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Grandmaster Webmaster Jacob "Stick" Rice

Posted By: Rick Janowski
Date: Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 3:11 p.m.

In Response To: Grandmaster Webmaster Jacob "Stick" Rice (Bob Koca)

Interesting question! Maybe 10-15 years ago there would have been more "active" players to fill these slots, before many very talented players left backgammon for other pursuits. If play levels generally increase with time then at some point in the future we will see our first Super Grandmaster (Class 3) with average PR of 2.5 or less over the required experience threshold. At that point, there may be 10 or more Class 1 Grandmasters.

Previously, before the launch of BMAB, there were very arguments to make PR 5.0 the threshold level for Grandmaster, to make it more consistent with chess, where there an inordinately large number of grandmasters. Ultimately and sensibly in my view, this approach was rejected in favour of the much tougher target of PR 4.0, already set by the Mochy club.

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  Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 9:15 a.m.
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    Casper Van der Tak -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 9:31 a.m.
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      Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 9:54 a.m.
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        Casper Van der Tak -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 11:40 a.m.
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        Florin Popa -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 1:47 p.m.
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          Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 2:42 p.m.
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            Florin Popa -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 3:29 p.m.
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              Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 4:27 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 2:34 p.m.
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          Rick Janowski -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 3:11 p.m.
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    Terje Pedersen -- Saturday, 19 March 2016, at 12:42 p.m.
  • Let's Get Stick's Name Right
    Paul Weaver -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 2:58 p.m.
    • Strange Weaver!
      Rick Janowski -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 4:00 p.m.
    • Let's Get Stick's Name Right
      Stick -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 9:03 p.m.
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        Taper_Mike -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 5:05 a.m.
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          Stick -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 4:40 p.m.
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    Kevin Finch -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 6:11 p.m.
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    MishyPoo -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 8:12 p.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 8:18 p.m.
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    Phil simborg -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 9:31 p.m.
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      Casper Van der Tak -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 9:43 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Sunday, 20 March 2016, at 9:39 p.m.
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      Seth -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 1:39 a.m.
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    Florin Popa -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 2:43 p.m.
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      Rick Janowski -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 6:21 p.m.
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    Keene -- Monday, 21 March 2016, at 3:56 p.m.