Giants of Backgammon Analysis

Since 1993, every two years Giants of Backgammon has been determined by voting of players who participated in international tournaments in Masters category. Giants of Backgammon 2013 voting will continue until December 31. Since there is no objective measuring criteria for backgammon performance in the long run, this voting is important for the backgammon community.

To be able to vote myself, I did an analysis comparing 2013 and 2013 tournament success with 2011 Giants listing. I am publishing summary results of this analysis below. I wish you vote for Giants of Backgammon 2013 and use this information in your own voting. If you like to see the complete analysis you can also download the Excel file of the analysis.

Most striking features of this analysis is that

• . three Turkish players are in top 32 of tournament performance,
• . there are 26 giants with 0 tournament points (see the end of the list), and
• . considering the tournaments of last two years, there are low performing giants among top 32.

I will carefully consider this information before giving my vote. Especially I will consider removing non-active and low performing players from Giants 2011 and put active and high performers in the new list. I had made my 2011 Giants vote similarly.

Youn can simply vote by e-mail. For this, you have to determine your list of 32 players (you should give yourself as the 2nd player) and click Yamin Yamin to fill the form and send your vote by e-mail. You can look at the list of players below or consult hard copy voting document published on Giants of Backgammon page.

Sabri Büyüksoy

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