ABT - LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON
OPEN
June 12-14, 2009; Van Nuys, California
OPEN (56): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Stick Rice (OH), 3-Malcolm Davis (TX); 1C-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2C-Jona Alexander (CA), 3C/4C-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Zafar Yasa (CA).
ADVANCED (31): 1-Trisha Hegland (CA), 2-Cheryl Anderson (CA); 1C-David Taniguchi (CA), 2C-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3C/4C-Jenann Nakamura (CA) / Joe Nolan (CA).
LIMITED (9): 1-Liam Zaidel (CA), 2-Susan Lee (AZ); 1C-Don Thompson, Sr. (CA).
SUPER-32 JACKPOT (32): 1-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4-Jason Lee (NV) / Steve Sax (CA).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Jerry Jabagchourian (CA), 2-Bruce Newberg (CA), 3/4-J. L. Carter (CA) / Lynn Lusk (CO).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA).
BLITZ (96): 1-Ron Bruns (CA).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Reza Daryabegi (CA) & Azzam Masarani (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA) & Rob Maier (WV), 3-Larry Bosen (CA) & Justin Nunez (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Josh Racko (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Larry Bosen (CA).
ABT - US BACKGAMMON OPEN /
WASHINGTON DC
June 4-7, 2009; Arlington, Virginia
CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Joe Russell (CA); 1C-Brian B. Smith (NY), 2C-Kent Goulding (MD); 1LC-Richard Munitz (NY).
INTERMEDIATE (20): 1-Eric Johnson (IL), 2-Scott Kelland (CT); 1C-Bruce Whitaker (MD), 2C-Devika Patel (TN); 1LC-Frank Raposa (VA).
BEGINNERS (9): 1-Joan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Genna Cowan (MD).
US MASTERS JACKPOT (12 @ $1,000): 1-Bill Finneran (VA), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (8 @ $250): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD).
DMP-KNOCKOUT (64): 1-Donald Gabbai (VA), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
SASSANGAMMON FREEROLL (57): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Michael Auer (MD).
PRO/AM CONSULTING DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) & Kristina Vig (WA), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Brandon Macklin (MD).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Jeb Horton (NC).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Richard Munitz (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-John Klein (MD).
WBA* MEMBER OF HONOUR: Bill Davis (IL), for Lifetime Achievement.
SPECIAL TROPHY: Ray Fogerlund (CA).
SPECIAL TROPHY: Werner Schmucki (Austria).
Beltime Chronograph Watch donated by Alan Grunwald (NJ): Awarded to Rod Covlin (NY) for placing in the most trophy events.
*Tournament directed by Chiva Tafazzoli, President of the World Backgammon Association.
ABT - 29th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON
TOURNAMENT
May 22-25, 2009; Rosemont, Illinois
OPEN (39+15 rebuys): 1-Larry Taylor (GA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA),
3/4-Scott Casty (IL) / Bill Davis (IL); 1C-Stacy Turner (FL),
2C-Stick Rice (OH); 1LC-Bill Bartholomay (IL).
INTERMEDIATE (26+8 rebuys): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Alex Shoshoo
(IL); 1C-Michael Flohr (IL), 2C-Brian Ross (GA); 1LC-Regina Ragelis
(OH).
NOVICE (8): 1-Adam Lusk (CO), 2-Robert Stoller (AK).
MEMORIAL DAY MASTERS (16): 1-Bob Koca (MD), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (IL).
MASTERS OVERFLOW (4): 1-David Todd (MO).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Bill Bartholomay (IL), 2-Jacob Moreno (IL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Bill Bartholomay (IL), 2-Albert Yakobashvili (IL).
BLITZ TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Peter Carcieri (OH), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO).
DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Perry Gartner (FL) & Bob Koca (MD), 2-Alex Owen (IL) & Albert Yakobashvili (IL).
PERRY GARTNER'S QUIZ (18): 1-Bob Koca (MD), 2-Robert Stoller (AK), 3-Lucky Nelson (IL).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (16): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Adrian Rios (IL).
EBGT - 4th
TrueMoneyGames PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 14-17, 2009; Estoril, Portugal
MASTERS (52): 1-Frans Bergi (Austria), 2-Freddie Noer (Denmark), 3/4-Steen Grønbech (Denmark) / Hugh McNeil (Canada); 1C-Andrea Wirth (Germany), 2C-Götz Hildsberg (Germany); 1LC-Costas Chiotinis (Greece).
INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-David 'Moon' Ablett (England), 2-Cecilia Sparke (England), 3/4-Klaus Evers (Germany) / Jose Torres (Portugal); 1C-Gaz Owen (England), 2C-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany); 1LC-Marcus Wrinch (England).
WARM-UP (54): 1-Peter Winkler (Austria), 2-Lars Nielsen (Denmark).
PRO/AM DOUBLES: 1-João Borges & Eduardo Mendia Jr. (Portugal), 2-Hamza Nar & self (Turkey).
EXHIBITION MATCH: 1-Danish Team Champs, 2-The Rest of the World.
SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY: Raj Jansari (England).
SPECIAL PLAYER TROPHY: Hugh McNeil (Canada).
ABT - ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON
CLASSIC
May 1-3, 2009; Atlanta, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Rod Covlin (NY); 1C-Rob
Maier (WV), 2C-Bob Carpenter (FL); 1LC-Malcolm Robertson (Hong
Kong).
ADVANCED (25): 1-Murray Bryntesen (FL), 2-Rollow Mickle (TN);
1C-Peter Roubicek (GA), 2C-Scotty Kelland (CT); 1LC-Kate Elmore
(GA).
NOVICE (4): 1-Jon Hochberg (GA), 2-Ron Colling (TN).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Harry Georgiou (GA) & Larry Taylor (GA),
2-Betty Coppic (FL) & Richard Munitz (NY).
GEORGIA MASTERS (20): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Ray Glaeser (OH).
ATLANTA CUP (14): 1-Ken Larsen (NC), 2-Danielle Bastarache (FL).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
MINI-MATCH (16): 1-Carl Sorg (GA).
EARLY EXIT JACKPOT (8): 1-Jerry Kane (MA), 2-Samra Hadden (GA).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (17): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Richard Newfield
(GA); 1C-Ken Larsen (NC).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Julius High (NY), 2-Richard Munitz (NY).
21st EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / 8th VELDEN BACKGAMMON
OPEN
April 15-19, 2009; Velden, Austria
MASTERS (27): 1-Christos Groutsos (Greece), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Manos Mastorakis (Greece) / Marco Tamigi (Italy); 1C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 2C-Sava Nadazdin (Serbia), 3C/4C-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain); 1LC-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2LC-Nihat Sorguven (Turkey). Ladies Prize: Angelina Charakoglu (Greece).
CHAMPIONS (27): 1-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria), 2-Ali Serif Rende (Turkey), 3/4-Neculai Draganuta (Romania) / Scarlett Serrero (France); 1C-Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany), 2C-Andrea Riebler (Austria), 3C/4C-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria) / Antonio Iaquinta (Italy); 1LC-Kristoffer Hötzeneder (Austria), 2LC-Walter Jarc (Canada/Slovenia). Ladies Prize: Scarlett Serrero (France).
INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Inge Pfettrisch (Germany), 2-Rodica Pacuraru (Romania), 3/4-Alberto da Pra (Italy) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria); 1C-Takanori Ito (Japan), 2C-Michael Christofides (Greece), 3C/4C-Dursun Cetin (Turkey) / Rudolf Prohaska (Austria); 1LC-Seda Koc (Turkey), 2LC-Flavio Bordin (Italy). Ladies Prize: Inge Pfettrisch (Germany).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Inge Pfettrisch (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Werner Schmucki (Austria), 2-Peter
Raugust (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Hamza Nar
(Turkey).
WARM-UP (27+29): 1-Thomas Löw (Germany), 2-Stefan Bobenhausen (Germany).
SPERTI TROPHY (30+22): 1-Dursun Cetin (Turkey), 2-Hormoz Shahrokhshahi (Iran/Germany).
ONE-POINT MATCH PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT #1: Dursun Cetin (Turkey).
ONE-POINT MATCH PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT #2: Neculai Draganuta (Romania).
6th EUROPEAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (18 teams): 1-Francesco Grimaldi (Italy) & Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Kristoffer Hötzeneder (Austria) & Thomas Leitner (Austria).
ABT - 25th NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON
TOURNAMENT
April 15-19, 2009; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (70+26 rebuys): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Shinichiro
Kaneko (Japan), 3/4-Ramon Eleazar (Philippines) / Rory Pascar
(IL); 1C-Stick Rice (OH), 2C-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 3C/4C-Justin
Nunez (CA) / Mark Schiffer (OR); 1LC-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 2LC-Gary
Bauer (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (63+25 rebuys): 1-Bob Schumacher (MN), 2-Bill Devine
(NV), 3/4-Samuel Raisanen (CO) / Robert Tansi (MA); 1C-Charles
Toots (CA), 2C-Sam Ahmed (Egypt), 3C/4C-Glen Arnold (NV) / Scott
Cole (NV); 1LC-Christian Stoddard (CA), 2LC-Lynda Clay (CO).
BEGINNER (22+6 rebuys): 1-Joe Nolan (NV), 2-Andre DeLucinges (CO);
1C-Susan Lee (AZ), 2C-Antoinette Rodi (FL); 1LC-Timour Fawaz (France),
2LC-Aaron Foust (NV).
SUPER JACKPOT (16 @ $2,000): 1-Hugh Sconyers (NV), 2-Stick
Rice (OH).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16 @ $1,000): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Stacy
Turner (FL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Bill Riles
(TX).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Tom Magne (MN) & Bob Schumacher
(MN), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
BLITZ EVENT (224): 1-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil), 2-Odis Chenault (CA).
MINI-MATCH EVENT (64): 1-Akiko Abe (Japan), 2-Howard Markowitz (IL).
$400 OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-David Taniguchi (CA), 2-Norm Wiggins (CA).
$300 SATURDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (23): 1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Bill Riles (TX).
$50 SATURDAY BEGINNERS JACKPOT (4): 1-Tigran Avetisyan (Armenia).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Aram Kouleyan (CA), 2-Richard Munitz (NY).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (23): 1-Greg Bowman (KS), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Sam Orandle (NV), 2-Daniel Stroberger (WA).
Play65.com 21st NORDIC OPEN
April 9-13, 2009; Helsingør,
Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (97): 1-Claus Elken, 2-Tage Mellgren, 3/4-Johnny Tønnessen (Norway) / Lars Trabolt, 5/8-Karsten Bredahl / Morten Holm Lassen / Hans Liby (Norway) / Carter Mattig (USA).
INTERMEDIATE (73): 1-Neculai Draganuta (Romania), 2-Ole Jochumsen, 3/4-Dan Andersen / Klaus Jensen, 5/8-Morten Lylloff / Carina Meile / Jörg Schneider / Patrick Toxværd.
BEGINNER (52): 1-Claus Steensgaard Christensen, 2-Lasse Ljungstrøm, 3/4-Anders Johannessen / Inga Vigh-Pedersen.
NOVICE (52): 1-Jim Skougård Rasmussen, 2-Stig Thomasen, 3-Marianne Wedel Bach, 4-Carl Erik Frost.
XXL LAST CHANCE (222): 1-Hans Kristian Mathiesen, 2-Jens Quirin Hansen, 3/4-Filomila Karantzali (Greece) / Michael H. Pedersen.
2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (32): 1-Jan Ebbe Jensen, 2-Henrik Veje, 3/4-Thomas Schwanbeck (Germany) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).
2009 JAPAN OPEN QUALIFIER (30): 1-Uli Koch (Germany), 2-Jakob H. Simonsen, 3/4-Claus Klausen / Manouchehr Parchami-Araghi (Sweden).
LADIES CUP (41): 1-Anna Bondo, 2-Eva Bergman (Sweden), 3/4-Rikke Kragh / Sara Utku (Sweden).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (48 teams): 1-Torben Nielsen & Per Hartig Rasmussen, 2-Roland Herrera (England) & Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Peter Lego Fursund & Søren Weis / Martin Foldager & Kim Valeur Andersen.
MIXED CONSULTATION DOUBLES (42 teams): 1-Vinni Gertsen & Lars Nielsen, 2-Pia Jeppesen & Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway), 3/4-Jørn Andersen & Lise Nielsen / Ditte Martinsen & Carter Mattig (USA).
TEAM EVENT (22 teams): 1-Team Easy E.T.: Lars Nielsen / Martin Kruse Olsen / Christian Sørensen, 2-Soja: Jostein Flood (Norway) / Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden) / Aron Tendler (Sweden), 3/4-Hatten / Rolax.
NORDIC OPEN DMP (50): 1-Kenny Nissen, 2-Konrad Fröschl (Austria), 3/4-Omid Badici (Sweden) / Majken Johansen.
Casinorip.com BRITISH OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
- BIBA
April 3-5, 2009; Daventry, England
OPEN (77): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Gaz Owen, 3/4-Stuart Mann / Chris Purchase; 1C-Paul Barwick, 2C-Kevin Stebbing, 3C/4C-Wayne Felton / Mardi Ohannessian; 1LC-Richard Biddle, 2LC-Tom Duggan.
THE R.I.P. (32): 1-Rachel Rhodes, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Peter Chan / Marcus Wrinch.
FRIDAY 500 (33): 1-Gerry Enslin, 2-Jeff Barber, 3/4-Roland Herrera / Brian Lever.
TEAM (12): 1-Richard Biddle, 2-George Miltiadou.
JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Nicky Check / John Wright.
POKER (34): 1-Chris Evans, 2-Myke Wignall, 3-Rosey Bensley, 4-Alison Lee.
ABT - 15th ANNUAL OHIO STATE
BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 3-5, 2009; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (30): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Neil Garvie (Canada); 1C-Stick
Rice (OH), 2C-Frank Talbot (MI).
ADVANCED (28): 1-Ed King (OH), 2-Mike Hendrickson (OH); 1C-John
McDonald (Canada), 2C-D.J. Oles (NC).
NOVICE (13): 1-Irv Taylor (OH), 2-Lorenzo Morales (MI); 1C-Ian
Kane (PA), 2C-Suzy Jazwa (OH).
OHIO MASTERS (16): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Tom Hodous (WV), 2-Stephen Benjamin (OH).
DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Neil Garvie (Canada) & Chris Knapp (Canada),
2-Ryan Hast (PA) & Steve Hast (PA).
MICRO-BLITZ (16): 1-Dick Bennett (OH).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Holly Brososky (MI).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (10): 1-Sharkee Harkins (OH), 2-Paul Berg (MI).
ABT - 2009 MIDWEST BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 20-22, 2009; Lisle, Illinois
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Julius High (NY), 2-Adam Bennett (WI),
3/4-Rod Covlin (NY) / Steve Sax (CA); 1C-David Rubin (IL), 2C-Stick
Rice (OH); 1LC-Lucky Nelson (IL).
ADVANCED (61): 1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL),
3/4-Larry Buckingham (OH) / Bill Schragel (IL); 1C-Sal Chehayeb
(MI), 2C-Scott Casty (IL); 1LC-Patty Geoffroy (MA).
LIMITED (17): 1-Tim Johnson (IL), 2-Bob Pondelicek (IL); 1C-Jerry
Woods (IL); 1LC-Jacki Singleton (WI).
$125 OPEN (9): 1-Rob Maier (WV); 1C-Frank Frigo (KY); 1LC-Sean
Garber (IN).
CHILDREN'S TOURNEY (11): 1-Lyle Rubin (IL), 2-Phillip Ring (IL);
1C-Kelly Rooney (IL), 2C-Jake Epstein (IL).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 men & 11 women): 1-Alan Gold (WI),
2-Jacki Singleton (WI), 3-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
NACKGAMMON (32): 1-Jesse Eaton (MN), 2-Stick Rice (OH), 3/4-Mary
Hickey (OH) / Lucky Nelson (IL).
OPEN DOUBLES (29 teams): 1-Steve Brown (MN) & Susan Randall
(FL), 2-Carter Mattig (IL) & Lindsay Mattig (IL), 3/4-Chuck
Bower (IN) & Frank Frigo (KY) / Mary Hickey (OH) & Rob
Maier (WV).
LIMITED DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Vinton Knarr (IL) & Cliff Mayoh
(IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH) & Barbara Levinson (IL).
PURPLE HAZE BLITZ (72): 1-Rob Maier (WV).
2-POINT QUICKIES (128): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Eric Johnson (IL),
3/4-Rod Covlin (NY) / J.A. Miller (IL).
TAKI FLOWER-POWER TOURNEY (16): 1-Rod Covlin (NY). First prize
was a Taki-Groovy Bakelite board.
WHEEL OF FORTUNE: 1-Bob Koca (MD).
PIG-ROLLING: 1-Scott Rudebeck (IL).
BG BLOCKHEAD GAME: 1-Henry Gray (IL).
BG SHUFFLEBOARD: 1-Scott Rudebeck (IL).
BEST '60s/HIPPIE COSTUMES: 1-Jeff Kane & family (WI), 2-Julius High (NY), 3-Tim Johnson & family (IL), 4-Greg Tomlin (IL).
$4500 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.
ISTAVDER 1st ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENTS
February 28-March 1, 2009; Istanbul,
Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (72): 1-Cem Duran, 2-Hakan Ertekin, 3/4-Gürkan Derin / Kemal Erdem.
WBA-TURKIYE ISTAVDER 1st DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (27 teams): 1-Ali Serif Rende & Nihat Sorguven, 2-Mehmet Karabiber & Selahattin Mermertas, 3/4-Yalkin Erk & Süleyman Sahin / Erkan Demirtas & Handan Erdag.
1st ErBenGL CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Sedat Bicakçi, 2-Haluk Oral, 3/4-Ulvi Cangazi / Omer Gökay Sahin.
ONE-POINT #1 (64): 1-Haluk Oral, 2-Süleyman Sahin.
ONE-POINT #2 (64): 1-Erdem Hunu, 2-Metin Erikler.
ONE-POINT #3 (64): 1-Arzu Akincioglu, 2-Ahmet Nar.
ARTGAMMON JACKPOT (16): 1-Hilmi Göçhan, 2-A. Kamil
Baykalogullari.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Oguz User.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Kemal Erdem.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Kemal Erdem.
KINGGAMMON JACKPOT #4 (8): 1-Ali Serif Rende.
869 TAVLA JACKPOT (8): 1-Necati Doganaslan.
MINI JACKPOT (8): 1-Hasan Yargan.
MINI JACKPOT (8): 1-Tolga Akbaytug.
ABT - 2009 PITTSBURGH BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 20-22, 2009; Moon Township,
Pennsylvania
OPEN (63): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Herb Roman (IL); 1C-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2C-Ray Fogerlund (CA); 1LC-Al Faller (PA).
ADVANCED (60): 1-Ed Johnson (NY), 2-Jesse Eaton (MN), 3/4-Bob Hathaway (VA) / Wanda Roberts (MA); 1C-Charlie Silverman (NJ), 2C-Peter Carcieri (OH); 1LC-Jason Switzer (PA).
NOVICE (15): 1-Sheri Peters (VA), 2-B.R. Hall (NC); 1C-Michael Auer (MD).
SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-Mark Gordon (MD), 2-Jeff Acierno (NJ), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Richard Munitz (NY).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (32): 1-Betty Coppic (FL), 2-Denny Leatherman (CO), 3/4-Bob Hathaway (VA) / Dave Settles (IL).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Joe Eckert (MD) & Neil Garvie (Canada), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ) & Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3/4-Steve Burke (PA) & Bill Davis (IL) / Mark Gordon (MD) & Barry Silliman (MD).
LIMITED DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bruce Ballance (PA) & Connie Tipton (PA), 2-Stevie Grund (PA) & Ryan Hast (PA).
BLITZ (64): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Bill Finneran (VA).
$20 QUICKIES (64): 1-Karen Chung (MD), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).
PITTSBURGH MEMORIAL CUP (16): 1/2-Sean Garber (IN) / Stacy Turner (FL).
THREE RIVERS AMATEUR CUP (16): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (19): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Brent Cohen (PA), 3-Garry Kallos (Canada).
PGT - PARTOUCHE GAMMON TOUR
GRAND FINALE & OPEN
February 10-15, 2009; Cannes, France
PGT GRAND FINALE (42): 1-Olivier Décultot (France), 2-François Tardieu (France), 3/4-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Najib Salamzy (Afghanistan/Germany).
OPEN (48): 1-Bartolomeo Migliore (Italy), 2-Serge Dahan (France), 3/4-Olivier Croiselle (France) / Scarlett Serrero (France); 1C-Raj Jansari (England), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3C/4C-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Roland Ekström (Switzerland).
BLITZ: Winners Patrick Gaillardo (France) / Alexis Vincent (France).
BEGINNERS (14): 1-Stéphane Tcherchian (France).
WARM-UP (41): 1-Alexandre ben Lassin (Switzerland).
WBF-TURKIYE 5th ANKARA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 31-February 1, 2009; Ankara,
Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (94): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Onur Vurur, 3-Irfan Mizrakçi, 4-Çaglar Erdogan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (23 teams): 1-Çaglar Erdogan & Hisar Uyar, 2-Hilmi Göçhan & Erdem Hünü.
ARENA (243): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Sabri Evrim Ünel, 3/4-Levent Erim / Ali Riza Kabalak.
SWING (14): 1-Kemal Aksu, 2-Okan Gülec.
LADIES PRIZE (11): 1-Ayperi Samantir, 2-Sezen Akbas.
BACKGAMMON & POKER ON BOARD IX
January 18-25, 2009; Caribbean Cruise
from Fort Lauderdale to Princess Cays, St. Maarten, St. Thomas
and Grand Turk
OPEN (24+48 rebuys): 1-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark), 2-Russell Burke (CT).
CARIBBEAN JACKPOT (8): 1-George Morse (TX), 2-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark).
CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (24): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark).
POKER TOURNAMENT (22): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Wally Wolf (MI), 3-Steve Hast (PA).
HONORARY TROPHY: Sally Woolsey (CA).
ABT - CAROLINA INVITATIONAL
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 16-18, 2009; Charlotte, North
Carolina
OPEN (45): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Rod Covlin (NY); 1C-Philip Smith (NC), 2C-Jon Vietor (CA); 1LC-Petko Kostadinov (SC).
ADVANCED (30): 1-Tom Hodous (WV), 2-Joe Eckert (MD); 1C-Bill Pow (VA), 2C-Terry Seymour (SC); 1LC-Harry Georgiou (GA).
NOVICE (14): 1-David Hamill (NC); 1C-Jon Hochberg (GA); 1LC-Joan Grunwald (NJ).
QUEEN CITY CUP (30): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Gregg Cattanach (GA).
CARDINAL CLASSIC (30): 1-Rob Reynolds (GA), 2-Marvin Widenhouse (NC).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Michael Edge (SC) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Sal Pittelli (Canada) & David Todd (MO).
QUICKIE KNOCKOUT (64): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Greg Bowman (KS).
BLITZ TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Al Hodis (NY).
$40 SUNDAY JACKPOT: 1-Joseph Jemal (NJ).
SKUNK DICE: 1-Almon Hall (NC). ($270 was raised for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.)
casinorip.com BRIGHT 'N' BREEZY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
- BIBA
January 9-11, 2009; Brighton, England
OPEN (82): 1-John Hurst, 2-Gerry Enslin, 3/4-Martin Barkwill / Simon Heath; 1C-Sean Williams, 2C-Paul Barwick, 3C/4C-Kevin Dale / Chris Ternel; 1LC-Peter Chan, 2LC-Marcus Wrinch.
TIDAL WAVE (32): 1-Andy Darby, 2-Ed Turner.
FRIDAY 500 (44): 1-Peter Bennet, 2-Marcus Wrinch.
TEAM (12): 1-Peter Christmas.
POKER FREEZE-OUT (24): 1-Tony Lee, 2-John Hedge, 3-Martin Barkwill, 4-Neil Young, 5-Myke Wignall.
ABT - NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 8-11, 2009; Jersey City, New
Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (51+15 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NY), 2-Rick Barabino (NY), 3/4-Richard Munitz (NY) / Steve Sax (CA); 1C-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2C-Pernille Rosendal (Denmark); 1LC-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
INTERMEDIATE (36+12 rebuys): 1-Majid Jahanbani (VA), 2-Robert Regan (NY); 1C-Charlie Silverman (NJ), 2C-Beverly Flowers (NJ); 1LC-Robert Sisselman (NJ).
BEGINNER (10): 1-Luciana Abes (Brazil), 2-Jeff Moretti (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Matvey "Falafel"
Natanzon (Israel), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Larry Taylor (GA), 2-Stuart Katz (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) & Carol
Joy Cole (MI), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA) & Petko Kostadinov (SC),
3/4-Jeff Acierno (NY) & Steven Keats (NY) / Rod Covlin (NY)
& Richard Munitz (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Al Hodis (NY), 2-Kevin Walsh (NJ).
$50 JACKPOT (32): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
$20 JACKPOT (64): 1-Al Hodis (NY), 2-Antoinette-Marie Williams
(NY).
$10 NEW YORK WARM-UP (32): 1-Julian Schulman (NY), 2-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY).
