{"id":4270,"date":"2018-01-24T23:55:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2019-01-28T00:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T15:12:46","slug":"result-istanbul-open2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/article\/result-istanbul-open2018\/","title":{"rendered":"BGTV Proficiency Contest in Istanbul Open 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 7th round of our 7th \u201cBackgammon Proficiency Test\u201d was held as \u201cBGTV Proficiency Contest\u201d on Saturday, January 13th, the middle day of the Istanbul Open 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I couldn’t join it, but the test was supervised by our Turkish friends, Arda F\u0131nd\u0131ko\u011flu (the host of the Istanbul Open and the president of WBF Turkey<\/a>) and C\u00fcneyt Argun Gen\u00e7. They carried that out smoothly and all went well. They always cooperate with us, so we are really grateful to them.<\/p>\n

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Well, that was the sixth consecutive time our test was carried out there.
\nThis year, 19 participants with various levels from various countries challenged it.<\/p>\n

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The result says that Jalil Khalili (Iran) answered 30 problems correctly (out of 50) and was ranked first among them, although he was ranked second last year. Claus Elken (Denmark) got second place at the contest, and then he got second place at the main championship. Martin Barkwill (UK) was ranked third, although he got the highest last year. Onur Vurur got the top score among the Turks this year.<\/p>\n

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Here are the details of this round.<\/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
Rank<\/td>\nTotal score<\/td>\nTotal errors<\/td>\nName<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n2300<\/td>\nJalil Khalili \"Iran\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n2245<\/td>\nClaus Elken \"Denmark\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n2520<\/td>\nMartin Barkwill \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n3252<\/td>\nOnur Vurur \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3662<\/td>\nAbdullah Sorg\u00fcven \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n4010<\/td>\nBurhan Cumhur Bekt\u00fcre \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n3432<\/td>\nTu\u011frul Sezgin \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n3510<\/td>\nO. P. \"Germany\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n4479<\/td>\nFady Asmar \"Lebanon\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n4521<\/td>\nFuat Hakan Uncuo\u011flu \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n4336<\/td>\nHakan Aksu \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n4530<\/td>\nCynthia Roberts \"UK\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n4609<\/td>\nMustafa Dikg\u00f6z \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n5269<\/td>\nAlparslan G\u00f6ktay \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n5459<\/td>\nG\u00f6ksel K\u0131l\u0131n\u00e7 \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n4254<\/td>\nRefik Vural \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n4196<\/td>\nEnder Can Avcio\u011flu \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n4713<\/td>\nT. B. \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n4715<\/td>\nKemal Aksu \"Turkey\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Total 19<\/td>\nAve. 19.7<\/td>\nAve. 4001<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

It was unfortunate that I couldn’t go there this year, but I am happy that many people joined it.<\/p>\n

Akihito<\/p>\n

(Updated Saturday, January 27th)
\nArda F\u0131nd\u0131ko\u011flu, C\u00fcneyt Argun Gen\u00e7 and G\u00f6khan G\u00fcne\u015f have challenged the same test after the Istanbul Open 2018. They said that they strictly monitored each other to play fair, so we decided to list up their scores on our official results<\/a> just as before.<\/p>\n

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Arda’s score was so good as in the past, while C\u00fcneyt and G\u00f6khan didn’t do better than last year.<\/p>\n

We really appreciate their cooperation during \u201cBGTV Proficiency Contest\u201d.
\nThank you again! \ud83d\ude09
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The 7th round of our 7th \u201cBackgammon Proficiency Test\u201d was held as \u201cBGTV Proficiency Contest\u201d on Saturday, January 13th, the middle day of the Istanbul Open 2018. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join it, but the test was supervised by our Turkish … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n