Karsten Bredahl

DenmarkGrandmaster G2

Karsten Bredahl

Karsten Bredahl, born in Copenhagen in 1970, learnt to play backgammon in the mid-1980s. In 1993 he became a registered member of the DBGF. Throughout his backgammon career, Karsten has had great success in doubles and team events, starting in 1995 when he became the Danish Doubles Champion. Moreover, he is the only Danish player to have been a winner in the Danish Team Championships five times (in 1998, 2000, 2007, 2010 and 2012). He has also been very successful in singles events, winning the Nordic Open in 2003 and 2005, and the XG Masters Live Tournaments in 2012 and 2013, amongst other events. At the Nordic Open he has been awarded 12 prizes over his career. In 2012, Karsten was awarded the prestigious title of Super Grandmaster by the DBGF. Currently, he is the only player in the Danish Norms system to have reached this level. In that year he was also awarded the title of “Danish Player of the Year” and played in the winning Danish Team in the prestigious World vs. Denmark event. In 2013, he was voted onto the 32 Giants List for the first time reaching #26. His nickname on Gridgammon is “PlzDontCube”.

BMAB rank72BMAB

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Ranking information

BMAB rank72
Rating—
BMAB titleGrandmaster G2
BMAB number00142
CountryDenmark

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Complete player performance

Match, experience, and performance statistics are synchronized from the official BMAB profile.

Upcoming events
✅ 2026-08-30: Sommercup 2026, QF [Main, QF] (reg. 2026-08-20) ✅ 2025-08-10: Sommercup 2025 (round of 64=bye & round of 32=Robin Neumann) [Championships] (reg. 2025-06-13) ✅ 2025-08-15: Backgammon Masters 2025 - level 2 (of possible 4) [Championships] (reg. 2025-06-13) ✅ 2025-09-21: Sommercup 2025 [Round of 16 (1 match)] (reg. 2025-07-23) ✅ 2025-11-30: Backgammon Masters 2025 - level 04 the finals (4 matches) [Championships] (reg. 2025-10-19) ✅ 2026-03-28: Qualification for the Danish national team (8 rounds of matches to 11 points over 2 days, 28+29 March) [Main (8 rounds to 11p)] (reg. 2026-03-23) ✅ 2026-06-13: Backgammon Masters 2026 [Championship (4 matches to 17 points played until mid June)] (reg. 2026-04-11) ✅ 2026-07-09: Sommer Cup [Main, 1 match to 25 points] (reg. 2026-07-08) ✅ 2026-07-09: Sommer Cup [Main, 1 match to 25 points] (reg. 2026-07-10) ✅ 2026-07-16: Sommercup [Round of 16] (reg. 2026-07-16)
Last 300 exp PR
3.9655
BMAB Experience Points
4469
Last BMAB match
2026-08-30
Experience
4578
Number of matches recorded
340
Number of analysed matches
340
PR across analysed matches - overall
3.9103 (World Class)
PR across analysed matches - moves
3.3287 (World Class)
PR across analysed matches - cube
6.7475 (Expert)
Opponent PR across analysed matches (overall)
5.8875 (Expert)
Matches won
204 (60.0%)
Number of distinct opponents
168
Number of clubs played at
1
Earliest match recorded
2012-08-23
Latest match so far
2026-08-30
Peak rating
1,699.73
Peak rating (>400 exp.)
1,699.73
Average opponent rating
1,514.96