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Thank you to everybody for making the 7th Leuven Open (Nov 29, 2015, in de Abdijmolen, Heverlee) such a wonderful […]

In just under 2 months, Bert Van Kerckhove and Robin Bilderbeek completed a series of ten 7-point matches.  They played

Like I said before, I enjoy participating at BMS(UK) events.  Since all matches are recorded, transcribed and analysed by the

The butcher from Bruges has struck again: 1854.13 is Belgium’s current backgammon rating. Michel or machine? Lucky Lamote? Hopefully he’ll

With four consecutive wins in 11-point matches Bert Van Kerckhove won the Nederlands Kampioenschap.  This result is that more amazing

  M : Hallo Geert.  Proficiat met je overwinning in BIC D2.  Je streed op de Brugge Backgammon Day in

As some of you have noticed, the website has been down for a bit over a day, from Saturday afternoon

The yearly tournament at Zandvoort-aan-zee is held in a spacious pavilion situated on a broad beach.  On beautiful days the

The word blunder is conventionally used in backgammon to indicate a checker play or cube action mistake which costs 0,100

  With emphatic wins over Nardy Pillards, Ed Baars, Michel Lamote and Paul Van Koningshoven, Belgium’s up-and-coming Geert VdS took

Selection procedure. The Selection Committee (SC) has established a selection procedure to choose the 6 (or 7) players who will

After two wins, Zsolt faced Maurits in the 3rd round of the 1st Brugge Backgammon Day.  The match turned out

For the 10th time, Bert Van Kerckhove organized the Gent Open.  As always, the location was the Koninklijke Club Union

In backgammon, certain types of positions occur time and time again.  One of the most common types are holding games.

Last Saturday, 14 March 2015, a 49-point match was played at the Royal Sandeman Club in Ghent.  Only a few