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The Swedish Open will be hosted at the stunning Vår Gård Saltsjöbaden, a hotel nestled on the shores of the Saltsjöbaden Water with breathtaking views. The serene setting offers a tranquil escape where players can enjoy their downtime amidst the tournament action. Whether you’re relaxing between rounds or soaking in the view, the picturesque landscape of Vår Gård will be an integral part of your Swedish experience.
E-mail: sobackgammon@gmail.com
Phone: +46 70 776 70 70
Address: Ringvägen 6, 133 35, Saltsjöbaden Stockholm, Sweden
43rd Swedish Open
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Full double-elimination, no re-buys. You can still win first place with one loss. Eliminated with two losses. No Last Chance. Players who lose a match drop to a Fighters bracket. The winner of the Fighters bracket plays the last undefeated player in a single Finals match.
| Division | Entry Fee | Reg. Fee | Side Pool | Length | Clocks |
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| Main | €420 | €80 | €200 | 11 Points | Required |
| Intermediate | €200 | €50 | €100 | 9 Points | Required |
Side Events
| Super Doubles |
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| Super Jackpot |
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| DMP |
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| SpeedGammon |
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| Seniors |
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| LaGammon |
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Events – Schedule
| Wednesday July 9th |
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| Thursday July 10th |
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| Friday July 11th |
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| Saturday July 12th |
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| Sunday July 13th |
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€15,000 Euro Added!
Qualifier Tournament
43rd Swedish Open / July 9-13, 2025
The Swedish Open takes place at Vår Gård Saltsjöbaden, a stunning hotel on the shores of Saltsjöbaden Water. With breathtaking views and a serene setting, it’s the perfect escape between tournament action.
43rd Swedish Open / July 9-13, 2025
The Swedish Open takes place at Vår Gård Saltsjöbaden, a stunning hotel on the shores of Saltsjöbaden Water. With breathtaking views and a serene setting, it’s the perfect escape between tournament action.
43rd Swedish Open / July 9-13, 2025
The Swedish Open takes place at Vår Gård Saltsjöbaden, a stunning hotel on the shores of Saltsjöbaden Water. With breathtaking views and a serene setting, it’s the perfect escape between tournament action.
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Our Story
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2008
In 2008 our team decided to launch Chit Club with the goal to deliver premium quality games to people throughout the United States and Europe with a passion for old school fun and problem solving. Since then we’ve streamlined our service to ensure we stay relevant in the market.
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2011
First victories! We launched Chit Club with the goal to deliver premium quality games to people throughout the United States and Europe with a passion for old school fun and problem solving. Since then we’ve streamlined our service to ensure we stay relevant in the market.
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2015
This year we introduce new creative space for game lovers. It’s been 11 years since we launched the game cafe with the goal to deliver premium quality games to gamers throughout the United States and Europe with a passion for old school fun and problem solving. Since then we’ve streamlined our service to ensure we stay relevant in the market.
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10 years ago we founded a game cafe with the goal to deliver premium quality games to people throughout the United States and Europe with a passion for old school fun and problem solving. Now we are sure that people need such a rest and plan to open new cafes to bring more joy.
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Welcome to the Backgammon Connection Q&A page! Whether you’re new to the platform or a returning player, you’ll find answers about our tournaments, online qualifiers, coaching, and more. We’re here to make your experience smooth, fun, and rewarding—so if you don’t see your question, feel free to reach out anytime!
Backgammon Connection is a global hub for players who want to compete, learn, and connect. We offer online qualifiers to win trips to top tournaments, elite coaching, community events, and curated backgammon products.
Visit our Qualifier Tournaments page, choose an event, and follow the instructions to register. Most qualifiers are open to all skill levels, and some allow players to buy two spots to increase their chances.
Winners receive amazing prizes like:
- All-expenses-paid trips to international Backgammon events
- Private training hours with a world-class instructor
- Custom boards, accessories, and more
Most qualifiers are single-elimination tournaments played online. The final winner (and sometimes the runner-up) receives the prize package. All match formats and rules are clearly explained on each event page.
Our qualifiers are tied to major international Backgammon events around the world. Each event page will list the location, dates, and prize details, including hotel and travel info.
our prizes are fully transferable. You can gift your spot to another player or assign it to someone you choose. Just make sure to follow the transfer guidelines listed in the event rules.
Many of our events are completely free to join, and the rest are affordably priced to keep the game accessible to all. Each event page lists the entry fee, prize details, and what’s included, so you always know what to expect before signing up.
Absolutely! Our events are open to all levels, and we offer coaching through the world’s largest Backgammon teaching group to help players improve and build confidence before playing live.
We offer access to the largest group of elite Backgammon coaches in the world—from world champions to top-rated instructors. Our program is designed for growth through workshops, bootcamps, and special events. You can also win hours of private education by participating in select tournaments and free events.dion Content
We work with world-class instructors from around the globe. You can discover them through our Education and Free Events sections, where you’ll have the chance to win a 10-hour private training package and improve your game with the best in the world.
Our Shop features premium boards, checkers, accessories, and more—perfect for gifting or upgrading your game setup.
Follow us on Facebook, join our email list, or check the site regularly for updates, giveaways, and new qualifiers.
We’re happy to help! Just head to our Contact page or email us directly at backgammonconnection@gmail.com
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Backgammon Connection is your ultimate international platform for all things backgammon. Explore over 100 live and online events from our custom calendar, or use our world club locator map to find game action near you. Elevate your skills by learning from top instructors in the world’s largest backgammon teaching group. Enhance your gaming experience with our premium selection of boards, accessories, and special services. Whatever you need, our professional team is here to help you find the best options for your backgammon journey.
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Backgammon Connection was born from a simple idea: many skilled players miss out on major tournaments—not just due to cost, but also lack of confidence.
So we built a platform where talent opens doors, not money. Alongside that, we launched the world’s largest Backgammon education team to help players grow their game and feel ready for live events.
It began with a small pilot, giving a few players the chance to compete—and it worked. From that success, Backgammon Connection became a global hub for events, learning, and community, focused on access, opportunity, and passion for the game.
Our Mission
To create a connected and inclusive global Backgammon community where every player—regardless of experience or financial situation—has a shot at greatness.
Whether you dream of playing in an international arena, want to sharpen your skills, or just love the game and want to find others who do too—we’re here for you.
2015
This year we introduce new creative space for game lovers. It’s been 11 years since we launched the game cafe with the goal to deliver premium quality games to gamers throughout the United States and Europe with a passion for old school fun and problem solving. Since then we’ve streamlined our service to ensure we stay relevant in the market.
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Tournament Results
United States
2025
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
2026
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
Outside U.S.
2025
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
2026
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
Online Tournaments
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
| Feb 22-25 • • • ★ Miami Open Backgammon Championship, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida / Beachside Resort & Spa Hotel • • • ★ +1 917 488 5364 |
| Feb 26-28 • • • ★ Nashville Monthly, Noble’s East Nashville, Tennessee • • • ★ +1 615 883 5438 |
Tournament Results
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★ CNB /
32nd CITTA DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 21-23, 2025
/ Torino, Italy
OPEN CNB (57):
1-Hisham Khay, 2-Giorgio Castellano, 3/4-Francesco Mauri / Francesco Oliva.
CHAMPIONSHIP (31):
1-Francesco Oliva, 2-Dario Di Nicola, 3/4-Andrea De Zandonati / Fabrizio Lo Surdo; 1C-Laura Monaco, 2C-Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).
ADVANCED (44):
1-Dario Bertola, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Philippe Rentchnick (Switzerland) / Beat Tannler (Switzerland); 1C-Jess Danielsen (Denmark), 2C-Makan Mohammadi (Iran), 3C/4C-Airat Metshin (Russia) / Vittorio Molé.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (9 teams):
1-Marianna Wall & Wolf-Dieter Wall.
GOODBYE TORINO (28):
1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Andrea Lupo, 3/4-Sarino Cannavò / Alberto Profumo.
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★ ABT /
OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 20-23, 2025
/ Cleveland, Ohio
ABT OPEN (48):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ben Friesen (OH), 3-Art Benjamin (CA), 4/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-John O’Hagan (IN).
ABT ADVANCED (35):
1-Maggie Sweeney (MI), 2-Kevin Kelly (NJ), 3-Ed Johnson (GA), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Jesus Ibarra (PA); 1C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 2C-Donald Gabbai (VA).
NOVICE (3):
1-Edward Isla (OH).
OHIO MASTERS (20):
1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Carl Sellars (Canada), 5-Michael Neagu (Canada).
LIMITED JACKPOT (12):
1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Bernard Pollara (NY), 3-Teri Harmon (CA).
DOUBLES (20 teams):
1-Bernard Pollara (NY) & Mal Woolley (NY), 2-Rhonda Masterson (MI) & Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Chris & Patty Knapp (MA).
BLITZ (16):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).
QUICKIES (32):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB OHIO (21):
1/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jeremy Ly (NY). PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.68, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.16, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.41, 4-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.64, 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.04, 5-David Wu (NY) at 4.64, 6-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.75. Unlucky Dice Award: Ray Cifani (OH) at -12.22.
WARM-UP (20):
1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Bonnie Rogoff (OH).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Doug Roberts (MA).
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★ WBF /
7th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-23, 2025
/ Budva, Montenegro
MAIN FLIGHT (64):
1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Ümit Bandeoglu (Türkiye), 3-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 4/5-Hakan Çinal (Türkiye) / Atila Malçok (Türkiye); 1LC-Harald Johanni (Germany), 2LC-Sancho Rujevic (North Macedonia), 3LC/4LC-Bülent Erciyas (Türkiye) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine); Ladies Prize: Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye).
INTERMEDIATES (40):
1-Vlatko Jovanovski (North Macedonia), 2-Levan Ninidze (Georgia), 3-Aleksandar Lazarevski (Serbia), 4/5-Richard Fiegen (Germany) / Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia); 1LC-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2LC-Radovan Perovic (Montenegro), 3LC/4LC-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) / Srecko Raic (Croatia); Ladies Prize: Sophie Hutson (Australia).
MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams):
1-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) & Ayrat Fatykhov (Russia), 2-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) & Levan Chilingarishvili (Georgia), 3/4-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Ahmet Baydar (Türkiye) & Burak Hakki (Türkiye).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany), 2-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 3/4-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
250€ LIMITED JACKPOT (8):
1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Mark Ferrin (USA).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (13):
1-Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye), 2-Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Khatuna Giorgobiani (Georgia) / Paraskevi Skrimboni (Greece).
SENIORS (128):
1-Malin Yordanov (Bulgaria), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3/4-Ian Anderson (Scotland) / Alexander Heilmann (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 2-Heinz Jahrbacher (Austria), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
PRESIDENT’S CUP – 1-POINTERS (128):
1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3/4-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
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★ FMBGT /
4th FM GAMMON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 15-16, 2025
/ Yesilköy, Istanbul, Türkiye
OPEN (158):
1-Atahan Aydin, 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Sefik Gedikoglu, 4-Mehrdad Jeyranzadeh (Iran), 5/6-Ilhan Koç / Çise Özdogan, 7/9-Baris Akengin / Yücel Niego / Erkan Yüksel; 1LC-Canberk Kazaz, 2LC-Ibrahim Koç.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Hakan Çinal & Canberk Kazaz, 2-Mehmet Güme & Emircan Sisik.
ONE POINT (DMP) #1 (64):
1-Oktay Kurhan.
ONE POINT (DMP) #2 (64):
1-Hülya Karakaya.
3rd FM PR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Okan Koçak, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 3/4-Hakan Çinal / Ibrahim Eren Sankaya. PR Rankings: 1-Ali Çetin Belene at 3.67, 2-Onur Ihtiyar at 3.70, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç at 3.73, 4-Atilla Inanli at 4.17, 5-Hakan Çinal at 4.88, 6-Ibrahim Karaca at 5.07, 7-Ibrahim Eren Sarikaya at 5.64.
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ROBIN HOOD BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 14-16, 2025
/ Nottingham, United Kingdom
OPEN (64):
ROBIN HOOD: 1-Serban Murgu, 2-Paul Plumptru.
MAID MARIAN: 1-Richard McQuillan, 2-Sean Thomas.
WILL SCARLET: 1-Chris Jones, 2-Aniel Ciobanu.
MERRY MEN: 1-Andrew Baxter, 2-Michael Jenkins.
1C-Rachel Rhodes, 2C-Dermot Jenkins; 1LC-Robin Oliver, 2LC-David Tingey.
DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Matt Guy & David Tingey, 2-Robin Oliver & Michelle Sykes.
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Will Cockerell, 2-Marius Marin.
FRIDAY TUCK WARM-UP (38):
1-Robin Dale, 2-Julia Hayward.
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★ NCBA /
6th NORTHERN CYPRUS GRAND SAPPHIRE BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 4-9, 2025
/ Iskele, Northern Cyprus
MASTER (56):
1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (UK), 3-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran), 4-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 5-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 6-Erdinç Bayandir (Türkiye); 1LC-Ahmet Karahasan (Northern Cyprus), 2LC-Finn Bahn (Denmark).
INTERMEDIATE (27):
1-Tasos Theodosiou (Cyprus), 2-Kerim Eliboler (Türkiye), 3-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Can Gümüs (Türkiye), 2LC-Omid Irannejad (Iran).
MEGAJACKPOT (8):
1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran).
SUPERJACKPOT (16):
1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark) & Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Mario Kühl (Germany) & Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3/4-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Pedram Kooshandehfar (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
SENIORS (64):
1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
LADIES (8):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Eva Kahraman (Türkiye).
1-POINT (32):
1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
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10th CORK OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 28-March 2, 2025
/ Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
OPEN (64):
1-Vaidas Budrys, 2-Saul Brody (England), 3-Derek Murphy, 4-Caroline Biddle (England); 1C-Alan Cox, 2C-Simon Morecroft (England); 1LC-Sarah Jolliff (England), 2LC-John Huggins.
FRIDAY WARM-UP DOUBLES TOURNAMENT:
1-John Casey & Bernardo Viana (Portugal), 2-Danny Gallagher & John Huggins.
FRIDAY WARM-UP KNOCKOUT:
1-Sergiy Zhytnyk (Ukraine), 2-Bernardo Viana (Portugal).
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★ ABT /
ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 27-March 2, 2025
/ Atlanta, Georgia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (44):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Marty Storer (NH); 1C-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2C-Irina Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Jeb Horton (NC), 2LC-Gerry Tansey (MO).
ABT ADVANCED (40):
1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Bob Ellis (TN); 1C-Michael Tobin (TN), 2C-Sam Rappaport (NY); 1LC-Hernan Cortes (GA), 2LC-Ryan Bronson (SD).
SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24):
1-Ian Terry (TX), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Albert Steg (MA).
ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (28):
1-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2-Bob Ellis (TN), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Tiffany Van (TX).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB ATLANTA (30):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2/6-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Ben Friesen (OH) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Maggie Sweeney (MI) / Ian Terry (TX); PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.93, 2-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.53, 3-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.15, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.16, 5-Ian Terry (TX) at 5.89, 6/7-Jacob Atie (Panama) at 5.96 / Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 5.96, 8-Sean Garber (IN) at 6.12.
DOUBLES (20 teams):
1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Rob McNamee (GA).
SENIORS (32):
1/2 split-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Bill Kaludis (TN) / Roland Leutert (FL).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8):
1-Mike Horri (GA).
JUNIORS (8):
1-Kristin Westerman (TN), 2-Amy Latek (WI).
NOVICE (4):
1-Terese Flynn (IL), 2-Cassandra Bennett (NC).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Mike Horri (GA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA).
DMP (32):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).
MKGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Sam Rappaport (NY).
$50 Jackpot (8):
1-Brian Vance (MI).
WARM-UP (20):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Robert Lum (CA), 2C-David Smith (Canada).
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★ WBF /
2025 MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 26-March 2, 2025
/ Kyrenia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
MAIN FLIGHT (76):
1-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates), 2-Umur Aras (Türkiye), 3-Arash Afroozian (Iran), 4/5-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany) / Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), 6/9-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / David Presser (Israel); 1LC-Serkan Koç (Türkiye), 2LC-Elie Nehme (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Faddoul Khoury (Lebanon/USA).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden), 2-Serkan Koç (Türkiye) & Yasin Okal (Türkiye), 3/4-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran) & Ali Zamanisefat (Iran) / Hassan Al-Mokdad (United Arab Emirates) & Joe Karkour (United Arab Emirates).
$5,000 HIGH ROLLER (8):
1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Enis Yuda (Türkiye), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden).
$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Steve Nelson (Israel/Hong Kong), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel), 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Metin Çubuk (Türkiye).
$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (Azerbaijan/USA), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates) / Ismail Kirtay (Türkiye).
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2nd GRAND PASHA OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 23-25, 2025
/ Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (88):
1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 3-Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 4-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 5-Bülent Bahar (Türkiye), 6-Tudose Virgil (Romania), 7-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 8/11-Dinos Koukiaris (Greece) / Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway); 1C-Sefik Gedikoglu (Türkiye), 2C-Yossi Eliezer (Israel); 1LC-Soso Menabdishvili (Georgia), 2LC-Marcus Reinhard (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Gia Rizinashvili (Israel).
SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (26 teams):
1-Hossein Aghili (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Hamza Nar (Türkiye) & Refik Vural (Türkiye), 3-Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) & Çise Özdogan (Türkiye), 4/5-Allen Hodis (USA) & Sheila Hodis (USA) / Soso Menabdishvili (Georgia) & Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Torsten Haase (Germany), 2-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), Garo Kutnerian (Canada).
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ENGLISH RIVIERA BACKGAMMON CONGRESS
February 21-23, 2025
/ Torquay, England
OPEN (64):
1-Charles Hill, 2-Jamie MacPherson, 3/4-Matthew Guy / Dave Pritchard, 5/8-David Broomfield / Ben Browning / Mike Grabsky / Tim Parfitt.
TORQUAY CONSOLATION CUP (56):
1-Tim Paulden, 2-Damon Dennis, 3/4-Matthew Hibbert / Stefan Paliwoda.
LIVERMEAD LAST CHANCE CUP (44):
1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Robert Breen.
BEST INTERMEDIATE PLAYER:
Michele De Havilland.
SUPER JACKPOT (11):
1/2-Damon Dennis / Stuart Mann.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (11 teams):
1-Mike Grabsky & Tim Parfitt, 2-Damon Dennis & Cynthia Roberts.
M BOARD TOURNAMENT (37):
1-Matthew Guy, 2-Tim Line.
FREEROLL #1 (8):
1-Alex Ward, 2-Matthew Guy.
FREEROLL #2 (8):
1/2-John Broomfield / Warner Solomon.
FREEROLL #3 (8):
1-Gerald Whitehouse, 2-Andy Boysan.
JACKPOT #1 (16):
1/2-Ian Anderson / Mike Bedford.
JACKPOT #2 (16):
1-Jamie MacPherson, 2-Matthew Fisher.
JACKPOT #3 (16):
1-Mike Ireland, 2-Kevin Jones.
JACKPOT #4 (8):
1/2-Richard Carter / Tim Paulden.
SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Stefan Paliwoda, 2-Michele De Havilland.
SWITCHGAMMON (4):
1-Richard Carter, 2-Tim Line.
DMP (16):
1-Phil Tutchings, 2-Tim Line.
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22nd CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 19-22, 2025
/ Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (124):
1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 3-Sauli Alho (Finland), 4-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 5-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 6/7-Hakan Bozkurt (Türkiye) / Minh Nguyen (France), 8/11-Ismail Bilgili (Türkiye) / Radu Ciortan (Romania) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia); 1C-Ibrahim Karaca (Türkiye), 2C-Gabi Menasherov (Israel); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer (Türkiye).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (36 teams):
1-Radu Ciortan (Romania) & Self, 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran) & Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3-Alexandru Barbu (Romania) & Radu Nelu (Romania), 4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT (34):
1-Gabi Menasherov (Israel), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (68):
1-Masoud Farvareshi (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (40):
1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
DMP TOURNAMENT #1 (21):
1-Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (10):
1-Sibel Seray Karadag (Türkiye), 2-Carmit Turgeman (Israel).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
Hikmet Kizilca (Türkiye), Kemal Erdem (Türkiye).
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36th BRAZILIAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 17-22, 2025
/ Arraial D’Ajuda, Bahia, Brazil
OPEN (448 including rebuys):
1-Herb Roman (USA), 2-Tomy Levy (Argentina), 3/4-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) / Douglas Simon (USA/Brazil).
INTERMEDIATE (160 including rebuys):
1-Marcel Levi, 2-Alcir Muritiba.
DOUBLES (24 teams):
1-Mané Dos Cocos & Douglas Simon.
KING OF THE BEACH – REI (16):
1/4 split-Silvio Brant / José Carlos / Jorge Levy (Argentina) / Eduardo Maciel.
CHOUETTE TOURNAMENT (28):
1-Jorge Levy (Argentina).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Ronald Amorim.
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MUNKEBJERG 2025 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 7-9, 2025
/ Vejle, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (59):
1-Michael Krakus, 2-Khosrow Jafehvand, 3/4-Claus Elken / Robin Neumann.
INTERMEDIATE (92):
1-Max Peterson, 2-Sanne Birch, 3/4-Martin Christiansen / Rasmus Hansen.
BEGINNER (17):
1-Lene Lund Sørensen, 2-Ole S.S. Larsen, 3/4-Tina Xenia Fersling / Louise Pedersen.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (58 pairs):
1-Michael Nielsen & Stella Teute Vinther, 2-Rikke Kragh & Louise Pedersen, 3/4-Sune Christiansen & Anja Holm / Jason Granstedt (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden).
SPEED TOURNAMENT (58):
1-Michael Weile, 2-Kristine Jensen, 3/4-Christian Munk-Christiansen / Allan Larsen.
SUPERJACKPOT (16):
1-Peter Svinding, 2-Michael Nielsen.
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6th BACKGAMMON AT THE GRAND
February 7-9, 2025
/ Scarborough, United Kingdom
OPEN (64):
Main Gold: 1-Ian Davidson, 2-Dave Pritchard; Gold Consolation: 1C-Liam Weston, 2C-Cristi Cozos. Main Silver: 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Kevin Stebbing; Silver Consolation: 1C-Serban Murgu, 2C-Simon Jones. Main Bronze: 1-Steven Holme, 2-Caroline Biddle; Bronze Consolation: 1C-Kevin Narey, 2C-Paul Barwick. Main Lifebelt: 1-Keith Gill, 2-Miranda Moulton; Lifebelt Consolation: 1C-Alex Hannam, 2C-Tim Mooring. Last Chance: 1LC-Roland Archer, 2LC-Andrew Marshall.
FRIDAY NIGHT WARM UP (45):
1-Jacqueline Rixon, 2-Mark Calderbank.
DAL NEGRO BOARD TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Ben Andrews, 2-Mike Ireland.
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FRIENDSHIP CUP
February 5-9, 2025
/ Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
OPEN BG (62):
1-Timur Azizov, 2-Nail Arzukhanov, 3-Sergey Alekseev, 4-Alexey Tokarev, 5-Dmitry Shkurin, 6-Ayrat Fatykhov.
SUPER JACKPOT BG (35):
1-Alexey Sypko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Tsaruk Manukyan / Vasily Chemokhonenko.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION BG (30 teams):
1-Elizaveta Khrushcheva & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Petukhov & Pavel Potapov, 3-Zaur Apekov & Fedor Kroytor.
BLITZ BG (64):
1-Viktor Naumenko, 2-Sergey Ageev, 3-Sergey Alenin, 4-Sergey Zelenov.
LADIES BG (17):
1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Ekaterina Drozdova.
LADIES BLITZ BG (32):
1-Kseniya Nagaeva, 2-Oksana Gayazova, 3-Elena Ganzha.
OPEN NG (65):
1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Nikolay Kiselev, 3-Ivan Rybenkov, 4/5-Konstantin Ushakov / Guram Nagelishvili, 6-Timur Akhmedzyanov.
SUPER JACKPOT NG (32):
1-Dmitry Morozov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3/4-Vagarshak Akopyan / Mikhail Kozhevnikov.
BLITZ NG (64):
1-Nail Arzukhanov, 2-Levik Bagdasaryan, 3-Genry Gasparyan, 4-Andrey Razumov.
LADIES NG (14):
1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Liliya Koroleva.
LADIES BLITZ NG (16):
1-Elena Popova, 2-Svetlana Mashkovtseva, 3-Elena Ganzha.
1-POINT NG (64):
1-Elena Popova, 2-Sergey Alekseev, 3-Aleksandr Konokhov, 4-Vitaly Ledovskikh.
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8th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-February 2, 2025
/ Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar
MASTERS (43):
1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom), 3-Francisco Domingues (Portugal), 4/5-Will Cockerell (United Kingdom) / Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 1LC-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain), 2LC-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3LC/4LC-Franncisco Kendall (Portugal) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).
INTERMEDIATE (40):
1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Alex Moazed (Sweden), 3-Maciej Kaluzinski (Poland), 4/5-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2LC-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3LC/4LC-Stewart Stone (Gibraltar) / Heike van Heteren (Germany).
“MARIO FABBRI” BEST GIBRALTARIAN PLAYER AWARD:
Mike Nicholls.
500£ SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3/4-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Thomas Myhr (Denmark).
150£ ELITE JACKPOT (16):
1-Chris Bray (United Kingdom), 2-David Frier (Gibraltar), 3/4-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) / Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway).
50£ INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16):
1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), Jürgen Feiler (Germany), 3/4-Joanna Chorbala (Poland) / Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams):
1-Geoff Hall (UK) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Francisco Domingues (Portugal) & Francisco Kendall (Portugal) / Patrick Gebelli (United Arab Emirates) & Diana Merlusca (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 3/4-Ian Davidson (United Kingdom) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
SENIORS (96):
1-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom).
LADIES (24):
1-Antoinette Williams (USA), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128):
1-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2-Mike Nicholls (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar).
3X3 TEAM EVENT (14 teams):
1-The Brummy Chippers: Geoff Hall, Julian Minwalla, Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Brighton Breezy: Mike Grabsky, Tim Parfitt, Paul Statter (United Kingdom), 3/4-Dice Masters: Malcolm Hutson (Australia), Thomas Myhr (Denmark), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / LFP: Gilbert Licudi, Michael Pitaluga, Stewart Stone (Gibraltar).
869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32):
1-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Chris Bray (United Kingdom) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom).
MASTER OF THE ROCK (14):
1-Manuel Britto (Gibraltar), 2-Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar), 3/4-Steve Blake (Gibraltar) / Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar).
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CHARLOTTE BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
January 23-26, 2025
/ Charlotte, North Carolina
ABT OPEN (45):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 4/7-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Bob Azari (FL) / Donna Lafferty (IN) / Jason Lee (MD).
ABT ADVANCED (64):
1-Neville Kerr (NC), 2-Carol Kerr (NC), 3-Marianne Bowen (VA), 4/9-Koray Agirbas (GA) / Bernard Dede (NC) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Ofek Oshri (GA) / Jerry Ungar (FL).
ABT NOVICE (17):
1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT), 2/5-Cassandra Bennett (NC) / John Drake (NC) / Peter Hoyt (NY) / Kevin Hubbard (NC).
QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).
CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN JACKPOT (24):
1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3-Jason Lee (MD).
DOGWOOD ROYALE ADVANCED JACKPOT (24):
1-Graham Webb (WI), 2-Kelsey Rose (NY), 3-Andy Keller (NC).
HORNETS NEST DOUBLES (22 teams):
1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Tom Rosandich (WI) & Graham Webb (WI).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB-CHARLOTTE (24):
1/5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Julius High (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Grant Schneider (VA). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.45, 2-Sean Garber (IN) at 5.19, 3-Jason Lee (MD) at 5.73, 4-Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) at 5.94, 5-Bob Azari (FL) at 6.14, 6-Paul Linderman (NC) at 6.33, 7-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.36. Unlucky Dice Award: Paul Linderman (NC) at -16.00.
COOLWOOD WARM-UP (32):
1-Quinn Swanger (NC), 2-Andy Keller (NC); 1C-Valentyn Miller (NC), 2C-Michael Rosendich (NC).
WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (12):
1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Kristen Westerman (TN).
SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Alan Epstein (GA).
DMP I (16):
1-Phil Linderman (NC).
DMP II (8):
1-Michael Rosandich (NC).
HOTEL ROOM FREEROLL (71):
1-Laura Granger (CO).
$50 HAT TRICK (8):
1/2 split-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Julius High (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #1 (8):
1-Tom Jayne (VA).
$20 HAT TRICK #2 (8):
1-Matty Joyce (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #3 (8):
1-Glen Konstantine (CT).
$20 HAT TRICK #4 (8):
1-Timothy Smith (GA).
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5th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 16-19, 2025
/ Padova, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (35):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Michele Muratori, 3/4-Roberto Terenziani / Daniel Tudose (Romania); 1C-Dario Di Nicola, 2C-Antonio Anelli, 3C/4C-Frederic Bonard (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.
ADVANCED (42):
1-Diego Balgera, 2-Massimo Trovò, 3/4-Alberto Furlanetto / Hicham Khay; 1C-Dario Zaccariotto, 2C-Dario Bertola, 3C/4C-Carlo Fassina / Stefano Sinopoli.
OPEN MONTEGROTTO (36):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Jost Müller (Germany), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Francesco Oliva.
SWING (14):
1-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin, 3-Marco Conte.
WARM-UP (14):
1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Andrea Riebler (Austria).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams):
1-Jost Müller (Germany) & Wolf Dieter Wall (Germany).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Andrea Riebler (Austria).
GOODBYE MONTEGROTTO (16):
1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Giuseppe Ricciardi.
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BREEZY BRIGHTON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025
/ Brighton, United Kingdom
MASTERS (60):
1-Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden), 2-Darryl Artt, 3-Richard Furborough; 1C-Lawrence Powell, 2C-Kevin Bailey.
INTERMEDIATES (45):
1-Andreas Giannopoulos, 2-Hannah Parente, 3/4-Fabricio Cardoso / Chris Filby; 1C-Colly Morgan, 2C-Peter Gladstone.
SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Kent Goulding (USA), 2-André Larsen.
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Neculai Axinte.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams):
1/2 split-Steve Atkinson & Jude Le Patourel / Andrew Hawken & Richie Newbold.
WARM-UP (52):
1-Chris Filby, 2-Ann Maher.
BONUS WINNER:
Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden).
FAREWELL:
1-Paul King, 2-Ann Pocknell.
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VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025
/ Vlissingen, The Netherlands
CHAMPIONSHIP (44):
1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium), 3/4-Arthur Braacx (NL) / Ray Joenes (NL), 5/8-Csaba Daday (Romania) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Daniel Rozenberg (Belgium) / Jürgen Schettler (Germany).
ADVANCED (20):
1-Robert Vledderman (NL), 2-Joseph Meyns (Belgium), 3/4-Kris Claeys (Belgium) / Miriam Wieck (Germany).
SUPERJACKPOT (11):
1-Steven Hoeylaerts (Belgium), 2-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium).
SPEEDGAMMON (7):
1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).
PRO-AM DOUBLES (7 teams):
1-Rosie Flack (England) & Marc Friebe (Germany).
WARM-UP DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Team Old School: Rainer Jöller (Germany) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-World Champions: Anna Sofia Eysturstein (Faroe Islands) & Oliver Squire (England).
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INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 10-12, 2025
/ Istanbul, Turkey
“SHIMON KAGAN MEMORIAL” MASTERS (136):
1-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Yilmaz Kurtay, 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Yasin Özergil; 1C-Carlos Abou Absi (Lebanon), 2C-Emre Oztürk, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC-Fikret Aydin, 2LC-Erkan Nayir, 3LC/4LC-Ismail Köknar / Eren Sarikaya. Ladies Prize: Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria).
INTERMEDIATES (23):
1-Jalal Dehestanlangroudi (Iran), 2-Suat Karadag; 1C-Kalojan Bogdanov (Bulgaria), 2C-Senol Demir; 1LC-M. Gökhan Gucavli, 2LC-Nejat Alkap. Ladies Prize: Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (31):
1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut.
“AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (63 teams):
1-Osman Erkol & Adnan Turan, 2-Metin Erikler & Ali Yaldiz, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) & Rony Sadek (Lebanon) / Mykhailo Kulachko (Ukraine) & Dimitri Sloutsky (Ukraine).
“RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL” WBIF WARM-UP (88):
1-John Broomfield (United Kingdom), 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3/4-Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom) / Nahit Sorgüven.
“GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL” SWING (53):
1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Baris Güven Gôkçe, 3-Zeki Gelbal, 4-Riccardo Micci (Italy).
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16):
1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin, 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16):
1-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
“ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL” 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Suat Karadag, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Fady Al Asmar (Lebanon).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32):
1-Ismail Köknar, 2-Mustafa Resat Çikintas, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Mehmet Polat.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Gözde Diptas #1, 2-Eduard Fattakhov (Russia), 3/4-Önder Akçabelen / Gözde Diptas #2.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (11X8):
Winners: Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Metin Üredi, Özdal Kapmaz, Nassir Hajj (Lebanon), Kostadin Bodurov (Bulgaria), Zeki Gelbal, Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Rony Sadek (Lebanon).
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18th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 8-12, 2025
/ Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (161+65 rebuys):
1-Steve Sharokh (NY), 2-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Alan Steffen (FL), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom) / Greg Merriman (MI) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Art Sutton (NJ), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Rory Pascar (IL); 1LC-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom), 2LC-Herb Roman (IL), 3LC/4LC-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Sergey Rybiy (NY).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (114+48 rebuys):
1-Ali Rende (Turkey), 2-Michael Robinson (IL), 3/4-Alex Adams (PA) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 5/8-Jim Glover (FL) / Brad Mielke (NY) / Brian Ross (FL) / John Warden (MD); 1C-Lina Laksiouer (Canada), 2C-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3C/4C-Tyler Hathaway (NY) / Michael Kay (IL); 1LC-Bernard Pollara (NY), 2C-Debra Solomon (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (82):
1-Andrea Nishi (NY), 2-Jaime Felber (NY), 3/4-Kyle Reich (NY) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ); 1C-Kristen Butler (NY), 2C-Rebecca Rau (NY), 3C/4C-Michael Arendt (FL) / John Shea (NY); 1LC-Michael Pucci (NJ), 2LC-Sabrina Kraus (NY).
BEGINNER (32):
1-Kinga Kruszewska (NY), 2-Susan Keyloun (NY); 1C-Carter McLean (NY), 2C-Evan Clune (NY); 1LC-Sophia Marinkovich (WA), 2LC-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT).
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Alexander Handin (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (54):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (58):
1-Howard Linneman-Schmidt (NY), 2-Jason Aingorn (NY), 3/4-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / James Ross (RI).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB-NEW YORK (42):
1/3-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Wu (NY), 4/10-Julius High (FL) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Anthony Wuersch (MA). Unlucky Dice Award: Tom Keisler (CA). PR winners: 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) at 2.54, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.14, 3-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.44, 4-Thomas Keisler (CA) at 4.04, 5-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) at 4.13, 6-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.32, 7-Joe Urso (NY) 4.36, 8-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.48.
LADY LIBERTY CUP:
1-Melanie Hughes (Caribbean), 2-Ma Lang (NY), 3-Dina Laks (NY).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32):
1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Azim Rashidimalekshah (Canada).
CANCELGAMMON (48):
1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Jeremy Ly (NY), 3-Jack Edelson (MN).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (64):
1-Mark Osborne (NY), 2-Babak Ourian (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (96):
1/3 split-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada) / Marty Storer (NH) / Tony Wuersch (MA).
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Michael Rosen (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams):
1-Alan Steffen (FL) & Rosemary Steffen (FL), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Michael Vena (NY), 3/4-Jim Glover (FL) & Scotty Kelland (CT) / Nick Ricciardi (CT) & Joe Urso (NY).
PRO-AM DOUBLES (8 teams):
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WORCESTER CHRISTMAS TURKEY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
December 30, 2024
/ Worcester, United Kingdom
TURKEY CROWN EVENT (64):
1-Sean Clennell, 2-Alex Hannam, 3/4-Keith Gill / Dan Rovira; 1C-Rob Perry, 2C-Gaz Owen; 1LC-Tom Thorpe, 2LC-Chris J. Rogers.
CHICKS GROUP (24):
1-Hazel Harper, 2-Lucy Hopkins; 1C-Rosalie Johnson, 2C-Katharine McMaster.
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COPENHAGEN CHRISTMAS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
December 27, 2024
/ Bagsværd, Denmark
MAIN EVENT (86):
1-Erik Sommer, 2-Freddie Noer, 3/4-Finn Bahn / Khosrow Jafehvand; 1C-Fredrik Carlsson, 2C-Niels Smedegaard.
FREE TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Lasse Danielsen, 2-Jes Bondo.
SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Jens Christian Pedersen, 2-Jes Bondo.
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MOSCOW BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
December 19-22, 2024
/ Moscow, Russia
OPEN (93):
1-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Fidail Shakirov, 4/6-Anton Berdichevsky / Mger Dzhagaryan / Alexey Pecherkin, 7/8-Robert Sadgyan / Mikayel Vardanyan.
HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (44):
1-Mger Dzhagaryan, 2-Alexey Ignarin, 3/4-Aleksandr Abushkevich / Alexey Askurava.
SUPER JACKPOT (41):
1-Sergey Alenin, 2-Garry Lagvilava, 3/4-Alexey Askurava / Valery Zankovich.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams):
1-Yakov Nepomnyashchy & Leonid Riskin, 2-Elena Ganzha & Sergey Pisarev, 3/4-Alexey Askurava & Timur Azizov / Egor Gorbatenko & Pavel Potapov.
BLITZ (64):
1-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 2-Valery Zankovich, 3-Levik Bagdasaryan, 4-Victor Naumenko.
1-POINT (51):
1-Kazbek Tokaev, 2-Eduard Fattakhov, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin, 4-Roman Yurchik.
LADIES (25):
1-Juliya Gromenkova, 2-Olga Ivanova, 3-Svetlana Timina.
LADIES BLITZ (32):
1-Emma Ovsepyan, 2-Elena Marchenko, 3-Altynay Vyshnepolskaya, 4-Olga Komarova.
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PLAYERS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 14-15, 2024
/ London, United Kingdom
MAIN (128):
1-Saravan Sathyanandha, 2-Dan Rovira; 1C-Noah Bernstein, 2C-Alexander Pelling-Bruce; 1LC-Sean Clenell, 2LC-Andy Hart.
LUCKY LOSER #1:
1-Sean Clenell, 2-Adrian Farthing.
LUCKY LOSER #2:
1-Catherine Seale, 2-Michele de Havlland.
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37th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON REGIONAL
December 13-15, 2024
/ Istanbul, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (152):
1-Murat Hazir, 2-Özcan Oranç, 3-Tan Bostan, 4-Ibrahim Karaca.
“HAMZA GÜVEN MEMORIAL” ELIT CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (44):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Serkan Çalisir.
“BALIM AYASLI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (6):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gözde Diptas.
“MEHMET KOCAGLU MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (44):
1-Atalay Uluakay, 2-Yalçin Simsek, 3-Tugrul Sezgin, 4-Kayhan Arslan.
“ABDULLAH SISMAN MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams):
1-Gülderen Gücavli & Gözde Diptas, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 3/4-Önder Akçabelen & Sami Zorer / Barbaros Erim & Levent Erim.
SWING (84):
1-Baris Güven Gökçe, 2-Bülent Yorulmaz, 3-Metin Üredi, 4-Kenan Dal.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Fuat Akincioglu, 2-Nese Sezgin, 3/4-Levent Erim / Gülderen Gücavli.
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16):
1-Nahit Sorgüven, 2-Atalay Uluakay, 3/4-Haydar Uruçoglu / Gökhan Kazandag.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16):
1-Serkan Calisir, 2-Ali Yaldiz, 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre / Mustafa Kara.
TBT-2025 SATELLITES (14×8):
Winners: Erdinç Bayindir, Oguz User, Adnan Çam, Hamit Hasbay, Bülent Akbulut, Gözde Diptas, Mehmet Güme, Zeki Gelbal, Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom), Zafer Önder, Mahmut Kamar, Kenan Dal, Kayhan Arslan.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (2X8):
Winners: Emrah Eryilmaz, Özdal Kapmaz.
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47th CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 11-15, 2024
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (66+34 rebuys):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3-Jonah Seewald (CO), 4/5-Faddoul Khoury (IL) / Eran Levi (Israel); 1C-Michael Vosgueritchian, 2C-Kara Schultz, 3C/4C-Kevin Kahl / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ABT ADVANCED (43+21 rebuys):
1-Vinny Ramirez, 2-Bruce Newberg, 3-Wayland Augur, 4/5-Robert Rosen / Charles Thompson; 1C-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2C-Harutyun Ablabutyan.
ABT INTERMEDIATE (23):
1-Stuart Steene-Connolly, 2-Cheryl Ryan (CT); 1C-Gigi Goyette, 2C-Abigail Ackerman.
BMAB PLAYERS CUP LOS ANGELES (32):
1-Melissa Shin, 2/6-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / David Parks / David Rennie / Marty Storer (NH) / Jon Vietor. PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.80, 2-Bob Wachtel at 3.53, 3-Alex Eshagian at 3.67, 4-Kit Woolsey at 3.81, 5-Tom Keisler at 3.91, 6-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.16, 7-Frank Frigo at 4.20, 8-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.78. Unlucky Dice Award: Michael Pines.
PLAYERS CUP PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
1-Julius High (FL), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-John Rockwell.
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Steve Sax, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Kit Woolsey.
AMATEUR JACKPOT (40):
1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Paul Mangone, 3/4-Matthew Solemani / David Taniguchi, 5-Gus Contos.
WONDER WOMAN JACKPOT (15):
1-Alice Kay, 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Michael Vosgueritchian, 2-Tommy Tallarico.
DOUBLES I (16 teams):
1-Denise Bonfilio & Larry Shilling (TX), 2-Paul Mangone & David Vakil.
DOUBLES II (8 teams):
1-Tom Keisler & Jerry Slomkoski, 2-Max Lock (WA) & Alex Toth (WA).
DMP (64):
4 winners: Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico) / Enrique Gomez (Mexico) / Nelly Jalilvand / Robert Virnig.
SENIORS I (32):
1/2-split – Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 3/4-Vera Holley / John Wogomon.
SENIORS II (16):
1-Enrique Gomez (Mexico), 2-Herb Roman (IL).
JUNIORS (32):
1-Jacques Stambouli, 2-Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico), 3/4-Robert Virnig / Michael Vosgueritchian.
BLITZ (72):
1/2-split – Brian Draper / Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico), 3/4-Wayland Augur / Ed Rosenblum (NM).
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POVOLZHIE BACKGAMMON CUP
December 11-15, 2024
/ Saratov, Russia
MAIN BACKGAMMON (44):
1-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 2-Andrey Razumov, 3-Aleksandr Kharlampyev, 4/5-Victor Biyanov / Aik Dolunts.
SUPERJACKPOT BG (28):
1-Agamir Gevorkyan, 2-Levik Bagdasaryan, 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko / Sergey Petukhov.
DOUBLES BG (22 teams):
1-Aladdin Ismailov & Vage Safaryan, 2-Guram Nagelishvili & Pavel Potapov, 3-Timur Azizov & Alexey Ignarin.
BLITZ BG (64):
1-Andrey Razumov, 2-Vage Safaryan, 3-Yuri Akopov, 4-Aleksandr Abushkevich.
1-POINT BG (64):
1-Victor Naumenko, 2-Araik Marukyan, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin, 4-Artem Kozlov.
LADIES BG (5):
1-Liliya Koroleva, 2-Irina Ivanova.
LADIES BLITZ BG (8):
1-Elena Popova, 2-Irina Ivanova.
MAIN NARDGAMMON (54):
1-Kirill Ignatyev, 2-Vladimir Vatolin, 3-Guram Nagelishvili, 4/5-Aleksandr Kharlampyev / Vagarshak Akopyan, 6-Levik Bagdasaryan.
SUPERJACKPOT NG (20):
1-Genry Gasparyan, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3/4-Aleksandr Barannikov / Yury Kasovsky.
BLITZ NG (64):
1-Arsen Marukyan, 2-Timur Akhmetzyanov, 3-Genry Gasparyan, 4-Aleksandr Abushkevich.
1-POINT NG (64):
1-Pavel Udodov, 2-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 3-Ilnur Safiullin, 4-Yury Nekrylov.
LADIES NG (13):
1-Liliya Koroleva, 2-Irina Ivanova.
LADIES BLITZ NG (14):
1-Elena Popova, 2-Aysulu Shalapaeva.
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RIO BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
November 28 – December 1, 2024
/ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MASTERS (49+207 rebuys):
1-Ary Nogueira, 2-José Carlos Franco, 3/4-Rafael Garcez / Manuel Garcia (Peru).
INTERMEDIATE (29+99 rebuys):
1-Jader Pereira, 2-Pedro Barreto.
SUPERJACKPOT (16):
1-Ary Nogueira, 2-Ian Macfarlane, 3/4-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) / Washington Soares.
DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Paulo Cesar Palhares & Self, 2-Eduardo Faria & Eduardo Guise.
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DANISH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
November 23-24, 2024
/ Munkebjerg, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (66):
1-Pia Jeppesen, 2-Stefan Koch Olsen, 3/4-Lars-Henrik Braun / Kenneth Olesen.
B-CLASS (16):
1-Jógvan Jespersen, 2-Morten Møldrup.
SPEEDGAMMON (21):
1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Michael Weile.
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BRIAN LEVER MEMORIAL BACKGAMMON TROPHY 2024
November 23-24, 2024
/ Prestbury, United Kingdom
MAIN (64):
1-Paul Moulton, 2-Peter Bennet, 3/4-Sebastian Byrne / Connor Dickinson.
HBL TROPHY (46):
1-Ian Davidson, 2-Liviu Ionescu, 3/4-Krzysztof Cebula / Kevin Narey.
LAST CHANCE (32):
1-Simon Jones, 2-Richard Carter, 3/4-Alex Hannam / Jost Müller-Kreth.
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1st CITTÀ DI UDINE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
November 22-24, 2024
/ Udine, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (25):
1-Airat Fatykov (Russia), 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 3/4-Angelo Anav / Marco Solazzo.
1C-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2C-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
ADVANCED (41):
1-Franco Tosin, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Fabio Cappelletti / Francesco Zecchini.
1C-Paolo Gruppioni, 2C-Alberto Profumo, 3C/4C-Dario Bertola / Beat Tannler (Switzerland).
OPEN CNB (53):
1-Dario Bertola, 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 3/4-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Giuseppe Ricciardi.
WARM UP (14):
1-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 2-Beat Tannler (Switzerland).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams):
1-Airat Metshin (Russia) & Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Fabio Cappelletti & Giovanna La Falce.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Franco Tosin, 2-Stefano Selvi.
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1st MIAMI OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
November 19-25, 2024
/ Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
ABT OPEN DIVISION (142+54 rebuys):
1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Carter Mattig (IL), 3-Alberto Showaki (FL), 4/5-Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Adam Prager (Israel),
6/8-Ben Friesen (OH) / Alexander Handin (CA) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 9/13-Shay Asraff (Israel) / Joe Feldman (MI) /
Mark Moskowitz (FL) / Tom Rebelo (Canada) / Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Frank Frigo (CA), 2LC-Herman Arzuman (NJ),
3LC/4LC-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Phil Simborg (FL).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (58+20 rebuys):
1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3-Nick Ricciardi (CT), 4/5-Ann Maher (Ireland) / Ioannis Rizos (NY);
LC-Hozkel Vurnbrand (Peru), 2LC-Jim Glover (FL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (37+13 rebuys):
1-Gigi Goyette (CA), 2-Sayat Dedeoglu (GA), 3-Elliott Howard (NY); 1LC-Richard Battin (FL), 2LC-Sam Rappaport (NY).
TBT – (NO CUBE) TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (24):
1-Bob Kamp (MI), 2-John Barnett (NY), 3-Israel Shaar (MD).
ED O’LAUGHLIN SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-David Wells (CA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
LIMITED JACKPOT (64):
1-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 3/4-Herman Arzuman (NJ) / Nick Ricciardi (CT).
MEGA JACKPOT 2K (16):
1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Jose Farca (FL).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MIAMI (38):
1-Turker Eflanli (FL), 2/9-Bob Azari (FL) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Alec Izzo (FL) /
Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Ron Szlaifer (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / Steven Waller (MN).
MIAMI BEACH DOUBLES (102 teams):
1-Shahrooz Moreh (NY) & Hersel Namdar (NY), 2-Jose Luis Canavesi (FL) & Ron Szlaifer (FL), 3/4-Alex Farzan (CA) &
Gigi Goyette (CA) / Tomy Levy (Argentina) & Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (24):
1-Maggie Diamantidis (Greece/CA), 2-Samra Hadden (GA).
DMP CHALLENGE (64):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Alan Steffen (FL), 3/4-Henrik Bodholdt (Denmark/Costa Rica) / Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).
FREEROLL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Ricardo Braschi (Peru), 2-Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).
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21st CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT 2024
November 14-17, 2024
/ Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (300):
1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom), 3-Ismail Dönmez (Turkey), 4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 5-Hikmet Tunç (Turkey), 6-Kazuki Yokota (Japan), 7-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran), 8-Artur Petrosyan (Armenia), 9-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 10-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 11/17-Ali Haydar Bayar (Turkey) / Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari (Turkey) / Simon Kennedy Rose (UK/USA) / Gabi Menasherov (Israel) / Amin Shahvalizadeh (Iran) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Muhsin Yayintas (Turkey).
1C-Yilmaz Yigit (Turkey), 2C-George Vakis (Cyprus), 3C-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 4C/5C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Engin Öngel (Turkey/United Kingdom).
1LC-Nuri Çoban (Turkey), 2LC-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (94 teams):
1-Gabi Menasherov (Israel) & Yacov Omrad (Israel), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) & Abdullah Ser (Turkey), 3-Ecem Canbula (Turkey) & Hamza Nar (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (94):
1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3-Timur Azizov (Russia), 4/6-Atila Malçok (Turkey) / Ciortan Radu (Romania/UK) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (139):
1-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 2-Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 3-Atanas Tachev (Bulgaria), 4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (103):
1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Boghiu Sorin (Romania), 4-Berkant Bilgi (Turkey).
DMP TOURNAMENT #1 (64):
1-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 2-Arslan Volkan Aktas (Turkey).
DMP TOURNAMENT #2 (64):
1-Arslan Volkan Aktas (Turkey), 2-Cristian Cozos (Romania).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (18):
1-Meryem Karagöz (Turkey), 2-Meltem Hazir (Turkey), 3-Damla Karal (Turkey).
BEGINNERS (10):
1-Suzan Tatlisulu (Northern Cyprus), 2-Svetla Vasileva (Bulgaria).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
Ercan Güleç (Turkey), Hafiz Mammadi (Azerbaijan), Çise Özdogan (Turkey), Pınar Tas (Turkey).
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1st GRAND PASHA OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
2024
November 12-14, 2024
/ Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (190):
1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 2-Jerzy Behnke (Germany), 3-Timur Azizov (Russia), 4-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 5/7-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Susumu Mizutani (Japan) / Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (48):
1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 3-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom).
SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (60 teams):
1-Ali Çetin Belene (Turkey) & Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Timur Azizov (Russia) & Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 3/4-Ashot Arzumanyan (Russia) & Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Berk Eksioglu (Turkey) & Faruk Han (Turkey).
WARM UP (52):
1-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3/4-Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Yacov Omrad (Israel).
THANKS AWARDS:
Eylül Özbilen (Northern Cyprus), Ahmet Sevinç (Northern Cyprus).
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2024 AUSTRALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 8-10, 2024
/ Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
OPEN (96):
1-Mick Dyett, 2-Yalli Pleshet, 3/4-Darren O’Shaughnessy / Ken Vaughan, 5/8-Rob Dartnell / Steve Davis / Ian Dunstan / Andrejs Liepins.
MASTERS (29):
1-Ian Dunstan, 2-Martin Sagradian, 3/4-Grant Hoffman (New Zealand) / Chris White.
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Rob Dartnell, 2-Jenny Saunders, 3/4-Mick Dyett / Steve Roberts.
SUNDAY SPECIAL (63):
1-Jan Spillekom, 2-Rosalind Baker, 3/4-Amanda Cron / Yumi Iwago.
SUNDAY TOURNAMENT #2 (8):
1-Vladan Djordjevic, 2-Diana Ambrozie.
SUNDAY TOURNAMENT #3 (8):
1-Maricar Ustick, 2-Reece McLean.
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11th MERIT OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
November 5-10, 2024
/ Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
MASTERS (200):
1-Ahmad Dehyadegari (Iran), 2-Milen Angelov (Bulgaria), 3-Mads Andersen (Denmark), 4/5-Ali Al-Daftari (United Kingdom) / Levan Chilingarishvili (Georgia), 6/9-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Ismail Köroglu (Turkey) / Artur Petrosyan (Armenia) / David Wells (USA), 10/16-Hamid Reza Alangi (Iran) / Talat Bagibala (Turkey) / Guil Drai (France) / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria) / Zafer Tas (Turkey) / Amir Ali Tavakoli / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom); 1LC- Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2LC-Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Karjau Levent (Northern Cyprus) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark); Ladies Prize – Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATES (106):
1-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 2-Masoud Attar (Iran), 3-S. Abed (Iran), 4/5-Amir Reza Behzadi (Iran) / Rosen Stoyanov (Bulgaria), 6/9-Mohammadhassan Aghaei (Iran) / Alex Moazed (Sweden) / Marina Pirvelli (Georgia) / Ali Ihsan Ulugergerli (Turkey); 1LC-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 2LC-Yuval Shagar (Israel), 3LC/4LC-Aurélien Cardoso (Canada) / Igor Schwarz (Germany); Ladies Prize – Marina Pirvelli (Georgia).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3/4-Morten Holm (Denmark) / Mircea Nicolici (Romania).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Mahir Kasuto (Turkey), 3/4-Adrian Baltariu (Romania) / Aref Alipour (Iran/UK).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran).
LIMITED SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Baris Koçak (Turkey), 2-Burak Hakki (Turkey).
BMAB-MIDDLE EAST #9 (16):
1-Geir Pedersen (Norway)… PR winners: 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran) at 2.59, 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) at 2.62, 3-Fernando Neumark (Argentina) at 3.01, 4-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran) at 3.24, 5/6-Hossein Aghili (Iran) at 3.47 / Navid Rohani (Iran) at 3.47, 7-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK) at 3.80.
“ION RESSU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (128 teams):
1-Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran) & Mais Mohammad (Iran), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko (Russia) & Artur Petrosyan (Armenia) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan).
“EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL” SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128):
1-Gia Pochkua (Georgia) 2-Revazi Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Atsamaz Arsagov (Russia) / Jerzy Behnke (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Ali Al-Daftari (United Kingdom), 2-Suren Mumdzhian (Russia), 3/4-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) / Huoman Khatami (Iran).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 2-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 3/4-Pedram Kiasi (Iran) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (29):
1-Sevinç Pashaeva (Ukraine), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Florica Zanet (Romania).
ONE POINT MATCH PRESIDENT’S TOURNAMENT (256):
1-Eric Stoppa (Germany), 2-Revazi Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Tugrul Sezgin (Turkey) / Onur Vurur (Turkey).
WETGAMMON UNDERWATER EVENT (14):
1-Eamon “Ginge” Fullen (Sealand), 2-Rabieh Adnan #1 (Lebanon), 3/4-Rabieh Adnan #2 (Lebanon) / Nesrin Igmed (North Cyprus).
MOCHY’S QUIZ (54):
1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) 6/8, 2-Ali Haydar Bayar (Turkey) 6/8.
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BRISTOL BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
November 1-3, 2024
/ Bristol, United Kingdom
MASTERS (43):
1-Tim Parfitt, 2-Julian Minwalla, 3-Chris Jones, 4/5-Seán Jones / Paul King.
INTERMEDIATES (30):
1-Reinhold Heinlein, 2-Alan Joicey, 3-Phil Doubtfire.
TOMBSTONE TROPHY (42):
1-Will Cockerell, 2-Phil Tutchings, 3/4-Cat Bucur / Fraya Dravern.
WARM-UP (43):
1-Walter Busato, 2-Dan Rovira, 3/4-Stephen Little / Ian Tarr.
SUPER JACKPOT (9):
1-Emad Salib, 2-Neculai Axinte.
SPEEDGAMMON (48):
1-Ian Tarr, 2-Cat Bucur, 3/4-Cristi Cozos / Plamen Sivrev.
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WBIF 2024 TOUR LIVE FINALS & 3rd MALTA BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 30-November 3, 2024
/ St. Pauls Bay, Malta
WBIF TOUR LIVE FINALS (36):
1-Michael Higatsberger (Austria), 2-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).
MALTA CHAMPIONSHIP (66):
1-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 2-Ioannis Atmadzidis (Greece), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 5/8-Mogens Dreier (Denmark) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Herb Roman (USA) / Michael Weile (Denmark).
MALTA INTERMEDIATE (43):
1-Emmanouil Psarakis (Greece), 2-Tommy Andersen (Denmark), 3/4-Jan Bendesen (Denmark) / Maria Bonke (Denmark), 5/8-Sezai Baynahtar (Northern Cyprus) / Brian Lawrence (Scotland) / Max Petersen (Denmark) / Ingrid Soderstjerna (Sweden).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Geir Pedersen (Norway), 2-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
SPEEDGAMMON (58):
1-Ayrat Fatykhov (Russia), 2-Nuray Sevimli (Northern Cyprus).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (37 teams):
1-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Steve Holme (United Kingdom) & Jason Tribe (United Kingdom).
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19th MILAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 24-27, 2024
/ Varenna, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (39):
1-Marco Solazzo, 2-Paul Barwick (United Kingdom), 3/4-Paola Aiello / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland); 1C-Giorgio Castellano, 2C-Andrea de Zandonati, 3C/4C-Sean Clennell (United Kingdom) / Gianlazzaro Sanna.
ADVANCED (29):
1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran), 2-Diego Bragato, 3/4-Paolo Costa / Robin Hayley (United Kingdom); 1C-Dario Bertola, 2C-Franco Tosin, 3C/4C-Marilena Montano / Francesco Zecchini.
OPEN CNB (52):
1-Francesco Mauri, 2-Hicham Khay, 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Dieter-Wolf Wall.
GOODBYE VARENNA (16):
1-Marco Tamigi, 2-Stephen Carder (United Kingdom).
WARM UP (13):
1-Sean Clennell (United Kingdom), 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (10):
1-Stephen Carder (United Kingdom) & Sean Clennell (United Kingdom), 2-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
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32nd IRISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 18-20, 2024
/ Dublin, Ireland
OPEN (63):
1-Neil Young (United Kingdom), 2-Daniel Lynch; 1C-Peter Fivey, 2C-Moore Wisener; 1LC-Paul van Dijke (Holland), 2LC-Jackie Murphy.
SUPER JACKPOT:
1-Peter Bennet (United Kingdom), 2-Yousef Mahmoud.
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NORWEGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN BACKGAMMON 2024
October 17-20, 2024
/ Oslo, Norway
CHAMPIONSHIP (78):
1-Joakim Rustem Jensen, 2-Farzin Aarabi, 3/4-Zoran Krogstad / Kaia Osbakk; 1C-Håvard Raddum, 2C-Tobias Leknes.
MELLOMKLASSE (48):
1-Kjetil Schrumpf, 2-Jannis Mougios, 3/4-Tymon Choroszucha / Martin Luz.
BEGINNERS (30):
1-Marius Undall, 2-Audun Flood, 3/4-Shervin Rouhani / Eric Van Buren.
SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP (43):
1-Kathrine Langjord, 2-Samson Højgaard, 3/4-Amir Harivandy / Chris Hedberg.
SPEED MELLOM/BEGINNERS (25):
1-Tom Johannessen, 2-Tymon Choroszucha, 3/4-Helge Åkernes / Johan Ström.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (30):
1-Bjørnar Bugge & Bjørnar Pettersen, 2-Monica Unosen & Jon Kristian Røyset, 3/4-Håkan Åkerstrand & Kathrine Langjord / Asbjørn Arntzen & Martha Gjelseth.
LAG TEAM TOURNAMENT (39):
1-Marianne Husum / Dagfinn Snarheim / Frank Stenersen, 2-Asbjørn Arntzen / Martha Gjelseth / Odin Svendsen.
VETERAN EVENT (19):
1-Anders Skjelde, 2-Jan Ivar Nilsen, 3/4-Sylvia Johnsen / Katrine Stegenborg Teigen.
DMP:
1-Alf Henning Bekkevik, 2-Halvor Lervik.
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WILD WEST SHOOTOUT: 6th ANNUAL DENVER OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 16-20, 2024
/ Denver, Colorado
ABT DIVISION 1 – BISON (71):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 3-Audronis Zunde (CO), 4/5-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1C-Michael Ginat (CO), 2C-Joe Freedman (NM).
ABT DIVISION 2 – GUNSLINGERS (30):
1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Ron Bruns (CA), 3-Abby Biss (New Zealand); 1C-Sue Will (IL), 2C-Ed Gazvoda (CO).
ABT DIVISION 3 – WARRIORS (24):
1-Mary Wilson (CO), 2-Leah Nash (OR), 3-Matt Patterson (CO); 1C-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA), 2C-Mark Manning (CO).
ABT DIVISION 4 – GREENHORNS (12):
1-Marc Nighman (ME), 2-Hugo Olivera (CO). Gilet Mankin of Israel won the backgammon board drawing, and she gifted the board to Nedra Lyles (FL).
WILD HORSES SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Jim Stutz (CT).
BISON JACKPOT (64):
1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Paul Swain (WA), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Rich Siebold (CO), 5/8-Ken Bame (CA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Steve Sax (CA).
GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32):
1-Justin McKenna (CA), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany), 3/4-Marianne Bowen (VA) / Michael Mesich (MN).
WARRIOR JACKPOT (8):
1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP DENVER (28):
1/3 tie- Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Gerry Tansey (MO). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 3.20, 2-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.63, 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 3.74, 4-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.17, 5-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.54, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.80, 7-Paul Swain (WA) at 4.92. Unlucky Dice Award: Sean Garber (IN) at -13.46.
EARLY RUSTLER (16):
1-Curtis Melville (VA), 2-Ami Benari (CO).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (32):
1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA), 3/4-Marc Emrich (CO) / Lynn Lusk (CO).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (32 teams):
1-Sean Garber (IN) & Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO) & Lawrence Wilson (CO), 3/4-Saeed Karimi (TX) & Jennifer Kim (CA) / Gary Koscielny (FL) & Joan Koscielny (FL).
ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTOUT (20):
1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Karen Davis (FL); 1C-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany), 2C-Melissa Shin (CA).
SENIOR WRANGLERS (32):
1-Joe Freedman (NM), 2-David Kettler (TX).
YOUNG WRANGLERS (32):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD).
RUSTLER QUICKIE (32):
1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Laura Granger (CO).
WOLF BLITZ (64):
1-Steve Hairgrove (IL), 2-Mario Savan (CA).
GOLD RUSH SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Melissa Shin (CA), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 3/4-Rory Pascar (IL) / Maes Petrosian (CA).
FTH BOARD QUICK DRAW (32):
1-James Hoppenworth (CO).
CORNHOLE SOCIAL EVENT (8 teams):
1-LeAnn Roberts (CO) & Tommy Tallarico (CA).
CHOO CHOO (4):
1-Cary Hoarty (CO), 2-Brian Vance (MI). Warm-up (4): 1-Cary Hoarty (CO), 2-Laura Granger (CO).
LAST STAND (26):
1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Ken Bame (CA), 3/4-Michael Urban (Germany) / Audronis Zunde (CO).
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1st RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 14-24, 2024
/ Saint Petersburg, Russia
BACKGAMMON – MEN (106):
1-Mikayel Vardanyan, 2-Agamir Gevorky, 3-Aleksey Tokarev.
BACKGAMMON – WOMEN (42):
1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Yulia Gromenkova, 3-Anastasia Babich.
LONGGAMMON – MEN (116):
1-Anatoly Krasilov, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3-Gadzhimurad Vaniev.
LONGGAMMON – WOMEN (46):
1-Eleonora Okulevich, 2-Elena Gromenkova, 3-Olga Tatar.
BACKGAMMON BLITZ – MEN (104):
1-Alexander Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Erokhin, 3-Nail Arzukhanov.
BACKGAMMON BLITZ – WOMEN (38):
1-Yulia Gromenkova, 2-Nadezhda Vaulina, 3-Ksenia Nagaeva.
LONGGAMMON BLITZ – MEN (116):
1-Mikhail Kudryashov, 2-Andrey Gordeev, 3-Mikhail Kozhevnikov.
LONGGAMMON BLITZ – WOMEN (44):
1-Elena Gandzha, 2-Albina Krymskaya, 3-Olga Tatar.
BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CONSULTATION – MEN (60 teams):
1-Eldar Gul’ & Alkhas Laguaa, 2-Manvel Avetisyan & Mger Dzhagaryan, 3-Zaur Mageramov & Aleksandr Solodukhin.
BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CONSULTATION – WOMEN (18 teams):
1-Nadezhda Andreeva & Olga Ivanova, 2-Eleonora Okulevich & Svetlana Sen’kiv, 3-Liliya Koroleva & Svetlana Timina.
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33rd SWISS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 11-13, 2024
/ Lausanne, Switzerland
CHAMPIONSHIP (51):
1-Roland Himmelberger, 2-Almir Vajzovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3/4-Misja Alma (Holland) / Jean-Philippe Schoeffel; 1LC-Denis Etienne, 2LC-Marcel Büker (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON:
1-Ovidiu Semenescu (Romania), 2-Mahmut Yildiz (Turkey).
ONE-POINTER:
1-Almir Vajzovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Nesip Temizkan (Turkey).
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
1-Team Manu: Timothée Bebler / Maxime Shavasar / Saeed Torkani.
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4th BELGRADE BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 10-13, 2024
/ Belgrade, Serbia
OPEN (98):
1-Cristian Ghena-Frisk (Romania), 2-Saso Pavlevski (North Macedonia), 3/4-Kristijan Avgustin (Serbia) / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 5/8-Eko Jablanicanin (Serbia) / Zvezdan Kljajic (Serbia) / Lars Nielsen (Denmark) / Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria).
ELITE 300 JACKPOT (8):
1-Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 3-Milos Mikic (Serbia).
PRO 100 JACKPOT (32):
1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark), 2-Igor Pesevski (North Macedonia), 3/4-Dejan Protic (Serbia) / Dejan Stojanovski (North Macedonia).
DOUBLES PRO (23 teams):
1-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) & Nastas Ristovski (North Macedonia), 2-Dejan Protic (Serbia) & Mladen Teovanovic (Serbia), 3/4-Dejan Domazet (Montenegro) & Sasa Lekic (Serbia) / Zoltán Péter Eross (Hungary) & Mike Laszlo (Hungary).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Kemal Caluk (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Kristijan Culjat (Croatia).
DMP (8):
1-Saso Galacev (Macedonia), 2-Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia).
LAST CHANCE (32):
1-Sandra Ashry (Yemen/Serbia), 2-Igor Pesevski (North Macedonia).
LADIES PRIZE (8):
1-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria), 2-Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia).
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NEWCASTLE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
October 4-6, 2024
/ Gateshead, United Kingdom
OPEN (78):
1-Adrian Jones, 2-Derek Murphy (Ireland); 1C-Will Cockerell, 2C-C.J. Uttley; 1LC-Beth Young (Scotland), 2LC-Ian Turner.
DOUBLES:
1-Brian Lawrence (Scotland) & Karen Slawek (Scotland), 2-Beth Young (Scotland) & Rosaleen Young (Scotland).
FRIDAY WARM UP:
1-Kevin Jones.
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24th CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 1-6, 2024
/ Jesolo-Venice, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (76):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati / Wolfgang Henze (Austria); 1C-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2C-Luigi De Lazzari, 3C/4C-Rolf Schüler (Austria) / Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).
ADVANCED (56):
1-Pietro Gallo, 2-Jakub Lanc (Czechia), 3/4-Marco De Bortoli / Franco Tosin; 1C-Diego Balgeria, 2C-Sassan Kachanian (Belgium), 3C/4C-Adriano Botteon / Michal Kucero (Czechia).
OPEN CNB (126):
1-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 2-Eric Guedj (France), 3/4-Patricia Rey (Monaco) / Walter Pisa, 5/8-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Fredric Bonard (France) / Adriano Botteon / Andrea Riebler (Austria).
HOTEL ATLANTICO (56):
1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Francesco Mauri / Jiri Vala (Czechia).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Jost Mueller-Kreth (Germany), 2-Antonio Anelli, 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Portugal) / Sophie Kerguenne (Switzerland).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Stefan Frigerio (Austria), 2-Riccardo Micci, 3/4-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Myke Wignall (United Kingdom).
SWING (46):
1-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 2-Giovanni Francescon, 3-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 4-Riccardo Micci.
WARM UP (38):
1-Eva Zizkova (Czechia), 2-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Carlo Mazzinghi.
EDUCATIONAL (8 teams):
1/2-Martin Filipi (Czechia) & Eva Zizkova (Czechia) / Nicole Paoli & Gianna Wheli.
DOUBLES CONSULTING (36 teams):
1-Marianna Wall & Wolfgang Wall, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Christa Groll (Austria) & Zach Horst (Austria) / Airat Metshin (Russia) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (9):
1-Silvia Weilenmann (Germany), 2-Marilena Montano.
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3rd JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 26-30, 2024
/ Ocho Rios, Jamaica
CHAMPIONSHIP (31+19):
1-Alastair Woods (Scotland), 2-Larry Shiller (USA); 1C-Ian Terry (USA), 2C-Frank Talbot (USA); 1LC-James Newman (Scotland).
ADVANCED (10+4):
1-Anandan Tanabalan (Scotland), 2-June Williamson (Scotland); 1C-John Barnett (USA); 1LC-Monty Haskins (USA).
DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Louis Epstein (USA) & Monty Haskins (USA), 2-Larry Shiller (USA) & Frank Talbot (USA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (13):
1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Paul Linderman (USA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (11):
1-Sniper Kitten (USA), 2-Louis Epstein (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON I (16):
1-Avi Cohen #1 (USA), 2-Avi Cohen 2 (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON II (16):
1-Avi Cohen (USA), 2-Paul Lindeman (USA).
DMP I (16):
1-Ben Ifrah (USA), 2-John Barnett (USA).
DMP II (8):
1-John Issa (Jamaica).
EARLY BIRD TOURNEY (16):
1-David Wells (USA), 2-Phil Simborg (USA).
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SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 26-29, 2024
/ St. Louis, Missouri
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (44):
1-Joel Levy (MO), 2-Michael Flohr (IL), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/7-Jack Edelson (MN) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY) / Marty Storer (NH) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (44):
1-Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Larry Whittenburg (IL), 3-Eliot Spiro (MO), 4/7-Bob Ellis (TN) / Nick Knebel (CO) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Tom Rosandich (WI).
NOVICE (6):
1-Rhonda Woodbury (IL) 2-Ty Jena (OH), 3/5-Lois Green (IL) / Jim Meyer (OH) / El Paso (AL).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP ST. LOUIS (20):
1/5: Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ben Friesen (OH) / Sean Garber (IN) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Marty Storer (NH).
PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.17, 2-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.37, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.06, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 3.77, 5-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.88, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.77, 7-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.31, 8-David Stein (IL) at 5.73. Unlucky Dice Award: Rob Crase (OH) at -9.33.
GATEWAY JACKPOT (8):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Carl Sellars (Canada).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Kent Goulding (MD), 3-David Stein (IL).
OPEN JACKPOT (8):
1-Saeed Karimi (TX), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24):
1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Ian McGuigan (IN), 3/4-Nick Knebel (CO) / Ken Tyszko (IL).
QUICKIE/DMP (16):
1/2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) #1 / Mehmet Agirbas (GA) #2.
SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
CANCELGAMMON (16):
1-Ben Friesen (OH), 2-Jack Edelson (MN).
WARM UP (16):
1-Julius High (FL), 2-Phil Perelmuter (FL).
DOUBLES (20):
1-Patrick Dowd (IL) & David Stein (IL), 2-Igor Baburov (NJ) & Saeed Karimi (TX), 3/4-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) / Mary Ann Meese (IN) & Joe Sylvester (MO).
TANSEY OPEN CHALLENGE (16):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL).
WHITTENBURG INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE (32):
1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Jim Caristi (IN), 3/4-Joe Schoenecker (MO) / Larry Whittenburg (IL).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16):
1/2 split-Julius High (FL) / Joe Sylvester (MO), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Tim Mabee (IL).
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OASIS 3 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CUP
September 25-30, 2024
/ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MASTERS (192):
1-Frank Frigo (USA), 2-Adrian Baltariu (Romania), 3-Shahin Nejat (Iran), 4/5-Rabiah Adnan (United Arab Emirates) / Eduard Mirjanyan (Armenia), 6/8-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Kaveh Farahani (Iran) / Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 9/11-Masoud Aghdam (Iran) / Amir Eshraghi (Iran) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 12/17-Roohollah Amiri-Andy (Iran) / Manuel “Lito” Frondoso (Philippines) / Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) / Mehrdad Goodarzi (Iran) / Milad Hashemi (Iran) / Cristinel Stangaciu (Romania); 1LC-Mojtaba Akhavan (Iran), 2LC-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Morteza Babaei (Iran) / Imad Laham (Syria).
INTERMEDIATE (76):
1-Eli Rad (Iran), 2-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania), 3-Meisam Pourtaghi (Iran), 4-Mais Mohammed (Iraq/United Arab Emirates), 5-Mohammad Saeedi (Iran), 6-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 7-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Hamid Rahmani (Iran), 2LC-Huseynov Shirzad (Azerbaijan), 3/4-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran) / Jürgen Schiller (Germany).
OASIS DOUBLES CONSULTATION (128 teams):
1-Nick Sandqvist (United Kingdom) & Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) & Cyrus Vafa (Sweden) / Gregory Riskin (Ukraine) & Leonid Riskin (Ukraine).
$1,000 MEGA BONANZA #1 (32):
1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 2-Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).
$1,000 MEGA BONANZA #2 (16):
1-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 3/4-Hossein Aghili (Iran) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
$500 SUPER BONANZA #1 (32):
1-Mohammedreza Eslami (Iran), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Shahram Aala (Iran) / Roohollah Amiri-Andy (Iran).
$500 SUPER BONANZA #2 (32):
1-Philippe Narboni (Switzerland), 2-Amel Boskailo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3/4-Abdul Barakat (Kuwait) / Hamid Esmaeili (Iran).
WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Jennifer Kim (USA), 2-Mais Mohammed (Iraq/United Arab Emirates), 3/4-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria) / Niloofar Sadjedi (Iran).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128):
1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-John Rockwell (USA), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (United Arab Emirates) / Ali Rezaei (Iran).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (64):
1-Nasir Mirnasab (Iran), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3/4-Cristian Antohe (Romania) / Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 2-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 3/4-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuanian/Ireland) / Ethan Rice (USA).
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON #1 (64):
1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Mahyar Akbari (Iran), 3/4-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Bahman Vahid (Iran).
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32):
1-Pedram Kiasi (Iran), 2-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria), 3/4-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom) / Ali Yousefi (Iran).
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8th POLISH BACKGAMMON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
September 21-22, 2024
/ Warsaw, Poland
CHAMPIONSHIP (55):
1-Tomasz Czajka, 2-Kacper Kacperski, 3-Philipp Heyng (Germany), 4-Agnius Vobolis (Lithuania), 5/8-Wojciech Bator / Viacheslav Stepanenko (Ukraine) / Grzegorz Wiech / Marek Wojciechowski.
BACKGAMMON POLAND CUP (26):
1-Piotr Zielonka, 2-Bernard Madrennes (France), 3-Radoslaw Skarzynski, 4-Jost Mueller-Kreth (Germany).
SUPERJACKPOT (16):
1-Karol Szczerek, 2-Joanna Chorebala, 3/4-Aleksas Gilaitis (Lithuania) / Radoslaw Skarzynski.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Karol Szczerek, 2-Wojciech Bator, 3/4-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) / Marek Wojciechowski.
CHICKEN SOUP:
1-Robert Matkowski, 2-Joanna Chorebala.
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BAGRAT RAPAVA MEMORIAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 19-22, 2024
/ Pyatigorsk, Russia
MAIN TOURNAMENT (89):
1-Sergey Chertkov, 2-Timur Azizov, 3-Victor Biyanov, 4/5-Aleksandr Abushkevich / Alkhas Lagulaa, 6-Aslan Buzoev.
LADIES MAIN TOURNAMENT (10):
1-Elena Marchenko, 2-Mariya Koldaeva.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (36 teams):
1-Alexey Askurava & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Artem Kozlov & Artur Roganov, 3/4-Sergey Erokhin & Sergey Petukhov / Konstantin Bartash & Maksim Oleschenko.
HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (36):
1-Alexey Zlobin, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Arsen Agadzhanyan / Yan Gurevich.
SUPER JACKPOT (40):
1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Sergey Alenin, 3/4-Zaur Mageramov / Georgy Meletidi.
1-POINT (61):
1-Eduard Fattakhov, 2-Sergey Alenin, 3-Aslan Buzoev, 4-Konstantin Pustokhin.
BLITZ (64):
1-Armais Dzhalodyants, 2-Timur Azizov, 3-Sergey Petukhov, 4-Vyacheslav Dzebisov.
LADIES BLITZ (16):
1-Svetlana Timina, 2-Elena Marchenko.
QUIZ (38):
1-Ashot Simonyan.
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PRO: 4th TRANSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 14-16, 2024
/ Predeal, Romania
MAIN EVENT (71):
1-Ion Cocica, 2-Mihai Iliescu, 3-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany), 4-Alexandru Bogdan, 5/7-Eugen Lazar / Costel Ilie / Romel Purcel.
SUPER JACKPOT (42):
1-Milen Angelov, 2-Costel Ilie.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams):
1-Florin Chelaru & Tudor Pogacean, 2-Mihai Grigorescu & Self.
SPEEDGAMMON (51):
1-Andrei Iordache, 2-Adrian Dan.
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18th BODRUM BACKGAMMON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
September 6-8, 2024
/ Bodrum, Turkey
MAIN (94):
1-Tan Gülpasa, 2-Metin Üredi, 3-Oguz User, 4-Mustafa Kara.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (33):
1-Metin Üredi, 2-Oguz User.
“HABIBE CEBECI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (9):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
“BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (32):
1-Adnan Çam, 2-Atalay Uluakay, 3-Cumhur Bektüre, 4-Hakan Uludogan.
“ALP EYYÜPOGLU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (45 teams):
1-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 2-Çaglayan Aras & Senol Kaçmaz, 3/4-Ümit Bata & George Simpson / Burak Çulhaci & Fatih Dilekçi.
“ÜMIT ILIK MEMORIAL” SWING (73):
1-Arda Findikoglu, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3-Nesrin Becerici, 4-Mehmet Güme.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Mehmet Senyurt, 2-Zafer Önder #1, 3/4-Ümit Bata / Zafer Önder #2.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Cüneyt Arabaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Abdullah Sorgüven.
TBT-2024 SATELLITES (7×8) winners:
Ahmet Çil, Altug Burdurlu, Cüneyt Arabaci, Selim Akkus, Zülfikar Soyvural, Metin Üredi, Yalçin Ikizoglu.
BG4BG (8):
1-Cumhur Bektüre.
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12th LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 29-September 1, 2024
/ Bad Durkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (68):
1-Guil Drai (France), 2-Josefin Bichler, 3/4-Heribert Lindner / Leonid Riskin; 1C-Volker Wenzlaff, 2C-Mario Kühl; 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
INTERMEDIATE (56):
1-Richard Fiegen, 2-Lena Sahlén, 3/4-Stefan Manski / Miklos Menyhardt; 1C-Markus Krawietz, 2C-Philippe Vouhe (France); 1LC-Oliver Schneider.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (34 teams):
1-Mehmet Ali Erten & Klaus Host, 2-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) & Claus Weissbarth, 3/4-Josefin Bichler & Thomas Kazemieh / Richard Fiegen & Leonid Riskin.
SUPER JACKPOT I (32):
1-Josefin Bichler, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
SUPER JACKPOT II (8):
1-Jimmy Anywar.
LIMITED JACKPOT I (32):
1-Udo Zindler, 2-Thorsten Schulz.
LIMITED JACKPOT II (16):
1-Ralf Sonnleitner, 2-Hans Leggewie.
SPEEDGAMMON (96):
1-Stephan Hartmann, 2-Kemal Dogan, 3-Axel Schürrmann.
LADIES CUP (14):
1-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland), 2-Marianne S. Husum (Norway).
CASINO CUP (91):
1-Claus Weissbarth, 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium).
SURPRISE EVENT (105):
1-Andres Städeli (Switzerland).
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2024 VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
August 28 – September 2, 2024
/ Bloomington, Minnesota
ABT ODIN OPEN (45):
1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Marty Storer (NH), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Steve Reichelt (MN), 5/8-Chris Knapp (MA) / Konstantinos Lekkas (IA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
ABT THOR ADVANCED (47):
1-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2-Andrew Lundeen (MN), 3/4-James Baumeister (WI) / Tim Lawless (IN), 5/7-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany) / Steve Hanson (MN) / Maggie Sweeney (MI).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXV (16):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
LONGSHIP JACKPOT (8):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Tim Lawless (IN).
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (24):
1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Jeremy Krieger (OR).
EARLY RAVEN OPEN (19):
1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Paul Mangone (CA).
EARLY RAVEN ADVANCED (27):
1-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2-Mark Kaye (IL), 3/4-James Baumeister (WI) / Kelsey Rose (NY).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (22 teams):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Donna Lafferty (IN) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Chris Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA) / Andrew Lundeen (MN) & Matthew Lundeen (MN).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MINNESOTA (32):
1-Eric Barr (KS), 2/7-Julius High (GA) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Dan Minardi (CO) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Todd (MO) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.38, 2-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.78, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.27, 4-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.01, 5-Jeremy Krieger (OR) at 4.20, 6-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.96, 7-Frank Talbot (MI) at 5.71, 8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 5.94, 9-Eric Barr (KS) at 5.96.
Unlucky Dice Award: Eddie Farhadi (MN) at -16.73.
FRIDAY FRIGGA (39):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN), 3/4-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Tim Lawless (MN).
VIKING BEGINNER (6):
1-Fatholah Kassemi (MN), 2-Amy Latek (WI).
NOVICE WORKSHOP ROUND ROBIN #1 (4):
1-Carol Jud (MN), 2-Sara Thornson (NE).
NOVICE WORKSHOP ROUND ROBIN #2 (4):
1-Owen Latek (WI), 2-Meg Donovan (NE).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Carl Sellars (Canada).
$100 VALHALLA JACKPOT (8):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
$100 VALHALLA OVERFLOW JACKPOT (4):
1-Ozgur Aktunc (TX).
$50 VALHALLA JACKPOT (8):
1-Rick Davis (MN).
DMP RAIDS (32):
1-Allan Steinhauer (MN), 2-Jean Surko (MN).
SHIELDMAIDEN CHALLENGE (16):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Joan Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTERS (16):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).
CASH MONEY POKERGAMMON (24):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4-Joe Miller (OH).
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10th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
August 23-26, 2024
/ Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
MASTERS (100):
1-Pete Heskett, 2-Adam Taylor, 3-Richard Carter, 4-Radu Ciortan, 5/7-Chris Ternel / Peter Bennet / Sean Casey (Ireland).
WOODLAND CUP (88):
1-Richard Biddle, 2-Oliver Squire, 3/4-Aref Alipour / Alex Polden.
GRANGE CUP (62):
1-Charles Hill, 2-Paata Pkhutkaradze (Georgia), 3/4-Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey) / Paul van Dijke (Holland).
SATURDAY EXTRA KNOCKOUT (23):
1-Oliver Squire.
SUNDAY EXTRA CONSOLATION (27):
1-Afshin Foulad, 2-Will Cockerell.
SUNDAY EXTRA KNOCKOUT (33):
1-Ehsan Sahami (Iran), 2-Geir Pedersen (Norway).
INTERMEDIATE (83):
1-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Noah Bernstein, 3/4-John Bass / Tim Line.
INTERMEDIATE WOODLAND CUP (69):
1-Fak Laight, 2-Chris Filby, 3/4-Afsaneh Koohestani / Natalie Singh.
INTERMEDIATE GRANGE CUP (40):
1-Diana Sulimirski, 2-C.J. Uttley.
UNLUCKY LOSERS (23):
1-Jonathan Sher.
REALLY UNLUCKY LOSERS (27):
1-Fak Laight.
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Lawrence Powell, 2-Steven Atkinson, 3/4-André Larsen / Charles Hill.
MEGA JACKPOT (16):
1/2 split-Kent Goulding (USA) / Geir Pedersen (Norway), 3/4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Paul Moulton.
EXTRA JACKPOT (7):
1-Ehsan Sahami (Iran), 2-Oliver Squire.
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Dan Rovira, 2-Oliver Squire, 3/4-Richard Carter / Hannah Parente.
SUNDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (16):
1-Jason Champion, 2-Alex Hannam.
SUNDAY SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1/2 split-Afshin Foulad / Gaz Owen.
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL I (80):
1-Matthew Guy, 2-Paul van Dijke (Holland).
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL II (77):
1-Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar), 2-Csaba Daday (Holland).
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL III (64):
1-Merrin Rose, 2-David Pritchard.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2023:
Player of the Year: Oliver Squire
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Martin Barkwill
Most Improved Player: Paul Moulton
Most Promising Newcomer (Masters):Merrin Rose
Most Promising Newcomer (Intermediate): Miranda Moulton
Board Designer of the Year: Artgammon – Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey) & Aydin Kolcak
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4th SKHODNYA OPEN
August 16-18, 2024
/ Skhodnya, Russia
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (72):
1-Elena Saukova, 2-Alexey Barchenkov, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin.
NARDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (80):
1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Sergey Kudryavtsev, 3-Dmitry Morozov.
SPEEDGAMMON BG (34):
1-Alkhas Lagulaa, 2-Alexey Barchenkov, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin.
SPEEDGAMMON NG (40):
1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Vitaly Fesenko, 3-Ilnur Safiullin.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (25 teams):
1-Alexey Askurava & Timur Azizov, 2-Alexey Barchenkov & Aik Dolunts.
KHACHPURI (30):
1-Manvel Avetisyan, 2-Shamil Zainutdinov, 3-Armen Ovsepyan & Sergey Petukhov.
SUPER JACKPOT BG (22):
1-Alexey Tokarev, 2-Artur Roganov.
SUPER JACKPOT NG (10):
1-Asatur Zakaryan, 2-Armen Ovsepyan.
LADIES’ TOURNAMENT BG (16):
1-Elena Gromenkova, 2-Lilia Koroleva, 3-Elena Popova.
LADIES’ TOURNAMENT NG (20):
1-Elena Popova, 2-Elena Viktorova, 3-Elena Akhtyamova.
UNIVERSAL (16):
1-Konstantin Pustokhin, 2-Elena Saukova.
ONE POINT BG (32):
1-Timur Akhmedzyanov, 2-Lidia Khanchenkova.
ONE POINT NG (32):
1-Radik Gizatullin, 2-Rafael Karimullin.
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WORLD DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP & 1st BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL AACHEN
August 10-16, 2024
/ Aachen, Germany
WBGF WORLD DOUBLES CONSULTATION (40 teams):
1-Anna Sofia Jørgensen (Denmark) & Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Andreas Bünz (Germany) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3-Philip Kazemieh (Germany) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany).
CHARLEMAGNE OPEN – MASTERS (58):
1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Martha Gjelseth (Norway), 3-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 4/5-Andreas Bünz (Germany) / Dustin Kuipers (Germany); 1LC-Thorsten Hoyer (Germany), 2LC-Marcel Büker (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Rainer Birkle (Germany) / Ralf Jonas (Germany).
CHARLEMAGNE OPEN – INTERMEDIATES (22):
1-Frank Berger (Germany), 2-Günther Schmitz (Germany), 3-Davor Kozoman (Germany); 1LC-Susanne Lahme (Germany), 2LC-Horst Zach (Austria).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Andreas Sauseng (Austria), 2-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia).
PRO/AM DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) & Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium) & Inge van den Dorpel (Belgium), 3/4-Ingo Mohr & Svetlana Mohr (Germany) / Thorsten Hoyer (Germany) & Natascha Hoyer (Germany).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium).
120€ LIMITED JACKPOT (8):
1-Andreas Völter (Germany), 2-Diana Merlusca (Romania).
BEGINNERS (22):
Winner #1-Bilal Tardelin (Germany); Winner #2-Susan Frosch (Germany); Winner #3-Wolfgang Veittinger (Germany).
ROOKIES (7):
1-Nathaly Allende (Germany), 2-Paula Lahme (Germany).
SUPER GRANDMASTER CHALLENGE (2):
1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Dirk Schiemann (Germany).
CAFÉ PLATFORM CHARITY EVENT (8):
1-Horst Büchner (Germany), 2-Michael Larsen (Denmark).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (7):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) 38/50, 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland) 32/50, 3-Marc Friebe (Germany) 31/50.
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21st ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 8-11, 2024
/ Madison, Wisconsin
ABT OPEN (43):
1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Bill Minser (WI) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-David Kettler (TX), 2C-James Feher (MO); 1LC-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2LC-Jeb Horton (NC).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (41):
1-Thomas Rosandich (WI), 2-Brett Hemes (MN), 3/4-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Jared Gilbert (WI); 1C-Scott Bailey (GA), 2C-Erol Sozen (IL); 1LC-Matt Patterson (CO), 2LC-Lynn Ehrlich (FL).
NOVICE (5):
1-Medhat Tannous (IL), 2-Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
SUPER JACKPOT (4):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (12):
1-David Kettler (TX), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA).
ZACH TABAK AMATEUR JACKPOT (18):
1-Jim Feher (MO), 2-Terese Flynn (IL).
DOUBLES (20 teams):
1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Scott Henderson (IA) & Konstantinos Lekkas (IA), 3/4-Alex Doueihi (IL) & Chris Owens (IL) / Eric Hiner (MN) & Bill Lonergan (NY).
CANCELGAMMON (32):
1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Jim Feher (MO), 3/4-Mark Maleug (SC) / Brian Vance (MI).
CANCELGAMMON OVERFLOW (16):
1-Sho Sengoku (CA), 2-Bill Minser (WI).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Keene Marin (WI).
QUICKIES (32):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Chris Maisa (WI).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16):
1-Bill Minser (WI), 2-Koni Kogan (MN).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8):
1-Chris Maisa (WI), 2-Gary Payne (MI).
AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Bill Minser (WI), 2-Mohammad Abbasian (WI).
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55th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / UBC 2024 CONTENDER
July 25-August 4, 2024
/ Monte Carlo, Monaco
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (226):
1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Brandon Macklin (USA), 3-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 4/5-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Ethaniel Rice (USA), 6/9-Stephen Hartmann (Germany) / Teodor Lefter (Romania) / Sander Lylloff (Denmark) / Joe Russell (USA), 10/16-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA) / Michael Ramsey (USA) / Ali Rezaei (Iran) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Steve Sax (USA) / Jack Zybert (Italy); 1LC-Arnaud Mattern (France), 2LC-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 3LC/4LC-Ofir Balali (Israel) / Engin Öngel (Turkey/United Kingdom).
REDEMPTION CHAMPIONSHIP (46):
1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Tim Lawless (USA), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Anis Samaha (Lebanon).
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE (72):
1-Tommy Tallarico (USA), 2-Yehonatan Bats (Israel), 3-Laura Monaco (Italy), 4/5-David Broomfield (United Kingdom) / Jeroen Romme (Netherlands); 1LC-Marc Bodin (Monaco), 2LC-Gildas Lamour de Caslou (France), 3LC/4LC-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania) / Ben Tissona (Israel).
REDEMPTION INTERMEDIATE (16):
1-Hans Kristian Mathiesen (Denmark), 2-Nick Dawson (United Kingdom), 3/4-Laurence Sinitzky (France) / Joey Tissona (Israel).
“PATTI RUBIN MEMORIAL” 7500€ HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (16):
1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Marc Olsen (Denmark), 3/4-K.C. Carlston (Bahamas) / Kazuki Yokota (Japan).
1250€ SUPER JACKPOT (64):
1-Daniel Sorensen (Denmark), 2-David Wells (USA), 3/4-Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).
1250€ OVERFLOW SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2-Eli Roymi (Israel), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Peter Lego Fursund (Denmark).
450€ INTERMEDIATE SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Guil Drai (France), 2-Tim Lawless (USA), 3/4-Andrea Quadros (Brazil) / Boghiu Sorin (Romania).
WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (30):
1-Miho Oka MacLeod (Japan), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Sophie Hutson (Australia) / Jennifer Kim (USA)
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (110 teams):
1-Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Blake Fleetwood (USA) & Joe Russell (USA), 3/4-Roberto Almeida (Brazil) & Carlos Pinto (Brazil) / Alexander Handin (USA) & Lev Rosenfeld (Israel).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Jason Pack #1 (USA), 3/4-Martin Frédéric-Kahn (France) / Jason Pack #2 (USA).
SENIORS (128):
1-Andreas Grötsch (Germany), 2-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 3/4-Tony Diamantidis (Greece) / Boghiu Sorin (Romania).
JUNIORS (4):
1-Vladimir Iuga (Romania), 2-Sara Holm (Denmark).
DMP CHALLENGE 1-POINTERS (128):
1-Sophie Hutson (Australia), 2-Jana Zavrelova (Czechia), 3/4-Frederic Andrieu #1 (France) / Frederic Andrieu #2 (France).
MONTE CARLO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (134):
1-Steve Sax (USA), 2-Joe Urso (USA), 3/4-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy) / David Wells (USA); 1C-Kazuki Yokota (Japan), 2C-Carlos Pinto (Brazil), 3C/4C-Viktor Barsegyan (Russia) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina).
MONTE CARLO OPEN INTERMEDIATE (60):
1-Stefano Piccionne (Italy), 2-Martin Schubert (Spain), 3/4-Tansel Dogan (Turkey) / Gerhard Lingnau (Germany); 1C-Or Sharbat (Israel), 2C-Nick Dawson (United Kingdom), 3C/4C-Mihai Golopenta (Romania) / Paul Rasputnis (Germany).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE 2024 CONTENDER (MONTE CARLO) (24):
1-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3/4-Tim Cross (United Kingdom) / Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia).
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1st SOFIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 19-21, 2024
/ Sofia, Bulgaria
MASTERS (103):
1-Pencho Karastoyanov (Bulgaria), 2-Vancho Janakievski (North Macedonia), 3-Bojidar Tanev (Bulgaria), 4-Angela Toleva (North Macedonia); 1C-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2C-Sandor Stefan (Romania); 1LC-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia), 2LC-Nevelin Marinov (Bulgaria).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Nikola Nedev & Stanimir Nedev (Bulgaria), 2-Cristian Ghena & Sandor Stefan (Romania).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Aleksander Lazarevski (North Macedonia), 2-Vlatko Mitovski (North Macedonia).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Nicklas Roddik (Denmark), 2-Rumen Rikevski (Bulgaria).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Simeon Nakev (Bulgaria), 2-Veljko Cirovic (Serbia).
DMP CHALLENGE (32):
1-Loridas Evangelis (Greece), 2-Pero Vekic (Bosnia).
LADIES PRIZES:
1-Angela Toleva (North Macedonia), 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
Cristian Ghena (Romania), Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia), Ercan Tekce (Turkey), Hasan Yahi (Cyprus), Ivaylo Zahariev (Bulgaria).
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WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP & 42nd SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 8-14, 2024
/ Stockholm, Sweden
SWEDISH OPEN MASTERS FLIGHT (165):
1-Peter van Rooij (The Netherlands), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3-Reece Hodges (United Kingdom), 4/5-Kentaro Meijo (Japan) / Christoph Wagener (Germany), 6/9-Philipp Heyng (Germany) / Dorel Leon (Romania) / Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada) / Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 10/16-Pavel Bielewicz (Sweden) / Kaia Osbakk (Norway) / Fritz Rattinger (Austria) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Cyrus Vafa (Sweden) / Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium) / Bob Wachtel (USA); 1LC-Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2LC-Azad Kabodi (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Eric Benichou (France) / Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden).
INTERMEDIATES (70):
1-Volker Kniess (Germany), 2-Mehrdad Tehrany (Austria), 3-Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy), 4/5-Gitte Dalgaard (Denmark) / Laurence Sinitzky (France); 1LC-Daniel Lynch (Ireland), 2LC-Kjell Jernselius (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Nikos Androulakis (Greece) / Lena Sahlén (Sweden).
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (23 nations):
1-Austria (Wolfgang Bacher, Michael Higatsberger, Captain Bernhard Mayr, Fritz Rattinger, Rainer Spörk, Mehrdad Tehrany), 2-Italy (Fernando Braconi, Giorgio Castellano, Fabio Cultrera, Andrea de Zandonati, Lorenzo Rinaldo, Captain Gianlazzaro Sanna, Roberto Terenziani), 3-Germany (Philipp Heyng, Andreas Hofmann, Torsten Lux, Kimon Papachristopoulos, Marcus Reinhard, Captain Dirk Schiemann, Volker Sonnabend, Christoph Wagener), 4-Greece (Nikos Androulakis, Takis Chatzelis, Haris Christidis, Captain Michail Proukakis, Platon Tserliagkos).
Best Individual Performance Award:
Giorgio Castellano (Italy) & Christoph Wagener (Germany) with 7 points.
WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (8 nations):
1-USA (Rain Ackerman, Lynda Clay, Captain Karen Davis, Teri Harmon, Irina Litzenberger, Leyla Zaloutskaya), 2-United Kingdom (Rebecca Bell, Captain Julia Hayward, Anna Parker, Anna Price, Rachel Rhodes, Merrin Rose), 3-Georgia (Natia Arjevanidze, Khatuna Giorgobiani, Captain Marina Pirveli).
Best Individual Performance Award:
Kaia Osbakk (Norway) with 5 points.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (83 teams):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) & Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 2-Lena Sahlén & Ronald Sahlén (Sweden), 3/4-Marvin Khattar (Sweden) & Michael Löfblad (Sweden) / Petko Kostadinov (USA) & Matt Reklaitis (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany), 3/4-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark) / Joe Russell (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Hakon Møstad (Norway), 2-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 3/4-Karen Davis (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Peter Karlsson (Sweden), 2-Jason Pack (USA), 3/4-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Matthew Soleimani (USA).
DMP CHALLENGE (128):
1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3/4-Manouchehr Parchami (Sweden) / Max Petersen (Denmark).
LAGAMMON (32):
1-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark), 2-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark), 3/4-Neil Dobbs (Ireland) / Emil Green (Norway).
SENIORS (128):
1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 2-Omid Badiei #1 (Sweden), 3/4-Omid Badiei #2 (Sweden) / Dankwart Plattner (Germany).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (32):
1-Johan Moazed #1 (Sweden), 2-Tapio Palmroth (Finland), 3/4-Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden) / Johan Moazed #2 (Sweden).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Merrin Rose (United Kingdom).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (25):
1/2-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Steve Sax (USA) 38/50, 3-Tristan Remille (France) 37/50.
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49th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 3-7, 2024
/ Novi, Michigan
ABT OPEN (98):
1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 3-G.L. Harvie (VT), 4/5-Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Phil Simborg (FL), 6/8-John Isaac (CA) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Eddie Rodriguez (NY), 2C-Kent Goulding (MD), 3C/4C-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Brandon Macklin (MD).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (71):
1-Scott Richardson (IL), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada), 3-Steve Klesker (IL), 4/5-Jim Airgood (MI) / Sean O’Donnell (Canada); 1C-Tom Jayne (VA), 2C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 3C/4C-Peggy Culpepper (VA) / Jeff Cunningham (OH).
ABT LIMITED (16):
1-Joan Koscielny (FL), 2-Rhonda Woodbury (IL); 1C-Paul Jensen (MI); 1LC-Medhat Tannous (IL).
$1,000 SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3/4-Greg Merriman (MI) / Richard Siebold (CO).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32):
1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Brandon Macklin (MD).
BOB STOLLER AMATEUR JACKPOT (32):
1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Andreas Hess (Germany), 3/4-Joe Miller (OH) / Mike Rezai (OH).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MICHIGAN (32):
1/2 tie-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/6-David Stein (IL) / Jack Takala (MI) / Frank Talbot (MI) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.68, 2-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.06, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.74, 4-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.93, 5-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.19, 6-David Stein (IL) at 4.40, 7-Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 4.52, 8-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.53, 9-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.68.
Unlucky Dice Award: Albert Steg (MA) at -13.31.
JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ (128):
1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Greg Merriman (MI).
EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL SENIOR JACKPOT (64):
1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Charlie Robinson (MI), 3/4-Charlie Raichle (CO) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
PRINCE BARLOW JUNIOR JACKPOT (24):
1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Jim DeRosier (LA), 3-Chris Scott (IL).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Phil Simborg (IL) & David Stein (IL), 3/4-Robert Lessard (Canada) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Curtis Melville (VA) & Bahman Zandi (MD).
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Noah Monro (MI) & Rhonda Monro (IL), 2-Hannah DeRosier (LA) & Jim DeRosier (LA).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (24):
1/2 split-John Klein (MD) / Chris Scott (IL), 3-Ricky Griggs (MI).
FRANK TALBOT NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (37):
1-Hannah DeRosier (LA), 2-Ryan Ulferts (MI).
GREG MERRIMAN’S OPEN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16):
1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / John O’Hagan (IN).
GREG MERRIMAN’S LIMITED FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (8):
1-Chris Scott (IL), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).
WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON FIREWORKS CUP (20):
1-Lynn Ehrlich (FL), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1C-Samra Hadden (GA), 2C-Terri Fishel (MN).
MICHIGAN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (12):
1-Gyl Savoie (MI), 2-Felix Yen (MI); 1C-Kit Woolsey (CA).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE OPEN JACKPOT (16):
1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Donny Lomuto (NY).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE LIMITED JACKPOT (8):
1/2 split-Troy Longman (MI) / David Smith (Canada).
DETROIT DMP QUICKIES (32):
1-Peter Swartwout (PA), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
$50 WELCOME WARM-UP (32):
1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
$30 WELCOME WARM-UP (16 ):
1-Steve Bowen (FL), 2/3-Joe Miller (OH) / Scott Richardson (IL).
$20 WELCOME WARM-UP (16):
1-Tal Siegmann (MI), 2/3-Lowell Boileau (MI) / Dominic Johnson (MI).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (18):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Alec Izzo (FL), 3/4-John Quinn (MI) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (6):
1-Tony Zimbalatti (MI), 2-Ed Corey (CT).
LONG DISTANCE PRIZES:
Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Andreas Hess (Germany).
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THE CAMBRIDGE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
June 29-30, 2024
/ Cambridge, United Kingdom
OPEN (72):
1-Paul Moulton, 2-Mark Calderbank, 3/4-Chris Palmer / Dan Rovira; 1C-Steve Mitchell, 2C-Kevin Jones; 1LC-Chris Jones, 2LC-Liviu Ionescu.
DOUBLES (14 teams):
1-Karl Simpson & Paul Statter, 2-Richard Carter & Peter Hodson.
NOVICE (3):
1-Titus Cristien Simen, 2-Ken Jennings.
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4th URAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 14-16, 2024
/ Chebarkul, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (54):
1-Razhden Tsekvava, 2-Sergey Chertkov, 3-Elena Saukova, 4-Sergey Lyutov, 5-Yury Akopov.
NARDEGAMMON MAIN (65):
1-Ruslanbek Kaykiev, 2-Sergey Gretsov, 3-Denis Bodrov, 4-Aik Dolunts, 5/7-Timur Akhmedzyanov / Elena Akhtyamova / Ruslan Suleimanov.
SUPERJACKPOT (16):
1-Yury Akopov, 2-Pavel Shirokov.
SUPERJACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (16):
1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Sergey Nemytov.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams):
1-Yury Akopov & self, 2-Alexey Barchenkov / Aik Dolunts.
NARDEGAMMON KHACHAPURI (12):
1-Vitaly Fesenko, 2-Sergey Lyutov.
ONE-POINT (64):
1-Alexey Tokarev, 2-Artur Roganov.
ONE-POINT NARDEGAMMON (64):
1-Shamil Zainutdinov, 2-Valentin Pipko.
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3rd FRENCH RIVIERA BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE
June 13-16, 2024
/ Beaulieu, France
MASTERS (61):
1-David Brown (United Kingdom), 2-George Simpson (Turkey), 3-Alain Babillon, 4/5-Vincent de Nardi / Cecilia Rogers (United Kingdom); 1LC-Michel Chabrol, 2LC-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil), 3LC/4LC-Tristan Remille / Philippe Vouhe.
INTERMEDIATES (32):
1-Valentin Marotte, 2-Marilena Montano (Italy), 3-Gildas Bouilland, 4/5-Oscar Fuchs / Nicolas Harmand; 1LC-Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom), 2LC-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 3LC/4LC-Jean-Jacques Issartel / Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Josefin Bichler (Germany), 2-Nick Sandqvist (United Kingdom), 3/4-Tristan Remille / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Marianne Bowen (USA) & Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil) & Flavia Petersen (Brazil), 3/4-Cecilia Rogers (United Kingdom) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Maria Boghiu (Romania) & Sorin Boghiu (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (48):
1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Didier Assaraf, 3-George Simpson (Turkey).
GÉRARD DURUZ MEMORIAL SENIORS (64):
1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Alain Babillon, 3/4-Didier Assaraf / Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (16):
1-Philippe Vouhe, 2-Laurence Sinitzky, 3/4-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa) / Jerry White (United Kingdom).
DMP CHALLENGE – ONE-POINTERS (128):
1-Stephen Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Thierry Cabel, 3/4-Sam Mizutani (Japan) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Susie Boeckmann (Monaco), 3/4-Marianne Bowen (USA) / Flavia Petersen (Brazil).
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NOVI SAD BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 7-9, 2024
/ Novi Sad, Serbia
MAIN (72):
1-Igor Gligorijevic (Serbia), 2-Abaz Omeragic (Bosnia & Herzegovina), 3-Samid Dedakovic (B&H); 1LC-Admir Lasetovic (B&H), 2LC-Dragana Mitirovic (Serbia); Ladies prize – Dragana Mitirovic (Serbia).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams):
1-Mustafa Beso & Edo Boskailo (B&H), 2-Zeljoko Mesarek (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Mitko Keramitcijev (Macedonia), 2-Vlatko Mitovski (Macedonia).
JACKPOT 150 (20):
1-Mihaeil Suici (Romania), 2-Leko Ristovski (Macedonia).
JACKPOT 50 (8):
1-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia).
LONG DISTANCE PRIZE:
Alberto Bertot (Italy).
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BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP 2024
June 7-9, 2024
/ Blackpool, United Kingdom
MASTERS (89):
1-Eric McAlpine, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Keith Gill / Serban Murgu.
FYLDE TROPHY (28):
1-Ken Gibson, 2-Cristi Cozos.
LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (42):
1-Connor Dickinson, 2-Andy Darby.
TOWER TROPHY (39):
1-Jamie MacPherson, 2-Gary Lloyd.
INTERMEDIATES (64):
1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Ian Anderson.
INTERMEDIATES FYLDE TROPHY (55):
1-Fabricio Cardoso, 2-Krzysztof Cebula.
INTERMEDIATES LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (32):
1-Costel Halaghiuc, 2-Chris G. Rogers.
FRIDAY FREEROLL I (66):
1-Pam Wright, 2-Steve Allott.
FRIDAY FREEROLL II (54):
1-Chris McCooke, 2-Trudi Brown.
FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (29):
1-David Brown, 2-Seán Jones.
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (8):
1-Steve Carder, 2-Yasmin Trenner.
GAMMONER TROPHY (64):
1-Stuart Mann, 2-Mark Smyth.
869 BG CHARITY BOARD (64):
1-Jay Hayter, 2-Simon Morecroft.
ARTGAMMON BOARD (32):
1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Matthew Guy.
RESIDENTS’ 1-POINT FREEROLL (78):
1-André Larsen (Norway), 2-Andy Gilbert.
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4th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 6-9, 2024
/ Padova, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (32):
1-Daniel Tudose (Romania), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo, 3/4-Fernando Braconi / Fabrizio Lo Surdo;
1C-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 2C-Roberto Terenziani, 3C/4C-Angelo Anav / Paolo Chianese.
ADVANCED (31):
1-Paolo Gruppioni, 2-Gabriele Cornacchini, 3/4-Antonio Varisco / Francesco Zecchini;
1C-Marco Conte, 2C-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 3C/4C-Giocanni Francescon / Sassan Kachanian (Belgium).
OPEN CNB (50):
1-Wolf-Dieter Wall, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Marco Solazzo.
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (10 teams):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Metshin Airat (Russia), 2-Rogier van Gemert (Holland) & Paulus van Rooijen (Holland).
SWING (14):
1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).
LAST JACKPOT (22):
1-Stefano Selvi, 2-Dario Zaccariotto.
WARM UP (14):
1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Gerhard Stoll.
SPEEDGAMMON (14):
1-Martin Filiipi (Czech Republic), 2-Rogier van Gemert (Holland).
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47th LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 5-9, 2024
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (64+38 rebuys):
1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3-Todd Crosner (AZ), 4/5-Carter Mattig (IL) / Kara Schultz (CA);
1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC), 3C/4C-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Jake Jacobs (AZ).
ABT ADVANCED (55+23 rebuys):
1-Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Matthew Soleimani (CA), 3-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 4/5-David Parks (CA) / Mac Walker (CA);
1C-Bodger Millerd (OR), 2C-Gor Gevorgyan (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATES (23):
1-Travis Swenson (CA), 2-Yumi Iwago (Japan); 1C-Eli Oved (CA), 2C-Goldie Devalon (CO).
BMAB PLAYER’S CUP LOS ANGELES (22):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2/6-Art Benjamin (CA) / Dorn Bishop (CA) / Ben Friesen (OH) / David Parks (CA) / Jacques Stambouli (CA).
PR winners: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.98, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 4.06, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.21, 4-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 4.35,
5-Frank Talbot (MI), 6-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 5.33.
MASTERS JACKPOT (37):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Alex Toth (CA), 5-David Wells (CA).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (46):
1-Robert Virnig (CA), 2-Max Lock (OR), 3/4-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA) / Arnold Freeman (CA), 5/6-Alain Azoulay (CA) / Mac Walker (CA).
WONDER WOMAN ‘S JACKPOT (13):
1-Tatiana Infinity (Australia), 2-Molly Anderson (WA).
SPEEDGAMMON (24):
1-Alex Farzan (CA), 2-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 3-Michy Kageyama (Japan).
DOUBLES I (16 teams):
1-Steve Sax (CA) & Jacques Stambouli (CA), 2-Ghada & Karam Ashoo (CA).
DOUBLES II (8 teams):
1-Joerg Heilig (CA) & Sean Taghani (CA).
DOUBLES III (4 teams):
1-Marty Storer (NH) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
SENIORS I (32):
1-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-John Skratulia (CA) / Sean Taghani (CA).
SENIORS II (16):
1-John Rockwell (CA) & John Skratulia (CA).
JUNIORS I (32):
1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA), 3/4-Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico) / Marc Parker (CA).
JUNIORS II (16):
1-Alex Farzan (CA), 2-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA).
BLITZ (112):
1-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 2-Daniel Kaufman (CA), 3/4-David Jensen (AK) / Long Nguyen (CA).
DMP (64):
4 winners: Ted Chee (CA), Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), Al Hodis (NV), Herb Roman (IL).
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LONDON OPEN 2024 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 25-26, 2024
/ London, England
MASTERS (96):
1-David Brown, 2-Ehsan Sahami, 3-Bek Barbaros;
1C-Marius Marin, 2C-Steven Atkinson; 1LC-Kevin Bailey, 2LC-Ovidiu Mihail Popa.
LUCKY LOSER 1:
1-Roger Phillips, 2-Michael Flesch.
LUCKY LOSER 2:
1-Richard Halvorsen, 2-Tad Collins.
INTERMEDIATES (64):
1-Neil Taylor, 2-Ben Owen;
1C-Michael Bishop, 2C-Jimmy Ishac; 1LC-Sarah Jolliff, 2LC-Jean King.
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18th ANKARA REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
May 24-26, 2024
/ Ankara, Turkey
“KURSAD SOLAK MEMORIAL” MAIN EVENT (113):
1-Zafer Onder, 2-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), 2-Ibraham Karaca, 4-Haydar Urucoglu.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (47):
1-Zafer Onder, 2-Guven Ok.
LADIES PRIZE (8):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Tülay Emekci.
TRADITIONAL (47):
1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Adyin Uslu, 3-Ümit Bata, 4-Yusuf Toraman.
“ALI ARCAN GUNEY MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (53 teams):
1-Haydar Baya & Mert Sarica, 2-Avni Erdogruca & Yusuf Han, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Öguz User / Caner Celik & Kemal Karaca.
“ALI KAMIS MEMORIAL” SWING (65):
1-Omer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Ömer Çakici, 3-Gözde Diptas, 4-Derya Gunes.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Öguz User, 2-Haydar Urucoglu, 3/4-Ümit Bata / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16):
1-Tugrul Sezgin, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Oguz User.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16):
1-Metin Üredi, 2-Temel Ayca, 3/4-Aykut Uzel / Onur Vurur.
TBT-2024 SATELLITES (11×8) winners:
Öguz User, Gülderen Gücavli, Hikmet Tunç, Yasar Karamahmutoglu, Caner Celik, Metin Üredi, Berkan Kalender, Ertugrul Yilmaz, Nejat Alkap, Ali Alakoc, Serkan Çalisir.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (2×8) winners:
Ahmet Ercan, Hafiz Mammadli (Azerbaijan).
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42nd CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 22-27, 2024
/ Rosemont, Illinois
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (100):
1-Alberto Showaki (FL), 2-Art Benjamin (CA), 3/8-Jeb Horton (NC) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Richard Munitz (NY) / Dana Nazarian (CA) / Herb Roman (IL) / David Wu (NY), 9/11-Efim Liberman (IL) / Carter Mattig (IL) / Boris Shafransky (MD).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (72):
1-Chasse Rehwinkel (IL), 2-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 3-Jeremy Ly (NY), 4/9-Alberto Chreem (Brazil) / Gene Eydelman (IL) / Jason Lacny (IN) / John Scott (IL) / Larry Whittenburg (IL) / Sue Will (IL), 10/13-Brion Brooks (IL) / Ken Carlson (GA) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
NOVICE (9):
1-Jeff Mappa (IL), 2/4-Melanie Hamblin (VA) / Ali Jawad (MI) / Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (27):
1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Leslie Lockett (IL).
BMAB PLAYER’S CUP ILLINOIS (44):
1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2/10-Art Benjamin (CA) / Karen Davis (FL) / Roberto Gaui (Brazil) / Jesus Ibarra (PA) / Khashayar Naghshineh (Canada) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada) / Steve Reichelt (MN) / John Rockwell (CA).
PR winners: 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.37, 2-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.38, 3-David Wells (CA) at 3.49, 4-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.79, 5-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.66, 6-Al Hodis (NV) at 4.76, 7-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.81, 8-Steve Reichelt (MN) at 5.02, 9-Joe Urso (NY) at 5.03, 10-David Wu (NY) at 5.04.
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (40):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3/4-John O’Hagan (IN) / Paul Swain (WA).
FASTER MASTERS (16):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-John Rockwell (CA) / Phil Simborg (FL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Efim Liberman (IL), 3/4-Steve Hairgrove (IL) / Jeb Horton (NC).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (28):
1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Jesus Ibarra (PA), 3/4-Jim Airgood (MI) / James DeRosier (LA).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams):
1-David Rockwell (IL) & Dennis Scully (IL), 2-Efim Liberman (IL) & Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) & Roberto Gaui (Brazil) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (32):
1-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 2-Elena Evans (IA); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Paulette Duong (IL).
ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Eric Wazner (IL), 2-David Himebaugh (AZ).
SENIORS (32):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-G.L. Harvie (VT) / Barry Miller (IL).
JUNIORS (32):
1-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2-Alexander Strehl (CA), 3/4-Allen Chankowsky (Canada) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (4):
1-Allen Tish (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (4):
1-David Wells (CA).
DMP (16):
1-Al Hodis (NV).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (41):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO) 39/50 correct, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) 37/50, 3/4-Chuck Bower (IN) / Frank Frigo (CA) 35/50.
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (24):
1-Alexander Strehl (CA), 2-James DeRosier (LA), 3/4-Dhia Awda (Sweden) / Eric Hiner (MN).
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16th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 17-20, 2024
/ Niedernhausen, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (107):
1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3/4-Yuri Alpers / Serge Ragotsky, 5/8-Ulrich Anhalt / Jens Handwerker / Thorsten Hoyer / Tilman Söhnchen; 1LC-Julian Becker, 2LC-Mario Kühl.
INTERMEDIATE (83):
1-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2-Davor Kozoman, 3/4-Oleksii Naplokov (Ukraine) / Oliver Schneider, 5/8-Armin Berg / Marc Friebe / Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland) / Denis Zmuda; 1LC-Jörg Richter, 2LC-Sebastian Heuß.
BEGINNERS (29):
1-Lothar Trumpp, 2-Janni Katsigiannis, 3/4-Andrea Dörnemann / Josef Zenisek; 1LC-Toni Wiegand.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (42 teams):
1-Kimon & Regine Papachristopoulos, 2-Fred Brendler & Martin Hoffmann, 3/4-Michael Larsen (Denmark) & Lars Nielsen (Denmark) / Heribert Lindner & Jürgen Schettler.
LIMITED DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE (24 teams):
1-Jean Claude Bensaid (France) & Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Sabine Hildebrand & Ingrid Sonnabend.
SUPER JACKPOT I (32):
1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Ingo Mohr.
SUPER JACKPOT II (21):
1-Heinz Edy, 2-Marcus Reinhard.
LIMITED JACKPOT I (32):
1-Gerd Lingnau, 2-Nariman Rzaiev (Ukraine).
LIMITED JACKPOT II (16):
1-Marcus Krawietz, 2-Rene Poulsen (Denmark).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Najibullah Salamzy, 2-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark), 3-Heribert Lindner, 4-Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh.
LADIES CUP (29):
1-Ingrid Sonnabend, 2-Sabine Brinkmann.
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28th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2024
/ Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (70):
1-Masayuki Mochizuki, 2-Ryo Matsuura, 3-Yuta Takimiya, 4-Toshikazu Katajima; 1LC-Takeshi Takahashi, 2LC-Takashi Sakanaka.
INTERMEDIATE (56):
1-Naoki Chiba, 2-Tatsuya Tanaka, 3/4-Hiroyuki Kawakami / Yamato Takahashi.
BEGINNER (102):
1-Ryota Asano, 2-Yumio Tanaka, 3-Michiyoshi Suzuka.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE (16):
1-Ryuga Ueno.
3rd KISEI DOUBLES by Invitation (8 teams):
1-Yuko Jin & Masahito Yamamoto, 2-Hirotatsu Ando & Yuji Ogura.
INTER-REGIONAL MATCH (26):
1-Yukihiro Ninomiya.
1 GAME ROUND ROBIN (19):
1-Masanori Nakamichi, 2-Yoichi Tanibayashi, 3-Hiroki Sogo.
2-POINT MATCH ROUND ROBIN (19):
1-Hideki Takeda, 2-Hibiki Kawauchi, 3-Makoto Tabata.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (2):
1-Kei Ishida, 2-Ritsu Kikumoto.
BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (20):
1-Kiyokazu Nishikawa, 2-Kengo Nakasuka.
OTHELLO QUIZ 2024 (40):
1-Naoki Iketani, Kiyokazu Nishikawa, Kentaro Meijo.
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INTERREGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 1-9, 2024
/ Kazan, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (91):
1-Konstantin Bartash, 2-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 3-Artur Roganov, 4-Artem Kozlov, 5/6-Ayrat Fatykhov / Robert Sadgyan, 7/8-Victor Barsegyan / Eduard Esayan.
SUPERJACKPOT BG (39):
1-Timur Azizov, 2-Tsaruk Manukyan, 3/4-Victor Barsegyan / Valery Burlakov.
DOUBLES BG (35 teams):
1-Svetlana Timina & Andrey Veltistov, 2-Sergey Chertkov & Ayrat Metshin, 3-Vage Safaryan & Ashot Simonyan.
BLITZ BG (54):
1-Dmitry Gurko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3-Timur Azizov.
LADIES TOURNAMENT BG (13):
1-Aleksandra Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina.
NARDGAMMON MAIN (119):
1-Radik Nurullin, 2-Araik Oganesyan, 3-Timur Akhmedzyanov, 4-Sergey Zelenov, 5/6-Ivan Uldanov / Alexey Zlobin, 7/8-Roman Ibragimov / Andrey Tsura.
SUPERJACKPOT NG (44):
1-Ayrat Fatykhov, 2-Galust Amalyan, 3/4-Artem Charyants / Yakov Rudakov.
BLITZ NG #1 (77):
1-Zafar Ismailov, 2-Tsaruk Manukyan, 3/4-Dmitry Petrenko / Yury Zhdanov.
BLITZ NG #2 (66):
1-Gagik Khachatryan, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3-Vagarshak Akopyan.
LADIES TOURNAMENT NG (24):
1-Elena Marchenko, 2-Sirina Mukhametova.
LONGGAMMON CLASSIC MAIN (128):
1-Sergey Zelenov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3-Dmitry Seferbekov, 4/5-Dulotali Abzhaparov / Azat Safin.
1-POINT CL (91):
1-Adzhamkhan Karimov, 2-Andrey Gordeev, 3/4-Sergey Lyutov / Yury Zhdanov.
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5th NORTHERN CYPRUS CONCORDE BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 1-5, 2024
/ Nicosia, North Cyprus
MASTER (51):
1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 3-Aref Alipour (United Kingdom), 4-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 5-Bülent Bahar (Turkey), 6-Alexandra Kupfer (Switzerland); 1LC-Salih Jayali (North Cyprus), 2LC-Philippe Vouhe (France).
INTERMEDIATE (18):
1-Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), 2-Reza Barmayeh (Iran), 3-Haydar Uruçoglu (Turkey); 1LC-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus), 2LC-Diana Merlusca (Romania).
SUPERJACKPOT (32):
1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Moore Wisener (Ireland).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 2-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Hossein Aghili (Iran) & Self, 2-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey) & Self, 3/4-Gökay Güleç (Turkey) & Ahmet Karahasan (North Cyprus) / Minh Nguyen (France) & Self.
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 2-Nuray Sevimli (North Cyprus).
1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Salih Kayali (North Cyprus).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
1-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom), 2-Olga Sladkarova (Bulgaria), 3-Airat Metshin (Russia).
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ISTAVDER 16th ANNIVERSARY FEAST BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 22-28, 2024
/ Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (656):
1 – Arslan Volkan Aktas, 2 – Selin Kurt, 3 – Rosen Penchev (Bulgaria), 4 – Ali Çetin Belene, 5 – Hüseyin Özdag, 6 – Gökhan Yildiz, 7/21 – Cengiz Dindar (North Cyprus) / Can Iskender / Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Aziz Çelikkaya / Felix Ciamasu (Romania) / Pierre Zakia (France) / Andre Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) / Borislav Borisov (Bulgaria) / Engin Öngel / Patrice De Sainte Marie (France) / Sina Jorjani (Iran) / Erhan Öztekin / Yüksel Zabun / Leni Zrnceva (Macedonia); 1C – Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran), 2C – Ismail Gökhan Bektas; 1LC – Selim Akkus, 2LC – Burçin Altay.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (157 teams):
1 – Hasan Kökçe & Haydar Uruçoglu, 2 – Chawki Karam (Lebanon) & Amale Wehbeh (Lebanon), 3/4 – Hakan Kiraç & Ibrahim Semerci / Barbaros Akyar & Mete Demirsoy, 5/8 – Atilla Argat & Levent Danisman / Ali Haydar Bayar & Engin Cansun / Argun Erkaya & Mete Topçuoglu / John Georgiu (Cyprus) & Maz Andy Maszlag (England).
TEAM TOURNAMENT (46 teams):
1 – BGT LAMPERTHEIM RED BULLS (Germany): Jürgen Kunkel / Heribert Lindner / Bernd Schmidt / Maurice Weidner / Michael Weidner, 2 – BGT LAMPERTHEIM RACCOONS (Germany): Gabi Forster / Jürgen Orlowski / Jürgen Schiller / Ralf Sonnleitner / Ulrich Zöller, 3 – ANKYRA (Turkey): Erkan Alisan / Serhat Keskin / Erhan Öztekin / Seref Seroglu / Burak Yildirim.
SPEED GAMMON (292):
1 – Yousef Abdollahnezhad (Iran), 2 – Dragomir Cristinel (Romania).
LADIES SPECIAL – SULTANS OF BACKGAMMON (54):
1 – Elena Gromenkova (Russia), 2 – Seda Eflanli (USA).
ONE POINT #1 (64):
1 – Oktay Kurhan.
ONE POINT #2 (64):
1 – Stefan Post (Australia).
ONE POINT #3 (64):
1 – Levend Gedik.
ONE POINT #4 (64):
1 – Dimitar Grigorov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #5 (64):
1 – Karbaschian Armand Gassem (France).
DMP SUPER FINAL (32 from 2048 players):
1 – Nariman Rezapour (Iran), 2 – Dimitar Grigorov (Bulgaria).
BALKAN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2024:
1 – Arslan Volkan Akta, 2 – Selin Kurt.
WELCOME TOURNAMENT (56):
1 – Ismail Bilgili.
FMPR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (32):
1 – Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); PR winner – Masayuki Mochizuki at 1.98.
FMPR DIGITAL BOARD CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams):
1 – Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany); PR winners – Ali Çetin Belene & Fuat Erdag (Turkey) at 1.51.
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CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-21, 2024
/ Herndon, Virginia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (96):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3/9-Kent Goulding (MD) / John Klein (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Charlie Pipkin (FL) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / Chris Trencher (NY), 10/14-Alexander Abramenko (VA) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Dana Nazarian (CA) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Brian Vance (MI).
ABT ADVANCED (42):
1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bob Hathaway (VA), 3/6-Samra Hadden (GA) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Candace Mayeron (CA) / Alan Pruce (SC).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (19):
1-Andrew Keller (NC), 2-James Baumeister (WI), 3/4-Lili Iravani (DC) / Nick Saverino (VA).
BMAB PLAYER’S CUP VIRGINIA (34):
1/2-Lynda Clay (CO) / Albert Steg (MA), 3/8-Sean Garber (IN) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Julius High (GA) / Claude Landry (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.56, 2-Charles Pipkin (FL) at 3.73, 3-John Klein (MD) at 4.27, 4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.54, 5-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.94, 6-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.98, 7-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.96, 8-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.98. Unlucky Dice prize: Roberto Litzenberger with a luck factor of -13.43.
CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Michael Urban (Germany).
MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (64):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 5/8-Mike Horri (GA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / David Winn (TX).
SUSAN B. ANTHONY OPEN JACKPOT (32):
1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Scotty Kelland (CT) / Ray Spehar (FL).
SACAGAWEA ADVANCED JACKPOT (16):
1-Robert Ellis (TN), 2-Alec Izzo (FL).
DC*METRO OPEN – CHAMPIONSHIP (24):
1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C/2C-Karen Davis (FL) / Jean-Guy Roy (Canada).
DC*METRO OPEN – ADVANCED (6):
1-Tom Jayne (VA).
NATION’S CAPITAL DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Nick Ricciardi (MA) / Lina Nuniyants (DC) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (160):
1/5: Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Kit Woolsey (CA) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Farhad Forudi (OH) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS (8):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Dave Kettler (TX) / Bill Lonergan (NY), 5/8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Franklin Scott (MN) / Albert Steg (MA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6):
1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (6):
1-Steve Smith (MA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (5):
1-Niko Keresteliev (NY).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (6):
1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #5 (6):
1-Jose Altamirano (NC).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #6 (4):
1-Robert Fairchild (TX).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #7 (4):
1-Steve Smith (MA).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD EVENT (8):
1-Tom Kennedy (VA).
CHERRY BLOSSOM WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (8):
1-Lynn Ehrlich (FL), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA); 1C/2C-Molly Anderson (WA) / Lynda Clay (CO).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Alexander Abramenko (VA).
NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 1 (14):
1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Richard Munitz (NY); 1C-Sean Garber (IN).
NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 2 (12):
1-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR); 1C-Samra Hadden (GA).
NIGHT OWL NOVICE JACKPOT (8):
1-Robert Fairchild (TX).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (8):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-P.J. Macali (OH).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (8):
1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8):
1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Franklin Scott (MN).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Narvey Goldman (Canada).
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2nd LOUTRAKI GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-21, 2024
/ Loutraki, Greece
MASTERS (96):
1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Nicos Sophocleous (Cyprus), 3-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 4/5-Polyxronis Kokkinis (Greece) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 6/9-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Carter Mattig (USA) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (USA); 1LC-Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway), 2LC-Konstantinos Koukiaris (Greece), 3/4-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece) / Giannis Pasialis (Greece).
INTERMEDIATES (53):
1-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria), 2-George Papakonstantinou (Greece), 3-Florin Chelaru (Romania), 4/5-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France) / Gündüz Günes (Turkey); 1LC-Panagiotis Koinoupis (Greece), 2LC-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania), 3LC/4LC-Marin-Ariel Ciobanu (Romania) / Hevork Karapetian (Ukraine).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams):
1-Boghiu Sorin & Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2-Tobias Hellwag & Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) & Katja Spillum (Norway) / Michael Larsen (Denmark) & Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki (Japan).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Vincent de Nardi (France), 3/4-Robert Terenziani (Italy) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16):
1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Armen Khachtryan (Armenia), 3/4-Hans Liby (Norway) / Dirk Schiemann (Germany).
SENIORS #1 (64):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel), 3/4-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Roberto Schneider (Switzerland).
SENIORS #2 (32):
1-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 2-Stavros Tsolakos (Greece), 3/4-Aris Manias (Greece) / Malcolm Robertson (United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (64):
1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), 2-Katja Spillum (Norway), 3/4-Vincent de Nardi (France) / Herb Roman (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32):
1-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece), 2-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 3/4-Jürgen Schettler (Germany) / George Simpson (Turkey).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128):
1-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France), 2-Milton Gonzales (Costa Rica), 3/4-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
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WEST YORKSHIRE OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 5-7, 2024
/ Bradford, England
MASTERS (69):
1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Radu Ciortan; 1C-Jamie MacPherson, 2C-Martyn Hamer; 1LC-Richard Biddle, 2LC-Tim Parfitt. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Plamen Sivrev, 2-Simon Jones.
INTERMEDIATES (43):
1-Tim Line, 2-Becca Bell; 1C-Michele de Havilland, 2C-Warner Solomon; 1LC-CJ Uttley, 2LC-Gregge Madan. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Rikki Blythe, 2-Peter Faughman.
SUPER JACKPOT (22):
1-Oliver Squire, 2-Reece Hodges.
MASTERS DOUBLES:
1-Dave Clifton & Normal Hessler.
INTERMEDIATES DOUBLES:
1-Michele de Havilland & Peter Hodson.
FRIDAY WARM-UP #1 (47):
1-Ian Gwynne, 2-Serban Murgu.
FRIDAY WARM-UP #2 (43):
1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Matthew Fisher.
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33rd NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 27-31, 2024
/ Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (66):
1-Hans Liby (Norway), 2-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 4/5-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 6/9-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
ADVANCED (46):
1-Rasmus G. Hansen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK), 3-Lars Nielsen (DK), 4/5-John Blem (DK) / Marianne Husum (Norway).
INTERMEDIATE (57):
1-Kenneth Holt (DK), 2-Ulrik Andersen (DK), 3-Philip Magnussen (DK), 4/5-Thom Espen Brevig (DK) / Christian Skjæran (DK).
UBC DENMARK CONTENDER:
1-Jakob Rasmussen (DK), 2-Justin Nowell (USA).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (35 teams):
1-Sven Olav-Norén (Sweden) & Ronald Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway) & Marc Olsen (DK), 3/4-Tommy Larsen (DK) & Peter Svinding (DK) / Tristan Remille (France) & Alexis Vincent (France).
MIXED DOUBLES (22 teams):
1-Andreas Becher (DK) & Pia Jeppesen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK) & Mathilde Schmidt (DK), 3/4-Mads W. Andersen (DK) & Brigitte Nissen (DK) / Shunji Terao (Japan) & Mrs. Terao (Japan).
HIGHROLLER (6):
1-Peter Jes Thomsen (DK).
MINI JACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Rene Thor Poulsen (DK), 2-Yan Kit Chan (United Kingdom), 3/4-Flemming Mortensen (DK) / Grethe Welle (Norway).
MINI JACKPOT #2 (7):
1-Christian Skjæran (DK).
REDEMPTION EVENT (20):
1-Matti Tienari (Finland), 2-Martha Gjelseth (Norway), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Klaus Switon (DK).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Tristan Remille (France), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Jesper Mølgård (DK).
SPEEDGAMMON (42):
1-Asbjørn Arntzen (Norway), 2-Jens Ostermann-Petersen (DK), 3/4-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) / Klaus Switon (DK).
WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT (25):
1-Barbara Fagone (DK), 2-Linda Wallin (Sweden), 3/4-Anna Sofia Jørgensen (DK) / Mathilde Schmidt (DK).
TEAM EVENT (11 teams):
1-Team NO(r)WAY: Eirik Johansen / Bjørnar Kristoffersen / Marianne Husum (Norway).
BEGINNERS (21):
1-Andreas Boldt (DK), 2-Elias Stokholm (DK).
JUNIORS (5):
1-Frederik Dankelev (DK).
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29th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 21-24, 2024
/ Middleburg Heights, Ohio
ABT OPEN (36):
1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 4/5-Boris Shafransky (MD) / Joe Urso (NY); 1C-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC).
ABT ADVANCED (38):
1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Clare Phelps (OH), 3-Gary Payne (MI), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Ken Drees (OH); 1C-Brian Sposit (OH), 2C-Sean O’Donnell (Canada).
BMAB PLAYER’S CUP OHIO (20):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2/5-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / P.J. Macali (OH).
PR winners: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 2.70, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.74, 3-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.87, 4-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.34, 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 4.95, 6-Tom Rebelo (Canada) at 5.72.
Unlucky Dice winner: Marty Storer (NH) with a luck factor of -18.54.
NOVICE/BEGINNERS (4):
1-Don Jena (OH), 2-Ian McGuigan (IN).
OHIO MASTERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Chris Trencher (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (20):
1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Victor de Oliveira (Canada), 3/4-Enrique Gomez (Mexico) / Bryan Pedro (Canada), 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Scotty Kelland (CT).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (24):
1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean O’Donnell (Canada); 1C-Ed Corey (CT).
AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Farhad Forudi (OH).
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6th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-24, 2024
/ Budva, Montenegro
MASTERS (88):
1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 4/5-Talat Bagibala (Turkey) / Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 6/9-Ayrat Fatykov (Russia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Matt Reklaitis (USA) / Roberto Terenziani (Italy);
1LC-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3LC/4LC-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria) Ingo Mohr (Germany);
Ladies Prize – Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATES (53):
1-Pero Dimitrovski (North Macedonia), 2-Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia), 3-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 4/5-Gündüz Günes (Turkey) / Gabriel Haulica (Romania);
1LC-Oliver Schneider (Germany), 2LC-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 3LC/4LC-Zoran Kozul (Croatia) / Tamar Pularia (Georgia);
Ladies Prize – Gözde Diptas (Turkey).
MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams):
1-Alain Babillon (France) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) & Roberto Terenziani (Italy), 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) & Keyber Söze / Marcus Reinhard (Germany) & Christian Setzpfandt (Germany).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 3/4-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany) / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 2-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (12):
1-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) / Karmen Aydin (Turkey).
SENIORS (128):
1-Rumen Rikevski (Bulgaria), 2-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 3/4-Manouchehr Parchami (Sweden) / Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Artur Petrosyan #1 (Armenia), 3/4-Zaqaria Gugulashvili (Georgia) / Artur Petrosyan #2 (Armenia).
1-POINTER PRESIDENT’S CUP (128):
1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Stefan Sandor (Romania), 3/4-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey) / Zoran Kozul (Croatia).
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13th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
March 8-10, 2024
/ Kocaeli, Turkey
MAIN (89):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil, 3-Oguz User, 4-Berkan Kalender.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (44):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil.
LADIES PRIZE (4):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gözde Diptas.
TRADITIONAL (52):
1-Önder Akçabelen, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Adnan Çam, 4-Gültekin Uygur.
“HAZAN ÖZKALE MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (48 teams):
1-Atalay Uluakay & Gözde Uluakay, 2-Burak Kaya & Ismail Köknar, 3/4-Mustafa Resat Çikintas & Tolga Özkale / Mithat Sorgüven & Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.
“FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL” SWING (49):
1-Zeki Gelbal, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3-Ali Mert Gönenç, 4-Yasin Özergil.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Ömer Çakici, 3/4-Mustafa Aydin / Atalay Uluakay.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Gültekin Uygur, 3/4-Oguz User / Hakan Çinal.
UTT-2024 SATELLITES (9×8 + 1×4):
Winners: Serkan Çalisir, Emrullah Cosar, Önder Akçabelen, Nejat Alkap, Haydar Uruçoglu, Hasret Bekar, Ömer Çakici, Hasan Gemici.
BG4BG (2×8):
Winners: Ismail Köknar, Berkan Kalender.
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31st CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 8-10, 2024
/ Torino, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (40):
1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Wolf-Dieter Wall, 3/4-Lorenzo Rinaldo / Henri Sharra; 1C-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2C-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Antonio Serventi.
ADVANCED (31):
1-Emil Sirakov, 2-Nicolas Dehon (Switzerland), 3/4-Massimiliano Cettolin / Davide Klemenz; 1C-Dario Bertola, 2C-Georgiana Avasiloaei, 3C/4C-David Cornacchini / Kais Zaiem (Switzerland).
OPEN CNB (60):
1-Kais Zaiem (Switzerland), 2-Paolo Chianese, 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland).
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (15 teams):
1-Luca Martino & Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Andrea De Zandonati & Fabio Gullotta.
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Gianni Pretto, 2-Gianfranca Pasciu.
GOODBYE TORINO (26):
1-Maurizio Eletti, 2-Adriano Botteon.
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KAZAN BACKGAMMON ILDAR YAGOFAROV MEMORIAL
March 2-3, 2024
/ Kazan, Russia
MAIN (43):
1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Timur Azizov, 4-Konstantin Pustokhin.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (19 teams):
1-Sergey Chertkov & Alexandr Gomankov, 2-Victor Naumenko & Self, 3/4-Nadezhda Evseeva & Ayrat Metshin / Artem Kozlov & Almaz Salimzyanov.
SUPER JACKPOT (19):
1-Sergey Saprygin, 2-Timur Azizov, 3/4-Dmitry Gurko / Alexey Ignarin.
1-POINT (64):
1-Victor Naumenko, 2-Dmitry Gurko, 3/4-Valery Burlakov / Rustem Khismatullun.
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ATLANTA BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 29 – March 3, 2024
/ Atlanta, Georgia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (47):
1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Brian Vance (MI), 3/4-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Ray Spehar (FL); 1C-Stacy Turner (FL), 2C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Mike Horri (GA).
ABT ADVANCED (49):
1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bill Kaludis (TN), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Kamran Kheirani (Canada); 1C-Garrett Brown (GA), 2C-Scott Bailey (GA); 1LC-Robert Kratz (NC).
BMAB PLAYER’S CUP (24):
Tie 1/6- Rob Crase (OH) / Di Di (GA) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Polatov (NY) / Sammy Wohl (FL).
PR winners: 1-Di Di (GA) at 4.62, 2-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.37, 3-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.54, 4-Karen Davis (FL) at 5.75, 5-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.91, 6-Sammy Wohl (FL) at 6.81.
Unlucky Dice winner: Marianne Bowen (VA) with a luck factor of -17.61.
SUPER JACKPOT ROUND-ROBIN (4):
Tie 1/3-Mike Senkiewicz (NY) (Trophy) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Chris Trencher (NY).
TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24):
1-David Todd (MO), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3-Dan Minardi (CO).
ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (26):
1-Stephen Trundy (TN), 2-Enrique Gomez (Mexico), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Rob Reynolds (GA).
DOUBLES (24 teams):
1-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA) & Di Di (GA), 3-Ben Friesen (OH) & Dan Minardi (CO).
SPEEDGAMMON (24):
1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3-Alan Epstein (GA).
SENIORS (64):
1-Chris Palmer (United Kingdom), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Curtis Melville (VA).
DMP (32):
1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6):
1-Kentaro Abe (GA), 2-Slick McNeil (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (5):
1-Tim Smith (GA), 2-Anne Major (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (7):
1-Hannah Choueke (SC), 2-Ofek Oshri (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (2):
1-Spencer Petzold (GA), 2-Casey Willett (TN).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
$25 JACKPOT #1 (8):
1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$25 JACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Michael Tobin (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
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MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
February 28 – March 3, 2024
/ Kyrenia, North Cyprus
OPEN (75):
1-Amir Eshragi (Iran), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 4/5-Shahin Nejat (Iran) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 6/9-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Amirali Tavakoli (Iran) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic); 1LC-Razi Bobrov (Israel), 2LC-Cyrus Vafa (Iran/Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Abdallah Jamal Eddine (Lebanon) / Hamza Nar (Turkey).
$7,500 HIGH ROLLER (6):
1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).
$2,500 MEGA JACKPOT (32):
1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Mehmet Akis (Turkey) / Maan El Hachem (Lebanon).
$1,250 SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-David Presser (Israel), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Shahin Nejat (Iran).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Haroutioun Boroudian (Lebanon) & Charbel Salloum (Lebanon), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey) & Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 3/4-Maan El Hachem (Lebanon) & George Rabahie (Lebanon) / Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
CELEBRITIES 4X4 TEAM EXHIBITION MATCH:
1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
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1st MACAO BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 23-25, 2024
/ Macao, China
MASTERS / ERUDITIS (39):
1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Kazuhiro Saito (Japan), 3/4-Herb Roman (USA) / David Wells (USA).
LAST CHANCE #1 (18):
1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).
LAST CHANCE #2 (35):
1-Hayase Kawashima (Japan).
MAX JACKPOT / SORTITIS MAX (4):
1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia).
BEGINNERS / LAICIS (13):
1-Celine Heuls (France), 2-Sophie Hutson (Australia), 3-Stuart Carroll (England).
DOUBLES / DUPLICIS (16 teams):
1-Fujioka Daisuke (Japan) & Yuji Ogura (Japan), 2-Carter Mattig (USA) & Cynthia Roberts (England).
VON WALDENBLATT DMP TOURNAMENT (82):
1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria).
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★ ABT /
MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 23-25, 2024
/ Boston, Massachusetts
ABT OPEN (29):
1-Brad Mampe (MA), 2-Garrett Duquesne (NY), 1C-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2C-Ilja Tardijn (The Netherlands), 1LC-Doug Roberts (MA).
ABT ADVANCED (13):
1-John Leonard (MA), 2-Stephen Griffin (MA), 1C-Richard Battikha (CT), 1LC-Sharooz Moreh (NY).
MASTERS JACKPOT (8):
1-G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
DOUBLES (12 teams):
1-Anca Morar (RI) & Mike Vena (CT), 2-Jon Douglas (MA) & Steve Douglas (MA).
EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16):
1-Jerry Shea (NY), 1C-John Leonard (MA).
OPEN JACKPOT (4):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-David Habib (Canada).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4):
1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Nick Ricciardi (CT).
SENIORS (12):
1-Steve Griffin (MA), 2-Mike Forrester (MA).
JUNIORS (8):
1-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2-Alex Strehl (CA).
NOVICE #1 (4):
1-Regina Dinkes (FL), 2-Diego Rosenfeld (MA).
NOVICE #2 (2):
1-Veronica Bacon (MA), 2-Mary Whitney (MA).
NOVICE #3 (6):
1-Greg Gregovski (Canada), 2-Melissa Poyet Borys (RI).
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2nd ARKIN BACKGAMMON OPEN VIP
February 15-18, 2024
/ Iskele, Famagusta, North Cyprus
MASTERS (90):
1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Aref Alipour (United Kingdom), 3-Hüseyin Güler (Turkey), 4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 5-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria), 6-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Minh Nguyen (France).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2-Minh Nguyen (France).
DOUBLES (64 teams):
1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 2-Baris Koçak (Turkey) & Aliekber Vardi (Turkey), 3-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus) & Salih Kayali (North Cyprus).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Mevlit Avcioglu (North Cyprus), 2-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria).
SENIORS (59):
1-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
1-POINTER (128):
1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Andac Sevimli (North Cyprus).
SPECIAL PLAYERS (3):
1-Jeremy Sherr (United Kingdom), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3-Çaglar Ugurel (Turkey).
“ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL” MASTERS:
[Insert results here if available]
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8th RICCIONE D’INVERNO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 8-11, 2024
/ Riccione, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (35):
1-Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Francesco Oliva; 1C-Michele Muratori, 2C-Richard Biddle (England), 3C/4C-Fabio Cappelletti / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.
ADVANCED (29):
1-Giovanni Francescon, 2-Domenico Miscioscia, 3/4-Marco De Bortoli / Paolo Gruppioni; 1C-Marco Conte, 2C-Diego Balgera, 3C/4C-Giuseppe Ricciardi / Emil Sirakov (Bulgaria).
OPEN CNB (45):
1-Angelo Anav, 2-Fabio Cappalletti, 3/4-Luigi De Lazzari / Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (14 teams):
1-Fernando Braconi & Levan Chilingarashvili (Georgia), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo & Gianlazzaro Sanna.
JACKPOT ADVANCED (16):
1-Franco Candeo, 2-Paolo Gruppioni.
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Marco Conte, 2-Antonio Servanti.
WARM-UP (10):
1-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 2-Cesare Nanti.
LAST JACKPOT (16):
1-Francesco Zecchini, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin.
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11th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 7-11, 2024
/ San Antonio, Texas
ABT GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (107+47 rebuys):
1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jon Vietor (CA); 1C-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Ami Benari (CO) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada); 1LC-David Kettler (TX), 2LC-Steve Sax (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (48+26 rebuys):
1-Lena Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Gonzalo Velarde (Peru); 1C-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2C-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 3C/4C-Gene Eydelman (IL) / Vinny Ramirez (CA); 1LC-Greg Zillgitt (MN), 2LC-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP (22):
1-Robert Gonzalez (TX), 2-Troy Messina (TX), 3/4-Tom Davis (TX) / Sophia Hutson (Australia).
UBC USA CHAMPIONSHIP (20):
1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3/4-Frank Frigo (CA) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada). PR winners: 1-John O’Hagan (IN) at 2.92, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.17, 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC) at 3.23, 4-Frank Frigo (CA) at 3.33, 5-Ronald Sahlén (Sweden) at 3.45, 6-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.75, 7-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.94.
$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Alberto Showaki (FL), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Steve Blanchard (IL).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (48):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2/3-Ira Hessel (TX) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/6-Al Hodis (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO) / Richard Siebold (CO).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (48):
1-Keith Remels (TX), 2/3-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Richard Stubbe (TX), 4/6-Avi Cohen (FL) / Patrick Keene (CA) / Maeis Petrosian (CA).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (16):
1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).
SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Dennis & Peggy Culpepper (VA), 2-Powie French (TX) & Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Saeed Karimi (TX) & Mike Milligan (TX).
ACE POINT DMP TOURNAMENT (128):
1-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Barry Miller (IL).
SENIORS (128):
1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64):
1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).
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7th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 31-February 4, 2024
/ Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar
MASTERS (68):
1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Boghiu Sorin (Romania), 3-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 4/5-Michael Flesch (United Kingdom) / Francisco Kendall (Portugal); 1LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 2LC-Armen Khachatryan (Russia), 3LC/4LC-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Lawrence Powell (United Kingdom).
“MARIO FABBRI” SPECIAL AWARD:
Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).
INTERMEDIATES (51):
1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Valerian Toreli (Georgia), 3-Paulo Pinto (Portugal), 4/5-Pedro Sanz (Spain) / Gerald Whitehouse (United Kingdom); 1LC-Beatriz Molinero (Spain), 2LC-Pedro Machado (Portugal), 3LC/4LC-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia) / Ayhan Serin (Turkey).
500£ SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Neculai Axinte (Romania), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams):
1-Andrew Darby (United Kingdom) & Anna Parker (United Kingdom), 2-Ari Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) & Alexis Vincent (France) / David Frier (Gibraltar) & Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).
SENIORS (128):
1-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 2-Felix Ciumasu (Romania), 3/4-David Frier (Gibraltar) / Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (24):
1-Nadine Chipolina (Gibraltar), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Andrea Quadros (Brazil).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2-Josefin Bichler (Germany), 3/4-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).
869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32):
1-Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar), 2-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 3/4-Cristian Cozos (Romania) / Horacio Moreu (Spain).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1-POINTERS (128):
1-Ary Nogueira #1 (Brazil), 2-Ary Nogueira #2 (Brazil), 3/4-Tiberiu Bostan (Romania) / Tim Parfitt (United Kingdom).
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INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 12-14, 2024
/ Istanbul, Turkey
“ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL” MASTERS (108):
1-Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA), 2-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Hakan Çinal (Turkey) / Radostin Damyanov (Bulgaria); 1C-Fady Asmar (Lebanon), 2C-Massimo Trovo (Italy), 3C/4C-Bülent Bahar (Turkey) / Ümit Bata (Turkey); 1LC-Baris Güven Gökçe (Turkey), 2LC-Göksel Kilinç (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Özdal Kapmaz (Turkey); Ladies Prize – Gülderen Gücavli.
INTERMEDIATES (39):
1-Seyfi Uslubas (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Ömer Çakici (Turkey) / Claudio Dordei (Italy); 1C-Mahmut Kamar (Turkey), 2C-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 3C/4C-Okan Koçak (Turkey) / Metin Tatlidil (Turkey); 1LC-M. Gökhan Gücavli (Turkey), 2LC-Serkan Özkaraca (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Eren Merzeci (Turkey) / Fatih Seven (Turkey); Ladies Prize – Gözde Diptas (Turkey).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (21):
1-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 2-Ümit Bata (Turkey).
“AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (58 teams):
1-Elaroz Ardalani & Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Burak & Doruk Kaya (Turkey), 3/4-Florin & Luca Boboc (Romania) / Damjan & Tina Plesec (Slovenia).
WBGF’s “RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL” WARM-UP (77):
1-Sakir Kemik (Turkey), 2-Andre Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 3/4-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / John Broomfield (United Kingdom).
“ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL” 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Ümit Bata (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Karim Abou Absi (Lebanon) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).
“GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL” SWING (38):
1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Bahar Ergüder (Turkey), 3-Aziz Çelikkaya (Turkey), 4-Oguz User (Turkey).
1-POINTER (128):
1-Oguz User (Turkey), 2-Hüseyin Çetintas (Turkey), 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA).
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Murat Özyilmaz (Turkey), 2-Erdinç Bayindir (Turkey).
BG4BG JACKPOTS (5×8):
Winners – Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Zeki Gelbal (Turkey) / Gündüz Tezgiden (Turkey).
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1st FM GAMMON OPEN
January 6-7, 2024
/ Istanbul, Turkey
FMGAMMON OPEN (135):
1-Navid Rohani (Iran), 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Fatih Gökbua, 4-Asur Yildirim, 5-Ali Haydar Bayar, 6-Yilmaz Kurtay, 7/9-Batuhan Çil / Ozan Gündogdu / Özcan Oranç, 10/15-Barbaros Akyar / Haldun Engin / Hakan Ergüç / Metin Erikler / Murat Özyilmaz / Imran Suncu.
2nd FM PR DIGITAL TOURNAMENT (40):
1-Fatih Bellici, 2-Rosen Atanasov (Bulgaria), 3-Atilla Inanli, 4/12-Erkan Altun / Alexandar Andreev (Bulgaria) / Avni Arslan / Ismail Bilgili / Kemal Güvenkaya / Onur Ihtiyar / Ibrahim Karaca / Yilmaz Kurtay / Serdar Onal. PR Ranking: 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) 2.24, 2-Ali Çetin Belene 4.02, 3-Hakan Çinal 4.15, 4-Cüneyt Argun Genç 4.32.
DMP ONE-POINT (64):
1-Erol Özsoy.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams):
1-Erdinç Bayindir & Cemalettin Yüksel, 2-Oktay Lökbas & Hakan Tosun.
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★ ABT /
17th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 3-7, 2024
/ Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (130+52 rebuys):
1-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (United Kingdom) / Joey Issa (Jamaica); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan); 3C/4C-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Mark Osborne (NY); 1LC-Avi Cohen (FL), 2LC-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 3C/4C-Cato Fordham (United Kingdom) / Claude Landry (Canada).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (93+37 rebuys):
1-David Wu (NY), 2-Jesse Chrismer (NY), 3/4-Claude Boismenu (Canada) / Melanie Hughes (Caribbean); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Alex Brill (NY), 3C/4C-Richard Battikha (CT) / Jerry Smith (NJ); 1LC-Ozgur Aktunc (TX), 2LC-Blake Beber (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (55):
1-Marie Shultz (NY), 2-David Posmantier (NY), 3/4-Michael Pucci (NJ) / Adam Thyberg (NY); 1C-Eric Posmantier (CT), 2C-Lucy Marinkovich (WA), 3C/4C-Jamie Rosen (NY) / Chris Coppa (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Kathy Licursi (NY).
BEGINNER (17):
1-Ralph Tamlyn (NY), 2-Olivia Upton (NY), 3/4-Matthew Preston (MD) / Walker Tuton (NY); 1C-William Tiritilli (NJ), 2C-Mark Kronenberg (CT); 1LC-Joyce Goldstein (NY).
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Brandon Macklin (MD) / David Shadi (NJ).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (48):
1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3-Greg Merriman (MI), 4/6-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Jason Pack (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (64):
1-Louis Epstein (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-Theo Osborne (NY) / Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 5/8-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Boris Shafransky (MD) / Ray Spehar (FL).
BMAB-USA NEW YORK (38):
1-Brian Nielsen (Denmark), 2/8-Julius High (GA) / Andrew Liebenthal (NJ) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Larry Shiller (TX) / Albert Steg (MA) / Massimo Tassan-Solet (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL). PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) 2.76, 2-Jason Pack (NY) 3.90, 3-David Wu (NY) 3.93, 4-Paul Swain (WA) 4.11, 5-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) 4.12, 6-Marty Storer (NH) 4.36, 7-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) 4.80, 8-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) 4.96. Unlucky Dice winner: Malcolm Hutson (Australia) with a luck factor of -16.16.
LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 1 (32):
1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Martha Ghio (NY) / Ann Maher (United Kingdom).
LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 2 (8):
1-Tyler Glenn (NY), 2-Chris Coppa (NY).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32):
1-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
BLITZ (192):
1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Curtis Melville (VA).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (64):
1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Michael Rosen (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Antoinette Williams (NY).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Michael Rosen (NY), 2-Charlie Eisenhood (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Jordan Etzig (NY) & Justin Nowell (NY/United Kingdom), 2-Anatoly Katsnelson (IL) & Boris Shafransky (MD).
$1000 BETTING HERO FREEROLL DMP (17):
1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).
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21st COPENHAGEN CHRISTMAS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
December 27, 2023
/ Copenhagen, Denmark
MAIN FLIGHT (81):
1-Karina Langhoff de Thurah, 2-Lasse Hjorth Madsen, 3/4-Morgens Dreier / Brian Nerup; 1C-Pia Jeppesen, 2C-Kristian Mathiesen.
GRATIS TOURNEY (38):
1-Jørn Heilberg, 2-Rene Thor Poulsen.
SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Khosrow Jafewand, 2-Kristian Helio. |
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BACKGAMMON LONDON PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
December 16-17, 2023
/ Prestbury, United Kingdom
CHAMPIONSHIP (64):
1-Julia Hayward, 2-Tad Collins; 1C-Mike Ireland, 2C-Romolo Mudu; 1LC-Can Cag, 2LC-Anna Parker.
DMP TOURNAMENT:
1-Robert Breen, 2-Yas Turan. |
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36th ISTANBUL REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
December 15-17, 2023
/ Istanbul, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (144):
1-Burak Hakki, 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3-Hikmet Tunç, 4-Cemalettin Yüksel.
“HAMZA GÜVEN MEMORIAL” ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (46):
1-Emrullah Cosar, 2-Hikmet Tunç.
“BALIM AYASLI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (10):
1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin.
“MEHMET KOCAOGLU MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (60):
1-Atalay Uluakay, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3-Fatih Bellici, 4-Güral Bulut.
“ABDULLAH SISMAN MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (58 teams):
1-Ingo Mohr (Germany) & Svetlana Mohr (Germany), 2-Osman Erkol & Ertugrul Yilmaz, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Oguz User / Kerim Bilge & Umut Bilge.
SWING (50):
1-Arda Findikoglu, 2-Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom/USA), 3-Asur Yildirim, 4-Can Gümüs.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Nejat Alkap, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3/4-Osman Erkol / Atalay Uluakay.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Kemal Okal, 2-Hakan Çinal, 3/4-Bülent Bahar / Gülderen Gücavli.
TBT-2024 SATELLITE WINNERS:
Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom/USA), Serkan Çalisir (twice), Nejat Alkap, Özdal Kapmaz (twice), Erdinç Bayindir, Mustafa Sahin, Hakan Çinal (twice), Gültekin Uygur (twice).
BG4BG (8):
1-Bora Yurdun. |
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, DECEMBER
December 17, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (26):
1-Joel Montgomery (TX), 2-Art Benjamin (CA), 3/6-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Rodryk Schönfield (Germany) / Blake Sorem (WA) / Charlie Stewart (PA). |
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46th CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 6-10, 2023
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (70+38 rebuys):
1- Fernando Braconi (Italy), 2-Frank Ley (CA), 3-Scotty Kelland (CT), 4/5-Nick Maffeo (CA) / John Skratulia (CA); 1C-Phil Simborg (FL), 2C-Blake Fleetwood (NY), 3C/4C-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Peter Wisniewski (CA).
ABT ADVANCED (41+21 rebuys):
1-Andy Plat (CA), 2-Doru Chiriac (CA), 3-Jeffrey Byerly (WA); 1C-Babak Ourian (CA), 2C-Daniel Bluestone (VA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (24):
1-Connee Mayeron-Cowles (MN), 2-Raymond Vartanian (CA); 1C-Matthew Soleimani (CA), 2C-Noel Schmoeil (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (40):
1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Sax (CA) / David Wells (CA), 5-Bob Wachtel (CA).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (38):
1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Paul Mangone (CA), 3/4-Pedram Sooferi (CA) / Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 5-Babak Ourian (CA).
SENIORS I (32):
1-Alice Kay (CA), 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Teri Harmon (CA).
SENIORS II (16):
1-Rich Siebold (CO), 2-Saul Meir (CA).
JUNIORS (32):
1-Todd Crosner (AZ), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Long Nguyen (CA).
DOUBLES I (16):
1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) & Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Gus Contos (CA) & Paul Mangone (CA).
DOUBLES II (8):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Jake Jacobs (AZ), 2-Connee Cowles (MN) & Clement McNally (FL).
BMAB-USA LOS ANGELES (16):
1/4-Julius High (GA) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Cody Buchholz (CA) / Frank Ley (CA). PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.93, 2-Art Benjamin (CA) at 4.23, 3-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 4.34, 4-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 4.97.
DMP #1 (16):
1-Ted Chee (CA).
DMP #2 (16):
1-Chris Palmer (England).
DMP #3 (16):
1-Vinny Ramirez (CA).
DMP #4 (16):
1-Ted Chee (CA).
DMP #5 (16):
1-Jacques Stambouli (CA).
WONDER WOMAN’S JACKPOT (16):
1-Marianne Bowen (VA), 2-Cameron Stangel (TX).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (24):
1-David Wells (CA), 2-Art Benjamin (CA), 3-Patrick Keene (CA).
BLITZ (96):
1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Saul Meir (CA).
BACKGAME QUIZ (15):
1/2-Mark Danberg-Wyld (WA) / Chris Trencher (NY), 9 out of 12 correct answers. |
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RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 2-4, 2023
/ Moscow, Russia
OPEN (96):
1-Nail Arzukhanov, 2-Mger Dzhagaryan, 3-Sergey Alenin, 4/6-Karen Bagdasarov / Tsaruk Manukyan / Artur Roganov, 7/9-Alkhas Lagulaa / Svetlana Timina / Konstantin Ushakov.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (36 teams):
1-Albert Usmanov & Hayk Vardanyan, 2-Nail Arzukhanov & Pavel Shirokov, 3/4-Sergey Alenin & Alexey Ignarin / Andrey Razumov & Self.
HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (42):
1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Tsaruk Manukyan, 3/4-Aik Dolunts / Alexey Sypko.
SUPER JACKPOT (28):
1-Konstantin Puchkov, 2-Garry Lagvilava.
1-POINT (128):
1-Victor Biyanov, 2-Konstantin Pustokhin, 3/4-Sergey Lyutov / Valery Burlakov.
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Sergey Lyutov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3/4-Victor Naumenko / Mger Dzhagaryan.
YOUTH TOURNAMENT (11):
1-Anna Polyakova, 2-Artem Mikhailov.
QUIZ (26):
Masters-Timur Azizov, Young Players-Victoria Borzenkova.
SPECIAL PRIZE:
Artur Roganov. |
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BRIAN LEVER MEMORIAL TROPHY TOURNAMENT
November 25-26, 2023
/ Prestbury, United Kingdom
BRIAN LEVER MEMORIAL (64):
1-Gaz Owen, 2-Oliver Squire, 3/4-Richard Carter / Neil Webb.
HBL TROPHY (30):
1-Mike Ireland, 2-John Broomfield.
NEVER GIVE UP LAST CHANCE (32):
1-Jay Hayter, 2-Adam Forshaw.
BACKGAMMON CHARITY QUIZ:
1-Lawrence Powell, 9/10 correct. |
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AUSTRALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 24-26, 2023
/ Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
OPEN (128):
1-Ben Phillips, 2-Grant Hoffman (New Zealand), 3/4-Vince Turner / Ken Vaughan, 5/8-Mick Dyett / Damien Ingwersen / Shane McNally / Martin Pikler; 1LC-Robert Disney, 2LC-Gene Elder, 3LC/4LC-Mackenzie Little / Elsa McNally.
SPEEDGAMMON (63):
1-Ben Phillips, 2-Mick Dyett, 3/4-Michael Gerges / Darren O’Shaughnessy.
MASTERS (31):
1-Warwick Mirzikinian, 2-Tino Lechich, 3/4-Peter Brown / Grant Hoffman (New Zealand).
SUNDAY SPECIAL (32):
1-Riley Holtmann, 2-Trudi Hemetsberger, 3/4-Gyliane Carver / Elsa McNally.
DOUBLES:
1-Damian Ingwersen & Ahmed Moustafa.
BLITZ (16):
1-Morteza Ghanei, 2-Daniel Pedredal. |
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, NOVEMBER
November 24, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (32):
1-Mario Savan (CA), 2/9-Jak Amado (PA) / Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Kosta Bakalis (FL) / Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Joel Montgomery (TX) / Edward Onny (CO) / Rory Pascar (IL) / Rodryk Schönfield (Germany). |
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THE CAPITAL CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 16-19, 2023
/ Herndon, Virginia
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (31):
1-Max Stockslager (NC), 2-Ed O’Laughin (VA); 1C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1LC-Ben Friesen (MI).
ABT ADVANCED (24):
1-Robert Hathaway (VA), 2-Nima Sabbaghian (MD); 1C-Tigran Avanesian (OH); 1LC-Daniel Adler (NY).
OPEN MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (8):
1-Larry Brown (VA), 2-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
NOVICE #1 (4):
1-Al Piran (CA), 2-Sheldon Richter (MD).
NOVICE #2 (5):
1-Nazila Jalili (VA), 2-Mary Greene (MD).
NOVICE #3 (5):
1-Sheldon Richter (MD), 2-John Shea (NY).
BMAB-USA VIRGINIA (22):
1-Jerry Shea (NY), 2/7-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) / Marianne Bowen (VA) / David Danischewski (NY) / Sean Garber (IN) / Curtis Melville (VA) / Marty Storer (NH). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 4.17, 2-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.61, 3-Ben Friesen (MI) at 5.25, 4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 5.30, 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 5.60. Unlucky Dice Award – Ray Fogerlund (NV).
DOUBLES (12 teams):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Noah Monro (MI) & Rhonda Monro (MI).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Gary Fries (VA), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY); 1C-Curtis Melville (VA).
SENIORS (24):
1/3 split-Sean Garber #1 (IN) / Sean Garber #2 (IN) / John Klein (MD).
JUNIORS (12):
1-Daniel Adler (NY), 2-David Danischewski (NY).
DMP (16):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Daniel Adler (NY). |
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20th CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 14-19, 2023
/ Nicosia, North Cyprus
MAIN TOURNAMENT (247):
1-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK), 2-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 3-Alexandru Barbu (Romania), 4/5-Vasily Chemokhoneko (Russia) / Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 6/8-Mehmet Ali Akpolat (Turkey) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 9/13-Henning Frick (Malta) / Sefik Gedikoglu (Turkey) / Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina); 1C-Florin Boboc (Romania), 2C-Dinçer Günes (Turkey), 3C/4C-Gamze Demirkol Özdag (Turkey) / Sinan Zengin (Turkey); 1LC-Gökay Güleç (Turkey), 2LC-Metin Çubuk (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (58):
1-Selahattin Hacioglu (Turkey), 2-Zakaria Gugulashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Jürgen Orlowski / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (51):
1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-Andre Abi Haidar (Iran), 3/4-Roohollah Amir Andy (Iran) / Akbar Poourhaji (Iran).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (96 teams):
1-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK) & Mohammadreza Nejat (Iran), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) & Self, 3-Roohollah Amir Andy (Iran) & Pouya Rajabi (Iran).
SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (38 teams):
1-Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden) & Thomas Kazemiah (Germany), 2-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) & Jürgen Orlowski (Germany).
DMP #1 (64):
1-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK).
DMP #2 (64):
1-Adel Pourabdollah (Iran).
DMP #3 (64):
1-Rabiah Adnan (Lebanon).
DMP #4 (64):
1-Ayla Karmen Aydin (Turkey).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (91):
1-Akbar Poourhaji (Iran), 2-Ismail Bilgili (Turkey), 3-Artur Petrosyan (Armenia).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (48):
1-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin (Turkey), 3-Can Gümüs (Turkey).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (18):
1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Seda Eflanli (Turkey/USA).
BEGINNERS TOURNAMENT (9):
1-Latif Tangül (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus), 2-Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).
WELCOME TOURNAMENT (116):
1-Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey), 2-Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 3/4-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Majid Ghasemi (Iran).
100€ MINI JACKPOT (8):
1-Mohammad Jaba (Turkey).
100€ MINI JACKPOT (8):
1-Selin Kurt (Turkey).
100€ MINI JACKPOT (8):
1-Aziz Çelikkaya (Turkey).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), Brenda Rosen (England). |
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10th MERIT OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 7-12, 2023
/ Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
MASTERS (222):
1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Timur Azizov (Russia), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 4/5-Zakaria Gugulashvili (Georgia) / Chris Rogers (UK), 6/9-Justin Bor (USA) / Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom) / Nick Sandqvist (United Kingdom), 10/16-Milen Angelov (Bulgaria) / Airat Fatykhov (Russia) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia) / Herb Roman (USA) / Axel Stemark (Denmark) / Christoph Wagener (Germany); 1LC-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 2LC-Alexander Volfovski (Ukraine), 3LC/4LC-Mircea Nicolici (Romania) / Manfred Sierke (Germany); Ladies Prize – Josefin Bichler (Germany).
INTERMEDIATES (144):
1-Farhad Heidari (Iran), 2-Jeihun Pashaev (Ukraine), 3-Sezai Bayraktar (Turkish Republic of North Cyprus), 4/5-Nelu Radu (Romania) / Sorin-Cristian Boghiu (Romania), 6/9-Simon Kennedy-Rose (USA) / Max Petersen (Denmark) / Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden) / Nahit Sorgüven (Turkey); 1LC-Steve Carder (United Kingdom), 2LC-Kakhaber Gogoladze (Georgia), 3LC/4LC-Majid Nouraee (Iran) / Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia); Ladies Prize – Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden).
MERIT MEGA JACKPOT (16):
1-Dorel Leon (Romania), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Nadjib Kawkab (Afghanistan/Germany) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Aleksei Barchenkov (Russia), 2-Mikael Westerlund (Sweden), 3/4-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Johan Moazed (Sweden).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3/4-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Tom Zarrinnam (USA).
BMAB-MIDDLE EAST #8 (16):
1-Hossein Aghili (Iran). PR winner – Amir Golegolab (Iran) at 2.06.
“ION RESSU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (122 teams):
1-Amir Reza Behzadi (Iran) & Shahin Nejat (Iran), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre (Turkey) & Ömer Sorgüven (Turkey) / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa) & Jeroen Romme (The Netherlands).
“EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL” SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128):
1-Claes Dahlström (Sweden), 2-Lawrence Powell (United Kingdom), 3/4-Juri Alper (Germany) / Calin Florea (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-Houman Khatami (Iran) / Alexey Tokarev (Russia).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Klaus Switon (Denmark), 2-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Amir Golegolab (Iran).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (47):
1-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 3/4-Liz Granstedt (Sweden) / Eli Rad (United Arab Emirates).
PRESIDENT’S CUP (1-POINTER) (256):
1-Baris Koçak (Turkey), 2-Cumhur Bektüre (Turkey), 3/4-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia) / Klaus Switon (Denmark).
WETGAMMON (29):
1-Sergey Zhytnyk #1 (Ukraine), 2-Sergey Zhytnyk #2 (Ukraine), 3/4-Patrick Gebeili (France) / Ovidiu-Mihail Popa (Romania).
MOCHY’S QUIZ (75):
1-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 2-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran). |
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11th ANNUAL CONNECTICUT BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 3-5, 2023
/ Windsor, Connecticut
ABT OPEN (36):
1-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada); 1C-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2C-Dan Shapiro (NY); 1LC-Eddie Rodriguez (NY).
ABT ADVANCED (26):
1-David Danischewski (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ); 1C-Donald Gabbai (VA), 2C-Omar Shah (Canada); 1LC-Mohamad Saadeghvaziri (NJ).
NOVICE (13):
1-Joe Syta (NY); 1C-Eli Rosenblith (NY); 1LC-Mark Kronenberg (CT).
MASTERS JACKPOT (12):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-David Shadi (NJ).
DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Gary Koscielny & Joan Koscielny (FL).
SENIORS JACKPOT (16):
1-Claude Landry (Canada), 2-Albert Steg (MA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (4):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY).
JUNIORS JACKPOT (8):
1-Brad Mielke (NY), 2-Dan Whitney (CT).
OPEN JACKPOT (4):
1-Albert Steg (MA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (12):
1-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Phil Perelmuter (MA), 3-Daniel Adler (NY).
NOVICE JACKPOT (4):
1-Eli Rosenblith (NY).
SPEEDGAMMON 1 (8):
1/2-Daniel Adler (NY) / Brian Cohen (NY).
SPEEDGAMMON 2 (8):
1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / David Shadi (NJ).
WARMUP QUICKY (16):
1/2-Daniel Adler (NY) / Phil Siler (NY).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Claude Landry (Canada); 1C/2C-Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Alex Zamanian (MA). |
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37th TOUR LIVE FINALS / 4th ATHENS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 1-5, 2023
/ Glyfada, Athens, Greece
2023 WBIF LIVE FINAL (28 / 185):
1-Petru Hlihor (Romania), 2-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece), 3-Nikos Androulakis (Greece), 4-Sean Casey (Ireland), 5-Peter van Rooij (Netherlands).
ATHENS OPEN (34):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 3-Tony Diamantidis (Greece).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (18 teams):
1-Konstantinos Mitrelis & Giannis Pasialis (Greece), 2-Giorgos Avdis & Theodoros Dimakis (Greece).
SPEEDGAMMON (25):
1-Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2-Sean Casey (Ireland). |
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18th MILAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 26-29, 2023
/ Varenna, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (45):
1-Fernando Braconi (Italy), 2-Stelian Iancu (Romania), 3/4-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) / Francesco Mauri (Italy), 5/8-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Antonio Serventi (Italy) / Pavel Shirokov (Russia) / Marco Solazzo (Italy).
ADVANCED (32):
1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Dario Bertola (Italy), 3/4-Pedro Sanz (Spain) / Emil Sirokov (Bulgaria), 5-Marco Conte (Italy), 6-Riccardo Preda (Italy).
OPEN CNB (64):
1/2-split – Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Andrea de Zandonati (Italy), 3/4-Franco Candeo (Italy) / Bruno Fanan (Italy).
GOODBYE VARENNA (40):
1-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland), 2-Daniel Tudose (Romania), 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati (Italy) / Daniele Rotondo (Italy).
HALF-TIME (13):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (20 teams):
1-Antonio Antelli & Marco Tamigi (Italy), 2-Fabio Cappelletti & Giovanna La Falce (Italy). |
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25th FRENCH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 26-29, 2023
/ Sèvres, France
CHAMPIONSHIP (115):
1-Serge Dahan, 2-Guillaume Galle, 3/4-Stéphane Chenevière / Maxence Job, 5/8-Eric Guedj / Simon Ayzac / Eric Alarcon / Sebastien Krick; 1C-Frédéric-Martin Kahn, 2C-Maxime Peytavin, 3C/4C-Guil Drai / David Freidenberg.
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (28 teams):
1-Michel Chabrol & Edouard Corse, 2-James MacNaughtan & Nicolas Sekri, 3/4-Gildas Bouilland & Gildas Racape / Arthur Menez & Geoffroy Menez.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Eric Bénichou, 2-Olivier Croisille.
TOURNOI DES PARTENAIRES (128):
1-Olivier Lafon, 2-Emmanuel Lardy.
JUNIORS LESS THAN 14-YEARS OLD (8):
1-Gaspard Hache.
WARM UP (46):
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1st KUSADASI OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
October 20-22, 2023
/ Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (50):
1-Nesip Temizkan (Turkey/Germany), 2-Tugrul Sezgin, 3-Metin Üredi, 4-Kemal Okal.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (18):
1-Tugrul Sezgin, 2-Metin Üredi.
LADIES PRIZE (4):
1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Basak Güven Pekpak.
TRADITIONAL (24):
1-Erol Özsoy, 2-S. Ayvaz Aydogdu, 3-Bora Yurdun, 4-Halil Tuna Yüksel.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams):
1-Cüneyt Arabaci & Kemal Okal, 2-Burak Çulhaci & Sena Çulhaci, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Öguz User / Tugrul Sezgin & Mustafa Soyluer.
SWING (46):
1-Kemal Okal, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3-Nesip Temizkan (Germany), 4-Barbaros Erim.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Hossein Haydari Ahwazi (Iran/Australia), 2-Cihan Akkoç, 3/4-Ümit Bata / Yusuf Emik.
MERIT SATELLITE (8):
1-Barbaros Erim, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.
BG4BG (8):
1-Hossein Haydari Ahwazi (Iran/Australia).
TBT-2023 SATELLITES (6X8):
Winners: Hossein Haydari Ahwazi (Iran/Australia), Yusuf Emit, Abdullah Sorgüven, Mesut Gönenç, Hasan Gemici. |
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31st IRISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 20-22, 2023
/ Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland
MAIN EVENT (64):
1-Claudia Göhnert (Holland), 2-Sean Jones (England), 3/4-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Paul O’Kelly; 1C-Stuart Mann (England), 2C-Sergei Zitnik (Ukraine), 3C/4C-Neil Dobbs / Paul Duff; 1LC-Fernando Braconi (Italy), 2LC-Mark Smyth, 3LC/4LC-Nicola Fitzgibbon / Rachel Rhodes (England).
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4th SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 19-22, 2023
/ Saint Louis, Missouri
ABT OPEN (44):
1-Kent Goulding (MD), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL), 3-Ian Terry (TX), 4/7-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Bill Lonergan (NY) / John O’Hagan (IN).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (38):
1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Paulette Duong (IL), 3/6-Scott Bailey (GA) / Robert Ellis (TN) / Mark Flannery (WV) / Thomas Rosandich (WI).
ABT NOVICE (6):
1-Dilara Baltaci (IL), 2/3-Gordon Crispin (MI) / Tracy Parent (MI).
BMAB-USA SAINT LOUIS (18):
1/4: Julius High (GA) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / John O’Hagan (IN) / Gerry Tansey (MO). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.49, 2-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.66, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.56, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.70, 5-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 5.14, 6-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.17.
$1,000 GATEWAY JACKPOT (7):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Kent Goulding (MD).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24):
1-Ken Carlson (GA), 2-Jim Hallers (TX), 3-Randy Armstrong (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON OPEN (8):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON INTERMEDIATE (8):
1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Brad Fisher (IL).
GERRY TANSEY OPEN CHALLENGE (16):
1-Sam Ahmed (CA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Bill Calton (MI).
PHYLLIS SHAPIRO INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE (24):
1-Jena Jennings (IL), 2-Gordon Crispin (MI), 3-Jon Schoenecker (MO).
DOUBLES (17 teams):
1-Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Chris Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA).
DMP QUICKIE (16):
1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Keith Deisner (MO).
WARM-UP (24):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3-Bill Calton (MI).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (18):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Larry Whittenburg (IL).
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5th DENVER OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 4-9, 2023
/ Denver, Colorado
ABT DIVISION 1 – BISON (37):
1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 3-John O’Hagan (IN); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).
ABT DIVISION 2 – GUNSLINGERS (32):
1-Quinn Swanger (NC), 2-Phil Perelmuter (FL), 3-Will Reeves (CO); 1C-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2C-Kevin Kahl (CA).
ABT DIVISION 3 – WARRIORS (23):
1-Enrique Gomez (Mexico), 2-Victor Loiacono (CO), 3-Vera Holley (CA); 1C-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2C-Maggie Sweeney (MI).
ABT DIVISION 4 – GREENHORNS (14):
1-Ryan Klatt (CO), 2-Oliver Aaro-Hansen (CO).
BMAB-USA COLORADO DIVISION 1 (18):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2/6-Jim Curtis (IN) / Karen Davis (FL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Phil Perelmuter (FL) / William Reeves (CO). PR winners: 1-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.89, 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.15, 3-David Klausa (CO) at 4.23, 4-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.65.
BMAB-USA COLORADO DIVISION 2 (8):
1-Matt Patterson (CO). PR winner: Enrique Gomez (Mexico) at 9.47.
EARLY RUSTLER JACKPOT (8):
1-Rory Pascar (IL).
WILD HORSES SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (32):
1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Paul Mangone (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Kevin Kahl (CA).
DIVISION 1 BISON JACKPOT (40):
1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Richard Siebold (CO), 3/4-Cary Hoarty (OH) / Al Hodis (NV), 5-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
DIVISION 2 GUNSLINGERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 2-Robert Zimmerman (ME), 3/4-Ray Gronek (CO) / Garry Kallos (Canada).
DIVISION 3 WARRIORS JACKPOT (16):
1-Jennifer Owens (CO), 2-Cody Buchholz (CA).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (32 teams):
1-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Jim Curtis (IN) & Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Cody Buchholz (CA) & Paul Mangone (CA) / Rory Pascar (IL) & Tommy Tallarico (CA).
ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTOUT (14):
1-Vera Holley (CA), 2-Mary Wilson (CO); 1C-Laura Granger (CO).
QUICK DRAW FTH BOARD EVENT (32):
1-Cary Hoarty (OH).
SENIOR WRANGLERS (32):
1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 3/4-Phil Perelmuter (FL) / John O’Hagan (IN).
YOUNG WRANGLERS (16):
1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Will Reeves (CO).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (32 Seniors + 16 Young Wranglers):
1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Jack Edelson (MN).
WOLF BLITZ (64):
1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Bodger Millerd (OR).
GOLD RUSH / SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
RUSTLER DMP QUICKIE (32):
1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).
SITTING BULL JACKPOT (24):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2/3-Laura Granger (CO) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
LAST STAND (16):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-John Pirner (MN).
CORNHOLE SOCIAL (16):
1-Myra Gazvoda (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 2-Cody Buchholz (CA) & Tommy Tallarico.
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17th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
September 29-October 1, 2023
/ Bodrum, Turkey
OPEN (94):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Hasan Gemici, 3-Ümit Bata, 4-Tülay Emekci.
ELIT CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (21):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Ümit Bata.
“HABIBE CEBECI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (14):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Tülay Emekci.
“BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (36):
1-Ömer Çakici, 2-Mehmet Dagoglu, 3-Meltem Sahtiyanci Hazir, 4-Mustafa Kemal Arslan.
“ALP EYYUPOGLU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (53 teams):
1-Mustafa Altay & Kadir Tutam, 2-Ahmet Çil & Sebnem Yigit, 3/4-Senol Açikel & Gürbüz Agirman / Sait Nayman & George Simpson.
SWING (51):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Ihsan Astepe, 3-Mehmet Dagoglu, 4-Mehmet Ersoy.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Ümit Bata, 2-Metin Üredi, 3/4-Talat Bagibala / Kaan Mutluol.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Murat Hazir, 2-Zafer Tas, 3/4-Umut Aras / Necmettin Can.
BG4BG (8):
1-Cumhur Bektüre.
UTT-2023 SATELLITES (6X8) Winners:
Baris Koçak #1, Gözde Diptas, Cumhur Bektüre, Kaan Mutluol, Baris Koçak #2, Nejat Alkap.
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2nd ANNUAL JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 28-October 2, 2023
/ Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
OPEN (31+21 rebuys):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Ben Friesen (MI); 1C-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2C-Rick Wolf (USA); 1LC-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
ADVANCED (8):
1-Haakon Thorsen (USA), 2-Joe Incze (USA), 3-John Barnett (USA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Gary Koscielny (USA), 2-Bob Wachtel (USA).
DMP (16):
1-John Barnett (USA), 2-Joey Issa (Jamaica).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-John John Issa (Jamaica), 2-Avi Cohen (USA).
SUPERSPEEDGAMMON (4):
1-Phil Simborg (USA).
DOUBLES (12 teams):
1-Avi Cohen (USA) & Rick Wolf (USA), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Antoinette Williams (USA).
BAZOOKI (8):
1-John John Issa (Jamaica), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
EARLY BIRD TOURNEY (19):
1-Mark Moskowitz (USA), 2-Bob Wachtel (USA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (12):
1/3 split-Bob Wachtel (USA) / Antoinette Williams (USA) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
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2nd CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 27-October 1, 2023
/ Jesolo, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (63):
1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Antonio Anelli (Italy), 3/4-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Werner Schmuck (Austria), 5/8-Luigi De Lazzari (Italy) / Francesco Mauri (Italy) / Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia) / Minh Nguyen (France).
ADVANCED (44):
1-Wolfgang Henze (Germany), 2/3-Lukas Jankovskij (Czech Republic) / Yordanov Malin (Bulgaria), 4-Pavel Filipi (Czech Republic), 5-Alberto Profumo (Italy), 6-Rita Gruppioni (Italy), 7-Anton Gonzalez (Costa Rica).
AMATEUR (8):
1/2-Pietro Solazzo (Italy) / Patrizia Scaglia (Italy).
OPEN CNB (81):
1-Kader Turk (France), 2-Claudio Dordei (Italy), 3/4-Davide Cannavò (Italy) / Luigi De Lazzari (Italy).
HOTEL ATLANTICO (60):
1-Alexander Heilmann (Germany), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 3/4-Carlo Fassino (Italy) / Francesco Oliva (Italy).
HALF TIME TOURNAMENT (30):
1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany), 3/4-Stefano Boni (Italy) / Fernando Braconi (Italy).
TEAM EVENT (15 teams):
1-Mahmoud Taha (Austria) / Ricardo Malas (Spain) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Italy: Dario De Toffoli / Sergio Fragiacomo / Massimo Trovò.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Carlo Mazzinghi (Italy), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 3/4-Kristian Culjat (Croatia) / Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Philippe Vouhe (France), 3/4-Kristian Culjat (Croatia) / Marko Kozul (Croatia).
SWING (32):
1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Nodar Gagua (Russia), 3-Alain Babillon (France), 4/5-Lukas Jankovskij (Czech Republic) / Carlo Mazzinghi (Italy).
WARM UP (32):
1-Yordanov Malin (Bulgaria), 2-Gianfranca Pasciu (Italy), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Carlo Mazzinghi (Italy).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (24 teams):
1-Nicolay Dragostinov (Bulgaria) & Atanas Tachev (Bulgaria), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France) & Jiri Vala (Czech Republic).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (21):
1-Monique Clusters (Belgium), 2-Sonia Pellegrini (Italy).
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MIDLANDS BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 22-24, 2023
/ Birmingham, United Kingdom
OPEN (64):
1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Steve Bibby; 1C-Julia Hayward, 2C-David Sanders; 1LC-Nick Dawson, 2LC-Rachel Rhodes.
SPEEDGAMMON CUP:
1-Jeff Bale, 2-Marius Marin.
SATURDAY NIGHT DOUBLES:
1-Peter Bull & Martin Tatlow, 2-Aniel Ciobanu & Radu Ciortan.
FRIDAY NIGHT WARM-UP:
1-Marius Marin, 2-Richard Carter.
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PRO: 3rd TRANSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 21-24, 2023
/ Poiana Brasov, Romania
MASTERS (91):
1-Mihai Iliescu, 2-Florin Mihuta, 3-Mihai Folea, 4-Andrei Iordache, 5/8-Florin Balu / Doru Chiriac / Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) / Nelu Radu.
SUPERJACKPOT (45):
1-Mihai Arminia, 2-Daniel Tudose, 3/4-Cosmin Ilies / Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).
MEGAJACKPOT (32):
1-Eugen Lazar, 2-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 3/4-Bogdan Alexandru / Ion Cocica.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (48 teams):
1-Mihai Iliescu & Cosmin Marinescu, 2-Marius Mihaila & Nicolae Noaghea, 3-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Dankwart Plattner (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (54):
1-Cristinel Dragomir, 2-Zoltan Molnar, 3/4-Florin Balan / Mihai Grigorescu.
SUPERSPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Florin Chelaru, 3/4-Adrian Dan / Andreea Paun.
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LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 20-24, 2023
/ Las Vegas, Nevada
ABT OPEN (58):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3-Frank Raposa (VA), 4/5-Jake Jacobs (AZ) / Boris Shafransky (MD); 1C-Al Hodis (NV), 2C-Charlie Raichle (CO), 3C/4C-John O’Hagan (IN) / Steve Sax (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (48):
1-Eddie Luiz Sant’Ana (Brazil), 2-David Cohen (OR), 3-Cody Buchholz (CA); 1C-Candace Mayeron (CA), 2C-Manuel Perito (Argentina/Costa Rica), 3C/4C-Ron Bruns (CA) / Jami Tipton (WA).
NOVICE (10):
1-Victor Elkind (CA), 2-Lisa Lowe (AZ), 3-William McHam (TX).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Carl Sellars (Canada), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 3-Bill Phipps (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (24):
1-Tristan Bettencourt (CA), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA), 3-Aaron Foust (NV).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24):
1-James DeRosier (LA), 2-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 3-David Cohen (OR).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (10):
1-Lisa Lowe (AZ), 2-Ebony Ameen (GA).
DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Wendy Kaplan (IL) & Alphonse Mekalainas (NV), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA) & Doug Mayfield (NV).
BLITZ (96):
1-Manuel Perito (Argentina/Costa Rica), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
QUICKIE – DMP (32):
1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Aaron Foust (NV).
SENIORS 60+ (64):
1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Julius High (GA), 3/4-Lynn Lusk (CO) / Carmen Tomlinson (TX).
JUNIORS under 60 (16):
1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Carmen Tomlinson (TX).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (10):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8):
1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Mehdi Shafa (WA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16):
1/2 split-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Justin (Chau) Tran (TX).
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OASIS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CUP
September 14-18, 2023
/ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MASTER (169):
1-Anders Nielander (Denmark), 2-Fatykhov Ayrat (Russia), 3-Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 4/6-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Bucur Catalin (Romania/UK) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece), 7/10-Martin Barkwill (United Kingdom) / Raj Jansai (United Kingdom) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia); 1LC-Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong), 2LC-Shahram Aala (Iran).
INTERMEDIATE (45):
1-Seyed Hamid Reza (Iran), 2-Shahriyar Behravan (Iran), 3/4-Rad Malekniazi (Iran) / Amir Talaei (Iran), 5-Marina Pirveli (Georgia); 1LC-Reza Ranjbar (Iran), 2LC-Chelaru Florin (Romania).
WARM UP (94):
1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Amir Atri (Iran), 3-Peiman Shahpouri (Iran), 4/6-Avi Cohen (USA) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia).
SPEEDGAMMON (102):
1-Warwick Mirzikinan (Armenia), 2-Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia), 3/4-Aykut Keskin (Turkey) / Philippe Vouhe (France).
MEGA BONANZA (31):
1/4-Ray Fogerlund (USA) / Smbat Pogosyan (Armenia) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) / Aykut Uzel (Turkey).
SUPER BONANZA (101):
1-Brian Nieslen (Denmark), 2-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 3/4-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Selin Kurt (Turkey).
DOUBLES (90 teams):
1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa) & Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan) & Self, 3/4-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) & Eli Raad (Iran) / Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran) & Pedram Kiasi (Iran).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, SEPTEMBER
September 10, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (11):
1-Jeff Schwarz (NJ).
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11TH LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 31-September 3, 2023
/ Bad Dürkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (66):
1-Mario Kühl, 2-Christoph Wagener, 3/4-Johan Huyck (Belgium) / Minh Nguyen (France); 1C-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2C-Robert Lindbom (Sweden); 1LC-Maros Dejan (Switzerland).
INTERMEDIATE (50):
1-Serkan Sertkaya, 2-Fred Brendler, 3/4-Felix Wagener / Ullrich Zöller; 1C-Ulrich Roth, 2C-Richard Feigen; 1LC-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland).
SUPER JACKPOT I (32):
1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 3/4-Vincent De Nardi (France) / Leonid Riskin.
SUPER JACKPOT II (16):
1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Mario Kühl.
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland), 2-Serdar Ulusan, 3/4-Helmut Jeske / Guiseppe Ricciardi (Italy).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Thomas Löw & Oliver Plähn, 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden) & Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 3/4-Kimon & Regine Papachristopoulos / Leonid Riskin & Yurrii Vatsyk (Ukraine).
SPEEDGAMMON (96):
1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Klaus Host, 3-Jens Averkamp.
CASINO DMP (84):
1-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland), 2-Jens Averkamp.
SURPRISE EVENT (91):
1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon).
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VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
August 30-September 4, 2023
/ Bloomington, Minnesota
ABT ODIN OPEN (42):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3-Stephen Hassman (PA); 1C-Dan Minardi (CO), 2C-Gregg Trunnell (MN).
ABT THOR ADVANCED (21):
1-Phillip Rahm (MN), 2-Jeff Kane (WI), 3-Ozgur Aktunc (TX); 1C-Steve Hanson (MN).
ABT VIKING INTERMEDIATE (17):
1-Gregory Zillgitt (MN), 2-Kim Kotila (MN); 1C-Phillip Biesanz (MN), 2C-Andrew Lundeen (MN).
VIKING BEGINNER (4):
1-Nakisa Firouzan (CA).
BMAB-USA MINNESOTA (14):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Will Reeves (CO). PR winners: 1-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.09, 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.92, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 5.05, 4-Ben Friesen (MI) at 6.45.
LONGSHIP SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
EARLY RAVEN – OPEN (21):
1-Stephen Hassman (PA), 2-Michael Cashman (MN).
EARLY RAVEN – ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE (19):
1-Christina Elias (MN), 2-Steve Binenstock (MN).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (50):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 3/4-Tim Lawless (IN) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER:
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXIV (13):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Michael Urban (Germany).
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (15):
1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Brian Vance (MI).
WARRIOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (10):
1-Jeff Kane (WI), 2-Phillip Rahm (MN).
STEVE BROWN MEMORIAL (45):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Steve Blanchard (IL), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).
VALHALLA OPEN JACKPOT (8):
1-David Todd (MO).
VALHALLA INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8):
1-Donald Gabbai (VA).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Rick Davis (MN) & Kurt Peterson (MN), 2-Kevin Ahtou (MN) & Ed Ziesche (MN).
SHIELDMAIDEN CHALLENGE (16):
1-Candace Mayeron (CA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTERS (8):
1-Prince Barlow (MI).
DMP RAIDS (32):
1-Corey Smith (MN), 2-Prince Barlow (MI).
DMP RAIDS (8):
1-Eric Hiner (MN).
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Ted Hwa (CA).
TOUCH MOVE TOURNAMENT (16):
1/2-Jeff Nitschke (MN) / Corey Smith (MN).
RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (19):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Jerome Kressin (MN).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, AUGUST
August 26, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (20):
1-David Rennie (CA), 2/4-Robert Green (MO) / Blake Sorem (WA) / Charlie Stewart (PA).
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PYATIGORSK BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL 2023
August 25-27, 2023
/ Inozemtsevo, Russia
MAIN (83):
1-Sergey Lyutov, 2-Albert Zhirikov, 3-Yury Akopov, 4/6-Alexey Barchenkov / Yaroslav Gusev / Victor Naumenko, 7-Andrey Razumov.
“BAGRAT RAPAVA MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams):
1-Vasily Chemokhonenko & Svetlana Timina, 2-Sergey Chertkov & Yaroslav Gusev, 3/4-Konstantin Bartash & Alexey Ignarin / Anton Berdichevsky & Alexey Tokarev.
HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (36):
1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Timur Azizov, 3/4-Mger Dzhagaryan / Alexey Tokarev.
SUPER JACKPOT (18):
1-Evgeny Khoroshilov, 2-Artur Petrosyan.
1-POINT (128):
1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Andrey Sokolovsky, 3/4-Sergey Kokoev / Svetlana Timina.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Sergey Saprygin, 2-Ruslan Ignarin, 3/4-Timur Azizov / Sergey Chertkov.
QUIZ (27):
1/2-Vasily Chemokhonenko / Mikayel Vardanyan.
SPECIAL PRIZE:
Egor Gorbatenko.
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WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP & 4th SKOPJE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 21-27, 2023
/ Skopje, North Macedonia
SKOPJE OPEN MASTERS FLIGHT (123):
1-David Klausa (USA), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo (Italy), 3-Frank Talbot (USA), 4/5-Güral Bulut (Turkey) / Edmond Mezini (Italy), 6/9-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Andreas Hofmann (Germany) / Gianlazzarro Sanna (Italy); 1LC-Torsten Lux (Germany), 2LC-Rainer Birkle (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Reece Hodges (United Kingdom) / Adam Prager (Israel).
INTERMEDIATES FLIGHT (70):
1-Athanasios Adam (Greece), 2-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia), 3-Fred Brendler (Germany), 4/5-Ömer Çakici (Turkey) / Hikmet Tunç (Turkey); 1LC-Pero Dimitrovski (North Macedonia), 2LC-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Vancho Janakievski (North Macedonia) / Gökhan Ramazanoglu (Turkey).
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (25 teams):
1-France (Captain Alain Babillon, Evan Bourgnon, Stéphane Chenevière, Olivier Croiselle, Olivier Décultot, Tristan Rémille), 2-USA (David Klausa, Petko Kostadinov, Roberto Litzenberger, Carter Mattig (in absentia), Captain (non-playing) Candace Mayeron, Matt Reklaitis, Frank Talbot, Ian Terry, Antoinette-Marie Williams), 3-Netherlands (Misja Alma, Rolf Schreuder, Christian Sørensen, Paul van Dijke, Captain Peter van Rooij, Paulus van Rooijen), 4-Sweden (Johan Bynell, Fredrik Carlsson, Jörgen Granstedt, Roland Sahlen, Thomas Tenland, Captain Kim Westerlundh).
Best Individual Performance Award:
Christian Sørensen (Netherlands) 7 wins, 1 loss.
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32):
1-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 3/4-Johan Huyck (Belgium) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (24):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Hans Liby (Norway), 3-Sergiu Malis (Romania).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams):
1-Petko Kostadinov (USA) & Matt Reklaitis (USA), 2-Joël Kunz (Switzerland) & Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 3/4-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) & Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland) / Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 2-Angela Toleva (North Macedonia), 3/4-Julianna Johansen (Denmark) / Marilena Montano (Italy).
LADIES OVERFLOW (8):
1-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey).
SENIORS (64):
1-Hristo Ainovski (North Macedonia), 2-Haydar Uruçoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (32):
1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Stavros Tsolakos (Greece), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Tasos Maniatis (Greece).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Marianne Husum (Norway), 3/4-Georgi Cholakov (Bulgaria) / Denan Velagic (Bosnia Herzegovina).
SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (32):
1-Kaan Mutluol (Turkey), 2-Andreas Hoffman (Germany), 3/4-Stéphane Chenevière (France) / Tristan Rémille (France).
DMP CHALLENGE (128):
1-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3/4-Vancho Janakievski (North Macedonia) / Thomas Myhr (Denmark).
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SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
August 16-20, 2023
/ Fort Lauderdale, Florida
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (52):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Mike Horri (GA), 3-Alberto Showaki (FL); 1C-Karen Davis (FL), 2C-Jose Farca (FL).
ABT ADVANCED (11):
1-Mike Wohl (FL), 2-Samra Hadden (GA); 1C-Jim Glover (FL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (13):
1-Ryan Sherman (FL), 2-Paul Rosoff (FL); 1C-Bruce Shpiner (FL).
NOVICE (5):
1-Teresa Schaeffer (FL).
BMAB-USA FLORIDA (16):
1/2-tie: Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Dana Nazarian (CA).
PR winners: 1-Dana Nazarian (CA) at 3.54, 2-Karen Davis (FL) at 4.76, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 4.79, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.81.
SUNNY FLORIDA OPEN (CHAMPIONSHIP) (10):
1/3-Jose Farca (FL) / Ryan Sherman (FL) / Ray Spehar (FL).
MIAMI MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3-Jacob Atie (Panama).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (16):
1-Rick Silberman (FL), 2-Ray Spehar (FL).
ST. AUGUSTINE ADVANCED JACKPOT (16):
1-Juan Rospigliosi (FL), 2-Rick Wolf (FL).
PALM BEACH DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Art Benjamin (CA) & Self, 2-Carlos Azcarate (FL) & Jose Farca (FL),
3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL) / G.L. Harvie (VT/FL) & Grant Schneider (VA).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (32):
1-David Franco (FL), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Phillipe Salnave (FL) / Rick Wolf (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (16):
1-David Shadi (NJ), 2-Jonathan Hardigree (GA).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (8):
1-Avi Cohen (FL).
SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON.WINNING.WOMEN.CUP (6):
1-Lee Genud (FL); 1C-Gigi Goyette (CA).
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20th ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 10-13, 2023
/ Madison, Wisconsin
ABT OPEN (49):
1-Bill Minser (WI), 2-David Rockwell (IL), 3/4-Chris Maisa (WI) / April Mesich (MN);
1C-Mark Milkie (IN), 2C-Kit Woolsey (CA);
1LC-Leslie Lockett (IL), 2LC-Carter Mattig (IL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (45):
1-Peter Holohan (MO), 2-Patrick Dowd (IL), 3/4-Paul Belsito (MI) / Thomas Rosandich (WI);
1C-Steve Binenstock (MN), 2C-Amy Trudeau (IL);
1LC-Paulette Duong (IL), 2LC-Patty Knapp (MA).
NOVICE (6):
1-Joseph Burton (WI), 2-Brian Sweeney (WI).
$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (4):
1-Greg Merriman (MI).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (16):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Joe Urso (NY).
ZACH TABAK AMATEUR JACKPOT (28):
1-Michael Flohr (IL), 2-Andi Walther (Germany/WI), 3/4-Stan Livingston (WI) / Ken Tyzsko (IL).
CANCELGAMMON (64):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Jeremy Ly (NY) / Keene Marin (WI),
5/8-Alan Gold (WI) / Jeb Horton (NC) / Mark Milkie (IN) / Will Reeves (CO).
DOUBLES (22 teams):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY) & Jeremy Ly (NY), 2-Ben Friesen (MI) & Dan Minardi (CO),
3/4-Steve Blanchard (IL) & Wendy Kaplan (IL) / Apollo Lammers (MN) & Rory Pascar (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Keene Marin (WI).
1-POINT QUICKIES (16):
1-Steve Hairgrove (IL), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (24):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Greg Merriman (MI), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8):
1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$20 NOVICE SUNDAY JACKPOT (4):
1-Greg Zillgitt (MN).
AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2-Will Reeves (CO).
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3rd SKHODNYA BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 4-6, 2023
/ Skhodnya, Russia
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (80):
1-Sergey Erokhin, 2-Yuri Akopov, 3-Yaroslav Gusev.
LONG CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (72):
1-Genri Gasparyan, 2-Sergey Kudryavtsev, 3/4-Elena Gromenkova / Robert Sadgian.
SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (32):
1-Andrey Razumov, 2-Alkhas Lagulaa, 3/4-Yuri Akopov / Leonid Riskin (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (26):
1-Genri Gasparyan, 2-Robert Sadgian.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (16 teams):
1-Tsaruk Manukyan & Armen Ovsepyan, 2-Yuri Akopov & Leonid Riskin (Germany).
KHACHPURI (32):
1-Levik Baghdasararyan, 2-Manvel Avetisyan, 3/4-Yuri Akopov / Armen Khachatryan.
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Armen Khachatryan, 2-Yakov Rudakov.
UNIVERSAL (16):
1-Yakov Rudakov, 2-Albina Krymskaya.
LADIES TOURNAMENT BACKGAMMON (16):
1-Emma Ovsepian.
LADIES TOURNAMENT CLASSIC (16):
1-Elena Marova.
ONE POINT BACKGAMMON (128):
1-Victor Naumenko, 2-Razhden Tsekvava, 3/4-Robert Sadgian / Almaz Salimzyanov.
ONE POINT CLASSIC (64):
1-Alexandr Kharlampiev, 2-Andrey Razumov.
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54th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 22-24, 2023
/ Monte Carlo, Monaco
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MAIN (198):
1-Frank Frigo (USA), 2-Mario Kühl (Germany), 3-Kengo Nakasuka (Japan),
4/5-Martha Gjelseth (Norway) / Chris Rogers (England),
6/9-Victor Ashkenazi (USA) / Morten Holm (Denmark) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Alexis Vincent (France),
10/16-Ofir Balali (Israel) / Tony Diamantidis (Greece/USA) / Per Hildebrand (Sweden) / Roman Krajco (Slovakia) /
Joseph Shapira (Israel) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark);
1LC-Dinçer Günes (Turkey), 2LC-Johan Bynell (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Sergiu Malis (Romania) / Pierre Simoes (Portugal).
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE (64):
1-Max Petersen (Denmark), 2-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 3-James Ross (USA),
4/5-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania) / Leroy Tissona (Israel);
1LC-Freddy Edwards (Denmark), 2LC-Lasse Danielsen (Denmark),
3LC/4LC-Kaoruko Kisuno (Japan) / Paul Rasputnis (Germany).
WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (24):
1-Maggie Diamantidis (USA), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France),
3/4-Annalisa Agosti (Italy) / Liz Granstedt (Sweden).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (64):
1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Malcolm Hutson (Australia),
3/4-Dag Ekmark (Norway) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32):
1-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel),
3/4-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
DOUBLES (108 teams):
1-Hirono Shimodaira (Japan) & Kenji Shimodaira (Japan),
2-Bogdan Constantinoiu (Romania) & Sergiu Malis (Romania),
3/4-Christian Briggs (USA) & Chris Trencher (USA) / Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) & Steve Hammond (USA).
PATTI RUBIN MEMORIAL HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (16):
1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark),
3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (USA) / Georges Rabahie (Lebanon).
CRISLOID JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (6):
1-Esteban Pinson (France), 2-Vladimir Iuga (Romania).
DMP CHALLENGE (128):
1-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/UK), 2-Juri Alper (Germany),
3/4-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Raul Timerman (Argentina).
SPEED GAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128):
1-Cem Aslan (Turkey/USA), 2-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania),
3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Anis Samaha (Lebanon).
SENIORS (128):
1-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2-Christoph Wagener (Germany),
3/4-Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/UK).
MOCHY MILLIONS (23):
1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden), 3-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
12th MONTE CARLO OPEN “OPEN” (90):
1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Kazuki Yokota (Japan),
3/4-Cem Aslan (Turkey/USA) / Galen Hall (USA);
1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Chris Trencher (USA).
12th MONTE CARLO OPEN “INTERMEDIATE” (32):
1-Michel Chabrol (France), 2-Justin Bor Jr (USA),
3/4-Jens Liebetreu (Germany) / Benjamin Penchas (USA);
1C-Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 2C-Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, JULY
July 16, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (25):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Terri Harmon (CA),
3/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Avi Cohen (FL) / Mario Savan (CA).
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48th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 29 – July 3, 2023
/ Novi, Michigan
ABT OPEN (86):
1-David Winn (TX), 2-Carter Mattig (IL), 3-David Stein (IL),
4/5-Karen Davis (FL) / Yury Millman (MN);
1C-Adrian Nedelcu (IL), 2C-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3C/4C-Tim Mabee (IL) / Joe Russell (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (56):
1-Josh Posthuma (MI), 2-Maggie Sweeney (MI), 3-Ken Johnson (MI);
1C-Rich Catalano (PA), 2C-Bill Toth (MI), 3C/4C-Jim Airgood (MI) / Bill Chibnik (IL).
ABT LIMITED (9):
1-Fran Miller (OH), 2-Michael Ryan (MI);
1C-Mark Shepardson (VA); 1LC-Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32):
1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA),
3/4-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) / Joe Russell (CA).
BMAB-USA MICHIGAN (26):
1/2-tie: Neil Kazaross (IL) / John O’Hagan (IN),
3/5-Karen Davis (FL) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Claude Landry (Canada).PR Winners:
1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) at 1.67, 2-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 2.69,
3-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.36, 4-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.54,
5-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.72, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.57,
7-Cary Hoarty (OH) at 4.69.
DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-John Quinn (MI) & Mike Vasilatos (OH),
2-Gary & Joan Koscielny (FL),
3/4-Sean Garber (IN) & Mark Milke (IN) / Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD).
JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ (128):
1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA),
3/4-April Mesich (MN) / Peter Swartwout (PA).
WOMEN IN BACKGAMMON FIREWORKS CUP (16):
1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Rhonda Monro (MI);
1C-Marianne Bowen (VA), 2C-Maggie Sweeney (MI).
EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL SENIORS JACKPOT (64):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH),
3/4-Herb Roman (IL) / Jim Zinkhon (IL).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (32):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI),
3/4-Prince Barlow (MI) / Sean Garber (IN).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES:
Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki (Japan) and Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon (Israel/USA).
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Butch & Mary Ann Meese (IN).
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41st SWEDISH OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 29 – July 2, 2023
/ Stockholm, Sweden
MASTERS (75):
1-Roland Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3-Mats Westin (Sweden),
4/5-Alain Babillon (France) / Sergiu Malis (Romania);
1LC-Michael Löfblad (Sweden), 2LC-Essi Mirzai (Sweden),
3LC/4LC-Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
INTERMEDIATES (20):
1-Mami Akhlaghi Tehrani (Sweden), 2-Rene Thor Paulsen (Denmark),
3-Kjell Jernselius (Sweden);
1LC-Ulrika Tengström (Sweden), 2LC-Roy Eikseth (Norway).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Janne Bergström & Thomas Rönn (Sweden),
2-Ingrid & Volker Sonnabend (Germany),
3/4-Bjorn Ekström & Per Ola Valfridsson (Germany) /
Radu Ciortan & Gabriel Pop (Romania).
400-euro SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Tristan Remille (France), 2-Jalil Kiabi (Sweden),
3/4-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) / Torkel Haugødegård (Norway).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Tristan Remille (France),
3/4-Laila Leonardt #1 (Sweden) / Laila Leonardt #2 (Sweden).
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom), 2-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark).
LA GAMMON (16):
1-Acef Kia (Iran), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
SENIORS (64):
1-Manoucher Parchami (Sweden), 2-Mami Akhlaghi Tehrani (Sweden),
3/4-Roy Eikseth (Norway) / Mattias Roos (Sweden).
DMP CHALLENGE (64):
1-Marvin Khattar (Sweden), 2-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom),
3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Konrad Fröschel (Sweden).
OVERFLOW DMP CHALLENGE (32):
1-Bo Adler (Sweden), 2-Jalil Kiabi (Sweden).
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2nd MURES OPEN BACKGAMMON
June 23-25, 2023
/ Targu Mures, Romania
MASTERS (54):
1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Bogdan Alexandru,
3-Ioan Buciuleac, 4/6-Alexandru Deac / Anghel Oana / Razvan Valean.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (24 teams):
1-Alexandru Deac & Nelu Radu,
2-Bogdan Alexandru & Virgil Tudose.
SUPERJACKPOT (32):
1-Virgil Tudose, 2-Gabriel Mihu.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Adrian Staicu, 2-Anghel Oana.
1-POINT (48):
1-Ciprian Vadan, 2-Ionut Ghencu.
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2nd FRENCH RIVIERA CHALLENGE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 15-18, 2023
/ Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
MASTERS (71):
1-Sean Casey (Ireland), 2-Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal),
3-Bruno Fanan (Italy), 4/5-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Michel Serrero;
1LC-Alain Babillon, 2LC-Vincent De Nardi,
3/4-Markus Kreinbühl (Switzerland) / Tristan Rémille.
INTERMEDIATES (32):
1-Ionnis Constantinou (Greece), 2-Maxim Shahsavar,
3-Stanislav Soynov (Bulgaria), 4/5-Jean-Jacques Issartel / Jerome Poirer;
1LC-Jean-Marc Pages, 2C-Boghiu Sorin (Romania),
3C/4C-Harold Forster / Thomas Signorel.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Raphael Rosalba & Pierre Svarra (Monaco),
2-Vincent De Nardi & Franck Stepler,
3/4-James MacNaughtan (England) & Arthur Menez /
Luca Martino (Italy) & Edmond Mezini (Italy).
SUPER JACKPOT (24):
1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Platon Tserliagos (Greece),
3-Ullrich Anhalt (Germany).
“GERARD DURUZ MEMORIAL” SENIORS (64):
1-Julian Minwalla (England), 2-Justin Bor (USA),
3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (16):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Zoran Maric (Bosnia-Herzegovina),
3/4-Jean-Jacques Issartel / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (48):
1-Raj Jasari #1 (England), 2-Raj Jansari #2 (England),
3-Nicolas Sekri.
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128):
1-Nicolas Sekri, 2-Stanislav Soynov (Bulgaria),
3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Michael Larsen (Denmark).
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3rd URAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 10-12, 2023
/ Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (33):
1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Sergey Chertkov, 3-Alexey Ignarin, 4-Robert Sadgyan.
LONGGAMMON CLASSIC (51):
1-Roman Ibragimov, 2-Firuddin Gadgiev, 3-Andrew Razumov,
4-Davlet Abzhaparov, 5-Hayk Dolunts.
SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (16):
1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Artur Roganov.
SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (17):
1-Andrew Razumov, 2-Ilnur Safiullin.
JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON “KHACHAPURI” (10):
1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Sergey Lyutov.
DOUBLES BACKGAMMON (13 teams):
1-Sergey Lyutov & Sergey Petukhov,
2-Armen Ovsepyan & Robert Sadgyan.
ONE-POINT BACKGAMMON (32):
1-Hayk Dolunts, 2-Sergey Lyutov.
ONE-POINT LONGGAMMON (32):
1-Evgeniy Seleznev, 2-Andrew Razumov.
TEAM TOURNAMENT (10 teams):
1-“Stars” (Svetlana Timina, Svetlana Vainshtein, Altynay Vishnepolskaya),
2-“F.I.CH.” (Vasily Chemokhonenko, Ayrat Fatykhov, Alexey Ignarin).
MINI-JACKPOT LONGGAMMON CLASSIC (8):
1-Alexey Mitronin.
MINI-JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (8):
1-Rafael Karimullin.
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AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND BACKGAMMON FEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 9-11, 2023
/ Melbourne, Australia
OPEN (49+79 rebuys):
1-Malcolm Hutson, 2-Greg Ash, 3/4-Keith Gillett / Jim Muirhead,
5/8-Tim Chambers / Steve Clarry / Shane McNally / Jan Spillekom.
INTERMEDIATE (8):
1-Elsa McNally, 2-Jesse Beer.
BMAB-AUSTRALIA (8):
1/3-tie -Craig Elfenbein / Steve Quinn / Darren O’Shaughnessy.
2-POINT QUICKIE (16):
1-Saeed Nourmohammadi, 2-Kevin Jessup.
$20 JACKPOT (16):
1-John Symon, 2-John Levin.
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-Arash Ghasemifard, 2-Hossein Haydari.
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BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP
June 9-11, 2023
/ Blackpool, England
IMPERIAL CUP (128):
1-Martyn Hamer, 2-Mike Ireland, 3/4-Radu Ciortan / Lawrence Powell.
FYLDE TROPHY (110):
1-Rob Perry, 2-Jesper Carlsson (Sweden), 3/4-Stuart Mann / Emad Salib.
LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (64):
1-Rosemary Whitehouse, 2-Aysel Naim, 3/4-Ian Gray / Seán Jones.
TOWER TROPHY (32):
1-Keith Gill, 2-Jay Hayter, 3/4-Michael Flesch / Chris Rogers.
FOUR REGIONS CHALLENGE 2023 (4 teams):
1-South and West.
FRIDAY FREEROLL I (76):
1-Tim Paulden, 2-Simon Carter, 3/4-Seán Jones / Lawrence Powell.
FRIDAY FREEROLL II (50):
1-Nick Dawson, 2-Cristi Cozos, 3/4-Anna Parker / Jason Tribe.
GAMMONER TROPHY (64):
1-Matt Guy, 2-Chris Rogers, 3/4-Krysztolf Cebula / Cristi Cozos.
869 BG CHARITY BOARD (64):
1-Sarah Joliff, 2-Seán Jones.
BONE CLUB BOARD CHARITY NACKGAMMON (32):
1-Simon Carter, 2-Jesper Carlsson (Sweden).
FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (29):
1-Steve Fowles, 2-Steve Carder.
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (10):
1-Richard Biddle, 2-Gerald Whitehouse.
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46th LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 7-11, 2023
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (52+28 rebuys):
1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Alex Farzan (CA), 3-Jim Thinnsen (CA), 4/5-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Leslie Lockett (IL); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Ted Chee (CA), 3C/4C-Long Nguyen (CA) / Ian Terry (TX).
ABT ADVANCED (38+18 rebuys):
1-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 3-Larry Saltzman (CA); 1C-Armen Buniatyan (CA), 2C-Elliot Landaw (CA), 3C/4C-Patrick Enright (WA) / Gor Gevorgyan (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (17):
1-John Banks (CA), 2-Clifford Johnston (CA); 1C-Byrne Larsen (NM), 2C-Mert Demiral (CA).
BOB GLASS MASTERS JACKPOT (28):
1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Todd Crosner (AZ), 3/4-Fred Chamanara (IL) / Marty Storer (NH).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (40):
1-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 2-Robert Virnig (CA), 3/4-Michael Ramsey (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA), 5-Patrick Keene (CA).
BMAB-USA LOS ANGELES (23):
1-William Reeves (CO), 2/4-Alex Eshagian (CA) / Marty Storer (NH) / Paul Swain (WA). PR Winners: 1-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 3.25, 2-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 3.42, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.72, 4-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.97, 5-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.06, 6-Jake Jacobs (AZ) at 4.59.
SENIORS-I (32):
1-Arnold Freeman (CA), 2-John Banks (CA), 3/4-Odis Chenault (CA) / John Pirner (MN).
SENIORS-II (32):
1-Dan Minardi (CO), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 3/4-Herb Roman (IL) / John Skratula (CA).
JUNIORS (32):
1-Artem Abrahamyan (CA), 2-Paul Swain (WA), 3/4-Gor Gevorgyan (CA) / Tommy Tallarico (CA).
PRO-AM DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Gigi Goyette (CA) & Vera Holley (CA).
WONDER WOMAN’S JACKPOT (13):
1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Lynda Clay (CO).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Arnold Freeman (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
DMP (48):
1/4-tie: Vince Amparan (CA) / Tommy Tallarico #1 (CA) / Martin Thurman (CA) / split-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) / Tommy Tallarico #2 (CA).
BLITZ (84):
1/2-Lynda Clay (CO) / Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Bill Chibnik (IL).
JAMAICA CHAMPIONSHIP SATELLITE (4):
1-Ben Friesen (MI).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, JUNE
June 3, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (14):
1-Blake Sorem (WA).
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17th ANKARA REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
June 2-4, 2023
/ Ankara, Turkey
“KURSAD SOLAK MEMORIAL” MAIN EVENT (140):
1-Aykut Uzel, 2-Bulent Guner, 3-Cumhur Bekture, 4-Fatih Ozis.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (51):
1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Abdullah Sorguven.
LADIES PRIZE (10):
1-Tulay Emekci, 2-Cigdem Tekelioglu.
TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON (55):
1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Ilyas Yavuz, 3-Can Gumus, 4-Recep Kursat Palamutoglu.
“ALI KAMIS MEMORIAL” SWING (82):
1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Nazmi Sengul, 3-Aykut Uzel, 4-Cem Cebeci.
“ALI ARCAN GUNEY MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (71 teams):
1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Yilmaz Yigit, 2-Umit Bata & Meral Ceylan, 3/4-Mehmet Bekiroglu & Meftun Ulas / Mert Koral & Aykut Uzel.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Birgul Onder, 3/4-K. Zafer Akbiyik & Mert Sarica.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3/4-Zafer Onder / Abdullah Sorguven.
TBT-2023 SATELLITE JACKPOTS (8X8):
Winners – Umit Bata, Kemal Okal, Ramaz Ukleba, Hakan Cinal, Gultekin Uygur, Mujde Yalcin, Yuksel Zabun #1, Yuksel Zabun #2.
869BG JACKPOT (8):
1-Murat Topcu.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT (8):
1-Derya Gunes.
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LONDON INTERMEDIATES / OPEN / UKBGF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP
May 27-28, 2023
/ London, England
INTERMEDIATES (64):
1-David Tulip, 2-Becca Bell; 1C-Paul Moulton, 2C-Paul Ryb; 1LC-Hannah Parente, 2LC-Aniel Ciobanu.
OPEN (44):
1-Danny De Meester, 2-David Brown, 3-Reza Aghdam.
UKBGF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP (26 teams):
1-East Kent Club “The Peasants Revolt”: Captain Peter Finnimore, Gary Brooker, Larry Smyth, Martin Taylor, David Tingey,
2-Bristol “A” Club: Captain Andy Boysan, Ian Hedges, Stuart Mann, Safi Tracey, Neil Young;
1C-Clissold Arms North London B Club: Captain Martin Sher, Harvey Kass, Aydin Kolcak, Guy Levi, Ivan Scheer,
2C-Birmingham Bulls: Captain Richard Carter, Matthew Fisher, Peter Hodson, Steve Moxley, Rob Perry.
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15th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 26-29, 2023
/ Wiesbaden, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (95):
1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Horst Büchner, 3/4-Maros Dejan (Switzerland) / Mislav Kovacic (Croatia),
5/8-Jens Averkamp / Dag Ekmark (Norway) / Ann Pocknell (UK/Germany) / Dirk Schiemann; 1LC-Philipp Heyng.
INTERMEDIATE (59):
1-Fred Brendler, 2-Oliver Hauk, 3/4-Dustin Kuipers / Jürgen Kunkel, 5/8-Firouzeh Akhavan (Austria) /
Dragos Ciornei / Jean Parizon / Toni Savio; 1LC-Marc Priebe.
BEGINNERS (26):
1-Lothar Trumpp, 2-Gabriele Förster, 3/4-Thomas Orit / Helge Peukert; 1LC-Karl-Heinz Baatz.
SUPER JACKPOT I (32):
1-Mario Kühl, 2-Marcus Reinhard.
SUPER JACKPOT II (16):
1-Ercan Recan (Switzerland), 2-Yurri Yatsky (Ukraine).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Ulrich Zöller, 2-Vedat Özcan (Turkey).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 2-Dustin Kuipers, 3/4-Faruk Kocaer (Turkey) / Axel Schürmann.
LADIES CUP (20):
1-Ingrid Sonnabend, 2-Regine Papachristopoulos.
CONSULTATION DOUBLE CHAMPIONS (32 teams):
1-Alain Babillon & Vincent De Nardi (France), 2-Kristoffer Hötzeneder & Ulrich Woelke,
3/4-Fred Brendler & Dirk Schiemann / Werner Frey & Christian Hänßel.
LIMITED DOUBLE INTERMEDIATE (19 teams):
1-Wolfgang Kunkel & Urich Zöller, 2-Peter Haßelberg & Heike Müller.
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41st CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 24-29, 2023
/ Rosemont, Illinois
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (88):
1-Greg Lilley (FL), 2-Mike Horri (GA), 3/7-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Herb Roman (IL) / Gerry Tansey (MO) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 8/10-Chris Knapp (MA) / Barry Miller (IL) / Frank Talbot (MI).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (54):
1-Steve Klesker (IL), 2-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3/7-Kai Demler (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Alex Owen (IL) / Erol Sozen (IL) / Daniel Vargas (IL), 8/10-Paul Belsito (MI) / Thomas Rosendich (WI) / Carl Staples (IL).
NOVICE (14):
1-Jason Dordel (WI), 2/5-Ryan Bronson (SD) / Eric Gregory (IL) / Jon Kahn (IL) / J. H. Neuberger (IL).
WBGF WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (8):
1-The Loose Ones: Joe Russell (CA), Ian Terry (TX), Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-AmericaZillish: Ray Fogerlund (CA), Ary Nogueira (Brazil), Joseph Sheppard (England).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (23):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Mark Kaye (IL).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (48):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Greg Merriman (MI), 4/6-Ken Bame (CA) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).
FASTER MASTER (24):
1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 3/4-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR) / Boris Shafransky (MD).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32):
1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Joseph Sheppard (England), 3/4-Scott Bailey (GA) / Alex Owen (IL).
TAKI BOARD TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams):
1-Craig Anderson (IL) & Steve Hairgrove (IL), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Joseph Sheppard (England), 3/4-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Julius High (GA) / Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) & Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Franklin Scott (MN), 2-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden), 3/4-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-John Stryker (IL) / Brian Vance (MI).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (32 Seniors + 32 Juniors):
1-Franklin Scott (MN), 2-Allen Tish (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Craig Anderson (IL) / Greg Merriman (MI).
1-POINT QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (11):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
10th BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (27):
1-Gerry Tansey (MO) 38 correct answers, 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) 35 correct, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) 34 correct, 4-Bill Lonergan (NY) 33 correct, 5/6-Craig Anderson (IL) / Joseph Sheppard (England) 32 correct.
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4th NORTHERN CYPRUS ARKIN BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 16-21, 2023
/ Famagusta, North Cyprus
MASTER (89):
1-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 4-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 5-Gökay Güleç (Turkey), 6-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 7-Konrad Froschl (Sweden), 8-Jalil Khalili (Iran); 1LC-Victor Ashkenazi (USA), 2LC-Justin Bor (USA).
INTERMEDIATE (34):
1-Edip Emre Akduman (Turkey), 2-Huseyin Kilili (North Cyprus), 3-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran), 4-Gia Pochkhua (Georgia); 1LC-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2LC-Chawki Karam (Lebanon).
MEGAJACKPOT (8):
1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait).
SUPERJACKPOT (24):
1-Soso Menadbashvili (Georgia), 2-Yuval Yavnelli (Israel).
DOUBLES #1 (32 teams):
1-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus) & Salih Kayali (North Cyprus), 2-Minh Nguyen (France) & Self, 3/4-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Self / Gia Pochkhua (Georgia) & Revaz Tskhovtrbashvili (Georgia).
DOUBLES #2 (16 teams):
1-Talat Bagibala (Turkey) & Yilmaz Yigit (Turkey), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel) & Self.
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (England).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-Andac Sevimli (North Cyprus).
SUPERSPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Taner Uçarer (Turkey), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia).
1-POINT (64):
1-Soso Menadbashvili (Georgia), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (England).
SPECIAL PLAYERS:
1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Patrick Gebeili (France).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, MAY
May 14, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (13):
1-Ilia Guzei (WI).
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 5-7, 2023
/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ABT OPEN DIVISION 1 (23):
1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Joe Urso (NY); 1C-Raymond Pasternak (PA); 1LC-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION 2 (15):
1-Ralph D’Onofrio (NY); 1C-David Danischewski (NY); 1LC-Ed Corey (CT).
MASTERS JACKPOT (4):
1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
NOVICE (6):
1-Enghin Atalay (PA), 2-Jared Schneider (PA).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (8):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Julius High (GA).
PRE-TOURNEY #1 (8):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Bob Grasso (PA).
PRE-TOURNEY #2 (8):
1-Art Sutton (NJ), 2-Mike Vena (NY).
BLITZ #1 (4):
1-Galen Hall (NY).
BLITZ #2 (4):
1-Bill Lonergan (NY).
DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Joel Adams (PA) & Mimmo Cefariello (PA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Julius High (GA).
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27th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2023
/ Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (61):
1-Kentaro Meijo, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa, 3-Kengo Nakasuka, 4-Yoshitaka Honjo; 1LC-Masato Nagao.
INTERMEDIATE (29+29):
1/2 Hitoshi Kawaai / Alvin Dewalt, 3/4-Yasuko Masuda / Jerome Poirier (France).
BEGINNERS:
Overall winner – Morio Fujii / Taro Ogura; Day 1 (34): Winner – Morio Fujii; Day 2 (27): Winner – Manabu Tomiyama; Day 3 (29): Winner – Taro Ogura.
KISEI DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (13 teams):
1-Takayuki Hino & Hitoshi Kawaai, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa & Hideki Takeda.
UNDER 25 “SHIN-EI-SEN” (6 & 6):
1-Koki Miyaji, 2-Takumi Mimura.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (7):
1-Yosuke Tachi.
OTHELLO BACKGAMMON QUIZ (49):
1-Naoya Kihara / Yuki Takahashi / Kanade Kubota (7/10 correct).
MOCHY’S MILLION BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (29):
1-Shinichiro Kaneko, 2-Hiroyuki Kawakami, 3-Masatoshi Kamiya.
MONACO CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT (68):
1-Kengo Nakasuka.
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13th RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 1-9, 2023
/ Rostov-on-Don, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (96):
1-Viktor Barseghyan, 2-Mikhail Eremin, 3-Alexander Shashkov, 4-Hayk Dolunts, 5/6-Airat Fatykhov / Tsaruk Manukyan, 7/8-Alkas Lagulaa / Alexander Solodukhin, 9/12-Alexander Bubnov / Armen Hovsepyan / Konstantin Inozemtsez / Mikael Vardanyan.
DOUBLES BG (32 teams):
1-Vasily Chemokhonenko & Alexey Ignarin, 2-Nikita Lyashchenko & Albert Usmanov, 3-Konstantin Bartash & Agamir Gevorkyan, 4-Airat Fatykhov & Kamil Makhmudov.
ROSTOV-OPEN BG (64):
1-Arsen Kaitiukov, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Yury Akopov, 4-Viktor Biyanov.
BLITZ BG (32):
1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Timur Azizov #1, 3/4-Timur Azizov #2 / Nikita Lyashchenko.
SUPERJACKPOT BG (16):
1-Garry Lagvilava, 2-Agamir Gevorkyan.
LONGGAMMON CLASSIC MAIN (128):
1-Asatur Zakaryan, 2-Olga Tatar, 3-Sergey Ozols, 4-Viktor Bozhko, 5/6-Alexey Klimov / Alexander Shashkov, 7/8-Marat Aguzarov / Oleg Khokhlov, 9/12-Vitaly Fesenko / Henry Gasparyan / Armen Hovsepyan / Konstantin Pustokhin.
ROSTOV-OPEN CLASSIC (64):
1-Arsen Marukyan, 2-Karen Ghazaryan, 3-Ivan Merzlikin, 4-Oleg Khomyakov, 5/8-Ruslan Efimenko / Alexander Golovikhin / Dmitry Morozov / Alexander Poselenov.
SUPERJACKPOT CLASSIC (16):
1-Araik Hovhannisyan, 2-Henry Gasparyan.
BLITZ TOURNAMENT / VLADIMIR KULESHOV MEMORIAL (64):
1-Airat Fatykhov, 2-Rodion Pliev, 3/4-Artashes Aghababyan / Hayk Dolunts.
NARDGAMMON MAIN (112):
1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Kirill Ignatiev, 3-Arsen Kaitukov, 4-Dmitry Prishchepa, 5/6-Evgeny Berezin / Anzor Khagundokov, 7/8-Hayk Dolunts / Armais Jalodyants, 9/12-Boris Gadamov / Misak Gevorkyan / Oleg Khomyakov / Alexander Shashkov.
DOUBLES NG (16 teams):
1-Konstantin Shabanov & Oleg Shabanov, 2-Armen Hovsepyan & Self, 3-Araik Hovhannisyan & Viktor Naumenko, 4-Hayk Dolunts & Stepan Grigoryan.
ROSTOV-OPEN NG (64):
1-Artashes Aghababyan, 2-Artyom Charyants, 3-Henry Gasparyan, 4-Igor Zhukov.
BLITZ NG (32):
1-Mikael Yadaev, 2-Araik Hovhannisyan, 3/4-Alexey Bondarev / Viktor Naumenko.
SUPERJACKPOT NG (16):
1-Araik Hovhannisyan, 2-Maxim Oleshchenko.
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, APRIL
April 29, 2023
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MAIN (36):
1-Rodryk Schönfeld (Germany), 2/9-Craig Anderson (IL) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Eduardo Costa (Brazil) / Marc Emrich (CO) / Sean Garber (IN) / Edward Onny (CO) / Larry Shiller (TX) / Blake Sorem (WA).
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FMBGT: ISTAVDER TOURNAMENT 15th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FEAST
April 27-30, 2023
/ Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (668):
1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Mehmet Çakici (North Cyprus), 3-Attila Inanli (TUR), 4-Amir Abbas Pourbozorg (Iran), 5-Aziz Çelikkaya (TUR), 6-Caner Çam (TUR), 7-Hadi Nasim (Iran), 8-Samet Kurtulmus (TUR), 9-Dogan Celal (North Cyprus), 10-Tan Bostan (TUR), 11-Samet Karapiçak (TUR), 12-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 13-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK), 14-Cüneyt Gürbüz (TUR), 15-Ekrem Basdas (Germany), 16-Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), 17-Marsel Eskinazi (TUR), 18-Marcel Geist (Germany), 19-Justin Nowell (USA), 20-Ali Çetin Belene (TUR), 21-Oliver Squire (England), 22-Barbaros Akyar (TUR); 1C-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 2C-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC/2LC-Pouya Rajabi (Iran) / Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).
“UMUT GÖKGÖZ” CONSULTATION DOUBLES (164 teams):
1-Roohollah Amir Andy & Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Ricardo Malas & Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 3/4-April Mesich & Michael Mesich (USA) / Hussein Khushsefat & Pourya Mahoti (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON (171):
1-Amir Farajpour (Iran), 2-Nima Shahsavar (Iran), 3-Mann Darzi (Iraq).
LADIES SPECIAL (KADINLARA ÖZEL) TOURNAMENT (66):
1-Aysel Güzel (TUR), 2-Zeynep Serap Isim (TUR).
TEAM CHALLENGE (43 teams):
1-Team ROMANIA: Mihail Andrei Iordache, Andreea Gabriela Paun, Andrei Christian Paun, Radu Nelu, Boghiu Sorin, 2-Team BERLIN BEARS (Germany): Vitali Olchanski, Faruk Kocaer, Guido Weidner, Richard Fiegen, Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), Team VIKINGS: 1-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), Bjorn Kroghsbo (Denmark), Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), Kaj Damgaard Nielsen (Denmark), Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
ONE POINT #1 (32):
1-Can Çag (Georgia).
ONE POINT #2 (64):
1-Aydin Kolçak (England).
ONE POINT #3 (64):
1-Cassidy Nelson (England).
ONE POINT #4 (64):
1-Iordan Marinov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #5 (64):
1-Ismail Güçlü (TUR).
ONE POINT #6 (64):
1-Tunç Çelik (TUR).
ONE POINT #7 (64):
1-Bahattin Uzunoglu (TUR).
ONE POINT #8 (64):
1-Amarali Asadi (Iran).
ONE POINT #9 (64):
1-Onur Ihtiyar (TUR).
ONE POINT #10 (64):
1-Behzad Keshavarzi (Iran).
ONE POINT #11 (64):
1-Gürsel Dinçbilek (TUR).
ONE POINT #12 (64):
1-Mehmet Ali Akpolat (TUR).
ONE POINT #13 (64):
1-Meisam Pourtaghi (Iran).
ONE POINT #14 (64):
1-Ubeyde Oguz Esen (TUR).
ONE POINT #15 (64):
1-Mohammadhassan Aghaei (Iran).
ONE POINT #16 (64):
1-Heribert Lindner (Germany).
ONE POINT #17 (64):
1-Parsa Abedini (Iran).
ONE POINT #18 (64):
1-Kagan Karakaya (TUR).
ONE POINT #19 (64):
1-Kadir Filikçi (TUR).
ONE POINT #20 (64):
1-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #21 (64):
1-Adel Pourabdollahzedah (Iran).
ONE POINT #22 (64):
1-Stoycho Naydenov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #23 (64):
1-Anis Samaha (Lebanon).
ONE POINT #24 (64):
1-Hasan Canpolat (TUR).
ONE POINT #25 (64):
1-Selim Ates (TUR).
ONE POINT #26 (64):
1-Mustafa Kemal Arslan (TUR).
ONE POINT #27 (64):
1-Mehmet Hulusi (TUR).
ONE POINT #28 (64):
1-Reza Ranjbar (Iran).
ONE POINT #29 (64):
1-Ali Yousefi (Iran).
ONE POINT #30 (64):
1-Aykut Keskin (TUR).
ONE POINT #31 (64):
1-Ali Agirbas (TUR).
ONE POINT #32 (64):
1-Özcan Oranç (TUR).
ONE POINT DMP SUPER FINAL (2016+32):
1-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria).
BALKAN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2023:
1-Atilla Inanli (TUR), 2-Aziz Çelikkaya (TUR).
YOUNGEST PLAYER AWARD:
Arsenii Khriplyvets (Ukraine).
HONOR AWARDS:
A. Kamil Baykalogullari (TUR), Argun Erkaya (TUR), Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria), Ali Olgun (TUR), Michael Weidner (Germany), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
SPONSORSHIP & PARTNERSHIP AWARDS:
Tue Rasmussen (Denmark) & Galaxy Backgammon Team, Ziya Cihan & WOW Hotels, Vedat Erbas & Pasha Casino, Süleyman Orakçioglu & D’S DAMAT, Süleyman Yurtseven & ÖzRize Gida, FmGammon.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Roberto Gaui (Brazil), April Mesich (USA), Daniel Dos Santos Costa (Australia), Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), Pouya Rajabi (Iran), Eva Zizkova (Czechia), Phil Simborg (USA), Bill Riles (USA), Faruk Kocaer (TUR), Frank Farjood (USA), Tim Parfitt (England), Burak Hakki (TUR). |
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WORCESTER CHRISTMAS TURKEY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT 2022
December 28, 2022
/ Worcester, United Kingdom
TURKEYS (54): 1-Ian Gwynne, 2-Martin Thorpe, 3/4-Peter Hodson / Gary Young; 1C-Richard Furborough, 2C-Steve Bibby; 1LC-Gary Brooker, 2LC-Andy Marshall.
CHICKS (20): 1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Ben Owen; 1C-Koray Kolcak, 2C-Rosalie Johnson. |
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35th ISTANBUL REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
December 16-18, 2022
/ Istanbul, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (138): 1-Burak Culhaci, 2-Faysal Sabuncuoglu, 3-Hamidreza Ardalani, 4-Selin Kurt Talipoglu.
“HAMZA GÜVEN MEMORIAL” ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (42): 1-Erdinic Bayindir, 2-Kemal Aksu.
“BALIM AYASLI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Selin Kurt Talipoglu, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.
“MEHMET KOCAOGLU MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (40): 1-Nesrin Becerici, 2-Umit Bata, 3-Gozde Diptas, 4-Alparslan Kizilay.
“ABDULLAH SISMAN MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (69 teams): 1-Umut Aras & Murat Hazir, 2-Erdinic Bayindir & Serkan Calisir, 3/4-Hamidreza Ardalani & Asur Yildirim / Nesrin Becerici & Tan Bostan.
SWING (58): 1-Ufuk Bozkurt, 2-Mahir Kasuto, 3-Yasin Ozergil, 4-Asur Yildirim.
1-POINTER CHALLENGE (128): 1-Burak Hakki #1, 2-Senol Kacmaz, 3/4-Erdinic Bayindir / Burak Hakki #2.
MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Mahir Kasuto, 2-Aykut Keskin, 3/4-Ercan Akin / Oguz User.
MERIT 50% SATELLITES (2×8): Winners – Hasret Bekar, Necmettin Can.
TBT-2023 SATELLITES (5X8): Winners – Hakan Cinal, Nesrin Becerici, Gozde Diptas, Serkan Calisir, Mahmut Kamar.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (2X8): Winners – Nesrin Becerici, Ayhan Kisla. |
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45th CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 8-11, 2022
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (58+30 rebuys): 1-Ted Chee, 2-Herb Roman (IL), 3-Kara Schultz, 4/5-Frank Frigo / Jake Jacobs (AZ); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 3C/4C-Mario Savan / Robert Virnig.
ABT ADVANCED (35+17 rebuys): 1-Kevin Kahl, 2-David Mulberg, 3-Vera Holley; 1C-Joe Roth, 2C-Jeffrey Byerly (WA), 3C/4C-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / William Reeves (CO).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (17): 1-Shawnee Bor, 2-John Anav, 3-Joulian Matian, 4/5-Nasi Katouzian / Michael Kohanoff; 1C-Mac Walker.
MASTERS JACKPOT (29): 1-Karam Ashoo, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4-Todd Crosner (AZ) / Ron Wertheim (NV).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (28): 1-Mario Savan, 2-Gor Gevorgyan, 3/4-Jeff Byerly (WA) / Robert Virnig.
DOUBLES #1 (16 teams): 1-Michael Pines & Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN) & Rory Pascar (IL).
DOUBLES #2 (6 teams): 1-Michael Kohanoff & S. Shraga.
WONDER WOMEN JACKPOT (11): 1-Alice Kay, 2-Molly Anderson (WA).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Patrick Keene, 2-Jacques Stambouli.
SENIORS #1 (32): 1-Norm Wiggins, 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Justin Bor (Germany) / Al Hodis (NV).
SENIORS #2 (16): 1-Elli Nache, 2-Bill Arkin.
JUNIORS #1 (32): 1-Robert Virnig, 2-Ted Chee, 3/4-Nguyen Long / William Reeves (CO).
JUNIORS #2 (12): 1-Jacques Stambouli, 2-Steve Miller, 3-Ergin Bayrak.
BLITZ (96): 1-William Reeves (CO), 2-Ted Chee, 3/4-Nguyen Long / Robert Virnig.
DMP (64): 1/4 tie-Karam Ashoo / Pete Mostoufi / Phil Simborg (FL) / Jacques Stambouli.
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23rd AUSTRIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN / 33rd ITALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 30-December 4, 2022
/ Seefeld, Austria
MASTERS (17): 1-Harald Johanni (Germany), 2-Thomas Löw (Germany), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 4-Peter Naguib (Germany), 5-Oliver Plaehn (Germany); 1LC-Erich Wacha (Germany), 2LC-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy).
INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Reinhold Drugowitsch (Austria), 2-Angelo Quai (Italy), 3-Massimo Curcella (Italy), 4-Alberto Bertot (Italy/Argentina), 5-Massimo Molho (Italy); 1LC-Giuseppe Ricciardi (Italy), 2LC-Franco Candeo (Italy); Ladies Prize- Goli Yavari-Bertholet (Iran/Switzerland).
CASINO SEEFELD SUPER-JACKPOT (4): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 2-Eric Rabl (Switzerland).
AUSTRIAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (5 teams): 1-Dragan Mitrovic (Serbia/Germany) & Dimitrios Pappas (Greece/Germany), 2-Franco Candeo (Italy) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia).
ONE POINT MATCH (64): 1-Wolfgang Bacher #1 (Austria), 2-Goli Yavari-Bertholet (Iran/Switzerland), 3/4-Wolfgang Bacher #2 (Austria) / Massimo Molho (Italy).
THE BEST PLAY THE BEST: MASTER (5): 1-Thomas Löw (Germany), 2-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria).
THE BEST PLAY THE BEST: INTERMEDIATE (3): 1-Alberto Bertot (Italy/Argentina), 2-Maurizio Fidora (Italy).
869BG TROPHY (14): 1-Wolfgang Bacher #1 (Austria), 2-Thomas Löw (Germany).
WARM-UP (15): 1-Wolfgang Bacher #1 (Austria), 2-Maurizio Fidora (Italy).
ITALIAN MASTER CHAMPION: 1-Vincenzo Riceputi.
ITALIAN INTERMEDIATE CHAMPION: 1-Angelo Quai.
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DANISH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
November 19-20, 2022
/ Odense, Denmark
OPEN (57): 1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Taus Bøytler, 3/4-Thomas Kirknel / Steen Pawlik Mikkelsen.
SPEEDGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP (20): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen, 2-Jacob Marcussen.
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PASHA – 19th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 16-20, 2022
/ Nicosia, North Cyprus
OPEN (182): 1-Aref Alipour (Iran/England), 2-Süleyman Yurtseven (Türkiye), 3-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 4-Ibrahim Karaca (Türkiye), 5-Salih Kayali (KKTC), 6-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 7-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 8-John O’Hagan (USA), 9-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 10-Mehmet Çakici (KKTC); 1C-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 2C-Yilmaz Kurtay (Türkiye); 1LC-Eli Roymi (Israel), 2LC-Vincent De Nardi (France).
FMGAMMON WELCOME TOURNAMENT (158): 1-Ofir Balali (Israel), 2-Zakaria Gugulashvili (Georgia).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (82 Teams): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 2-Ismail Bilgili (Türkiye) & Ibrahim Karaca (Türkiye), 3/4-Akbar Pourhaji (Iran) & Amin Shahvalizadeh (Iran) / Selahattin Hacioglu (Türkiye) & Self.
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (64): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Meral Yilmaz (Türkiye).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon).
DMP #1 (64): 1-Avi Cohen (USA).
DMP #2 (64): 2-Abdullah Ser (Türkiye).
DMP #3 (64): 3-Sergey Zütnik (Ukraine).
DMP #4 (64): 4-Ibrahim Adak (Türkiye).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (32): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SPEEDGAMMON #3 (32): 3-Aykut Uzel (Türkiye).
SPEEDGAMMON #4 (32): 4-Aykut Uzel (Türkiye).
BEGINNERS (22): 1-Sual Tatlisulu (KKTC), 2-Andrei Abi Haidar (Lebanon).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Zlaty Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Andrea Quadros (Brazil).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: 1-Meryem Karagöz (Türkiye), 2-Meltem Hazir (Türkiye), 3-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), 4-Olga Ivanova (Russia), 5-Merlusca Olivia Diana (Romania).
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LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 14-20, 2022
/ Las Vegas, Nevada
ABT OPEN (52+28 rebuys): 1-Ron Wertheim (NV), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Marc Emrich (CO); 1C-Ron Amorim (Brazil), 2C-Tim Lawless (IN); 1LC-Frank Raposa (VA), 2LC-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (52+24 rebuys): 1-Tigran Avanesian (OH), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD), 3/4-Steve Babayoff (NV) / Jeff Byerly (WA); 1C-Lynn Ehrlich (NY), 2C-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA); 1LC-Ray Spehar (FL), 2LC-Jack Cohen (NV).
NOVICE (11): 1-Mark Derderian (CA), 2-Raid Wastin (CA); 1C-Shauna Britt (AZ); 1LC-Kurt Peters (NV).
GEOFFREY PARKER $5K SUPER JACKPOT (8 Qualifiers+1): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Charles de Granville (OK), 2-Kara Schultz (CA), 3/4-Charlie Pipkin (TX) / Paul Swain (WA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (40): 1-Tigran Avanesian (OH), 2-Jack Cohen (NV), 3-Tim Emineth (WA), 4/5-Jeff Byerly (WA) / Ray Spehar (FL).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (9): 1-Shauna Britt (AZ), 2-Steven Koach (NV).
BLITZ (64): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Al Hodis (NV).
QUICKIE-DMP (64): 1-Tommy Tallarico #1 (CA), 2-Paul Swain (WA), 3/4-Art Moore (TN) / Tommy Tallarico #2 (CA).
JUNIORS (16): 1/2 split-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
SENIORS (48): 1-Ray Spehar (FL), 2-Ron Wertheim (NV), 3-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
BATTLE OF THE SEXES – MEN (32): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Paul Swain (WA).
BATTLE OF THE SEXES – WOMEN (8): 1-Lynn Ehrlich (NY), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
MEN VS WOMEN PLAYOFFS / NATIONAL USBGF QUALIFIER (2): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Lynn Ehrlich (NY).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).
DOUBLES (18): 1-Marianne Bowen (VA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
MOCHY MILLIONS (10): 1/2 split-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Art Moore (TN), 3-Charlie Pipkin (TX).
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9th MERIT INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 8-13, 2022
/ Girne/Kyrenia, North Cyprus
MASTERS (364): 1-Kåre Aronsson (Sweden), 2-Serkan Koç (Turkey), 3-Jon Barnes (England), 4/5-Khosrow Jafehvand (Denmark) / Roland Sahlén (Sweden), 6/9-Shay Asraff (USA) / Karsten Bredahl (Denmark) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Johan Norberg (Sweden), 10/16-Ofir Balali (Israel) / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden) / Marcelo Di Filippo (Argentina) / Hakan Çinal (Turkey) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Hans Liby (Norway) / Alexandru Pascu (Romania); 1LC-Polyxronis Kokkinis (Greece), 2LC-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Brandon Macklin (USA) / Josefin Bichler (Germany); Ladies Prize-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark).
INTERMEDIATE (191): 1-Seyfi Uslubas (Turkey), 2-Ulrich Roth (Germany), 3-Olga Ivanova (Russia), 4/5-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Mehmet Çakici (Turkey), 6/9-Lise Nielsen (Denmark) / Max Petersen (Denmark) / Tom Rebelo (Canada) / Yalcin Inanc Serin (Turkey); 1LC-Amir Talaei (Iran), 2LC-Emma Axling (Sweden/Malta), 3LC/4LC-Milen Angelov (Bulgaria) / Moti Manzon (Israel); Ladies Prize-Olga Ivanova (Russia).
MERIT 2000€ MEGA JACKPOT (16): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-Yuval Yavneali (Israel), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Benjamin Lund (Denmark), 2-Oliver Squire (England), 3/4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Vancho Zrncev (Macedonia).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1- Gaz Owen (England), 2-Burak Çulhaci (Turkey), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Claus Elken (Denmark).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #3 (32): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Hans Marius Eikseth (Norway), 3/4-Dana Nazarian (USA) / Jonah Seewald (USA).
“ION RESSU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (185 teams): 1-Josefin Bichler (Germany) & Will Cockerell (England), 2-Kemal Okal (Turkey) & Erol Özsoy (Turkey), 3/4-Craig Anderson (USA) & Herb Roman (USA) / Vlad Eydelman (USA) & Roman Fridman (USA).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Payam Farajollahi #1 (Iran), 3/4-Payam Farajollahi #2 (Iran) / Richard Furborough (United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (128): 1-Ashkan Yahyazadeh (Iran), 2-Siavash Hooshmandzadeh (Sweden), 3/4-Artur Petrosyan (Russia) / Klaus Switon (Denmark).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (64): 1-Klaus Switon (Denmark), 2-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 3/4-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland).
ONE POINT MATCH (256): 1-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran), 2-Claes Dahlström (Sweden), 3/4-Vlad Eydelman (USA) / Marvin Khattar (Sweden).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (68): 1-Ann Maibritt Ehlers (Denmark), 2-Selin Kurt Talipoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Karina Langhoff de Thurah (Denmark) / Annelie Skoglund (Sweden).
WETGAMMON (32): 1-Patrick Gebeili (France/UAE), 2-Rabieh Adnan (Lebanon/UAE), 3/4-Avi Cohen (USA) / Jeremy Limb (UK).
BMAB-ME #7 (32): 1-Art Benjamin (USA), 2/5-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran) / Tore Fredriksen (Norway) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Benjamin Lund (Denmark). PR winners: 1-Thomas Tenland (Sweden) at 2.69, 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic) at 2.84, 3-Sebastian Wilkinson (England) at 2.87, 4-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran) at 3.20, 5-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) at 3.24.
869BG WARM-UP (352): 1-Roberto Terenziani (Italy), 2-Jonah Seewald (USA), 3/4-Fady Asmar (Lebanon) / Per Hildebrand (Sweden).
MICHY‘S QUIZ (93): 1-Hans Marius Eikseth (Norway), 2-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy) / Zafer Tas (Turkey). The best speakers are Amir Eshraghi (Iran) & Carter Mattig (USA).
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2nd PORTA NIGRA BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
November 4-6, 2022
/ Trier, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-Vincent De Nardi (France), 2-Andreas Grothe; 1C-Volker Sonnabend, 2C-Rolf Schreuder; 1LC-Mario Kühl.
INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Axel Schürmann, 2-Kathrin Hohn-Hein.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Corinna Blaschke & Christoph Wagener, 2-Klaus Host & Torsten Lux.
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sebastian Yurtseven.
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BRISTOL BACKGAMMON OPEN 2022
November 4-6, 2022
/ Bristol, England
MASTERS (59): 1-Gaz Owen, 2-Mike Ireland, 3-Tim Paulden, 4-Paul Statter, 5/6-Andy Boysan / Ian Tarr.
INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Ian Anderson, 3-Aydin Kolcak, 4-Simon Tracy, 5/6-Roland Archer / Merrin Rose.
TOMBSTONE TROPHY LAST CHANCE (42): 1-Plamen Sivrev, 2-Dan Rovira, 3/4-Reinhold Heinlein / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Vasile Schiopu.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-James Newman, 2-Dan Feeny.
ERHAN 869BG WARM UP (47): 1-Graham Sievers, 2-Merrin Rose, 3/4-Ian Anderson / Can Cag.
DMP (58): 1-George Georgiou, 2-Stephen Little, 3/4-Daniel Molan / Mohammad Torkani (Switzerland).
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WBIF LIVE FINAL / 2nd MALTA BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 3-6, 2022
/ St. Julians, Malta
2022 WBIF LIVE FINAL (32): 1-Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic), 3-Costas Chiotinis (Greece), 4-Robert Kreisl (Austria), 5-Michail Proukakis (Greece).
MALTA OPEN (70): 1-Sauli Alho (Finland), 2-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Bernhard Mayr (Austria) / Lars Nielsen (Denmark), 5/8-Rune Færvåg (Norway) / Linda Wallin (Sweden) / Christian Setzpfandt (Germany) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
MALTA SPEED GAMMON (40): 1-Luigi De Lazzari (Italy), 2-Roland Sahlén (Sweden), 3/4-Andrés Coppini (Argentina) / Niyazi Unluturk (Cyprus).
MALTA SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
MALTA CONSULTATION DOUBLES (31 teams): 1-Fritz Rattinger (Austria) & Wolfgang Wuhl (Austria), 2-Claus Elken (Denmark) & Inga Vigh Pedersen (Denmark).
WBGF BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Sean Casey (Ireland), 2-Maj Falsig (Denmark).
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24th FRENCH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 27-30, 2022
/ Sèvres, France
CHAMPIONSHIP (116): 1-Gildas Racapé, 2-James MacNaughtan, 3/4-Charles Pepin de Bonnerive / Frédéric Téoule, 5/8-Olivier Croiselle / Philippe Esfandiary / Raphael Rosalba / Marc Wainberg; 1C-Frédéric-Martin Kahn, 2C-Gildas Bouilland, 3C/4C-Frédéric Andrieu / Patrice de Sainte Marie.
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Eric, Cerise & Esteban Pinson, 2-Etienne Hostachy & Sébastien Krick, 3/4-Alain Babillon & Olivier Décultot / Elina & Guil Drai.
SPEEDGAMMON (27): 1-Eric Bénichou, 2-Lucien Boedec, 3-Vincent de Nardi.
DMP (64): 1-Alain Babillon, 2-Julien Castro, 3/4-Arthur Menez / Tristan Rémille.
TOURNOI DES PARTENAIRES (128): 1-Maxime Peytavin, 2-Evan Bourgnon.
JUNIORS LESS THAN 18-YEARS OLD: 1-Oscar Lafon.
JUNIORS LESS THAN 14-YEARS OLD: 1-Arthur Rosalba.
WARM UP (57): 1-Eric Alarcon, 2-Eva Snell.
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PRO: OLTENIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 21-23, 2022
/ Craiova, Romania
MASTERS (57): 1-Virgil Tudose, 2-Petrisor Trifu, 3-Rosen Stoyanov (Bulgaria), 4/6-Mihai Arminia / Ionut Cocica / Zoltan Molnar.
SUPERJACKPOT (22): 1-Andrei Iordache, 2-Milen Anghelov (Bulgaria).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Andrei Iordache, 2-Florin Chelaru.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Mihai Folea & Emilian Sdrobis, 2-Zoltan Molnar & Oprisan Purice.
ONE-POINTER (55): 1-Marius Boscor, 2-Marius Veres.
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SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 20-23, 2022
/ Saint Louis, Missouri
ABT OPEN (36): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/6-Julius High (GA) / David Stein (IL) / Frank Talbot (MI) / Michael Zakrajsek (MO).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (42): 1-David McKenzie (FL), 2-Mark Kaye (IL), 3-Phil Franklin (KS), 4/7-Paulette Duong (IL) / Elena Evans (IA) / Victoria Fung (IL) / Peter Holohan (MO).
NOVICE (5): 1-Philip Phipher (MO), 2-Ellen Hulsui (MO).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3-Jeb Horton (NC).
GATEWAY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1/2 split-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Greg Merriman (MI).
GATEWAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1-Craig Campbell (IA), 2-Elena Evans (IA), 3/4-Jeremy Ly (NY) / Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1/2 split-Bernard Havlik (WI) / Brian Vance (MI).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
QUICKIE/DMP (16): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Craig Campbell (IA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Sue Will (IL), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
WARM UP (32): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Duncan Noyes (MA), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY).
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17th MILAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 20-23, 2022
/ Varenna, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (31): 1-Marco Solazzo, 2-Bruno Fanan, 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Daviel Tudose (Romania), 5/8-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Bernard Morel (Switzerland) / Pavel Shirokov (Russia) / Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland).
ADVANCED (25): 1-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Giovanni Trombini, 3/8-Franco Candeo / Marco De Bortoli /Julian Miclaus (Romania) / Marco Scortaiolo / Emil Sirakov (Bulgaria) / Franco Tosin.
OPEN CNB (40): 1-Misla Alma (Holland), 2-Paola Aiello, 3/4-Diego Balgera / Stefano Selvi.
GOOD BYE VARENNA (26): 1-Lorenzo Rinaldo, 2-Andreas Städeli (Switzerland), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Massimiliano Cettolin.
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
WARM UP (13): 1-Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong), 2-Marilena Montano.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (12 teams): 1-Metshin Airat (Russia) & Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Andreas Städeli (Switzerland) & Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong).
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MOSCOW OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 14-16, 2022
/ Moscow, Russia
MAIN TOURNAMENT (41): 1-Timur Azizov, 2-Yaroslav Gusev, 3-Sergey Petukhov, 4-Dmitriy Shirokov, 5-Sergey Alenin, 6-Maxim Zalubovin.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Alexey Barchenkov, 2-Sergey Erokhin.
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Ivan Lankin & Kamil Makhmudov, 2-Leonid Riskin & Self.
BLITZ (32): 1-Levik Baghdasaryan, 2-Mikayel Vardanyan, 3/4-Yuri Akopov / Bagrat Rapava.
BLITZ (16): 1-Mikayel Vardanyan, 2-Timur Azizov.
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Alexey Barchenkov, 2-Leonid Riskin, 3/4-Alexander Chepurok / Kamil Mahmudov.
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30th IRISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 14-16, 2022
/ Dublin, Ireland
OPEN (62): 1-Sean Casey, 2-Paul van Dijke (Holland); 1C-Daniel Lynch, 2C-Shea Mulhall; Neil Dobbs, 2LC-Peter Bennet (England).
SUPERJACKPOT: 1-Yousef Mahmoud (England), 2-Brian Lever (England).
FRIDAY NIGHT WARMUP: 1-Felix Vink, 2-Simon Morecroft (England).
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WBGF CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
October 11-16, 2022
/ Neum, Bosnia-Herzegovina
WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP (10 teams): 1-TROMSØ (Norway): André Larsen, Geir Pedersen, Captain Jon Kristian Røyset, 2-NERETVA (Bosnia-Herzegovina): Emir Begic, Almir Vajzovic, Captain Drazenko Vucina, 3-GAME CHANGERS (Austria): Captain Heinz Jahrbacher, Andrea Riebler, Leonhard Riebler.
Best Individual Performer: Emir Begic (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
OPEN MASTERS (44): 1-Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 2-Murat Murat (Greece), 3-Cyrus Vafa (Sweden), 4/5-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Merzuk Jugo (Bosnia/Norway); 1LC-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2LC-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-André Larsen (Norway) / Petar Vidovic (England).
OPEN INTERMEDIATE (22): 1-Benjamin Camo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Mladen Cizmic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3-Mehrdad Tehrany (Austria), 4/5-Chrysafis Kolintzaridis (Greece) / Leonhard Riebler (Austria); 1LC-Zoran Kozul (Croatia), 2LC-Emir Zalihic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3LC/4LC-Reinhold Drugowitsch (Austria) / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION CHAMPIONSHIP (23): 1-Minh Nguyen (France) & Self, 2-Greti Mayr (Austria) & Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3/4-Eric Maillebiau (France) & Len Brown (England) / Mustafa Beso (Bosnia-Herzegovina) & Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia).
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Amel Boskalio (Bosnia/Norway), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
OVERFLOW SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Jamshid Arani (Sweden), 2-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128): 1-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Lawrence Powell (England), 3/4-Andrea Riebler (Austria) / Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway).
SPEED GAMMON TOURNAMENT #1 (32): 1-Amel Boskailo (Bosnia/Norway), 2-Afshin Foulad (England), 3/4-Benjamin Camo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Michel Lamote (Belgium).
SPEED GAMMON TOURNAMENT #2 (16): 1-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Andreas Sauseng (Austria).
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7th NEWCASTLE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2022
October 5-7, 2022
/ Leamington Spa, England
OPEN (68): 1-Rachel Rhodes, 2-Gary Bratton, 3/4-Steve Bibby / Radu Ciortan;
1C: Peter Hodson, 2C: Mark Calderbank;
1LC: Mike Ireland, 2LC: Evan Williams.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (46): 1-Roland Archer, 2-Peter Hodson.
DOUBLES: 1-Rachel Rhodes & C.J. Uttley.
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SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 5-10, 2022
/ Fort Lauderdale, Florida
ABT Division 1 CHAMPIONSHIP (70): 1-Frank DiMaggio (NY), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Mel Leifer (MD), 4/5-Max Mowzoon (FL) / Steve Sax (CA), 6/8-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Stuart Dunkin (FL) / Bill Lonergan (NY);
1C: Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2C: Petko Kostadinov (SC),
3C/4C: Perry Gartner (FL) / Marty Storer (NH).
ABT Division 2 ADVANCED (34): 1-Tyler Hathaway (NY), 2-Brian Ross (FL), 3-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA);
1C: Juan Rospigliosi (FL), 2C: Daniel Bluestone (VA),
3C/4C: Alec Izzo (FL) / Neville Kerr (NC).
ABT Division 3 INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Claude Forget (Canada), 2-Luke Fraser (FL);
1C: Richard Battin (FL), 2C: Paul Rosoff (FL).
ROOKIES (4): 1-Joan Libby (FL).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF THE STARS (6 teams): 1-Nick Blasier (WI) & Ed Corey (CT), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Marty Storer (NH).
SUNNY FLORIDA OPEN – CHAMPIONSHIP (17): 1/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / G.L. Harvie (FL) / Scotty Kelland (CT) / Dennis Culpepper (VA).
SUNNY FLORIDA OPEN – ADVANCED (12): 1/3-Lynn Ehrlich (NY) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Marcy Kossar (MD).
SUNNY FLORIDA CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (12): 1-Joseph Urso (NY), 2-David Leibowitz (NY), 3-Frank DiMaggio (NY).
DOUBLES (31 teams): 1-Melanie Hughes (FL) & Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Shay Asraff (FL) & Efim Liberman (IL) / Lee Genud (FL) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Kosta Bakalis (FL), 2-Jacob Atie (Panama), 3/4-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Phil Perelmuter (MA).
MIAMI MASTERS JACKPOT Division 1 (32): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Karen Davis (FL) / Rick Silberman (FL).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT Division 1.5 (32): 1-Max Stockslager (NC), 2-Howard Linneman-Schmidt (NY), 3/4-Koray Agirbas (GA) / Brian Ross (FL).
JUNIORS (24): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Eugen Mobius (FL), 3-Greg Evans (FL).
SENIORS (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
SENIORS VS JUNIORS PLAYOFF (2): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD).
FTH BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-Avi Cohen (FL).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
USBGF WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Division 1 (11): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Lynn Ehrlich (NY);
1C: Melanie Hughes (FL), 2C: Irina Litzenberger (VA).
BMAB-USA #26 (14): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2/5-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Jacob Atie (Panama) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Marty Storer (NH).
PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.43, 2-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.49, 3-Jacob Atie (Panama) at 4.91, 4-Joe Urso (NY) at 5.60, 5-Avi Cohen (FL) at 6.33.
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22nd CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 28-October 2, 2022
/ Jesolo, Venice, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (58): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3/4-Annalisa Agosti / Carlo Melzi, 5/8-Sassan Kachanian / Lorenzo Rinaldo / Marco Solazzo / Andres Städeli.
ADVANCED (28): 1/3-Federico Nagy / Gerhard Stoll / Laurence Sinitzky (France), 4/7-Helmut Jeske (Germany) / Sabine Kramer (Germany) / Domenico Miscioscia / Horst Zack (Austria).
OPEN CNB (72): 1-Paolo Aiello, 2-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Mahmoud Taha (Austria).
HOTEL ATLANTICO (44): 1-Nikolay Tachev (Bulgaria), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 3/4-Jean-Jacques Issartel (France) / Bernard Morel (Switzerland).
SENIORS (23): 1-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 2-Daniel Scheidiger (Switzerland), 3/4-Reinhold Drugowitsch (Austria) / Sassan Kachanian (Belgium).
SPEEDGAMMON 5 POINTS (32): 1-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland).
SPEEDGAMMON 7 POINTS (32): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
SWING (28): 1/3-Alain Babillon (France) / Daniel Scheidiger (Switzerland) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).
LADY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Laura Monaco.
WARM-UP (23): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (22 teams): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) & Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic), 2-Airat Metshin (Russia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia).
CHALLENGE:
1-ITALIA: Giorgio Castellano / Edmond Mezini / Lorenzo Rinaldo / Henri Sharra / Marco Tamigi,
2-INTERNATIONAL TEAM: Alain Babillon (France) / Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) / Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
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WILD WEST SHOOTOUT / 4th DENVER OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 21-25, 2022
/ Denver, Colorado
ABT Div. 1 BISON (41): 1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Jack Edelson (MN), 3-Dana Nazarian (CA), 4/5-Ken Bame (CA) / Jeff Spencer (MN); 1C-Sean Garber (IN), 2C-Neil Kazaross (IL).
ABT Div. 2 GUNSLINGERS (31): 1-Lawrence Wilson (CO), 2-Jim Hoppenworth (CO); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2C-Bryan Adams (WA).
ABT Div. 3 WARRIORS (24): 1-Brad Frishberg (NY), 2-William Reeves (CO); 1C-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2C-Mary Wilson (CO).
ABT Div. 4 GREENHORNS (10): 1-Rhonda Woodbury (AZ), 2/4-Rory Blatchford (CO) / Rusty Crane (CO) / Sarah Walker (VA).
WILD WEST BMAB-USA Div. 1 (14): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Ami Benari (CO) / Dana Nazarian (CA).
PR winners: 1-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.30, 2-Dana Nazarian (CA) at 3.38, Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.47, 4-David Klausa (CO) at 5.05.
WILD WEST BMAB-USA Div. 2 (6): 1/3-Lynda Clay (CO) / Marjie Harbrecht (CO) / Matt Patterson (CO).
PR winners: 1-Lynda Clay (CO) at 9.86, 2-Craig Campbell (IA) at 11.76.
EARLY RUSTLER JACKPOT (8): 1-Tom Christner (CO), 2-Gregg Trunnell (MN).
IRON HORSE SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (64): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Richard Siebold (MN), 3/4-Mel Leifer (VA) / Lynda Clay (CO),
5/8-Ken Bame (CA) / George Keller (FL) / Edward Onny (CO) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
Div. 1 BISON JACKPOT (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-David Klausa (CO), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Sean Garber (IN).
Div. 2 GUNSLINGERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-Scott Kelland (CT), 3/4-Butch Meese (IN) / Edward Onny (CO).
Div. 3 WARRIORS JACKPOT (16): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Michael Pines (CA).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (29 teams): 1-Ami Benari (CO) & Myra Gazvoda (CO), 2-Marjie Harbrecht (CO) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA),
3/4-Jim Hoppenworth (CO) & Richard Siebold (CO) / Scott Forney (CO) & Mark Wilson (CO).
WOLF BLITZ (64): 1-Charlie Raichle (CO), 2-Matt Patterson (CO), 3/4-Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Mary Ann Meese (IN).
GOLD RUSH SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Mario Savan (CA).
SENIOR WRANGLERS (32): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3/4-Craig Campbell (IA) / Jim Zinkhon (IL).
YOUNG WRANGLERS (32): 1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 3/4-Patrick Keene (CA) / Jeremy Ly (NY).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER:
Senior Wrangler vs Young Wrangler: Ed O’Laughlin (VA) vs Kara Schultz (CA). (TBD in Las Vegas in Nov.)
FTH BOARD QUICK DRAW (16): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD).
ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTOUT (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Jennifer Owens (CO).
RUSTLER QUICKIES (32): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
CORNHOLE SOCIAL DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Kennith Faherty (CO) & Ed Gazvoda (CO), 2-Myra Gazvoda (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO).
LAST STAND (28): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 3/4-Jennifer Owens (CO) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
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16th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
September 16-18, 2022
/ Bodrum, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (132): 1-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran), 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3-Umit Bata, 4-Gural Bulut.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (39): 1-Emrullah Cosar, 2-Umit Bata.
“HABIBE CEBECI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (17): 1-Nur Buyuksarioglu, 2-Tulay Emekci.
“BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL (40): 1-Yasin Ozergil, 2-Suat Karadag, 3-Gozde Diptas, 4-Sakir Kemik.
“ALP EYYUPOGLU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (73 teams):
1-Ramazan Ozsoy #1 & George Simpson #1, 2-Ramazan Ozsoy #2 & George Simpson #2,
3/4-Gülderen Gücavli & Mahir Kasuto / Apollo Ip (Macao) & Sait Nayman.
SWING (72): 1-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3-Talat Bagibala, 4-Osman Erkol.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Hikmet Tunc, 2-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 3/4-Suat Karadag / Sukru Yurttekin.
MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Chawki Karam (Lebanon), 2-Inanc Gocayir, 3/4-Mahir Kasuto / Yasin Ozergil.
TBT-2022 SATELLITES (5X8): Winners – Apollo Ip (Macao), Nesrin Becerici, Serkan Calisir, Zafer Akbiyik, Güven Ok.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (3X8): Winners – Emrah Guzeldere, Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Erol Ozsoy.
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PRO: 2nd TRANSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 15-18, 2022
/ Poiana Brasov, Romania
MASTERS (78): 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Eugen Lazar, 3/4-Mihai Arminia / Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 5-Ionut Cocica.
SUPERJACKPOT (32): 1-Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Adrian Baltariu.
MEGAJACKPOT (21): 1-Bogdan Alexandru, 2-Oprisan Purice.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Iulian Chirita, 2-Marian Manea.
SUPERSPEEDGAMMON (35): 1-Mihai Grigorescu, 2-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Gabriel Atodresei & Adrian Dan, 2-Ion Nica & Cristian Tutulan.
ONE POINT (64): 1-Alexandru Barbu, 2-Florin Balan.
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16th ROME BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 9-11, 2022
/ Rome, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria), 3/4-Fabio Gullota / Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 5/8-Paola Aiello / Giorgio Castellano / Minh Nguyen (France) / Andreas Sauseng.
ADVANCED (32): 1-Stefan Duzy (Germany), 2-Levan Chilingarishvili, 3/9-Maric Friebe (Germany) / Airat Metshun (Russia) / Iulian Miclaus / Domenico Misioscia / Giuseppe Ricciardi / Pedro Sanz (Spain) / Mario Viceconte.
OPEN CNB (MEMORIAL CLAUDIA ANGELETTI) (48): 1-Massimo Armeni, 2-Antonio Serventi, 3/4-Claudio Dordei / Lorenzo Rinaldo.
CIRCOLO ANTICO TIRO A VOLO (28): 1-Carlo Melzi, 2-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Angelo Anav / Lorenzo Rinaldo.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (18 teams): 1-Fernando Braconi & Fabio Sallusto, 2-Fabio Gullotta & Antonio Serventi.
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BACKGAMMON GALAXY UK OPEN 2022
September 2-4, 2022
/ Leamington Spa, England
MASTERS (127): No Champion declared.
Semifinalists: Eric Westbrook / Jason Champion / Neculai Axinte / Brendan Burgess (Ireland).1C-Ian Gwynne, 2C-Geoff Hall, 3C/4C-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Chris Rogers.1LC-Simon Morecroft, 2LC-Mike Levi.Saturday Consolation (28): 1-Ian Davidson, 2-Andrew Selby.
INTERMEDIATES (77): 1-Nick Thorpe, 2-Sarah Joliff, 3/4-Chris Filby / David Sanders.
1C-Ian Squire, 2C-Simon Tracy.
1LC-Roland Archer, 2LC-Mihai-Ovidiu Popa.
Saturday Consolation (15): 1-Ian Squire, 2-Hannah Parente.
WBIF SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Tiberiu Bostan, 2-Radu Ciortan, 3/4-Ian Gwynne / Lawrence Powell.
FRIDAY 2PM WARM-UP (64): 1-Peter Ozanne, 2-Gavin Anderson, 3/4-Roger Porter / Nick Thorpe.
FRIDAY 5PM WARM-UP (71): 1-Chris Ternel, 2-Kristian Mills, 3/4-Andrew Darby / Safi Tracy.
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2022 VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
August 31-September 5, 2022
/ Bloomington, Minnesota
ABT ODIN OPEN (30): 1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Richard Munitz (NY), 3-Sam Ahmed (CA); 1C-Jeff Nitschke (MN).
ABT THOR ADVANCED (23): 1-Sue Will (IL), 2-Peter Slavenkov (MN), 3-Rick Davis (MN); 1C-Jerome Kressin (MN).
ABT VIKING INTERMEDIATE (12): 1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Allan Steinhauer (MN); 1C-Ed Corey (CT).
LONGSHIP SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXIII (8): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Art Moore (TN).
EARLY RAVEN OPEN (18): 1-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 2-Lynda Clay (CO), 3/4-Michael Cashman (MN) / Eric Hiner (MN).
EARLY RAVEN ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE (22): 1-Steve Hanson (MN), 2-John Pirner (MN), 3/4-Rick Davis (MN) / Kurt Peterson (MN).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (40): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Jeff Spencer (MN) / Sue Will (IL).
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (11): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Lynda Clay (CO).
WARRIOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Apollo Lammers (MN), 2-Franklin Scott (MN).
STEVE BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (41): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Craig Anderson (IL), 3/4-Ozgur Aktunc (TX) / Tim Lawless (IN).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Sue Will (IL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Julius High (GA).
VALHALLA OPEN (8): 1-Art Moore (TN), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).
VALHALLA ADVANCED (8): 1-Apollo Lammers (MN), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR).
VALHALLA INTERMEDIATE (8): 1-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2-Allan Steinhauer (MN); Overflow (4): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).
QUICK RAIDS DMP (64): 1-Ed Corey (CT), 2-Jim Zinkhon (IL).
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ozgur Aktunc (TX).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Yury Millman (MN).
BLITZ THE BEAST (64): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTERS (16): 1-Art Moore (TN), 2-Lynda Clay (CO).
RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (16): 1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2/3-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Michael Ginat (CO).
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10th ANNIVERSARY LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 25-28, 2022
/ Bad Dirkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Minh Nguyen (France), 3/4-Faruk Kocaer / Michael Larsen (Denmark); 1C-Leonid Riskin, 2C-Marcus Reinhardt; 1LC-Frank Simon.
INTERMEDIATE (45): 1-Fred Brendler, 2-Sonja Custers (Belgium), 3/4-Frank Jahn / Udo Zindler; 1C-Vitali Olchanski, 2C-Rene Thor Paulsen (Denmark); 1LC-Klaus Bergmann.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (36 teams): 1-Julian Becker & Tilman Söhnchen, 2-Corinna Blaschke & Frank Simon, 3/4-Ingrid Sonnabend & Andres Städeli (Switzerland) / Christoph Wagener & Felix Wagener.
SUPER JACKPOT (46): 1-Marcus Reinhardt, 2-Dirk Schiemann, 3/4-Julian Becker / Kimon Papachristopoulos.
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Cornelia Cleemann, 2-Cemal Demiriz.
SPEEDGAMMON (96): 1-Miklos Menyhart, 2-Klaus Host, 3-Torsten Lux.
GOOD LUCK JACKPOT (78): 1-Torsten Lux, 2-Patrik Neumann.
SURPRISE EVENT (91): 1-Jimmy Anywar.
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19th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 11-14, 2022
/ Madison, Wisconsin
ABT OPEN (44): 1-Corey Smith (MN), 2-David Todd (MO); 1C-Mark Milkie (IN), 2C-Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Keene Marin (WI), 2LC-Don Marek (IL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (34): 1-Apollo Lammers (MN), 2-Sue Will (IL); 1C-Alex Doueihi (IL), 2C-Matt Anshus (WI); 1LC-Craig Campbell (IA), 2LC-John Pirner (MN).
NOVICE (6): 1-Joan Libby (FL), 2-John Scott (IL).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (16): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
ZACH TABAK AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Maisa (WI), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN).
DOUBLES (23 teams): 1-Nick Blasier (WI) & Eric Wazner (IL), 2-Rory Pascar (IL) & Jim Zinkhon (IL).
LEE PFLUGRAD QUICKIES (64): 1-Ed Corey (CT), 2-Michael Anderson (WI), 3/4-Larry Oman (MN) / David Todd (MO).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (24): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN), 3-Craig Campbell (IA).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Julius High (GA), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Ed Corey (CT).
AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY).
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3rd BRIGHTON SUMMER BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 11-14, 2022
/ Brighton, England
MASTERS (45): 1-Steve Atkinson, 2-Frank Talbot (USA), 3/4-Anna Parker / Roni Sofroniou; 1C-Reece Hodges, 2C-Tom O’Connor, 3C/4C-Jon Barnes / Kevin Jones.
INTERMEDIATE (28): 1-Becca Bell, 2-C.J. Uttley, 3/4-Marcelle Licudi / Caroline Loncq; 1C-Steve O’Connor, 2C-Chris Filby.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Rowena & Stefan Paliwoda, 2-Natalie & Sean Clennell, 3/4-Jon Barnes & Anna Parker / Becca Bell & Chris Rogers.
JACKPOT (8): 1-Mike Grabsky, 2-Gary Lloyd.
FAREWELL KNOCKOUT (16): 1-Jost Mueller-Kreth (Germany), 2-Mike Grabsky.
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2nd SKHODNYA BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 5-7, 2022
/ Skhodnya, Russia
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (70): 1-Razhden Tsekvava, 2-Elena Gromenkova, 3-Olga Ivanova; 1LC-Agamir Gevorkian.
LONG CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (58): 1-Henry Gasparyan, 2-Alexander Pozdnyakov, 3-Araik Oganesyan; 1LC-Aik Dolunts.
SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (32): 1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Airat Fatychov.
SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (29): 1-Armen Ovsepyan, 2-Henry Gasparyan.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (25 teams): 1-Alexey Barchenkov & Aik Dolunts.
TEAM TOURNAMENT (14 teams): 1-“Moscow-Sakhalin” (Konstantin Inozemtsev, Kamil Makhmudov, Robert Sadgyan).
ONE POINT BACKGAMMON (128): 1-Sergey Chertkov.
ONE POINT LONG CLASSIC (64): 1-Konstantin Inozemtsev.
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2022 BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 23-31, 2022
/ Monte Carlo, Monaco
53rd WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (207): 1-Sander Lylloff (Denmark), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3-Fernando Braconi (Italy), 4/5-Hans Liby (Norway) / Johan Moazed (Sweden), 6/9-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) / Lawrence Powell (England) / Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway) / Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 10/16-Neil Berkman (USA) / Benjamin Lund (Denmark) / Minh Nguyen (France) / Gaz Owen (England) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada) / Steve Sax (USA) / Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland); 1LC-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2LC-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3LC/4LC-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Brian Nielsen (Denmark).
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (48): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Ky Loi (France), 3-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania), 4/5-Marianne Husum Snarheim (Norway) / Jens Lauridsen (Denmark); 1LC-Freddy Edwards (Denmark), 2LC-Lasse Danielsen (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan) / Moore Wisener (Ireland).
1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (64): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (USA), 3/4-Michael Krakus (Denmark) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 2-Morten Holm (Denmark), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / George Rabahie (Lebanon).
“PATTI RUBIN MEMORIAL” 5000€ HIGH ROLLER CUP (16): 1-Josef Tissona (Israel), 2-Manny Olszynko (Canada), 3/4-Jeroen Romme (Malta) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (100 teams): 1-Chris Rogers (England) & David Wells (USA), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-Mads Andersen (Denmark) & Jens Lauridsen (Denmark) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada) & Antonio Sgambato (Italy/USA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Jørgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 3/4-Andreas Groetsch (Germany) / Heribert Lindner (Germany).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (25): 1-Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 2-Pia Aimonen (Finland), 3/4-Olga Ivanova (Russia) / Irina Litzenberger (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Rudy Langenbach (USA), 2-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Gili Davidovich (Israel).
DMP CHALLENGE (256): 1-Jonah Seewald (USA), 2-Mario Kühl (Germany), 3/4-George Rabahie (Lebanon) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
10th BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (24): 1-John O’Hagan (USA) 42 correct answers, 2-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica) 40 correct, 3-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic) 38 correct.
11th MONTE CARLO OPEN / OPEN (80): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Sean Williams (England), 3/4-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Ray Lightbourn (Bahamas); 1C-Apollo Ip (Macao), 2C-Rudy Langenbach (USA).
11th MONTE CARLO OPEN / INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Walter Busato (Italy), 2-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 3/4-Sabine Brinkman (Germany) / Max Cettolin (Italy); 1C-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2C-Sabine Kraemer (Germany).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #6
July 16, 2022
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MASTERS/CHAMPIONS (18): 1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3-Gary Koscielny (FL).
ABTO ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE (6): 1-Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 2-Douglas DeWitte (NV).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).
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47th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 30-July 4, 2022
/ Novi, Michigan
ABT OPEN (76): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Nick Mourtos (Canada), 3-David Winn (TX), 4/5-Sean Garber (IN) / Joe Sylvester (MO); 1C-David Stein (IL), 2C-Herb Roman (IL), 3C/4C-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Steve Sax (CA); Women’s Prize: Karen Davis (FL) / April Mesich (MN).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (55): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI), 3-Larry Brown (VA); 1C-Tigran Avanesian (OH), 2C-Bill Toth (MI), 3C/4C-Laura Granger (CO) / Omar Shah (Canada); Women’s Prize: Laura Granger (CO).
ABT LIMITED (7): 1-Victoria Fung (IL); 1C-Rhonda Woodbury (AZ); Women’s Prize: Victoria Fung (IL).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-David Kettler (TX), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Brandon Macklin (MD).
BMAB (USA) #24 RANKING TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2/5-Grant Schneider (VA) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Jonathan Hardigree (GA). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.45, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 2.85, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.08, 4-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.59, 5-Bob Zavoral (IL) at 3.68.
JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ (128): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Julius High (GA) / Dan Minardi (CO).
SENIORS JACKPOT (64): 1-Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
PRINCE BARLOW’S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Tigran Avanesian (OH), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Chris Scott (IL).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (64 Seniors + 32 Juniors): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Jerry Shea (NY).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 3/4-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Greg Merriman (MI).
OPEN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-G.L. Harvie (VT) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
LIMITED FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Theriault (CT), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN), 3/4-Noah Monro (MI) / Mick Zakrajsek (IN).
WOMEN’S FIREWORKS CUP (16): 1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3/4-Patty Knapp (MA) / April Mesich (MN).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Chris & Patty Knapp (MA), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) & Mark Milkie (IN) / Nick Mourtos (Canada) & Michael Neagu (Canada).
FRANK TALBOT’S FREE ROLL (20): 1-Rick Silberman (FL), 2-Bruce Ballance (PA).
ELEGANCE TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA).
ELEGANCE TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Sherbel (MI), 2-Jonathan Hardigree (GA).
$20 DETROIT DMP QUICKIE (16): 1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).
$50 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (27): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3/4-Gary Fritzsche (MI) / Gary Koscielny (FL).
$30 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (29): 1-Doug Parson (MI), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3/4-John Gislason (MI) / John Quinn (MI).
$20 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (6): 1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Tal Siegmann (MI).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (14): 1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 2-David Todd (MI), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Jerry Shea (NY).
$30 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ed Corey (CT), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN), 3-Augusta Lorber (FL).
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40th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 30-July 3, 2022
/ Stockholm, Sweden
MASTERS (100): 1-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 4/5-Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki (Japan) / Sven Olav Norén (Sweden); 1LC-Takis Chatzelis (Greece), 2LC-Bahram Khalagi (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Alain Babillon (France) / Martin Barkwill (England).
INTERMEDIATE (46): 1-Elle Wågström (Sweden), 2-Björn Kroghsbo (Denmark), 3-Joakim Tengstrand (Sweden), 4/5-Håkan Jegendal (Sweden) / Rene Thor Poulsen (Denmark); 1LC-Henrik Sorel (Denmark), 2LC-Johan Sylvan (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Kaia Osbakk (Norway) / Nicklas Røddick (Denmark).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Thomas Rönn (Sweden), 2-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 3/4-Geir Pedersen (Norway) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Patrick Knupfer (Switzerland), 3/4-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Cyrus Vafa (Sweden).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (46 teams): 1-Geir Pedersen (Norway) & Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway), 2-Ralph Burd (Australia) & Kazuki Yokota (Japan), 3/4-Bjorn Ekström (Sweden) & Sara Utku (Sweden) / Finn Bahn (Denmark) & Khosrow Jafehvand (Denmark).
BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST #10 (14): 1/2-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) 32 correct answers, 3/5-Alain Babillon (France) / Martin Barkwill (England) / Catalin Bucur (England) 31 correct.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark), 3/4-David Asplund (Sweden) / Miki Laukkanen (Finland).
LA GAMMON (16): 1-Sven Olav Norén (Sweden), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Terje Pedersen (Norway).
DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Henrik Sorel (Denmark), 2-Martin Barkwill (England), 3/4-Juliánna Zölde-Fejér (Denmark) / Mattias Roos (Sweden).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #5
June 22-26, 2022
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MASTERS/CHAMPIONS (23): 1-John Brown (KY), 2-Frank Talbot (MI).
ABTO ADVANCED (8): 1-Edward Onny (CO), 2-Patrick Enright (WA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-John Brown (KY), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (6): 1-Jim Fleming (NV), 2-John Pirner (MN).
SATURDAY ADVANCED DOUBLE ELIMINATION (7): 1-Forrest Hobbs (CO), 2-Max Stockslager (GA).
SATURDAY CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE ELIMINATION (12): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-John Brown (KY).
SATURDAY SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Alex Toth (WA).
SUNDAY SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Blake Sorem (WA).
DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhmann (NJ).
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PRO: 1st BLACK SEA BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 16-19, 2022
/ Olimp, Romania
MASTERS (64): 1-Eugen Lazar, 2-Cristinel Dragomir, 3-Adrian Dinulescu, 4-Marian Stancu, 5-Cornel Oleniuc.
SUPERJACKPOT (26): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Dorel Leon.
MEGAJACKPOT (11): 1-Dorel Leon, 2-Gabriel Rusu.
SPEEDGAMMON (37): 1-Florin Balan, 2-Maricel Ciubotariu.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Ioan Buciuleac & self, 2-Rosen Atanasov (Bulgaria) & self.
ONE POINT (25): 1-Cosmin Marinescu, 2-Marian Stancu.
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1st “BEAULIEU CHALLENGE” BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 15-19, 2022
/ Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
MASTERS (64): 1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 2-Gili Davidovich (Israel), 3-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 4/5-Michael Mesich (USA) / Marco Tamigi (Italy); 1LC-Derek Irwin (Scotland), 2LC-Olivier Décultot (France), 3LC/4LC-Edmond Mezini (Italy) / Matt Reklaitis (USA).
INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Moritz von Maffei (Germany), 2-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 3-Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 4/5-Jean-Marc Pages (France) / Gildas Racape (France); 1LC-Christian von Maffei (Germany), 2LC-Gioni Adrian Munteanu (Romania), 3LC/4LC-Cristian Antohe (Romania) / Yalda Momayzi (Iran/France).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Ben-Mihael Uriel (Israel), 2-Mario Mei (Switzerland), 3/4-Vincent De Nardi (France) / Carlo Melzi (Italy).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Zakaria Gugulashvili (Georgia), 2-Marianne Husum Snarheim (Norway), 3/4-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Gili Davidovich (Israel), 3/4-Florin Popa (Romania) / Tristan Remille (France).
SENIORS (64): 1-Laila Leonhardt #1 (Sweden), 2-Laila Leonhardt #2 (Sweden), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Emmanuel Lardy (France).
DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Michel Serrero (France), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3/4-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania) / Gerard Lechanteux (France).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (26 teams): 1-Michel Chabron (France) & Max De Paz (France), 2-Minh Nguyen (France) & Cohava Zenou (France), 3/4-Jason Granstedt (Sweden) / Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Olivier Evard (Switzerland) & Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland).
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IGUAZU BACKGAMMON OPEN 2022
June 15-19, 2022
/ Iguazú, Argentina
OPEN (31): 1-Jorge Levy, 2-Veronica Dabul, 3-Martin Donnadio, 4-Alfredo Unes (Brazil); 1LC-Willy Vitale, 2LC-Marcos Nahhas, 3LC/4LC-Manuel Garcia (Peru) / Daniel Matias Acevedo.
INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Gabo Adrian Laus, 2-Matheus Ribeiro Franco (Brazil).
SUPERJACKPOT (14): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Marcos Nahhas, 3/4-Mariano Irigoy / Paul Van Dijke (Holland).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Hugo Ergueta & Jose Franco (Brazil), 2-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) & Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-Manuel Garcia (Peru) & Jose Antonio Torres (Peru) / Pedro Paulo Silva (Brazil) & Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
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2nd URAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 11-13, 2022
/ Chelyabinsk, Russia
LONG CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (56): 1-Elena Gromenkova, 2-Sergey Zykov, 3-Asatur Zakaryan, 4-Elena Saukova, 5-Alexey Pecherkin.
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (30): 1-Artur Arustamyan, 2-Andrey Razumov, 3-Alexey Ignarin, 4-Sergey Chertkov.
SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (20): 1-Sergey Alenin, 2-Alexey Askurava.
SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (10): 1-Oleg Khokhlov, 2-Armen Ovsepyan.
JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (22): 1-Ayrat Fatykhov, 2-Rafael Akhadov.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Sergey Erokhin & Alexey Ignarin, 2-Mikhail Eremin & Svetlana Vainshtein.
ONE POINT LONGGAMMON (32): 1-Genry Gasparyan, 2-Andrey Razumov.
ONE POINT BACKGAMMON (32): 1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Sergey Chertkov.
TEAM TOURNAMENT (8): 1-“Nardebarons” (Alexey Askurava, Mikhail Eremin, Kirill Ignatyev), 2-“Take5” (Sergey Erokhin, Alexey Ignarin, Sergey Petukhov).
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BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP 2022
June 10-12, 2022
/ Blackpool, England
IMPERIAL CUP (126): 1-Oliver Squire, 2-Dave Motley, 3/4-Jamie MacPherson / David Sanders.
FYLDE TROPHY (116): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Michèle de Haviland, 3/4-Mark Dixon / Brian Lever.
LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (64): 1-Larry Smyth, 2-Ian Gwynne, 3/4-Steve Lee / Stefan Paliwoda.
TOWER TROPHY (32): 1-Simon Morecroft, 2-Mike Ireland, 3/4-Ann Pocknell / Chris Rogers.
FOUR REGIONS CHALLENGE (4 teams): 1-South and West, 2-Midlands and Wales.
FRIDAY FREEROLL 1 (64): 1-Tim Line, 2-Mike Grabsky, 3/4-Andrew Gibson / Sarah Jolliff.
FRIDAY FREEROLL 2 (32): 1-Alex Polden, 2-Liam Weston.
GAMMONER TROPHY (64): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Mick Butterfield, 3/4-Andy Marshall / Tom Thorpe.
869BG BOARD (64): 1-Andy Darby, 2-Steve Lee, 3/4-Ben Owen / Ann Pocknell.
BONECLUB BOARD NACK (32): 1-John Horton, 2-Frank Fleming.
FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (48): 1-Tim Paulden, 2-André Larsen (Norway), 3/4-Saul Brody / Ian Gwynne.
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (13): 1-Dave Pritchard, 2-Peter Christmas.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Julian Minwalla, 2-Saul Brody.
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45th LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 9-12, 2022
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (62+38 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3-Ted Chee (CA), 4/5-Cary Hoarty (OH) / John O’Hagan (IN); 1C-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2C-Jake Jacobs (AZ), 3C/4C-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Mario Savan (CA); Women’s Prize: Lynda Clay (CO).
ABT ADVANCED (26+9 rebuys): 1-Bryan Adams (WA), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA); 1C-Brian Vance (MI), 2C-Jeff Byerly (WA); Women’s Prize: Teri Harmon (CA).
NOVICE (9): 1-Matthew Bogosian (CA), 2-Nura Awda (CA), 3-Jenn Edwards (Canada).
MASTERS JACKPOT (36): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Bob Wachtel (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Maeis Petrosian (CA), 5-Kent Goulding (MD).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (24): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Patrick Keene (CA), 3/4-Jeff Byerly (WA) / Butch Meese (IN).
DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Eduard Mirijanyan (Armenia), 2-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH).
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1/2 split-Kevin Kahl (CA) & Norm Wiggins (CA) / David Mulberg (CA) & Maeis Petrosian (CA).
DOUBLES #3 (8 teams): 1-Lee Genud (FL) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
SENIORS (32): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Marty Storer (NH), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Teri Harmon (CA).
JUNIORS (32): 1-Long Nguyen (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Patrick Keene (CA).
DMP #1 (16): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA).
DMP #2 (16): 1-Lynda Clay (CO).
DMP #3 (16): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
BLITZ (76): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Vahe Enfiajyan (Armenia) / Khachik Melikyan (Armenia).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Peter Wisniewski (CA).
WONDER WOMEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Lee Genud (FL).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).
DUPLICATE BACKGAMMON DMP SPECIAL (16): 1-Joe Sylvester (MO).
GAMMONSTUFF / FTH BOARD RAFFLE WINNER: Joe Sylvester (MO).
CHOU-CHOO TRAIN TOURNAMENT (9): DMP Prize –David Klausa (CO). Take Candace’s Money Tournament –David Klausa (CO). Women’s Prize: Irina Litzenberger (VA).
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14th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
June 2-5, 2022
/ Niedernhousen, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (81): 1-Georg Lachnit-Winter, 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3/4-Nadjib Kawkab / Jürgen Orlowski, 5/8-Jimmy Anywar / Alain Babillon (France) / Khosrow Jafehvand (Denmark) / Clauss Weissbarth; 1LC-Heribert Lindner.
INTERMEDIATE (67): 1-Hamid Akbari, 2-Dragos Ciornei, 3/4-Wolfgang Henze / Perparim Hoti (Albania), 5/8-Fred Brendler / Jürgen Feiler / Yonas Lamnabhi / Gerhard Lingnau; 1LC-Serkan Sertkaya.
BEGINNERS (24): 1-Harald Heller, 2-Werner Ketteler, 3/4-Saje Asgari / Andreas Völter; 1LC-Christopher Fischer.
CONSULTATION DOUBLE CHAMPIONS (35 teams): 1-Ashgar Nagizadeh (Switzerland) & Andres Städeli (Switzerland), 2-Fred Brendler & Dirk Schiemann, 3/4-Julian Becker & Tilman Söhnchen / Peter Ghaussy & Towfiq Razai.
LIMITED DOUBLE INTERMEDIATE (16 teams): 1-Jochen Böff & Toni Savio, 2-Wolfgang Kunkel & Uli Roth.
SUPER JACKPOT (41): 1-Peter Ghaussy, 2-Marcus Reinhard.
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Peter Haßelberg, 2-Wolfgang Kunkel.
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Vincent De Nardi (France), 2-Thomas Löw, 3/4-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Torsten Lux.
WARM-UP (94): 1-Vincent De Nardi (France).
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16th ANKARA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
May 28-29, 2022
/ Ankara, Turkey
“KURSAD DOLAK MEMORIAL” MAIN EVENT (123): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Erkan Nayir, 3-Umit Bata, 4-Yilmaz Yigit.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (39): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Kagan Coskun.
LADIES PRIZE (8): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.
TRADITIONAL TOURNAMENT (42): 1-Emrullah Cosar, 2-Talat Bagibala, 3-Sakir Kemik, 4-Erdogan Kilic.
“ALI ARCAN GUNEY MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams): 1-Ahmet Ayan & Yasin Ozergil, 2-Berkant Bilgi & Erkan Nayir, 3/4-Ekrem Baskaya & Bora Yurdun / M. Gokhan Gücavli & Huseyin Varisli.
“ALI KAMIS MEMORIAL” SWING (39): 1-Gural Bulut, 2-Kemal Met, 3-Metin Calik, 4-Gülderen Gücavli.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Recep Kursat Palamutoglu, 2-Zulfikar Soyvural, 3/4-Kemal Met / Tunç Sokmener.
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (8): 1-Umut Aras, 2-Erol Ozsoy.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (8): 1-Kemal Okal, 2-Kudret Ustaoglu.
869BG JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Yucel Ozkan.
869BG JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Yasar Karamahmutoglu.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT (8): 1-Vedat Yigit.
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40th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 25-30, 2022
/ Rosemont, Illinois
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (62): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/8-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Jack Edelson (MN) / Kate Elmore (GA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Bob Zavoral (IL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (36): 1-Larry Whittenburg (IL), 2/6-Tigran Avanesian (OH) / Alex Owen (IL) / David Seiler (IL) / Carl Staples (IL) / Brian Vance (MI).
NOVICE (7): 1-Clare Phelps (OH), 2-Fran Miller (OH).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
BMAB (USA) #23 (32): 1/2 tie (5-0) – Julius High (GA) / Justin Nowell (NY), 3/6-Art Benjamin (CA) / Jesus Ibarra (LA) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / John O’Hagan (IN). Best PRs: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.34, 2-John O’Hagan (IL) at 3.46, 3-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.74.
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (24): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NY), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3-Chris Trencher (NY).
FASTER MASTER (16): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC).
OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Steve Hairgrove (IL), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Albert Steg (MA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 4-way tie: Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL) / P.J. Macali (OH) / Dmitriy Vernitsky #1 (FL) / Dmitriy Vernitsky #2 (FL).
TAKI BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (19 teams): 1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL) & Mark Moskowitz (FL).
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2-Jim Feher (MO), 3/4-Laura Granger (CO) / Keene Marin (WI).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Phil Martorelli (IL), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3-Bill Finneran (MD), 4/6-Kate Elmore (GA) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Dan Minardi (CO).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (48 Seniors + 32 Juniors): 1-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2-Phil Martorelli (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Jack Edelson (MN), 3/4-Mark Moskowitz (FL) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
1-POINT QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (16): 1/2 split-Steve Hairgrove (IL) / Chris Maisa (WI).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Avi Cohen (FL).
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GEORGIAN BACKGAMMON CUP 2022
May 25-26, 2022
/ Tbilisi, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Levan Kareli, 2-Karen Sarkisyan, 3-Ioseb Menabdishvili, 4-Emzar Kikalishvili, 5/8-Alexander Chachanidze / Aleksey Chanturidze / Hayk Hovhannisyan (Armenia) / Tigran Ohanyan (Armenia), 9/13-Soingul Amirov / David Arabuli / Kakha Gogoladze / Zakaria Gugulashvili / Eduard Nazaryan.
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Gia Pochxua, 2-David Arabuli.
JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Eduard Nazaryan, 2-Hayk Hovhannisyan (Armenia).
JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Ioseb Menabdishvili, 2-Gia Pochxua.
Friendly match: GEORGIA (Levan Kareli, Aleko Manashvili, Bakar Matikashvili, Ioseb Menabdishvili, Eduard Nazaryan) vs ARMENIA (Artur Muradyan, Tigran Ohanyan, Levon Petrosyan, Myasnik Yeghikyan, Hovhannes Yegyan): 3-2.
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #4
May 19-22, 2022
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ABTO CHAMPIONSHIP (27+19 rebuys): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Frank Talbot (MI); 1C-Ilia Guzei (WI), 2C-Alan Steffen (NY), 3C/4C-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
ABTO ADVANCED (10+4 rebuys): 1-Edward Onny (CO), 2-Rain Ackerman (Canada); 1C-Jeff Schwarz (NJ).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4): 1-Jeff Schwarz (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4): 1-Justin Tran (TX).
SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
PASKOGAMMON (4): 1-Sean Garber (IN).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Avi Cohen (FL).
DOUBLES (4 teams): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ).
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12th ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
May 12-15, 2022
/ Atlanta, Georgia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (38): 1-G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Sean Garber (IN); 1C-Joe Urso (NY), 2C-Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Jeff Spencer (MN).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (32): 1-Robert Ellis (TN), 2-Sandra Sha (FL); 1C-Roland Leutert (FL), 2C-Duncan Noyes (MA); 1LC-Jesus Ibarra (LA).
NOVICE DIVISION (9): 1-Ece Agirbas (GA).
TAYLOR-WILENSKY MASTERS (24): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Ted Cetola (FL) & George Keller (FL), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Rick Silberman (FL), 3-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
SENIORS (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Rick Silberman (FL).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Sybil Sha (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-G.L. Harvie (VT).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-George Keller (FL).
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6TH RIMINI BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 12-15, 2022
/ Rimini, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Laura Monaco, 3/4-Pietro Cucci / Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 5/8-Marco Bardella / Giorgio Castellano / Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Roberto Terenziani.
ADVANCED (16): 1-Gerhard Stoll, 2-Airat Metshin (Russia), 3/5-Domenico Miscioscia / Giuseppe Ricciardi / Giovanni Trombini.
OPEN CNB (39): 1-Daniel Tudose (Romania), 2-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 3/4-Dario Bertola / Roberto Terenziani.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Marco Bardella & Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Marilena Montano & Lorenzo Rinaldo.
HOTEL CONTINENTAL (24): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Roman Lazarashvili (Russia), 3/4-Fernando Braconi / Riccardo Micci.
SPEEDGAMMON 5 (16): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Walter Busato.
SPEEDGAMMON 7 (16): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Roman Lazarashvili (Russia).
WARM-UP (16): 1-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 2-Henry Sharra.
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3rd SKOPJE OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 5-8, 2022
/ Skopje, North Macedonia
MASTERS (59): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Hristo Ainovski (North Macedonia), 3-Talat Bagibala (Turkey), 4/5-Stefanos Haraklias (Greece) / Jan Jacobowitz (Germany); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Vlatko Ristovski (North Macedonia) / Matthaus Vigl (Germany).
INTERMEDIATES (31): 1-Ahmet Ayan (Turkey), 2-Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia), 3-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia); 1LC-Marco Kozul (Croatia), 2LC-Zoran Kozul (Croatia), 3LC/4LC-Catalin Bumb (Romania) / Srecko Raic (Croatia).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia) / Srecko Raic (Croatia), 3/4-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Romani Gvenetadze (Georgia) / Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Polychronis Kokkinis (Greece).
500-euro SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Vlatko Mitovski (North Macedonia), 3/4-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ioannis Pasialis (Greece), 2-Dejan Protic (Serbia), 3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Stavros Tsolakos (Greece).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 2-Athanas Tachev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Paul Stelian Serban (Romania) / Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia).
DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia), 2-Gavrilo-Hari Zivkovic (North Macedonia), 3/4-Vlatko Mitovski (North Macedonia) / Peer Seipelt (Denmark).
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26th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 3-5, 2022
/ Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (42): 1-Toshiyuki Moriuchi, 2-Hibiki Kawauchi, 3-Takayuki Hino, 4-Ryuga Ueno; 1LC-Michihito Kageyama.
INTERMEDIATE (32+36): 1-Maiko Fujita, 2-Naoki Chiba, 3/4-Hiroyuki Kawakami / Hayase Kawashima.
BEGINNERS: Overall winner – Loussarevian Philippe; Day 1 (36): Winner – Natsuki Kawai; Day 2 (25): Winner – Makoto Fukuchi; Day 3 (15): Winner – Kazuaki Kitamura.
KISEI DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (11 teams): 1-Masatoshi Kamiya & Masahiko Nasu, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa & Kazuhiro Saito.
UNDER 25 “SHIN-EI-SEN” (10 & 14): 1-Ryunosuke Shibano, 2-Ryo Matsuura.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Nagisa Yamamoto.
OTHELLO BACKGAMMON QUIZ (54): 1-Kazuki Yokota (10/10 correct), 2-Kanade Kubota / Hideaki Ueda (9/10 correct).
MOCHY’S MILLION BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (22): 1-Morio Fujii.
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WBIF WORLD WOMEN’S BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
May 1-October 29, 2022
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CHAMPIONSHIP (110):
1-Maral Tahori (Iran), 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 3/4-Maj Falsig (Denmark) / Mette Nørgaard Poulsen (Denmark), 5/7-Gitte Dalgaard (Denmark) / Andreea Gabriela Paun (Romania) / Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 8/12-Karen Davis (USA) / Susanne Lahme (Germany) / Kara Schultz (USA) / Sabine Brinkman (Germany) / Claudia Goehnert (Holland).
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WBIF WORLD WOMEN’S BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
May 1-October 29, 2022
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CHAMPIONSHIP (110):
1-Maral Tahori (Iran), 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 3/4-Maj Falsig (Denmark) / Mette Nørgaard Poulsen (Denmark), 5/7-Gitte Dalgaard (Denmark) / Andreea Gabriela Paun (Romania) / Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 8/12-Karen Davis (USA) / Susanne Lahme (Germany) / Kara Schultz (USA) / Sabine Brinkman (Germany) / Claudia Goehnert (Holland). |
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CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 20-24, 2022
/ Herndon, Virginia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (46):
1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Grant Schneider (VA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / John O’Hagan (IN); 1C-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2C-Gary Koscielny (FL); 1LC-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2LC-Carol Joy Cole (MI); Women’s Prize: Carol Joy Cole (MI).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (40):
1-Sharooz Moreh (NY), 2-Larry Brown (VA); 1C-Brian Vance (MI), 2C-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1LC-Mike Ireland (England), 2LC-Michael Mesich (MN); Women’s Prize: Marcy Kossar (MD).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (23):
1-Bill Chibnik (IL), 2-Steven Valliere (MA); 1C-Michael Andruchow (England), 2C-Behrooz Jamshidi (MD); 1LC-Clare Phelps (OH), 2LC-Anthony Auer (NY); Women’s Prize: Clare Phelps (OH).
NOVICE DIVISION (23):
1-Fred Leary (MD), 2-Spencer Gay (VA), 3/4-Emily Hathaway (MA) / Slick McNeil (GA), 5/8-Jessica Auer (NY) / Sheryl Glenn (MD) / Allison Schlatter (VA) / Negin Tofigh (VA), 9/10-Jennifer Bildman (MD) / Rose Marie Holsing (NC); Women’s Prize: Emily Hathaway (MA) / Slick McNeil (GA).
BMAB-USA #22 (16):
1-Alec Izzo (FL), 2/4-Karen Davis (FL) / Greg Merriman (MI) / John O’Hagan (IN). Best PRs: John O’Hagan at 3.54, John Klein (MD) at 4.25, Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 5.80, and Karen Davis (FL) at 6.28.
CHERRY BLOSSOM CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Michael Urban (Germany), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Jason Pack (NY).
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Sean Garber (IN).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN OPEN JACKPOT (32):
1-Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Gary Koscielny (FL).
THOMAS JEFFERSON LIMITED JACKPOT (24):
1-Larry Brown (VA), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3-Jesse Borg (Gibraltar/DC).
CHERRY BLOSSOM USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (128):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Daniel Adler (NY) / G.L. Harvie (VT) / John Klein (MD), 2-Arash Ghafouri (MD) / Gary Koscielny (FL) / Michael Mesich (MN) / Grant Schneider (VA).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF (8):
1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Neil Berkman (VA), 3/4-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 5/8-Daniel Adler (NY) / G.L. Harvie (VT) / John Klein (MD) / April Mesich (MN).
DC*METRO OPEN:
Division 1 (22): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2/7-Igor Baburov (NY) / Bahman Zandi (MD) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Bill Finneran (MD) / Behrooz Jamshidi (MD).Division 2 (16): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2/5-Alec Izzo (FL) / Nima Sabbaghian (MD) / Tom Jayne (VA) / Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
NATION’S CAPITAL DOUBLES (20 teams):
1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Natalie Colombe (VA) & Jason Pack (NY), 3/4-Christian Briggs (FL) & Kit Woolsey (CA) / Karen Davis (FL) & Kent Goulding (MD).
ALFRED MAMLET NEWCOMERS FREE ROLL (40):
1-Augusta Lorber (FL), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD), 3/4-P.J. Macali (OH) / Phil Perelmuter (MA).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Igor Baburov (NY), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$100 JP #1 (8):
1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
$100 JP #2 (8):
1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$100 JP #3 (8):
1-Jesse Borg (Gibraltar/DC), 2-Igor Baburov (NY).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8):
1-Curtis Melville (MI).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8):
1-Herb Roman (IL).
$50 JACKPOT #3 (8):
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14th ISTAVDER ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FEAST / UBC ISTANBUL CONTENDER
April 18-24, 2022
/ Istanbul, Turkey
UBC ISTANBUL 2022 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT (28):
1-Sander Lylloff (Denmark), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Umur Aras / Ali Çetin Belene.
CHAMPIONSHIP (614):
1-Erkul Sen, 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 3-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 4-Hisar Uyar, 5-Akin Aman, 6-Marcel Geist (Germany), 7-Shermin Radrahimi (Iran), 8-Fuat Erdag, 9-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK), 10-Ismail Yigit, 11-Faruk Kocaer, 12-Hüseyyin Güler; 1C-Oguz User, 2C-Hakan Kahyaoglu; 1LC-Majid Bayat (Iran), 2LC-Mehrdad Jiranzadeh (Iran).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (128 teams):
1-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK), 2-Seda Eflanli (USA) & Ibrahim Karaca, 3/4-Hisar Uyar & Erhan Yenisen / Akbar Pourhaji (Iran) & Amin Shahvalizade (Iran).
SPEED CONSULTATION DOUBLES (64 teams):
1-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 2-Philippe Esfandiary (France) & Karbaschian Armand Gassem (France).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (128):
1-Mustafa Kemal Arslan, 2-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (64):
1-Kaveh Farahani (Iran), 2-Cem Cebeci.
ONE POINT #1 (64):
1-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
ONE POINT #2 (128):
1-Ismail Güçlü.
ONE POINT #3 (64):
1-Irfan Erkan.
ONE POINT #4 (64):
1-Ubeyde Oguz Esen.
ONE POINT #5 (64):
1-Mete Yeginaltay.
ONE POINT #6 (64):
1-Mahmut Sami Palamut.
ONE POINT #7 (64):
1-Yusuf Koçyigit.
ONE POINT #8 (64):
1-Turgay Küçükkozan.
ONE POINT #9 (64):
1-Kagan Karakaya.
ONE POINT #10 (64):
1-Ubeyde Oguz Esen.
ONE POINT #11 (64):
1-Ahmad Erfanian (Iran).
TEAM CHALLENGE (32 teams):
1-Team IRAN: (Ali Yousefi, Shahab Navari, Nariman Habibzade, Reza Ranjbar, Amir Atri), 2-Team ESKISEHIR (Turkey): (Ali Agirbas, Ismail Güçlü, Ali Haydar Bayar, Mehmet Ali Yasar, Necmettin Sarisaltik).
HONOR AWARDS:
Hossein Paknahad (Iran), Florin Alexandru Boboc (Romania), Kadir Orhan (France), Mohammadamin Shafiei (Iran), Justin McKenna (USA), Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), Michael Weidner (Germany), Nissim Murciano (Israel), Wilson Semilio (Denmark), Marcel Büker (Germany), Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), Merlusca Olivia Diana (Romania), Ulvi Cangazi, Yasar Karamahmutoglu.
SPONSORSHIP & PARTNERSHIP AWARDS:
Marc Olsen (Denmark) & Galaxy Backgammon Team, WOW Hotel & Pasha Hotels & Casino, SKODA – Yüce Auto.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Laura Marinova (Bulgaria), Funda Dogan, Idil Adigüzelzade, Marianne Husum (Norway), Leni Zrnceva (Macedonia), Cassidy Nelson (England), Sepideh Ghanadi (Iran), Belgin Sahin, Anna Spasova (Bulgaria), Pouriya Mahmouti (Iran). |
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #3
April 13-16, 2022
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ABTO CHAMPIONSHIP (29):
1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3-Craig Anderson (IL), 4/5-John Brown (KY) / Mario Savan (CA).
ABTO ADVANCED (13):
1-Jim Fleming (NV), 2-Patrick Enright (WA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Matt Pace (OH).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4):
1-Douglas DeWitte (NV).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4):
1-Rain Ackerman (Canada).
FRIDAY EARLY WARM-UP (16):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Frank Talbot (MI).
FRIDAY LATE WARMUP (8):
1-Faddoul Khoury (AZ), 2-Mark Kaye (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Peter Wisniewski (CA).
DOUBLES:
1-Ted Cetola (FL) & George Keller (FL), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Kate Elmore (GA). |
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U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 6-10, 2022
/ Las Vegas, Nevada
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (46+20 rebuys):
1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Ken Bame (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Stuart Hosen (NV), 2C-John O’Hagan (IN); 1LC-Dennis McFarlin (NV), 2LC-Ted Chee (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (50+20 rebuys):
1-Mary Franks (NV), 2-Greg West (NV), 3/4-Apollo Lammers (MN) / Zury Chiriti (Mexico); 1C-Christopher Innes (WA), 2C-Daniel Stroberger (WA), 3C/4C-Samuel Cohen (NY) / Gary Domenickine (WA); 1LC-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2LC-Dianne Grossman (NM).
NOVICE DIVISION (5):
1-Alexander Martin (NV), 2-Josh Stratton (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA), 3-Stuart Hosen (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (20):
1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Ted Chee (CA), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32):
1-Karl Pearson (WA), 2-Kristen Christman (WA), 3/4-Tyler Hathaway (NY) / Ray Spehar (CA).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (4):
1-Rhonda Woodbury (IL), 2-Giselle Lopez de Lara (Mexico).
BLITZ (64):
1-Tom Elgas (NV), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA).
QUICKIE DMP (16):
1-Ted Chee (NV), 2-Mona Mazza (CA).
JUNIORS (32):
1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Ted Chee #1 (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee #2 (CA) / Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico).
SENIORS (64):
1-Ray Spehar (CA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Howard Markowitz (NV) / Dan Minardi (CO).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (64 Seniors + 32 Juniors):
1-Ray Spehar (CA), 2-Patrick Keene (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Ron Wertheim (NV).
DOUBLES (20):
1-Lynda Clay (CO) & John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3/4-Kristen Christman (WA) & Christopher Innes (WA) / Stuart Hosen (NV) & Tom Wheeler (TX).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA), 2-Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico). |
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4th WORLD TEAM & INDIVIDUAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 4-10, 2022
/ Venice, Italy
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (18 teams):
1-Italy (Fernando Braconi, Giorgio Castellano, Pietro Ermanno Cucci, Captain Fabrizio Lo Surdo, Carlo Melzi, Edmond Mezini, Lorenzo Rinaldo, Henri Sharra, Marco Tamigi),
2-Japan (Captain Michihito Kageyama, Daisuke Katagami, Sam Mizutani, Masayuki Mochizuki, Nozomu Takizawa, Tatsuya Tanaka, Kazuki Yokota),
3-United Kingdom (Aref Alipour, Martin Barkwill, Tim Cross, Reece Hodges, Raj Jansari, Gaz Owen, Lawrence Powell, Captain Chris Rogers, Emad Salib, Oliver Squire),
4-Sweden (Johan Bynell, Jörgen Granstedt, Patrick Kimari, Johan Norberg, Roland Sahlén, Thomas Tenland, Captain Kim Westerlundh).
WBGF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (150):
1-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3-Matt Reklaitis (USA), 4/5-Philipp Heyng (Germany) / Mahir Kasuto (Turkey), 6/9-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Ömer Mert Gulaçti (Turkey) / Reece Hodges (United Kingdom) / Elias Kritikos (Norway).
INTERMEDIATE (64):
1-Jean-Marc Pages (France), 2-Boris Abramovich (WBGF), 3-Zoltán Illyés (Hungary), 4/5-Riccardo Micci (Italy) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64 pairs):
1-Geir Pedersen (Norway) & Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway), 2-Jostein Flood (Norway) & Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway), 3/4-Alexandru Barbu (Romania) & Dobromir Kyurchiev (Bulgaria) / Andreas Hoffman (Germany) & Torsten Lux (Germany),
5/8-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria) & Friedrich Rattinger (Austria) / Vincent de Nardi (France) & Eric Guedj (France) / Heinz Jahrbacher (Austria) & Robert Kreisl (Austria) / Ingrid & Volker Sonnabend (Germany).
SPEED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64):
1-Fernando Braconi (Italy), 2-Evan Bourgnon (France), 3-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 4-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 5-Peyto Marinov (Bulgaria).
VENICE OPEN (64):
1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Costas Chitonis (Greece), 3/4-Radu Ciortan (Romania) / Virgil Tudose (Romania); 1C-Zoran Maric (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2C-David Klausa (USA).
SENIOR TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Fabio Sallusto (Italy), 2-David Frier (Gibraltar), 3/4-Giovanni Francesco (Italy) / Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Martha Cecile Gjelseth (Norway), 3/4-Marianne Husum (Norway) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
DOUBLE-MATCH POINT (DMP) (64):
1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Pedro Sanz (Spain), 3/4-Mahdi Mafi (Iran) / Antonio Serventi (Italy).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark), 2-Michael Neagu (Romania).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (16):
1-Levon Vardapetyan (Armenia), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan). |
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11th KOCAELI REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
March 26-27, 2022
/ Kocaeli, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (82):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Kerim Guneyman, 3-Gultekin Uygur, 4-Necmettin Sarisaltik.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (33):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Bora Yurdun.
LADIES PRIZE (5):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Tulay Emekci.
TRADITIONAL EVENT (43):
1-Sakir Kemik, 2-Ismail Guclu, 3-Tulay Emekci, 4-Kemal Met.
“HAKAN OSKALE MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams):
1-Ali Haydar Bayar & Ali Cavlak, 2-Umit Bandeoglu & Tunç Sokmener, 3/4-Mustafa Aydin & Arda Findikoglu / Kemal Okal & Erol Ozsoy.
“FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL” SWING (35):
1-Mahir Kasuto, 2-Tolga Ozkale, 3-Suat Karadag, 4-Oguz User.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Berkan Kalender #1, 2-Gural Bulut, 3/4-Senol Kacmaz / Berkan Kalender #2.
MERIT SATELLITE (8):
1-Hasret Bekar, 2-Ayhan Okcular.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (2X8):
Winners – Senol Kacmaz, Hamidreza Ardalani. |
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27th ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 24-27, 2022
/ Cleveland, Ohio
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (28):
1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-Greg Merriman (MI); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Chris Knapp (MA).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (25):
1-Bruce Russell (WI), 2-Jayson Bulmahn (NY), 3-Tigran Avanesian (OH); 1C-Laura Granger (CO), 2C-Richard Catalano (PA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (11):
1-David Abood (OH), 2-Daniel Hesse (MO), 3-Brian Kastner (OH); 1C-Sandra Sha (FL), 2C-Alex Brill (NY).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT (5):
1-Randy Heysek (FL), 2-Charlene Britton (OH).
OHIO MASTERS JACKPOT (20):
1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3-Dan Minardi (CO).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (16):
1-Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (2):
1-Bill Chibnik (IL), 2-Sandra Sha (FL).
DOUBLES (14 teams):
1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY) & Dan Minardi (CO).
BLITZ (16):
1-Sandra Sha (FL), 2-Candace Mayeron (CA).
QUICKIES (8):
1-Sandra Sha (FL).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (21):
1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD), 3-Marty Storer (NH).
AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Igor Baburov (NY). |
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1st GOLDFISH 555 BACKGAMMON CUP
March 17-20, 2022
/ Bronnitsy, Russia
LONG CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (61):
1-Sergey Lyutov, 2-Artem Charyants, 3-Oleg Khokhlov; 1LC-Artashes Agababyan.
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (56):
1-Dmitry Gurko, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3-Mikael Vardanyan; 1LC-Yury Akopov.
SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (18):
1-Bakytbek Kemelov, 2-Victor Naumenko.
SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (28):
1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Mikael Vardanyan.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Atsamaz Arsagov & Elena Gromenkova, 2-Yuri Akopov & Mher Dzhagaryan.
ONE POINT (32):
1-Svetlana Timina.
ONE POINT (64):
1-Nikita Lyashchenko.
WARM UP DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Oleg Boldyrev & Elena Saukova. |
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34th BRAZILIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 6-13, 2022
/ Arraial d’Ajuda, Brazil
OPEN (55+169 rebuys):
1-Manuel do Coco (Brazil), 2-Joaquim Koifman (Argentina), 3/4-Andy Darby (England) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
INTERMEDIATE (32):
1-Martin Donadio (Argentina), 2-Matias Bezerra (Brazil).
DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Martin Donadio (Argentina) & Jorge Levy (Argentina), 2-Benito Azevedo (Brazil) & Andy Darby (England).
ABT ONLINE! : MINNESOTA OPEN
March 3-6, 2022; Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.comABTO MINNESOTA OPEN (30): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Tom Christner (CO), 3-Charles Raichle (CO).ABTO MINNESOTA ADVANCED (19): 1-Henry Lebard (DC), 2-Jim Fleming (NV), 3-Bradley Rosenberg (AZ).ABTO MINNESOTA INTERMEDIATE (5): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Daniel Vargas (IL).
MASTERS JACKPOT (14): 1-David Wells (CA), 2-Bob Stringer (CA).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Paul Linderman (NC), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Karen Davis (FL) & Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Jerry Shea (NY).
FIRESIDE WARMUP (16): 1-John Brown (KY), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (9): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
SUNDAY ADVANCED JACKPOT (13): 1-David Parks (CA), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4): 1-Mark Kaye (IL).
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29th TORNEO CITTÀ di TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 4-6, 2022
/ Torino, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (41):
1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 3/4-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland) / Edgardo Bianco, 5/8-Luigi De Lazzari / Vincent De Nardi (France) / Lorenzo Rusconi / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
ADVANCED (26):
1/3-Pietro Cucci / Iulian Miclaus / Umberto Signori, 4/7-Annalisa Agosti / Simone Masé / Emil Sirakov / Giovanni Trombini.
OPEN CNB (ALDO FAVA MEMORIAL) (47):
1-Francesco Mauri, 2-Francesco Oliva, 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Laura Monaco.
TROFEO DELLA MOLE (26):
1-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland), 2-Fabio Sallusto, 3/4-Bruno Fanan / Gunther Holzinger (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Edgardo Bianco, 2-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland). |
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MINNESOTA OPEN
March 3-6, 2022
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO MINNESOTA OPEN (30):
1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Tom Christner (CO), 3-Charles Raichle (CO).
ABTO MINNESOTA ADVANCED (19):
1-Henry Lebard (DC), 2-Jim Fleming (NV), 3-Bradley Rosenberg (AZ).
ABTO MINNESOTA INTERMEDIATE (5):
1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Daniel Vargas (IL).
MASTERS JACKPOT (14):
1-David Wells (CA), 2-Bob Stringer (CA).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (12):
1-Paul Linderman (NC), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
DOUBLES (12 teams):
1-Karen Davis (FL) & Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Jerry Shea (NY).
FIRESIDE WARMUP (16):
1-John Brown (KY), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (9):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
SUNDAY ADVANCED JACKPOT (13):
1-David Parks (CA), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4):
1-Mark Kaye (IL). |
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #2
February 17-20, 2022
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO CHAMPIONSHIP (28):
1-Joe Russell (CA), 2/6-Dan Minardi (CO) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Sam Mizutani (Japan) / Michael Neagu (Canada) / Joseph Urso (NY).
ABTO ADVANCED (16):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2/4-Kate Elmore (GA) / Augusta Lorber (FL) / Zach Strasberg (VA).
ABTO INTERMEDIATE (6):
1-Chasse Rehwinkel (IL), 2-Allen Chankowsky (Canada).
DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Karen Davis (FL) & Kent Goulding (MD), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ).
FRIDAY KNOCKOUT (32):
1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Ergin Baryak (CA), 3/4-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
SATURDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION (11):
1-John Brown (KY), 2-Avi Cohen (FL).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3-Karen Davis (FL).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4):
1-Kate Elmore (GA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4):
1-Rain Ackerman (Canada).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
SUNDAY KNOCKOUT (16):
1-Frank DiMaggio (NY), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY). |
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9th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 9-13, 2022
/ San Antonio, Texas
ABT GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (57+23 rebuys):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Herb Roman (IL), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1C-Michael Urban (Germany), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3C/4C-Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA); 1LC-Stacy Turner (FL), 2LC-Sandy Lubetkin (TX).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (35+13 rebuys):
1-Behzad Moshiri (TX), 2-Rick Smart (TX); 1C-Kara Schultz (CA), 2C-Barry Miller (IL); 1LC-Roberto Gaui (Brazil), 2LC-Keith Remels (TX).
NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP (13):
1-Ozgur Aktunc (TX), 2-Valerie Douthit (TX).
UBC USA CHAMPIONSHIP / BMAB (12):
1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Albert Steg (MA).
$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (8):
1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Kerim Guneyman (Turkey), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Michael Urban (Germany).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (8):
1-Justin McKenna (TX), 2-Mike Milligan (TX).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (56):
1-Paul Mangone (CA), 2-Chuck Kruger (TX).
SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (24 teams):
1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2/3-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Carter Mattig (IL) & Chris Scott (IL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Chuck Kruger (TX), 2-Dennis McFarlin (NV), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Stacy Turner (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (48):
1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Chris Scott (IL), 3-Mike Horri (WA).
ACE POINT DMP TOURNAMENT (128):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Justin McKenna (TX), 3/4-Mike Horri (WA) / Chuck Kruger (TX).
KATGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT #1 (8):
1-Mike Horri (WA).
KATGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT #2 (8):
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INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
January 28-30, 2022
/ Istanbul, Turkey
MASTERS (116):
1-Hüseyin Varisli, 2-David Presser (Israel), 3/4-Umur Aras / Heribert Lindner (Germany); 1C-Serkan Koç, 2C-Kudret Ustaoglu, 3C/4C-Ümit Bata / Ömer Mert Gulaçti; 1LC-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece), 2LC-Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 3LC/4LC-Ismail Bilgili / Aykut Keskin; Ladies Prize: Gülderen Gücavli.
INTERMEDIATE (28):
1-Rony Sadek (Lebanon), 2-Caner Çelik; 1C-Karim Abou Absi (Lebanon), 2C-Gündüz Tezgiden; 1LC-Igor Schwarz (Germany), 2LC-Güzde Diptas; Ladies Prize: Güzde Diptas.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (29):
1-Hüseyin Varisli, 2-Serkan Koç.
“AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams):
1-Jimmy Anywar (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany), 2-Claudia Neguliciu (Romania) & Platon Tserliagkos (Greece), 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli & Mahir Kasuto / Faisal Malas (Lebanon) & Ricardo Malas (Lebanon).
“RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL” WARM-UP (90):
1-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 2-Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia), 3/4-Mahmut Kamar / Jeremy Sherr (Israel).
“ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL” 869 SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Hakan Çinal, 2-Amirreza Farajpour (Iran), 3/4-Ümit Bata / Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon).
“GUR SAKARYA MEMORIAL” SWING (41):
1-Peer Seipelt (Denmark), 2-Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 3-Mahir Kasuto, 4-Manoucher Parchami (Iran/Sweden).
DMP CHALLENGE (128):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Fady Al Asmar (Lebanon), 3/4-Özkan Erbelgin / Jeremy Sherr (Israel).
MERIT SPECIAL JACKPOT (16):
1-Fuat Uncuoglu, 2-Karmen Acun, 3/4-Murat Hazir / Ayhan Okcular.
BG4BG (7X8):
Winners – Karim Abou Absi (Lebanon), Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), Rifat Kalaora, Hoti Perparim (Albania/Germany), Fred Brendler (Germany), Peter van Rooij (Holland), Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon). |
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PRO: 1st BUCHAREST BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 21-23, 2022
/ Bucharest, Romania
MASTERS (71):
1-Mihai Folea, 2-Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 3-Cosmin Marinescu, 4-Marius Boscor, 5/8-Mihai Iliescu / Malin Iordanov (Bulgaria) / Ion Nica / Virgil Tudose.
SUPERJACKPOT (24):
1-Cristinel Dragomir, 2-Marian Manaila.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Oleksii Naplokov (Ukraine), 2-Costel Gospei.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams):
1-Serban Laurentiu & self, 2-Bogdan Constantinoiu & Sergiu Malis.
FAIR PLAY TROPHY:
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT SERIES #1
January 20-23, 2022
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO DIVISION 1 – CHAMPIONSHIP (29):
1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Sean Garber (IN); 1C-Craig Anderson (IL), 2C-Steve Sax (CA).
ABTO DIVISION 2 – ADVANCED (16):
1-Chris Link (GA), 2-Jim Fleming (NV); 1C-Kate Elmore (GA).
ABTO DIVISION 3 – INTERMEDIATE (11):
1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Ed Corey (CT); 1C-Bob Larsen (NY).
SATURDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION (22):
1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Maeis Petrosian (CA), 3-Steve Sax (CA), 4/5-Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Bob Larsen (NY).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Joe Russell (CA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (8):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Kate Elmore (GA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8):
1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Rolla Selbak (CA).
DOUBLES (8 teams):
1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Di Di (GA) / Bob Larsen (NY). |
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15th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 6-9, 2022
/ Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (61+27 rebuys):
1-Mike Ireland (England), 2-Vladimir Grishpan (NY), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Carter Mattig (IL); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Joseph Urso (NY), 3C/4C-Albert Steg (MA) / Ron Weinstock (NY); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (39+13 rebuys):
1-Kristi Christman (WA), 2-Victor Weinblatt (NY), 3/4-Jean Guy Roy (Canada) / Jerry Shea (NY); 1C-Ralph D’Onofrio (NY), 2C-Daniel Adler (NY), 3C/4C-Oliver Israel (NY) / Richard Ruggirello (NY); 1LC-Konstantin Keresteliev (NY), 2LC-Jorge OFarril (FL).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (19):
1-Jacob Garmaise (NY), 2-Sabrina Pines (NY); 1C-Kyle Fram (NY), 2C-Sava Kalafatides (NJ); 1LC-Aaron Balleisen (NY).
BEGINNER (7):
1-Adrienne Star (NY); 1C-Kathy Licursi (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY).
SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32):
1-Matt Reklaitis (MA), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Chris Trencher (NY).
LADY LIBERTY CUP (32):
1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Kristi Christman (WA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Simon Chama (MN), 3/4-Alec Izzo (FL) / Howard Linnemann-Schmitt (NY).
BLITZ (96):
1-Jorge Ofarril (FL), 2-Konstantin Keresteliev (NY).
PATTI RUBIN “FOREVER YOUNG” MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT MINI-MATCH (64):
1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-David Shadi (NJ), 3/4-Ufuk Doganay (NY) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (32):
1-Christos Krisilas (NY), 2-Herman Arzuman (NJ).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32):
1-Ray Zamani (MD), 2-Feliks Goykhman (NJ).
USBGF CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (32 Seniors + 32 Young & Restless):
1-Ray Zamani (MD), 2-Christos Krisilas (NY).
SUPER SENIORS (8):
1-Doug Huch (NJ), 2-Samuel Cohen (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams):
1-Simon Barget (England) & Jason Pack (NJ), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Manny Olszynko (Canada). |
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CHICAGO CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
December 15-19, 2021
/ Rosemont, Illinois
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-David Todd (MO), 3/5-Jack Edelson (MN) / Steve Hairgrove (IL) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (36): 1-Simon Chama (MN), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (IL), 3/6-Brion Brooks (IL) / Apollo Lammers (MN) / Mark Malueg (IL) / Chris Scott (IL).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (8): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Andrew Melinek (IL).
NOVICE (2): 1-John Enrietti (IL).
GREAT CHICAGO FIRE MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).
OLD TOWN OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-John O’Hagan (IN).
THIN CRUST INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24): 1-Mark Malueg (IL), 2-Bill Chibnik (IL), 3-Jesus Ibarra (IL).
FIRECRACKER INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT: 1-Jeremy Ly (NY), 2-Chris Scott (IL).
DEEP DISH DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Michael Flohr (IL) & Phil Martorelli (IL), 2-Curtis Melville (MI) & Frank Talbot (MI).
CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (IL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
CHICAGO SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (2): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
LINCOLN PARK JUNIORS (32): 1-Daniel Vargas (IL), 2-Eric Wazner (IL), 3/4-Ben Friesen (MI) / Laura Granger (CO).
SOUTH SIDE SENIORS (32): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / John O’Hagan (IN).
USBGF CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (32 Juniors + 32 Seniors): 1-Daniel Vargas (IL), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
GOLD COAST QUICKIE / DMP (32): 1-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2-Galia Miloucheva (IL), 3/4-Ed Corey (CT) / Amelia Pascar (IL).
WINDY CITY WARM-UP (22): 1-Daniel Vargas (IL), 2-Bob Kamp (IL); 1C-Jesus Ibarra (IL).
AL CAPONE AFTER TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Patty Knapp (MA), 2-Ed Corey (CT); 1C-Alex Owen (IL). |
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44th CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 2-5, 2021
/ Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (67+33 rebuys): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3-Sam Ahmed (CA), 4/5-Ben Friesen (MI) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1C-Greg Merriman (MI), 2C-Steve Sax (CA), 3C/4C-Karen Davis (FL) / Richard Stubbe (TX).
ABT ADVANCED (60+20 rebuys): 1-Kevin Kahl (CA), 2-Larry Brown (VA), 3-Theodore Hwa (CA), 4/5-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Robert Virnig (CA); 1C-April Mesich (MN), 2C-Joerg Heilig (CA).
PAUL MAGRIEL NOVICE (4): 1-Robert Scibelli (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (29): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3/4-Ernest Ho (CA) / Gary Koscielny (FL).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (36): 1-Brian Draper (CA), 2-Patrick Keene (CA), 3/4-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / David Keller (CA), 5-Paul Mangone (CA).
DOUBLES I (8 teams): 1-Jeff Borris (CA) & Fred Chamanara (IL), 2-Laura Granger (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO).
DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-Dan Harrington (CA) & Bob Wachtel (CA), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Lili Iravani (DC).
DOUBLES III (8 teams): 1-Steve Sax (CA) & Michael Showkati (CA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Bob Stoller (AK).
SENIORS I (32): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Peter Mostoufi (CA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Greg Merriman (MI).
SENIORS II (32): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-David Taniguchi (CA), 3/4-Jack Cohen (NV) / Vera Holley (CA).
JUNIORS (32): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Armin Soltani (Canada).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1/2 split-David Klausa (CO) / Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA).
BLITZ (128): 1-Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Armin Soltani (Canada) / John Wogomon (CA).
DMP (64): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA), 2-Patrick Keene (CA).
WONDER WOMEN JACKPOT (12): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Laura Granger (CO).
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LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 15-21, 2021
/ Las Vegas, Nevada
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (64+26 rebuys): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Antonio Sgambato (NY), 3/4-Chuck Bower (IN) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2C-Patrick Gibson (CA); 1LC-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2LC-Paul Mangone (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (51+21 rebuys): 1-Max Stockslager (GA), 2-Sue Will (IL), 3/4-Jack Cohen (NV) / Alec Izzo (FL); 1C-Avi Cohen (FL), 2C-David Coté (Canada); 1LC-Laura Granger (CO), 2LC-Rick Voeller (WA).
NOVICE (9): 1-Harvey Jordan (CA), 2-Joyce McMonagle (TN); 1C-Eva Marie Doiron (CA).
MOCHY MILLIONS (16): Chip Count Chop: 1-Armando Balbi (Brazil), 2-Jens Lauridsen (Denmark), 3-David Wells (CA), 4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 5-Jim Pasko (NV).
GEOFFREY PARKER $5K SUPER JACKPOT (12): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3-Dana Nazarian (CA).
DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Patrick Keene (CA) & Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Kristi Christman (WA) & Christopher Innes (WA), 3/4-Gary Bauer (NJ) & Manny Olszynko (Canada) / Jason Briggs (FL) & Joe Feldman (MI).
MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 3/4-Armando Balbi (Brazil) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Charles de Granville (WA), 2-Stacy Turner (FL), 3/4-Mike Horri (WA) / Tim Lawless (IN).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1-Paul Franks (NV), 2-Kevin Kahl (CA), 3/4-Barry Miller (IL) / Jean-Guy Roy (Canada).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (7): 1-Abbas Anvar (CA), 2-Craig Deberg (MN).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Patrick Keene (CA).
BLITZ (64): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Ash Boorboor (NV).
SENIORS (64): 1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Gus Contos (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
BATTLE OF THE SEXES MEN (24): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3-Carter Mattig (IL).
BATTLE OF THE SEXES WOMEN (24): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Candace Mayeron (CA), 3-Kristi Christman (WA).
USBGF CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (24 men + 24 women): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Patrick Keene (CA).
DIRECTOR’S CORNER (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Tony Anton (NV).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Tom Elgas (NV).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Ron Wertheim (NV).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Stacy Turner (FL).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Alice Kay (CA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
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8TH MERIT OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 3-9, 2021
/ Kyrenia, North Cyprus
MASTERS (215): 1-David Presser (Israel), 2-Radu Ciortan (Romania/UK), 3-Jacob Markussen (Denmark), 4-Frank Simon (Germany), 5-Tony Diamantidis (Greece), 6-Jali Khalili (Iran), 7-Kemal Okal (Turkey), 8-Hasret Bekar (Turkey), 9/12-Tommy Berggren (Sweden) / Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Gökhan Kazandag (Turkey) / Thomas Tenland (Sweden); 1LC-Michael Weile (Denmark), 2LC-Miki Laukkanen (Finland), 3LC/4LC-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon) / Johan Norberg (Sweden); Ladies Prize – Meral Yilmaz (Turkey).
INTERMEDIATE (100): 1-Kenan Hasan-zade (Azerbaijan), 2-Chelaru Florin (Romania), 3-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 4-Serkan Koç (Turkey), 5-Umut Aras (Turkey), 6-Heorhii Tsuleiskiri (Georgia), 7-Berkan Kalender (Turkey), 8-Lise Nielsen (Denmark); 1LC-Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia), 2LC-Cemalettin Karakütük (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Elena Gromenkova (Russia) / Pim van Haastert (The Netherlands); Ladies Prize – Lise Nielsen (Denmark).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 2-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/UK), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Alexandru Pascu (Romania/UK).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Mahir Kasuto (Turkey), 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 3/4-Shay Asraff (USA) / Alexsei Barchenkov (Russia).
“ION RESSU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES (96 teams): 1-Sergey Erokhin (Russia) & Tim Line (England), 2-Hans Liby (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko (Russia) & Ruslan Mialeshka (Belarus) / Ozan Özgür (Turkey) & Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu (Turkey).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon), 2-Yuri Akopov (Russia), 3/4-Yuri Akopov (Russia) / Alexandru Pascu (Romania).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ben Friesen (USA), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 3/4-Haris Christidis (Greece) / Johan Huyck (Belgium).
ONE POINT MATCH PRESIDENT’S CUP (256): 1-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2-Hikmet Tunç (Turkey), 3/4-Henrik Sorel (Denmark) / Klaus Switon (Denmark).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (30): 1-Reyhan Gemici (Turkey), 2-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), 3/4-Maria Bonke (Denmark) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
WETGAMMON (16): 1-Radu Ciortan (Romania/UK), 2-Yair Shuster (Israel), 3/4-Rabih Adnan (Lebanon/UAE) / Patrick Gebeili (Lebanon/UAE).
BMAB-ME #6 (18): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2/3-Marcus Reinhard (Germany) / Roland Sahlén (Sweden). PR winners: 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) at 2.1, 2-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) at 2.6, 3-Elias Kritikos (Norway) at 2.8.
869BG WARM-UP (189): 1-Onur Vurur (Turkey), 2-Kaj Neilsen (Denmark), 3/4-Mehrdad Jeiran Zadeh (Iran) / Sahin Timurcan (Turkey).
MOCHY’S QUIZ (82): 1-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 2-Aleksandr Grin (Ukraine). Best Speaker: Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic) / Shahab Ghodsi (Iran/Norway).
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BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP OF FRANCE
October 28-31, 2021
/ Lyon, France
CHAMPIONSHIP (107): 1-Alain Babillon, 2-Eric Benichou, 3/4-Stephane Kaczor / Louis-Juan Tillet; 1C-Marie Patrice De Sainte, 2C-Michel Chabrol, 3C/4C-Jean-Michel Henrion / Roberty Long.
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (35 teams): 1-Martin Frédéric Kahn & Gérard Sakislian, 2-Philippe Lecomte & Bruno Plagnol, 3/4-Eric Maillebiau & Pierre Svara / Eric Pinson & Esteban Pinson.
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (32): 1-Jean Michel Henrion, 2-Vincent De Nardi.
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (16): 1-Jean Jacques Issartel, 2-Gildas Racapé.
JUNIORS (14 & under) (7): 1-Gaspard Hache, 2-Gabin Henrion.
YOUTH (age 15-18) (8): 1-Esteban Pinson, 2-Arthur Rosalba.
WARM-UP (56): 1-Jean Claude Bensaid, 2-Yves Negre, 3/4-Christophe Lequeux / Tristan Remille.
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WBIF TOUR LIVE BACKGAMMON FINALS & 3rd ATHENS OPEN
October 27-31, 2021
/ Athens, Greece
WBIF TOUR FINALS (27): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 3-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria), 4- Anastasios Maniatis (Greece), 5-Jiri Vala (Czech Republic).
ATHENS OPEN AMARILIA CUP (59): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Evangelos Loridas, 3-Konstantinos Kyriakakis, 4-Antonis Vamvakaris.
AMARILIA SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada).
AMARILIA SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Michalis Maniolos, 2-Nick Liapis.
AMARILIA DOUBLES (19 teams): 1-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria) & Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 2-Takis Chatzelis & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).
AMARILIA SWING (12): 1-Evangelos Kioule, 2-Giorgos Papadimas.
AMARILIA FREEGAMMON (4): 1-Costas Chiotinis, 2-Andreas Tolias.
THE JACKPOTS JACKPOT (12): 1-Costas Chiotinis.
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ST. LOUIS GATEWAY OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 21-24, 2021
/ St. Louis, Missouri
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (26): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Eric Hiner (MN) / Joel Levy (MO).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 2-Paulette Duong (IL), 3/4-Ron Bruns (CA) / Brian Vance (MI).
NOVICE (4): 1-Fran Miller (OH), 2-Daniel Hesse (MO).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (23): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Joe Miller (OH).
WARM UP (20): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Peter Holohan (MO); 1C-James Feher (MO), 2C-Brian Vance (MI).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Larry Whittenburg (IL), 2-Brian Vance (MI).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-David Todd (MO).
JUNIORS vs SENIORS (16): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Jim Feher (MO).
QUICKIE/DMP (32): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Alan Epstein (GA).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Art Benjamin (CA) & Dan Minardi (CO), 2-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 3-Eric Hiner (MN) & Jeff Spencer (MN).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY); 1C-Tak Morioka (IL), 2C-Chris Knapp (MA).
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13th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 21-24, 2021
/ Niedernhausen, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (75): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Frank Simon, 3/4-Manfred Hollederer / Kimon Papachopoulos, 5/8-Jens Averkamp / Michael Roth / Ullrich Anhalt / Alexander Schmidt; 1LC-Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh.
INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Jürgen Lange, 2-Wolfgang Künkel, 3/4-Wolfgang Henze / Jean Parizon, 5/8-Sonja Custers (Belgium) / Jacqueline Krause / Marcus Krawietz / Cetin Tongaloglu; 1LC-Dirk Westermann.
BEGINNERS (17): 1-Sebastian Heuss, 2-Jonathan Dees, 3/4-Boomsong Hauschild / Maurice Weidner; 1LC-Toni Wiegand.
SUPERJACKPOT (35): 1-Jürgen Schettler, 2-Kimon Papachopoulos.
LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Ulrich Zöller, 2-Jochen Böff.
SPEEDGAMMON (96): 1-Martin Hoffmann, 2-Stephan Hartmann, 3-Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).
WARM UP (94): 1-Jürgen Schettler, 2-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 2-Sonja Custers (Belgium) & Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) & Vincent de Nardi (France) / Corinna Blaschke & Thomas Kazemieh.
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland) & Silvia Weilenmann (Switzerland), 2-Wolfgang Henze & Sabine Hildebrand.
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31st NORWEGIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 15-17, 2021
/ Oslo, Norway
MASTERS (52): 1-Rune Halvorsen, 2-Sven Eldar Malvåg, 3/4-Asbjørn Arntzen / Jørn Inge Nesdal.
INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Kjetil Schrumpf, 2-Kent-Emil Kristiansen, 3-Vidar Osen, 4-Mindaugas Vilimas.
SPEEDGAMMON CUP (45): 1-Chris Hedberg, 2-Torkel Haugødegård, 3/4-Thom Espen Brevig / Hans Liby.
JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Thorleif Reisvold, 2-Bjørnar Kristoffersen.
JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Hanna Thorsen, 2-Stein Welle.
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15th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
October 8-10, 2021
/ Bodrum, Turkey
MAIN EVENT (92): 1-Burak Çulhaci, 2-Cumhur Bekture, 3-Ihsan Astepe, 4-Mahir Kasuto.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (35): 1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Mahir Kasuto.
“HABIBE CEBECI MEMORIAL” LADIES PRIZE (10): 1-Meral Yilmaz, 2-Gulderen Gucavli.
“BEDRI KOROMAN MEMORIAL” TRADITIONAL EVENT (26): 1-Adnan Cam, 2-Tan Gulpasa, 3-Hasret Bekar, 4-Firat Tuzcuoglu.
“ALP EYYUPOGLU MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (49 teams): 1-Gulderen Gucavis & Mahir Kasuto, 2-Nesat Coskun & Gamze Koc, 3/4-Tulay Emekci & Duran Ozturk / Burak Çulhaci & Sena Çulhaci.
SWING (68): 1-Umit Bata, 2-Huseyin Varisli #1, 3-Huseyin Varisli #2, 4-Barbaros Erim.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Hamidreza Ardalani, 2-Ayhan Ongun, 3/4-M. Gokhan Gucavli / Fatih Seven.
MERIT SATELLITE (8): 1-Hikmet Tunç, 2-Hasret Bekar.
NBGT SATELLITE #1 (8): 1-Yasin Ozergil.
NBGT SATELLITE #2 (8): 1-K. Zafer Akbiyik.
BG4BG JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Zafer Önder.
BG4BG JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Hamidreza Ardalani.
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SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 7-10, 2021
/ Fort Lauderdale, Florida
ABT Division 1 CHAMPIONSHIP (56): 1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Shay Asraff (NV) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1C-Kevin Jones (FL), 2C-Dan Minardi (CO); 1LC-Richard Munitz (NY), 2LC-Sean Garber (IN).
ABT Division 2 ADVANCED (29): 1-Brian Ross (FL), 2-Scott Kelland (CT); 1C-Avi Cohen (FL), 2C-Howard Lewis (FL); 1LC-Daniel Bluestone (VA); Women’s Prize: Marcy Kossar (MD).
ABT Division 3 INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Joel Rabine (NY), 2-Carol Exley (FL); 1C-Eduardo Nunez (FL), 2C-Dmitriy Vernitsky (FL); 1LC-Roland Leutert (FL); Women’s Prize: Carol Exley (FL).
SOCIAL DIVISION (7): 1-Ramsey Speer (FL), 2-Terry Welsh (FL); Women’s Prize: Terry Welsh (FL).
BMAB-USA #21 (18): 3-way tie: Gary Koscielny (FL) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Philippe Salnave (FL). PR results: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 4.76, 2-Albert Steg (MA) at 5.29, 3-Gary Koscielny (FL) at 6.01.
SUNNY FLORIDA CLASSIC JACKPOT (11): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
MIAMI MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Rick Silberman (WA) / Joe Urso (NY).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (28): 1-Raul Tabraue (FL), 2-Carlos Azcarate (FL), 3/4-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Hakki Ozbek (FL).
LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (22): 3-way tie: Larry Brown (VA) / Samra Hadden (GA) / Jerry Shea (NY).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (32): 1-Neil Berkman (VA), 2-Igor Baburov (NY).
PALM BEACH DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Kara Schultz (CA) & Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Eric Petersen (CA) & Jerry Shea (NY).
PALM BEACH DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1-Neil Berkman (VA) & Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL).
PALM BEACH DOUBLES #3 (8 teams): 1-Art Benjamin (CA) & Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Stacy Turner (FL).
PALM BEACH DOUBLES #4 (8 teams): 1-Steve Sax (CA) & Lisa Speer (FL), 2-José Canavesi (FL) & Ron Szlaifer (FL).
JUNIORS (2): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
SENIORS (8): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): Split 1/2-Alec Izzo (FL) / Phil Simborg (IL).
FTH BOARD EVENT: 1-Alec Izzo (FL), 2-Alec Izzo (FL).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Vadim Nuniyants (NC), 2-Rory Pascar (IL), 3-Frank Talbot (MI).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: Inductee – Karen Davis (FL).
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Candace Mayeron (CA), Robert Stoller (AK).
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1st MERIT INTERNATIONAL OASIS BACKGAMMON CUP
September 23-27, 2021
/ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MASTERS (62): 1-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 2-Alan Reyf (USA), 3-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 4-Jamshid Arani (Iran/Sweden), 5-Rabih Adnan (Lebanon), 6-Marius-Corneliu Veres (Romania), 7-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 8-Smbat Pogosyan (Armenia); 1LC-Carlos Aoun (Lebanon), 2LC-Ingo Mohr (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (35): 1-Jean George Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2-Olga Ivanova (Russia), 3-Dori Rady (Lebanon), 4-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran), 5-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine); 1LC-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon), 2LC-Farid Al Chakti (Lebanon).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Alexis Vincent (France), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/UK).
MASTER DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Vasily Chemokhonenko (Russia) & Eduard Fattakhov (Russia), 2-Ali Al Daftari (United Arab Emirates/England) & Cristian Frisk (Romania), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon) & Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Bahman Vahid (Iran), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Jason Pack (USA).
DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Omid Badiei (Iran/Sweden), 2-Yilmaz Yigit (Turkey), 3/4-Jean George Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine/Germany).
MOCHY’S QUIZ (23): 1-Cristian Frisk (Romania), 2-Lars Nielsen (Denmark).
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2021 WILD WEST SHOOTOUT / DENVER OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 22-26, 2021
/ Denver, Colorado
ABT Div. 1 BISON (28): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-Cary Hoarty (OH); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Rory Pascar (IL).
ABT Div. 2 GUNSLINGERS (32): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (AZ), 2C-Ron Bruns (CA).
ABT Div. 3 WARRIOR (16): 1-Ray Gronek (CO), 2-Chris Savan (CO); 1C-Mona Mazza (CA), 2C-Scott Forney (CO).
ABT Div. 4 GREENHORN (3): 1-Jessica Minardi (CO).
WILD WEST BMAB-USA #20 Div. 1 (12): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / John O’Hagan (IN). PR results: 1-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.00, 2-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 3.03, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 4.13.
WILD WEST BMAB – USA #20 Div. 2 (4): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO).
IRON HORSE SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
Div. 1 BISON JACKPOT (24): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Stacy Turner (FL), 3-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
Div. 2 GUNSLINGERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Edward Onny (CO), 2-Eric Hiner (MN), 3/4-Bill Longeran (NY) / Mario Savan (CA).
Div. 3 WARRIORS JACKPOT (8): 1-Tom Cerny (CO), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (26): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Karen Davis (FL).
WOLF BLITZ (48): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Simon Chama (Germany/MN).
GOLD RUSH SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-David Klausa (CO).
SENIOR WRANGLERS (32): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 3/4-Ron Bruns (CA) / Carol Joy Cole (MI).
JUNIOR WRANGLERS (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Rory Pascar (IL).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (Senior Wrangler vs Junior Wrangler): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Patrick Keene (CA).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (24 teams): 1-Kara Schultz (CA) & Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Eric Hiner (MN) & Michael Pines (CA), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Sue Will (IL) / Marc Emrich (CO) & Richard Siebold (CO).
QUICK DRAW FOR FTH BOARD (32): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Jason Briggs (FL), 3/4-Tom Christner (CO) / Jonathan Hardigree (GA).
CORNHOLE DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ed Gazvoda (CO) & Peter Muth (CO), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Rory Pascar (IL).
LAST STAND (16): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Simon Chama (Germany/MN).
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21st CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT / 5th CAVALLINO-TREPORTI
September 17-26, 2021
/ Jesolo-Venice, Italy
CHAMPION (46): 1-Pietro Emanno Cucci, 2-Marco Solazza, 3/4-Edmond Mezini / Lorenzo Rinaldo, 5/8-Giorgio Castellano / Andrea de Zandonati / Daniele Rotondo / Dino Visentin.
ADVANCED (37): 1-Reinhold Drugowitsch (Austria), 2-Horst Zach (Austria), 3/10-Annalisa Agosti / Diego Balgera / Marcel Büker (Germany) / Federico Carrer / Matthew Charlesworth (Slovenia) / Icham Khay / Giuseppe Puligheddu / Giovanni Trombini.
OPEN CNB (64): 1-Almir Vajzovic (Switzerland), 2-Richard Biddle (England), 3/4-Luigi De Lazzari / Oliver Plaehn (Germany).
ATLANTICO HOTEL (40): 1-Dario De Toffoli, 2-Kristian Culjat (Croatia), 3/4-Giorgio Caldera / Francesco Oliva.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (18 teams): 1-Andrea de Zandonati & Giovanni Tromboni, 2-Claudio Pagano & Gerard Stoll.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Jurgen Feiler (Germany), 2-Oliver Plaehn (Germany), 3/4-Edgardo Bianco / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SWING (44) #1: 1-Francesco Mauri, 2-Nadijb Kawkab (Germany), 3-Ullrich Anhalt (Germany), 4-Lorenzo Rinaldo.
SWING #2: 1-Stefano Selvi, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SENIOR TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Daniel Scheidiger (Switzerland), 2-Helmut Jeske (Germany).
LADY’S TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Veronika Leonhardt (Germany).
WARM UP (22): 1-Lorenzo Rinaldo, 2-Almir Vajzovic (Switzerland).
5th CAVALLINO-TREPORTI:
OPEN BACKGAMMON CLUB VENEZIA (32): 1-Francesco Zecchini, 2-Diego Balgera, 3/4-Laura Monaco / Massimo Trovò; 1C-Bruno D’ambrosi, 2C-Giorgio Castellano; 1LC-Lorenzo Rinaldo, 2LC-Roberto Ceolin.
5th CAVALLINO TREPORTI (18): 1-Daniele Rotondo, 2-Gerard Stoll, 3/4-Claudio Pagano / Daniel Tudose.
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1st TRANSILVANIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 16-19, 2021
/ Predeal, Romania
MASTERS (50): 1-Bogdan Alexandru, 2-Sergiu Malis, 3/4-Alexandru Barbu / Eugen Lazar, 5/7-Florin Chelaru / Mihai Grigorescu / Johan Huyck (Belgium); 1LC-Virgil Tudose, 2LC-Cristian Tutulan.
SUPERJACKPOT (19): 1-Dorel Leon, 2-Juergen Orlowski (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2-Mihai Grigorescu.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Alexandru Barbu & Adrian Staicu, 2-Dorel Leon & Self.
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2021 VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 1-6, 2021
/ Bloomington, Minnesota
ABT ODIN OPEN (28): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 3-Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Jack Edelson (MN), 2C-Neil Kazaross (IL).
ABT THOR ADVANCED (21): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2-Simon Chama (Germany/MN), 3-John Pirner (MN); 1C-Tim Lawless (IN), 2C-Larry Whittenburg (IL).
ABT VIKING INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Chasse Rehwinkel (IL), 2-Marjie Harbrecht (CO); 1C-Amy Trudeau (IL).
LONGSHIP SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2-John O’Hagan (IN).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXII (8): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-John O’Hagan (IN).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (34): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4-Tim Lawless (IN) / Jeff Spencer (MN). (Dana qualified for the USBGF National Championship Playoff in 2022 with this Frigga win.)
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (9): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY).
WARRIOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (15): 1-Steve Hanson (MN), 2-Larry Whittenburg (IL).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Kevin Ahtou (MN) & Ed Ziesche (MN), 2-Paul Mangone (CA) & Rick Silberman (FL).
STEVE BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (34): 1-Steve Binenstock (MN), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA), 3/4-Tim Lawless (IN) / Larry Oman (MN).
EARLY RAVEN OPEN (16): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN).
EARLY RAVEN ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Jerry Kressin (MN), 2-Larry Oman (MN).
VIKING NEWCOMER (4): 1-Amanda Weinman (MN).
VALHALLA OPEN (8): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Corey Smith (MN).
VALHALLA ADVANCED (8): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Jim Zinkhon (IL).
VALHALLA INTERMEDIATE (2): 1-Amy Trudeau (IL).
QUICK RAIDS (64): 1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN).
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
BLITZ THE BEAST (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTERS (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).
RAGNÖRAK AFTER TOURNEY (16): 1-Paul Mangone (CA), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ).
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3rd WORLD BACKGAMMON TEAM & INDIVIDUAL WBGF CHAMPIONSHIP
August 30-September 5, 2021
/ Trier, Germany
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (19 teams): 1-Romania (Radu Ciortan, Stelian Iancu, Sergiu Malis, Michael Neagu, Florin Popa, Daniel Tudose, Nicolae Tunsoiu), 2-Great Britain (Martin Barkwill, Jon Barnes, Chris Bray, Raj Jansari, Gaz Owen, Lawrence Powell, Oliver Squire), 3-France (Alain Babillon, Eric Bénichou, Stéphane Chenevière, Olivier Croisille, Martin-Frédéric Kahn, Raphaël Rosalba).
WBGF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (126): 1-Stéphane Chenevière (France), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3-Geir Pedersen (Norway).
SPEEDGAMMON (73): 1-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 2-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 3-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Eric Bénichou (France) & Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy) & Fernando Braconi (Italy), 3-Frederik Carlsson (Sweden) & Thomas Tenland (Sweden).
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7th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 27-29, 2021
/ Leamington Spa, England
MASTERS (63): 1-Steve Bibby, 2-Tim Cross, 3/4-Kristian Mills / Paul Plumptre; 1C-Steve Lee, 2C-Afshin Foulad, 3C/4C-Gaz Owen / Dave Pritchard.
GRANGE CUP (16): 1-Richard Biddle, 2-Rachel Rhodes.
INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Alex Hannam, 2-Mark Smyth, 3/4-Marius Pugna / Simon Taylor; 1C-Michele de Havilland, 2C-Andrea Hope.
GRANGE CUP (16): 1-Alex Ward, 2-Peter Hodson.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (32): 1-Stefan Paliwoda, 2-Chuck Conrad.
WARM-UP (51): 1-Jason Champion, 2-Michele de Havilland, 3/4-Cristi Cozos / Mike Snowdon.
SUPER JACKPOT (12): 1-Richard Carter, 2-Oliver Squire.
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9th LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 26-29, 2021
/ Bad Durkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Torsten Lux, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos, 3/4-Dankwart Plattner / Paul Van Dijke (Netherlands); 1C-Ercan Recan (Switzerland), 2C-Sven-Olav Noren; 1LC-Bruno Kursteiner (Switzerland).
INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Eric Stoppa, 2-Oliver Plaehn; 1C-Cornelia Cleemann, 2C-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland); 1LC-Oliver Hauk.
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Peer Röwer.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Thomas Kazemieh.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Axel Schürrmann.
LIMITED JACKPOT (19): 1-Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland), 2-Richard Fiegen, 3/4-Jochen Böff / Oliver Hauk.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada) & Jürgen Orlowski, 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium) & Michael Larsen (Denmark), 3/4-Anders Nielander (Denmark) & Ole Nielsen (Denmark) / Jens Averkamp & Torsten Lux.
INTERMEDIATE DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Louis Hebbelmann & Sabine Hildebrandt, 2-Cornelia Cleeman & Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland).
GOOD LUCK JACKPOT (75): 1-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 2-Marcel Büker.
SURPRISE EVENT (104): 1-Andreas Würz.
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18th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 12-15, 2021
/ Madison, Wisconsin
OPEN (44): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Eric Hiner (MN); 1C-John O’Hagan (IN), 2C-Jeff Willis (MN); 1LC-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2LC-Rory Pascar (IL).
INTERMEDIATE (28): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Mick Zakrajsek (IN); 1C-Larry Oman (MN), 2C-Sue Will (IL); 1LC-Paulette Duong (IL).
NOVICE Round-Robin (4): 1-Jean Williams (MN).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (16): 1-Alan Gold (WI), 2-John O’Hagan (IN).
ZACH TABAK MEMORIAL JACKPOT (21): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Steve Hairgrove (IL).
DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Lucien Cravens (MN) & Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Gus Contos (CA).
LEE PFLUGRAD $5,000 MEMORIAL FREE ROLL (75): 1-Jeff Willis (MN), 2-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 3/4-Paul Mangone (CA) / Gregg Trunnell (MN), 5/8-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Don Marek (IL) / John O’Hagan (IN) / Daniel Vargas (IL).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL), 2-Art Benjamin (CA).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Corey Smith (MN), 2-Yury Millman (MN).
AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO).
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1st SKHODNYA BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 7-8, 2021
/ Skhodnya, Moscow region, Russia
OPEN (40): 1-Alexey Askurava, 2-Nail Arzukhanov, 3-Timur Azizov; 1LC-Alkhas Lagvilava, 2LC-Vasily Chemokhonenko.
DMP (64): 1-Mikhail Eremin, 2-Roman Lazarashvili, 3/4-Ruben Gradnikov / Yaroslav Gusev.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Sergey Erokhin & Alexey Ignarin, 2-Alexey Askurava & Yaroslav Gusev.
LONGGAMMON (39): 1-Egor Lobov, 2-Oleg Khokhlov, 3-Anatoly Ogievich; 1LC-Bakytbek Kemelov, 2LC-Vitaly Fesenko.
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45th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & 10th MONTE CARLO OPEN
July 24-August 1, 2021
/ Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (109): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Carlos Estenssoro (Switzerland), 3-Hans Liby (Norway), 4/5-Aurélien Bonnet (France) / Johan Bynell (Sweden), 6/8-John O’Hagan (USA) / Slava Pryadkin (Germany) / Tom Zarrinam (USA); 1C-Eli Roymi (Israel), 2C-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece), 3C/4C-Jason Pack (USA) / Geert Van Der Stricht (Belgium) 1LC-Evan Bourgnon (France), 2LC-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Monty Lemont (USA), 2-Laura Monaco (Italy), 3-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania); 1C-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2C-Leos Fiala (Czech Republic).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (USA) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland).
SUPER JACKPOT OVERFLOW #1 (8): 1-Eido Hagag (Israel), 2-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania/Ireland).
SUPER JACKPOT OVERFLOW #2 (8): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Per Hildebrand (Sweden).
MAGRIEL MEMORIAL SENIORS (32): 1-Sampo Niskanen (Finland), 2-Heribert Lindner (Germany).
500-euro SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Nesip Temizkan (Turkey), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Michael Ramsey (USA) & David Wilshin (USA), 2-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece) & Giorgos Vadiakas (Greece).
SPEEDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Eric Benichou (France), 2-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 3/4-Vincent De Nardi (France) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
BELAIR TEAM TOURNAMENT (11 teams): 1-Patrick Didisheim / Georges Grünbaum / Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland), 2-Michael Ramsey / David Wilshin / Tom Zarrinnam (USA).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (5): 1-Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 2-Laura Monaco (Italy).
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (3): 1-Daniel Zuaretz (Israel), 2-Ben Zuaretz (Israel), 3-Oscar Verhaeghe (Belgium).
MONTE CARLO WARM-UP (49): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Najib Kawkab (Germany), 3/4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) / Olivier Lafon (France); 1C-Michel Chabrol (France), 2C-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).
10th MONTE CARLO OPEN – CHAMPIONSHIP (48): 1-Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland), 2-Axel Stemark (Denmark), 3/4-Morten Holm (Denmark) / Geert Van Der Stricht (Belgium); 1C-Per Hildebrand (Sweden), 2C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
10th MONTE CARLO OPEN – INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Jean-Marc Pagès (France), 2-Francesco Oliva (Italy); 1C-Gerhard Lingnau (Germany), 2C-Michel Chabrol (France).
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46th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 30-July 4, 2021
/ Novi, Michigan
OPEN (64): 1-Gyl Savoie (MI), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3-Garry Kallos (Canada); 1C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 3C/4C-Jeb Horton (NC) / Matt Reklaitis (MA).
INTERMEDIATE (64): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL), 3-Apollo Lammers (MN); 1C-Charles Haley (IN), 2C-Aubrey Brengelman (OH), 3C/4C-Stephen Benjamin (OH) / Jerry Ungar (FL).
ADVANCED NOVICE (7): 1-Clare Phelps (OH), 2-Tony Zimbalatti (MI), 3-Tal Siegmann (MI).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3/4-Allen Tish (CA) / David Todd (MO).
JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ (128): 1-Stephen Benjamin (OH), 2-Herb Roman (IL).
SENIORS JACKPOT (32): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-John Quinn (MI), 3/4-Jim Slomkoski (MI) / Tony Zimbalatti (MI).
PRINCE BARLOW’S JUNIOR JACKPOT (24): 1-April Mesich (MN), 2-Rory Pascar (IL), 3-Ricky Griggs (MI).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONAL QUALIFIER (32 Seniors + 24 Juniors): 1-April Mesich (MN), 2-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
OPEN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
LIMITED FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2-Bill Toth (MI).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Sean Garber (IN) & Mark Milkie (IN), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) & Howard Shirey (IA) / Matt Reklaitis (MA) & Marty Storer (NH).
FRANK TALBOT’S FREE ROLL (29 newcomers + 32 returnees): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
ELEGANCE TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Philippe Salnave (FL).
ELEGANCE TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Steven Sherbel (MI), 2-John Quinn (MI).
SATELLITE FOR GEOFFREY PARKER $5K JACKPOT in LAS VEGAS (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
$20 DETROIT DMP QUICKIE (16): 1-Scott Day (IN).
$10 DETROIT DMP QUICKIE (16): 1-Phyllis Shapiro (MO).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (14): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2/3-Paul Mangone (CA) / Richard Stubbe (TX).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Ed Corey (CT), 2-Michael Charison (MI).
BMAB-USA #19 TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2/3-Greg Merriman (MI) / Frank Talbot (MI). PR results: 1/2-John O’Hagan (IN) / Marty Storer (NH) at 2.28, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 2.80.
$50 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (25): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3/4-Paul Farah (MI) / Tak Morioka (IL).
$30 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (20): 1-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2-Fred Ishac (MI), 3/4-Larry Brown (VA) / Steve Hast (PA).
$20 WELCOME BACK WARM-UP (6): 1-Marty Cerezo (MI), 2-Joe Miller (OH).
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44th LOS ANGELES OPEN ABT ONLINE!
June 9-13, 2021
/ GridGammon, Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO OPEN (41): 1-Alex Toth (WA), 2-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 3-Frank Talbot (MI), 4/5-Joe Freedman (NM) / Dan Minardi (CO); 1LC-Rambiz Khalili (Iran/South Africa), 2LC-David Rennie (CA).
ABTO ADVANCED (15): 1-Brandon Wise (CA), 2-Brad Rosenberg (AZ), 3-Marjie Harbrecht (CO); 1LC-Doug DeWitte (NV).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / David Wells (Australia).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Jacques Stambouli (CA), 2-Greg Wilson (CA).
WARM-UP JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Chris Trencher (NY).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Gary Nouskajian (CA) & Mario Savan (CA), 2-Michael Neagu & Self (Canada).
CRAFT SERVICE DINNER JACKPOT (24): 1-Nick Maffeo (CA), 2-John Brown (KY), 3-Val Ovsepyan (CA).
IT’S A WRAP JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA).
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CHICAGO OPEN ABT ONLINE!
May 26-30, 2021
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO OPEN (47): 1-Rune Færvåg (Norway), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3/7-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / John Gamalielson (WA) / Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Wendy Kaplan (IL) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).
ABTO INTERMEDIATE (13): 1-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2/3-Cristian Frisk (Romania) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Michael Neagu & Self (Canada), 2-Gary Nouskajian (CA) & Mario Savan (CA).
WARM-UP (24): 1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 3-Benjamin Hugon (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
SENIORS (16): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada).
SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Joe Urso (NY).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Carl Sellars (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA).
SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Benjamin Hugon (TX), 2-Victor Weinblatt (NY).
AFTER TOURNEY (24): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Allan Jones (Canada), 3-Sam Mizutani (Japan).
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BEALE STREET BLUES ABT ONLINE!
May 12-16, 2021
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO OPEN (27): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Kara Schultz (CA).
ABTO INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2-Zach Strasberg (VA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Michael Neagu (Canada) / Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (4): 1-Larry Brown (VA), 2-Jeff Schwarz (NJ).
ROCK-n-ROLL OFF (11): 1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Carl Sellars (Canada).
ELVIS & B.B.’S BATTLE OF THE KINGS: (10): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Ilia Guzei (WI).
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PYATIGORSK BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL 2021
May 1-4, 2021
/ Inozemtsevo, Russia
MASTERS (41): 1-Mger Dzhagaryan, 2-Sergey Chertkov, 3-Bagrat Rapava, 4-Timur Azizov.
SUPER JACKPOT (21): 1-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 2-Konstantin Bartash, 3-Dmitry Gurko.
DMP (128): 1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Alkhas Lagvilava, 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko / Svetlana Timina.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Alexey Askurava, 2-Albert Usmanov, 3/4-Garry Lagvilava / Artur Petrosyan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (18 teams): 1-Sergey Erokhin & Alexey Ignarin, 2-Sergey Alenin & Timur Azizov.
QUIZ (15): 1/2-Sergey Chertkov / Yakov Rudakov.
NARDGAMMON (11): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Victor Naumenko.
SPECIAL 70TH ANNIVERSARY PRIZE: Sergey Chertkov.
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CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP ABT ONLINE
April 20-25, 2021
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
ABTO CHAMPIONSHIP (42): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3-Rune Færevåg (Norway), 4/6-Mitch Evans (FL) / Ray Fogerlund (CA) / Bob Glass (CA); 1C-Mark Ferrin (TX), 2C-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3C/4C-Wendy Kaplan (IL) / David Rennie (CA).
ABTO ADVANCED (27): 1-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 2-Brion Brooks (IL); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Doug DeWitte (NV).
ABTO INTERMEDIATE (13): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Steve Peck (MD); 1C-Gary Nouskajian (CA).
WOMEN’S PRIZES (14): Championship – Irina Litzenberger (VA); Advanced – Marcy Kossar (MD); Intermediate – Vera Holley (CA).
CHERRY BLOSSOM CLASSIC JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Joe Russell (CA), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Stacy Turner (FL).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Kate Elmore (GA) & Bob Zavoral (IL), 3-April & Michael Mesich (MN).
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Ergin Bayrak (CA).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ADVANCED JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-April Mesich (MN), 2-Patrick Enright (WA).
THOMAS JEFFERSON INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Steve Peck (MD), 2-Allen Chankowsky (Canada).
FRIDAY NIGHT BASH (8): 1-Marc Emrich (CO); 1C-Gary Nouskajian (CA).
CHERRY BLOSSOM SOCIAL (4): 1-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2/3-Matt Hudson (VA) / Jerry Nashel (FL), 4-Lauren Menard (LA).
SPEED GAMMON 1 (4): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH).
SPEED GAMMON 2 (16): 1-Alex Toth (WA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
SPEED GAMMON 3 (8): 1-Alex Toth (WA), 2-John Y. Brown III (KY).
SPEED GAMMON 4 (8): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-John Y. Brown III (KY).
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (24): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3-Art Benjamin (CA).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (256): 1-Rich Sweetman (NH), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 5/8-Sean Garber (IN) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Dan Minardi (CO) / Joe Russell (CA), 9/16-Ben Friesen (MI) / John Gamalielson (WA) / Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Stephen Hassman (MA) / Greg Merriman (MI) / Frank Talbot (MI) / Alex Toth (WA) / Andrew Zaleski (MD).
MAMLET NEWCOMER & TECHNOLOGY NEWBIE FREEROLL (24): 1/3-Betsy Field (FL) / Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Sam Mizutani (Japan).
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U.S. OPEN ABT ONLINE
April 7-11, 2021
/ Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (ABT) (57+19 rebuys): 1-Ronald Wertheim (NV), 2-Neil Deutsch (NY), 3/4-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1C-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 2C-Steve Bibby (England), 3C/4C-Dan Minardi (CO) / Joe Russell (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (ABT) (29+13 rebuys): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Bonnie Rogoff (OH); 1C-Oliver Israel (NY), 2C-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 3C/4C-Michael Mesich (MN) / Armando Prida (Mexico).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Art Benjamin (CA) & Ilia Guzei (WI), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Jerry Shea (NY).
SENIORS (16): 1-Ronald Wertheim (NV), 2-Wendy Kaplan (IL).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Christopher Trencher (NY), 2-Alex Toth (WA).
SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3-Zafer Yasa (CA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Scott Kamber (CO), 2-John Brown (KY).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Joseph Urso (NY).
SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-April Mesich (MN), 2-Allen Chankowsky (Canada).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
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22nd MINNESOTA OPEN ABT ONLINE
March 11-14, 2021
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MINNESOTA OPEN (ABT) (48): 1-Bob Azari (FL), 2-Peter Wisniewski (CA), 3-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 4-Charles Raichle (CO), 5/6-Carl Sellars (Canada) / Frank Talbot (MI).
MINNESOTA ADVANCED (ABT) (24): 1-Kamran Kheirani (Canada), 2-Wayland Augur (CA), 3-Edward Onny (CO).
MINNESOTA INTERMEDIATE (ABT) (12): 1-Timothy Churella (MA), 2-Allen Chankowsky (Canada).
MINNESOTA MASTERS (16): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Corey Smith (MN) & Jeff Willis (MN), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Ilia Guzei (WI).
FIRESIDE WARMUP (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-John Everist (SD), 3/4-Edward Onny (CO) / Rory Pascar (IL).
GAMMONGUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Mario Savan (CA).
OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Corey Smith (MN).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Rain Ackerman (Canada), 2-John Everist (SD).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Timothy Churella (MA), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
AFTER TOURNEY (16): 1-Wayland Augur (CA), 2-Craig Anderson (IL), 3/4-Michael Neagu (Canada) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
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5th BOSTON OPEN ABT ONLINE
February 18-21, 2021
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (50): 1-Rune Færevåg (Norway), 2-Craig Anderson (IL), 3/7-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Bob Glass (CA) / Gary Koscielny (FL) / Kristian Mills (Wales) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
INTERMEDIATE (30): 1- Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA), 2/5-Steve Douglas (MA) / Bob Larsen (NY) / Kurt Peterson (MN) / Franco Tosin (Italy).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ben Friesen (MI) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Philip Perelmuter (MA) & Sebastian Wilkinson (England).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
SENIORS (16): 1-Doug DeWitte (NV), 2-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil).
MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-Karen Davis (FL) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Garrett Duquesne (NY), 2-Michael Kay (MA), 3/4-Joe Guichebarou (WV) / Bonnie Rogoff (OH).
SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank DiMaggio (NY), 2-Bruce Finstad (TX).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Joe Russell (CA).
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2021 TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS ONLINE
February 3-7, 2021
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (20+44 re-entries): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-John O’Hagan (IN), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Rudy Langenbach (TX).
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (12+12 re-entries): 1-Benjamin Hugon (TX), 2-Michael Holliday (TX).
LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Rudy Langenbach (TX), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Amir Golgolab (Iran).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-Ian Terry (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON PLAYOFF (32): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Rudy Langenbach (TX), 3-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
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THE BIG FREEZE-OUT
January 29-31, 2021
/ Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
OPEN (32): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION 1 (14): 1-Wayland Augur (CA), 2-Néstor Avila (Mexico); 1C-Patrick Enright (WA).
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION 2 (14): 1-Rain Ackerman (Canada), 2-Michael Mesich (MN); 1C-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA).
DRAFTY DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Joe Russell (CA) & Steve Sax (CA).
MELTING MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Sam Mizutani (Japan).
OASIS OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Ronald Wertheim (NV), 2-Gus Contos (CA).
ICY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Timothy Churella (MA), 2-Steve Douglas (MA), 3/4-Néstor Avila (Mexico) / Lynda Clay (CO).
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14th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 13-17, 2021
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
OPEN (58+26 rebuys): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Peter Wisniewski (WA), 3/4-Wendy Kaplan (IL) / Thomas Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2C-Sean Garber (IN); 1LC-Mark Ferrin (TX), 2LC-Bob Zavoral (IL).
INTERMEDIATE (30+16 rebuys): 1-Néstor Avila (Mexico), 2-Michael Rosen (NY); 1C-Cristi Frisk (Romania), 2C-Marc Grutka (FL); 1LC-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 2LC-Doug DeWitte (NV).
ADVANCED BEGINNERS (11): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Charlie Stewart (PA), 3-Yoni Berkowitz (NY).
BEGINNERS (8): 1-Scott Overbey (NJ), 2-David Lichtman (NY).
SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-Bob Glass (CA).
OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Maeis Petrosian (CA), 2-Bob Zavoral (IL), 3-Sam Mizutani (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Michael Rosen (NY), 2-Néstor Avila (Mexico).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Wendy Kaplan (IL) & Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-Jason Pack (NY) & Ethan Price-Chu (NY).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1/2 split-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Joe Russell (CA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Long Nguyen (CA).
SENIORS (16): 1-Ronald Wertheim (NV), 2-Narvey Goldman (Canada).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Marc Grutka (FL).
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CHICAGO CLASSIC ABT ONLINE
December 17-20, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
OPEN (54):
1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2/5-Kristian Mills (England) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Michael Showkati (CA), Ronald Wertheim (NV).
INTERMEDIATE (27):
1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2/4-Michael Clapsadle (MI) / Mark Malueg (IL) / Franco Tosin (Italy).
GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OPEN JACKPOT (24):
1-Bob Zavoral (NV), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Ergin Bayrak (CA).
WINDY CITY SENIORS (16):
1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Ronald Wertheim (NV).
CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).
CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (4):
1-Dorn Bishop (CA).
DEEP DISH SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Alex Toth (WA).
THIN CRUST LIMITED JACKPOT (16):
1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL).
AL CAPONE AFTER TOURNAMENT (8):
1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).
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THE PLAYERS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 ONLINE
December 12-13, 2020
/ Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (128):
1-Terje Pedersen (Norway), 2-Lawrence Powell (UK);
1st Consolation:
1C-Martyn Hamer (UK), 2C-Len Brown (UK);
2nd Consolation:
1C-Neil Webb (UK), 2C-Steve Carder.
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CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 3-6, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
OPEN (52):
1-Charlie Raichle (CO), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3-Christopher Rogers (England), 4-Art Benjamin (CA), 5/6-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Bob Glass (CA); 1LC-Karen Davis (FL), 2LC-Rune Færevåg (Norway).
ADVANCED (28):
1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-David Gillett (CA), 3-Patty Johnson (CA); 1LC-Michael Kay (MA), 2LC-Ali Shamsian (AZ).
MASTERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16):
1-Bill Arkin (CA), 2-Richard Stubbe (TX).
WARM-UP JACKPOT (8):
1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).
CRAFT SERVICE DINNER JACKPOT (16):
1-Frank Ley (CA), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).
IT’S A WRAP JACKPOT (8):
1-Nick Maffeo (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA).
FREE ROLL #1 (24):
1-Frank Talbot (MI).
FREE ROLL #2 (50):
1-Stephen Hassman (MA).
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LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 18-22, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (55+27):
1-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3-Ronald Wertheim (NV); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Steve Sax (CA), 3C/4C-Armin Soltani (Canada) / Richard Stubbe (TX); 1LC-Bob Stringer (CA), 2LC-Gus Contos (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (30+16):
1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3-Steve Douglas (MA); 1C-Tom Christner (CO), 2C-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY); 1LC-Mark Malueg (IL).
SENIORS (32):
1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Gus Contos (CA) / Marc Emrich (CO).
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Joe Russell (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 3/4-Larry Brown (VA) / Steve Reichelt (MN).
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Eli Karp (LA).
SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Maeis Petrosian (CA).
SATURDAY NIGHT SENIORS (16):
1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
AFTER TOURNEY (32):
1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Allen Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Reichelt (MN) / Steve Sax (CA).
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BEALE STREET BLUES BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 4-8, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (42):
1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/7-Bruce Finstad (TX) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Brian Lonergan (LA) / Andrew Selby (England) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).
INTERMEDIATE (32):
1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Brion Brooks (IL) / Barry Gittleman (UT) / Igor Moraes (Brazil) / Richard Stubbe (TX).
THURSDAY NIGHT ROCK N’ ROLL OFF (32):
1/2-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Joe Russell (CA), 3/4-Bruce Finstad (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).
ELVIS & B.B.’S BATTLE OF THE KINGS (34):
1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3-Bob Zavoral (IL), 4-Maeis Petrosian (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16):
1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO), 3/4-Eli Karp (LA) / Mario Savan (CA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12):
1-Maeis Petrosian (CA), 2-Barry Gittleman (UT), 3-Zachary Fusco (TN).
SUNDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).
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ST. LOUIS GATEWAY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 16-25, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (44):
1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3/6-Herman Arzuman (NY) / Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Brian Lonergan (LA).
INTERMEDIATE (26):
1-James Fleming (NV), 2/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Kate Elmore (GA) / Vlad Eydelman (IL).
CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN (20):
1-Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada).
MASTERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Bruce Finsted (TX), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Gary Koscielny (FL).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12):
1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN), 3-Gary Schachtschneider (AZ).
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (24):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).
THURSDAY NIGHT DELIGHT (16):
1-Long Nguyen (CA), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
FRIDAY NIGHT FREE ROLL (38):
1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Joe Urso (NY).
SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).
LAST TRAIN HOME AFTER TOURNEY (16):
1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Mario Savan (CA).
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SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 8-11, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com, Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
ABT ONLINE! CHAMPIONSHIP (32):
1-Tim Cross (England), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2C-David Klausa (CO); 1LC-Art Benjamin (CA).
ABT ONLINE! ADVANCED (32):
1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Larry Brown (VA); 1C-Rick Wolf (FL), 2C-Laura Granger (FL); 1LC-Scott Salisbury (CT).
ABT ONLINE! ROOKIE (8):
1-Steve Peck (MD); 1C-James Ross (NY); 1LC-Lisa Speer (FL).
MIAMI MASTERS (16):
1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Stuart Hosen (TX).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (8):
1-Patrick Enright (WA), 2-David Klausa (CO).
LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (12):
1-Ted Cetola (FL), 2-Juan Rospigliosi (FL), 3-Anthony White (OH).
ROOKIE JACKPOT (8):
1-James Ross (NY), 2-Steve Peck (MD).
DOUBLES (13 teams):
1-Marc Emrich (CO) & Pat Fusco (TN), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ).
FRIDAY BASH (12):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Edward Onny (CO).
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (25):
1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada), 4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
SENIORS EVENT (4):
1-Rick Wolf (FL).
WOMEN’S EVENT (8):
1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Loretta Bernards (CA).
SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (14):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Long Nguyen (CA), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).
THURSDAY $50 WARM-UP (11):
1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
THURSDAY $20 WARM-UP (6):
1-Matt Brown (MD), 2-Janet Phoenix (VA).
THURSDAY ROOKIE FREEROLL (6):
1-Ted Cetola (FL).
FTH SUNNY FLORIDA BOARD EVENT (16):
1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Steve Peck (MD).
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USBGF WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & TEAM QUALIFIER
October 3-4, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (28):
1-Kara Schultz (CA) [5-0], 2/5-Rain Ackerman (Canada/USA) [4-1] / Karen Davis (FL) [4-1] / Laura Granger Hoarty (FL) [4-1] / Patty Johnson (CA) [4-1].
Kate Elmore (GA) [3-2] & Antoinette Williams (NY) [3-2] join the US Team based on PR scores.
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WILD WEST SHOOTOUT BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
OPEN GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (58):
1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/9-Cary Hoarty (OH) / David Kettler (TX) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada) / Joe Russell (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Richard Siebold (CO).
ADVANCED GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (31):
1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Tom Christner (CO) / Cristian Frisk (Romania) / April Mesich (MN) / Michael Mesich (CO).
GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32):
1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Marty Storer (NH) / Odis Chenault (CA).
WARRIOR JACKPOT (16):
1-Laura Granger (FL), 2-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / April Mesich (MN).
FTH QUICK DRAW BOARD EVENT (32):
1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (21):
1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Lynda Clay (CO).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (12 teams):
1-Joe Russell (CA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
LAST STAND AFTER TOURNEY (23):
1-Cem Aslan (TX), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).
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20th CITY OF JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020
/ Jesolo Lido, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (43):
1-Fabio Cultrera, 2-Andrea de Zandonati, 3/4-Stefano Selvi / Massimo Trovò, 5/8-Paola Aiello / Lorenzo Laganà / Andres Staedeli (Switzerland) / Rainer Witt (Germany).
ADVANCED (26):
1-Matthew Charlesworth (Slovenia), 2-Helmut Jenske (Germany), 3/7-Franco Candeo / Luigi De Lazzari / Carlo Mazzinghi / Francesco Oliva / Franco Tosin.
OPEN CNB (55):
1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Rainer Witt (Germany), Paola Aiello / Radu Ciortan (Romania).
ATLANTICO HOTEL (28):
1-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 2-Claudio Pagano, 3/4-Sergio Frangiacomo / Michael Urban (Germany).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (11 teams):
1-Franceso Mauri & Dario Zaccariotto, 2-Recan Ercan (Romania) & Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).
SWING (36):
1-Andrea de Zandonati, 2-Claudio Pagano, 3-Heribert Lindner (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON:
1-Stefano Selvi.
WARM-UP (16):
1-Gerald Stoll, 2-Lorenzo Rusconi.
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USBGF BACKGAMMON SUMMER FINALE
September 11-13, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (28):
1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2/4-cgh31/Cary Hoarty (OH) / plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA) / TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA); 1LC-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).
ADVANCED (16):
1-makoto/Makoto Nozaki (NY), 2/3-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England) / brspunky/Bonnie Rogoff (OH); 1LC-SkipAugur/Wayland Augur (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (12):
1-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-amamlet/Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-HumanFactor/Odis Chenault (CA).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (4):
1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Benjie1023/Ben Friesen (MI), 2-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
FRIDAY NIGHT KNOCKOUT (15):
1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (16):
1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO); 1C-Bazooka/Bob Glass (CA).
SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (16):
1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-cjc/Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
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VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 2-7, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXI (20):
1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada).
EARLY RAVEN (25):
1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Joe Urso (NY).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (56):
1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Rick Silberman (WA) / Rich Sweetman (NH).
ODIN OPEN (51):
1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Jeff Willis (MN), 3-Sean Garber (IN), 4-Art Benjamin (CA); 1C-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).
THOR ADVANCED (43):
1-David Parks (CA), 2-James Fleming (NV), 3-Michael Farrugia (NY), 4-Edward Onny (CO); 1C-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2C-Steve Waller (MN).
VALHALLA OPEN (12):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
VALHALLA ADVANCED (14):
1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-David Hanold (IL).
RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (33):
1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Bill Finneran (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
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7th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN ONLINE
August 29-31, 2020
/ Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
MASTERS FLIGHT (113):
1-Charles Hill (UK), 2-Steve Bibby (UK), 3-Chris Hamilton (UK), 4-Brian Lever (UK).
UKBGF Members Special Award: Charles Hill (UK).
INTERMEDIATES FLIGHT (78):
1-Zigi Fibert (UK), 2-Roger Salmon (UK), 3-Bill Williamson (UK), 4-Steve Fitton (UK).
UKBGF Members Special Award: Zigi Fibert (UK).
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8th BACKGAMMON DEUTSCHLAND LIONS CUP
August 27-30, 2020
/ Bad Dürkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (64):
1-Fazli Güclü, 2-Marcel Büker, 3/4-Werner Frey / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland);
1C-Julian Becker, 2C-Juri Alper;
1LC-Nesip Temizkan.
INTERMEDIATE (28+4):
1-Gerhard Lingnau, 2-Helmut Jeske;
1C-Markus Krawietz, 2C-Andreas Stædeli (Switzerland);
1LC-Felix Wagner.
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Dankwart Plattner, 2-Jimmy Anywar.
SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Rolf Schüler.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Marcel Büker & Marcus Reinhardt, 2-Peter Bauer & Thomas Kazemieh,
3/4-Juri Alper & Gerhard Lingnau / Andreas Hofmann & Torsten Lux.
LOSER’S JACKPOT (68):
1-Nesip Temizkan, 2-Veit Netz.
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USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS
August 14-16, 2020
/ GridGammon.com, BackgammonGalaxy.com
TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (24 teams):
1-Perry Gartner (FL) & Christian Briggs (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH) & David Kettler (TX),
3-Tim Cross (England) & Ed Corey (CT). Side Pool winner: Dennis Lutz (GA).
WARM-UP (16):
1-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ),
3/4-coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV) / JRUS/Joe Russell (CA).
SATURDAY EVENING “DANCE” (25):
1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD),
3/4-TEXBG31/Rudy Langenbach (TX) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA).
SUNDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION JACKPOT (16):
1-Einsteinny/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO),
3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
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UK BACKGAMMON LEGENDS INVITATIONAL ONLINE
August 13-31, 2020
/ Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
UK LEGENDS INVITATIONAL (44):
1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Volker Schneider (Germany),
3-Lawrence Powell (England), 4-Elias Kritikos (Norway).
Last Undefeated Player Award: Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada).
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OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 16-19, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (46):
1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV),
3/8-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England) / Douli/Faddoul Khoury (AZ) /
daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD) / LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela) /
STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).
ADVANCED (26):
1-Technosis/Jasper Watertor (Netherlands), 2-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England),
3/4-Patty/Patty Johnson (CA) / Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA).
WARM-UP (16):
1-bazooka/Bob Glass (CA), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24):
1-juice2403/Ricky Griggs (MI), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX),
3-Ladi/Loretta Bernards (CA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (11):
1-letsplaydice/Larry Brown (VA), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).
LEAP YEAR JACKPOT (30):
1-SayLaVee/David Rennie (CA), 2-MonsterVal/Val Ovsepyan (CA),
3-aurachbeikitz/Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 4-TarsTarkus/John Gamalielson (WA).
SUNDAY SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-bor742/Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
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MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 5-6, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (76):
1-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-vegasman/Howard Markowitz (NV),
3/4-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV) / V1/Rambiz Khalili (Iran/South Africa);
1C-dave56/David Staggs (IN), 2C-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA),
3C/4C-Simborg/Phil Simborg (FL) / SweetRolls/Richard Sweetman (NH).
INTERMEDIATE (44):
1-rxbum/Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX),
3/4-jokrjo/Joe Miller (OH) / igormoraes/Igor Moraes (Brazil);
1C-plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV),
3C/4C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA) / fabymel/Fabian Melnik (FL).
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BUFFALO / NIAGARA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 28, 2020
/ Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com
OPEN (27):
1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ);
1C-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2C-KarenDavis/Karen Davis (FL).
ADVANCED (19):
1-antanggioalo/Alec Izzo (FL), 2-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV);
1C-Limoncello/Joe Calvaruso (OH), 2C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA).
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USBGF SPRING FLING
June 15-22, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
OPEN (58):
1-SweetRolls/Rich Sweetman (NH), 2-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA),
3/8-herman/Herman Arzuman (NY) / Lancs/Tim Cross (England) / RayF/Ray Fogerlund (NV) /
Glazer/Giorgis Lazaris (Greece) / FDR/David Rennie (CA) / Selbs/Andrew Selby (England).
ADVANCED (36):
1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-edmaciel/Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil),
3/6-retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV) / TeamZiba/Kate Elmore (GA) /
JimmyG/Jim Glover (FL) / RetUSAF/Edward Onny (CO).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA), 2-Mae/Maeis Petrosian (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-Frisk/Cristian Frisk (Romania).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-Frankthetank/Frank Farjood (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-arminsoltani/Armin Soltani (Canada).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL), 2-MarcGru24/Marc Grutka (FL).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).
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LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON
June 4-7, 2020
/ GridGammon.com
OPEN (51):
1-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England), 2-SongScout/Gus Contos (CA), 3-barkin/Bill Arkin (CA),
4-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 5/6-Vengeance526/Brian Lonergan (LA) / minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy);
1LC-wockadoo/Bob Wachtel (CA), 2LC-mapacho/Michael Miller (CA).
ADVANCED (38):
1-Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA), 2-wavesinair/Paul Armbruster (CA), 3-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL),
4-BradRose/Brad Rosenberg (AZ); 1LC-JimmyGofPC/Jim Glover (FL), 2LC-eonny1/Edward Onny (CO).
LAST GASP JACKPOT (18):
1-capitalcarl/Alex Toth (WA), 2-karendavis/Karen Davis (FL).
DINNER BRAWL (11):
1-Lulu2/Lynda Clay (CO), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).
EARLYBIRD TOURNAMENT (9):
1-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 2-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO).
WARM-UP (23):
1-alamofo/Mark Ferrin (TX), 2-95682/Terry Stigall (CA),
3/4-Khyar/Michael Ramsey (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).
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CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON
May 18-24, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
OPEN (68):
1-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-NeilKaz/Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-bor742/Boris Dekhtyar (NY),
4/10-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / karendavis/Karen Davis (FL) / Switch/Geoff Hall (England) /
Hillsralive/Steve Hills (DC) / hksteve/Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / arynog/Ary Nogueira (Brazil) /
Jonah/Jonah Seewald (CO).
ADVANCED (56):
1-daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-stewartp/Stewart Pemberton (FL), 3/6-RayC/Ray Cifani (OH) /
PeteK/Peter Kasturas (NJ) / MaxLev/Max Levenstein (CA) / Howard/Howard Linnemann (NY).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Talbot/Frank Talbot (MI).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-Ozzie/Mark Osborne (NY), 2-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4):
1-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-caspianhero/John Shakory (TX), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8):
1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL).
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CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON
April 25-26, 2020
/ BackgammonGalaxy.com
CHAMPIONSHIP (50):
1-Minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy), 2-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 3-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD),
4-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 5/6-darren/Ronald Rubin (CA) / dave56/David Staggs (IN).
ADVANCED (47):
gasparcan/Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-RyanRebel/Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL),
4-LuckyLarry/Larry Brown (VA).
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10th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – WBF
March 14-15, 2020
/ Kocaeli, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (71):
1-Ümit Bata, 2-Mehmet Millioglu, 3-Berken Kalender, 4-Mustafa Dikgöz.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (40):
1-Berkan Kalender, 2-Mustafa Dikgöz.
TRADITIONAL (48):
1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut, 3-Tolga Özkale, 4-Ercan Kandemir.
LADIES PRIZE (9):
1-Dilara Aras, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.
“HAZAN OZKALE MEMORIAL” DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Ahmet Ayan & Tolga Özkale, 2-Güral Bulut & Mustafa Sen, 3/4-Burak Çulhaci & Cesur Kaya / Ahmet Coskun & Gültekin Uygur.
“FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL” SWING (31):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Osman Erkol, 4-Gamze Koç.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Suat Karadag, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3/4-Cesur Kaya / Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.
MERIT SATELLITE (8):
1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Umur Aras.
TBT-2020 SATELLITES (4×8 players):
Winners – Gültekin Uygur, Cumhur Bektüre, Hasret Bekar, Sakir Kemik.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (5×8 players):
Winners – Gökhan Çelik (twice), Hasret Bekar, Kemal Met, Gülderen Gücavli.
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2nd SACRAMENTO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 6-8, 2020
/ Sacramento, California
OPEN (17):
1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Terry Stigall (CA); 1C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
ADVANCED (16):
1-Tom Tseng (CA), 2-Richard Loomer (CA); 1C-David Parks (CA); 1LC-Ely Johnson (CA).
NOVICE (3):
1-Robert Alvord (CA), 2-Trevor Dahl (CA).
MASTERS (18):
1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ken Bame (CA).
BMAB (USA) #13 (10):
1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Carl Blumenstein (CA) / David Parks (CA).
DMP QUICKIES (8):
1-Ted Hwa (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON I (16):
1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON II (8):
1-Ted Chee (CA).
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12th ISTAVDER ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FESTIVITY
February 27-March 1, 2020
/ Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (360):
1-Dinçer Günes, 2-Samet Kurtulmus, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 4-Shay Asraff (Israel), 5-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 6-Argun Erkaya, 7-Ercan Akin, 8-Ahmet Kurtulmus, 9-Sertaç Avnioglu, 10-Mete Topçuoglu, 11-Meral Yilmaz, 12-Hakan Ergüç; 1C-Ismail Güçlü, 2C-Faysal Sabuncuoglu; 1LC-Gabi Forster (Germany), 2LC-Okan Koçak.
SKODA CUP FINAL (128):
1-Fuat Erdag, 2-Burak Çulhacı, 3/4-Hakan Ergüç / Erkan Nayir.
12th ANNIVERSARY CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (128):
1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim, 2-Murat Isin & Himself, 3/4 Marcel Büker (Germany) & Dietmar Mönch (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Spain) & Himself.
WORLD TEAM vs TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM (2):
1-Turkish National Team: Ali Çetin Belene, Erhan Yenisen, Cihangir Çetinel, Cüneyt Argun Genç, Ibrahim Karaca, 2-World Team: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 2-Ayla Ercan.
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Michael Weidner (Germany), 2-Cengiz Dindar.
ONE POINT #1 (64):
1-Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran).
ONE POINT #2 (64):
1-Karmen Acun.
ONE POINT #3 (64):
1-Cesur Kaya.
ONE POINT #4 (64):
1-Ilyas Yavuz.
ONE POINT #5 (64):
1-Gökay Güleç.
TEAM CHALLENGE (16 teams):
1-Team Göztepe: Adnan Kuzu, Erkul Sen, Gökay Güleç, Serdar Güray, Muhsin Yayintas, 2-Team Germany: Bernd Schmidt, Michael Weidner, Marcel Geist, Bernd Galke, Mehmet Ali Erten.
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16):
1-Ozan Gündogdu.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16):
1-Aykut Uzel.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Hossein Paknahad (Iran), Abdullah Ser, Marcel Büker (Germany), Kadir Orhan (France), Loridas Evangelas (Greece), Burak Hakki, Tutku Beyit (North Cyprus).
HONORARY MEMBER AWARDS:
Ricardo Malas (Spain), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel), Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran).
THANKS AWARDS:
Murat Murat (Greece), Sinan Sütçüoglu, Engin Ozartan, Sefik Gedikoglu, Ali Olgun, Ali Alçelik, Ali Yaldiz.
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STAR BACKGAMMON OPEN PITESTI
February 21-23, 2020
/ Bascov, Romania
MASTERS (58):
1-Denis Constantin, 2-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy), 3/4-Adrian Staicu / Costel Ilie, 5/6-Iulian Chirita / Cristinel Dragomir.
SUPERJACKPOT (18):
1-Iulian Chirita, 2-Viorel Gheorghiu.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams):
1-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy) & Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2-Marian Manaila & Raducu Toma.
SPEEDGAMMON (32):
1-Ionut Cocica, 2-Mihai Folea.
QUIZ STAR:
1-Ciprian Sdrobis.
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12th BURSA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 15-16, 2020
/ Bursa, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (83):
1-Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3-Ekrem Baskaya, 4-Sükrü Yurttekin.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32):
1-Tunç Sökmener, 2-Mehmet Emistekin.
LADIES PRIZE (6):
1-Gamze Koç, 2-Ece Tamer.
TRADITIONAL (39):
1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Neser Korkmaz, 3-Sakir Kemik, 4-Nesat Coskun.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams):
1-Suat Karadag & Yasin Özergil, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Mehmet Pektezcan / Güral Bulut & Burak Culhaçi.
SWING (54):
1-Guven Ok, 2-Idil Adigüzelzade, 3-Tolga Gümüsoglu, 4-Kenan Karakaya.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Ece Tamer, 3/4-Güven Ok / Ahmet Coskun.
MERIT SATELLITE (16):
1-Talat Bagibala, 2-Umur Aras.
TBT-2020 SATELLITES (5×8):
Winners: Ahmet Coskun, Altug Burdurlu, Gültekin Uygur, Hasret Bekar, Suat Karadag.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (5×8):
Winners: Gülderen Gücavli, Hakan Tanisik (twice), Hüseyin Varisli, Nesat Coskun.
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4th BOSTON OPEN – MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 13-16, 2020
/ Boston, Massachusetts
OPEN (40):
1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Stephen Hassman (MA), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Clement McNally (FL), 2LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
ADVANCED (32):
1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Bill Barrows (MA); 1LC-Stephen Douglas (MA).
NOVICE (6):
1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Scout Jones (CT), 3-Mykuhl Henderson (MA).
ACE OF HEARTS SUPER JACKPOT (4):
1-Bill Robertie (MA).
HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (16):
1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
SWEETHEART DOUBLES (16 teams):
1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) & Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Allen Tish (CA).
QUIET QUICKY (8):
1-Albert Steg (MA).
SASSY SPEEDGAMMON (8):
1-Allen Tish (CA).
SEDUCTIVE SENIORS (16):
1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-John Pirner (MN).
JEALOUS JUNIORS (16):
1-Vinson Blanton (VA), 2-Carl Blumenstein (CA).
OPTIMISTIC OPEN JACKPOT (8):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
LOVEABLE LIMITED JACKPOT (8):
1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
NUTTY NOVICE JACKPOT (4):
1-Dan Whitney (CT).
KING OF HEARTS (4):
1-Patrick Enright (WA).
QUEEN OF HEARTS (4):
1-Irina Litzenberger (VA). Patrick Enright won the Playoff Trophy.
USBGF FREE ROLL (32):
1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
PASSION PRE-TOURNEY (16):
1-Donny Lomuto (NY); 1C-Frank DiMaggio (NY).
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5th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
February 5-9, 2020
/ Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
CHAMPIONSHIP (76):
1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark), 3/4-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michael Urban (Germany), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (England) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Thomas Myrh (Denmark) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
INTERMEDIATE (62):
1-Alex Polden (England), 2-Finn Bahn (Denmark), 3/4-Rene Thor Poulsen (Denmark) / Emil Sirakov (Italy), 5/8-Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) / Inja Myhr (Denmark) / Ann Pocknell (England) / Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT (37):
1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Michael Nielsen (Denmark).
DMP (64):
1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Victoria Ondis (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Luca Martino (Italy), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Mark Ferrin (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 5/8-Michael Larsen (Denmark) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Chris Rogers (England) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (15):
1-Ola Serhan (Switzerland), 2-Analisa Agosti (Italy).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (37 teams):
1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/USA), 2-Rune Færevåg (Norway) & Hans Liby (Norway).
MIXED DOUBLES (28 teams):
1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Anne Hyttel (Denmark) & Peter Lygteskov (Denmark).
WARM-UP (16):
1-Axel Stemark (Denmark), 2-Gary Bauer (USA).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE:
Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE (26):
1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Hans Liby (Norway) / Thomas Kristensen (Denmark).
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BURSA BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 1-2, 2020
/ Bursa, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (170):
1-Hakan Ergüç, 2-Ergun Sen, 3-Adnan Kuzu, 4-Erhan Yenisen, 5-Bülent Bahar, 6-Vedat Altuglu.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16):
1-Umur Aras & Murat Hazir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16):
1-Tamer Aydogan & Yakup Aydogan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16):
1-Dinçer Günes & M. Hulusi Tümer.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16):
1-Eyüp Durmus & Irfan Mizrakçi.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16):
1-Erkan Nayir & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16):
1-Merve Çalisir & Serkan Çalisir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16):
1-Ismail A. Mesta & Erkul Sen.
SPEEDGAMMON (128):
1-Erdogan Kiliç, 2-Hüseyin Özdag.
DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64):
1-Sait Acar.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64):
1-Servet Demir.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64):
1-Gökay Güleç.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64):
1-Erdogan Kiliç.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Refik Vural, Gamze Koç, Umut Gökgöz.
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TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 30-February 2, 2020
/ San Antonio, Texas
GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (77+31 rebuys):
1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-David Winn (TX) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Frank Farjood (CA) / Mark Ferrin (TX); 1LC-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2LC-John Shakoori (TX).
ADVANCED (42+14 rebuys):
1-Randi Sachar (NY), 2-Ben Weinstein (NY); 1C-Tony Elliot (AZ), 2C-Ross Gordon (CT), 3C/4C-Scott Neal (TX) / Mattias Stahberg (Sweden); 1LC-Kara Schultz (CA).
NOVICE (12):
1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX), 3-Michelle Hearn (TX), 4-Robert Gonzalez (TX).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (32):
1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32):
1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-John Bird (TX), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / Ami Ben-Ari (CO).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (29):
1-Mike Snow (TX), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 3/4-Scott Neal (TX) / Joe Potts (TX).
SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (FL), 2-Marc Emrich (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Mangone (CA) & Kara Schultz (CA).
SENIORS (128):
1/2-split–Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / Bahman Zandi (MD), 3/4-Dianne Grossman (NM) / Irina Litzenberger (VA).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Mark Ferrin (TX), 3/4-Rudy Langenbach (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64):
1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
USBGF DMP PRIME TOURNAMENT (96):
1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3-Don Marek (IL).
AWARDS NIGHT FREEROLL TOURNAMENT (48):
1-Cary Hoarty (OH).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (4):
1-Frank Ramia (TX), 2-John Savio (NY).
TEXAS SHOWDOWN POINTS POOL (11):
1-Jonah Seewald (CO).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (4):
1-Dana Nazarian (CA).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (4):
1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (4):
1-Jose Farca (Mexico).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME:
2020 Inductee – Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Phil Simborg (FL).
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8TH VENICE BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 30-February 2, 2020
/ Venice, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (37):
1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Claudio Pagano, 5/8-Adrian Daizi (Albania) / Francesco Mauri / Ioannis Mathioudakis (Greece) / Pavel Shirokov (Russia).
ADVANCED (28):
1-Diego Balgera, 2-Gerhard Stoll, 3/5-Marco Conte / Carlo Mazzinghi / Giuseppe Ricciardi.
OPEN CNB (50):
1-Boris Martinello, 2-Sergio Fragiacomo, 3/4-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France) / Stelian Iancu (Romania).
BOLOGNA HOTEL (28):
1-Laura Monaco, 2-Marco Solazzo, 3/4-Marco Benetti (Switzerland) / Marco Bonetti.
DOUBLES (14 teams):
1-Roberto Agirmo & Boris Martinello, 2-Massimo Trovò & Antonio Varisco.
MESTRE JACKPOT CHAMPION (16):
1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Tal Sade (Israel).
MESTRE JACKPOT ADVANCED (16):
1-Gianfranca Pasciu.
SPEEDGAMMON (16):
1-Marco Bonetti.
WARM-UP (8):
1-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo.
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MELBOURNE BACKGAMMON INTERNATIONAL
January 23-30, 2020
/ Melbourne, Australia
$5K AUD EVENT (22+10):
1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Maurice Mosseri (USA), 3/4-Alex Lehmann (USA/Portugal) / Roberto Litzenberger (USA).
$1K AUD EVENT (40+24):
1-Tino Lechich (Australia), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Hideaki Ueda (Japan); 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Julius High (USA).
MOCHY MILLION FREEROLL (37):
1-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / 209 chips, 2-Gaz Owen (England) / 79 chips, 3-Hideaki Ueda (Japan) / 8 chips.
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INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP – TBT
January 17-19, 2020
/ Istanbul, Turkey
“GIORGOS KLEITSAS MEMORIAL” CHAMPIONSHIP (121):
1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Babür Eren, 3/4-Bülent Bahar / Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon); 1C-Ayla Karmen Acun (Turkey), 2C-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 3C/4C-Catalin Bucur (Romania/England) / Boris Martinello (Italy); 1LC-Mykhailo Yuzhnyi (Ukraine), 2LC-Aytug Yigit (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Ömer Mert Gülaçti (Turkey) / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
LADIES PRIZE (13):
1-Ayla Karmen Acun, 2-Seda Koç.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (27):
1-Babür Eren, 2-Ömer Mert Gülaçti.
“AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL” DOUBLES CONSULTATION (46 teams):
1-Ismail Bilgili & Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 2-Hasan Gemici & Hikmet Kizilca, 3/4-Orhan Bitlisli & Zafer Tas / Hasret Bekar & Zafer Karadag.
“RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL” WARM-UP (80):
1-Boris Martinello (Italy), 2-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 3/4-Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Cemalettin Yüksel.
“ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL” 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine), 3/4-Hasan Gemici / Niyazi Yaman.
SWING (48):
1-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Ümit Özbay, 3-Zafer Karadag, 4-Güral Bulut.
BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (24):
1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Berkant Bilgi, 3-Zafer Tas, 4-Martin Barkwill (England).
“MERIT MASTER” SUPER JACKPOT (16):
1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Güral Bulut, 2-Dinçer Günes, 4-Gülderen Gücavli.
1-POINTER (128):
1-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), 2-Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Patrick Gebelli (France / UAE).
BG4BG JACKPOTS (10 groups of 8):
Winners: Nesrin Becerici, Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Emrah Guzeldere, Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon), Hasret Bekar, Sergii Olienikov, Güral Bulut, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), Özkan Erbelgin, Konstantin Osovskiy (Ukraine).
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PANAMA CANAL BACKGAMMON & POKER CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 13-23, 2020
/ Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cayman Islands, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica
CARIBBEAN BLITZ (40):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Butch Meese (IN).
LIMITED CARIBBEAN BLITZ (32):
1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Joe Miller (OH).
SWORDFISH JACKPOT (4):
1-Lee Genud (FL).
DOLPHIN DASH AMATEUR JACKPOT (8):
1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Sarah Saltus (CT).
CAPTAIN’S TOURNEY (20):
1-Steve Hast (PA).
SHARK TANK POKER TOURNAMENT (24):
1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Fran Miller (OH).
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★ ABT /
13th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 9-12, 2020
/ Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (100+40 rebuys):
1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Ron Rubin (NV), 3/4-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL); 1C-Peter Naguib (Germany), 2C-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3C/4C-John Klein (MD) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (77+31 rebuys):
1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3/4-P.J. Macali (OH) / Tara Mendicino (TX); 1C-Daniel Adler (NY), 2C-Murat Kemahlioglu (NY), 3C/4C-Scott Douglas (Canada) / Tom Rebelo (Douglas); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Aurélien Cardoso (France).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (54):
1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Ralph D’Onofrio (NY), 2C-Jonathan Berkowitz (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Nick Paleos (NY).
BEGINNER (26):
1-Jordan McCollom (CT), 2-José Ward (NJ); 1C-Jamie Rosen (NJ), 2C-Makoto Nozaki (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY), 2LC-Sheryl Glenn.
SUPER JACKPOT (24):
1-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL), 2/3-Blake Fleetwood (NY) / Atakhan Ismailov (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32):
1-Ioannis Rizos (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (48):
1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2/3-Igor Baburov (NY) / Joe Freedman (NM), 4/6-Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Howard Markowitz (NV).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2):
1-Eli Karp [West Champion] (LA), 2-Jack Edelson [East Champion] (MN).
USBGF 2-POINT MINI-MATCH:
Final Four split: Garry Kallos (Canada) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Nick Paleos (NY) or Andrew Swanson (NJ).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams):
1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & John Klein (MD), 2-David Brown (England) & Trudi Seely (England).
NEW YORK DOUBLES OVERFLOW (16 teams):
1-George Garami (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (48):
1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/6-Robert Caldwell (Canada) / Kristi Christman (WA) / Cary Hoarty (OH) / Jay Karns (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64):
1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Paul Polatov (NY), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / P.J. Macali (OH).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER PLAYOFF:
1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Robert Loveless (Canada).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT I (8):
1-Phil Simborg (FL).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT II (4):
1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Howard Markowitz (NV).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16):
1-David Shadi (NJ), 2-Jordan Cohn (NJ).
$200 JACKPOT (8):
1-Jim Stutz (CT).
$100 JACKPOT (8):
1-Herb Roman (IL).
$100 JACKPOT (8):
1/2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-Mark Megalli (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-David Tuminaro (DE).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-Julian Minwalla (England).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania).
$50 JACKPOT (8):
1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Rodney Workman (IL).
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WORLD TEAM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & WBGF CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
January 6-12, 2020
/ Forges-les-Eaux, France
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (17 nations):
1-DENMARK (Steen Grønbech, Thomas Kristensen, Christian Munk-Christensen, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt), 2-GREECE (Michail Proukakis, Ioannis Atmatzidis, Takis Chatzelis, Platon Tserliakos, Stavros Tsolakos), 3-FRANCE (Stéphane Chenevière, Alain Babillon, Aurélien Bonnet, Olivier Croisille, Olivier Décultot, Eric Maillebiau, Raphael Rosalba).
WBGF 2020 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (125):
1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3/4-Leon Dorel (Romania) / Lawrence Powell (England), 5/8-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) / Thorsten Lux (Germany) / Laurent Michelet (France) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); 1LC-Gerhard Lingnau (Germany), 2LC-Heribert Lindner (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany).
ULTIMATE JACKPOT (16):
1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Almir Vajzovic (Switzerland).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (41 teams):
1-Chris Rogers (England) & Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 2-Stelian Iancu (Romania) & Joachim Lindgren (Sweden).
SPEEDGAMMON (64):
1-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).
DMP CHALLENGE (128):
1-Jiri Vala (Czech Republic), 2-Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (10):
1-Natalie Passano (Gibraltar).
DAILY TOURNAMENT (16):
1-Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-Gerard Duruz (Switzerland).
WARM-UP TEAM EVENT (8):
1-UK Team (Chris Bray, Raj Jansari, Chris Rogers).
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★ TBGT /
25th Istanbul Backgammon Open
January 4-5, 2020
/ Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (199):
1-Ismail Güçlü, 2-Metin Ates, 3-Yasin Okal, 4-Sinan Sütçüoglu, 5-Samet Kurtulmus, 6-Serdar Önen.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16):
1-Sefik Gedikoglu & Umut Sari.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16):
1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16):
1-Faysal Sabuncuoglu & Self.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16):
1-Ercan Akin & Tayfun Mataraci.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16):
1-Alp Yilmaz & Self.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16):
1-Dinçer Günes & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16):
1-Hakan Iplik & F. Hakan Uncuoglu.
DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64):
1-Erkan Nayir.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64):
1-Nedim Dagasan.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64):
1-Gürsel Dinçbilek.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64):
1-Ahmet K. Baykalogullari.
DMP CHALLENGE #5 (64):
1-Okan Koçak.
DMP CHALLENGE #6 (64):
1-Tunç Çelik.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS:
Celal Akarsu, Ali Olgun, Tayfun Mataraci. |