The UK Backgammon Federation
I have now completed my sweep of opinion from the world’s BG community and I print those thoughts and analysis here. The great and the good are here, as well as the grassroots, and most of these comments are fresh and hitherto unseen, but one or two have also appeared in the comments section of my UKBGF blog.
A vision for the next 50 years
By Will Cockerell
The Backgammon World Championships [BGWC] should be the jewel in the crown of backgammon matchplay, with five key ideals:
We savoured not a vintage, but still very entertaining, Final in which Mario Kuhl aimed to cement his reputation as one the game’s great achievers, and had already claimed the High-roller event here, versus challenger and 1994 winner, Frank Frigo, above.
After his tough loss to Askenazi in the main, Chris Rogers had the dubious honour of facing up to him again in the quarter-finals of the 2nd Chance after Victor’s loss to Frigo. They had another fantastic battle, and this 4 cube by Victor is an absolute beauty, truly world class and one that only a very small percentage of us would find.
To be sure this was a day of pure drama, and we’ll start at the top with the Ashkenazi-Rogers semi final. Short of sleep and rest, Chris played the match in slugger mode with PR a secondary consideration, which at times rose to alarming levels. But he ground out a way to a 13-10 lead, and found a position that we all dream about. The facts are simple, VA has to get these men around in 5 rolls – if Chris misses all his doubles. Gammons are at 92%.
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