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Giants of Backgammon Invitational Tournament

Posted By: Rory
Date: Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 11:43 p.m.

For those of you that haven't heard...Yamin and I are hosting the 1st Giants of Backgammon Invitational Tournament in conjuntion with the 31st Chicago Open May 26-30. We have now have 16 of the top 32 Giants confirmed. Though it is possible that we will lose one or two I will have alternates in place should that happen. The tournament format is single elimination with each round being a best two out of three matches. All matches will be clocked and recorded.

The list of confirmed attendees...

Giant #1 Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki – Japan

Giant #2 Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon - Israel

Giant #3 Neil Kazaross - USA

Giant #7 Stick - USA

Giant #9 Michihito "Michy" Kageyama - Japan

Giant #11 John O'Hagan - USA

Giant #13 Kit Woolsey - USA

Giant #15 Matt Cohn-Geier - USA

Giant #16 Ray Fogerlund - USA

Giant #18 Ed O'Laughlin - USA

Giant #19 Jake Jacobs - USA/Singapore

Giant #21 Richard Munitz - USA

Giant #25 Paul Weaver - USA

Giant #28 Petko Kostadinov - Bulgaria/USA

Giant #29 Bob Koca - USA

Giant #30 Joe Russell - USA

If anyone is interested in attending the 31st Chicago Open please visit the website www.chicagoopenbg.com for more info.

Messages In This Thread

• Giants of Backgammon Invitational Tournament
  Rory -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 11:43 p.m.
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