Match Report for Dirk Schiemann (WBGF)

Dirk Schiemann

Member of WBGF

Born in Dinslaken, Germany in 1970 Dirk Schiemann started to play backgammon tournaments at the age of 19.
While studying mathematics at the University of Dortmund he began traveling to international tournaments and became a professional backgammon player in the mid-nineties.
He won his first international tournament in Rio de Janeiro in 1996
Between 1999 and 2005 Dirk was among the top ten Giants of Backgammon being nr. 3 Giant in 2003.
In 2004 he quit backgammon, moved to Costa Rica and became a professional poker player.

After quitting as a professional games player in 2012 and moving back to Germany, he started studying backgammon and traveling to tournaments again in 2017. In 2018 he became World Team Champion with Germany and won the Bahamas Invitational. In 2019 he won the Porta Nigra Invitational in Trier and in 2020 the UBC Contender tournament.
In 2021 he published the groundbreaking work “The Theory of Backgammon”. He was voted nr. 6 Giant in 2023.

Dirk gives private backgammon lessons and can also be found playing online on Backgammon Galaxy and on Backgammon Studio Heroes where he won the invitational tournament “Best of the Best” three times in a row from 2021 to 2023.

Additional player info
Nationality: Germany
BMAB Title:Grandmaster G0
Heroes nickname:
Galaxy nickname:

No match results recorded.

▼ Tournaments

Final dateClubNameEventRankWR points
2023-08-27WBF4th Skopje Open Backgammon ChampionshipChampionship - Main2923.3050
2023-08-27WBF4th Skopje Open Backgammon ChampionshipChampionship - Last Chance651.4119
2023-08-23WBFWBGF Team Championship Skopje 2023Championship - Main9617.6850
2023-07-30Backgammon GalaxyBackgammon World Championship 2023Championship - Main8116.9825
2023-07-30Backgammon GalaxyBackgammon World Championship 2023Championship - Last Chance652.0858
2023-07-30Backgammon GalaxyBackgammon World Championship 2023Super Jackpot 2179.6238
2023-05-29Backgammon Deutschland15. International German ChampionshipChampionship - Main585.0656
2023-04-02WBF2023 Merit Open Montenegro Grand PrixChampionship - Main1732.5457
2023-04-02WBF2023 Merit Open Montenegro Grand PrixChampionship - Last Chance173.5257
2023-04-02WBF2023 Merit Open Montenegro Grand PrixSuper Jackpot 2315.2106
2023-03-12WBF1st Loutraki Grand PrixChampionship - Main660.5049
2023-03-12WBF1st Loutraki Grand PrixSuper Jackpot - Main254.9492
2022-08-28Backgammon Deutschland10. Lions-CupChampionship - Main337.4778
2022-08-28Backgammon Deutschland10. Lions-CupChampionship - Consolation173.6703
2022-08-28Backgammon Deutschland10. Lions-CupChampionship - Last Chance55.1184
2022-08-28Backgammon Deutschland10. Lions-CupSuper Jackpot - Main218.8226
2022-06-19FFBG1 st Beaulieu International ChallengeChampionship - Main1714.3971
2022-06-19FFBG1 st Beaulieu International ChallengeChampionship - Last Chance171.5567
2022-06-19FFBG1 st Beaulieu International ChallengeSuper Jackpot - Main58.8239
2022-06-06Backgammon Deutschland14. International German ChampionshipChampionship - Main928.4627
2022-04-10CNB ItalyWBGF Individual Championship 2022 VeniceChampionship - Main1718.7690
2022-04-06CNB ItalyWBGF Team Championship 2022 VeniceChampionship - Main942.2777
2021-11-09WBFTRNC Merit Open 2021Championship - Main1133.4867
2021-11-09WBFTRNC Merit Open 2021Championship - Last Chance650.5617
2021-09-05WBGFWBGF Individual Championship 2021 TrierChampionship - Main178.7163
2021-09-01WBGFWBGF Team Championship 2021 TrierChampionship - Main471.5698
2021-08-28Backgammon Deutschland9. Lions-CupChampionship - Main332.1549
2021-08-28Backgammon Deutschland9. Lions-CupChampionship - Consolation330.6472
2021-08-28Backgammon Deutschland9. Lions-CupChampionship - Last Chance170.5536
2020-02-09Backgammon GibraltarGibraltar Championships 2020Championship - Main90.0000
2020-02-07Backgammon GalaxyUBC (Ultimate Backgammon Challenge)Championship - Main60.0000
2020-01-12WBGF2020 WBGF Individual World ChampionshipsChampionship - Main210.0000
2020-01-12WBGFWBGF Team Championship 2020Championship - Main190.0000
2020-01-12WBGF2020 WBGF Individual World ChampionshipsChampionship - Last Chance50.0000
2019-06-10Backgammon DeutschlandGerman Open ChampionshipsChampionship - Main170.0000
2019-06-10Backgammon DeutschlandGerman Open ChampionshipsChampionship - Last Chance170.0000
2019-03-04Tobias HellwagPorta Nigra InvitationalChampionship - Main10.0000
2018-07-15WBGFWBGF Team Championship 2018Championship - Main10.0000
2018-07-15WBGFWorld championships (WBgF individual)Championship - Main480.0000
2018-05-21Witt/SonnabendGerman Backgammon ChampionshipChampionship - Main330.0000
2018-05-21Witt/SonnabendGerman Backgammon ChampionshipChampionship - Last Chance650.0000
2018-05-21Witt/SonnabendGerman Backgammon ChampionshipSuper Jackpot 290.0000