10 difficult backgammon problems given in the lecture at the 2nd Merit Open International Backgammon Championship. Players are given 20 min for 10 problems in the beginning of the seminar, then we went through all problems with guest speakers. You can download the handout from the link below. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2owxi7pleqewzaf/Mochy%27s%2010%20backgammon%20problems.pdf?dl=0 102 players took the quiz and probably lot more audience in total. The highest score was 7 (scored by a guest speaker Franck Stepler and nine audience), Average score was 4.47. Can you do better?

1. @ 2nd Merit Open
Backgammon
championship 2014

2. 20min for 10 problems.
Positions are money game with
jacoby rule.
Write your answer (A,B,C) in the
answer sheet and submit to the
desk.
Don’t discuss with friends nor
bots!

3. <Audience>
1st : 150euro
2nd : 50 euro
<Guest Speakers>
1st: 100euro
<Best of all>
+ 100euro!

4. Franck Akiko Sabri
(France) (Japan) (Turkey)

5. Bob Wachtel
(USA)
Juergen Orlowski
(Germany)
photo of Akiko taken by Annick
Hasdenteufel

6. Falafel Arda Findikoglu Marco Fornasir

7. A, 22/16 8/5
B, 13/7 8/5
C, 13/4

9. A, Bar/24 13/11
B, Bar/23 24/23
C, Bar/23 6/5

11. A, 13/9 13/8
B, 13/9 6/1*
C, 8/3 7/3

13. A, Bar/24 9/3*
B, Bar/18

15. A, 20/14 8/3
B, 13/7 8/3
C, 8/3 8/2

17. A, 22/21 13/9
B, 9/5 6/5
C, 6/2*2/1

19. A, 20/17 20/15
B, 20/15 4/1
C, 9/6 9/4

21. A, No double / Take
B, Double / Take
C, Double / Pass

23. A, 24/23 8/5*
B, 14/13 8/5*
C, 8/5* 5/4

25. A, 21/16 13/8 6/1(2)
B, 21/11 13/8(2)
C, 13/3(2)

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