Backgammon Club Leuven

You want to win one of these cups? — Try to get them in the Leuven Open!

Tournament format

Intermediate level Entry fee: 10 euro + registration 7 rounds of 5-point matches pairings via Swiss system

Advanced level Entry fee: 150 euro + registration 7 rounds of 7-point matches pairings via Swiss system clock: 12 min/match + 12 sec/move (Bronstein) Optional quarter entries Entry fee: 35 euro per person for the first 5 quarter entries, 37.50 euro afterwards Four players play semi-finals and a final (5-point or 7-point matches). The winner gets a 150 euro entry ticket for the Advanced level.

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Participants

Number of seats left at 5 euro registration fee: 0
Afterwards: 10 euro

Intermediate level 21 participants Adi, Kenneth Booten, Kris Boyen, Steriu Dascalu, Daniel De Amici Gordana Delaroy, Nadia Falise, Barna Fazakas, François, Annick Hasdenteufel, Archil Katamadze, Gerhard Koops, Dirk Laureyssens, Christof Nuyttens, Karen Pieters, Henri Pollet, Isabelle Segers, Alex Siccard, Marc Van Haverbeke, Eric Verdonck, Eric Wauters

Advanced level 16 participants Ed Baars, Patrick Dewilde, Paul van Dijke, Rogier van Gemert, Susan van der Heijden, Michel Lamote, Walter Meuwis, Luc Palmans, Dan Pascu, Nardy Pillards, Paulus van Rooijen, Fakhri Salasi, A. Soltani, Marc Steyvers, Geert Van der Stricht, Toon Van Herreweghen

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Registration

First 35 players	5 euro
Others	10 euro

The registration fee includes a welcome coffee/tea and cake, a sandwich lunch, and an after-dinner coffee/tea.

How to register: by E-mail to BGLeuven [at] gmail.com
Contact: Johan Segers, +32 494 294460

It is recommended but not required to register in advance.

Birthday specials

The club's 5th anniversary	The first 5 quarter entries are at 35 euro per person only
JS's 35th anniversary	The first 35 people to register pay 5 euro only

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Schedule

9h	tournament desk opens
10h45	registration closes
11h	playing starts
23h	prize ceremony

lunch + dinner breaks

Optional quarter entries: Friday 13 November 20h or Saturday 14 November 9h30.

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Venue

University Pool & Snooker
Naamsesteenweg 253
B-3001 LEUVEN
Belgium
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No smoking in the playing room.

How to get there

By train

Railway station Leuven. Then bus number 2 direction "Heverlee Campus Arenberg", stop at "Heverlee station".

Timetables: NMBS/SNCB

By car

About 25 km to the east of Brussels, at the intersection of the E314 and the E40 highways.

From	Distance (according to Google Maps)
Aachen	121 km
Amsterdam	220 km
Antwerpen	63 km
Bonn	209 km
Brussels	25 km
Düsseldorf	180 km
Eindhoven	108 km
Gent	86 km
Hasselt	60 km
's Hertogenbosch	165 km
Köln	196 km
Liège	72 km
Luxembourg	202 km
Paris	328 km
Rotterdam	160 km

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Accommodation

Leuven is a great place to spend to weekend with its beautiful historic centre boosting one of the oldest universities in Europe, a famous city hall, and a beginage recognised by the UNESCO as a world heritage site. Pubs and restaurants abound in the neighbourhood around the Oude Markt and the Grote Markt. Shops are concentrated on the Bondgenotenlaan and the Dieststestraat.

• Youth Hostel
• Bed-and-breakfasts
• Hotels

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