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Name

Rainer Birkle [M1]
Nickname BG Studio Heroes	Comeback
Nickname Galaxy	Comeback
Matches (rated)	69 Matches: 36 Won (53%), 32 Lost (47%), 1 Bye
Elo (Rank active/all time)	1583 (398./513.)
-PR	All: 5,04 5: 4,44 10: 4,75 25: 4,79
-PR,	57 Matches (66%): 29 Won, 28 Lost
-PR,	30 Matches (34%): 14 Won, 16 Lost
Profile	Rainer Birkle already played tournament backgammon in the mid-eighties until he took a twenty-year break from backgammon in 1999. Since 2019 he has been back in full force and started his YouTube channel (www.BackgammonLiveStream.de) in 2021 with regular livestreams and interesting guests. His nickname on Galaxy and Heroes is "Comeback". In 2022 he started his XG2Anki project, which makes it possible to automatically create Anki decks from XG match and position files. At the 9th Merit Open 2022 in Cyprus, he presented his Anki method to a large audience for the first time. e-mail: Rainer@BackgammonLiveStream.de

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Tourney placements
Association	Year	Tourney	Class	Rank
WBIF International	2024	WBIF World Team Championship 2024		2
WBIF International	2024	Festival Aachen - Online Satellite 3		1
WBIF International	2022	WBIF World Consultation Championship 2022		2

WBIF Champions Cup 2026 --- Deadline: 10.05., 23:59 (Matchpoints: 13)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
3 #148703002	23.04.26, 20:13	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Andrei Cristian Paun [M3]	0:1	(7,78:4,79)
2 #148702002	18.04.26, 17:48	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Jacob Yang	1:0	(2,80:14,11)
1 #148701006	26.04.26, 11:10	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Raphael Rosalba	1:0	(3,36:4,09)
3 Matches: 2 Won (67%), 1 Lost (33%) - - - PR: 4,91 (from 2,80 to 7,78), Opponent: 6,72

WBIF World Individual Championship 2026 --- Deadline: 07.05., 23:59 (Matchpoints: 13)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
6 #148006072	26.04.26, 18:53	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Vlad Eydelman [A2]	0:1	(4,25:7,23)
5 #148005039	26.03.26, 18:34	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Abram Anwer	1:0	(8,50:8,53)
4 #148004100	30.03.26, 20:32	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Rune Halvorsen [M2]	1:0	(2,44:6,17)
3 #148003098	16.04.26, 15:50	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Ekaterina Fikachiova	0:1	(2,87:6,99)
2 #148002099	13.04.26, 21:32	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Francis Pottier	0:1	(6,02:12,72)
1 #148001194	09.04.26, 19:00	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Stefan Sandor	1:0	(kontumaz)
6 Matches: 3 Won (50%), 3 Lost (50%) - - - PR: 4,91 (from 2,44 to 8,50), Opponent: 8,94

WBIF Tour AUSTRIA 2026: Online Tourney 3
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
5 #145005020	19.03.26, 18:41	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Geir Pedersen [G3]	0:1	(3,89:2,78)
4 #145004025	10.03.26, 21:42	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Micky Fernandes	1:0	(4,78:8,70)
3 #145003003	22.02.26, 17:49	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Axel Müller	0:1	(3,63:4,73)
2 #145002003	18.02.26, 15:15	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Stephan Hartmann [M3]	1:0	(4,84:4,08)
1 #145001020	17.02.26, 20:59	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Thomas Kazemieh	0:1	(4,24:6,54)
5 Matches: 2 Won (40%), 3 Lost (60%) - - - PR: 4,28 (from 3,63 to 4,84), Opponent: 5,18

WBIF Tour AUSTRIA 2026: Online Tourney 2
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
6 #144906010	25.02.26, 14:55	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Andreas Fischer	0:1	(3,02:3,71)
5 #144905005	13.02.26, 17:56	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Eduardo Costa	0:1
4 #144904001	06.02.26, 18:06	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Sean Casey [M1]	0:1	(3,54:5,54)
3 #144903007	20.01.26, 14:05	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Andreas Sauseng [M2]	1:0	(3,99:5,58)
2 #144902009	17.01.26, 19:51	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Elis Svavarsson	1:0	(5,98:7,34)
1 #144901024	20.01.26, 17:56	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Cevdet Cebe	1:0	(7,13:3,55)
6 Matches: 3 Won (50%), 3 Lost (50%) - - - PR: 4,74 (from 3,02 to 7,13), Opponent: 4,98

WBIF Tour AUSTRIA 2026: Online Tourney 1
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #144807008	08.02.26, 17:54	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Axel Müller	0:1	(7,70:5,64)
6 #144806012	28.01.26, 19:56	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Andreas Sauseng [M2]	1:0	(5,29:3,80)
5 #144805006	19.01.26, 20:54	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Sergiu Malis [M2]	0:1	(5,43:7,53)
4 #144804016	14.01.26, 19:11	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Colm Morgan [I1]	1:0	(6,15:9,51)
3 #144803009	17.12.25, 17:07	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Peter Van Rooij [G3]	0:1	(5,31:4,67)
2 #144802010	22.12.25, 21:24	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Daniel Lynch	1:0	(3,40:6,31)
1 #144801042	20.12.25, 18:51	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Elis Svavarsson	1:0	(4,08:4,86)
7 Matches: 4 Won (57%), 3 Lost (43%) - - - PR: 5,19 (from 3,40 to 7,70), Opponent: 6,02

WBIF World Consultation Championship 2025 (unrated)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #133907011	01.10.25, 19:14	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Martha Gjelseth [M3]	0:1	(2,61:6,71)
6 #133906013	16.09.25, 18:43	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Pietro Ermando Cucci [M2]	0:1	(0,64:4,62)
5 #133905007	02.09.25, 17:56	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	David Lazarus [M3]	0:1	(1,79:5,79)
4 #133904001	18.08.25, 18:41	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Elias Kritikos [G2]	0:1	(5,04:1,48)
3 #133903027	02.07.25, 22:31	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Burak Culhaci	1:0	(2,26:2,70)
2 #133902023	12.07.25, 17:57	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Matthias Gutheil	1:0	(1,10:2,86)
1 #133901027	01.08.25, 19:21	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Christos Malkopoulos	0:1	(3,05:3,98)
7 Matches: 2 Won (29%), 5 Lost (71%) - - - PR: 2,16 (from 0,64 to 5,04), Opponent: 4,01

WBIF Champions Cup 2025
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
9 #133809008	16.07.25, 10:29	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Honza Cerny	0:1	(4,55:4,69)
8 #133808006		Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Bye
7 #133807012	30.06.25, 20:50	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Stephane Cheneviere [G3]	1:0	(2,93:2,70)
6 #133806022	26.05.25, 15:45	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Bob Azari [A1]	1:0	(5,09:5,16)
5 #133805028	18.05.25, 20:05	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Francisco Kendall	1:0	(3,38:5,37)
4 #133804026	29.04.25, 14:20	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Amir Eshraghi [G2]	1:0	(6,85:5,51)
3 #133803016	11.04.25, 20:06	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Mimis Tsakoniatis	1:0	(6,38:5,96)
2 #133802043	03.04.25, 20:16	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Matti Tienari [G3]	0:1	(3,14:3,03)
1 #133801031	03.04.25, 17:19	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Sven Wisloff Nilssen	0:1	(5,17:3,94)
9 Matches: 5 Won (63%), 3 Lost (38%), 1 Bye - - - PR: 4,79 (from 2,93 to 6,85), Opponent: 4,66

WBIF World Individual Championship 2025
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
12 #133612041	13.08.25, 18:29	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Avi Cohen [M3]	0:1	(3,30:5,49)
11 #133611023	26.07.25, 20:24	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Torsten Lux [G3]	0:1	(3,71:4,31)
10 #133610011	10.07.25, 19:37	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Olivier Lafon	0:1	(5,32:9,19)
9 #133609020	22.06.25, 12:59	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Fritz Rattinger [M1]	1:0	(3,87:4,33)
8 #133608078	06.06.25, 21:01	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Wendy Kaplan [A1]	1:0	(3,12:5,71)
7 #133607102	08.05.25, 17:05	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Des O`Reilly [A1]	1:0	(8,68:10,57)
6 #133606080	24.04.25, 17:11	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Wolfgang Bacher [M1]	1:0	(5,48:4,80)
5 #133605279	17.03.25, 21:03	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Are Karlsen	0:1	(3,84:5,04)
4 #133604274	20.03.25, 17:12	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Joel Kunz [M2]	1:0	(7,68:5,60)
3 #133603276	18.03.25, 18:56	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Marianne Bowen [I2]	1:0	(3,81:12,85)
2 #133602200	08.03.25, 17:24	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Igor Moraes	1:0	(10,07:5,22)
1 #133601155	11.03.25, 21:05	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Volker Schneider	0:1	(5,25:4,19)
12 Matches: 7 Won (58%), 5 Lost (42%) - - - PR: 5,13 (from 3,12 to 10,07), Opponent: 6,38

Festival Aachen - Online Satellite 3
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
Final #130759007	24.05.24, 15:28	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Jürgen Schettler [A1]	1:0
Semifinal #130757005	15.05.24, 17:35	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Heinz Jahrbacher [M3]	1:0
Quarterfinal #130756001	10.05.24, 14:34	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Julio Cesar Bazak	1:0
3 Matches: 3 Won (100%), 0 Lost - - - PR: 3,73 (from 2,78 to 4,69), Opponent: 8,17

Festival Aachen - Online Satellite 2
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
Quarterfinal #130656002	14.04.24, 10:18	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Marcus Reinhard [G1]	0:1
1 Match: 0 Won, 1 Lost (100%) - - - PR: 4,34, Opponent: 5,06

Festival Aachen - Online Satellite
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
Last 32 #129454003	05.03.24, 14:47	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Henning Frick	0:1
1 Match: 0 Won, 1 Lost (100%) - - - PR: 3,84, Opponent: 4,25

WBIF World Team Championship 2024
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
10 #128210007	20.01.25, 15:11	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Florin Popa [M1]	1:0	(5,49:4,91)
9 #128209016	14.01.25, 18:48	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Evan Bourgnon [M1]	0:1	(4,31:3,93)
7 #128207016	07.12.24, 21:04	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Steve Sax [G2]	1:0	(5,59:4,41)
6 #128206029	19.11.24, 15:04	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Darryl Artt [M1]	0:1	(5,34:2,97)
5 #128205040	28.10.24, 20:28	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Georgios Lazaris [M2]	0:1	(4,98:2,47)
4 #128204057	13.10.24, 10:46	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Pedro Roca De Togores	1:0	(4,94:4,91)
3 #128203002	19.09.24, 15:02	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Pedro Machado	0:1	(4,53:5,77)
2 #128202009	18.09.24, 16:18	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Ryosuke Izumi [M3]	0:1	(6,91:5,14)
8 Matches: 3 Won (38%), 5 Lost (63%) - - - PR: 5,41 (from 4,31 to 6,91), Opponent: 4,47

WBIF World Consultation Championship 2023 (unrated)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #126407010	24.09.23, 15:36	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Amel Boskailo [A1]	0:1	(1,74:5,84)
6 #126406014	17.09.23, 23:12	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Jiři Vala	0:1	(3,15:4,83)
5 #126405018	19.08.23, 17:01	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Wolfgang Wühl	1:0	(2,47:3,35)
4 #126404018	06.08.23, 20:20	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Antonio Anelli [A1]	0:1	(2,96:5,53)
3 #126403018	04.07.23, 22:21	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Seda Eflanli	0:1	(4,31:6,27)
2 #126402018	07.07.23, 21:30	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Cecilia Rogers [M3]	1:0	(4,98:4,22)
1 #126401020	06.07.23, 20:20	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Abaz Omeragic	0:1	(2,59:11,85)
7 Matches: 2 Won (29%), 5 Lost (71%) - - - PR: 3,21 (from 1,74 to 4,98), Opponent: 6,10

Tournament for Turkey - Syria
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
Last 256 #125251048	27.02.23, 20:55	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Ibrahima Guillard [A1]	0:1	(4,45:5,56)
1 Match: 0 Won, 1 Lost (100%) - - - PR: 4,45, Opponent: 5,56

WBIF World Consultation Championship 2022 (unrated)
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
10 #121910002	30.10.22, 17:00	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Marcel Jochem [G3]		(cancelled)
9 #121909004	05.10.22, 00:00	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Bye
8 #121908004	28.09.22, 21:21	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Sukru Yurttekin	1:0	(3,02:5,26)
7 #121907010	11.09.22, 15:51	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Kaia Osbakk [A1]	1:0	(3,05:4,88)
6 #121906002	31.08.22, 21:14	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Angelo Anav	0:1	(4,37:8,75)
5 #121905004	14.08.22, 20:19	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Virgil Tudose [G2]	0:1	(2,12:0,97)
4 #121904006	25.07.22, 21:22	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Wolfgang Wühl	1:0	(4,06:5,30)
3 #121903002	12.07.22, 21:52	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Marcel Jochem [G3]	0:1	(2,53:1,92)
2 #121902002	27.06.22, 20:39	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Tasos Anastasiou [M1]	1:0	(5,02:2,76)
1 #121901002	11.06.22, 18:57	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Bernd Schmidt	1:0	(3,30:5,79)
9 Matches: 5 Won (63%), 3 Lost (38%), 1 Bye - - - PR: 3,48 (from 2,12 to 5,02), Opponent: 4,62

WBIF 6. Win & Skill Tourney
Round	Date	Pairing			Result	PR
7 #30507013	20.01.22, 18:17	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Tasos Anastasiou [M1]	0:1	(6,92:2,98)
6 #30506012	12.01.22, 18:59	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Liviu Ionescu [A2]	1:0	(8,29:12,45)
5 #30505006	06.01.22, 19:43	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Ian Gwynne	0:1	(4,32:5,37)
4 #30504014	26.12.21, 13:06	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Luigi De Lazzari [A1]	1:0	(9,52:10,77)
3 #30503014	20.12.21, 00:00	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Mikhail Kharebava	1:0	(kontumaz)
2 #30502010	08.12.21, 19:59	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Mislav Kovacic	0:1	(5,95:2,63)
1 #30501012	05.12.21, 15:13	Rainer Birkle [M1]	-	Ramiz Zajmovic	1:0	(6,14:7,46)
7 Matches: 4 Won (57%), 3 Lost (43%) - - - PR: 6,91 (from 4,32 to 9,52), Opponent: 6,95