ABT
- 15th MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 23-25, 2010; Bloomington, Minnesota
OPEN (22): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2-David Rubin (IL); 1C-Bob Schumacher (MN), 2C-Ray Fogerlund (CA); 1LC-Jesse Eaton (MN).
INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Steve Neidecker (IL), 2-Judy Field (MI); 1C-Ed Ziesche (MN), 2C-Kurt Thompson (MN); 1LC-Jolie Rubin (IL).
MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mel Rappaport (NY) & Bob Schumacher (MN), 2-Hugh Morris (MN) & Ed Ziesche (MN).
BLITZ (16): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
35th WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11-18, 2010; Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (158): 1-Lars "Buster" Bentzon (Denmark), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 3/4-Olivier Décultot (France) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark); 1st Consolation: 1C-Kari Jokinen (Finland), 2C-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3C/4C-Fausto Pescini (Italy) / Lorenzo Rinaldo (Italy); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Johnny Tønnesen (Norway), 3C/4C-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel); 1LC-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2LC-Leonid Riskin (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Sam Ahmed (Egypt), 2-Alain De Foucher (France), 3/4-Torben Krogh (Denmark) / Lise Nielsen (Denmark); 1st Consolation: 1C-Ilhan Koç (Turkey), 2C-Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Myke Wignall (England), 2C-Håvard Hafskjold (Norway); 1LC-Vasyl Kavun (Ukraine), 2LC-Carsten Simonsen (Denmark).
BEGINNERS (23): 1-Sergey Vartanyants (Russia), 2-Jacques Ravier (France), 3/4-Michael Zuitwinsky (Israel) / Shadi Azizian (Iran/Italy); 1st Consolation: 1C-Thorben Nielsen (Denmark), 2C-Levan Kipiani (Georgia); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Edouard Comment (Switzerland), 2C-Fay Danielsen (Norway); 1LC-Bianca Phillips (USA/SP), 2LC-Ibrahim Guendogan (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Daisuke Katagami (Japan), 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Marc Olsen (Denmark).
500-euro JACKPOT (8): 1-Michel Serrero (France), 2-Marc Olsen (Denmark).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Ilhan Koç (Turkey), 2-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Charis Christidis (Greece), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Eli Roymi (Israel).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Zoe Cunningham (England), 2-Joan Grunwald (USA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Omari Dvali (Georgia), 2-Masahiko Nasu (Japan), 3/4-Ed Baars (The Netherlands) / Jakob Garal (Germany).
CHILDREN'S TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Frederico Riceputi (Italy), 2-Mary Rachel Garal (Germany), 3/4-David Broomfield (England) / Thomas Décultot (France).
FORTIS WORLD TEAM TOURNAMENT (46 teams): 1-Speak to Birds: Alain Babillon (France) / Olivier Décultot (France) / Olivier Lafon (France), 2-Z3 Blue Boar Court Dream Team: Zoe Cunningham (England) / Sean Williams (England) / Gary Bauer (USA).
500-euro AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Frank Simon (Germany).
ABT
- 35th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 1-4, 2010; Novi, Michigan
OPEN (83): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Steve Hast (PA), 3-Bill Davis (IL), 4/5-John Jennings (IL) / Steve Sax (CA); 1C-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2C-Dean Adamian (MI), 3C/4C-Rory Pascar (IL) / Stacy Turner (FL).
INTERMEDIATE (64): 1-Larry Yudin (Canada), 2-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 3-Eden Windish (Canada); 1C-Dave Pink (MI), 2C-Jolie Rubin (IL), 3C/4C-John Baron (OH) / Marcy Kossar (CT).
NOVICE (15): 1-Connie Wetzell (MN), 2-Samanatha Shaffer (MI); 1C-Fran Miller (OH); 1LC-Greg Smith (NC).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-John Jennings (IL), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NY) / David Rockwell (IL).
HOWARD RING MEMORIAL JACKPOT (32): 1-Steve Mellen (NJ), 2-Bill Bartholomay (IL), 3/4-Gary Fishman (FL) / Stacy Turner (FL). $340 was raised for the Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation in memory of Howard.
SNOWIE FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Jim Slomkoski (MI), 2-Brent Cohen (PA).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-David & Linda Rockwell (IL), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA) & Herb Roman (IL), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) & Kit Woolsey (CA) / Irv Gold (CA) & Emil Mortuk (MI).
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Reggie Harvel (MI) & Jim Lawrence (MI).
BLITZ (96): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Bill Versaw (PA).
FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (18): 1-Sergiy Rybiy (NY), 2-Marcy Kossar (CT).
$200 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Claude Landry (Canada),
2-Brent Cohen (PA).
$200 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Bill Bartholomay (IL) / Steve
Brown (MN).
$100 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Larry Yudin (Canada), 2-Susan
Randall (FL).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (64): 1-Michael Margosian (MI), 2-Bill
Versaw (PA).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Susan Randall (FL).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Mellen (NJ), 2/3-Boris Golubov
(NY) / Joe Miller (OH).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (23): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Susan Randall
(FL), 3/4-Zaven Dolik (MI) / Dan Grogan (MI).
$50 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Rose Sheedy
(IN).
$50 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Todd Obadal (PA).
$30 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-John Baron
(OH).
$30 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Prince Barlow (MI).
$50 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (30): 1-Karen Davis (OH), 2-Gary Fritzsche
(MI), 3/4-Paul Berg (MI) / Steve Mellen (NJ).
$30 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Rick Todd (MI), 2-Dave Pink (MI),
3/4-Peggy Neubig (NJ) / Alvin Reed (MI).
$20 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (11): 1-Zaven Dolik (MI), 2/3-Art Gillis
(MI) / Duane Salinas (MI).
SIMBORG/O'HAGAN QUIZ: Open winner: Martin Veltmann (Canada); Intermediate winner: Judy Field (MI).
EBGT: 5th PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON
OPEN & DAVIS DOUBLES
June 23-27, 2010; Estoril, Portugal
MASTERS (31): 1-Clive Kay (England), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 3/4-Claus Elken (Denmark) / Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 1C-Jacob "Stick" Rice (USA), 2C-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA); 1LC-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2LC-Eli Roymi (Israel).
INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Sara Utku (Sweden), 2-Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden), 3-Lykke Pia Rasmussen (Denmark), 4-Lee Wood (England).
DAVIS DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Jorge Figueiredo Sr. (Portugal) & Pedro Matos (Portugal).
FTH-BOARD SPEEDGAMMON CHALLENGE (8): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
FURTHEST TRAVEL PRIZE: Jacob "Stick" Rice (USA).
MOST LOYAL PRIZE: Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).
ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE: Lev Rosenfeld (Israel).
ABT
- LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 11-13, 2010; Van Nuys, California
OPEN (50): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Justin Nunez (CA), 3-Joe Russell (CA); 1C-George Haskour (CA), 2C-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 3C/4C-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Elli Nache (CA).
ADVANCED (34): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Johnny Jigamian (NV); 1C-Josh Racko (CA), 2C-Peter Wisniewski (CA), 3C/4C-Ali Avcioglu (CA) / Jesse Eaton (MN).
LIMITED (9): 1-Andy Plat (CA), 2-Carol McGannon (Canada); 1C-Austin O'Laughlin (CA).
SUPER-32 (32): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Sasan Taher (CA).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Doug DeWitt (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA).
OVERFLOW DINGWELL AMATEUR (13): 1-Ed Rosenblum (NM), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-Ted Chee (CA).
BLITZ (64): 1-John Rockwell (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA) & Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-J.P. Deleurme (CA) & Paul Gedigian (CA), 3-Candace Mayeron (CA) & John Rockwell (CA).
USBGF HOWARD RING MEMORIAL QUIZ (34): Open Division: 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Richard Munitz (NY). Advanced: 1-Alex Eshagian (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA).
ABT
- 30th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 28-31, 2010; Rosemont. Illinois
OPEN (29+67 re-entries): 1-Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Stick Rice (OH),
3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Ray Fogerlund (CA); 1C-Alfred Mamlet
(MD), 2C-Michael Flohr (IL); 1LC-Bob Koca (MD).
INTERMEDIATE (23+57 re-entries): 1-Roz Ferris (IL), 2-Jesse Eaton
(MN), 3/4-Sandra Sha (FL) / Ron Williamson (TX); 1C-Georgina Flanagan
(IL), 2C-Joann Feinstein (IL); 1LC-Adrian Rios (IL).
NOVICE (10): 1-Sybil Sha (FL), 2-Terry Weiss (IL).
CHILDREN'S TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Sybil Sha (FL), 2-Lyle Rubin (IL).
MEMORIAL DAY MASTERS (8): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Alfred Mamlet
(MD).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Lucky Nelson (IL), 2-Kye Hedlund (NC).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Austin O'Laughlin (CA) & Ed O'Laughlin
(VA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Tak Morioka (IL).
SENIORS (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Jesse Eaton (MN).
BLITZ (40): 1-Mel Rappaport (NY), 2-Bill Bartholomay (IL).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (8): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Brian Ross (GA).
PERRY GARTNER'S QUIZ (22): 1/2-Bob Koca (MD) / Sam Pottle (WI).
TBT - MEDITERRANEAN BACKGAMMON
CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
May 28-30, 2010; Antalya, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (67): 1-Marco Fornasir (Italy), 2-Kazuhiro Shino (England), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1C-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2C-John Broomfield (England), 3C/4C-Mehmet Ersoy (Turkey) / Costas Chiotinis (Greece); 1LC-Richard Lukas (Turkey), 2LC-Martin Barkwill (England), 3LC/4LC-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine) / Erdal Gokdemir (Turkey). Ladies Prize: Dilek Dirice (Turkey).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (27 teams): 1-Dilek Dirice & Fatih Kütük (Turkey), 2-Aleksander Krasov & Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Gürkan Güçer (Turkey) & Shimon Kagan (Israel).
WARM-UP (62 players): 1-Levent Erim (Turkey), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3/4-Hakan Aksu (Turkey) / Onur Vunur (Turkey).
869BG CUP (63): 1-Frank Simon (Germany), 2-A. Ercan Guleç (Turkey), 3/4-Giorgos Klitsas (Greece) / Gültekin Uygur (Turkey).
SWING (32): 1-Sedat Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Ufuk Acar (Turkey), 3/4-Nil H. Ergin (Turkey) / Dilek Dirice (Turkey).
1-POINTER ACTION (128): 1-Kemal Aksu (Turkey), 2-Ahmet Çagatay Tan (Turkey), 3/4-Alpay Boyan (Turkey) / Martin Barkwill (England).
BG4BG #1 (8): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel)
BG4BG #2 (8): 1-Costas Chiotinis (Greece)
BG4BG #3 (8): 1-Ilker Göçhan (Turkey)
BG4BG #4 (8): 1-Kemal Erdem (Turkey)
BG4BG #5 (8): 1-George Simpson (Turkey)
BG4BG #6 (8): 1-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey)
SPECIAL EVENT: International Stars vs. Turkey, 24-13.
ABT
/ WBGT - 2nd US BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 13-16, 2010; South San Francisco,
California
CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3/4-Ken Bame (CA) / Al Hodis (NY); 1C-Sasan Taher (CA), 2C-Neil Kazaross (IL); 1LC-Kit Woolsey (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Ernest Ho (CA), 2-Pete Mostoufi (CA), 3/4-Charlie Nordlinger (CA) / Josh Racko (CA); 1C-Jesse Jestadt (CA), 2C-Tom Horton (CA); 1LC-Daniel Stroberger (WA).
BEGINNER (7): 1-Hsiao-Yee Ballard (CA), 2-Ken Tibbs (IL), 3-Fernando
Corredor (CA).
US MASTERS JACKPOT (16 @ $1,000): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Rick
Barabino (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16 @ $250): 1-Nash Jost (CA), 2-Christian Stoddard
(CA).
DMP-KNOCKOUT (64): 1-Alex Gerding (FL), 2-Al Hodis (NY).
DOUBLES PRO/AM (16): 1-Carl Blumenstein (CA) & Ted Chee (CA),
2-Tom Horton (CA) & Joe Russell (CA).
SASSANGAMMON FREEROLL (85): 1-Dale Rose (CA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Josh Racko (CA).
$100 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Nick Maffeo (CA).
FTH BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-Carl Blumenstein (CA).
WBA* SPECIAL AWARD: José Antonio Torres (Peru).
*World Backgammon Association
EBGT: 2nd CYPRUS BACKGAMMON
OPEN
May 6-9, 2010; Nicosia, Cyprus
MASTERS (40): 1-Eli Roymi (Israel), 2-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 3/4-Dragomir Nicolae-Cristinel (Romania) / Erhan Yenisen (Turkey); 1C-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2C-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel); 1LC-Frank Simon (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Arzu Akincioglu (Turkey), 2-Yavuz Genc (Turkey), 3/4-Ahmet Nar (Turkey) / Seyfi Uslubas (Turkey); 1C-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2C-Osman Girgin (Turkey); 1LC-Umut Sari (Turkey).
BEGINNERS (10): 1-Handan Erdag (Turkey), 2-Kamil Karaal (Turkey), 3-Özlem Gamze-Demirkol (Turkey).
SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Tassilo Rzymann (Austria).
PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Caglar Erdogan (Turkey), 2-Yalkin Erk (Turkey).
DOUBLES PRO/AM #1 (16 teams): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey).
DOUBLES PRO/AM #2 (8 teams): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) & Hisar Uyar (Turkey).
LONG-DISTANCE AWARD: Matt Cohn-Geier (USA).
NICEST LOSER AWARD: Halvor Losnedahl (Norway).
WBA SPECIAL AWARDS: Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey), Hilmi Göçhan (Turkey), Peter Wiklund (bwin), Kutlu Kaya (Turkey), Fuat Erdag (Turkey).
ABT
- ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 30-May 2, 2010; Atlanta, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Jerry Godsey (GA);
1C-Mike Corbett (FL), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Steve Nelson
(Hong Kong).
ADVANCED (27): 1-Bob Weigel (TN), 2-Rob Reynolds (GA); 1C-Terry
Seymour (SC), 2C-Tom Duggan (England); 1LC-Kate Elmore (GA).
NOVICE (8): 1-Alicia Araya (GA), 2-Stephen Brady (GA); 1LC-Holly
Brososky (MI).
GEORGIA MASTERS (14+2 rebuys): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Stacy Turner
(FL).
ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (24): 1-George Morse (TX), 2-Danielle Bastarache
(FL).
DOUBLES (19 teams): 1-Jerry Godsey (GA) & Steve Nelson (Hong
Kong), 2-Alicia Araya (GA) & Jim Hickey (GA).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Julius High (USA), 2-Ken Larsen (NC);
1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Jerry Godsey (GA).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Jason Pack (NY), 2-Julius High
(USA).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Carl Sorg (GA), 2-Jim Hickey (GA).
ABT
- NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 14-18, 2010; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (54+24 rebuys): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Stick
Rice (OH), 3/4-Joe Russell (CA) / Gary Schachtschneider (NV);
1C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2C-Tom Wheeler (TX), 3C/4C-Greg Cottle
(NV) / Paul Weaver (AL); 1LC-Ken Bame (CA), 2LC-Larry Taylor (GA).
INTERMEDIATE (60+18 rebuys): 1-Scott Cole (NV), 2-Lynn Ehrlich
(NY), 3/4-Jesse Eaton (MN) / Elli Nache (CA); 1C-Damon Singer
(NV), 2C-Lynda Clay (CO), 3C/4C-Sergiy Rybiy (NY) / David Taniguchi
(CA); 1LC-Aaron Foust (NV), 2LC-Daniel Stroberger (WA).
BEGINNER (5): 1-Johnny Jigamian (NV).
SUPER JACKPOT (14 @ $2,000): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Joe Russell
(CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16 @ $1,000): 1-Gil Evans (NH), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA/Egypt).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Jona Alexander (CA), 2-Randi Sachar
(NY), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (CA) / Bob Schumacher (MN).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Stick Rice (OH) & Self, 2-Ary
Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil).
BLITZ (128): 1-Jason Lee (NV), 2-Tom Horton (CA).
$400 OPEN JACKPOT (7): 1-Drew Giovanis (NV), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
$300 SATURDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Al Hodis (NY), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
$150 SATURDAY JACKPOT (20): 1-Larry Arnold (MN), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
$50 BEGINNER JACKPOT (7): 1-George Photias Jr. (NV), 2-Julian Stelica (NY).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Nicky Niknam (CA).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Tom Zarrinnam (CA).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Tom Horton (CA), 2-Susan
Randall (FL).
22nd EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 9th VELDEN OPEN
April 7-11, 2010; Velden, Austria
MASTERS (40): 1-Eli Roymi (Israel), 2-Tassilo Rzymann (Austria), 3/4-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece) / Walter Otto Tragholz (Austria); 1C-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2C-Harald Johanni (Germany); 1LC-Kazuhiro Shino (Japan/England), 2LC-Bob Wachtel (USA); Ladies Prize - Angelina Charakoglu (Greece).
CHAMPIONS (31): 1-Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany), 2-Feza Diyarbekir (Turkey), 3/4-Peter Neumann (Germany) / Ciprian Radulescu (Romania); 1C-Jack Zyber (Italy), 2C-Günther Holzinger (Germany); 1LC-Stefano Caroli (Italy), 2LC-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria); Ladies Prize - Andrea Riebler (Austria).
INTERMEDIATES (27): 1-Shadi Azizian (Iran/Italy), 2-Vasilios Kyrkos (Greece/Belgium); 1C-Marius Cornelius Veres (Romania), 2C-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany); 1LC-Remus Calin Ilea (Romania), 2LC-Emilian Sdrobis (Romania); Ladies Prize - Annick Hasdenteufel (Belgium).
EUROPEAN CONSULTING DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Giorgos Kleitsas & Manos Mastorakis (Greece), 2-Tobias Hellwag & Rainer Schløgl (Germany).
WARM-UP (65): 1-Stefan Parlow (Austria), 2-Stefan Bobenhausen (Germany).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Seda Koç (Turkey).
SPERTI TROPHY (55): 1-Kristoffer Hötzeneder (Austria), 2-Takis Chatzelis (Greece).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Giorgos Kleitsas
(Greece).
PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Christos Groutsos (Greece).
WBGT: 22nd NORDIC BACKGAMMON
OPEN 2010
April 1-5, 2010; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (131): 1-Søren T. Larsen (Denmark), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 3/4-Pawel Bielewicz (Sweden) / Michihito "Michy" Kageyama (Japan), 5/8-Tore Fredriksen (Norway) / Henrik Løber (Denmark) / Carlo Melzi (Italy) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Manos Mastorakis (Greece), 2LC-Andreas Becher (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Janne Bergstrøm (Sweden) / Inge Christoffersen (Denmark).
ADVANCED (98): 1-Peter Holm Stampe (Denmark), 2-Jerker Sandberg (Sweden), 3/4-Johan Bynell (Sweden) / Kenneth Friis (Denmark), 5/8-Rasmus G. Hansen (Denmark) / Tommy Kean (Denmark) / Lennart Kurland (Denmark) / Paulus Van Rooijen (Netherlands); 1LC-Erik Hansen (Denmark), 2LC-Ole Jensen (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Rikke Kragh (Denmark) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (93): 1-Sten Lorentzen (Denmark), 2-Kathrine Langjord (Norway), 3/4-Catalin Bucur (Romania) / Kristian Ernst (Denmark), 5/8-Roberth Jonnarth (Sweden) / Ditte Martinsen (Denmark) / Anna Mielech (Poland) / Niklas Nyman Holdgaard (Denmark); 1LC-Peter Bjørn Larsen (Denmark), 2LC-Maj Falsig (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Birgit Jørgensen (Denmark).
BEGINNER (92): 1-Tina Rosenqvist Petersen (Denmark), 2-Mikkel Gabba (Denmark), 3/4-Anders Hansen (Denmark) / Helle Jensen (Denmark).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES: 1-Thorbjørn Schiønning & Poul Lindberg Sørensen (Denmark), 2-Tore Fredriksen & Hans Liby (Norway).
MIXED DOUBLES: 1-Anders Jensen & Andreas Christian Olsen (Denmark), 2-Manouchehr Parchami-Araghi & Linda Sjörin (Sweden).
NORDIC OPEN DMP: 1-Henrik Veje (Denmark).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Al Hodis (USA).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan).
SUPERJACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Henrik Løber (Denmark).
FRENCH OPEN QUALIFIER (32): 1-Peter-Michael Valeur Bosse (Denmark).
US OPEN QUALIFIER (16): 1-Michael Schweitzer (Germany).
SWEDISH OPEN QUALIFIER (32): 1-Allan Christensen (Denmark).
PORTUGUESE OPEN RAFFLE: 1-Bob Wachtel (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (61): 1-Sabrina Milling Petersen (Denmark), 2-Pia Sevelin (Sweden).
TEAM EVENT: 1-Århus All Stars: Brian Klindrup, Anna Trabolt, Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Team Stockholm (Sweden).
WARM-UP (32): 1-Michael Schou (Denmark), 2-Christian Sørensen (Denmark); 1C/2C-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark) / Jonas Moehrdel (Denmark).
GENTLEMAN'S PRIZE: Michihito "Michy" Kageyama (Japan).
TRAVELERS PRIZE: Carter Mattig (USA).
2009 PRIZE OF HONOR for Danish player: Henrik Bang.
DENMARK VS. THE WORLD: 1-Team Denmark: Mads Andersen, Gus Hansen, Captain Morten Holm, Thomas Kristensen, Pia Jeppesen, Sander Lylloff, Marc Olsen, Lars Trabolt, 2-The World Team: Fernando Braconi (Italy), Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Peter Heitmüller (Germany), Michihito "Michy" Kageyama (Japan), Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan), Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), Captain Stick Rice (USA), Katja Spillum (Norway). Final score: 43-33.
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- 16th ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 26-28, 2010; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (28): 1-David Rubin (IL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA); 1C-Gary Bauer (NJ), 2C-David Rockwell (IL).
ADVANCED (36): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-John Baron (OH), 3-Dave Kiurski (MI); 1C-Bob Hickey (OH), 2C-Sal Chehayeb (MI).
NOVICE (8): 1-Lyle Rubin (IL), 2-D. Sculley (PA); 1C-Donna Davenport (OH).
OHIO MASTERS (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (6): 1-Martin Veltmann (Canada).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Dan Kiurski (MI) & Dave Kiurski (MI), 2-Sean Garber (IN) & John Jennings (IL).
BLITZ (16): 1-Joe Nolan (NY), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (12): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-John Baron (OH).
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- CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 5-7, 2010; Lisle, Illinois
CHAMPIONSHIP (52): 1-Bob Steen (IL), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3/4-Faddoul Khoury (IL) / David Rubin (IL); 1C-Gary Bauer (NJ), 2C-Lucky Nelson (IL); 1LC-Mark Antranikian (CA).
ADVANCED (42): 1-Jesse Eaton (MN), 2-Dujuan Meekins (IL); 1C-Ken Tyszko (IL), 2C-Adrian Rios (IL); 1LC-Richard Stawowy (IL).
LIMITED (20): 1-Terry Weiss (IL), 2-Mihai Pop (IL); 1C-Randy Pals (IN), 2C-Timothy Turner (FL); 1LC-Lyle Rubin (IL).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XII (16): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-John O'Hagan (IN).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (14): 1-Mel Rappaport (NY), 2-Ken Tyszko (IL).
DOUBLES (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA) & Peter Kalba (IN), 2-Bill Fady (IL) & Faddoul Khoury (IL).
9th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 8 Women): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Prince Barlow (MI).
QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Howard Markowitz (IL), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL).
PIG ROLLING: 1-Prince Barlow (MI).
TAKI-RETRO BAKELITE BOARD FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Tim Mabee (IL), 2-Matt Reklaitis (MA).
$1200 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.
ISTAVDER 2ND ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 26-28, 2010; Istanbul, Turkey
MASTERS (64): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey), 3/4-Necati Doganaslan (Turkey) / Murat Nalbantoglu (Turkey); 1C-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany), 2C-Osmin Girgin (Turkey); 1LC-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey).
INTERMEDIATE (54): 1-Ilhan Koç (Turkey), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey), 3/4-Umut Sari (Turkey) / Refik Vural (Turkey); 1C-Gazi Çelen (Turkey), 2C-Ulvi Cangazi (Turkey); 1LC-Hisar Uyar (Turkey).
BEGINNERS (25): 1-Serkan Yilmaz (Turkey), 2-Nizamettin Çirpici (Turkey), 3/4-Mürsel Ay (Turkey) / Gamze Demirkol (Turkey); 1C-Anil Ünlen (Turkey), 2C-Hülya Okta (Turkey); 1LC-Nurten Karaca (Turkey).
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (33 teams): 1-Murat Ates (Turkey) & Nedim Yardimci (Turkey), 2-Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey) & Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-A. Serif Rende (Turkey).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Hasan Yargan (Turkey).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT #3 (64): 1-Ramazan Özkul (Turkey).
FALAFEL'S PROFICIENCY COMPETITION: 1/2-Feza Diyarbekir (Turkey) / Mehmet Sirkeci (Turkey).
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- 32nd PITTSBURGH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 18-21, 2010; Moon Township,
Pennsylvania
OPEN (63): 1-Gary Fries (VA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Gregg
Cattanach (GA) / Mel Rappaport (NY), 5/8-Carter Mattig (IL) /
Barry Silliman (MD) / Rory Pascar (IL) / Al Faller (PA).
ADVANCED (62): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA), 2-Donny Lomuto (NY), 3/4-Sal
Chehayeb (MI) / Ed Johnson (NY); 1C-Glenn Ramsey (PA), 2C-Ryan
Hast (PA); 1LC-Sergiy Rybiy (NY).
NOVICE (22): 1-Sheri Peters (VA), 2-Julie Schifferle (NY); 1C-Wendy
Russell (IN), 2C-Fran Miller (OH).
PITTSBURGH MASTERS (32): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Gregg Cattanach (GA) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (32): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Paul Polatov (NY), 3/4-Joe Nolan (NY) / Sergiy Rybiy (NY).
SPEED GAMMON (32): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ), 2-Richard Munitz (NY), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Paul Polatov (NY).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Chuck Bower (IN) & Sean Garber (IN), 2-Brent Cohen (PA) & Richard Munitz (NY), 3/4-Greg Merriman (MI) & Jon Vietor (CA), 2-Mike Nazarovitch (PA) & Michael Safaryan (PA).
ADVANCED DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bud Bowers (PA) & Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Denny McGregor (PA) & Joe Steiner (PA).
THURSDAY $400 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Al Hodis (NY).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (27): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ), 2-Rose Sheedy (IN), 3-Bill Calton (MI).
OPEN MULLIGAN JACKPOT (16): 1-Ed Bennett (NM), 2-Jeff Acierno (NJ).
SUNDAY BEST OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Mark Gordon (MD), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).
SUNDAY BEST ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1/2-John Grenci (PA) / Kye Hedlund (NC).
MICROBLITZ (64): 1/2-Joe Nolan (NY) / Mel Rappaport (NY).
THREE RIVERS QUICKIE (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL).
THREE RIVERS QUICKIE (4): 1-Mark Gordon (MD).
SIMBORG CUBE QUIZ: Open winner - Jeb Horton (NC), Advanced winners (tie) - Bruce Ballance (PA) / Kye Hedlund (NC).
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- 2nd NEW MEXICO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-31, 2010; Santa Fe, New Mexico
OPEN (45): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA); 1C-Paul
Weaver (AL), 2C-Jeremy Bagai (CA); 1LC-Mark Andrus (NV).
ADVANCED (24): 1-Greg Cottle (NV), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C-Jesse
Eaton (MN); 1LC-Lynn Lusk (CO).
NOVICE (16): 1-Ben McCracken (NM); 1C-Molly Bennett (NM); 1LC-Sara
Piazza (NM).
SANTA FE 400 OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ken Bame
(CA), 3/4-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
ROADRUNNER ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Scott Evans (CA), 2-Tony Siegel
(CO).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Phil & Randee Simborg (IL), 2-Greg Merriman
(MI) & Robb Rossetti (CA).
BLITZ (40): 1-Jim Allen (NV), 2-Peggy Neubig (NJ).
PRE-TOURNAMENT DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Doro Tegnazian (NM) &
Sean Williams (England), 2-Mary Hickey (OH) & Bob Koca (MD).
SIMBORG QUIZ: Open winner - Kit Woolsey (CA); Intermediate winner
- Peggy Neubig (NJ).
TBT - ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
- WBF-TR
January 22-24, 2010; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (82): 1-Tunç Çelik (Turkey), 2-John Broomfield (England), 3/4-Giorgos Klitsas (Greece) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1C-Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey), 2C-Martin Barkwill (England), 3C/4C-Necdet Güvenli (Turkey) / Serdar Özkaya (Turkey); 1LC-Özkan Kiliç (Turkey), 2LC-Irfan Mizrakçi (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Kamil Fatih Dilaver (Turkey) / Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey).
LADIES PRIZE (8): 1-Tugçe Bultan Sermet (Turkey), 2-Angelina Charakoglou (Greece).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams): 1-Mustafa Babal & Gürkan Cüçer (Turkey), 2-Mahmut Eren & Alireza Kotzari (Turkey), 3/4-Cem Duran & Richard Lukas (Turkey) / Ayhan Serin & Gültekin Uygur (Turkey).
WARM-UP (65): 1-Mustafa Babal (Turkey), 2-Haluk Ekrem Özalp (Turkey), 3/4-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) / Giorgos Klitsas (Greece).
869 BG CUP (68): 1-Irfan Misrakçi (Turkey), 2-Alireza Kotzari (Turkey), 3/4-Rifat Bulut (Turkey) / Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
SWING (20): 1-Kamil Fatih Dilaver (Turkey), 2-Ramazan Özkul (Turkey), 3-Özkan Kiliç (Turkey), 4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey).
ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Rifat Bulut (Turkey), 2-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 3/4-Kemal Aksu (Turkey) / Nil Ergin (Turkey).
BG4BG (72): 8 winners: Ayhan Serin / Necdet Güvenli / Cüneyt Argun Genç / Ihsan Alin / Sabri Büyüksoy / Tassilo Rzymann (Austria) / Athanasios Katsios (Greece) / Hamza Güven (Turkey).
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- NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 7-10, 2010; Jersey City, New
Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (51+13 rebuys): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Al Hodis (NY), 3/4-Rick Barabino (NY) / Rory Pascar (IL); 1C-Richard Munitz (NY), 2C-Michelin Chabot (Canada), 3C/4C-Carter Mattig (IL) / Steve Mellen (NY); 1LC-Mel Rappaport (NY), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (41+11 rebuys): 1-Paul Polatov (NY), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Fred Fado (NJ) / Jason Pack (NJ); 1C-Damian Plesec (Slovenia), 2C-Marcy Kossar (CT), 3C/4C-Pete Anderson (WA) / Sergiy Rybiy (NY); 1LC-Randi Sachar (NY), 2LC-Martha Ghio (NY).
BEGINNER (10): 1-David Shaerf (NY), 2-Jenna Longman (MI).
PETER KASTURAS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Troy Longman II (MI), 2-Matt Kasturas (NJ).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (26+6 rebuys): 1-Al Hodis (NY), 2-Arkadiy
Tsinis (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Sergiy Rybiy (NY), 2-Mel Rappaport (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & David
Shadi (NJ), 2-Michelin Chabot (Canada) & Reginald Proulx (Canada).
Side Pool winners: Sami Sallak (Germany) & Antoinette-Marie
Williams (NY).
NEW YORK WARM-UP (64): 1-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY), 2-Al Hodis (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Donny Lomuto (NY), 2-Antoinette-Marie
Williams (NY).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Nasser Sedaghatpour (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (16): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Peter Kasturas (NJ).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Larry Taylor (GA).
$20 JACKPOT (64): 1-Aram Kouleyan (CA), 2-Kye Hedlund (NC).
