CHICAGO BAR POINT BACKGAMMON CLUB
Est. 1983, we are the best-attended backgammon club in America.
Playing Tuesday nights and Bimonthly at a great location:
5650 West Touhy Avenue • Niles, Illinois
Good food, $1 beer, and a friendly wait-staff.
Friendly rivals Phil Simborg (L) & Carter Mattig battle in the 14 May BPC Masters quarterfinals as our server Rachelle looks on. Mattig went on to win the tourney.
First-Timers Play FREE On Tuesdays
Anyone who has never played at a Bar Point Club
backgammon tournament and lives within a 30 mile
radius of the club will receive a FREE ENTRY into
the tournament with a chance to share in the prizes.
Arrive as late as 7:00pm to enter. Click for details.
NOTE: The Brick House is a very popular establishment. A major Tuesday
night sporting event will require us to shift our tournament to Monday night.
Likewise, Sunday events might have to reschedule for the following Sunday.
Always check this website before attending.
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB WEEKLY RESULTS
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2013 BPC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Compiled through Tuesday, 21 May 2013
1st–6th play on Challenge Cup. 1st–20th earn solid silver dollar mementos.
| # | NAME | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Presser | 15.36 |
| 2 | Steve Klesker | 11.20 |
| 3 | Phil Simborg | 9.40 |
| 4 | Herb Roman | 9.28 |
| 5 | Rory Pascar | 9.20 |
| 6 | Joann Feinstein | 8.64 |
| 7 | Paul Baraz | 8.48 |
| 8 | Carter Mattig | 8.40 |
| 9 | David Rockwell | 8.00 |
| 10 | Bill Bartholomay | 7.28 |
| 11 | Serge Bondar | 7.12 |
| 12 | Larry Goldstein | 6.96 |
| 13 | Jerry Brooks | 6.76 |
| 14 | Alex Owen | 6.52 |
| 15 | Linda Rockwell | 6.44 |
| 16 | Greg DeFotis | 6.24 |
| 17 | Leslie Lockett | 5.36 |
| 18 | Tak Morioka | 5.36 |
| 19 | Bill Keefe | 5.16 |
| 20 | Wayne Wiest | 5.00 |
| 21 | Mike Sutton | 4.88 |
| 22 | Lucky Nelson | 4.48 |
| 23 | Bill Davis | 4.32 |
| 24 | David Nosik | 4.04 |
| 25 | Larry Morris | 3.92 |
| 26 | Guseyn Aliyev | 3.68 |
| 27 | DuJuan Meekins | 3.44 |
| 28 | Christopher Shanava | 3.20 |
| 29 | Ken Meng | 3.12 |
| 30 | Tim Mabee | 3.12 |
| 31 | Georgina Flanagan | 3.04 |
| 32 | Steve Blanchard | 2.88 |
| # | NAME | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Ray Fogerlund | 2.64 |
| 34 | Mike Minkovski | 2.64 |
| 35 | Cinda King | 2.52 |
| 36 | Efim Liberman | 2.08 |
| 37 | Neil Kazaross | 1.92 |
| 38 | Bob Steen | 1.92 |
| 39 | Paul Turdik | 1.92 |
| 40 | Dan Weymouth | 1.68 |
| 41 | Amy Trudeau | 1.68 |
| 42 | Nora Luna Righter | 1.36 |
| 43 | Sargon Benjamin | 1.36 |
| 44 | Mark King | 1.28 |
| 45 | Carol Joy Cole | 1.28 |
| 46 | Val Zimnicki | 1.04 |
| 47 | Phil Loeb | 0.96 |
| 48 | Tad Wilson | 0.96 |
| 49 | Hugh Morris | 0.96 |
| 50 | Brandon Clark | 0.84 |
| 51 | Eric Hiner | 0.80 |
| 52 | Oleg Raygorodsky | 0.72 |
| 53 | Richard Stawowy | 0.72 |
| 54 | Matt Cohn-Geier | 0.72 |
| 55 | Neil Banoff | 0.64 |
| 56 | Mike Wolock | 0.56 |
| 57 | Richard Pearlman | 0.56 |
| 58 | Harry Glinos | 0.49 |
| 59 | Ed Ziesche | 0.40 |
| 60 | Jay Robinson | 0.40 |
| 61 | Vlad Eydelman | 0.40 |
| 62 | Galia Miloucheva | 0.32 |
| 63 | Tim Carroll | 0.24 |
April Player of the Month: DAVID PRESSER–4.56 points
2nd-Lucky Nelson–4.00, 3rd-Rory Pascar–3.84
BPC TUESDAY NIGHT FORMAT at The Brick House
NOTE: The Brick House is a very popular establishment. A major Tuesday night sporting event will require us to shift our tournament to Monday night. Likewise, Sunday events might have to reschedule for a Saturday or the following Sunday. Always check this website before attending.
Master's Tourney: $25 entry fee* with optional $10 side pool. 16-player limit. Advanced registration required.
Drawing for byes at 5:30pm. Entries close at 6:00pm or when sold out.
Single elimination. 9-point matches with a Master Point factor of 1.5.
Open Tourney: $15 entry fee* with optional $10 side pool. 32-player limit.
Drawing for byes at 6:30pm. Arrive as late as 7:00pm to enter.
Two matches guaranteed. Main Flight–5 & 7 point matches. Consolation–5 point matches.
*Both entry fees include non-transferable $5 food and/or drink credit.
For more information, contact Bill Davis by email, or call (773) 583-6464.
BPC UPCOMING EVENTS AT BRICK HOUSE NILES UNLESS NOTED
Sunday, 2 June: BPC Bimonthly Backgammon • 12:00 noon
Sunday, 4 August: BPC Bimonthly Backgammon • 12:00 noon
Saturday, 12 October: BPC Bimonthly BG at Bar Louie, Holiday Inn Oakbrook Terrace • 12:00 noon
Saturday, 9 November: 2nd Kalba Cup at Bar Louie, Holiday Inn Oakbrook Terrace • 12:00 noon
Saturday, 7 December: BPC Bimonthly Backgammon • 12:00 noon
Bimonthly Open: $40 entry fee* with $10 optional side pool. Two matches guaranteed.
7 and 9-point matches in the Open Main. 5 point matches in the Consolation.
Bimonthly Intermediate: $20 entry fee*. Format based on number of entries.
Minimum two matches guaranteed.
*Both entry fees include non-transferable $5 food and/or drink credit.
For more information, contact Bill Davis by email, or call (773) 583-6464.
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB 1000-TO-1 CLUB
Membership requires 10 or more wins in a row in BPC competition.
Byes & splits are "no action." Achievements are in chronological order.
14 or more wins are in red. + Denotes the streak is presently active.
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 01/02/13 | David Rockwell | 15 |
| 11/06/12 | Rory Pascar | 12 |
| 10/16/12 | Dan Smith | 10 |
| 06/19/12 | Greg DeFotis | 10 |
| 11/01/11 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 08/02/11 | Lucky Nelson | 10 |
| 10/05/10 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 11/03/09 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 09/15/09 | Matt Cohn-Geier | 18 |
| 06/09/09 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 03/03/09 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 12/23/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 07/22/08 | Lucky Nelson | 14 |
| 07/01/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 05/20/08 | Bill Davis | 14 |
| 01/29/08 | Nora Luna Righter | 11 |
| 11/09/07 | Gary Kay | 10 |
| 09/04/07 | David Rockwell | 13 |
| 08/07/07 | Alex Owen | 11 |
| 08/15/06 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 12/20/05 | Herb Roman | 12 |
| 02/15/05 | Bill Davis | 13 |
| 08/03/04 | Linda Rockwell | 10 |
| 12/30/03 | Georgina Flanagan | 10 |
| 12/02/03 | Gary Kay | 20 |
| 09/09/03 | Gary Kay | 17 |
| 02/18/03 | Alice Kay | 10 |
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 09/10/02 | Bob Zavoral | 11 |
| 08/20/02 | Ed Buerger | 12 |
| 05/14/02 | Richard Lloyd | 10 |
| 10/16/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 08/07/01 | Tim Mabee | 10 |
| 06/26/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 05/22/01 | Jake Jacobs | 12 |
| 04/03/01 | Bob Zavoral | 14 |
| 03/20/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 11 |
| 01/23/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 12 |
| 12/14/99 | Don Jayhan | 10 |
| 03/17/98 | Tak Morioka | 12 |
| 02/01/98 | Steve Mellen | 12 |
| 01/27/98 | Laila Leonhardt | 10 |
| 01/06/98 | Phyllis Smolinski | 10 |
| 05/06/97 | Phil Simborg | 12 |
| 01/07/97 | Wendy Kaplan | 10 |
| 12/23/96 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 11/05/96 | Andy Krenitz | 12 |
| 08/11/96 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 12/12/95 | Neil Kazaross | 11 |
| 09/19/95 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 05/09/95 | Harry Cohn | 11 |
| 04/25/95 | Frankie Farjood | 11 |
| 04/05/94 | Phil Simborg | 11 |
| 02/08/94 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 02/01/94 | David Rubin | 11 |
