From July 30 to August 4, follow your favourite players (among which two from Belgium) in Monte Carlo, Monaco, starting from the tournament website or via the online brackets. Good luck, Johan H. and Marc!
Tag: Monte Carlo
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Sonja Custers becomes Beginners World Champion in Monte Carlo.
Four consecutive victories (9-point matches + 11-point final) gave Sonja Custers (Leuven BC) the title of World Champion (!) in the Beginners Division.
The final against a female player from Russia was a particularly tense affair. Sonja was able to come back from 0-6 down to reach equality at 9-9. In an unbearably exciting DMP-game, Sonja was able to keep a cool head under time pressure and eventually won after some gruelling swings of fortune.
Although the playing field was small and the opposition modest, this title has a prestigious ring to it and should give Sonja the motivation and confidence to continue her dedicated efforts to improve her game. She will of course from this day forward no longer be allowed to compete with the Beginners, but will have to defend her colours in the Intermediate divisions. Surely a fine achievement after barely one year of study.
Congratulations, Sonja!
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New adventures in Monte Carlo
Hereby a report (in Dutch) from Geert Van der Stricht about the 40th World Championship in Monte Carlo, August 4–9, 2015: “Nieuwe avonturen in Monte Carlo”.
In Monte Carlo, Geert played Michihito “Michy” Kageyama, a match which was streamed on YouTube (see earlier post here). The match record is now available too: *.xg.
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WC Monaco 2015 : Michy vs Geert Van der Stricht
In the main flight of the World Championship 2015 in Monaco, Belgian champion 2013 Geert Van der Stricht met Michihito “Michy” Kageyama. (In an earlier version of this post, I wrote that Michy was a former world champion. This is wrong however, as kindly pointed out to me by Zsolt. See also the List of World Backgammon Champions.)
The match was streamed live, and the video is available on YouTube:
A record of the match is available too: *.xg.
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Monte Carlo 2013: Geert van der Stricht wins 2nd Consolation of Championship Division
Congratulations to Geert for this magnificent feat! Must have been a cheap holiday for him…
Full results on the website of the 38th Backgammon World Championship via GammonManager.
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Replay Matches World Championship Monte Carlo 2012
Below please find some matches played and recorded by the four Belgian players at the World Championship 2012 in Monte Carlo: Michel Lamote, Walter Meuwis, Luc Palmans, and Geert Van der Stricht. (more…)