Category Archives: BMS(BE)

BMS(BE) : first Four Cubes cluster between Brugge and Gent.

For the first time in Four Cubes history, an encounter between two teams was fully filmed and transcribed. Since both team  captains (Michel Lamote – Brugge BC, and Geert Van der Stricht – Gent BC)  agreed beforehand to have all … Continue reading

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MS1 : Paul and Robin wrap up Zeeland Series (Paul wins 5-1).

In the course of 6 weeks, Paul Van Dijke (Brugge BC) and Robin Bilderbeek (Gent BC – no picture available) played six 13-point matches. Robin filmed and transcribed the action so both players could study their errors and get a … Continue reading

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BMS : 6 players finish challenging Master Series.

In an attempt to improve their BMS gradings, 6 players invested time and effort in a series of 15-point matches.  Here is how they did : Walter Meuwis and Ronny Conaert played ten 15-point matches.  The score was 5-5. Luc … Continue reading

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BMS(BE): Conditions of Play updated

A new version of the Conditions of Play of the Backgammon Master Series Belgium is available. Most important changes: The 24h rule for requesting permission to play a cluster for the Belgium Performance Rating has been relaxed a bit. On the … Continue reading

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BIC now BMAB approved!

BMS(BE) is proud to announce that the BIC competition has received official BMAB validation for 2016.  That makes it the first European national competition to be acknowledged as official BMS tournament. Before, only Denmark could boast a similar achievement with … Continue reading

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Belgium Performance Rating: First results available

Check out the following link: Belgium Performance Rating. Congratulations to Paul van Dijke, the highest-ranked player on the list!

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Belgium Master Series and Belgium Performance Ranking officially launched

The Backgammon Master Series Belgium BMS(BE) announces the start of two initiatives: the Belgium Master Series (BMS) and the Belgium Performance Ranking (BPR). Please see the BMS(BE) page for more information.

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BMS Belgium successfully launched.

(BMS : Backgammon Master Series) As I mentioned in a previous article (Bragging Rights), the idea to record matches and use the achieved PR’s to list players according to playing strength comes from Rick Janowski. He founded the BMAB some … Continue reading

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Walter Meuwis consolidates BMAB Master (Class 3) grading.

The following was posted by Rick Janowski on Facebook :BREAKING NEWS: GRANDMASTER AND MASTER TITLE UPGRADES Thomas Kristensen (Denmark) and Walter Meuwis (Belgium) achieved upgrades to Grandmaster (Class 2) and Master (Class 3) respectively, by virtue of their performances at … Continue reading

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Bragging rights.

In many sports, the player who consistently wins will be considered the best player.  Few will dispute that Ronnie O’Sullivan is a better snooker player than Marco Fu or that Magnus Carlsen is a better chess player than … eh … Continue reading

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