In the rating list update of August 23, 2015, Michel Lamote is the first player to clear the 1800 barrier – 1822.22 on August 22 – since the start of the rating list this year. Behind his back, the peleton is still struggling against the 1600 wall, with Guy and Geert trying hard.
Category: Ratings
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Rating Update August 16 – Who Can Stop Michel Lamote?
The gap between Michel Lamote (new record – 1791.81 – congratulations etc.) and the other players becomes embarrassing. More than 200 points separate him from the second player, Geert Van der Stricht. Come on, people, do something! – Rating list.
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Rating correction — matches played at Leuven’s 4th Friday of July now incorporated
When on holiday abroad, I had forgotten to register the twelve 5-point matches played at the Leuven club evening of July 24 in the rating list. This has now been rectified, leading to a small rating correction. Apologies for the mistake and thank you to Henri and Zsolt for having pointed out the error.
— JS
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Update rating list, including matches up to August 9, 2015
The bulk of the matches this week were played at the Friday night Brussels Friendly 52 tournament, where two new players were added to the rating list. Welcome!
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Update rating list, including matches up to August 2, 2015
Sorry for the delay — “Summertime, and the living is easy…”.
Next update in the weekend of August 15, including matches up to August 9.
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Update rating list, including matches up to July 26, 2015 – Yet another rating record
At the Tuesday club evening in Gent, Michel wins from Bert and reaches 1772.90.
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Update rating list, including matches up to July 19, 2015 – New rating record
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, July 19, 2015.
Thanks to a 15-point victory against Geert Van der Stricht at the Tuesday club evening in Ghent, Michel Lamote improves upon his rating record and reaches 1769.77. Well done!
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Update rating list, including matches up to July 12, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, July 12, 2015.
Michel Lamote makes a record (?) jump of nearly 32 points in one week and stays less than one point shy of his own rating record.
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Update rating list, including matches up to July 5, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, July 5, 2015.
The next update will take into account matches played up to and including Sunday, July 12, and is scheduled to be published in the weekend of July 18-19.
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Update rating list, including matches up to June 28, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, June 28, 2015.
The next update will take into account matches played up to and including Sunday, July 5, and is scheduled to be published in the weekend of July 11-12.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to June 21, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, June 21, 2015.
The next update will take into account matches played up to and including Sunday, June 28, and is scheduled to be published in the weekend of July 4.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to June 14, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, June 14, 2015.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to June 7, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, June 7, 2015.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to May 31, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including Sunday, May 31, 2015.
Michel Lamote continues to smash record after record: after a successful Thursday club evening in Brugge, he topped at 1763.48. However, losses in Brussels on Friday and at the Rotterdam Open on Sunday caused his rating to drop sharply again.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to May 24, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including May 24, 2015.
Michel Lamote continues his record-breaking run: 1739.45.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to May 17, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including May 17, 2015.
Thanks to victories in the Belgian Individual Championship, Michel Lamote hits a new rating record: 1732.24.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
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Update rating list, including matches up to May 10, 2015
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including May 10, 2015.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
— JS
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Update rating list, including matches up to and including May 3
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including May 3, 2015.
Geert Van der Stricht is the second player to cross the 1600 barrier. Congratulations!
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
— JS
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Update rating list, including matches up to and including April 26
The rating list has been updated, taking into account the matches played up to and including April 26, 2015.
Yes, you guessed right – Michel hit a new record again: 1722.29 on April 23.
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update.
— JS
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Update rating list, April 19
The rating list has been updated, incorporating matches played up to and including April 19, 2015.
Michel Lamote is the first to breach the 1700 barrier: new rating record 1710.61 on April 16. In addition, he’s the first player with an experience over 1000. Congratulations and keep on going!
Reminder: the rating update published in the weekend of week N is based on the matches played up to the Sunday of week N-1; it is the date of that particular Sunday that is indicated on the rating page. In practice, this means that there is a delay between 1 and 2 weeks between the calender day and the most recent rating update. The reason for this procedure is that the rating update is not (yet) fully automatic. As my programming skills improve, this may change in the future. In the meantime, thank you for your patience and understanding.
— JS
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Update rating list, April 12
The rating list has been updated with matches played up to and including April 12, 2015.
There’s a new rating record again: Michel Lamote reaches 1687.02 on April 9.
— JS
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Update rating list, April 5
The rating list has been updated with matches played up to and including April 5, 2015.
Michel Lamote continues to lift the top rating higher (1672.76). His lead with respect to the second player in the list, Geert Van der Stricht (1574.89), is almost 100 points.
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Rating list BGFed.be launched
Check out your rating at the federation’s new rating list (regulations).
Suggestions welcome. If you want to help programming: yes, please!
–JS
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Rating Report – Edition 2014
What was the highest rating achieved up to December 31, 2014? What was the biggest upset? What would be your rating if all ratings had been reset to 1500 on January 1, 2014? All this and much more you can find in the report Belgian Backgammon Ratings (2005-2014): From Spreadsheet to Web Applications. Happy browsing!
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String of Rating Records by Michel Lamote
For a long time, it seemed as if Michel Lamote’s rating record, 1817.95, achieved on October 29, 2013, would remain unbroken throughout 2014. But on December 30, 2014, Michel won a 25-pointer against Geert Van der Stricht, jumping to 1818.00. Michel continued his record-breaking streak by winning matches on January 1st and 2nd, 2015, reaching 1827.91 at the time of writing (January 3). Congratulations, Michel, and keep on going!
Update January 6: new record 1829.03
Update January 8: new record 1832.55
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Invitation General Assembly BGFed.be, Fri Dec 5, 2014
Dear backgammon friends, dear members of BGFed.be,
You’re most welcome at the BGFed.be yearly meeting on Friday the 5th of December 2014 at 18.00 hours in Tennis Club Longchamp, chaussée de Waterloo 836 – 1180 Brussels. The meeting will be followed at 19.45 hours by the monthly Brussels Friendly 44 tournament.
Program :
- welcome speech by Guy Van Middelem & drink offered
- report from Johan Segers concerning members & treasurership (creation of asbl/vzw BGFed.be)
- new regulations concerning membership 2015 (every player on the Bigelo rating list will be de facto member of a club and BGFed.be member à 10,- €)
- report from Guy Van Middelem concerning 4 Cubes & BIC 2014
- new regulations concerning the organisation of 4 Cubes & BIC 2015 (see annexes below ; entry-fee 4 Cubes 2015 is 25,- € per team, entry-fee BIC 2015 is 10,- € per player ; scheduled dates for 4 Cubes matches ; more play-offs in BIC 2015 allowing every player – even from D2 – to become Belgian champion)
- contacts and affiliation to the EUBGF (European Backgammon Federation) (300,- € affiliation)
- new organization chart for BGFed.be (founding members ; election of Board members – president (candidate : Guy Van Middelem), vice-president/secretary (candidate : Johan Segers), treasurer (candidate : Pascal Vanneste), tournament directors (candidate for 4 Cubes 2015 : Luc Palmans)
- communication (website, mailings) and the Bigelo rating list
- varia (we welcome any suggestion by mail beforehand)
New candidate Board members must declare by e-mail to Guy Van Middelem (pascal.vanneste.brugge@gmail.com).
Hope to see you at this occasion, Guy Van Middelem
Annexes:
- Regulations 4 Cubes 2015
- Regulations BIC 2015 Division 1 and Division 2
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Belgian Backgammon Ratings (2005-2013): From Spreadsheet to Web Application
Download the report (*.pdf): Belgian Backgammon Ratings (2005-2013).
Apart from an introduction in Chapter 1, the content of the report is as follows:
- Chapter 2 traces the evolution of the rating list over the years. It tells us about the growth of the Belgian backgammon community, which took off sharply in 2009. Moreover, we can trace the increase of the rating record and we get to know some fun facts, such as the biggest upsets (least probable victories) and the longest winning streak.
- The rating lists are collected in Chapter 3. Apart from the actual rating list as of December 31, 2013, for all 172 players ever registered in Bigelo, there are also some partial lists. Ratings are calculated for each year from 2005 up to 2013 separately, incorporating only the matches played in that year. Furthermore, ratings are calculated for each match length 1, 3, …, 15 separately. We learn that the performance of players can vary strongly over different match lengths.
- Finally, the rating formula and some technical details are explained in a technical appendix.
Comments are welcome directly on this webpage or on BGLeuven@gmail.com. Suggestions will be taken into account for the next edition, scheduled to appear next year.