2024 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025
Updated: January 18, 2025
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).
