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Name

Neil Kazaross
Nickname Gridgammon	neilkaz
Nickname WBIF Tiger	neilkaz
Nickname BG Studio Heroes	neilkaz
Matches (rated)	61 Matches: 36 Won (60%), 24 Lost (40%), 1 Bye
Elo (Rank active/all time)	1658 (0./126.)
-PR	All: 3,74 5: 2,95 10: 3,42 25: 3,56
-PR,	53 Matches (75%): 29 Won, 24 Lost
-PR,	18 Matches (25%): 11 Won, 7 Lost
Profile	Neil Kazaross, who resides near Chicago, has been at the forefront of backgammon achievement over most of the four decades since he first started playing competitively in the later 1970s. He is justifiably famous as both an outstanding player and leading analyst. Neil has won countless trophies both in and outside the USA. Perhaps his most notable achievement has been winning the prestigious ABT first place prize on six occasions (1994, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2012, and 2013). He has won 17 ABT tournaments overall, an astonishing record. Neil has made major contributions to the science of backgammon, particularly in relation to Opening Theory and Match Equities most notably through his formulation of “Neil’s Numbers” and his seminal collaborative work with David Rockwell, using the power of modern bots to construct a modern Match Equity Table. He has co-authored a couple of backgammon books and has been a contributor on several others. Neil has been voted to the Giant 32 List every time since its inception in 1993, reaching #2 (currently he is ranked #4 and has been in the top 10 since 1995). In 2015 he was inducted into the USBGF Hall of Fame. His online nickname is “neilkaz”.

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Tourney placements
Association	Year	Tourney	Class	Rank
WBIF International	2019	WBIF World Team Championship 2019		1
WBIF International	2018	EBIF European Team Championship 2018		2

WBIF World Team Championship 2023
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #126507017	23.11.23, 17:46	Neil Kazaross	-	Andreas Tolias	1:0	(1,40:5,65)
6 #126506027	02.11.23, 21:48	Neil Kazaross	-	Pablo Alllami	1:0	(2,00:3,39)
5 #126505052	26.10.23, 21:14	Neil Kazaross	-	Rumen Rasheev	1:0	(3,87:2,62)
4 #126504057	08.10.23, 18:12	Neil Kazaross	-	Ian MacFarlane	1:0	(2,99:5,66)
3 #126503007	29.09.23, 00:23	Neil Kazaross	-	Florin Popa	1:0	(6,02:4,83)
2 #126502012	15.09.23, 20:32	Neil Kazaross	-	Zoltan Illyés	0:1	(4,69:6,18)
1 #126501082	30.09.23, 17:16	Neil Kazaross	-	Ben Yam	1:0	(6,23:11,10)
7 Matches: 6 Won (86%), 1 Lost (14%) - - - PR: 3,77 (from 1,40 to 6,23), Opponent: 4,99

WBIF Champions Cup 2022
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
5 #121405014	18.05.22, 20:18	Neil Kazaross	-	Bob Wachtel	0:1	(2,74:5,94)
4 #121404005	02.05.22, 20:07	Neil Kazaross	-	Veit Netz	0:1	(2,20:3,00)
3 #121403002	21.04.22, 15:13	Neil Kazaross	-	Saeed Nourmohammadi	1:0	(3,34:8,75)
2 #121402002	12.04.22, 19:10	Neil Kazaross	-	Cuneyt Argun Genc	0:1	(3,81:6,22)
1 #121401032	26.04.22, 00:45	Neil Kazaross	-	Yasin Okal	1:0	(2,81:3,62)
5 Matches: 2 Won (40%), 3 Lost (60%) - - - PR: 2,94 (from 2,20 to 3,81), Opponent: 4,57

Duel: Slavia Open All Stars - WBIF Dream
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
1 #116301004	09.05.21, 21:41	Neil Kazaross	-	Jürgen Orlowski	1:0	(3,88:4,00)
1 Match: 1 Won (100%), 0 Lost - - - PR: 3,88, Opponent: 4,00

WBIF World Team Championship 2021
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
4 #115404058	06.10.21, 20:23	Neil Kazaross	-	Reece Hodges	0:1	(2,50:2,45)
3 #115403003	02.10.21, 18:31	Neil Kazaross	-	Vesselin Kolev	1:0	(2,90:6,41)
2 #115402053	18.09.21, 21:25	Neil Kazaross	-	Pietro Ermando Cucci	1:0	(2,59:8,67)
1 #115401003	23.09.21, 19:42	Neil Kazaross	-	Dirk Howsley	0:1	(4,46:9,49)
4 Matches: 2 Won (50%), 2 Lost (50%) - - - PR: 2,94 (from 2,50 to 4,46), Opponent: 5,97

WBIF World Individual Championship 2021
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #115007189	02.05.21, 22:36	Neil Kazaross	-	Evangelos Loridas	0:1	(5,31:6,45)
6 #115006189	18.04.21, 18:23	Neil Kazaross	-	Thibaud Thompson	0:1	(3,46:3,24)
5 #115005171	29.03.21, 21:19	Neil Kazaross	-	Revaz Tskhovrebashvili	0:1	(3,00:8,38)
4 #115004183	01.04.21, 22:35	Neil Kazaross	-	Tasos Anastasiou	1:0	(4,76:6,34)
3 #115003172	27.03.21, 21:31	Neil Kazaross	-	Erkan Nayir	1:0	(3,67:8,20)
2 #115002183	09.03.21, 18:36	Neil Kazaross	-	Maya Peycheva	0:1	(3,47:7,13)
1 #115001239	06.04.21, 22:06	Neil Kazaross	-	Patrik Gullberg	0:1	(3,81:3,44)
7 Matches: 2 Won (29%), 5 Lost (71%) - - - PR: 3,93 (from 3,00 to 5,31), Opponent: 6,19

WBIF World Speed Championship 2020, Preliminary, Group 19
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
5 #112305002	11.06.20, 19:13	Neil Kazaross	-	Nicolae Tunsoiu	0:1	(3,13:7,26)
4 #112304002	09.06.20, 19:09	Neil Kazaross	-	Henning Frick	0:1	(1,48:1,89)
3 #112303001	07.06.20, 20:34	Neil Kazaross	-	Fritz Rattinger	0:1	(2,86:2,75)
2 #112302001	03.06.20, 21:37	Neil Kazaross	-	Mislav Kovacic	0:1	(2,90:4,12)
1 #112301002	13.06.20, 20:28	Neil Kazaross	-	Michael Neagu	0:1	(2,12:3,95)
5 Matches: 0 Won, 5 Lost (100%) - - - PR: 2,70 (from 1,48 to 3,13), Opponent: 4,19

WBIF World Speed Championship 2020, Qualification, Group 6
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #110707003	16.05.20, 19:38	Neil Kazaross	-	Mark Robinson	0:1	(5,15:7,98)
6 #110706001	10.05.20, 18:15	Neil Kazaross	-	Jesper Carlsson	1:0	(1,65:7,12)
5 #110705002	26.05.20, 21:53	Neil Kazaross	-	David Domig	1:0	(4,25:4,49)
4 #110704001	19.05.20, 18:30	Neil Kazaross	-	Leyla Zaloutskaya	1:0	(2,52:5,59)
3 #110703001	13.05.20, 00:34	Neil Kazaross	-	Georgios Lazaris	1:0	(2,48:5,17)
2 #110702001	13.05.20, 22:22	Neil Kazaross	-	Karol Szczerek	0:1	(2,93:7,05)
1 #110701999	10.05.20, 00:00	Neil Kazaross	-	Free of play
6 Matches: 4 Won (67%), 2 Lost (33%) - - - PR: 3,32 (from 1,65 to 5,15), Opponent: 6,23

WBIF World Individual Championship 2020
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
11 #109111021	25.06.20, 21:08	Neil Kazaross	-	Eric Stoppa	0:1	(4,58:7,88)
10 #109110026	02.06.20, 23:06	Neil Kazaross	-	Berkant Bilgi	1:0	(4,96:8,75)
9 #109109039	23.05.20, 18:17	Neil Kazaross	-	Nils Figenschou	1:0	(4,29:15,07)
8 #109108030	07.05.20, 18:09	Neil Kazaross	-	Mikhail Beresnev	0:1	(2,53:7,55)
7 #109107040	02.05.20, 23:16	Neil Kazaross	-	Georgios Ntislis	1:0	(3,86:4,78)
6 #109106053	08.04.20, 18:54	Neil Kazaross	-	Joe Bernaba	1:0	(4,63:4,55)
5 #109105045	15.03.20, 20:29	Neil Kazaross	-	Armin Dugan	0:1	(2,41:13,22)
4 #109104056	15.03.20, 21:48	Neil Kazaross	-	Lica Molan	0:1	(4,07:5,99)
3 #109103046	16.03.20, 23:21	Neil Kazaross	-	Florin Popa	1:0	(4,66:6,77)
2 #109102056	23.03.20, 21:33	Neil Kazaross	-	Thibaud Thompson	0:1	(4,45:3,54)
1 #109101070	15.03.20, 17:56	Neil Kazaross	-	Antoine Levitre	1:0	(2,61:16,72)
11 Matches: 6 Won (55%), 5 Lost (45%) - - - PR: 3,98 (from 2,41 to 4,96), Opponent: 8,57

WBIF World Team Championship 2019 (GG)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
10 #108910006	26.01.20, 20:04	Neil Kazaross	-	Thibaud Thompson	0:1	(5,19:6,46)
10 #108910011	05.02.20, 02:02	Neil Kazaross	-	Florin Popa	1:0	(1,84:5,27)
9 #108909002	13.01.20, 02:54	Neil Kazaross	-	Hideaki Ueda	0:1	(6,08:3,39)
8 #108908001	02.01.20, 20:38	Neil Kazaross	-	Florin Popa	1:0	(2,80:3,45)
7 #108907003	18.12.19, 22:35	Neil Kazaross	-	Hallur Sævarsson	1:0	(5,46:4,53)
6 #108906007	03.12.19, 21:26	Neil Kazaross	-	Sebastian Wilkinson	1:0	(5,72:3,03)
5 #108905002	09.11.19, 20:11	Neil Kazaross	-	Thibaud Thompson	0:1	(3,31:4,36)
4 #108904007	26.10.19, 19:58	Neil Kazaross	-	Costas Chiotinis	1:0	(5,11:6,09)
3 #108903007	06.10.19, 19:05	Neil Kazaross	-	Eli Roymi	1:0	(6,36:4,78)
2 #108902007	13.10.19, 20:09	Neil Kazaross	-	Mislav Kovacic	1:0	(3,92:3,34)
1 #108901007		Neil Kazaross	-	Fernando Munoz
10 Matches: 7 Won (70%), 3 Lost (30%) - - - PR: 4,27 (from 1,84 to 6,36), Opponent: 4,54

WBIF Champions Cup 2019 (GG)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
5 #107505016	18.05.19, 19:51	Neil Kazaross	-	Claus Elken	0:1	(2,71:2,76)
4 #107504032	09.05.19, 19:58	Neil Kazaross	-	Aurelien Bonnet	1:0	(3,83:3,46)
3 #107503004	15.04.19, 19:28	Neil Kazaross	-	Marek Wojciechowski	1:0	(2,83:9,29)
2 #107502002	27.04.19, 22:53	Neil Kazaross	-	Geir Pedersen	0:1	(3,20:5,32)
1 #107501004	20.04.19, 23:34	Neil Kazaross	-	Basilio Gurnas	0:1	(4,79:8,21)
5 Matches: 2 Won (40%), 3 Lost (60%) - - - PR: 3,41 (from 2,71 to 4,79), Opponent: 6,14

EBIF European Team Championship 2018 (GG)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
11 #6111001	21.12.18, 22:38	Neil Kazaross	-	Sven Wisloff Nilssen	1:0	(2,29:3,86)
10 #6110002	15.12.18, 21:54	Neil Kazaross	-	Georges Grünbaum	1:0	(3,23:6,07)
9 #6109951	06.12.18, 00:00	Neil Kazaross	-	Bye
8 #6108002	02.12.18, 19:58	Neil Kazaross	-	Sven Wisloff Nilssen	1:0	(5,84:5,46)
7 #6107001	24.11.18, 22:56	Neil Kazaross	-	Mario Lazzer	0:1	(2,20:2,12)
6 #6106004	18.11.18, 01:52	Neil Kazaross	-	Carlo Melzi	1:0	(4,28:2,24)
5 #6105004	04.11.18, 21:24	Neil Kazaross	-	Andres Hermann	1:0	(3,23:9,83)
4 #6104007	08.10.18, 21:47	Neil Kazaross	-	Nail Arzukhanov	1:0	(3,57:5,46)
3 #6103004	22.09.18, 19:39	Neil Kazaross	-	Gisli Hrafnkelsson	1:0	(3,76:7,34)
2 #6102003	15.09.18, 19:15	Neil Kazaross	-	Zdenek Zizka	0:1	(3,57:4,16)
1 #6101004	19.09.18, 19:40	Neil Kazaross	-	Karen Sarkisyan	1:0	(4,53:2,15)
11 Matches: 8 Won (80%), 2 Lost (20%), 1 Bye - - - PR: 3,75 (from 2,20 to 5,84), Opponent: 4,83