International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT - FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 11-13, 2012; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Perry Gartner (FL), 3/4-Mike Corbett (FL) / Alex Gerding (FL); 1LC-Gregg Cattanach (GA).

INTERMEDIATE (5): 1-Dan Gruby (FL). Side Pool winner: Neal Rosensweig (FL).

BEGINNER (3): 1-Dimitur Alipiev (FL), 2-Doreen Saccardo (FL), 3-Sonia Delima (FL).

FLORIDA MASTERS (6+2): 1-Mike Corbett (FL), 2-Gregg Cattanach (GA).

MICRO-BLITZ (12): 1-Neal Rosensweig (FL).

DMP-KNOCKOUT: 1-Phil Simborg (IL).

GARTNER-SIMBORG QUIZ: Stuart Katz (NY), Open winner; Brian Sooy (FL), Intermediate winner.

"PERFECT GENTLEMAN" SPECIAL AWARD: Dr. Stuart Katz (NY).

DONKEY PRIZE: Carter Mattig (IL).

ABT - 4th ATLANTA SPRING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 27-29, 2012; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (22): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Lee Genud (FL); 1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Barry Silliman (MD); 1LC-Bill Riles (TX).

ADVANCED (27): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Ben Elliott (NC); 1C-Sandra Sha (FL), 2C-LEW Webber (VA); 1LC-Craig Anderson (GA).

NOVICE (2): 1-Katherine Hochberg (GA).

GEORGIA MASTERS (11): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Bill Robertie (MA).

ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (11): 1-Joe Nolan (TN), 2-Marv Porten (CA).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Harry Georgiou (GA) & Jerry Godsey (GA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Lee Genud (FL).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Neal Weiner (FL), 2-Craig Anderson (GA).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (20): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Tim Brown (GA); 1C-LEW Webber (VA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Rollow Mickle (TN).

$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Kathy Weiner (FL), 2-Alan Epstein (GA)

Betfair/EBGT - EUROPEAN PRO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 25-29, 2012; Lefkosa, Cyprus

EUROPEAN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Talat Papatya (Turkey), 2-Martin Birkhan (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

MASTERS (48): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3/4-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey) / Philippe Vouhé (France); 1LC-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).

ADVANCED (36): 1-Özlem Kargi (Turkey), 2-Can Iskender (Turkey), 3/4-Nektarios Sarafidis (Greece) / Laura Soagher (Cyprus); 1LC-Onur Vurur (Turkey).

BEGINNERS (5): 1-Özkan Kaya (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 2-Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway).

GERMAN MASTERS QUALIFIER (8): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).

DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1/2-Kemal Erdem (Turkey) / Kemal Erdem (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Yasar Gözel (Turkey), Engin Öngel (England).

ABT - NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 18-22, 2012; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (45+13 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Carter Mattig (IL) / Tom Zarrinnam (CA); 1C-Justin Nunez (CA), 2C-Dorn Bishop (CA); 1LC-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2LC-Larry Liebster (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (45+19 rebuys): 1-David Escoffery (CA), 2-Richard Weaver (TX), 3/4-Claudia Imatt (CA) / David Presser (IL); 1C-Robert Tansi (MA), 2C-Larry Arnold (MN); 1LC-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2LC-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

BEGINNER (5): 1-Max Crosner (AZ), 2-Erwin Hom (CA).

SUPER JACKPOT (13 at $2000): 1-Paul Weaver (AL), 2-Drew Giovanis (NV).

LIMITED JACKPOT (10 at $1000): 1-Art Moore (CA), 2-Damon Singer (NV).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Tristan Bettencourt (CA).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (8 teams): 1-Todd Crosner (AZ) & Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Alan Grunwald (NJ).

BLITZ (128): 1-Tom Elgas (NV), 2-Nicole Taboury (France).

MINI-MATCH (32 ): 1-Ted Chee (CA).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (23): 1-Doug Simon (NV), 2-Tom Magne (MN).

$50 BEGINNERS SATURDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Kevin Kahl (CA).

$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Nicole Taboury (France).

$200 SUNDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).

$30 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (19): 1-Glen Arnold (NV), 2-Trish Hegland (NV).

24th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 11th VELDEN OPEN - WBF
April 11-15, 2012; Velden, Austria

MASTERS (27): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Marco Tamigi (Italy), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) / Konstantin Mitrelis (Greece); 1C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2C-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 3C/4C-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2LC-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

CHAMPIONS (26): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey), 3/4-Thomas Löw (Germany) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria); 1C-Vasily Kavun (Ukraine), 2C-Marius Cornelius Veres (Romania), 3C/4C-Thomas Leitner (Austria) / Walter Meuwis (Belgium); 1LC-Mario Angelo Bertuletti (Italy/France), 2LC-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy).

INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2-Rene Mayer (Austria), 3/4-Susanne Lederer (Austria) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); 1C-Rasim Tüfek (Turkey), 2C-Jacopo d'Albasio (Italy); 1LC-Franco Candeo (Italy), 2LC-Remus Andrei Veres (Romania).

9th EUROPEAN DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Ugo Piazza (Italy) & Michel Serrero (France), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Tassilo Rzymann (Austria), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

WARM-UP (42): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Erik Heublein (Germany).

R&R Trophy (39): 1-Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Luisa Sequeira (Portugal).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Nodari Gagua (Russia), 2-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

Bet24th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 5-9, 2012; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (111): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Shahab Ghodsi (Norway), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen / Tage Mellgren, 5/8-Daisuke Katagami (Japan) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany); 1LC-Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 2LC-Tore Fredriksen (Norway).

ADVANCED (86): 1-Rasmus G. Hansen, 2-Peter Berg (Germany), 3/4-Erik Hansen / Saban Simsek, 5/8-Ann Maibritt Ehlers / Majken Johansen / Walter Meuwis (Belgium) / Lars Nielsen; 1LC-Jakob Andersen, 2LC-Sarah Utku (Sweden).

INTERMEDIATE (89): 1-Torben Rasmussen, 2-Lasse Ljungstrøm, 3/4-Martin Kaltoft / Bjørn H. Kruse, 5/8-Frederik Carlsson (Sweden) / Ossi Juhonen (Finland) / Morten Marx / Jannik Syppli Nielsen; 1LC-Gisele Ardisson (France), 2LC-Emma Axling (Sweden).

BEGINNERS (36): 1-Casper Rheder, 2-Theis Rasmussen; 1st Conso: 1C-Kenneth Holt, 2C-Martin Christensen; 2nd Conso: 1C-Kristian Stage, 2C-Mogens Dreier; 1LC-Karin Bræmer, 2LC-Lars Krogh.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Carter Mattig (USA), 3/4-Conny Erickson (Sweden) / Tore Fredriksen (Norway), 5/8-Christian Ernst / Raj Jansari (England) / Bjornar Kristoffersen (Sweden) / Anita Zelmerløw.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2-Nevzat Dogan.

WARM-UP (46): 1-Norbert Wiebusch (Gemany), 2-Robin Neumann, 3/4-Yuri Nakamura (Japan) / Axel Stemark.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (44): 1-Inge Christoffersen, 2-Linda Sjorin (Sweden).

MIXED DOUBLES (39 teams): 1-Christan Sørensen & Jimmy Sørensen, 2-George Hall (England) & Dorothy Lee (England), 3/4-Mette Bræmer & Lasse Danielsen / Søren Andersen & Ann Maibrit Ehlers.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (55 teams): 1-Sabrina Milling & Jørgen Mohr, 2-Kathrine Langjord (Norway) & Bob Wachtel (USA), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Marion Weeber (Germany) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan) & Franck Stepler (France).

TEAM EVENT (35 teams): 1-Japan: Yuri Nakamura / Kenji Shimodaira / Akiko Yazawa, 2-Barhang (Sweden): Håkan Åkerstrand / Emma Axling / Zhina Bergström, 3/4-Team Casino Copenhagen / TGV.

MOST JACKPOT VICTORIES: 1-Bjornar Kristoffersen (Sweden).

DENMARK VS. THE WORLD: 1-Denmark Team: Karsten Bredahl / Gus Hansen / Morten Holm / Thomas Kristensen / Michael K. Larsen / Marc B. Olsen / Tue Rex / Lars Trabolt. 2-World Team: Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) / Bob Wachtel (USA) / David Wells (USA). Final score: Denmark = 37, World = 21.

DANISH PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Karsten Bredahl.

ABT - 18th ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 23-25, 2012; Cleveland, Ohio

OPEN (24): 1-Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI); 1C-Emil Mortuk (MI), 2C-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

ADVANCED (30): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada); 1C-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2C-Steve Grund (PA).

NOVICE (6): 1-Brian DeMatt (OH), 2-Stephen Collins (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (4): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Mary Hickey (OH) & Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dale Berlin (OH) & Mike Rezai (OH).

2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Cengiz Yakut (PA).

MINI-BLITZ (8): 1-Mike Rezai (OH).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (14): 1-Mary Hickey (OH); 1C-Bob Hickey (OH).

ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 9-11, 2012; Rosemont, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (49): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Keene Marin (WI); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Rachel Rhodes (England); 1LC-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

ADVANCED (43): 1-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2-Rob Farmer (IL), 3/4-Dan Cramer (MN) / Sue Will (IL); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2C-Jim Opre (IL); 1LC-Don Marek (IL).

LIMITED (10): 1-Steven O'Connor (IL), 2-Rich Hallbeck (IL); 1LC-Ken Brown (MO).

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XIV (16): 1-Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (10): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ed Zell (IL).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Grant Schneider (VA) , 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Steve Hast (PA).

11th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 8 Women): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Claudia Brown (TX), 3/4-Nora Luna Righter (IL) / Jim Opre (IL).

QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Dave Settles (IL), 2-Rachel Rhodes (England).

MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Keene Marin (WI).

LIAR'S DICE: 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

DIRECTOR'S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED WOMAN: Nora Luna Righter (IL).
DIRECTOR'S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED MAN: Steve Blanchard (IL).

MIKE WEINBERGER BOARD FUNDRAISER (8): 1-Don Marek (IL).

TAKI BAKELITE BOARD FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Efim Liberman (IL), 2-Nora Luna Righter (IL).

$2,000 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.

Betfair/EBGT - 4th ISTAVDER BACKGAMMON ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT
February 24-26, 2012; Istanbul, Turkey

MASTERS (62): 1-Hisar Uyar, 2-Ilhan Koç, 3/4-Fuat Erdag / Gökay Güleç; 1LC-Bülent Karabulut, 2LC-Philippe Vouhé (France).

ADVANCED (35): 1-Can Iskender, 2-Metin Erikler, 3/4-Mat Caplow (USA/Turkey) / Onur Vurur.

DOUBLES (28+2): 1-Fikret Poyraz & Self, 2-Martin Birkhan (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Yalkin Erk.
ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

GREEK/TURKISH FRIENDSHIP TEAM TOURNAMENT (2): 1-Dimitrios Manganas & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Fuat Erdag & Hilmi Göçhan.

ABT - 34th PITTSBURGH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 16-19, 2012; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

OPEN (49): 1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 5/8-Paul Berg (MI) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Tim Mabee (IL) / Mark Gordon (MD), 9/12-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).

ADVANCED (44): 1-Phyllis Shapiro (MO), 2-Neal Weiner (FL), 3/4-Richard Catalano (PA) / Arthur Sutton (NJ); 1C-LEW Webber (MD), 2C-Cengiz Yakut (PA), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (CT) / Dave Settles (IL); 1LC-Roger Abbey (NY).

NOVICE (10): 1-Pam Dodsworth (PA), 2-Stephen Collins (OH); 1C-Joe Davidson (PA), 2C-Robert Hartley (PA).

PITTSBURGH MASTERS (18): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Harvey Gillis (WA) / Bob Koca (MD).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (18): 1-Jason Lee (MD), 2-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).

THURSDAY 500 (8): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

THURSDAY OPEN WARM-UP: 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Leon Marini (NJ).

THURSDAY ADVANCED WARM-UP: 1-Pete Townsend (PA), 2-Phyllis Shapiro (MO).

SPEED GAMMON (24): 1-Bob Koca (MD), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3-Paul Polatov (NY).

OPEN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Brent Cohen (PA) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Jeff Acierno (NJ) & Leon Marini (NJ) / Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

ADVANCED DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Kevin Kelly & Chris Martin (PA), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT) & Dave Settles (IL), 3-Brandon Macklin (MD) & Arthur Sutton (NJ).

MICRO BLITZ (32): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Gary Fries (VA).

THE LAST LAST CHANCE - OPEN (8): 1-Bill Versaw (PA), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).

THE LAST LAST CHANCE - ADVANCED (8): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

THREE RIVERS ONE POINTER (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

15th BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP OF FRANCE
January 26-29, 2012; Paris, France

OPEN (60): 1-Stéphane Benichou, 2-Jean-Claude Bensaid; 1C-Tristan Rémille, 2C-Said Nafisspour.

BEGINNERS (14): 1-Marc Goldman, 2-Serge Amsallem.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (15 teams): 1-Gisèle Ardisson & Michel Serrero, 2-Guy Bourgeois & Philippe Vouhé.

ABT - 4th NEW MEXICO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 26-29, 2012; Santa Fe, New Mexico

OPEN (29): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Mike Senkiewicz (NY); 1LC-Chuck Bower (IN).

ADVANCED (20): 1-Judy Field (MI), 2-Lawrence Wilson (CO); 1C-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2C-Eric Hiner (MN); 1LC-Jonathan Leusden (UT).

NOVICE (22): 1-Dan Burke (NM), 2-Erik Sawyer (NM); 1C-Gina Hartwick (NM), 2C-Andrew Wice (NM); 1LC-Daniel Roybal (NM).

SANTA FE 500 JACKPOT (16): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

ROADRUNNER ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1/2-James Bray (TX) / Greg Kurrell (CO).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Frank Talbot (MI) & Phyllis Wieland (NM), 2-Leonard Fink (NY) & Jack Lewin (NY).

CENTENNIAL JACKPOT (8): 1-Fran Goldfarb (NY), 2-David Wilshin (AZ).

QUICKIE (16): 1/2-Frank Frigo (KY) / Greg Kurrell (CO).

BLITZ (4): 1-Rory Pascar (IL).

$360 was raised for New Mexico charities.

ABT - 4th US BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 13-16, 2012; South San Francisco, California

CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3/4-Odis Chenault (CA) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA); 1LC-Jeremy Bagai (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Marv Porten (CA), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Mark James (CA) / Dale Rose (CA); 1LC-Jesse Jestadt (CA).

BEGINNER (6): 1-Erwin Hom (CA), 2-Maria Heiner (Brazil/USA).

US MASTERS JACKPOT (16 @ $500 level): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2-Justin Nunez (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (11 @ $250): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-David Dows (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Cathal Murray (CA), 3/4-Bill Davis (IL) / Josh Racko (CA).

DMP-KNOCKOUT (16): 1-Stephen Mead (OR).

WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #1 (8): 1-Alberto Marti (Mexico).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #2 (8): 1-Christian Stoddard (CA).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #3 (8): 1-Nicholas Dale (OR).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #4 (8): 1-Greg Merriman (MI).

MINI-BLITZ (48): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).

DOUBLES PRO/AM (12 teams): 1-Eddie Sant'Ana (Brazil/NJ) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Penina Meisels (NM) & Ed Rosenblum (NM).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARD: Christian Stoddard (CA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT #1 (12): 1-Comet (CA), 2-Nicholas Dale (OR).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT #2 (16): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Maxim Glaezer (CA).

TBT - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 13-15, 2012; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Rasim Tüfek, 3/4-Affan Basak / Kenji Nishizawa (Japan); 1C-Pim van Haastert (Holland), 2C-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 3C/4C-Barbaros Erim / Cüneyt Argun Genç; 1LC-Irfan Mizrakçi, 2LC-John Broomfield (England), 3LC/4LC-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria) / Richard Lukas.

LADIES PRIZE (11): 1-Nesrin Becerici, 2-Lisya Eskinazi.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (44 teams): 1-Alireza Kotzari & Yalçin Simsek, 2-Göksel Kilinç & Mehmet Polat, 3/4-Serhan Çekma & Serkan Koç / Balim Ayasli & Cumhur Bektüre.

WARM-UP (79): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Faruk Perkin, 3/4-Selim Kalyoncu / Cemalettin Yüksel.

869BG CUP (84): 1-Martin Barkwill (England), 2-Tabet Tabet (Lebanon), 3/4-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia) / Pim van Haastert (Holland).

SWING (39): 1-Barbaros Erim, 2-Serkan Çatalkaya, 3/4-Mustafa Babal / Orhan Bitlisli.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kürsad Solak, 2-Faruk Perkin, 3/4-Nesrin Becerici / Khachik Melikyan (Armenia)

SPORTSMANSHIP PRIZE: Cemalettin Erisen.

BBT - BRIGHT 'N' BREEZY BACKGAMMON - BIBA
January 13-15, 2012; Brighton, England

OPEN (90): 1-Marcus Wrinch, 2-Raj Jansari, 3/4-Mark Heidenfeld / Malcolm Robertson (HK); 1C-Peter Christmas, 2C-Eric McAlpine, 3C/4C-Vicki Pemberton (USA) / Paul Plumptre; 1LC-Mike Heard, 2LC-Mark Calderbank, 3C/4C-Howard Morris / Mick Vacarey.

BEGINNERS: 1-Tina Mullins.

TIDAL WAVE (32): 1-Phil Tutchings, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Fanika Petkovska / Sean Williams.

FRIDAY 500 (46): 1-Peter Christmas, 2-Barry McAdam, 3/4-Brian Lever / David Nathan.

BBT 2011 FINALS (8): 1-Dan Tutchings, 2-Brian Lever.

DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Plump Prob, 2-Cottagewebs & Old Polish.

POKER (26): 1-David Horner, 2-Ali Farzan, 3-Dan Tutchings, 4-Clive Martin-Ross.

ABT - NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 5-8, 2012; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (55+15 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Bill Phipps (NY), 3/4-Antonio Ortega (Costa Rica) / Arkadiy Tsinis (NY); 1C/2C-Jeff Acierno (NJ) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3C/4C-Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1LC-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2LC-Petko Kostadinov (SC).

INTERMEDIATE (50+10 rebuys): 1-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 2-Cloyd Laporte (NY), 3/4-Donald Gabbai (VA) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica); 1C-Keith Gershenson (NY), 2C-Ruben Martirosyan (NY), 3C/4C-Brandon Macklin (MD) / Jim Ryan (NY); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Jim Kennis (NY).

BEGINNER (14): 1-Joan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Julia Sommer (NY); 1C-Nick Retzkin (NY).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (192): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Arkadiy Tsinis (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (25+7 rebuys): 1-Bill Phipps (NY), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).

LIMITED JACKPOT (26+6 rebuys): 1-Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD), 3/4-Arman Karamian (NY) / Leon Marini (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ) & Steven Keats (NY), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Falafel Natanzon (Israel/USA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).

PETER KASTURAS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (2): 1-Stephen Collins (OH), 2-Jamie Rosen (NY).

2012 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS