Dates: 12th - 13th of September

Entry: 190 € + 10€ registration, 100€ sidepool.

Format: 9x7p (truncated round robin), Win & Skill scoring. 

Location: This time we are located centrally in Oslo City Center: Oslo Schakselskap, Bogstadveien 30, Oslo, Norway. Nearest hotel: Thon Hotel Gyldenløve (2 min. walk)

Invitation only: If you are a BMAB grandmaster (or clearly hold that level) and interested, contact Marianne Husum (marianne.husum@online.no) as soon as possible. 

About: Oslo Grandmaster challenge was introduced last year. We managed to gather a strong field of 22 grandmasters. The tournament is a nonprofit tournament and based on volunteers in the Oslo backgammon community. The aim is to gather a number of the best players in Europe to compete in a PR based format. It would not be possible without our sponsors: BMAB, Heroes - Backgammon Studio, Norwegian backgammon federation and Oslo backgammon club. 

Prize distribution: Top 4 wins prizes with the distribution 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%. As the final standing is not ready before all matches are analyzed, the prizes will be paid out after the tournament is ended. There is an additional sidepool of 100€ on the W&S results. This will be divided 70% to winner and 30% for second best. 

Rules:

The WBGF rules will be used. As this is a BMAB we will use legal moves option. Dice on checker is not valid

Draw will be digital using software by Norwegian backgammon federation (www.nbgf.no). If recording of a match fails completely each player gets 0.5 W&S points.

All matches are played with clocks and will be video recorded.

All matches count for all players in the BMAB system.

Scoring is based on Win & Skill format: (1 point for winning the match. PR winner gets 0.5 + PR_difference/2 points, limited to 1. PR loser gets 0.5-PR_difference/2 points, limited to 0).

Recording and transcription:

There will be a technical team that handles cameras, transfers the videos to a google drive and finally to youtube. The same google drive will be used to save the match transcriptions (xg-files) before they are finally sent to BMAB. 

If you have your own recording equipment we encourage you to bring it. 

We will have a streaming table where we hope to transcribe live. 

Players are expected to transcribe 4–5 of their own matches. If you prefer not to transcribe your matches, you must opt-out during registration for an additional €50 fee so the technical team can handle it.

Schedule

Saturday, 12th September

• 11:00 – Registration

• 12:00 – Round 1

• 13:30 – Round 2

• 15:00 – Round 3

• 16:30 – Round 4

• Dinner Break

• 19:00 – Round 5

• 20:30 – Round 6

Sunday, 13th September

• 11:00 – Round 7

• 12:30 – Round 8

• 14:00 – Round 9

We will have some snacks, fruit etc at the venue. For drinks, coffee and water is available. If you want to bring something else to drink or eat, please do so. 

The tournament is for invitations only. Good behavior is a requirement.