How to Deal with Time Trouble?

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Itzhak Solsky

Is there really a magic solution for this? Read on and find out…

https://bgfed.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/How-to-Deal-with-Time-Trouble.pdf

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Marc Van Damme wins Red Beaver League 2023-2024 final

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Johan

Marc Van Damme is the new RBL Champion and BGFed.be’s 23-24 UBC Champion! He beat last year’s winner Geert Van der Stricht by a tiny margin: 9-9. Marc wins on Overall PR (OPR)

Marc did not receive the RBL trophy on a silver platter. He survived a nailbiter against Bert Van Kerckhove, then beat Michel Lamote in convincing fashion and eventually defeated Geert in a thrilling final, which can be watched on Rain’s YouTube channel.

Geert took two crucial points in M7 with a super 2.90 PR and suddenly had good prospects of retaining his title: 8-6. However, in M8 Marc was able to regain the advantage with a narrow 7-5 win and an equally impressive 2.54 PR: 8-8.

Time pressure was a recurring theme in this contest and M9 was not different. With only a handful of seconds on the clock, Marc was able to stumble over the finish line with a 7-5 victory and a narrow PR loss: 9-9. In the end, it was his fine, but not impressive 4.09 OPR which won him the title as Geert came harrowingly close to a major upset. Geert’s OPR of 4,36 fell only 0.27 PR points short of a major surprise!

A glance at the Final Leaderboard tells us Marc is the deserved winner although it turned out to be a coin toss in the end.

Marc can now rest on his laurels till spring 2025 and Geert will occupy the top spot in RBL 24-25’s start grid.

Congratulations and many thanks to our two best players for an entertaining and instructive Final!

Michel Lamote (tournament director)

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Too gammonish to take

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Itzhak Solsky

On cashing a point when the win isn’t in sight, on migrating our viewpoint as a winning technique, on recognizing simplicity inside complexity – plus an added bit of old-fashioned chess wisdom.

https://bgfed.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Too-gammonish-to-take.pdf

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Brussels Friendly 103 on Sunday October 6, 2024, in Orée

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Johan

The Brussels Black Beard Backgammon club invites you to the Brussels Friendly 103 tournament on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at Royal Orée (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe). All information in the flyers below.

Flyer-06_10-EnglishDownload
Flyer-06_10-NederlandsDownload
Flyer-06_10-FrançaisDownload
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Itzhak Solsky wins BIC 2024

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Johan

We have a winner: Itzhak Solsky won the Belgian Individual Championship 2024 (Royal Orée, 15-16 July 2024), here receiving the beautiful BIC 2024 trophy from Guy Van Middelem, the organiser of this Belgian top backgammon event.

Winner Itzhak Solsky (left) and organiser Guy Van Middelem at the BIC 2024 prize ceremony. (Picture: Inge van den Dorpel.)

Congratz Itzhak with your top performance and thank you Guy for all your efforts!

Final ranking of the Belgian Individual Championship backgammon 2024. Michel Lamote defeated Johan Segers, and so obtained the 2nd place in the championship. The ranking in the picture is based on the internal rating system of the ludite tournament software.

Inge van den Dorpel

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Red Beaver League 2024 Final: Video Last and Deciding Match

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Johan

Hi everybody,

Are you curious who won the RBL-trophy? Welcome to watch the concluding Match 9 of the RBL Final 2024 between Geert Van der Stricht and Marc Vandamme on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/MwLsT_FiEYA

And the champion is…

Enjoy!

Rain 

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BGFed.be General Assembly of June 7, 2024: Minutes

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Johan

On Friday, June 7, 2024, the BGFed.be General Assembly took place at Royal Orée (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe). The meeting was entitled BGFed.be 2024+, and its main aim was to brainstorm on the future of the federation. Two noteworthy decisions are:

  • Creation of a working group to draft a new organizational chart of the federation.
  • One-shot financial support of 400 euro to the Red Beaver League.

Regarding the first point: once the roles and committees in the new structure will have been defined, there will be quite a number of vacancies to be filled. We count on you!

A full account of the discussions, conclusions and actions points is given in the minutes (NL: verslag; FR: procès-verbal) of the meeting. Read more in the following pdf file:

2024-06-07_BGFed_GA_minutesDownload

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Registration 4 Cubes 2024 by June 30

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Johan

As decided on BGFed.be’s General Assembly of Friday, June 7, teams that wish to register for the 4 Cubes 2024 team competition are requested to register via the following online form:

https://forms.gle/AYg1N6558ChxN3jA7

Registration deadline: June 30, 2024. Registration fee: 25 euro per team.

  • Each team consists of 5 to 8 players.
  • All players need to come from the same club affiliated to BGFed.be.
  • One player acts as captain.
  • A club can send multiple teams, but each player can only join a single team.
  • In the likely event that the competition will consist of three rounds, the calendar is as follows: Round 1 to be played by September 30; Round 2 by November 30; Round 3 by January 31, 2025. Teams commit themselves to respect these deadlines and to exhibit sufficient flexibility in finding a date and location.
  • A duel between two teams will consist of three rounds of four 7-point matches, giving 12 matches in total. In case of a 6-6 draw, a 5-point team consultation match will decide the outcome.
  • The exact tournament format will be decided once the teams are known, taking into account the results of 4 Cubes 2023 (champion: Brussels; finalist: Ghent; semi-finalist: Leuven).

Questions about the registration form: Johan Segers. Tournament director: Guy Van Middelem.

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WBIF Online Belgian Championship 2024: The Final

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Johan

Dear Players,

I have just followed the final of the WBIF Online Belgian Championship between Michel Lamote (director of the Red Beaver League) and Frédéric Libert (director of the open tournament in Lille).

In the early stages of the championship, Michel lost two matches and came dangerously close to a quick exit in this 3-lives format (report). But by keeping up a high and constant level of play (Performance Rating 4.22), he made it all the way to the final, where he faced Frédéric on Friday, June 7, to play for the trophy.

In this last and deciding match of the championship, Frédéric was strong enough to beat Michel, both players showcasing commendable performances (Frédéric PR 5.2 – Michel PR 2.8). Congratulations to Frédéric, who thereby becomes the WBIF Online Belgian Champion 2024!

Final ranking of the WBIF Online Belgian Championship 2024

Thank you to all players for their participation. I hope you all enjoyed the tournament and the new online experience.

As agreed upon, the tournament also served to select the national team representing Belgium at the WBIF Team World Cup starting in September. Based on the results, the team will consist of the following players:

  • Michel Lamote
  • Ronny Conaert
  • Daniel Rozenberg
  • Firat Tekil
  • Hubert Verstraeten (captain)

Good dice,

Hubert Verstraeten (tournament director)

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Red Beaver League Final 2024 • Video’s Final Session

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Johan

Dear RBL participants & BGFed members,

Happy to announce to you all that the conclusion of the RBL Final 2024 between Geert Van der Stricht and Marc Van Damme will be available on YouTube soon!

The Premières will be launched on:
Match 7 :  Wed 05/06/2024 at 20:30 CEST – Link: https://youtu.be/OD40aez9i6A
Match 8 :   Thu 06/06/2024 at 20:30 CEST – Link: https://youtu.be/ZVF6poDDy_E

Live-chat will be available during these premières, welcome to join! My name is Rain in the chat.

If you aren’t able to watch the premières, then you can of course watch anytime after that. The video’s will remain available on YouTube.

Big respect and thanks to Michel for his infinite efforts the whole RBL-season long.
Big thanks to Geert and Marc for their kind cooperation to make this video-production happening, so we actually all have a front row seat to witness this amazing battle!

Enjoy!

Greetings,

Rain 

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