Mike Corbett - USA
Mike Corbett is a veteran backgammon player who lives in Florida and has been ranked in the top 32 Giants of Backgammon in six of the eight polls conducted since 1993. He lives with his long-time companion and backgammon doubles partner Danielle Bastarache.
Corbett plays internationally and was one of the 25 Giants that competed in the Atlantis Million event in 2007. Mike made it to the fourth round of the Atlantis event by defeating Frank Frigo of the U.S. (the 1994 World Champion) in Round 1, Thomas Kazemieh of Iran/Germany in Round 2, the lovely Victoria Smirnoff in Round 3 but then in Round 4, he hit a brick wall, losing to Nack Ballard of the USA, the all-time #1 Player in the World.
Backgammon Problems
In 2007, Mike published his first book called “Backgammon Problems” which has been highly recommended by such other great players as Paul Magriel, Mike Senkiewicz, Perry Gartner and Kent Goulding.
The ever-witty Jake Jacobs had this to say about Corbett's new book: “"When you think of backgammon problems, really tough ones, think of Mike... This book, good as it is, is not the best backgammon book ever written. But it might be the most interesting one!"
Backgammon Masters and Championships
Mike has seen many Championship, Super Jackpot and Masters victories over the years and has won numerous Doubles events with Danielle Bastarache.Corbett won the Southern Masters event at the 1st Southeast Backgammon Championships in Atlanta, Georgia held in 2007.
In 2005, he took first place in the Championship at the annual Florida State Backgammon Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the same year was Runner-Up at the 30th Michigan Summer Backgammon Championships in Novi, Michigan and won the Last Chance at the 2005 Las Vegas Open Backgammon Tournament.
He also won the Championship at the 2nd Southern Open held on St. Simon's Island in Georgia in 2004 where Danielle won the Intermediate flight. And in 2002, Corbett won the International Cup at the Worldwide Twin Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he also won the Seniors event, and to boot, he and Danielle also took first place in the Doubles competition!
