Chicago Bar Point Club officially disbands.

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Effective 12 May 2021, the Chicago Bar Point Club has officially disbanded.
Current director Amy Trudeau cited the Coronavirus disruption coupled
with other interests in her life as the deciding factors.

Founded by Bill Davis with the help of Peter Kalba in 1983, the BPC was
host to well over 2000 unique backgammon players with 843 winning
master points during the club's 38 year run. The top five all-time BPC
point leaders are: 1-Tak Morioka (733.32), 2-Herb Roman (610.64),
David Rockwell (496.60), 4-Bill Davis (443.96), 5-Rory Pascar (427.27).

The BPC began play at Pat's Pub in Norridge, Illinois on 31 May 1983.
After ten years, the club moved to the Golden Flame where we played
Tuesday weekly for nine years. The final 19 years saw many different play
places ending with a six year run at the Tilted Kilt in Skokie, Illinois.

Bill Davis married in 2016 and moved to a far southwest suburb over one
hour's drive from the club. Amy Trudeau took over directorial duties in
January 2017 and continued until the club's final play date 10 March 2020.

Thanks for all the wonderful memories. It was a great run!—Bill Davis

CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB WEEKLY RESULTS

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Chicagoland All-Time Standings 1974-2020 (Excel download)

CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

1983–2020

YEAR	CHAMPION	PTS.
1983	Chris Stanford	10.76
1984	Tak Morioka	21.24
1985	Bill Davis	23.64
1986	Tak Morioka	46.44
1987	Tak Morioka	42.48
1988	Tak Morioka	30.64
1989	Yamin Yamin	28.92
1990	Tak Morioka	27.76
1991	Tak Morioka	24.40
1992	Gary Kay	22.60
1993	Neil Kazaross	27.76
1994	Neil Kazaross	28.72
1995	Neil Kazaross	33.88
1996	Neil Kazaross	32.64
1997	Neil Kazaross	25.32
1998	Steve Mellen	30.76
1999	Bob Zavoral	26.48
2000	Tim Carrol	24.72
2001	Bob Zavoral	30.76

YEAR	CHAMPION	PTS.
2002	Lucky Nelson	26.72
2003	Bob Zavoral	36.30
2004	Bob Zavoral	30.64
2005	Tak Morioka	34.08
2006	Herb Roman	34.36
2007	David Rockwell	42.04
2008	Rory Pascar	39.66
2009	Rory Pascar	37.42
2010	Phil Simborg	33.04
2011	Rory Pascar	36.68
2012	David Rockwell	35.32
2013	David Presser	35.32
2014	Rory Pascar	34.96
2015	David Presser	38.40
2016	David Rockwell	32.20
2017	David Rockwell	22.88
2018	Rory Pascar	28.04
2019	Tak Morioka	22.72
2020	Dujuan Meekins	5.08

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