Match Report for Albert Steg (American Backgammon Tour)
Member of WBGF
Albert learned to play backgammon in the 70’s as a teen at Lake Geneva Country Club in Wisconsin, enjoying social money games from an early age. Arriving in Boston in the early 90’s, he became a regular at New England backgammon Club NEBC tournaments at the Sheraton Commander and long summertime Harvard Square chouettes in a milieu that included a young David Wells. After a hiatus from the game in the early 2000’s, he returned to competitive play and the NEBC, becoming one of the organizers of the club after the passing of local ‘propmeister’ Herb Gurland. Despite all of this competitive pay, Albert only undertook careful study of the game and began venturing into the wider tournament scene outside Boston in 2015, where he has become a familiar face at the NY Metro, San Antonio, and Cyprus tournaments, among others.
Albert has contributed three well-received articles on “3rd-Roll Complexes’ to the USBGF PrimeTime Backgammon, as well as a treatise on opening replies, all with accompanying FilemakerGo! quizzing apps for the iPad, available on the NEBC website, which he maintains. An avid collector of vintage backgammon equipment and memorabilia, he has drawn attention to the beauty of vintage bakelite checkers and cubes by presenting a gallery of them on the site, as well as digital scans of backgammon-related articles and magazines.
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▼ Tournaments
Final date | Club | Name | Event | Rank | WR points |
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2023-11-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Connecticut State Championships 2023 | Championship - Main | 17 | 13.5367 |
2023-11-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Connecticut State Championships 2023 | Championship - Consolation | 14 | 5.2325 |
2023-11-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Connecticut State Championships 2023 | Championship - Last Chance | 23 | 1.9188 |
2023-11-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Connecticut State Championships 2023 | Super Jackpot - Main | 7 | 8.7851 |
2023-10-08 | American Backgammon Tour | 5th Denver Open Backgammon Tournament 2023 | Championship - Main | 9 | 23.6215 |
2023-10-08 | American Backgammon Tour | 5th Denver Open Backgammon Tournament 2023 | Championship - Consolation | 7 | 9.5799 |
2023-02-12 | American Backgammon Tour | 10th Texas Backgammon Championships 2023 | Championship - Main | 70 | 9.2630 |
2023-02-12 | American Backgammon Tour | 10th Texas Backgammon Championships 2023 | Championship - Consolation | 28 | 5.2739 |
2023-02-12 | American Backgammon Tour | 10th Texas Backgammon Championships 2023 | Championship - Last Chance | 25 | 3.0489 |
2023-02-12 | American Backgammon Tour | 10th Texas Backgammon Championships 2023 | Super Jackpot 2 | 7 | 14.3118 |
2023-01-08 | American Backgammon Tour | 16th New York Metropolitan Open - 2023 | Super Jackpot 2 | 17 | 5.2174 |
2022-11-13 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2022 | Championship - Main | 29 | 35.3983 |
2022-11-13 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2022 | Championship - Last Chance | 257 | 0.8394 |
2022-11-13 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2022 | Super Jackpot 2 | 17 | 5.1538 |
2022-05-30 | American Backgammon Tour | 40th Chciago Open | Championship - Main | 9 | 28.5565 |
2022-05-30 | American Backgammon Tour | 40th Chciago Open | Super Jackpot - Main | 7 | 6.0393 |
2022-02-13 | American Backgammon Tour | 9th Texas Backgammon Championships 2022 | Championship - Main | 33 | 6.8088 |
2022-02-13 | American Backgammon Tour | 9th Texas Backgammon Championships 2022 | Championship - Consolation | 5 | 7.5026 |
2022-02-13 | American Backgammon Tour | 9th Texas Backgammon Championships 2022 | Championship - Last Chance | 5 | 3.8579 |
2022-02-13 | American Backgammon Tour | 9th Texas Backgammon Championships 2022 | Super Jackpot - Main | 17 | 3.1546 |
2022-01-09 | American Backgammon Tour | 15th New York Metropolitan Open 2022 | Championship - Main | 9 | 14.2166 |
2022-01-09 | American Backgammon Tour | 15th New York Metropolitan Open 2022 | Championship - Consolation | 3 | 10.9122 |
2022-01-09 | American Backgammon Tour | 15th New York Metropolitan Open 2022 | Super Jackpot - Main | 9 | 4.3244 |
2021-10-10 | American Backgammon Tour | Sunny Florida Backgammon Championship 2021 | Championship - Main | 5 | 10.3751 |
2021-10-10 | American Backgammon Tour | Sunny Florida Backgammon Championship 2021 | Championship - Consolation | 5 | 3.0645 |
2021-10-10 | American Backgammon Tour | Sunny Florida Backgammon Championship 2021 | Championship - Last Chance | 9 | 1.0410 |
2021-10-10 | American Backgammon Tour | Sunny Florida Backgammon Championship 2021 | Super Jackpot 2 | 5 | 4.6805 |
2020-02-16 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2020 | Championship - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-16 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2020 | Championship - Consolation | 17 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-16 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2020 | Championship - Last Chance | 9 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-16 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2020 | Super Jackpot - Main | 5 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-02 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Championship 2020 | Championship - Main | 33 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-02 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Championship 2020 | Championship - Consolation | 40 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-02 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Championship 2020 | Championship - Last Chance | 43 | 0.0000 |
2020-02-02 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Championship 2020 | Super Jackpot - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2020-01-12 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metro 2020 | Championship - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2020-01-12 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metro 2020 | Championship - Consolation | 17 | 0.0000 |
2020-01-12 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metro 2020 | Championship - Last Chance | 5 | 0.0000 |
2019-11-10 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2019 | Championship - Main | 9 | 0.0000 |
2019-05-27 | American Backgammon Tour | Chicago Open 2019 | Championship - Main | 26 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-17 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2019 | Championship - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-17 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2019 | Championship - Consolation | 9 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-17 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2019 | Championship - Last Chance | 5 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-17 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2019 | Super Jackpot - Main | 9 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Backgammon Championships | Championship - Main | 3 | 0.0000 |
2019-02-05 | American Backgammon Tour | Texas Backgammon Championships | Super Jackpot - Main | 9 | 0.0000 |
2019-01-13 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metropolitan Backgammon Open (12th, 2019) | Championship - Main | 69 | 0.0000 |
2019-01-13 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metropolitan Backgammon Open (12th, 2019) | Championship - Consolation | 62 | 0.0000 |
2019-01-13 | American Backgammon Tour | New York Metropolitan Backgammon Open (12th, 2019) | Championship - Last Chance | 33 | 0.0000 |
2018-11-04 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2018 | Championship - Main | 194 | 0.0000 |
2018-11-04 | WBF | TRNC Merit Open 2018 | Championship - Last Chance | 17 | 0.0000 |
2018-04-15 | American Backgammon Tour | 2018 U.S. Open (Vegas) | Championship - Main | 33 | 0.0000 |
2018-04-15 | American Backgammon Tour | 2018 U.S. Open (Vegas) | Championship - Consolation | 61 | 0.0000 |
2018-04-15 | American Backgammon Tour | 2018 U.S. Open (Vegas) | Championship - Last Chance | 9 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-25 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2018 | Championship - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-25 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2018 | Championship - Consolation | 23 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-25 | American Backgammon Tour | Boston Open 2018 | Championship - Last Chance | 22 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-04 | American Backgammon Tour | 6th Texas Backgammon Championships | Championship - Main | 17 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-04 | American Backgammon Tour | 6th Texas Backgammon Championships | Championship - Consolation | 17 | 0.0000 |
2018-02-04 | American Backgammon Tour | 6th Texas Backgammon Championships | Championship - Last Chance | 29 | 0.0000 |
2018-01-14 | American Backgammon Tour | 11th New York Metropolitan Open | Championship - Main | 9 | 0.0000 |
2018-01-14 | American Backgammon Tour | 11th New York Metropolitan Open | Championship - Consolation | 17 | 0.0000 |
2018-01-14 | American Backgammon Tour | 11th New York Metropolitan Open | Championship - Last Chance | 33 | 0.0000 |