CasinoRip Backgammon Champion

Lawrence Powell has been crowned champion of the 2009 CasinoRip Bristol Open backgammon tournament. He beat runner-up Martin Barkwill in a tense final on the evening of Sunday, August 30.

Attendees at this year’s successful event included Japanese World Champion Masayuki ‘Mochy’ Mochizuki, who also gave a seminar on backgammon strategy, and other giants of the game Katja Spillum Svendsen (2002 European Champion), Philip Vischjager (2006 World Champion), and former Danish number one Mikael Jensen. The consolation competition was won by Denmark’s Michael Sorensen, while Pia Jeppesen, also of Denmark, won the ‘last chance’ event. A total of 100 players competed in the three separate competitive flights, including 39 players from overseas.

“It was a fantastic event, one of the most successful Bristol Opens we have hosted,” commented Tournament Director Ian Tarr. “With six Brits in the final eight it was good to see the home contingent do well, and many congratulations to Lawrence and Martin, who have both been here several times before and were justly rewarded for their persistence!”

New Backgammon World Champion

Backgammon got its latest World Champion after a tough competition in Monte Carlo sponsored by online gambling site CasinoRip.com.

Japan’s Masayuki ‘Mochy’ Mochizuki defeated reigning champ Lars Trabolt of Denmark in the final over the weekend to become the first Japanese backgammon champion.

The week-long 34th Annual Monte Carlo World Championship was held at the five-star Fairmont Hotel and featured 173 of the world’s finest backgammon players competing for a share of a Euro 200,000 prize pool.

The thirty-year-old Japanese master beat Trabolt 25 to 20 in Sunday’s final to collect the winner’s cheque for Euro 62,280.

CasinoRip Backgammon Tournament

CasinoRip backgammon tournament ran from May 30 to May 31 at Doggett’s Coat and Badge at Blackfriars Bridge in Southwark. Some 100 players battled for the title of London Open Champion for 2009.

German talent Uli Koch captured the title as he recorded yet another stunning victory to add to his ever-growing list of wins. Koch outplayed Julian Fetterlein in a very tense final game.

Tournament saw players from Asia to Eastern Europe and the United States.

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