Ratings – 2007/03/23

Name		Record		Rating	Exp	Tournament Points Y-T-D
		W	L
Greg		155	71	1753.36	2116
Matt		65	39	1687.99	533
Andrew		11	6	1629.43	119
Karen		10	3	1611.11	67
Derek		109	124	1560.45	2161
Sharon		4	2	1551.52	28
Martha		34	24	1529.83	251
Ralph		1	0	1520.92	5
Craig		2	2	1505.10	28
Joanne		1	1	1502.70	14
Don		1	1	1487.32	6
Ken		0	1	1483.74	3
Whymark		1	2	1479.69	17
Kathy		0	3	1470.28	3
Julie		0	1	1469.05	7
Kevin		0	3	1444.41	15
Herbie		12	19	1439.63	169
Al		0	3	1437.87	17
Ray		37	54	1431.02	501
Denise		1	6	1416.06	35
Donna		11	17	1409.09	107
Nora		39	70	1369.65	604
Barry		5	18	1308.20	88
Terry		6	33	1218.61	211
Steve		0	0		0
Wanda		0	0		0
Susan		0	0		0
Criss		0	0		0
Judy		0	0		0
Lisa		0	0		0
Iaan		0	0		0
Karen		0	0		0

Matches In Progress
DATE STARTED	PTS	PLAYER 01		PLAYER 02		COMMENT
		Name	Score	Name	Score
2006/01/19	5	Greg	1	Joanne	1
2006/03/23	5	Ray	0	Kevin	2
2006/03/30	5	Matt	2	Karen	2
2006/04/06	3	Martha	0	Karen	2	Crawford.
2007/02/22	7	Craig	5	Nora	5
2007/02/22	7	Craig	4	Greg	1
2007/03/15	7	Nora	6	Derek	5	Crawford.

Ratings – 2007/03/16

Name		Record		Rating	Exp	Tournament Points Y-T-D
		W	L
Greg		155	71	1753.36	2116
Matt		63	39	1680.29	519
Andrew		11	6	1629.43	119
Karen		10	3	1611.11	67
Derek		107	123	1557.01	2140
Sharon		4	2	1551.52	28
Martha		34	24	1529.83	251
Ralph		1	0	1520.92	5
Craig		2	2	1505.10	28
Joanne		1	1	1502.70	14
Don		1	1	1487.32	6
Ken		0	1	1483.74	3
Whymark		1	2	1479.69	17
Kathy		0	3	1470.28	3
Julie		0	1	1469.05	7
Kevin		0	3	1444.41	15
Herbie		12	19	1439.63	169
Al		0	3	1437.87	17
Denise		1	6	1416.06	35
Ray		36	53	1429.50	487
Donna		11	17	1409.09	107
Nora		39	67	1382.31	583
Barry		5	18	1308.20	88
Terry		6	33	1218.61	211
Steve		0	0		0
Wanda		0	0		0
Susan		0	0		0
Criss		0	0		0
Judy		0	0		0
Lisa		0	0		0
Iaan		0	0		0
Karen		0	0		0

Matches In Progress
DATE STARTED	PTS	PLAYER 01		PLAYER 02		COMMENT
		Name	Score	Name	Score
2006/01/19	5	Greg	1	Joanne	1
2006/03/23	5	Ray	0	Kevin	2
2006/03/30	5	Matt	2	Karen	2
2006/04/06	3	Martha	0	Karen	2	Crawford.
2007/02/22	7	Craig	5	Nora	5
2007/02/22	7	Craig	4	Greg	1
2007/03/15	7	Nora	6	Derek	5	Crawford.

Welcome to Costa Rica

OMG! And here I thought that Canada was the most backwards country in the world when it comes to it’s gambling laws!

Although this appeared in the 2001/12/12 edition of A.M. Costa Rica, I only became aware of it today by chance while Googling something else.

Municipal lawyer contends board game illegal in public Playing backgammon on the streets of San José is illegal unless the players have a permit, according to a lawyer for the municipality. The lawyer is Rosa Lía Cuberro Pérez. She was responding to an incident Saturday in which two municipal policemen told two French tourist to stop playing while they were seated on public benches in front of the Teatro Nacional in downtown San José. The lawyer is a member of the legal department of the municipality. She responded in person early Tuesday. Later, when contacted by telephone and politely asked if chess and other board games also were illegal, she hung up the telephone. Another lawyer consulted by A.M. Costa Rica contradicted the lawyer for San José and said he had no information that would suggest that playing board games in public is illegal. The issue came up because the two municipal policeman on patrol Saturday about 2 p.m. in front of the Teatro Nacional cracked down on the tourists, a man and a women, who had dined at the nearby Gran Hotel Costa Rica restaurant and were quietly playing the board game. The two tourists were mystified at the time. Then the policemen threatened to take the video camera of a tourist from Florida who was seated nearby. They may have thought he had filmed their encounter with the French couple, although he later said he had filmed nothing. The policemen claimed that the tourist had shown a lack of respect for filming them without their consent. The municipal policemen wear gray uniforms and are not to be confused with the Fuerza Publica, whose members wear blue.

Ratings – 2007/03/09

Name		Record		Rating	Exp	Tournament Points Y-T-D
		W	L
Greg		155	70	1761.17	2109
Matt		62	38	1683.26	505
Andrew		11	6	1629.43	119
Karen		10	3	1611.11	67
Derek		107	122	1561.39	2133
Sharon		4	2	1551.52	28
Martha		34	24	1529.83	251
Ralph		1	0	1520.92	5
Craig		2	2	1505.10	28
Joanne		1	1	1502.70	14
Don		1	1	1487.32	6
Ken		0	1	1483.74	3
Whymark		1	2	1479.69	17
Kathy		0	3	1470.28	3
Kevin		0	3	1444.41	15
Herbie		12	19	1439.63	169
Al		0	3	1437.87	17
Denise		1	6	1416.06	35
Ray		34	53	1414.34	473
Donna		11	17	1409.09	107
Nora		38	67	1376.03	576
Barry		5	18	1308.20	88
Terry		6	33	1218.61	211
Steve		0	0		0
Wanda		0	0		0
Susan		0	0		0
Criss		0	0		0
Judy		0	0		0
Lisa		0	0		0
Iaan		0	0		0
Karen		0	0		0

Matches In Progress
DATE STARTED	PTS	PLAYER 01		PLAYER 02		COMMENT
		Name	Score	Name	Score
2006/01/19	5	Greg	1	Joanne	1
2006/03/23	5	Ray	0	Kevin	2
2006/03/30	5	Matt	2	Karen	2
2006/04/06	3	Martha	0	Karen	2	Crawford.
2007/02/22	7	Craig	5	Nora	5
2007/02/22	7	Craig	4	Greg	1

Ratings – 2007/03/02

revised 2007/03/04

Name		Record		Rating	Exp	Tournament Points Y-T-D
		W	L
Greg		150	70	1742.15	2074
Matt		61	37	1684.98	491
Andrew		11	6	1629.43	119
Karen		10	3	1611.11	67
Derek		105	119	1564.75	2098
Sharon		4	2	1551.52	28
Martha		34	24	1529.83	251
Ralph		1	0	1520.92	5
Craig		2	2	1505.10	28
Joanne		1	1	1502.70	14
Don		1	1	1487.32	6
Ken		0	1	1483.74	3
Whymark		1	2	1479.69	17
Kathy		0	3	1470.28	3
Kevin		0	3	1444.41	15
Herbie		12	19	1439.63	169
Al		0	3	1437.87	17
Denise		1	6	1416.06	35
Ray		34	51	1421.31	459
Donna		11	17	1409.09	107
Nora		38	65	1383.00	562
Barry		5	18	1308.20	88
Terry		6	33	1218.61	211
Steve		0	0		0
Wanda		0	0		0
Susan		0	0		0
Criss		0	0		0
Judy		0	0		0
Lisa		0	0		0
Iaan		0	0		0
Karen		0	0		0

Matches In Progress
DATE STARTED	PTS	PLAYER 01		PLAYER 02		COMMENT
		Name	Score	Name	Score
2006/01/19	5	Greg	1	Joanne	1
2006/03/23	5	Ray	0	Kevin	2
2006/03/30	5	Matt	2	Karen	2
2006/04/06	3	Martha	0	Karen	2	Crawford.
2007/02/22	7	Craig	5	Nora	5
2007/02/22	7	Craig	4	Greg	1
2007/03/01	7	Greg	5	Derek	1