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Prime Time Backgammon- July/August

Posted By: Perry Gartner
Date: Friday, 3 August 2012, at 10:39 p.m.

Battle of the Giants

In the July-August 2012 issue of PrimeTime Backgammon, http://usbgf.org/download-ptbg/ Marty Storer, USBGF Feature Editor for Annotated Matches, analyzes ten positions that challenged even the #1 and #2 ranked Giants—Falafel and Mochy—as they met in an early round of the Tournament of Champions at the Chicago Open in May. In his article “Bigger Than a Bread Box”, Jake Jacobs shares the history of the Giants list, what qualifies a player to vote, and how Jake makes his choices. Steve Sax chronicles the LA Open, where Las Vegas and Monte Carlo Tournament Director Howard Markowitz won twelve straight matches to capture the Super-40 Jackpot and the LA Open. Paul Weaver shares six difficult positions from his semi-finals London Open match with Carlo Melzi of Milan.

Don’t miss a chance to go toe-to-toe with some of the best U.S. players by competing in the Qualifiers for the International Backgammon Championship http://usbgf.org/usbgf-events/usbgf-ibc-playoff/ —and take a shot at representing the U.S. in this Olympic-level competition.

We encourage tournament players at every level to check out their ratings and stats on the complete USBGF Player Standings http://usbgf.org/member-ratings/ list, and the updated Leader Board http://usbgf.org/member-ratings/usbgf-leader-board/ prepared by Barry Silliman, USBGF Rankings Editor, with ABT rankings as of July 1, 2012, and USBGF Elo ratings for Open, Advanced, and Novice divisions based on ABT/USBGF tournament play since 2009.

If you’re not yet a member of USBGF, or your membership has expired, sign up now and join the fun. You’ll enhance your playing experience—and enjoy this 40-page action-packed issue.

Perry Gartner,

President, USBGF