Watch U.S. Online Women’s Championship 2022 Semi Finals Match 2 - Karen Davis vs. Mary Morse

Join us to watch what promises to be an exciting second round of the semi-finals of the U.S. Online Women’s Championship 2022, between Karen Davis (FL) and Mary Morse (TX). 

U.S. Online Women’s Championship 2022

The playoffs of the U.S. Online Women’s Championship will be held November 15, 17, and 29. Four players – Karen Davis (FL), Irina Litzenberger (VA), Mary Morse (TX), and Kara Schultz (CA) – have qualified for the playoffs based on their performance in the Online World Women’s Championship. The four women from the US who went the furthest in the World competition qualified to compete in a playoff for the USA Online Women’s Championship title. In the case of ties, composite Performance Rating was used as the tie-breaker.

Karen Davis and Kara Schultz advanced the furthest in the world competition (8th-12th ) Irina Litzenberger, Mary Morse, Marcy Kossar, and Teri Harmon advanced to 13th – 18th). Best Performance Ratings for all matches in the Americas Regional Qualifier and the world competition were Karen; 6.2; Irina, 6.4; Kara 6.9; and Mary 7.8 (lower is better).

The pairings are based on the overall PR's from the 9 matches that were played in qualifying rounds and in the final rounds of the Women's World Online Championship. The lowest PR will play the highest and the middle two will play each other.

The semi-final matches and the final match will be featured on the Women in Backgammon Zoom site with expert commentary. Register on WomeninBackgammon.com site to receive links. The schedule is:

Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm Eastern semi-final --  Irina Litzenberger vs. Kara Schultz

Thursday, November 17, 1 pm Eastern semi-final – Karen Davis vs. Mary Morse

Tuesday, November 29, 7 pm Eastern final – winners of semi-final rounds.

All four women qualifying for the Playoff have distinguished records. The second match will feature Karen and Mary. 

Karen Davis, Ph.D. has been a member of the USBGF Board of Directors 2009-2022, serving as Board Chair from 2010 to 2017 and the Federation’s President and Executive Director from 2017 to 2020, and co-founded Women in Backgammon. She is the President and Executive Director of the U.S. Backgammon Foundation, the 501(c) (3) counterpart of the USBGF. Her backgammon accomplishments include: member of the American Backgammon Hall of Fame; BMAB (Backgammon Masters Awarding Body rank of Master Class 2; winner of the USBGF Women’s National Championship, 2022; captain of the U.S. Women’s Team in Genud Cup, 2020; Member, winning U.S. Team, Magriel Cup, 2020; Member, U.S. Team, World Backgammon Federation World Team Championship, 2021 and 2019; Winner, Super Jackpot, NY Metro, 2019; Second, U.S. Open Online Super Jackpot, 2021; #1 ranking in USBGF Online Master Points for 2021 and #2 all-time; 2nd in the Michigan Masters Jackpot (2021 and 2012), 3rd Sunny Florida Miami Masters Jackpot (2022); 2nd Sunny Florida Tournament of Stars with Marty Storer (2022); 2nd Michigan Women’s Fireworks Cup (2022); 2nd Michigan Seniors Jackpot (2022); 3rd Cherry Blossom Doubles with Kent Goulding (2022); 2nd-4th, Cherry Blossom BMAB (2022) 1st Big Freeze Out ABT Online Championship (January 2022).

Mary Morse plays with the Houston Backgammon Club. She has been playing in tournaments since moving to Houston in 1976. She met her husband George at a tournament, and together they went to tournaments in Las Vegas in the late 1970s and 80s. She took a break from backgammon while raising their sons, but has recently resumed tournament play. She has a distinguished local record, playing in tournaments and chouettes. She also plays online -- finishing second in the Consolation of the December 12, 2020 Sunny Florida Club Online Tournament.