek Zizka (Czech) and Thomas Tenland (Sweden) got the highest with 38 points.<br \/>\nFor the whole result, they reach first place in terms of the number of right answers.<\/p>\n<p>You won&#8217;t believe this, but Zdenek is not yet twenty years old. He is a promising young player and were actually elected to be a member of the team \u201cWorld\u201d in Nordic Open.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re greatly honored for a young talent like he to get interested in our test.<\/p>\n<p>We have one more chance left to conduct our existing test in April.<br \/>\nIf a young guy successfully finishes in first place, it would be an incredible news in the world!!<\/p>\n<p>Their scores are as below.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 585px; background: #ffffff; color: #333333; margin: 50px 0;\">\n<tr style=\"background: #483d8b; color: #ffffff\">\n<td style=\"width: 90px; text-align: center;\">Rank<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90px; text-align: center;\">Total score<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 105px; text-align: center;\">Total errors<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 300px; text-align: center;\">Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tbody style=\"text-indent: 1.5em;\">\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>1151<\/td>\n<td>Zdenek Zizka <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cz.png\" alt=\"Czech\" title=\"Czech\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>1636<\/td>\n<td>Thomas Tenland <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/se.png\" alt=\"Sweden\" title=\"Sweden\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>1402<\/td>\n<td>J\u00fcrgen Orlowski <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>1152<\/td>\n<td>Maik Stiebler <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>1430<\/td>\n<td>Michael Nielsen <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>1432<\/td>\n<td>Honza Cerny <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cz.png\" alt=\"Czech\" title=\"Czech\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>2115<\/td>\n<td>Melzi Carlo <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/it.png\" alt=\"Italy\" title=\"Italy\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>3051<\/td>\n<td>Martin Birkhahn <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>2222<\/td>\n<td>Giorgio Castellano <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/it.png\" alt=\"Italy\" title=\"Italy\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>2227<\/td>\n<td>Eva Zizkova <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/cz.png\" alt=\"Czech\" title=\"Czech\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>2958<\/td>\n<td>Rain Bilderbeek <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nl.png\" alt=\"Netherlands\" title=\"Netherlands\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>3049<\/td>\n<td>Jochen Adams <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>3237<\/td>\n<td>Florin Popa <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/it.png\" alt=\"Italy\" title=\"Italy\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>2561<\/td>\n<td>Thomas Kokholm <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>3531<\/td>\n<td>M. W. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/gb.png\" alt=\"UK\" title=\"UK\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>2765<\/td>\n<td>Takis Chatzelis <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/gr.png\" alt=\"Greece\" title=\"Greece\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>3729<\/td>\n<td>Peter Toftsoe <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>2407<\/td>\n<td>Robert Palumbo <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/se.png\" alt=\"Sweden\" title=\"Sweden\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>3287<\/td>\n<td>Peter Hallberg <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>3630<\/td>\n<td>Simo Huovinen <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/fi.png\" alt=\"Finland\" title=\"Finland\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>2904<\/td>\n<td>Miika Lappalainen <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/fi.png\" alt=\"Finland\" title=\"Finland\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>3344<\/td>\n<td>Lars Hartmann <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>3725<\/td>\n<td>(Anonymous) <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ch.png\" alt=\"Switzerland\" title=\"Switzerland\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>4073<\/td>\n<td>T. L. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>3822<\/td>\n<td>Sinitzky Laurence <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/fr.png\" alt=\"France\" title=\"France\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>3279<\/td>\n<td>Sabine Hildebrandt <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>3574<\/td>\n<td>P. R. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ua.png\" alt=\"Ukraine\" title=\"Ukraine\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>3664<\/td>\n<td>J. L. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dk.png\" alt=\"Denmark\" title=\"Denmark\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>3777<\/td>\n<td>Tapio Palmroth <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/fi.png\" alt=\"Finland\" title=\"Finland\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>3749<\/td>\n<td>Paul Gilbertson <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/gb.png\" alt=\"UK\" title=\"UK\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>5211<\/td>\n<td>P. J. M. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/fr.png\" alt=\"France\" title=\"France\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>3998<\/td>\n<td>Cornelia Cleemann <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/de.png\" alt=\"Germany\" title=\"Germany\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #483d8b; color: #ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Total 32<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ave. 24.7<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ave. 2940<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nordic2016_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 3\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/nordic2016_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 4\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see the whole result of the 5th Proficiency Test at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/score\/#5\">this page<\/a>, as of today. Zdenek Zizka (Czech), Kanade Kubota (Japan), Falafel (USA\/Israel) and Thomas Tenland (Sweden) currently tie for first place.<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, March 27th, our 5th Backgammon Proficiency Test was conducted by Masayuki \u201cMochy\u201d Mochizuki (Giants #1 2015-2016) during the fourth day of Nordic Open 2016, Denmark. Thirty-two players took time to challenge it, and Mochy gave them the in-depth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/article\/result-nordic-open2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3441"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3462,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3441\/revisions\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}