Paul Gilbertson and Paulus van Rooijen are the Masters of 2014

Dear all,

Last weekend (Jan 11-12, 2014) we played the Masters in Antwerp, Belgium. (See announcement.) I am very happy to send you the results.

We had 21 players in the Masters Group, they played 9 rounds of 9 point matches in a straight Swiss system.
Result:
1/2 Paul Gilbertson, Paulus van Rooijen (7 out of 9)
3/7 Rogier van Gemert, Michel Lamote, Walter Meuwis, Bert Van Kerckhove, Johan Segers (6 out of 9)

We also had 9 players in the Amateur Group, they played a round robin of 5 point matches and a final.
Result:
1. Cem Fidan 6 out of 8
2. Nabil Antoun 6 out of 8
3. George Voinea 5 out of 8
4. Louise Vellekoop 5 out of 8

You can see a professionally made photo series on http://www.frankviergever.nl/backgammon/.

Paulus van Rooijen