A Prime Source of Backgammon Information JAN./FEB.

1994

in the International Cup. Zaltash prevailed

first world-wide twin championships over 28 8-player knockout qualifiers in the
FOGERLUND, ZALTASH AND high-entry Blitz-type format.
HEINRICH LEAD PARADE OF h WAS A QUICK 2-hour Masters Invitational

WINNERS IN VEGAS finals between 1990 World Champion Hal

Heinrich (Canada) and author/analyst Kit

R ay Fogerlund and Abbas Zaltash are

the victors of the First World-Wide
Twin Championships tournament. The
Woolsey (CA). The 23-point finals ended
following an aggressive cube by Heinrich
in the following position:
event, staged by the Nevada Backgammon Intermediate winner Mary Ritchie is all
Association, drew just over 200 players to Master's Invitational 23-point finals. Hal
smiles with director Howard Markowitz.
the beautiful Treasure Island Hotel in Las Heinrich (Black) leads Kit Woolsey (White),
Vegas. Attendance was down from previ- 16-11. Black on roll. CUBE ACTION(S)?
ous Nevada winter events due to its pre- WOOLSEY (11) 1ST WORLD-WIDE TWIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
holiday scheduling. NEVADA STATE-CHAMPIONSHIP (92): 1-Ray
Fogerlund, a 37 year-old fireman from Fogerlund (CA), 2-Harvey Huie (TX), 3/4-Aivaro
Taft, CA defeated Dallas hotel developer Savio (BRZ) I Duane Jensen (MN); 1C-Doug
Harvey Huie in an exciting 15-12 Nevada Roberts (NY), 2C-Roger Hight (TX), 3C/4C-Den-
nis Culpepper (VA) I Richard Whitehouse (ENG).
State finals. Fogerlund, whose only previ- INTERMEDIATE (82): 1-Mary Ritchie (KS), 2-
ous major victory was at the 1992 San Leo Tuin (CAN), 3/4-Brendan Burgess (I RE) 1
Diego Gran Prix, paced himself to a 9-5 Veronica Mooney (AZ); 1C-Mike Sherman (NV),
lead over Huie. But one doubled gammon 2C-Richard Weaver (TX), 3C/4C-Lee Hasson (CA)
later, Harvey had tied the score at 9-all. I Dwayne Haughton (CA). BEGINNER (32): 1-
At 1 I -all, Harvey turned another game Ruth Blumenthal (FL), 2-Phil Klevmoen (NY) , 3/
4-Rafi Salem (CA) I Huck Seed (CA); 1C-Nasser
around to gain a 12-11 edge. "Is your name Nikpour (AZ), 2C-Tom Caseletto (CA) .
Huie, or Houdini?" Ray asked as he left for INTERNATIONAL CUP- CHAMPIONSH IP (2B x
his third break within six games. 8): 1-Abbas Zaltash (PA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX),
3/4-Bill Phipps (WA) I Mike Svobodny (NY), SIB-
HEINRICH (16)
Harry Cohn (IL) I Perry Gartner (NJ) I Fred Kalantari
(MN) I Doug Mayfield (CA) . INTERMEDIATE (2B
Following double/take, Hal rolled 6-5 x B): 1-Leo Tuin (CAN), 2-Bob Paris (FL) , 3/4-
(2.1/1 0), Kit danced, Hal rolled 6-6 and Udo Geib (GER) I Ana Maria Zarb (SWZ), SIB-
went on to win a gammon. Duane Eshima (CO) I Butch Meese (IN) I Charlie
In the postmortem, Hal thought the Raichle (CO) I Luisa Sequeira (POR). BEGINNER
double was correct. Given the match score, (7 x B): 1-Tanya Dobbs (CA), 2-Jay Rau (CO), 3/
Kit disagreed. Hal did admit that, "When 4-Rafi Salem (CA) I Mitzie Wilson (NY).
the cube comes back to me on 8, it's nasty." MASTERS (16):1-Hal Heinrich (CAN), 2-KitWoolsey
But that double aside, match commenta- (CA), 3/4-James Colen (NY) I Bob Wachtel (CA) .
Ray Fogerlund (left) cubes Harvey Huie
tor Malcolm Davis rated winner Heinrich's HYPER-BACKGAMMON (192): 1-Mike Mooney
in the Nevada State finals. (AZ), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 3/4-Hal Heinrich
checker play as" ... a work of art."!'!. (CAN) I Kent Goulding (MD).
Upon returning, Fogerlund was able to
LIMITED JACKPOTS· #1 (16): 1-Antonio Ortega
win the next four points and the 5-figure (CR), 2-Aram Kouleyan (CA). 3/4-Mike Sherman
prize money, but not before making one (NV) I Joe Thomas (NV). #2 (16): 1-Yves Robin
particularly controversial pick-and-pass (CA). 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 3/4-Stu Hosen (TX)
play that he described as "A classic choke." I Ami Tennenbaum (NJ).
[See Dec. 1993 Flint Area BackgammoNews BLITZ TOURNAMENTS-$25 (136): 1-Richard
for Ray's first-person account.] Still, it was Armbruster (CA), 2-Bill Mclaughlin. $50 (12B):
1-Emil Sepasy (WA), 2-Ed Abou -Zeid (MA).
a weekend of great play for the new Ne-
DOUBLES-MAIN (32): 1-Chris Campbell (CA)
vada State Champ who also reached the
&Emil Mortuk (MI), 2-George Klitsas &Andreas
finals in Hyper-Gammon and the $1000 Kourouklis (GRE), 3/4-Mary Ann Meese (IN) &
Limited Jackpot. Champions in every sense of the word. Jack Kissane (NY) I Peggy & Dennis Culpepper
Masters winner Hal Heinrich (right) with (VA). SATELLITE (16): 1-Steve Sax & Dave
PITTSBURGH's Abbas Zaltash chalked up Williams (CA), 2-Zohreh & Hossein Zafaranian (TX).
runner-up Kit Woolsey.
another title defeating Texan Tom Wheeler
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KAZAROSS DEC. RALLY ond, you have to force yourself to always
IKUCHENBRODSUCCUMBSTOCANCER I
WINS CBPC POINT RACE play tough for 12 months. The Bar Point Terry Kuchenbrod lost his battle with
Club certainly has many top players and cancer at his home in Louisville, KY last
A strong December boosted Neil Kazaross
without a doubt the most depth of any month. He was 54. At his side were his
ahead of Gary Kay to earn him 1993 Chicago
tournament club in the country." wife Mary, son Wade and daughter Wendy.
Bar Point Club Player ofthe Year honors.
Awards Night (on 11 Jan. at the Golden They had about three hours together before
Neil started fast in January, collecting 7.68
Flame) will honor Neil Kazaross, Gary he weakened and slipped away in the early
master points. It looked like smooth sailing Kay, John Demian, Jake Jacobs and the morning hours of 16 December.
for the San Diego transplant until he hit rest of the Top-20 finishers .
rough waters mid-year. Between 14 June
and 1I Oct., Neil managed only 2.80 points. OTHER PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
During that period, defending BPC
Argentina Assn. of BG ... Juan Rosa/Paula Estaco lch ic
champion Gary Kay returned to the top Bloomington-Normal (I L) BG Club .. William Hutchison
spot. Going into December, Kay's lead was British Isles BG Assn . (BIBA) ......... ...... Paul Lamford
24.28-22.64. But a repeat victory was not Central Illinois Backgammon Club ......... Dick Nelson
College Park (MD) BG Club (92/93) .... Ed Mas Iansky
in the dice. Kay had his worst month of the Costa Rican Backgammon Assn ........ Antonio Ortega
year while Kazaross was earning 5.12 Flint (M I) BG Club ................................. John Carrico
points, including a lock-up victory 21 Dec. Gammon Assoc. (CA) ... Art Benjamin/Ray Fogerlund
Asked what was involved in winning Greater New York BG Club (92/93) ......... Dr. Bob Hil l
Hong Kong Backgammon Club ............ Jerry Godsey
the CBPC title, Neil commented, "You Hoosier (IN) BG Club ................... .. ........ Don Woods
have to keep playing tough, even when New England (MA) BG Club (92/93) .... Jim Kasarjian
things aren't going well. I thought about Plymouth (MI) BG Club ................ ...... Dean Adam ian
Prime Backgammon Club of Chicago ..... Pau l Franks
giving up during my summer cold-spell. I Pub Club (IL) .............................. ...... Kurt Schurecht Terry was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran
couldn't win a match. But you have to San Diego Backgammon Club .................. Mike Fujita
Sangamon Valley Backgammon Assn .... Greg Tomlin
and retired truck driver. He loved back-
weather it. You have to play it out.
Winnetka (IL) BG Club .......... ........... Frank Dickerson gammon, attending many regional events
"This is harder than winning a major
Worldwide Backgammon Fed ........ Sami Akirov (UK) every year. Terry's enthusiastic and
weekend event for two reasons. First, you
resouceful play helped to place him 90th
on the KG International Rating List with a
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1658 rating. His last weekend tournament
was 6-7 Nov. at the Louisville Fall Tour-
ney where he won the Consolation.
NEIL KAZAROSS 27.76 Paul Klein 5.84 Howard Markowitz 1.84 Mike Spiropoulos 0.80 We all feel the loss. Terry will be
GARY KAY 24.28 Alex Itkin 5.28 Phil Simborg 1.84 Dan Judd 0.64 missed. We extend our sympathy to Mary,
JOHN DEMIAN 20.24 Dave Cramer 5.12 Tad Wilson 1.84 Mike Cohen 0.64
Richard Stawowy Elaine Kehm
Wade and Wendy.-Harold Branch
JAKE JACOBS 20.24 5.04 1.84 Greg Roland 0.60
DONJAYHAN 20.20 Marcy Sloan 4.80 Tim Serges 1.76 Kurt Schurecht 0.60
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DAVID RUBIN 15.08 Danny DeRoche Graham Sievers 0.48
PHYLLIS SMOLINSKI12.96 Bil l Keefe 3.80 Pim Van Haastert 1.32 Paul Reiner 0.48
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STU KATZ 12.16 Amy Trudeau 3.76 Betsy Miller 1.28 Frank Callea 0.44
PAUL FRIEDMAN 11.92 Peggy Fleming 3.72 Kevin McDonough 1.28 John Meyers 0.40 your move
MARY FRANKS 11.48 Femi Owiku 3.62 Steve Katz 1.24 Mark Murray 0.36
RALPH LEVY 11 .28 Stan Kucharz 3.56 Reggie Porter 1.22 Andy Bittman 0.36 PROBLEM #201
ED BUERGER 10.48 Brigid O'Meara 3.24 Frankie Farjood 1.20 Greg Try 0.32
ALLEN ZIMMERMAN 10.32 Jeff Kane 3.20 Tom Shields 1.12 Harry Hayward 0.32 7 point match. Neil Kazaross (Black)
BILL DAVIS 9.36 Andy Krenitz 3.20 Jim Pappas 1.12 Jay Ward 0.32 leads Howard Ring (White) 5-0.
PAUL FRANKS 9.24 Marty Tatosian 3.16 Dave Rockwell 0.96 Katy Clark 0.32
BLACK ON ROLL. CUBE ACTION(S)?
BOBBIE SHIFRIN 8.96 Bob Ebbeler 3.16 George Barr 0.96 William Frierson 0.32
JOHN BRUSSEL 8.44 Scottie Mitchell 2.80 Peter Bouman 0.96 Bi ll Cox 0.24
Herb Roman 8.08 Dick McCall 2.56 Roland Dieter 0.96 Art Clay 0.24
Deeb Shalati 8.00 Larry Strommen 2.56 Ron Stur 0.96 John Macaluso 0.24
Jolie Rubin 7.96 Jill Ferdinand 2.44 J.A. Miller 0.96 Kevin Muench 0.24
Norma Shyer 7.92 Don Desmond 2.24 Barry Miller 0.88 Andy Argy 0.24
Howard Ring 7.44 Bruce Wittert 2.16 Ray Kershaw 0.88 Dean Muench 0.24
Ken Bond 7.36 John Stryker 2.08 Earl Risch 0.88 Joe Mangine 0.24
Leslie Lockett 7.32 Chuck Olson 1.92 Larry Yakowenko 0.88 Mark Kay 0.24
Sarg Serges 7.20 Don Woods 1.92 Mary Vitale 0.84 Greg Feller 0.20
Peter Kalba 7.12 Jon Vietor 1.92 Jerry Brooks 0.80 Jerry Strzezewski 0.16
V.W. Zimnicki 6.96 Wilcox Snellings 1.92 Joe Koucharian 0.80 Barry Epstein 0.16
Alice Kay 6 04
Winning December Player of the Month honors (5.1 2 points) helped to propel NEIL
KAZAROSS to the 1993 CBPC Championsh ip. Ed Buerger (3. 76) and Sarg Serges (2.80)
finished second and third. See related story above.

January /February 1994 CH ICAGO POINT 66

 Bob had won the tournament, you'd have (a) Your turn is O\'er because you

SHADES OF BRIIJJf been entitled to a large prize. You're

entitled to nothing now. Alan, you lucked
out. In effect, you made a private bet with
picked up a die
(b) You must pl ay a 6-2
(c) You must rero ll the die you lifted
RULINGS CONTEST WINNERS Bob, booking against him. You "sold him prematurely and play the new
by Danny Kleinman short," as anyone who dealt in stock market number plus a 2
shares would say. You get to keep the $200 I won't choose among these interpreta-

T he co-winners of last month's Rulings

Contest are Ed Mas Lansky (Silver
Spring, MD) and Jeremy Bagai ( Philadel-
he wagered. But had he won, you'd be
liable for half the amount of the prize
accruing to Bob's "owner" in the Calcutta.
tions . Instead, because you committed the
infraction, I'll offer the choice to Sally.

phia, PA) who will split the $50 cash prize. 5. (D) However, I'll give 1/2 credit for (B).
Both Ed and Jeremy had four answers in 3. (C) Frank, you are entitled to a 2-in-30 What sort of sportsmanship is this from the
agreement with Danny Kleinman. chance of drawing a buy. To give you this namesake of one of our most distinguished
For the record, entrants had the the chance, I'll draw once from 15 random Supreme Court justices, Hugo? Who cares
greatest difference of opinion with Danny's names including yours. If your name is whether one size is "standard" or not? Use
rulings on #2 and #6. The Chicago Bar drawn, you get a bye. Ed and Dave, you the dice Betty can see most clearly. If you
Point Club only differs with Danny on #3, were awarded byes in a random drawing insist on "rolling for choice of dice," as the
preferring (A).-Ed. where each of you had a 2-in-29 chance. rules permit, of course, I'll allow it. But if
But you were entitled only to a 2-in-30 you use the smaller dice, then in any dis-
chance. You should each therefore receive pute as to what the roll was after either of
1. (B) Tough luck, Vanna. You can't pass
a 29-in-30 chance of keeping your bye. So you has completed a turn, I will presume
by saying "Take": no matter what you
if Frank draws his bye, a 1-in-15 chance, Betty's account to be correct.
claim to "mean" by that. The rules specify
that you must say "Pass" or other words to I'll draw between you to see which of you
keeps the second bye. This gives each of 6. (B) Dick, you confused poor Jane by
the same effect. If you'd said "Drop," for
you a 1-in-30 chance of losing his bye (the putting your cup and dice on the board
exampie, or "I'll give you a point," you
while she was distracted looking at the
would be deemed to have passed. Instead 1-in-15 chance that Frank draws a bye,
score. If you objected to her using your
you chose the one word which most clearly multiplied by the 1-in-2 chance that the
dice, you should have stopped her before
designates a take. Never mind that your other draws the second bye) and thus a 29-
she rolled. But why should you object to
position "was" a pass, or that 90% of all in-30 chance of retaining it.
this anyway if all dice were equally fair
other backgammon players would think it
and random? You don't get a free shot.
so. We've all seen (and made) bad takes. I 4. (D) Whoa, Jim! What business have you
Jane, play your double-6s. ~
rule that you just did so. Of course, Clint touching any die on the playing surface
was entitled to act on that basis, so his good until both have landed? You've broken the
Have you ever been involved in a ques-
roll stands. Next time, abide by the rules . rules. Who knows whether the die still
tionable ruling? Get Danny Kleinman's
spinning might have toppled over, struck
opinion. Write to: Shades of Gray; c/o
2. (C) Carl, you bought 100% of Bob's the other die, and changed its setting from a
CHICAGO POINT; 2726 W. Lunt Avenue;
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Chicago, IL 60645-3039.
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Third, is Das Backgammon Magazin mentioned in the POINT in early 1991)

LETTERS ... still publishing? My envelope (with check regarding premature actions. I'm happy to
[Continued from page 2] enclosed) was returned unopened. say that since it's adoption, I have not had a
Finally, does Toronto have any major single occasion to rule on a premature
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO NEIL or minor backgammon events? Please action. Prior to this, rulings were necessary
AND WALTER supply a contact.-Maurice Barie, at almost every tournament. Has any other
Neil Kazaross is exactly right. In my Ferndale, Ml Director/Association taken this rule on
November reply to Kati Pratt, I did misread Jerry's address is: Macau Industrial Limitada; board?-Michael Crane, Director, BIBA,
the equity charts: my own as well as Roy P.O. Box 182; Macau, Via Hong Kong Lincoln, England
Friedman' s. And my equities are actually Yes, the German language Das Back-
much closer to Bill Robertie's than to Roy's. gammon Magazin is still published four Last month's "Rulings Contest" leads me
Your Problem #199 and Walter Trice's times per year by Harald Johanni. See to ask: Are we not due for an update of
solution of it are very neat. In my view , "Amalgamation" for the particulars. tournament rules that might include stan-
Walter is one of backgammon's greatest For Canadian backgammon contacts, dard solutions to some of these and other
treasures.-Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles, CA refer to this month's "Backgammon Clubs situations that have arisen in the past few
In North America." on pages 5 and 6.-Ed. years?-Woody Woodworth
FOUR PART LETTER
First off, if any generous soul would like to THE RULINGS CONTEST I really enjoyed this contest. All the prob-
The "Rulings Contest" was very interest- lems were very thought-provoking and the
buy me a Backgammon Exclusiv®board
ing. Keep up the great columns. Just as a idea for the feature itself was inspired. Lots
for me, please feel free to do so. [See
matter of interest, Danny. I want you to of fun. Thank's Danny and BilL-Jeremy
"Amalgamation," CHICAGO POINT No. 65.]
Second, where can I write to Hong know that the British Isles Backgammon Bagai, Philadelphia, PA
Kong BG Club President Jerry Godsey? Association has adopted your ruling (first [Continued on page 7]

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Backgammon Club of San Diego Kopper Kettle El Cajon, CA Wednesday 6:30PM Mike Fujita 619/294-2007 P.O. Box 178119; San Diego, CA 92117
San Francisco Backgammon Golden Gate Grill San Francisco, CA Tuesday 7:45PM Doug Adsit 415/931-4600 3200 Fillmore Street; San Francisco, CA 94123
San Francisco Bridge & BG Club Clubroom San Francisco, CA Mon., Wed ., Fri. 9:00PM Augie Hunt 415/776-6949 777 Jones Street; San Francisco, CA 94109
Colorado Backgammon J.L.'s Cheers Denver, CO Tuesday 7:30PM Earl Earp 303/778-11 05 102 W. 4th Avenue; Denver, CO 80223
No. Nevada Backgammon Assn. Rapscallion Seafood House Reno, NV Thursday 7:30PM Jim Allen 702/329-1227 449 W. Plumb Lane; Reno, NV 89509
Pacific NW Backgammon Assn. Shakey's Pizza Bellevue, WA Monday 7:00PM Chuck Breckenridge 206/778-8181 18204 Olympic View Drive; Edmonds, WA 98020
Puget Sound Backgammon Assn. European Connecktion Seattle, WA Tuesday 7:30PM Guy Thurber 206/244-6737 428 SW 127th Street; Seattle, WA 98146

CJ1 ill Bloomington-Normal BG Club Ride The Nine Bloomington, IL 1stl3rd/5th Tues . 6:15PM Lane O'Connor 309/454-1947 108 Riss Drive; Normal, IL 61761
North Club Office Building Chicago, IL Daily except Sun. 12:30 PM Greg Defotis 312/286-6719 4747 W. Peterson Ave. 402; Chicago, IL 60646
Chicago Bar Point Club Golden Flame Chicago, IL Tuesday 6:30PM Bill Davis 312/338-6380 2726 W. Lunt Avenue; Chicago, IL 60645
Chicago Bar Point Club Braxton Seafood Grill Oak Brook, IL Sunday bimonthly 12:30 PM Peter Kalba 312/252-7755 2510 W.lowa Street; Chicago , IL 60622
Pub Club Cricket's Pub & Grill Glendale Hts. , IL Most Sundays 1:30PM V.W. Zimnicki 708/924-8632 P.O. Box 72216; Roselle, IL 60172
Pub Club Fiddler's Restaurant Villa Park, IL Monday 7:30PM V.W. Zimnicki 708/924-8632
Prime BG Club of Chicago TJ's Lounge/Radisson Hotel Lincolnwood, IL Friday 7:00PM Joann Feinstein 708/67 4-0120 8149 Kenton; Skokie, IL 60076
Central Illinois Backgammon Club Chi-Chi's Peoria, IL Thursday 6:30PM Ed Zell 309/673-7622 1920 W. Sherman Avenue ; Peoria, IL 61604
Sangamon Valley BG Assn. Parker's Sports Bar Springfield, IL Tuesday 6:00PM Mark Kaye 217/789-6275 2602 Peoria Road A; Springfield, IL 62702
Sangamon Valley BG Assn. Parker's Sports Bar Springfield, IL 1st Sat.!Nov.-Apr. 11:30AM Mark Kaye 217/789-6275
Winnetka Backgammon Club Winnetka Community House Winnetka, IL Wednesday 7:00PM Trudie Stern 708/446-0537 4200 W. Lake 302C; Glenview, IL 60025
Hoosier Backgammon Club Spats Indianapolis, IN Thursday 7:00PM Butch Meese 317/845-8435 7620 Kilmer Lane; Indianapolis, IN 46256
Flint Area Backgammon Club Ramada Inn Flint, Ml Thursday 7:00PM Carol Joy Cole 810/232-9731 3003 Ridgecliffe Drive; Flint, Ml48532
Plymouth Backgammon Club Box Bar & Grill Plymouth, Ml Wednesday 7:30PM Dean Adami an 313/981-5706 42954 Barchester; Canton, Ml48187
Cavendish North BG Club Clubhouse Southfield, Ml Daily except Sun. 1:00PM Joe Sylvester 810/642-9616 30065 Greenfield Road; Southfield, Ml48076
Minneapolis Backgammon Minneapolis Athletic Club Minneapolis, MN Monday 5:00PM Fred Kalantari 612/339-4971 4701 Valley View Road ; Edina, MN 55424
() Cleveland Area Backgammon Boulevard Sports Tavern Cuyahoga Falls, OH Tuesday, Alt. Sat. 6:30PM lrv Taylor 216/663-7332 P.O. Box 28515; Cleveland, OH 44128
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San Antonio Backgammon Dad's San Antonio, TX Mon., Wed., Fri. 8:00PM Marcel Mommers 512/620-5210 3812 Greenridge Drive; Cibolo, TX 78108
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Milwaukee Backgammon Club Gas Lite North Milwaukee, WI Wednesday 7:00 PM Marv Arnol 414/355-8805 9031 N. 70th Street; Milwaukee, Wl53223
Milwaukee Backgammon Univ. of Wis.-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Occasional Fridays 7:00 PM Bob Holyon 414/672-8359 911 South 11th Street; Milwaukee, Wl53204

College Park Backgammon Club Promenade Cardroom Bethesda, MD 2nd & 4th Sunday 12:00 N Barry Steinberg 301/530-0604 6100 Westchester Pk. Dr. T2; College Park, MD 20740
Cavendish Club of Boston Clubroom Brookline, MA Daily 12:00 N Carl Saldinger 617/734-2230 111 Cypress Street; Brookline, MA 02146
New England Backgammon Club Sheraton Commander Hotel Cambridge, MA Sunday monthly 12:30 PM Seth Towle 617/643-8154 975 Massachusetts Avenue 501; Arlington, MA 02174
New England Backgammon Club Sheraton Commander Hotel Cambridge, MA Monday 7:30PM Seth Towle 617/643-8154
Granite State Backgammon Club Folkway Restaurant Peterborough, NH Occasional Wed. 7:00PM Lincoln Bedell 603/863-4711 South Road; East Lempster, NH 03605
New Jersey Backgammon Assn. Best Western Oritani Hotel Hackensack, NJ Tues. & Fri. 7:45PM Ron Whitney 201/833-2915 279 Glen Court; Teaneck, NJ 07666
Ace Point Backgammon Club Clubroom New York, NY Daily 3:00PM Michael Valentine 212/753-0842 41 E. 60th Street; New York, NY 10022
Backgammon &Chess Express Clubroom New York, NY Daily; Tour. Sun. monthly 1:00PM Nick Rabchenok 212/587-8038 64 Fulton Street 606; New York, NY 10038
Coterie Clubroom New York, NY Daily 1:00PM Louise Goldsmith 212/371-5151 Private club. Telephone for information.
New York Chess &Backgammon Office Building New York, NY Daily, Tour. Sunday 12:00 N Steve Manning 212/302-5874 120 W. 41st Street 3; New York, NY 10036
cr> Ill Saratoga Backgammon Club Spa City Diner Saratoga Springs, NY Tuesday 7:00PM Lee Hoge 518/584-1714 P.O. Box 563; Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Greater New York BG Club Woodbury Ramada Inn Woodbury, NY Friday 8:00PM Dr. Bob Hill 718/341-3779 194-22 115th Road; Jamaica, NY 11412
Cavendish Club of Philadelphia Clubroom Phi ladelphia, PA Daily except Sunday 1:00PM Ken Reiver 215/473-9564 3801 Conshohocken Avenue; Philadelphia, PA 19131
Pittsburgh Backgammon Assn. Murphy's Tap Room Pittsburgh, PA Tuesday 8:30PM Steve Hast 412/823-7500 3560 Ridgewood Road; Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Suncoast Backgammon Assn . New York, New York Lounge Clearwater, FL Mon. &Wed . 7:00PM Drew Giovanis 813/726-1398 25350 U.S. Hwy 19 N. 67; Clearwater, FL 34623
South Florida Backgammon Popfinger's Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sunday 1:00PM Elayne Feinstein 305/785-1282 2621 NE 7th Terrace; Pompano Beach, FL 33064
Backgammon Club of N.W. Florida Olde English Pub Lynn Haven, FL Thursday 7:30PM Rick Bieniak 904/773-2013 P.O. Box 416; Wausau, FL 32463
Orlando Backgammon Coach's Locker Room Orlando, FL Tuesday 7:30PM David Thomas 904/736-2844 P.O. Box 803, Deland, FL 32721
Backgammon Society of Sarasota Crazy Fox Tavern Sarasota, FL Tuesday 7:30PM Cal Kendall 813/486-9119 824 Capri Isle Blvd. 207; Venice, FL 34292
Atlanta Backgammon Tony's Grill &Tap Roswell, GA Wednesday 7:00PM Dave Cardwell 404/682-1969 P.O. Box 956547; Duluth, GA 30136
Backgammon In Louisville Delta Lounge Louisville, KY 2nd &4th Tuesday 6:30PM Quint McTyeire 502/896-9783 4906 Crofton Road; Louisville, KY 40207

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 SHIPWINNERS: Ruben Neumark, Celia Mauas.
LETTERS ... who did what
JUNIOR WINNERS: Osvaldo Tundis, Paula
[Continued from page 4] Estacolchic. BEGINNER WINNERS: Judith
WINNER'S Ohana, Mirna Rigesti. .. CongratulationstoAAB
1994 HOOSIER TOURNEY UPDATE CORNER 1993 Divisional Winners Juan Rosa (Champ)
Scheduling Hoosier Backgammon Club Oct.-Dec. 1993 and Paula Estacolchic (Junior) . Juan (a repeat
tournaments for 1994 took a lot of thought. champion) wins airfare to Nice, France. Paula
Our decisions were partially based on the 1st Israeli Open (Tel Aviv,lsrael; 14-17 Oct.) ...
gets aflight to Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Winner of
repeated comments we've heard, i.e. OPEN (48): 1-G. Karmeli , 2-A. Even, 314-1.
$8000 auto was Andranik Safarian. Leonardo
"There are too many tournaments," and Omrad I G. Sloma; 1C-1. Omrad, 2C-J. Sjolin;
Fernandez Balague won airfare to Europe.
"The Hoosier Club is not large enough to 1LC-S. Kagan. INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-R.
ltskovits, 2-G . Daalgard, 314-H. Avitan I R. Bar Point Sunday Tournament (Oak Brook, IL;
justify having two major events each year." 5 Dec.) ... OPEN (16): 1-Neil Kazaross, 2-Don
We appreciate these comments and also Nisimi; 1C-M. Avishar; 1LC-J. Sabi.
Desmond, 3/4-Paul Franks I Don Jayhan; 1C-
understand some player disappointment Campeonato Argentino 1993 (Buenos Aires, Tim Mabee, 2C-John Stryker. INTERMEDIATE
that there will be no National Labor Day Argentina; Mondays in Nov.) .. . CHAMPION- (11 ): 1-Brigid O'Meara, 2-Arline Levy, 314-
Tournament in 1994. SHIP WINNERS: ClementArazi, Juan Rosa (2), Frankie Farjood I Alice Kay; 1C-Phyllis
In past even-numbered years, World Celia Mauas, Oscar Franco. JUNIOR WIN- Smolinski, 2C-Mark Murray.
Cup tournaments have been scheduled in NERS: Paula Estacolchic (2), Sol Manzione,
Pablo Ferrandini , Osvaldo Tundis. BEGINNER NEBC Sunday Monthly (Cam bridge, MA; 12
early August, most recently in Dallas. This Dec.) ... EXPERT (19): 1-David Wells, 2-Ed
year, Kent Goulding had a scheduling WINNERS: Pablo Fontana, Jorge Fernandez,
Guleserian, 314-Evan Diamond I Garbis
problem during that period due to World Jorge Yudica, Ana Marfa Garayalde, Judith
Zerdelian; 1C-Jay Giuttari, 2C-Ivan Birn. A DIV.
Cup Soccer in Dallas. Kent worked with Ohana.
(12): 1-LarryYeager, 2-Ray Mosher, 314-Andres
us, exploring the possibility of beginning Swedish Open (Stockholm, Sweden (4-7 Corrector I Richard Morehouse; 1C-Grant
World Cup IV on Labor Day. We agreed Nov.) ... CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Kioomars Gibian, 2C-John Smidt. B DIV. (10) : 1-Dylan
with him that having NLD on top of WC Mostafavi (DEN), 2-Mats Carlsson, 3/4-Max Small, 2-Sue Curtis; 1C-Nate Grove, 2C-Nora
IV might cause some players to choose Enqvist I Frederic Wrang; 1C-Jorma Tattari Luna.
between events, possibly hurting the (FIN), 2C-Mika lnkinen (FIN). INTERMEDIATE Holiday Tourney (New York, NY; 18 Dec.) ...
attendance of both. Kent has assured us (36): 1-Per Hildebrand, 2-Uif Gustavsson, 314- OPEN (23): 1-Karen Davis, 2-Ami Tennenbaum,
that staging World Cup Backgammon over Navid Saljoughi I Bernt-Ake Hamsted; 1C- 3/4-Aian Steffen I Alex Radish; 1C-Bob Bieder,
Labor Day is a one-time occurrence which Keyhan Saljoughi, 2C-Johan Mistell. BEGIN- 2C-Masaaki Aoki.
means that the annual NLD tournament NER (22): 1-Anders lvarsson, 2-Eddie
Christmas Tournament (Ascona, Switzerland ;
will return to Indy in 1995. Hasselblad; 1C-Georg Wallin; 1LC-Tommy
27 Dec.) ... INTERMEDIATE (22): 1-Maurizio
The Indiana Open was squeezed out of Rundquist. INTERNATIONAL MATCH: Swe-
Colombi, 2-Reto Arrigoni, 314-Aiberto da PraI
the 1994 Spring schedule by the Midwest den-Denmark 2-3 ... Results reported by Swed-
Marco Moresi; 1C-Andrea Morach , 2C-Pio
Championships, Easter and the Tourna- ish Backgammon Federation Director Ulf Ring.
Domeniconi , 3CI4C-Danilo Frigerio I Flavia
ment of the Americas in Costa Rica. With NEBC Sunday Monthly (Cambridge, MA; 14 Malfanti.!l
the information we had at the time, we Nov.) .. . EXPERT (24): 1-John Mansey, 2-Tom
chose to schedule the 42nd Indiana Open Costigan , 3/4-Andy Latta I David Wells; 1C-Ed
July 29-31 at the Radisson Hotel. Abou-Zeid, 2C-Aibert Steg. A DIV. (11 ): 1-
Hopefully, with the decisions we have Brian Wall, 2-lvan Birn, 314-Richard Morehouse
made, no one will feel that there is a need I Mark Dam ish; 1C-Al ex Perry, 2C-Ernesto Tuesday, 6:30P.M. at Golden

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to fill the weekend void prior World Cup Adrienzen . B DIV. (11 ): 1-Jim Sullivan, 2-Joel BAR
Flame, 6417 W. Higgins Rd. ,
POINT
IV which starts on Labor Day Monday. Bill Johnson; 1C-Nate Grove, 2C-Dan West. CLUB Chicago; 312/792-0424.
Robertie and Kent Goulding have some 2nd International Turkish Championships Bill Davis Sunday Bimonthly, 12:30 P.M.
great things planned for WC IV including (Istanbul, Turkey; 24-28 Nov.) ... CHAMPION- 312/338-6380 at Braxton Seafood Grill, 3
the addition of an Advanced division. Hope SHIP (58 + 6 buy-backs): 1-Gordon Cross Peter Kalba Oakbrook Center Mall, Oak
to see you in Indianapolis and Daiias.- 312/631-8350 Brook; 708/57 4-2155.
(GER), 2-Paul Magriel (USA); 314-Arie Seller
Butch and Mary Ann Meese, HBC Directors, (ISR) I A. Havens (RSA); 1C-G. Menasherov PUB CLUB: Tournaments Monday, 7:30 P.M. at Fiddler's,
Indianapolis, IN 345 W. North Ave., Villa Park. Chouette play most Sundays,
(ISR), 2C-Peter J. Thomsen (DEN), 3CI4C- 1:00 P.M. at Cricket's Pub & Grill, 602 W. North Ave.,
Ismet Demirel (TUR) I Matthias Pauen (GER); Glendale Hts. V. W. Zimnicki (708/924-8632.)
DO ICELAND MEMBERS COMPLAIN 1LC-Kioomars Mostafivi (DEN), 2LC-FrankTal- SANGAMON VALlEY BG ASSN: Tournaments Tuesday,
ABOUT 'COLD DICE'? 6:00P.M. at Parker's Sports Bar, 2801 Peoria Road, Spring-
bot (USA); Ladies Prize: Antoinette Williams.
In Iceland, there are no backgammon field. Randy Armstrong (217/528-0117).
INTERMEDIATE (22): 1-Svilen Todorov (BUL)
publications and only recently I organized BlOOMINGTON-NORMAl BG ClUB: Tourn. 1st/3rd/5th
2-Gitte Dalgaard (DEN), 314-N . Kitt (GER) IT Tuesday, 6:15 P.M. at Ride The Nine, 503 N. Prospect,
20 players to form the first backgammon Omrad (ISR); 1C-M . Eskinazi (TUR), 2C-Wally Bloomington. Lane O'Connor (309/454-1947).
club in the country. We're now thinking Wolf (USA) , 3CI4C-Yavuz Eren (TUR) I David WINNETKA BG CLUB: Tournaments Wednesday, 7:00P.M.
about subscribing to a good BG newsletter Ben-David (ISR); 1LC-H. Kharratian (GER) at 620 Lincoln, Winnetka. Trudie Stern (708/446-0537).
and yours had been mentioned to me. Could Ladies Prize: Gitte Dalgaard ... Director CENTRAL Ill. BG CLUB: Tourn. Thurs., 6:30 P.M. at Chi-
you please send me a sample issue?- Chi's, 4415 N. Rockwood, Peoria. Ed Zell (309/673-7622).
Abraham Eitan (NL) reports that Championship
Johannes Jonsson, Reykjavik, Iceland PRIME BG CLUB OF CHICAGO: Tourn. Friday, 7:00P.M. at
winner Cross received a guaranteed $30,000 TJ's Lounge, RadissonHotel, 4500 W. Touhy, Lincolnwood.
Here's the January issue, Johannes. Be money prize-fantastic equity. Joann Feinstein (708/674-0120) .
sure to thaw it in the microwave at low Campeonato Argentino 1993 (Buenos Aires NORTH ClUB: Daily side play except Sunday at 4747 W.
Peterson (402), Chicago. Greg Defotis (312/286-6719).
power for 30 seconds.-Ed. !l Argentina; Mondays in Dec.) ... CHAMPION

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 since Black is short on builders for the 4-
last month 's position
point, locking it up now is even more
AMALGAMATION
PROBLEM #200 important. Yes, Black will need a lot of
SOLVED justification to make any play other than Chicago's Bobbie Shifrin hit yet another
by Kit Woolsey 24/21, 13/4. poker machine Royal Flush at the recent
How important is it to build an ad- Nevada State Champs .. . Arnold Zousmer
Match to 9 points. Black leads White, 4 vanced anchor here? It's certainly nice, but (CA) and his wife spent New Year's Eve at
to 3. BLACK TO PLAY 3-3. it's not vital. Black's back checkers are not the hottest ticket in the world: Barbra
fully blocked. White's bar point is open, Streisand at the new MGM Grand Hotel in
and she's not favored to close it soon. This Las Vegas. Who were the other backgammon
means that Black is in no great danger of players in the audience? .. . Jack Butler
losing a priming battle and going broke. does more than direct the Houston Back-
After 24/21, 13/4 he will have two addi - gammon Club. Last month he competed in
tional checkers on the midpoint to play a Senior Men's softball tournament at the
with, as well as the checker he brings to the Houston Astrodome and collected two hits.
21-point. This should give him all the time Not bad for a man 72 years young ... A
he needs to eventually extricate the other great feature of European Backgammon
back men. News is the "Places To Play" listing of
In addition, the suggested play starts to current backgammon clubs in Europe.
Write for subscription information to:
make an advanced anchor. Now that Black
Martin de Bruin, Editor; Paseo Maritimo
has made his own 4-point, White hits loose
Garrigues 78; 04630 Garrucha (Almeria);
on her 4-point at her own risk. More reason
Spain ... Thanks to Games magazine
to play 24/21 , 13/4.
associate editor Mark Danna for including
B lack has rolled a great number--one
which at first glance looks like it plays
automatically. There are two things Black
If White owned the bar point, then there
might be a good case for getting everybody
off the 24-point. If Black didn't take this
our Midwest Championships in the "1994
Game & Puzzle Events Calendar" (Feb.
1994 issue) ... Congratulations to Claudio
wants to do: cover the blot on the 4-point opportunity to get them out now, he might Salamone. The Argentina director is now
and get his back men moving. The 3-3 roll not have a second chance. In the actual internationally-recognized by the Worldwide
allows him to do both with 24/21, 13/4. But position, with the enemy bar point open, Backgammon Fed .... Harald Johanni
what about defense? Should Black instead moving from the 24-point is not critical. reports that Dec. 1993 is the last issue of
concentrate more on something like 24/ "Offense before defense when possible" is Das Backgammon Magazin. But don't
18(2) or 24/21(3), 13/10? a sound backgammon theme, as is accom- despair. Harald will premiere Backgammon
Making the 4-point is huge. It builds plishing the goal which is most difficult to Magazin including a new logo in March
the fifth part of a full prime, makes the next accomplish and most important to do 1994. For details on the German language
inner board point, and covers a blot that quickly. 24/21, 13/4 follows all these publication, write: Harald at Hochstr. 7, W-
Black dearly wants to protect. In addition, principles. ~ 8500 Niirnberg 80, Germany.~

"Let the Good Times Roll." Be a Snake-Charmer.

16th Annual Pittsburgh Winter
Backgammon Championships
February18-20,1994
Pittsburgh Greentree Marriott Hotel

• 1993 ABT Awards ceremony Pittsburgh

• Lower base main entry fees Marriott
Greentree
• Optional Side Pools
$61/night
• "Missing Person Reward" !double or single I 18-20 March 1994
• Master & Amateur Jackpot Make your To request an
invitation, call: Chicago Marriott Oak Brook Hotel
• Quick Buck Blitz Tourney reservations
by Feb.11
Oak Brook, Illinois
• MicroBiitz & Fast Break Steve Hast
• ABT and KG-rated event
800/525·5902 (412) 823-7500 lt(i l ~fffAGO
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CLUB
Phone for an invitation:
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Amsterdam (Holland) Amsterdam Hilton 20-23 January 1994

Crans* (Switzerland) Hotel du Golf 31 Jan.-6 Feb. 1994
Paris (France) Hotel Lutetia 10-13 February 1994

*Crans, one of the best skiing locales in the world, is only a one hour train
Recognized by the
ride from the Geneva Airport.
Organize your trip include all three destinations: Amsterdam to
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Geneva to Paris. The dates make it easy to accept this "Triple." For
WORLDWIDE
more details , see "Mark Your Calendar" on page 2.
BACKGAMMON FEDERATION
Thanks for coming. Have a nice TripleTrip and Lucky New Year 1994. '-&b'
-Alberto da Pra, President, WBF on the GOLDEN CIRCUIT 1994

Memories made here.

BACKGAMMON
OURNAMENT
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Recognized by the
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April 27-May 1, 1994
BACKGAMMON FEDERATION
V1!r::b"
on the GOLDEN CIRCUIT 1994 Cariari Hotel ~Casino, San jose, Costa Rica
COSTA RICAN fEATURING ••• Nature exploration from white wa-
BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION • Confirmed seminars by Neil Kazaross ter rivers to the tops of volcanoes.
Mario Madrigal , President and joe Sylvester. Fiestas with food and drink, music
and dancing.
ADMINISTRATION • Three Flight Tourney-three divisions.
Bill Davis, Director. Featuring Carol High Stakes El Cariari and the new INVITATIONS AVAILABLE BY fEB. 1ST FROM:

Joy Cole, Peter Kalba, Dru Heggen Limited El Cariari. Peter Kalba (IL) 312/271-8877
and ACB members. Doubles, Blitz, Pinata Jackpots. Mario Madrigal (CR) 506/40-84-95

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 THIRD DUTCH OPEN
BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIP
Dear Backgammon Friend, ENTRY FEES
Ifyou did not have the oppor- AMSTERDAM
CHAMPIONSHIP hfl. 750,-
tunity to participate in our very INTERMEDIATE hfl. 400,-
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Dutch Open Championships, we 100% return of all entlyfees.
are proud to make you an offer Championship registration fee-hfl. 150,-
you will find hard to refuse: AMSTERDAM Intermediate registration fee-hf1. 80,-
Beginner registration fee-hfl. 70,-
Tbe Third Dutch Open Cham-
pionship guarantees first place
prize money of 50, 000 Dutch HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Guilders to the winner without SPECIAL RATES FOR
any restrictions. TOURNAMENT PLAYERS:
This prize will make the Third Single or double hfl. 150,- per night
Dutch Open Championship one (Normally hfl. 395, -)

ofthe tournaments with the big- Please send or fax your reservation in-
cluding your name and address, elate of
gest money prize in the world/
arrival, room type (single or double) and
Tbe tournament will be held credit card information to:
attheAmsterdamHilton, agreat Amsterdam Hilton, Apollolaan 138
hotel with superb facilities, 1077 BG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
which will ensure you a pleas- Telephone: 31-20-678 07 80
ant stay in Amsterdam. Fax: 31-20-662 66 88

Hoping to have the honor of

welcoming you, we send our FOR MORE INFORMATION
very best regards, Abraham Eitan, Director
2e Weteringdwarsstraat 4311
Abraham Eitan, Director 1017 ST Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rob Zurel, Honorary Chairman Telephone: 31-20-625 47 75

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday,20January Mini-Jackpots continue Sunday 23January
15.00 Registration opens 19.00 Registration closes 13.00 Start of Last Chance
15.30 Mini-Jackpots open 20.00 Welcoming cocktail & 14.00 Start of Finals
19.00 Registration closes reception 16.00 Team tournament
20.00 Start of Warm-up 21.00 Public Draw (hfl. 300,- per team)
Added prize: hfl. 3.000,- 21.30 Start of Tournament 20 .00 Award Ceremony &
Farewell cocktail
Friday, 21 January Saturday,22January
13.00 Registration opens 13.00 Tournament continues A Ladies Tournament will be held
Warm-up tournament & 16.00 Start Super Jackpot with an added prize of hfl. 2.000,-