{"id":4781,"date":"2019-06-02T07:11:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/?p=4781"},"modified":"2019-06-02T07:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T22:11:49","slug":"result-chicagoopen-2018-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.backgammonexam.com\/en\/article\/result-chicagoopen-2018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"9th Proficiency Test &#8211; Round 2 @ 39th Chicago Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, May 26th, the fourth day of the 39th <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoopenbg.com\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flintbg.com\/giants.html\" target=\"_blank\">Giants #2<\/a> Michihito \u201cMichy\u201d Kageyama presented the newest version of our \u201cBackgammon Proficiency Test\u201d. He also offered a comprehensive review to its participants on the following day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/chicagoopen2019_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have held the proficiency test in Chicago for six years consecutively since 2014. The previous articles are here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/article\/result-chicagoopen-2018\/\">8th Proficiency Test \u2013 Round 2 @ 38th Chicago Open<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/article\/result-chicagoopen-2017\/\">7th Proficiency Test \u2013 Round 2 @ 37th Chicago Open<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/article\/result-chicagoopen-2016\/\">6th Proficiency Test \u2013 Round 3 @ 36th Chicago Open<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/article\/result-chicago-open2015\/\">5th Backgammon Proficiency Test \u2013 Round 2 @ 35th Chicago Open<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/article\/result-chicago-open2014\/\">The 4th Backgammon Proficiency Test in 34th Chicago Open<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of participants of this year was 35, and more than half are repeat participants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/chicagoopen2019_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; width \/***\/:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the result, Gerry Tansey is on top with 38 correct answers (out of 50), followed by Chuck Bower.<\/p>\n<p>All of 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>1651<\/td>\n<td>Gerry Tansey <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>2217<\/td>\n<td>Chuck Bower <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>2235<\/td>\n<td>Albert Steg <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>2544<\/td>\n<td>Justin Nowell <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>2760<\/td>\n<td>Frank Talbot <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>3186<\/td>\n<td>Dennis Culpepper <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>3414<\/td>\n<td>David Todd <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>3392<\/td>\n<td>Allen Tish <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>3393<\/td>\n<td>(Anonymous) <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>5088<\/td>\n<td>Butch Meese <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>3387<\/td>\n<td>D. D. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>3659<\/td>\n<td>(Anonymous) <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ca.png\" alt=\"Canada\" title=\"Canada\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>3729<\/td>\n<td>D. K. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>4336<\/td>\n<td>S. R. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>3464<\/td>\n<td>David Winn <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>3613<\/td>\n<td>(Anonymous) <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>3637<\/td>\n<td>John Craig Anderson <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/za.png\" alt=\"South Africa\" title=\"South Africa\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>4057<\/td>\n<td>D. J. J. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>4772<\/td>\n<td>Mike Clapsadle <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>3506<\/td>\n<td>S. B. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>3889<\/td>\n<td>Steve Hairgrove <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>4185<\/td>\n<td>(Anonymous) <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>4836<\/td>\n<td>Richard Stubbe <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>5606<\/td>\n<td>Joe Briggs <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>4732<\/td>\n<td>Karen Davis <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>4787<\/td>\n<td>Paul Mangone <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>4839<\/td>\n<td>Rick Silberman <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f8f8ff;\">\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>5181<\/td>\n<td>Apollo Lammers <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>4585<\/td>\n<td>Jeb Horton <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" 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>4307<\/td>\n<td>Jeffrey Spencer <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>4402<\/td>\n<td>Roberto Gaui <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/br.png\" alt=\"Brazil\" title=\"Brazil\" 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>4441<\/td>\n<td>Jesus Ibarra <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>4448<\/td>\n<td>Charles Haley <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" 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>5917<\/td>\n<td>Danny Lynch <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" width=\"22\" height=\"14\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>7094<\/td>\n<td>Sharon Lefferts <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/us.png\" alt=\"USA\" title=\"USA\" 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 35<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ave. 22.1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Ave. 4057<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>You can see the overall results of the 9th test as of now <a href=\"\/en\/score\/#9\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for joining us! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, May 26th, the fourth day of the 39th Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament, Giants #2 Michihito \u201cMichy\u201d Kageyama presented the newest version of our \u201cBackgammon Proficiency Test\u201d. 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