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Peter Jes Thomsen is another of the early group of Danes backgammon masters that went international in the early 1990s and in 1993 became the first Danish player to win the Monte Carlo World Championship. It seems that Thomsen was playing less backgammon for a while just before the turn of the century, at least internationally, but then appeared on the scene again, winning the Nordic “Wide” Open in 2000. Therefore, Thomsen has won the Championship Division of the two most-attended tournaments in the world.

In recent years, Thomsen was a Semi-Finalist in the Masters flight of the WBF's 1st Nice Casino Ruhl Backgammon Open in Nice, France in 2007. He also teamed up with other Danish Backgammon Giants Morten Holm (currently #10) and Sander Lylloff (currently #4) for the Nations Cup at Riviera Backgammon Festival in 2006, where they placed second, defeated by the U.S. teams of Perry Gartner, Ray Fogerlund and Howard Markowitz.

Thomsen was also a Semi-Finalist at the 7th EBN Backgammon & Gin Rummy Tournament held in San Roque, Spain in 2001 and again a Semi-Finalist in the Consolation at the 3rd Riviera Backgammon Challenge 3 in Cannes, France in 2005.Peter Jes Thomsen is also listed as #14 on the GammonLuck.com ranking list with an average checker play error rate of 3.227 (World Class level) by Snowie in 20 recorded matches.