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3rd French Riviera Challenge Tournament

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Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a truly delightful south of France coastal resort. It sits just beyond Villefranche-sur-Mer and is only a short taxi, train or tram ride from Nice airport. David Niven had his summer villa there and if you have a spare €49 million you can purchase it, as it is currently on the market.

For the period 12th-16th June one could have been forgiven for thinking it was part of the United Kingdom as the great and the merely good of the UK backgammon scene descended en masse for the 3rd French Riviera Backgammon Challenge.

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Key Positions of the World Team Championships

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Martin Barkwill has written elsewhere about our recent trip to Trier to play in the World Team Championships. I have written this article to provide the analysis of some of the key positions and hopefully you will find them instructive.

As a reminder our team was:

  • Gaz Owen
  • Raj Jansari
  • Jon Barnes
  • Chris Bray
  • Oliver Squire
  • Lawrence Powell
  • Martin Barkwill (non-playing captain)

Let us start with the most crucial position of all. This roll of the dice effectively decided the gold and silver medal positions.

Position 1

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UK vs Germany Friendly

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At the end of February, the UK took on Germany in a friendly match. There were twelve players on each team. This was the UK team: Gaz Owen, Oliver Squire, Rick Janowski, Chris Bray, Aref Alipour, Julian Fetterlein, Sebastian Wilkinson, Tim Cross, Jon Barnes, Lawrence Powell, Charles Hill and Steve Bibby. Chris Rogers was the non-playing captain with overall UK captain, Martin Barkwill, providing assistance.

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UK vs USA – The Magriel Cup

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Back at the start of August the UK took on the USA in an online backgammon match. There were twelve players on each team and four different formats were used over three days of very competitive play.  However, before we look at the 2020 match, we need to use a Tardis to step back forty-seven years to 1973 to find the origins of the match

The 1973 Match

In October 1973 the Clermont Club in London’s West End hosted a match between the UK and the USA. [Read more…]

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