On Tuesday 22nd October, eight backgammon players battled it out over twelve matches. Four players from Gent against four from Brussel Black Beard Backgammon (BBBB), each playing three rounds to 7 points. Location: Union Sandeman, home of the Gent Backgammon club. At stake: to gain the opportunity to challenge the current 4 Cubes holder, Brussels.
From Gent, Geert, Bert, Firat and Alf were summoned to face off Maurits, Daniel, Vincent and Hubert from BBBB.
The Brussel Black Beard Backgammon team went off for a good start, winning 3 out of 4 matches. Only captain Bert managed to eke out a double match point (DMP) win against Daniel.
Round two was for Gent, 3-1, with only Maurits managing a win over Alf. So it became 4-4 and everything remained to be played for in the third and final round.
Geert and Bert finished their matches first, both winning. Then Maurits mistakenly forgot to hit Firat’s checker while entering from the bar but realized it only after he pressed his clock—it was a legal move without hitting. At DMP this proved fatal and Firat took the win and the 7th victory point for Gent! Daniel won his match but this was not enough to keep Gent from winning from BBBB with a narrow 7-5.
Now Gent is in the position to challenge Brussels to regain the 4 Cubes trophy after a year of absence from its usual location 😉
To be continued…
— Bert Van Kerckhove
Results
| Gent | BBBB | 7 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| Geert Van der Stricht | Maurits Pino | 0 | 1 |
| Bert Van Kerckhove | Daniel Rozenberg | 1 | 0 |
| Firat Tekil | Vincent Hubert | 0 | 1 |
| Alf Martijn | Hubert Verstraeten | 0 | 1 |
| Round 2 | |||
| Geert Van der Stricht | Daniel Rozenberg | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Van Kerckhove | Vincent Hubert | 1 | 0 |
| Firat Tekil | Hubert Verstraeten | 1 | 0 |
| Alf Martijn | Maurits Pino | 0 | 1 |
| Round 3 | |||
| Geert Van der Stricht | Vincent Hubert | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Van Kerckhove | Hubert Verstraeten | 1 | 0 |
| Firat Tekil | Maurits Pino | 1 | 0 |
| Alf Martijn | Daniel Rozenberg | 0 | 1 |
