BACKPACKER BACKGAMMON BOARDS
LIVE IN LONDON
A WEEKEND OF LIVE BACKGAMMON
Fri 8th - Sun 10th November 2002
report - swiss tournament




The Swiss Tournament was at 12.00 o'clock on Saturday.
We had 29 Players.

Round 1 pairings & results
 wins  (winner in bold)  wins
 1 Netmusen v Tom  0
 1 Gipsen v Mazda  0
 1 Chris v Stan  0
 1 BigDave v Grant  0
 1 MMM v Reza  0
 1 Uldis v Beste  0
 1 John B v Jessica  0
 1 Yelrats v Bedstefar  0
 1 Ian H v Dan  0
 1 Brian v Al Hogg  0
 1 Alef v Emmeline  0
 1 Andy K v David N  0
 1 Sue K v Dod  0
 1 Jo v Stephanie   0 
 1 Michael v Bye  
 

After Round 1 finger food and free beer were made available to Players. 

Round 2 pairings & results
wins  (winner in bold) wins
2 John B v Ian H 1
2 Netmusen v Yelrats 1
2 Andy K v BigDave 1
2 Jo v Chris 1
2 Sue K v Gipsen 1
2 Alef v MMM 1
2 Brian v Uldis 1
2 Michael v Grant 0
1 Dod v Mazda 0
1 Reza v Emmeline 0
1 Al H v Beste 0
1 Dan v Bedstefar 0
1 David N v Tom 0
1 Stan v Stephanie 0
1 Jessica v Bye  

BigDave withdrew after this Round

After Round 2 Players went up river to see the Lord Mayor's Fireworks Display

Round 3 pairings & results
wins  (winner in bold) wins
3 Andy K v Brian 2
3 John B v Michael 2
3 Alef v Sue K 2
3 Jo v Netmusen 2
2 Uldis v Jessica 1
2 Dod v David N 1
2 Al H  v Dan 1
2 Ian H v Chris 1
2 Gipsen v Reza 1
2 Yelrats v MMM 1
2 Stan v Beste 0
1 Tom v Mazda 0
1 Grant v Bedstefar 0
1 Stephanie v Emmeline 0
Reza, Stephanie and Emmeline withdrew after this Round

Matches were now happening in the B-g Room, The Bar and The Pub.

Round 4 pairings & results
wins   (winner in bold) wins
4 John B v Andy K 3
4 Alef v Jo 3
3 Netmusen v Michael 2
3 Ian H v Gipsen 2
3 Dod v Brian 2
3 Sue K v Al H 2
3 Stan v Yelrats 2
2 Tom v Uldis 2
2 David N v Grant 1
2 Chris v Dan 1
2 MMM v Jessica 1
1 Bedstefar v Mazda 0
1 Beste v Bye  
 

Now we only had 2 Players who had not lost.

Round 5 pairings & results
 wins  (winner in bold)  wins
 5 Alef v John B  4
 

Alef won the Swiss Tournament, the Swiss Trophy, 
5 points in the Champ 'o' Champs Tournament 
and (his choice) copies of Backgammon Today.

Final Standings
 Name Wins
Alef 5
John B 4
Andy K 3
Jo 3
Netmusen 3
Dod 3
Sue K 3
Stan 3
Ian H 3
Michael 2
Gipsen 2
Brian 2
Yelrats 2
Uldis 2
Tom 2
David N 2
Al H 2
Chris 2
MMM 2
Stephanie 1(w/d)
Reza 1 (w/d)
Big Dave 1 (w/d)
Grant 1
Bedstefar 1
Dan 1
Jessica 1
Beste 1
Emmeline 0 (w/d)
Mazda 0
 

Mazda (last years Winner) had played in all rounds and lost all - 
He wins a bag of marbles !



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