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UKBGF Rankings System Under Construction

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Bristol Backgammon Open 2006

As work continues with the initial setting up of the UKBGF, one of the major considerations is to build a credible ranking system. I have taken on responsibility for this task, and it’s certainly something for me to get my teeth into.

There are a few methodologies we can use, and a decision will be taken on this quite soon, after taking on board advice from our well established counterparts in the USA and Denmark, to name but two.

Setting this up physically on the website is a little too technical for me, but luckily we have the necessary expertise on hand to achieve this.
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Grosvenor Tour Dates Announced

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Grosvenor Victoria Casino

In addition to the Brighton qualifier already announced to take place on Saturday 18th January, two further dates have been confirmed for qualifiers at the London Victoria casino: Saturday 22nd February (see Facebook event) and Saturday 31st May. See the UK Open Qualifiers page for the full Grosvenor Tour which will be updated as qualifier dates are confirmed.

For the Qualifiers in Brighton and London registration will open at 11am. Players are advised to arrive by 11.30am as registration will close at 11.45am, followed by the draw, with play starting at noon.

Mr Michi’s Mysterious Move’s Magnitude

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Missing piece puzzle

Backgammon sometimes seems like a giant jigsaw puzzle: there are multiple pieces of seemingly unrelated information but, very rarely, we find a way to join the pieces together and the big picture becomes clearer.

The First Piece…

Suppose you are four points behind in a long match. If you have to win four games at one point to equal the score, the chance of this happening is 1/16. If each game is worth two points you only need to win two games and your chance is one quarter. If each game is worth four points your chance is a half. This is to show what may be obvious to some – that the trailer wants each game to be worth more points.
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