Est. 1983, we are the top-rated backgammon club in Illinois.
Playing Tuesdays and Sunday bimonthly at:
7070 Carpenter Road
Skokie, Illinois
(Around the corner from Village Crossing Movie Theatres)
Info on Tilted Kilt Skokie HERE.
Due to Coronavirus, BPC Backgammon will be closed until further notice.
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Bill Bartholomay, chairman emeritus of the Atlanta Braves, vice chairman of the Willis Group Insurance company, and an active member of the Chicago Bar Point Club for 20 years, died March 25 at hospital in New York City. He was 91. Bill had been sick for a while and was moving with the help of a walker when he last played at the Bar Point Club earlier this month.
Bill had a passion for baseball and is best known in the MLB for moving the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta in 1966. His other passion was backgammon. Home based in Chicago, he started playing locally at Valerie Valentine’s exclusive Backgammon Club of Chicago in the 1970s. Over 20 years, he accumulated enough Chicagoland master points to rank him 25th all-time.
Bill Bartholomay was a VIP at the weekly Bar Point Club games for two decades. He will be missed. The Chicago Bar Point Club extends condolences to his family and friends. Read more about Bill's life HERE.
Anyone who has never played at a Bar Point Club
backgammon tournament and lives within a 30 mile
radius of the club will receive a FREE ENTRY into
the tournament with a chance to share in the prizes.
Arrive as late as 6:30 pm to enter. Click for details.
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB WEEKLY RESULTS
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2017 2018 2019 2020
Chicagoland All-Time Standings 1974-2019 (Excel download)
2020 BPC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Compiled through 10 March 2020
1st–6th play on Challenge Cup. 1st–10th earn solid silver dollar mementos.
| # | NAME | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dujuan Meekins | 5.08 |
| 2 | David Rockwell | 4.32 |
| 3 | Craig Anderson | 3.76 |
| 4 | Rory Pascar | 3.44 |
| 5 | Amy Trudeau | 3.28 |
| 6 | Carter Mattig | 2.72 |
| 7 | Andy Bittman | 2.08 |
| 8 | Anatoliy Katsnelson | 2.00 |
| 9 | Herb Roman | 2.00 |
| 10 | Jerry Brooks | 1.96 |
| 11 | Larry Goldstein | 1.68 |
| 12 | Linda Rockwell | 1.60 |
| 13 | David Marcus | 1.60 |
| # | NAME | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Tak Morioka | 1.28 |
| 15 | David Stein | 1.28 |
| 16 | Steve Kesker | 1.20 |
| 17 | Bill Keefe | 1.04 |
| 18 | Steve Blanchard | 1.04 |
| 19 | Leslie Lockett | 0.80 |
| 20 | Pat Dowd | 0.80 |
| 21 | Kris Gronert | 0.72 |
| 22 | Andrew Andrews | 0.72 |
| 23 | Shawn DeAmicis | 0.56 |
| 24 | Don Marek | 0.56 |
| 25 | Phil Martorelli | 0.40 |
| 26 | Ken Tyszko | 0.40 |
February Player of the Month: CRAIG ANDERSON-2.72
BPC TUESDAY NIGHT FORMAT at Tilted Kilt Skokie
NOTE: Tilted Kilt is a popular establishment. A scheduled party could occasionally shift our game from Tuesday to Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday night. Always check this website before attending.
Open Tourney: $20 entry fee* with optional $10 & $20 side pools. 32-player limit.
Drawing for byes at 6:00pm. Arrive as late as 6:30pm to enter.
Two matches guaranteed. Main Flight—5 & 7 point matches. Consolation—5 point matches.
*Entry fee includes a non-transferable $10 food and/or drink credit.
For more information, contact Amy Trudeau by email, or call 773/218-9555.
BPC UPCOMING WEEKEND EVENTS at Tilted Kilt
Do be announced: BPC Sunday, Tilted Kilt Skokie • 12:00pm
Bimonthly Open: $50 entry fee* with $10 optional side pool. Two matches guaranteed.
7 and 9-point matches in the Open Main. 5 point matches in the Consolation.
Drawing for byes: 12:15pm. Entries close: 12:45pm.
*Both entry fees include non-transferable $10 food and/or drink credit.
For more information, contact Amy Trudeau by email, or call 773/218-9555.
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB 1000-TO-1 CLUB
Membership requires 10 or more wins in a row in BPC competition.
Byes & splits are "no action." Achievements are in chronological order.
14 or more wins are in red. + Denotes the streak is presently active.
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 7/16/19 | David Stein | 14 |
| 12/11/18 | Rory Pascar | 14 |
| 11/27/18 | Carter Mattig | 12 |
| 06/12/18 | David Rockwell | 11 |
| 03/21/17 | Christopher Shanava | 13 |
| 03/07/17 | David Rockwell | 10 |
| 12/29/15 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 06/16/15 | David Presser | 11 |
| 04/12/15 | Allen Tish | 10 |
| 02/10/15 | Adrian Rios | 11 |
| 11/18/14 | Jerry Brooks | 10 |
| 10/28/14 | Bill Davis | 13 |
| 07/22/14 | Craig Anderson | 11 |
| 04/29/14 | Tak Morioka | 11 |
| 01/11/14 | David Presser | 12 |
| 01/11/14 | Carter Mattig | 10 |
| 11/26/13 | Jerry Brooks | 12 |
| 11/26/13 | Leslie Lockett | 10 |
| 10/16/13 | Bill Bartholomay | 11 |
| 06/25/13 | Oleg Raygorodsky | 11 |
| 01/02/13 | David Rockwell | 15 |
| 11/06/12 | Rory Pascar | 12 |
| 10/16/12 | Dan Smith | 10 |
| 06/19/12 | Greg DeFotis | 10 |
| 11/01/11 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 08/02/11 | Lucky Nelson | 10 |
| 10/05/10 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 11/03/09 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 09/15/09 | Matt Cohn-Geier | 18 |
| 06/09/09 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 03/03/09 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 12/23/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 07/22/08 | Lucky Nelson | 14 |
| 07/01/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 05/20/08 | Bill Davis | 14 |
| 01/29/08 | Nora Luna Righter | 11 |
| 11/09/07 | Gary Kay | 10 |
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 09/04/07 | David Rockwell | 13 |
| 08/07/07 | Alex Owen | 11 |
| 08/15/06 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 12/20/05 | Herb Roman | 12 |
| 02/15/05 | Bill Davis | 13 |
| 08/03/04 | Linda Rockwell | 10 |
| 12/30/03 | Georgina Flanagan | 10 |
| 12/02/03 | Gary Kay | 20 |
| 09/09/03 | Gary Kay | 17 |
| 02/18/03 | Alice Kay | 10 |
| 09/10/02 | Bob Zavoral | 11 |
| 08/20/02 | Ed Buerger | 12 |
| 05/14/02 | Richard Lloyd | 10 |
| 10/16/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 08/07/01 | Tim Mabee | 10 |
| 06/26/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 05/22/01 | Jake Jacobs | 12 |
| 04/03/01 | Bob Zavoral | 14 |
| 03/20/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 11 |
| 01/23/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 12 |
| 12/14/99 | Don Jayhan | 10 |
| 03/17/98 | Tak Morioka | 12 |
| 02/01/98 | Steve Mellen | 12 |
| 01/27/98 | Laila Leonhardt | 10 |
| 01/06/98 | Phyllis Smolinski | 10 |
| 05/06/97 | Phil Simborg | 12 |
| 01/07/97 | Wendy Kaplan | 10 |
| 12/23/96 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 11/05/96 | Andy Krenitz | 12 |
| 08/11/96 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 12/12/95 | Neil Kazaross | 11 |
| 09/19/95 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 05/09/95 | Harry Cohn | 11 |
| 04/25/95 | Frankie Farjood | 11 |
| 04/05/94 | Phil Simborg | 11 |
| 02/08/94 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 02/01/94 | David Rubin | 11 |
