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Some questions for … Geert Dooms.

  M : Hallo Geert.  Proficiat met je overwinning in BIC D2.  Je streed op de Brugge Backgammon Day in februari ook tot op het laatste moment mee voor de overwinning.  Toch twee opmerkelijke resultaten in 1 jaar tijd.  Bovendien … Continue reading

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4 Cubes: Brugge beats Brussels in convincing fashion 0-9 (!)

Michel, Guy and Paul scored 3 out of 3 against Leonidas, Zsolt and Maurits.  Surprisingly, Brussels player Alain Chif decided to watch proceedings from the sidelines. Brugge is now top contender for the 2015 BIC trophy. M

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Migration to a different provider caused website to be down for a day

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

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Bert Van Kerckhove is successful at 4th Zandvoort Open.

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

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Equity for dummies.

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

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Geert Van der Stricht wins 2015 Rotterdam Open.

  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

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2nd European Backgammon Team Championship. Selection procedure.

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

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BGFed sends national team to Budapest.

2nd European Backgammon Team Championship Budapest, 18-20 September 2015 For the second time, the European Backgammon Federation (EUBGF) organises the European Backgammon Team Championships (EBTC). The tournament is set up in Swiss format.  Every represented country will play 7 rounds … Continue reading

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BBD1, round 3. Zsolt Tasnadi vs Maurits Pino : Hit-or-Not in the opening?

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

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Nordic Open 2015: Michel Lamote reaches semi-finals

Brackets: http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?read=177066 Livestream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nordic-open-15

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