BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY

Tournament Results

On August 12th, in Oakland, the tournament winners were:

Beginners section — 8 players
Main  1st   —   Eric Barr
  2nd   —   Chris Clark
  3rd   —   Comet
 
Intermediate section — 8 players
Main  1/2   —   Devin Skoll* (split)
  1/2   —   Ed Rosenblum (split)
Cons  1st   —   Mark Antranikian*
 
Open section — 9 players
Main  1st   —   Sam Ahmed*
  2nd   —   Elliott Winslow*
Cons  1st   —   Bob Stringer*

* denotes BGBB members

Congratulations to you all!



Paul Ferguson previewed an in-development GNU-backgammon application for the Macintosh, based on the free-source GNU neural-network backgammon code. Think Snowie for the Mac and you're on the right track. No release date has been set, but the initial work is very impressive.



Upcoming BGBB dates are:

SEP 09
Sunday
TGI Friday's
450 Water Street
Oakland
$15/40/80 entry fees (+ $5 for non-members)
Single-elimination with consolation
Blitzes from noon
Registration closes 12:50PM
Tourney play begins at 1:00PM
OCT 14
Sunday
TGI Friday's
450 Water Street
Oakland
$15/40/80 entry fees (+ $5 for non-members)
Single-elimination with consolation
Blitzes from noon
Registration closes 12:50PM
Tourney play begins at 1:00PM

Keep on rollin' well,

Beth Skillman
Richard McIntosh

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