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As some of you have noticed, the website has been down for a bit over a day, from Saturday afternoon to Sunday evening. I apologize for any inconvenience caused and I thank you for your patience. This downtime occurred when … Continue reading →

The yearly tournament at Zandvoort-aan-zee is held in a spacious pavilion situated on a broad beach.  On beautiful days the sea breeze can waft through the pavilion and on chillier days, the pavilion can be closed off with canvas.  In … Continue reading →

The word blunder is conventionally used in backgammon to indicate a checker play or cube action mistake which costs 0,100 or more in equity.  What does this mean? Equity Those of us who use eXtremeGammon as a learning tool are … Continue reading →

  With emphatic wins over Nardy Pillards, Ed Baars, Michel Lamote and Paul Van Koningshoven, Belgium’s up-and-coming Geert VdS took the Rotterdam Open trophy. Michel Lamote won the consolation after beating Rogier Van Gemert in the semi’s. More Belgians made … Continue reading →

Selection procedure. The Selection Committee (SC) has established a selection procedure to choose the 6 (or 7) players who will make up the Belgium Backgammon Team. 1. Three players have been selected : Michel Lamote, Walter Meuwis and Geert Van … Continue reading →

After two wins, Zsolt faced Maurits in the 3rd round of the 1st Brugge Backgammon Day.  The match turned out to be an interesting encounter with a shockingly spectacular Crawford game.  You can download the annotated match (*.xg). With the score … Continue reading →

For the 10th time, Bert Van Kerckhove organized the Gent Open.  As always, the location was the Koninklijke Club Union Sandeman  in Gent.  This year, 24 players showed up to play 7 rounds of 7-point matches.  All matches were played … Continue reading →

In backgammon, certain types of positions occur time and time again.  One of the most common types are holding games.  In a holding game, one player has made an advanced anchor (4-point or higher) and the opponent has escaped his … Continue reading →