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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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★ ABT /
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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★ ABT /
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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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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