International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT: 19th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN (preliminary results)
January 15-19, 2026; Jersey City, New Jersey

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (178+74 rebuys): 1-Vlad Eydelman (WI), 2-Dirk Schiemann (Germany), 3/4-Doron Claxton (South Africa) / Josh Findley (TX), 5/8-Steve Sax (CA) / Julian Schulman (NY) / Blake Sorem (WA) / Marty Storer (NH); 1C-Chris Trencher (NY), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC), 5C/8C-Jeff Acierno (NJ) / Martin Barkwill (England) / Brandon Macklin (MD) / Charles Raichle (CO); 1LC-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2LC-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3LC/4LC-Mariano De Osma (Peru) / Grant Schneider (VA).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (156+68 rebuys): 1-Eric Sosna (NY), 2-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 3/4-Gene Eydelman (IL) / David Tuminaro (DE), 5/8-Daniel Adler (NY) / Monty Haskins (NY) / Babak Hosseini (Canada) / Douglas Ljungkvist (NY); 1C-Argyris "Eddie" Argitakos (NY), 2C-Ryan Jarvis (NM), 3C/4C-Robert Lum (CA) / Atti Riazi (NY); 1LC/2LC-Tom Kennedy (VA) / Scott Salisbury (CT), 3LC/4LC-Elliot Howard (NY) / Nicholas Vlamis (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (71): 1-Joseph Barello (NY), 2-Alanna Curet (NY), 3/4-James Iademarco (NC) / Leda Rosenthal (NY); 1C-Grace Zweig (CT), 2C-Neal Bergman (NY), 3C/4C-Christopher Kashuba (MD) / Taylor Wald (NY); 1LC-Ender Ozturk (NJ), 2LC-Karen Janowsky (NY).

BEGINNER (37): 1-Otto Hibbett (NY), 2-Zachary Landzberg (NJ); 1C-Jonathan Corbblah (NY), 2C-Dennis Berk (NY); 1LC-Jennifer Evans (Canada).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Doron Claxton (South Africa) / John Veltri (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (64): 1-Alexander Handin (CA), 2-David Habib (Canada), 3/4-Johannes Levermann (Germany) / Melissa Shin (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Howard Markowitz (OR), 3/4-Alex Brill (NY) / Josh Findley (TX).

LADY LIBERTY CUP – CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Maggie Diamantidis (Greece/CA).

LADY LIBERTY CUP – INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Liz Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Dina Laksiouer (NY), 3/4-Karen Janowsky (NY) / Anastacia Shimek (PA).

2-POINT MINI MATCH (16): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Vlad Eydelman (WI).

CANCELGAMMON (64): 1-Gregory Swinehart (CT), 2-John Klein (MD), 3/4-Michael Levi (England) / Paul Linderman (NC).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Molly Anderson (NM), 2-David Shadi (NJ), 3/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Selwyn Scarborough (NY).

SENIORS OVERFLOW (24): 1/3-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Marty Storer (NH).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-Herman Arzuman (NY), 2-Jamie Weinstein (CT), 3/4-Manny Olszynko (Canada) / Sean Payne (Barbados).

YOUNG & RESTLESS OVERFLOW (24): 1/3-Lina Laksiouer (Canada) / Jason Lee (MD) / Carter McLean (NY).

P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Michael Paleos (NY), 2-Eli Rosenblith (NY).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Alfred Kohan (NY) & Self, 2-Doron Claxton (South Africa) & Sarah Upbin (NY), 3/4-Brian Cohen (NY) & Debra Solomon (NY) / Fred Levin (FL) & FrankTalbot (MI).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT II (24 teams): 1-David Shadi (NJ) & Ray Zamani (FL), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Tony Wuersch (MA), 3-Anca Morar (RI) & Joseph Syta (NY).

HIGH ROLLER DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Alberto Showaki (FL) & Ethan Wen (NY), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Mario Kühl (Germany).

NEW YORK PLAYERS CUP BMAB (48): 1-David Wu (NY), 2/9-Karen Davis (FL) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Hooman Masoumi Rad (Canada) / Dan Minardi (CO) / Michael Rosen (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Tony Wuersch (MA).

WBF: 2026 INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 9-11, 2026; Istanbul, Türkiye

MASTERS (121): 1-Ali Haydar Bayar, 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Masoud Aghdam (Iran) / Mehmet Hulusi Tümer; 1C-Onur Vurur, 2C-Atilla Inanli, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal / Dinçer Gunes; 1LC-Eren Sarikaya, 2LC-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland) / Yusuf Han Korkmaz; Ladies Prize – Csilla Mikus (Hungary).

INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Esra Akagündüz, 2-Okan Koçak, 3/4-Dogukan Çaglar / M. Gökhan Gücavli; 1C-Serkan Özkaraca, 2C-Fuat Akincioglu, 3C/4C-Mohammad Hatami (Iran) / Dler Wali (Iraq); 1LC-Tuba Gençaslan (Germany), 2LC-Baris Can Köse, 3LC/4LC-Ogün Sevindik / Dler Wali (Iraq); Ladies Prize – Esra Akagündüz.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (28): 1-Burak Çulhaci, 2-Güral Bulut.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (56 teams): 1-Fatih Bellici & Burak Törer, 2-Murat Hazir & Sahtiyanci Hazir, 3/4-Atilla Inanli & Selin Kurt Talipoglu / Yusuf Han Korkmaz & Zafer Önder.

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WBIF WARM-UP (78): 1-Onur Vurur, 2-Osman Erkol, 3/4-Murat Hazir / Mehmet Polat.

'GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (48): 1-Matyas Andrasi (Hungary), 2-Yusuf Han Korkmaz, 3-Ömer Çakici, 4-Emrah Güzeldere.

MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Masoud Aghdam (Iran), 2-Erkan Nayir, 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Aziz Çelikkaya, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydn, 3/4-Alexey Tokarev (Russia) / Sami Zorer.
MERIT SATELLITE #3 (16): 1-Demet Altuntas, 2-Hakan Çinal, 3/4-Mustafa Sen / Dler Wali (Iraq).
MERIT SATELLITE #4 (8): 1-Baris Can Köse, 2-Erdinç Bayindir.

"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Orkun Sahin, 3/4-Bülent Akbulut / Cumhur Bektüre.

OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3/4-Serkan Özkaraca / Dler Wali (Iraq).

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kemal Özcan, 2-Jürgen Winandi (Germany), 3/4-Hasan Gökhan Güner / Niyazi Ünlütürk (North Cyprus).

BG4BG (2X8): Winnner #1-Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom), Winnner #2-Sabri Büyüksoy.

ÇULHACI'S QUIZ (29): 1-Hakan Çinal, 2-Matyas Andrasi (Hungary), 3/4-Baris Güven Gökçe / Mustafa Sen.

VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 2-4, 2026; Vlissingen, The Netherlands

CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Peter van Rooij (Netherlands), 2-Bernd Schäfer (Germany), 3/4-Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Alf Martijn (Belgium), 5/8-Fred Brendler (Germany) / Marc Friebe (Germany) / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany) / Toon Van Herreweghen (Belgium).

ADVANCED (21): 1-André Kermer (Germany), 2-Steve O'Connor (England), 3/4-Yesim Tansever (Germany) / Toni Wiegand (Germany).

SUPERJACKPOT (11): 1-Tilmann Lossen (Germany), 2-Paul van Dijke (Netherlands).

RAPID GAMMON (29): 1-Ronny Conaert (Belgium).

CONSULTING DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany), 2-Kees Rooke (Netherlands) & Guy Van Middelem (Belgium).

2026 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS