International Backgammon Tournament Results

MUNKEBJERG 2025 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 7-9, 2025; Vejle, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (59): 1-Michael Krakus, 2-Khosrow Jafehvand, 3/4-Claus Elken / Robin Neumann.

INTERMEDIATE (92): 1-Max Peterson, 2-Sanne Birch, 3/4-Martin Christiansen / Rasmus Hansen.

BEGINNER (17): 1-Lene Lund Sørensen, 2-Ole S.S. Larsen, 3/4-Tina Xenia Fersling / Louise Pedersen.

FRIDAY FREEROLL (58 pairs): 1-Michael Nielsen & Stella Teute Vinther, 2-Rikke Kragh & Louise Pedersen, 3/4-Sune Christiansen & Anja Holm / Jason Granstedt (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden).

SPEED TOURNAMENT (58): 1-Michael Weile, 2-Kristine Jensen, 3/4-Christian Munk-Christiansen / Allan Larsen.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Peter Svinding, 2-Michael Nielsen.

FRIENDSHIP CUP
February 5-9, 2025; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

OPEN BG (62): 1-Timur Azizov, 2-Nail Arzukhanov, 3-Sergey Alekseev, 4-Alexey Tokarev, 5-Dmitry Shkurin, 6-Ayrat Fatykhov.

SUPER JACKPOT BG (35): 1-Alexey Sypko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Tsaruk Manukyan / Vasily Chemokhonenko.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION BG (30 teams): 1-Elizaveta Khrushcheva & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Petukhov & Pavel Potapov, 3-Zaur Apekov & Fedor Kroytor.

BLITZ BG (64): 1-Viktor Naumenko, 2-Sergey Ageev, 3-Sergey Alenin, 4-Sergey Zelenov.

LADIES BG (17): 1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Ekaterina Drozdova.

LADIES BLITZ BG (32): 1-Kseniya Nagaeva, 2-Oksana Gayazova, 3-Elena Ganzha.

OPEN NG (65): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Nikolay Kiselev, 3-Ivan Rybenkov, 4/5-Konstantin Ushakov / Guram Nagelishvili, 6-Timur Akhmedzyanov.

SUPER JACKPOT NG (32): 1-Dmitry Morozov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3/4-Vagarshak Akopyan / Mikhail Kozhevnikov.

BLITZ NG (64): 1-Nail Arzukhanov, 2-Levik Bagdasaryan, 3-Genry Gasparyan, 4-Andrey Razumov.

LADIES NG (14): 1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Liliya Koroleva.

LADIES BLITZ NG (16): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Svetlana Mashkovtseva, 3-Elena Ganzha.

1-POINT NG (64): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Sergey Alekseev, 3-Aleksandr Konokhov, 4-Vitaly Ledovskikh.

8th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-February 2, 2025; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar

MASTERS (43): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom), 3-Francisco Domingues (Portugal), 4/5-Will Cockerell (United Kingdom) / Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 1LC-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain), 2LC-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3LC/4LC-Franncisco Kendall (Portugal) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).

INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Alex Moazed (Sweden), 3-Maciej Kaluzinski (Poland), 4/5-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2LC-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3LC/4LC-Stewart Stone (Gibraltar) / Heike van Heteren (Germany).

"MARIO FABBRI" BEST GIBRALTARIAN PLAYER AWARD: Mike Nicholls.

500£ SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3/4-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Thomas Myhr (Denmark).

150£ ELITE JACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Bray (United Kingdom), 2-David Frier (Gibraltar), 3/4-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) / Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway).

50£ INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), Jürgen Feiler (Germany), 3/4-Joanna Chorbala (Poland) / Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams): 1-Geoff Hall (UK) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Francisco Domingues (Portugal) & Francisco Kendall (Portugal) / Patrick Gebelli (United Arab Emirates) & Diana Merlusca (Romania).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 3/4-Ian Davidson (United Kingdom) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).

SENIORS: (96): 1-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom).

LADIES (24): 1-Antoinette Williams (USA), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).

DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128): 1-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2-Mike Nicholls (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar).

3X3 TEAM EVENT (14 teams): 1-The Brummy Chippers: Geoff Hall, Julian Minwalla, Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Brighton Breezy: Mike Grabsky, Tim Parfitt, Paul Statter (United Kingdom), 3/4-Dice Masters: Malcolm Hutson (Australia), Thomas Myhr (Denmark), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / LFP: Gilbert Licudi, Michael Pitaluga, Stewart Stone (Gibraltar).

869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32): 1-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Chris Bray (United Kingdom) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom).

MASTER OF THE ROCK (14): 1-Manuel Britto (Gibraltar), 2-Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar), 3/4-Steve Blake (Gibraltar) / Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar).

ABT - CHARLOTTE BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
January 23-26, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina

ABT OPEN (45): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 4/7-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Bob Azari (FL) / Donna Lafferty (IN) / Jason Lee (MD).

ABT ADVANCED (64): 1-Neville Kerr (NC), 2-Carol Kerr (NC), 3-Marianne Bowen (VA), 4/9-Koray Agirbas (GA) / Bernard Dede (NC) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Ofek Oshri (GA) / Jerry Ungar (FL).

ABT NOVICE (17): 1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT), 2/5-Cassandra Bennett (NC) / John Drake (NC) / Peter Hoyt (NY) / Kevin Hubbard (NC).

QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).

CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3-Jason Lee (MD).

DOGWOOD ROYALE ADVANCED JACKPOT (24): 1-Graham Webb (WI), 2-Kelsey Rose (NY), 3-Andy Keller (NC).

HORNETS NEST DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Tom Rosandich (WI) & Graham Webb (WI).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB-CHARLOTTE (24): 1/5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Julius High (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Grant Schneider (VA). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.45, 2-Sean Garber (IN) at 5.19, 3-Jason Lee (MD) at 5.73, 4-Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) at 5.94, 5-Bob Azari (FL) at 6.14, 6-Paul Linderman (NC) at 6.33, 7-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.36. Unlucky Dice Award: Paul Linderman (NC) at -16.00.

COOLWOOD WARM-UP (32): 1-Quinn Swanger (NC), 2-Andy Keller (NC); 1C-Valentyn Miller (NC), 2C-Michael Rosendich (NC).

WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (12): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Kristen Westerman (TN).

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Alan Epstein (GA).

DMP I (16): 1-Phil Linderman (NC).
DMP II (8): 1-Michael Rosandich (NC).

HOTEL ROOM FREEROLL (71): 1-Laura Granger (CO).

$50 HAT TRICK (8): 1/2 split-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Julius High (FL).

$20 HAT TRICK #1 (8): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).
$20 HAT TRICK #2 (8): 1-Matty Joyce (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #3 (8): 1-Glen Konstantine (CT).
$20 HAT TRICK #4 (8): 1-Timothy Smith (GA).

CNB - 5th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 16-19, 2025; Padova, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Michele Muratori, 3/4-Roberto Terenziani / Daniel Tudose (Romania); 1C-Dario Di Nicola, 2C-Antonio Anelli, 3C/4C-Frederic Bonard (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.

ADVANCED (42): 1-Diego Balgera, 2-Massimo Trovò, 3/4-Alberto Furlanetto / Hicham Khay; 1C-Dario Zaccariotto, 2C-Dario Bertola, 3C/4C-Carlo Fassina / Stefano Sinopoli.

OPEN MONTEGROTTO (36): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Jost Müller (Germany), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Francesco Oliva.

SWING (14): 1-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin, 3-Marco Conte.

WARM-UP (14): 1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Andrea Riebler (Austria).

DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Jost Müller (Germany) & Wolf Dieter Wall (Germany).

ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Andrea Riebler (Austria).

GOODBYE MONTEGROTTO (16): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Giuseppe Ricciardi.

UKBGT - BREEZY BRIGHTON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Brighton, United Kingdom

MASTERS (60): 1-Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden), 2-Darryl Artt, 3-Richard Furborough; 1C-Lawrence Powell, 2C-Kevin Bailey.

INTERMEDIATES (45): 1-Andreas Giannopoulos, 2-Hannah Parente, 3/4-Fabricio Cardoso / Chris Filby; 1C-Colly Morgan, 2C-Peter Gladstone.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Kent Goulding (USA), 2-André Larsen.

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Neculai Axinte.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams): 1/2 split-Steve Atkinson & Jude Le Patourel / Andrew Hawken & Richie Newbold.

WARM-UP (52): 1-Chris Filby, 2-Ann Maher.

BONUS WINNER: Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden).

FAREWELL: 1-Paul King, 2-Ann Pocknell.

VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Vlissingen, The Netherlands

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium), 3/4-Arthur Braacx (NL) / Ray Joenes (NL), 5/8-Csaba Daday (Romania) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Daniel Rozenberg (Belgium) / Jürgen Schettler (Germany).

ADVANCED (20): 1-Robert Vledderman (NL), 2-Joseph Meyns (Belgium), 3/4-Kris Claeys (Belgium) / Miriam Wieck (Germany).

SUPERJACKPOT (11): 1-Steven Hoeylaerts (Belgium), 2-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium).

SPEEDGAMMON (7): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).

PRO-AM DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-Rosie Flack (England) & Marc Friebe (Germany).

WARM-UP DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Team Old School: Rainer Jöller (Germany) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-World Champions: Anna Sofia Eysturstein (Faroe Islands) & Oliver Squire (England).

WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 10-12, 2025; Istanbul, Turkey

"SHIMON KAGAN MEMORIAL" MASTERS (136): 1-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Yilmaz Kurtay, 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Yasin Özergil; 1C-Carlos Abou Absi (Lebanon), 2C-Emre Oztürk, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC-Fikret Aydin, 2LC-Erkan Nayir, 3LC/4LC-Ismail Köknar / Eren Sarikaya. Ladies Prize: Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria).

INTERMEDIATES (23): 1-Jalal Dehestanlangroudi (Iran), 2-Suat Karadag; 1C-Kalojan Bogdanov (Bulgaria), 2C-Senol Demir; 1LC-M. Gökhan Gucavli, 2LC-Nejat Alkap. Ladies Prize: Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (31): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (63 teams): 1-Osman Erkol & Adnan Turan, 2-Metin Erikler & Ali Yaldiz, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) & Rony Sadek (Lebanon) / Mykhailo Kulachko (Ukraine) & Dimitri Sloutsky (Ukraine).

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WBIF WARM-UP (88): 1-John Broomfield (United Kingdom), 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3/4-Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom) / Nahit Sorgüven.

"GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (53): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Baris Güven Gôkçe, 3-Zeki Gelbal, 4-Riccardo Micci (Italy).

MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin, 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).

MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).

"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Suat Karadag, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Fady Al Asmar (Lebanon).

SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 1-Ismail Köknar, 2-Mustafa Resat Çikintas, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Mehmet Polat.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gözde Diptas #1, 2-Eduard Fattakhov (Russia), 3/4-Önder Akçabelen / Gözde Diptas #2.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (11X8): Winners: Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Metin Üredi, Özdal Kapmaz, Nassir Hajj (Lebanon), Kostadin Bodurov (Bulgaria), Zeki Gelbal, Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Rony Sadek (Lebanon).

ABT - 18th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 8-12, 2025; Jersey City, New Jersey

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (161+65 rebuys): 1-Steve Sharokh (NY), 2-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Alan Steffen (FL), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom) / Greg Merriman (MI) / Kimon Papachristopoulos Germany) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Art Sutton (NJ), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Rory Pascar IL); 1LC-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom), 2LC-Herb Roman (IL), 3LC/4LC-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Sergey Rybiy (NY).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (114+48 rebuys): 1-Ali Rende (Turkey), 2-Michael Robinson (IL), 3/4-Alex Adams (PA) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 5/8-Jim Glover (FL) / Brad Mielke (NY) / Brian Ross (FL) / John Warden (MD); 1C-Lina Laksiouer (Canada), 2C-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3C/4C-Tyler Hathaway (NY) / Michael Kay (IL); 1LC-Bernard Pollara (NY), 2C-Debra Solomon (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (82): 1-Andrea Nishi (NY), 2-Jaime Felber (NY), 3/4-Kyle Reich (NY) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ); 1C-Kristen Butler (NY), 2C-Rebecca Rau (NY), 3C/4C-Michael Arendt (FL) / John Shea (NY); 1LC-Michael Pucci (NJ), 2LC-Sabrina Kraus (NY).

BEGINNER (32): 1-Kinga Kruszewska (NY), 2-Susan Keyloun (NY); 1C-Carter McLean (NY), 2C-Evan Clune (NY); 1LC-Sophia Marinkovich (WA), 2LC-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Alexander Handin (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (54): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL).

LIMITED JACKPOT (58): 1-Howard Linneman-Schmidt (NY), 2-Jason Aingorn (NY), 3/4-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / James Ross (RI).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB-NEW YORK (42): 1/3-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Wu (NY), 4/10-Julius High (FL) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Anthony Wuersch (MA). Unlucky Dice Award: Tom Keisler (CA). PR winners: 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) at 2.54, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.14, 3-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.44, 4-Thomas Keisler (CA) at 4.04, 5-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) at 4.13, 6-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.32, 7-Joe Urso (NY) 4.36, 8-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.48.

LADY LIBERTY CUP: 1-Melanie Hughes (Caribbean), 2-Ma Lang (NY), 3-Dina Laks (NY).

2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Azim Rashidimalekshah (Canada).

CANCELGAMMON (48): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Jeremy Ly (NY), 3-Jack Edelson (MN).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-Mark Osborne (NY), 2-Babak Ourian (CA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (96): 1/3 split-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada) / Marty Storer (NH) / Tony Wuersch (MA).

P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Michael Rosen (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Alan Steffen (FL) & Rosemary Steffen (FL), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Michael Vena (NY), 3/4-Jim Glover (FL) & Scotty Kelland (CT) / Nick Ricciardi (CT) & Joe Urso (NY).

PRO-AM DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Michael Friedrich (Germany) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).

2024 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS