Full Name: Philip Simon Vischjager 

Date of birth: October 27, 1958   
 
Birth Place: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 
Current City of Residence: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
Marital Status: Married
 
Children: 2 (a boy and a girl)
 
Occupation: Buy and Lease Real Estate
 
How I Started playing Backgammon: Small club in Amsterdam (once a week). By watching good players I did learn a lot.

Backgammon Nickname: Philams2000
 
Current Skill level: World Class 3.7
 
Number of years playing Backgammon live: 25 years - Playing serious in tournaments from 2000 onwards (first couple of years in the Netherlands only).

Favorite Tournament Venue: World Backgammon Championship Monte Carlo
 
Titles won:

The Netherlands  

 - 2000 Dutch Open - Winner
 - 2001 Dutch Open - Winner
 - 2002 Dutch Open - Runner-Up    - 2001 Amsterdam Open - Winner
 - 2002 Amsterdam Open - Runner-Up Consolation
 
 - 2002 Tournament of Spirits - Winner   Winner Consolation in Rotterdam 2003 and Antwerp 2004, Winner in Hilversum 2005 and 3rd in Dutch Top 12 2007.

International (from late 2005)
 
 - 2006 Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship - Winner
 - 2006 Paris Open - Semi-Finalist
 - 2006 Antwerp Open - Semi-Finalist
 - 2006 Seefeld - Last Chance Finalist
 - 2006 Oxford - Semi-Finalist
 - 2006 Venice - Consolation Finalist   Favorite Backgammon books: Paul Magriel Backgammon and Bill Robertie's Advanced Backgammon 1 and 2.
 
Favorite Music: George Benson and Simply Red
 
Favorite Film: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest
 
Favorite Food: Fish
 
Other Interests & Hobbies: All kind of Sports, Golf and fitness