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Team UK miss out in Montenegro

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Tim Cross writes: 
I approached the World Team Championship 2019 in Montenegro with excitement and dreams of the UK winning the last major competition in which I would be UK Captain. We had an incredibly strong squad Chris Rogers, Eric McAlpine, Gaz Owen, Jon Barnes, Lawrence Powell, Raj Jansari and Sebastian Wilkinson. We were also buoyed by the support of Simon Hopper, Rosey Bensley, John Broomfield , David Broomfield, Holly Jansari, Julian Minwalla and Richard Biddle.
Team UK face Japan in their opening match

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The West Yorkshire Open 2019 – a review

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Backgammon players are accustomed to the best laid plans going awry. So on a dark March evening, despite accidents on most of the motorways and a dead train at Doncaster, there was still a good turnout for the opener to our Tour season – although your author only made the draw with seconds to spare. I need to get fitter to run up stairs! 44 players kicked off the West Yorkshire Open for the Friday night freeroll, named in honour of Paul Gilbertson.

A teaser. I’m Black, 0-1, but I can’t remember the match length. What’s the correct cube action in a 3pt, 5pt, 7pt match?
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