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Major tournament attendance 1998-2008 From:   Daniel Murphy Address:   racgammon@yahoo.com Date:   25 July 2008 Subject:   Tourney Attendance Forum:   BGonline Championship Flight Participation at Selected Active International and ABT Tournaments. Arranged by championship flight attendance at the latest tournament. Where Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Eur World Ch'ship, Monte Carlo 220 231 267 ??? 281 271 276 238 212 218 199 Eur PGT Riviera&Nations Cup (WSOB) -- -- -- -- -- 42 109 77 99 117 155 Eur Nordic Open (WSOB) 118 107 99 106 92 91 87 61 64 81 154 UK UK Masters (WSOB) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 123 ??? USA ABT Michigan 83 89 82 84 81 86 92 86 89 91 94 UK BIBA Bright'n'Breezy -- -- -- -- -- -- 110 91 91 ??? 90 USA ABT Las Vegas Open 108 123 164 117 119 121 101 84 92 81 upcoming Eur PGT Cannes -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 32 81 UK BIBA British Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 79 Eur PGT Divonne Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 71 upcoming Eur PGT Paris Open & Masters -- -- 104 ??? 102 64 49 36 32 68 71 Eur WBA-EBGT French Open -- -- -- -- -- 90 78 81 80 67 upcoming USA ABT NY Metropolitan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67 USA ABT Midwest 64 64 64 60 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 USA ABT Los Angeles 29 29 36 29 45 37 50 32 60 62 62 USA ABT Nevada State 93 98 111 93 74 92 -- 54 64 68 61 Eur PGT Eden -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 USA ABT Pittsburgh 52 58 64 64 84 64 64 78 78 76 56 Eur PGT Lyon -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 48 53 Eur WBA-EBGT Venice 74 89 105 82 74 34 39 16 42 54 upcoming Eur PGT Saint Amand-les-Eaux -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53 USA ABT California State 40 50 40 46 45 47 62 60 53 53 upcoming USA ABT Wisconsin State -- -- -- -- -- 39 31 32 37 51 upcoming Eur WBA-EBGT Portuguese Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ??? 49 50 Aus Queensland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47 USA ABT Carolina -- -- -- 22 19 22 31 48 53 52 45 USA ABT Illinois State ??? 22 21 38 29 25 32 25 30 45 upcoming USA ABT Florida State 28 20 38 25 41 45 43 36 37 45 upcoming Asia Thailand ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 44 ??? ??? ??? -- Eur PGT Forges Partouche -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 USA ABT Chicago 56 49 52 46 54 41 54 37 42 -- 37 USA ABT Colorado State -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 upcoming USA ABT Southeast (GA) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 30 Eur WBF European Championship ??? ??? 56 62 72 64 46 30 34 36 35 Eur WBF Austrian Open ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 39 35 upcoming Asia Japan Open ??? 32 ??? 38 ??? ??? ??? 16 53 ??? upcoming Eur WBF Mitteleuropa (Nova Gorica) ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 40 31 30 ??? upcoming USA ABT Thousand Islands (NY) 32 32 19 30 24 26 31 29 33 29 upcoming Eur PGT Partouche Tour Grand Finale -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 USA Backgammon on Board 18 -- 23 -- -- 16 -- 22 -- 28 upcoming USA ABT Ohio State -- 8 15 11 25 31 34 28 23 32 27 Eur WBA-EBGT European Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 ??? 27 upcoming Eur WBF Nice Casino Ruhl -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25 postponed Eur SBgF Swedish Open 57 69 64 61 61 64 48 37 37 22 upcoming Eur WSOB Shootout Finale -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 USA ABT Minnesota State 21 16 22 20 30 30 27 20 20 14 upcoming USA ABT American Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 upcoming USA ABT Mid-Atlantic (MD) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW Eur WBA-EBGT Georgian Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ??? upcoming Eur PGT Aix-en-Provence Cup -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW Eur WBF Balkan (Macedonia) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW USA ABT World Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 Source: mostly http://chicagopoint.com. "--" means there was no tournament that year, afaik. "???" means if there was a tournament there the attendance figures aren't handy. Figures generally count people and don't include rebuys. Tournaments change names and sponsors; it's a bit confusing. The names and sponsors above should be current. Left out: Irish Open, Finnish Open, German Open, Oslo Open and many other European tournaments (mostly Danish and British) that may attract some international players, but not many. Also left out: tournaments that have died -- at least 35 tournaments have ceased in the last 10 years, including ABT's Indiana and the Pro-Am doubles which have been replaced, I think, by the "American Doubles" and the "World Doubles." Tournaments in Abu Dhabi, Boston, Bucharest, Istanbul, Mallorca, Maryland, Moscow, New York, Prague and Texas have come and gone. R.I.P.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Tournaments

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Baffle box to roll dice  (Ken Bame, Mar 2012) 

Calcutta auctions  (David Moeser, Nov 2001) 

Calcutta auctions  (Roland Scheicher+, Dec 1998) 

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Calcutta problems  (Marty Storer, Dec 2002) 

Clock ethics  (Patrick Gibson+, Mar 2009) 

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Clock rules--How do they work?  (Gregg Cattanach, Oct 2002) 

Clock rules--Illegal move  (Brendan Burgess+, Feb 2000) 

Clock rules--Why forfeit instead of penalty points?  (neilkaz, Sept 2010) 

Clocks and older players  (Stick+, July 2010) 

Clocks--Arguments against them  (Timothy Chow, Jan 2011) 

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Clocks--Losing on time  (Jason Lee+, Mar 2004) 

Clocks--Pros and cons  (Michael Strato+, Jan 2004) 

Clocks--Should they be part of the game?  (Kit Woolsey, June 1995) 

Clocks--Why use them  (Stick, Jan 2011) 

Compensating for byes  (Hank Youngerman+, Dec 1998) 

Factors that affect attendance  (Stick, Oct 2009) 

"Fighter's bracket"  (Chuck Bower+, Sept 2010) 

First backgammon tournament  (Mislav Radica+, May 2007) 

First backgammon tournament  (Ed Collins+, Dec 2006) 

Hedging  (Jason Lee+, Apr 2009) 

Hedging  (Marv Porten+, Feb 2009) 

Hedging  (Tad Bright+, Jan 2003) 

Hitting clock instead of rolling  (Bob Glass+, Mar 2010) 

Keeping score during a match  (Gregg Cattanach, June 2007) 

Links to tournament rules  (Daniel Murphy, Oct 2009) 

Major tournament attendance 1998-2008  (Daniel Murphy, July 2008) 

Making notes during play  (Randy Pals+, Aug 2008) 

Manually recording a match  (Kevin P+, Apr 2007) 

Manually recording a match  (gammonus+, Feb 2006) 

Manually recording a match  (Daniel Murphy, Aug 1999) 

New U.S. Rules  (Gregg Cattanach+, Dec 2007) 

Newbie questions  (Donald Kahn, Oct 1999) 

Playing at Monte Carlo  (Achim, July 2007) 

Playing-off 3 remaining players  (Gregg Cattanach+, Apr 2007) 

Recording matches  (Robert Maier, May 2009) 

Recording matches  (Chuck Bower+, Sept 2003) 

Recording matches  (Sean Dakin+, Aug 1999) 

Round robins  (Hank Youngerman, Nov 2001) 

Rules for doubles play (with a partner)  (steve+, May 2012) 

Seeding  (Roland Scheicher+, Dec 1998) 

Skill level  (Kirk J. Rupnik+, Nov 1998) 

Skill levels  (Leonardo Jerkovic, Aug 2012) 

"Stop pots"  (Chuck Bower+, Sept 2010) 

Swiss format  (Osman Guner+, May 2001) 

Swiss format  (Osman Guner, Oct 1998) 

Swiss format  (Hank Youngerman+, Mar 1998) 

Tournament formats  (MikeMadMonk+, May 2003) 

Tournament rules  (Daniel Murphy, Apr 2001) 

Tournament rules links  (Daniel Murphy, Oct 2009) 

Types of events  (Daniel Murphy, Nov 1997) 

Uniform rules and procedures?  (Michael Crane+, Mar 2003) 

Variable side pools  (Art Grater+, July 2011) 

Vegas trip report (fall 2004)  (Gregg Cattanach, Nov 2004) 

Vegas trip report (spring 2005)  (Gregg Cattanach, May 2005) 

Videotaping matches  (André Nicoulin+, Nov 2000) 

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What is a "side pool"?  (Daniel Murphy, Nov 1997) 

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