Hangon Klassikko ti-to 18.-20.7.!

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Online sm-kisat 2023! Matalan kynnyksen Backgammonia Ruusussa Helsingin Sörnäisissä ja koko vuoden kestävä nettiturnaus SBG Heroes CUP 2023! Tsekkaa kaikki kauden turnaukset Turnaukset / Tournaments 2023– välilehden alta!

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Klassikko: Hangon Casino

Tiistai – torstai 18.-20.7.2023

kisakutsu: Klassikko 2023

Ilmoittautuneet pelaajat:

  1. Simo Huovinen
  2. Kari Grönberg
  3. Seija Rauhala
  4. Tomas Hietanen
  5. Janne Kaipainen
  6. Jyrki Kauppinen

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48. Backgammon Finnish Open 2023: Hotel VALO, Helsinki

Saturday – Sunday 13.-14.5.2023 (+ warm-up Friday 12.5.)

invitation: Backgammon Finnish Open 2023

Results:

Warm-up (17):

  1. Christian Skjæran (DEN)
  2. Pia Jeppesen (DEN)

Business (18):

  1. Mario Kühl (GER)
  2. Geir Pedersen (NOR)
  3. / 4. Pia Jeppesen (DEN) & Matti Tienari

Business Last Chance (14):

  1. Kari Grönberg
  2. Christian Skjæran (DEN)

Economy (9):

  1. Rami Uurainen
  2. Timo Mattila

Economy Last Chance (7):

  1. Matias Hovi
  2. Neil Smith

Learn to Fly (6):

  1. Marjut Heikkilä
  2. Laura Håkansson

Speedgammon re-buy (16):

  1. Pia Jeppesen (DEN)
  2. Katja Svendsen (NOR)

DMP re-buy (16):

  1. Kimon Papachristopoulos (GER)
  2. Janne Kaipainen

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Suomen Backgammon ry:n hallitus on 24.4.2022 päättänyt evätä venäläisten ja valko-venäläisten pelaajien pääsyn kaikkiin yhdistyksen tapahtumiin ja turnauksiin toistaiseksi. Syy on Venäjän aloittama sota Ukrainaa vastaan.

24.4.2022 The board of Finnish Backgammon Association (FBA) has decided to ban Russian and Belarussian players from participation in all FBA events for the foreseeable future in response of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Chairman Simo Huovinen sent this letter to the Russian backgammon federation:

I’m sorry to inform you that Finnish Backgammon Association (FBA) has decided to ban Russian (and Belarussian) backgammon players from participation in all events and tournaments of FBA for the foreseeable future in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The decision was by no means ethically simple, and I myself used to think that the ban shouldn’t be extended to individuals, who are not directly representing their nation, like backgammon players. However my view has gradually changed as Russian war crimes in Ukraine are unfolding. The war is a national thing. It is a difficult question whether the citizens are responsible for the atrocities of their state, but in my opinion they are not entirely free of responsibility.

The aim of the ban is to make a statement to Russians that things are not as they are told by their government. Life can’t go on as it used to do. Ukrainian civilians are being forcefully transported, jailed, tortured, raped and murdered by Russian soldiers.

The wide array of international sanctions towards Russia will affect the innocent too, but the sanctions are still necessary for stopping the war. I view the ban in the same way. Furthermore the ban is mainly a symbolic one, as all public transports between Russia and Finland are halted due to sanctions anyway.

I apologize to everyone who is opposing the war and Putin and are suffering from the oppression in Russia…

I sincerely hope that good relations between Russia and Finland and its citizens will be restored in the future and we can enjoy the game together again.”

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Suomen Backgammon ry. hallitus vuonna 2023:

  • Simo Huovinen: puheenjohtaja
  • Antti Virtanen: varapuheenjohtaja, tarpeistovastaava, videointi
  • Daniel Dobrin: rahastonhoitaja
  • Tapio Palmroth: jäsen

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