Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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2023 2024
Updated: December 7, 2024
RIO BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
November 28-December 1, 2024; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MASTERS (49+207 rebuys): 1-Ary Nogueira, 2-José Carlos Franco, 3/4-Rafael Garcez / Manuel Garcia (Peru).
INTERMEDIATE (29+99 rebuys): 1-Jader Pereira, 2-Pedro Barreto.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Ary Nogueira, 2-Ian Macfarlane, 3/4-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) / Washington Soares.
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Paulo Cesar Palhares & Self, 2-Eduardo Faria & Eduardo Guise.
DANISH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 23-24, 2024; Munkebjerg, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Pia Jeppesen, 2-Stefan Koch Olsen, 3/4-Lars-Henrik Braun / Kenneth Olesen.
B-CLASS (16): 1-Jógvan Jespersen, 2-Morten Møldrup.
SPEEDGAMMON (21): 1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Michael Weile.
UKBGT - BRIAN LEVER MEMORIAL BACKGAMMON TROPHY
November 23-24, 2024; Prestbury, United Kingdom
MAIN (64): 1-Paul Moulton, 2-Peter Bennet, 3/4-Sebastian Byrne / Connor Dickinson.
HBL TROPHY (46): 1-Ian Davidson, 2-Liviu Ionescu, 3/4-Krzysztof Cebula / Kevin Narey.
LAST CHANCE (32): 1-Simon Jones, 2-Richard Carter, 3/4-Alex Hannam / Jost Müller-Kreth.
CNB - 1st CITTÀ DI UDINE BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 22-24, 2024; Udine, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Airat Fatykov (Russia), 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 3/4-Angelo Anav / Marco Solazzo; 1C-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2C-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
ADVANCED (41): 1-Franco Tosin, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Fabio Cappelletti / Francesco Zecchini; 1C-Paolo Gruppioni, 2C-Alberto Profumo, 3C/4C-Dario Bertola / Beat Tannler (Switzerland).
OPEN CNB (53): 1-Dario Bertola, 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 3/4-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Giuseppe Ricciardi.
WARM UP (14): 1-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 2-Beat Tannler (Switzerland).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia) & Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Fabio Cappelletti & Giovanna La Falce.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Franco Tosin, 2-Stefano Selvi.
ABT - 1st MIAMI OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 19-25, 2024; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
ABT OPEN DIVISION (142+54 rebuys): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Carter Mattig (IL), 3-Alberto Showaki (FL), 4/5-Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Adam Prager (Israel), 6/8-Ben Friesen (OH) / Alexander Handin (CA) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 9/13-Shay Asraff (Israel) / Joe Feldman (MI) / Mark Moskowitz (FL) / Tom Rebelo (Canada) / Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Frank Frigo (CA), 2LC-Herman Arzuman (NJ), 3LC/4LC-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Phil Simborg (FL).
ABT ADVANCED DIVISION (58+20 rebuys): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3-Nick Ricciardi (CT), 4/5-Ann Maher (Ireland) / Ioannis Rizos (NY); LC-Hozkel Vurnbrand (Peru), 2LC-Jim Glover (FL).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVSION (37+13 rebuys): 1-Gigi Goyette (CA), 2-Sayat Dedeoglu (GA), 3-Elliott Howard (NY); 1LC-Richard Battin (FL), 2LC-Sam Rappaport (NY).
TBT - (NO CUBE) TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (24): 1-Bob Kamp (MI), 2-John Barnett (NY), 3-Israel Shaar (MD).
ED O'LAUGHLIN SUPER JACKPOT (32):1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-David Wells (CA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Jonathan Hardigree (GA), 2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 3/4-Herman Arzuman (NJ) / Nick Ricciardi (CT).
MEGA JACKPOT 2K (16):1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Jose Farca (FL).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MIAMI (38): 1-Turker Eflanli (FL), 2/9-Bob Azari (FL) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Ron Szlaifer (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / Steven Waller (MN). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.35, 2-Karen Davis (FL) at 4.54, 3-Joe Urso (NY) at 4.57, 4-Tomy Levy (Argentina) at 4.70, 5-Alfredo Unes (Brazil) at 5.21, 6-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom) at 5.69. Unlucky Dice Award: Alfredo Unes (Brazil) at -13.20.
MIAMI BEACH DOUBLES (102 teams): 1-Shahrooz Moreh (NY) & Hersel Namdar (NY), 2-Jose Luis Canavesi (FL) & Ron Szlaifer (FL), 3/4-Alex Farzan (CA) & Gigi Goyette (CA) / Tomy Levy (Argentina) & Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
YOUTH EXHIBITION MATCH (2): 1-Hannah Derosier (LA), 2-Zachary Kohan (NY).
WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (24): 1-Maggie Diamantidis (Greece/CA), 2-Samra Hadden (GA).
LOIS MERRIMAN SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): Tony Diamantidis (Greece/CA), 2-Hernan Cortes (GA), 3/4-Henrik Bodholdt (Denmark/Costa Rica) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).
LOIS MERRIMAN JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel).
BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Mark Flannery (MO).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 2-Zachary Kohan (NY), 3/4-Elli Nache (CA) / Solomon Zonana (Mexico).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom).
DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Alan Steffen (FL), 3/4-Henrik Bodholdt (Denmark/Costa Rica) / Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).
ABT AFTER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Rafael Garcez (Brazil).
FREEROLL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ricardo Braschi (Peru), 2-Natalia Pantea (Ukraine).
FMBGT: 21st CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 14-17, 2024; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (300): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom), 3-Ismail Dönmez (Turkey), 4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 5-Hikmet Tunç (Turkey), 6-Kazuki Yokota (Japan), 7-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran), 8-Artur Petrosyan (Armenia), 9-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 10-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 11/17-Ali Haydar Bayar (Turkey) / Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari (Turkey) / Simon Kennedy Rose (UK/USA) / Gabi Menasherov (Israel) / Amin Shahvalizadeh (Iran) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Muhsin Yayintas (Turkey); 1C-Yilmaz Yigit (Turkey), 2C-George Vakis (Cyprus), 3C-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 4C/5C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Engin Öngel (Turkey/United Kingdom); 1LC-Nuri Çoban (Turkey), 2LC-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (94 teams): 1-Gabi Menasherov (Israel) & Yacov Omrad (Israel), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) & Abdullah Ser (Turkey), 3-Ecem Canbula (Turkey) & Hamza Nar (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (94): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3-Timur Azizov (Russia), 4/6-Atila Malçok (Turkey) / Ciortan Radu (Romania/UK) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (139): 1-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 2-Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 3-Atanas Tachev (Bulgaria), 4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (103): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Boghiu Sorin (Romania), 4-Berkant Bilgi (Turkey).
DMP TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 2-Arslan Volkan Aktas (Turkey).
DMP TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Arslan Volkan Aktas (Turkey), 2-Cristian Cozos (Romania).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Meryem Karagöz (Turkey), 2-Meltem Hazir (Turkey), 3-Damla Karal (Turkey).
BEGINNERS (10): 1-Suzan Tatlisulu (Northern Cyprus), 2-Svetla Vasileva (Bulgaria).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: Ercan Güleç (Turkey), Hafiz Mammadi (Azerbaijan), Çise Özdogan (Turkey), Pınar Tas (Turkey).
FMBGT: 1st GRAND PASHA OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 12-14, 2024; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (190): 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 2-Jerzy Behnke (Germany), 3-Timur Azizov (Russia), 4-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 5/7-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Susumu Mizutani (Japan) / Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (48): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 3-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom).
SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (60 teams): 1-Ali Çetin Belene (Turkey) & Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Timur Azizov (Russia) & Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 3/4-Ashot Arzumanyan (Russia) & Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Berk Eksioglu (Turkey) & Faruk Han (Turkey).
WARM UP (52): 1-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3/4-Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Yacov Omrad (Israel).
THANKS AWARDS: Eylül Özbilen (Northern Cyprus), Ahmet Sevinç (Northern Cyprus).
2024 AUSTRALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 8-10, 2024; Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
OPEN (96): 1-Mick Dyett, 2-Yalli Pleshet, 3/4-Darren O'Shaughnessy / Ken Vaughan, 5/8-Rob Dartnell / Steve Davis / Ian Dunstan / Andrejs Liepins.
MASTERS (29): 1-Ian Dunstan, 2-Martin Sagradian, 3/4-Grant Hoffman (New Zealand) / Chris White.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Rob Dartnell, 2-Jenny Saunders, 3/4-Mick Dyett / Steve Roberts.
SUNDAY SPECIAL (63): 1-Jan Spillekom, 2-Rosalind Baker, 3/4-Amanda Cron / Yumi Iwago.
SUNDAY TOURNAMENT #2 (8): 1-Vladan Djordjevic, 2-Diana Ambrozie.
SUNDAY TOURNAMENT #3 (8): 1-Maricar Ustick, 2-Reece McLean.
WBF - 11th MERIT OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 5-10, 2024; Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
MASTERS (200): 1-Ahmad Dehyadegari (Iran), 2-Milen Angelov (Bulgaria), 3-Mads Andersen (Denmark), 4/5-Ali Al-Daftari (United Kingdom) / Levan Chilingarishvili (Georgia), 6/9-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Ismail Köroglu (Turkey) / Artur Petrosyan (Armenia) / David Wells (USA), 10/16-Hamid Reza Alangi (Iran) / Talat Bagibala (Turkey) / Guil Drai (France) / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria) / Zafer Tas (Turkey) / Amir Ali Tavakoli / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom); 1LC- Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2LC-Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Karjau Levent (Northern Cyprus) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATES (106): 1-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 2-Masoud Attar (Iran), 3-S. Abed (Iran), 4/5-Amir Reza Behzadi (Iran) / Rosen Stoyanov (Bulgaria), 6/9-Mohammadhassan Aghaei (Iran) / Alex Moazed (Sweden) / Marina Pirvelli (Georgia) / Ali Ihsan Ulugergerli (Turkey); 1LC-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 2LC-Yuval Shagar (Israel), 3LC/4LC-Aurélien Cardoso (Canada) / Igor Schwarz (Germany); Ladies Prize - Marina Pirvelli (Georgia).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3/4-Morten Holm (Denmark) / Mircea Nicolici (Romania).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Mahir Kasuto (Turkey), 3/4-Adrian Baltariu (Romania) / Aref Alipour (Iran/UK).
MERIT 1000€ SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran).
LIMITED SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Baris Koçak (Turkey), 2-Burak Hakki (Turkey).
BMAB-MIDDLE EAST #9 (16): 1-Geir Pedersen (Norway)... PR winners: 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran) at 2.59, 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) at 2.62, 3-Fernando Neumark (Argentina) at 3.01, 4-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran) at 3.24, 5/6-Hossein Aghili (Iran) at 3.47 / Navid Rohani (Iran) at 3.47, 7-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK) at 3.80.
"ION RESSU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (128 teams): 1-Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran) & Mais Mohammad (Iran), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko (Russia) & Artur Petrosyan (Armenia) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan).
"EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL" SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Gia Pochkua (Georgia) 2-Revazi Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Atsamaz Arsagov (Russia) / Jerzy Behnke (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Ali Al-Daftari (United Kingdom), 2-Suren Mumdzhian (Russia), 3/4-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) / Huoman Khatami (Iran).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 2-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 3/4-Pedram Kiasi (Iran) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (29): 1-Sevinç Pashaeva (Ukraine), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Florica Zanet (Romania).
ONE POINT MATCH PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT (256): 1-Eric Stoppa (Germany), 2-Revazi Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Tugrul Sezgin (Turkey) / Onur Vurur (Turkey).
WETGAMMON UNDERWATER EVENT (14): 1-Eamon "Ginge" Fullen (Sealand), 2-Rabieh Adnan #1 (Lebanon), 3/4-Rabieh Adnan #2 (Lebanon) / Nesrin Igmed (North Cyprus).
MOCHY'S QUIZ (54): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) 6/8, 2-Ali Haydar Bayar (Turkey) 6/8.
UKBGT - BRISTOL BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 1-3, 2024; Bristol, United Kingdom
MASTERS (43): 1-Tim Parfitt, 2-Julian Minwalla, 3-Chris Jones, 4/5-Seán Jones / Paul King.
INTERMEDIATES (30): 1-Reinhold Heinlein, 2-Alan Joicey, 3-Phil Doubtfire.
TOMBSTONE TROPHY (42): 1-Will Cockerell, 2-Phil Tutchings, 3/4-Cat Bucur / Fraya Dravern.
WARM-UP (43): 1-Walter Busato, 2-Dan Rovira, 3/4-Stephen Little / Ian Tarr.
SUPER JACKPOT (9): 1-Emad Salib, 2-Neculai Axinte.
SPEEDGAMMON (48): 1-Ian Tarr, 2-Cat Bucur, 3/4-Cristi Cozos / Plamen Sivrev.
WBGF - WBIF 2024 TOUR LIVE FINALS & 3rd MALTA BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 30-November 3, 2024; St. Pauls Bay, Malta
WBIF TOUR LIVE FINALS (36): 1-Michael Higatsberger (Austria), 2-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).
MALTA CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 2-Ioannis Atmadzidis (Greece), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 5/8-Mogens Dreier (Denmark) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Herb Roman (USA) / Michael Weile (Denmark).
MALTA INTERMEDIATE (43): 1-Emmanouil Psarakis (Greece), 2-Tommy Andersen (Denmark), 3/4-Jan Bendesen (Denmark) / Maria Bonke (Denmark), 5/8-Sezai Baynahtar (Northern Cyprus) / Brian Lawrence (Scotland) / Max Petersen (Denmark) / Ingrid Soderstjerna (Sweden).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Geir Pedersen (Norway), 2-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
SPEEDGAMMON (58): 1-Ayrat Fatykhov (Russia), 2-Nuray Sevimli (Northern Cyprus)
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (37 teams): 1-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Steve Holme (United Kingdom) & Jason Tribe (United Kingdom).
CNB - 19th MILAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 24-27, 2024; Varenna, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Marco Solazzo, 2-Paul Barwick (United Kingdom), 3/4-Paola Aiello / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland); 1C-Giorgio Castellano, 2C-Andrea de Zandonati, 3C/4C-Sean Clennell (United Kingdom) / Gianlazzaro Sanna.
ADVANCED (29): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran), 2-Diego Bragato, 3/4-Paolo Costa / Robin Hayley (United Kingdom); 1C-Dario Bertola, 2C-Franco Tosin, 3C/4C-Marilena Montano / Francesco Zecchini.
OPEN CNB (52): 1-Francesco Mauri, 2-Hicham Khay, 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Dieter-Wolf Wall.
GOODBYE VARENNA (16): 1-Marco Tamigi, 2-Stephen Carder (United Kingdom).
WARM UP (13): 1-Sean Clennell (United Kingdom), 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (10): 1-Stephen Carder (United Kingdom) & Sean Clennell (United Kingdom), 2-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
32nd IRISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 18-20, 2024; Dublin, Ireland
OPEN (63): 1-Neil Young (United Kingdom), 2-Daniel Lynch; 1C-Peter Fivey, 2C-Moore Wisener; 1LC-Paul van Dijke (Holland), 2LC-Jackie Murphy.
SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Peter Bennet (United Kingdom), 2-Yousef Mahmoud.
NORWEGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN BACKGAMMON 2024
October 17-20, 2024; Oslo, Norway
CHAMPIONSHIP (78): 1-Joakim Rustem Jensen, 2-Farzin Aarabi, 3/4-Zoran Krogstad / Kaia Osbakk; 1C-Håvard Raddum, 2C-Tobias Leknes.
MELLOMKLASSE (48): 1-Kjetil Schrumpf, 2-Jannis Mougios, 3/4-Tymon Choroszucha / Martin Luz.
BEGINNERS (30): 1-Marius Undall, 2-Audun Flood, 3/4-Shervin Rouhani / Eric Van Buren.
SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP (43): 1-Kathrine Langjord, 2-Samson Højgaard, 3/4-Amir Harivandy / Chris Hedberg.
SPEED MELLOM/BEGINNERS (25): 1-Tom Johannessen, 2-Tymon Choroszucha, 3/4-Helge Åkernes / Johan Ström.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (30): 1-Bjørnar Bugge & Bjørnar Pettersen, 2-Monica Unosen & Jon Kristian Røyset, 3/4-Håkan Åkerstrand & Kathrine Langjord / Asbjørn Arntzen & Martha Gjelseth.
LAG TEAM TOURNAMENT (39): 1-Marianne Husum / Dagfinn Snarheim / Frank Stenersen, 2-Asbjørn Arntzen / Martha Gjelseth / Odin Svendsen.
VETERAN EVENT (19): 1-Anders Skjelde, 2-Jan Ivar Nilsen, 3/4-Sylvia Johnsen / Katrine Stegenborg Teigen.
DMP: 1-Alf Henning Bekkevik, 2-Halvor Lervik.
ABT - WILD WEST SHOOTOUT: 6th ANNUAL DENVER OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 16-20, 2024; Denver, Colorado
ABT DIVISION 1 - BISON (71): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 3-Audronis Zunde (CO), 4/5-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1C-Michael Ginat (CO), 2C-Joe Freedman (NM).
ABT DIVISION 2 - GUNSLINGERS (30): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Ron Bruns (CA), 3-Abby Biss (New Zealand); 1C-Sue Will (IL), 2C-Ed Gazvoda (CO).
ABT DIVISION 3 - WARRIORS (24): 1-Mary Wilson (CO), 2-Leah Nash (OR), 3-Matt Patterson (CO); 1C-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA), 2C-Mark Manning (CO).
ABT DIVISION 4 - GREENHORNS (12): 1-Marc Nighman (ME), 2-Hugo Olivera (CO). Gilet Mankin of Israel won the backgammon board drawing, and she gifted the board to Nedra Lyles (FL).
WILD HORSES SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Jim Stutz (CT).
BISON JACKPOT (64): 1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Paul Swain (WA), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Rich Siebold (CO), 5/8-Ken Bame (CA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Steve Sax (CA).
GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32): 1-Justin McKenna (CA), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany), 3/4-Marianne Bowen (VA) / Michael Mesich (MN).
WARRIOR JACKPOT (8): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP DENVER (28): 1/3 tie- Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Gerry Tansey (MO). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 3.20, 2-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.63, 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 3.74, 4-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.17, 5-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.54, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.80, 7-Paul Swain (WA) at 4.92. Unlucky Dice Award: Sean Garber (IN) at -13.46.
EARLY RUSTLER (16): 1-Curtis Melville (VA), 2-Ami Benari (CO).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (32): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA), 3/4-Marc Emrich (CO) / Lynn Lusk (CO).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (32 teams): 1-Sean Garber (IN) & Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO) & Lawrence Wilson (CO), 3/4-Saeed Karimi (TX) & Jennifer Kim (CA) / Gary Koscielny (FL) & Joan Koscielny (FL).
ANNIE OAKLEY SHOOTOUT (20): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Karen Davis (FL); 1C-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany), 2C-Melissa Shin (CA).
SENIOR WRANGLERS (32): 1-Joe Freedman (NM), 2-David Kettler (TX).
YOUNG WRANGLERS (32): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Boris Shafransky (MD).
RUSTLER QUICKIE (32): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Laura Granger (CO).
WOLF BLITZ (64): 1-Steve Hairgrove (IL), 2-Mario Savan (CA).
GOLD RUSH SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Melissa Shin (CA), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 3/4-Rory Pascar (IL) / Maes Petrosian (CA).
FTH BOARD QUICK DRAW (32): 1-James Hoppenworth (CO).
CORNHOLE SOCIAL EVENT (8 teams): 1-LeAnn Roberts (CO) & Tommy Tallarico (CA).
CHOO CHOO (4): 1-Cary Hoarty (CO), 2-Brian Vance (MI). Warm-up (4): 1-Cary Hoarty (CO), 2-Laura Granger (CO).
LAST STAND (26): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Ken Bame (CA), 3/4-Michael Urban (Germany) / Audronis Zunde (CO).
1st RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 14-24, 2024; Saint Petersburg, Russia
BACKGAMMON - MEN (106): 1-Mikayel Vardanyan, 2-Agamir Gevorky, 3-Aleksey Tokarev.
BACKGAMMON - WOMEN (42): 1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Yulia Gromenkova, 3-Anastasia Babich.
LONGGAMMON - MEN (116): 1-Anatoly Krasilov, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3-Gadzhimurad Vaniev.
LONGGAMMON - WOMEN (46): 1-Eleonora Okulevich, 2-Elena Gromenkova, 3-Olga Tatar.
BACKGAMMON BLITZ - MEN (104): 1-Alexander Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Erokhin, 3-Nail Arzukhanov.
BACKGAMMON BLITZ - WOMEN (38): 1-Yulia Gromenkova, 2-Nadezhda Vaulina, 3-Ksenia Nagaeva.
LONGGAMMON BLITZ - MEN (116): 1-Mikhail Kudryashov, 2-Andrey Gordeev, 3-Mikhail Kozhevnikov.
LONGGAMMON BLITZ - WOMEN (44): 1-Elena Gandzha, 2-Albina Krymskaya, 3-Olga Tatar.
BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CONSULTATION - MEN (60 teams): 1-Eldar Gul’ & Alkhas Laguaa, 2-Manvel Avetisyan & Mger Dzhagaryan, 3-Zaur Mageramov & Aleksandr Solodukhin.
BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CONSULTATION - WOMEN (18 teams): 1-Nadezhda Andreeva & Olga Ivanova, 2-Eleonora Okulevich & Svetlana Sen’kiv, 3-Liliya Koroleva & Svetlana Timina.
33rd SWISS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 11-13, 2024; Lausanne, Switzerland
CHAMPIONSHIP (51): 1-Roland Himmelberger, 2-Almir Vajzovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3/4-Misja Alma (Holland) / Jean-Philippe Schoeffel; 1LC-Denis Etienne, 2LC-Marcel Büker (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Ovidiu Semenescu (Romania), 2-Mahmut Yildiz (Turkey).
ONE-POINTER: 1-Almir Vajzovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Nesip Temizkan (Turkey).
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Team Manu: Timothée Bebler / Maxime Shavasar / Saeed Torkani.
4th BELGRADE BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 10-13, 2024; Belgrade, Serbia
OPEN (98): 1-Cristian Ghena-Frisk (Romania), 2-Saso Pavlevski (North Macedonia), 3/4-Kristijan Avgustin (Serbia) / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 5/8-Eko Jablanicanin (Serbia) / Zvezdan Kljajic (Serbia) / Lars Nielsen (Denmark) / Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria).
ELITE 300 JACKPOT (8): 1-Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 3-Milos Mikic (Serbia).
PRO 100 JACKPOT (32): 1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark), 2-Igor Pesevski (North Macedonia), 3/4-Dejan Protic (Serbia) / Dejan Stojanovski (North Macedonia).
DOUBLES PRO (23 teams): 1-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) & Nastas Ristovski (North Macedonia), 2-Dejan Protic (Serbia) & Mladen Teovanovic (Serbia), 3/4-Dejan Domazet (Montenegro) & Sasa Lekic (Serbia) / Zoltán Péter Eross (Hungary) & Mike Laszlo (Hungary).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Kemal Caluk (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Kristijan Culjat (Croatia).
DMP (8): 1-Saso Galacev (Macedonia), 2-Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia).
LAST CHANCE (32): 1-Sandra Ashry (Yemen/Serbia), 2-Igor Pesevski (North Macedonia).
LADIES PRIZE (8): 1-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria), 2-Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia).
UKBGT - NEWCASTLE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
October 4-6, 2024; Gateshead, United Kingdom
OPEN (78): 1-Adrian Jones, 2-Derek Murphy (Ireland); 1C-Will Cockerell, 2C-C.J. Uttley; 1LC-Beth Young (Scotland), 2LC-Ian Turner.
DOUBLES: 1-Brian Lawrence (Scotland) & Karen Slawek (Scotland), 2-Beth Young (Scotland) & Rosaleen Young (Scotland).
FRIDAY WARM UP: 1-Kevin Jones.
CNB - 24th CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 1-6, 2024; Jesolo-Venice, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati / Wolfgang Henze (Austria); 1C-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2C-Luigi De Lazzari, 3C/4C-Rolf Schüler (Austria) / Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).
ADVANCED (56): 1-Pietro Gallo, 2-Jakub Lanc (Czechia), 3/4-Marco De Bortoli / Franco Tosin; 1C-Diego Balgeria, 2C-Sassan Kachanian (Belgium), 3C/4C-Adriano Botteon / Michal Kucero (Czechia).
OPEN CNB (126): 1-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 2-Eric Guedj (France), 3/4-Patricia Rey (Monaco) / Walter Pisa, 5/8-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Fredric Bonard (France) / Adriano Botteon / Andrea Riebler (Austria).
HOTEL ATLANTICO (56): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Francesco Mauri / Jiri Vala (Czechia).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Jost Mueller-Kreth (Germany), 2-Antonio Anelli, 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Portugal) / Sophie Kerguenne (Switzerland).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Stefan Frigerio (Austria), 2-Riccardo Micci, 3/4-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) / Myke Wignall (United Kingdom).
SWING (46): 1-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 2-Giovanni Francescon, 3-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 4-Riccardo Micci.
WARM UP (38): 1-Eva Zizkova (Czechia), 2-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Carlo Mazzinghi.
EDUCATIONAL (8 teams): 1/2-Martin Filipi (Czechia) & Eva Zizkova (Czechia) / Nicole Paoli & Gianna Wheli.
DOUBLES CONSULTING (36 teams): 1-Marianna Wall & Wolfgang Wall, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 3/4-Christa Groll (Austria) & Zach Horst (Austria) / Airat Metshin (Russia) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Silvia Weilenmann (Germany), 2-Marilena Montano.
3rd JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 26-30, 2024; Ocho Rios, Jamaica
CHAMPIONSHIP (31+19): 1-Alastair Woods (Scotland), 2-Larry Shiller (USA); 1C-Ian Terry (USA), 2C-Frank Talbot (USA); 1LC-James Newman (Scotland).
ADVANCED (10+4): 1-Anandan Tanabalan (Scotland), 2-June Williamson (Scotland); 1C-John Barnett (USA); 1LC-Monty Haskins (USA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Louis Epstein (USA) & Monty Haskins (USA), 2-Larry Shiller (USA) & Frank Talbot (USA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (13): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Paul Linderman (USA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (11): 1-Sniper Kitten (USA), 2-Louis Epstein (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON I (16): 1-Avi Cohen #1 (USA), 2-Avi Cohen 2 (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON II (16: 1-Avi Cohen (USA), 2-Paul Lindeman (USA).
DMP I (16): 1-Ben Ifrah (USA), 2-John Barnett (USA).
DMP II (8): 1-John Issa (Jamaica).
EARLY BIRD TOURNEY (16): 1-David Wells (USA), 2-Phil Simborg (USA).
ABT - SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 26-29, 2024; St. Louis, Missouri
ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Joel Levy (MO), 2-Michael Flohr (IL), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/7-Jack Edelson (MN) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY) / Marty Storer (NH) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Larry Whittenburg (IL), 3-Eliot Spiro (MO), 4/7-Bob Ellis (TN) / Nick Knebel (CO) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Tom Rosandich (WI).
NOVICE (6): 1-Rhonda Woodbury (IL) 2-Ty Jena (OH), 3/5-Lois Green (IL) / Jim Meyer (OH) / El Paso (AL).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP ST. LOUIS (20): 1/5: Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ben Friesen (OH) / Sean Garber (IN) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Marty Storer (NH). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.17, 2-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.37, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.06, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 3.77, 5-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.88, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.77, 7-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.31, 8-David Stein (IL) at 5.73. Unlucky Dice Award: Rob Crase (OH) at -9.33.
GATEWAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Carl Sellars (Canada).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Kent Goulding (MD), 3- David Stein (IL).
OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Saeed Karimi (TX), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24): 1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Ian McGuigan (IN)S, 3/4-Nick Knebel (CO) / Ken Tyszko (IL).
QUICKIE/DMP (16): 1/2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) #1 / Mehmet Agirbas (GA) #2.
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
CANCELGAMMON (16): 1-Ben Friesen (OH), 2-Jack Edelson (MN).
WARM UP (16): 1-Julius High (FL), 2-Phil Perelmuter (FL).
DOUBLES (20): 1-Patrick Dowd (IL) & David Stein (IL), 2-Igor Baburov (NJ) & Saeed Karimi (TX), 3/4-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) / Mary Ann Meese (IN) & Joe Sylvester (MO).
TANSEY OPEN CHALLENGE (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL).
WHITTENBURG INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE (32): 1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Jim Caristi (IN), 3/4-Joe Schoenecker (MO) / Larry Whittenburg (IL).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1/2 split-Julius High (FL) / Joe Sylvester (MO), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Tim Mabee (IL).
OASIS 3 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CUP
September 25-30, 2024; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
MASTERS (192): 1-Frank Frigo (USA), 2-Adrian Baltariu (Romania), 3-Shahin Nejat (Iran), 4/5-Rabiah Adnan (United Arab Emirates) / Eduard Mirjanyan (Armenia), 6/8-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Kaveh Farahani (Iran) / Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 9/11-Masoud Aghdam (Iran) / Amir Eshraghi (Iran) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 12/17-Roohollah Amiri-Andy (Iran) / Manuel "Lito" Frondoso (Philippines) / Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) / Mehrdad Goodarzi (Iran) / Milad Hashemi (Iran) / Cristinel Stangaciu (Romania); 1LC-Mojtaba Akhavan (Iran), 2LC-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Morteza Babaei (Iran) / Imad Laham (Syria).
INTERMEDIATE (76): 1-Eli Rad (Iran), 2-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania), 3-Meisam Pourtaghi (Iran), 4-Mais Mohammed (Iraq/United Arab Emirates), 5-Mohammad Saeedi (Iran), 6-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 7-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Hamid Rahmani (Iran), 2LC-Huseynov Shirzad (Azerbaijan), 3/4-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran) / Jürgen Schiller (Germany).
OASIS DOUBLES CONSULTATION (128 teams): 1-Nick Sandqvist (United Kingdom) & Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) & Cyrus Vafa (Sweden) / Gregory Riskin (Ukraine) & Leonid Riskin (Ukraine).
$1,000 MEGA BONANZA #1 (32): 1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 2-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).
$1,000 MEGA BONANZA #2 (16): 1-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 3/4-Hossein Aghili (Iran) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
$500 SUPER BONANZA #1 (32): 1-Mohammedreza Eslami (Iran), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Shahram Aala (Iran) / Roohollah Amiri-Andy (Iran).
$500 SUPER BONANZA #2 (32): 1-Philippe Narboni (Switzerland), 2-Amel Boskailo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3/4-Abdul Barakat (Kuwait) / Hamid Esmaeili (Iran).
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Jennifer Kim (USA), 2-Mais Mohammed (Iraq/United Arab Emirates), 3/4-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria) / Niloofar Sadjedi (Iran).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-John Rockwell (USA), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (United Arab Emirates) / Ali Rezaei (Iran).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (64): 1-Nasir Mirnasab (Iran), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3/4-Cristian Antohe (Romania) / Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 2-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 3/4-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuanian/Ireland) / Ethan Rice (USA).
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON #1 (64): 1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Mahyar Akbari (Iran), 3/4-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Bahman Vahid (Iran).
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 1-Pedram Kiasi (Iran), 2-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria), 3/4-Gaz Owen (United Kingdom) / Ali Yousefi (Iran).
8th POLISH BACKGAMMON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
September 21-22, 2024; Warsaw, Poland
CHAMPIONSHIP (55): 1-Tomasz Czajka, 2-Kacper Kacperski, 3-Philipp Heyng (Germany), 4-Agnius Vobolis (Lithuania), 5/8-Wojciech Bator / Viacheslav Stepanenko (Ukraine) / Grzegorz Wiech / Marek Wojciechowski.
BACKGAMMON POLAND CUP (26): 1-Piotr Zielonka, 2-Bernard Madrennes (France), 3-Radoslaw Skarzynski, 4-Jost Mueller-Kreth (Germany).
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Karol Szczerek, 2-Joanna Chorebala, 3/4-Aleksas Gilaitis (Lithuania) / Radoslaw Skarzynski.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Karol Szczerek, 2-Wojciech Bator, 3/4-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) / Marek Wojciechowski.
CHICKEN SOUP: 1-Robert Matkowski, 2-Joanna Chorebala.
BAGRAT RAPAVA MEMORIAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 19-22, 2024; Pyatigorsk, Russia
MAIN TOURNAMENT (89): 1-Sergey Chertkov, 2-Timur Azizov, 3-Victor Biyanov, 4/5-Aleksandr Abushkevich / Alkhas Lagulaa, 6-Aslan Buzoev.
LADIES MAIN TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Elena Marchenko, 2-Mariya Koldaeva.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (36 teams): 1-Alexey Askurava & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Artem Kozlov & Artur Roganov, 3/4-Sergey Erokhin & Sergey Petukhov / Konstantin Bartash & Maksim Oleschenko.
HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (36): 1-Alexey Zlobin, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Arsen Agadzhanyan / Yan Gurevich.
SUPER JACKPOT (40): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Sergey Alenin, 3/4-Zaur Mageramov / Georgy Meletidi.
1-POINT (61): 1-Eduard Fattakhov, 2-Sergey Alenin, 3-Aslan Buzoev, 4-Konstantin Pustokhin.
BLITZ (64): 1-Armais Dzhalodyants, 2-Timur Azizov, 3-Sergey Petukhov, 4-Vyacheslav Dzebisov.
LADIES BLITZ (16): 1-Svetlana Timina, 2-Elena Marchenko.
QUIZ (38): 1-Ashot Simonyan.
PRO: 4th TRANSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 14-16, 2024; Predeal, Romania
MAIN EVENT (71): 1-Ion Cocica, 2-Mihai Iliescu, 3-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany), 4-Alexandru Bogdan, 5/7-Eugen Lazar / Costel Ilie / Romel Purcel.
SUPER JACKPOT (42): 1-Milen Angelov, 2-Costel Ilie.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Florin Chelaru & Tudor Pogacean, 2-Mihai Grigorescu & Self.
SPEEDGAMMON (51): 1-Andrei Iordache, 2-Adrian Dan.
TBT - 18th BODRUM BACKGAMMON OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
September 6-8, 2024; Bodrum, Turkey
MAIN (94): 1-Tan Gülpasa, 2-Metin Üredi, 3-Oguz User, 4-Mustafa Kara.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (33): 1-Metin Üredi, 2-Oguz User.
"HABIBE CEBECI MEMORIAL" LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
"BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL" TRADITIONAL (32): 1-Adnan Çam, 2-Atalay Uluakay, 3-Cumhur Bektüre, 4-Hakan Uludogan.
"ALP EYYÜPOGLU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (45 teams): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 2-Çaglayan Aras & Senol Kaçmaz, 3/4-Ümit Bata & George Simpson / Burak Çulhaci & Fatih Dilekçi.
"ÜMIT ILIK MEMORIAL" SWING (73): 1-Arda Findikoglu, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3-Nesrin Becerici, 4-Mehmet Güme.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Mehmet Senyurt, 2-Zafer Önder #1, 3/4-Ümit Bata / Zafer Önder #2.
MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Cüneyt Arabaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Abdullah Sorgüven.
TBT-2024 SATELLITES (7x8) winners: Ahmet Çil, Altug Burdurlu, Cüneyt Arabaci, Selim Akkus, Zülfikar Soyvural, Metin Üredi, Yalçin Ikizoglu.
BG4BG (8): 1-Cumhur Bektüre.
12th LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 29-September 1, 2024; Bad Durkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (68): 1-Guil Drai (France), 2-Josefin Bichler, 3/4-Heribert Lindner / Leonid Riskin; 1C-Volker Wenzlaff, 2C-Mario Kühl; 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Richard Fiegen, 2-Lena Sahlén, 3/4-Stefan Manski / Miklos Menyhardt; 1C-Markus Krawietz, 2C-Philippe Vouhe (France); 1LC-Oliver Schneider.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (34 teams): 1-Mehmet Ali Erten & Klaus Host, 2-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) & Claus Weissbarth, 3/4-Josefin Bichler & Thomas Kazemieh / Richard Fiegen & Leonid Riskin.
SUPER JACKPOT I (32): 1-Josefin Bichler, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
SUPER JACKPOT II (8): 1-Jimmy Anywar.
LIMITED JACKPOT I (32): 1-Udo Zindler, 2-Thorsten Schulz.
LIMITED JACKPOT II (16): 1-Ralf Sonnleitner, 2-Hans Leggewie.
SPEEDGAMMON (96): 1-Stephan Hartmann, 2-Kemal Dogan, 3-Axel Schürrmann.
LADIES CUP (14): 1-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland), 2-Marianne S. Husum (Norway).
CASINO CUP (91): 1-Claus Weissbarth, 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium).
SURPRISE EVENT (105): 1-Andres Städeli (Switzerland).
ABT - 2024 VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
August 28-September 2, 2024; Bloomington, Minnesota
ABT ODIN OPEN (45): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Marty Storer (NH), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Steve Reichelt (MN), 5/8-Chris Knapp (MA) / Konstantinos Lekkas (IA) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
ABT THOR ADVANCED (47): 1-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2-Andrew Lundeen (MN), 3/4-James Baumeister (WI) / Tim Lawless (IN), 5/7-Sabine Brinkman (Germany) / Steve Hanson (MN) / Maggie Sweeney (MI).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXV (16): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
LONGSHIP JACKPOT (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Tim Lawless (IN).
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Jeremy Krieger (OR).
EARLY RAVEN OPEN (19): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Paul Mangone (CA).
EARLY RAVEN ADVANCED (27): 1-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2-Mark Kaye (IL), 3/4-James Baumeister (WI) / Kelsey Rose (NY).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Donna Lafferty (IN) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Chris Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA) / Andrew Lundeen (MN) & Matthew Lundeen (MN).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MINNESOTA (32): 1-Eric Barr (KS), 2/7-Julius High (GA) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Dan Minardi (CO) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Todd (MO) / Gregg Trunnell (MN). PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.38, 2-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.78, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.27, 4-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.01, 5-Jeremy Krieger (OR) at 4.20, 6-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.96, 7-Frank Talbot (MI) at 5.71, 8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 5.94, 9-Eric Barr (KS) at 5.96. Unlucky Dice Award: Eddie Farhadi (MN) at -16.73.
FRIDAY FRIGGA (39): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN), 3/4-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Tim Lawless (MN).
VIKING BEGINNER (6): 1-Fatholah Kassemi (MN), 2-Amy Latek (WI).
NOVICE WORKSHOP ROUND ROBIN #1 (4): 1-Carol Jud (MN), 2-Sara Thornson (NE).
NOVICE WORKSHOP ROUND ROBIN #2 (4): 1-Owen Latek (WI), 2-Meg Donovan (NE).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Carl Sellars (Canada).
$100 VALHALLA JACKPOT (8): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
$100 VALHALLA OVERFLOW JACKPOT (4): 1-Ozgur Aktunc (TX).
$50 VALHALLA JACKPOT (8): 1-Rick Davis (MN).
DMP RAIDS (32): 1-Allan Steinhauer (MN), 2-Jean Surko (MN).
SHIELDMAIDEN CHALLENGE (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Joan Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTERS (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).
CASH MONEY POKERGAMMON (24): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4-Joe Miller (OH).
UKBGT - 10th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024 (preliminary results)
August 23-26, 2024; Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
MASTERS (100): 1-Pete Heskett, 2-Adam Taylor, 3-Richard Carter, 4-Radu Ciortan, 5/7-Chris Ternel / Peter Bennet / Sean Casey (Ireland).
WOODLAND CUP (88): 1-Richard Biddle, 2-Oliver Squire, 3/4-Aref Alipour / Alex Polden.
GRANGE CUP (62): 1-Charles Hill, 2-Paata Pkhutkaradze (Georgia), 3/4-Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey) / Paul van Dijke (Holland).
SATURDAY EXTRA KNOCKOUT (23): 1-Oliver Squire.
SUNDAY EXTRA CONSOLATION (27): 1-Afshin Foulad, 2-Will Cockerell.
SUNDAY EXTRA KNOCKOUT (33): 1-Ehsan Sahami (Iran), 2-Geir Pedersen (Norway).
INTERMEDIATE (83): 1-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Noah Bernstein, 3/4-John Bass / Tim Line.
WOODLAND CUP (69): 1-Fak Laight, 2-Chris Filby, 3/4-Afsaneh Koohestani / Natalie Singh.
GRANGE CUP (40): 1-Diana Sulimirski, 2-C.J. Uttley.
UNLUCKY LOSERS (23): 1-Jonathan Sher.
REALLY UNLUCKY LOSERS (27): 1-Fak Laight.
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Lawrence Powell, 2-Steven Atkinson, 3/4-André Larsen / Charles Hill.
MEGA JACKPOT (16): 1/2 split-Kent Goulding (USA) / Geir Pedersen (Norway), 3/4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Paul Moulton.
EXTRA JACKPOT (7): 1-Ehsan Sahami (Iran), 2-Oliver Squire.
DOUBLES: ??
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Dan Rovira, 2-Oliver Squire, 3/4-Richard Carter / Hannah Parente.
SUNDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (16): 1-Jason Champion, 2-Alex Hannam.
SUNDAY SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1/2 split-Afshin Foulad / Gaz Owen.
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL I (80): 1-Matthew Guy, 2-Paul van Dijke (Holland).
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL II (77): 1-Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar), 2-Csaba Daday (Holland).
ARTGAMMON FREEROLL III (64): 1-Merrin Rose, 2-David Pritchard.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2023:
Player of the Year: Oliver Squire
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Martin Barkwill
Most Improved Player: Paul Moulton
Most Promising Newcomer (Masters): Merrin Rose
Most Promising Newcomer (Intermediate): Miranda Moulton
Board Designer of the Year: Artgammon - Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey) & Aydin Kolcak
4th SKHODNYA OPEN
August 16-18, 2024; Skhodnya, Russia
BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (72): 1-Elena Saukova, 2-Alexey Barchenkov, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin.
NARDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (80): 1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Sergey Kudryavtsev, 3-Dmitry Morozov.
SPEEDGAMMON BG (34): 1-Alkhas Lagulaa, 2-Alexey Barchenkov, 3-Konstantin Pustokhin.
SPEEDGAMMON NG (40): 1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Vitaly Fesenko, 3-Ilnur Safiullin.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (25 teams): 1-Alexey Askurava & Timur Azizov, 2-Alexey Barchenkov & Aik Dolunts.
KHACHPURI (30): 1-Manvel Avetisyan, 2-Shamil Zainutdinov, 3-Armen Ovsepyan & Sergey Petukhov.
SUPER JACKPOT BG (22): 1-Alexey Tokarev, 2-Artur Roganov.
SUPER JACKPOT NG (10): 1-Asatur Zakaryan, 2-Armen Ovsepyan.
LADIES' TOURNAMENT BG (16): 1-Elena Gromenkova, 2-Lilia Koroleva, 3-Elena Popova.
LADIES' TOURNAMENT NG (20): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Elena Viktorova, 3-Elena Akhtyamova.
UNIVERSAL (16): 1-Konstantin Pustokhin, 2-Elena Saukova.
ONE POINT BG (32): 1-Timur Akhmedzyanov, 2-Lidia Khanchenkova.
ONE POINT NG (32): 1-Radik Gizatullin, 2-Rafael Karimullin.
WBGF - WORLD DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP & 1st BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL AACHEN
August 10-16, 2024; Aachen, Germany
WBGF WORLD DOUBLES CONSULTATION (40 teams): 1-Anna Sofia Jørgensen (Denmark) & Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Andreas Bünz (Germany) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3-Philip Kazemieh (Germany) & Thomas Kazemieh (German), 4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany).
CHARLEMAGNE OPEN - MASTERS (58): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Martha Gjelseth (Norway), 3-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 4/5-Andreas Bünz (Germany) / Dustin Kuipers (Germany); 1LC-Thorsten Hoyer (Germany), 2LC-Marcel Büker (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Rainer Birkle (Germany) / Ralf Jonas (Germany).
CHARLEMAGNE OPEN - INTERMEDIATES (22): 1-Frank Berger (Germany), 2-Günther Schmitz (Germany), 3-Davor Kozoman (Germany); 1LC-Susanne Lahme (Germany), 2LC-Horst Zach (Austria).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Andreas Sauseng (Austria), 2-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia).
PRO/AM DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) & Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Johan Huyck (Belgium) & Inge van den Dorpel (Belgium), 3/4-Ingo Mohr & Svetlana Mohr (Germany) / Thorsten Hoyer (Germany) & Natascha Hoyer (Germany).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium).
120€ LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Andreas Völter (Germany), 2-Diana Merlusca (Romania).
BEGINNERS (22): Winner #1-Bilal Tardelin (Germany); Winner #2-Susan Frosch (Germany); Winner #3-Wolfgang Veittinger (Germany).
ROOKIES (7): 1-Nathaly Allende (Germany), 2-Paula Lahme (Germany)
SUPER GRANDMASTER CHALLENGE (2): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Dirk Schiemann (Germany).
CAFÉ PLATFORM CHARITY EVENT (8): 1-Horst Büchner (Germany), 2-Michael Larsen (Denmark).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (7): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) 38/50, 2-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland) 32/50, 3-Marc Friebe (Germany) 31/50.
ABT - 21st ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 8-11, 2024; Madison, Wisconsin
ABT OPEN (43): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Bill Minser (WI) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-David Kettler (TX), 2C-James Feher (MO); 1LC-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2LC-Jeb Horton (NC).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Thomas Rosandich (WI), 2-Brett Hemes (MN), 3/4-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Jared Gilbert (WI); 1C-Scott Bailey (GA), 2C-Erol Sozen (IL); 1LC-Matt Patterson (CO), 2LC-Lynn Ehrlich (FL).
NOVICE (5): 1-Medhat Tannous (IL), 2-Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (12): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA).
ZACH TABAK AMATEUR JACKPOT (18): 1-Jim Feher (MO), 2-Terese Flynn (IL).
DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Scott Henderson (IA) & Konstantinos Lekkas (IA), 3/4-Alex Doueihi (IL) & Chris Owens (IL) / Eric Hiner (MN) & Bill Lonergan (NY).
CANCELGAMMON (32): 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Jim Feher (MO), 3/4-Mark Maleug (SC) / Brian Vance (MI).
CANCELGAMMON OVERFLOW (16): 1-Sho Sengoku (CA), 2-Bill Minser (WI).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Keene Marin (WI).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Chris Maisa (WI).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Bill Minser (WI), 2-Koni Kogan (MN).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Chris Maisa (WI), 2-Gary Payne (MI).
AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Bill Minser (WI), 2-Mohammad Abbasian (WI).
55th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / UBC 2024 CONTENDER
July 25-August 4, 2024; Monte Carlo, Monaco
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (226): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Brandon Macklin (USA), 3-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 4/5-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Ethaniel Rice (USA), 6/9-Stephen Hartmann (Germany) / Teodor Lefter (Romania) / Sander Lylloff (Denmark) / Joe Russell (USA), 10/16-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA) / Michael Ramsey (USA) / Ali Rezaei (Iran) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Steve Sax (USA) / Jack Zybert (Italy); 1LC-Arnaud Mattern (France), 2LC-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 3LC/4LC-Ofir Balali (Israel) / Engin Öngel (Turkey/United Kingdom).
REDEMPTION CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Tim Lawless (USA), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Anis Samaha (Lebanon).
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE (72): 1-Tommy Tallarico (USA), 2-Yehonatan Bats (Israel), 3-Laura Monaco (Italy), 4/5-David Broomfield (United Kingdom) / Jeroen Romme (Netherlands); 1LC-Marc Bodin (Monaco), 2LC-Gildas Lamour de Caslou (France), 3LC/4LC-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania) / Ben Tissona (Israel).
REDEMPTION INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Hans Kristian Mathiesen (Denmark), 2-Nick Dawson (United Kingdom), 3/4-Laurence Sinitzky (France) / Joey Tissona (Israel).
"PATTI RUBIN MEMORIAL" 7500€ HIGH ROLLER JACKPOT (16): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Marc Olsen (Denmark), 3/4-K.C. Carlston (Bahamas) / Kazuki Yokota (Japan).
1250€ SUPER JACKPOT (64): 1-Daniel Sorensen (Denmark), 2-David Wells (USA), 3/4-Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).
1250€ OVERFLOW SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2-Eli Roymi (Israel), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Peter Lego Fursund (Denmark).
450€ INTERMEDIATE SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Guil Drai (France), 2-Tim Lawless (USA), 3/4-Andrea Quadros (Brazil) / Boghiu Sorin (Romania).
WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-Miho Oka MacLeod (Japan), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Sophie Hutson (Australia) / Jennifer Kim (USA)
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (110 teams): 1-Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine) & Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Blake Fleetwood (USA) & Joe Russell (USA), 3/4-Roberto Almeida (Brazil) & Carlos Pinto (Brazil) / Alexander Handin (USA) & Lev Rosenfeld (Israel).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Jason Pack #1 (USA), 3/4-Martin Frédéric-Kahn (France) / Jason Pack #2 (USA).
SENIORS (128): 1-Andreas Grötsch (Germany), 2-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 3/4-Tony Diamantidis (Greece) / Boghiu Sorin (Romania).
JUNIORS (4): 1-Vladimir Iuga (Romania), 2-Sara Holm (Denmark).
DMP CHALLENGE 1-POINTERS (128): 1-Sophie Hutson (Australia), 2-Jana Zavrelova (Czechia), 3/4-Frederic Andrieu #1 (France) / Frederic Andrieu #2 (France).
MONTE CARLO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (134): 1-Steve Sax (USA), 2-Joe Urso (USA), 3/4-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy) / David Wells (USA); 1C-Kazuki Yokota (Japan), 2C-Carlos Pinto (Brazil), 3C/4C-Viktor Barsegyan (Russia) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina).
MONTE CARLO OPEN INTERMEDIATE (60): 1-Stefano Piccionne (Italy), 2-Martin Schubert (Spain), 3/4-Tansel Dogan (Turkey) / Gerhard Lingnau (Germany); 1C-Or Sharbat (Israel), 2C-Nick Dawson (United Kingdom), 3C/4C-Mihai Golopenta (Romania) / Paul Rasputnis (Germany).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE 2024 CONTENDER (MONTE CARLO) (24): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3/4-Tim Cross (United Kingdom) / Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia).
1st SOFIA BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 19-21, 2024; Sofia, Bulgaria
MASTERS (103): 1-Pencho Karastoyanov (Bulgaria), 2-Vancho Janakievski (North Macedonia), 3-Bojidar Tanev (Bulgaria), 4-Angela Toleva (North Macedonia); 1C-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2C-Sandor Stefan (Romania); 1LC-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia), 2LC-Nevelin Marinov (Bulgaria).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Nikola Nedev & Stanimir Nedev (Bulgaria), 2-Cristian Ghena & Sandor Stefan (Romania).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Aleksander Lazarevski (North Macedonia), 2-Vlatko Mitovski (North Macedonia).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Nicklas Roddik (Denmark), 2-Rumen Rikevski (Bulgaria).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Simeon Nakev (Bulgaria), 2-Veljko Cirovic (Serbia).
DMP CHALLENGE (32): 1-Loridas Evangelis (Greece), 2-Pero Vekic (Bosnia).
LADIES PRIZES: 1-Angela Toleva (North Macedonia) 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: Cristian Ghena (Romania), Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia), Ercan Tekce (Turkey), Hasan Yahi (Cyprus), Ivaylo Zahariev (Bulgaria).
WBGF - WORLD TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP & 42nd SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 8-14, 2024; Stockholm, Sweden
SWEDISH OPEN MASTERS FLIGHT (165): 1-Peter van Rooij (The Netherlands), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3-Reece Hodges (United Kingdom), 4/5-Kentaro Meijo (Japan) / Christoph Wagener (Germany), 6/9-Philipp Heyng (Germany) / Dorel Leon (Romania) / Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada) / Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 10/16-Pavel Bielewicz (Sweden) / Kaia Osbakk (Norway) / Fritz Rattinger (Austria) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Cyrus Vafa (Sweden) / Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium) / Bob Wachtel (USA); 1LC-Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2LC-Azad Kabodi (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Eric Benichou (France) / Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden).
INTERMEDIATES (70): 1-Volker Kniess (Germany), 2-Mehrdad Tehrany (Austria), 3-Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy), 4/5-Gitte Dalgaard (Denmark) / Laurence Sinitzky (France); 1LC-Daniel Lynch (Ireland), 2LC-Kjell Jernselius (Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Nikos Androulakis (Greece) / Lena Sahlén (Sweden).
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (23 nations): 1-Austria (Wolfgang Bacher, Michael Higatsberger, Captain Bernhard Mayr, Fritz Rattinger, Rainer Spörk, Mehrdad Tehrany), 2-Italy (Fernando Braconi, Giorgio Castellano, Fabio Cultrera, Andrea de Zandonati, Lorenzo Rinaldo, Captain Gianlazzaro Sanna, Roberto Terenziani), 3-Germany (Philipp Heyng, Andreas Hofmann, Torsten Lux, Kimon Papachristopoulos, Marcus Reinhard, Captain Dirk Schiemann, Volker Sonnabend, Christoph Wagener), 4-Greece (Nikos Androulakis, Takis Chatzelis, Haris Christidis, Captain Michail Proukakis, Platon Tserliagkos).
Best Individual Performance Award: Giorgio Castellano (Italy) & Christoph Wagener (Germany) with 7 points.
WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (8 nations): 1-USA (Rain Ackerman, Lynda Clay, Captain Karen Davis, Teri Harmon, Irina Litzenberger, Leyla Zaloutskaya), 2-United Kingdom (Rebecca Bell, Captain Julia Hayward, Anna Parker, Anna Price, Rachel Rhodes, Merrin Rose), 3-Georgia (Natia Arjevanidze, Khatuna Giorgobiani, Captain Marina Pirveli).
Best Individual Performance Award: Kaia Osbakk (Norway) with 5 points.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (83 teams): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) & Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 2-Lena Sahlén & Ronald Sahlén (Sweden), 3/4-Marvin Khattar (Sweden) & Michael Löfblad (Sweden) / Petko Kostadinov (USA) & Matt Reklaitis (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany), 3/4-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark) / Joe Russell (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Hakon Møstad (Norway), 2-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 3/4-Karen Davis (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany).
SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Peter Karlsson (Sweden), 2-Jason Pack (USA), 3/4-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Matthew Soleimani (USA).
DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3/4-Manouchehr Parchami (Sweden) / Max Petersen (Denmark).
LAGAMMON (32): 1-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark), 2-Steen Mikkelsen (Denmark), 3/4-Neil Dobbs (Ireland) / Emil Green (Norway).
SENIORS (128): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 2-Omid Badiei #1 (Sweden), 3/4-Omid Badiei #2 (Sweden) / Dankwart Plattner (Germany).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (32): 1-Johan Moazed #1 (Sweden), 2-Tapio Palmroth (Finland), 3/4-Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden) / Johan Moazed #2 (Sweden).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Merrin Rose (United Kingdom).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (25): 1/2-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Steve Sax (USA) 38/50, 3-Tristan Remille (France) 37/50.
ABT - 49th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 3-7, 2024; Novi, Michigan
ABT OPEN (98): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 3-G.L. Harvie (VT), 4/5-Jonathan Hardigree (GA) / Phil Simborg (FL), 6/8-John Isaac (CA) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Eddie Rodriguez (NY), 2C-Kent Goulding (MD), 3C/4C-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Brandon Macklin (MD).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (71): 1-Scott Richardson (IL), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada), 3-Steve Klesker (IL), 4/5-Jim Airgood (MI) / Sean O'Donnell (Canada); 1C-Tom Jayne (VA), 2C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 3C/4C-Peggy Culpepper (VA) / Jeff Cunningham (OH).
ABT LIMITED (16): 1-Joan Koscielny (FL), 2-Rhonda Woodbury (IL); 1C-Paul Jensen (MI); 1LC-Medhat Tannous (IL).
$1,000 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3/4-Greg Merriman (MI) / Richard Siebold (CO).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Brandon Macklin (MD).
BOB STOLLER AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Andreas Hess (Germany), 3/4-Joe Miller (OH) / Mike Rezai (OH).
BMAB PLAYERS CUP MICHIGAN (32): 1/2 tie-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/6-David Stein (IL) / Jack Takala (MI) / FrankTalbot (MI) / Gerry Tansey (MO). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.68, 2-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.06, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.74, 4-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.93, 5-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.19, 6-David Stein (IL) at 4.40, 7-Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 4.52, 8-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.53, 9-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.68. Unlucky Dice Award: Albert Steg (MA) at -13.31.
JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ (128): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Greg Merriman (MI).
EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL SENIOR JACKPOT (64): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Charlie Robinson (MI), 3/4-Charlie Raichle (CO) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
PRINCE BARLOW JUNIOR JACKPOT (24): 1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Jim DeRosier (LA), 3-Chris Scott (IL).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Phil Simborg (IL) & David Stein (IL), 3/4-Robert Lessard (Canada) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Curtis Melville (VA) & Bahman Zandi (MD).
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Noah Monro (MI) & Rhonda Monro (IL), 2-Hannah DeRosier (LA) & Jim DeRosier (LA).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (24): 1/2 split-John Klein (MD) / Chris Scott (IL), 3-Ricky Griggs (MI).
FRANK TALBOT NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (37): 1-Hannah DeRosier (LA), 2-Ryan Ulferts (MI).
GREG MERRIMAN'S OPEN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / John O'Hagan (IN).
GREG MERRIMAN'S LIMITED FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (8): 1-Chris Scott (IL), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).
WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON FIREWORKS CUP (20): 1-Lynn Ehrlich (FL), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1C-Samra Hadden (GA), 2C-Terri Fishel (MN).
MICHIGAN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (12): 1-Gyl Savoie (MI), 2-Felix Yen (MI); 1C-Kit Woolsey (CA).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Donny Lomuto (NY).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1/2 split-Troy Longman (MI) / David Smith (Canada ).
DETROIT DMP QUICKIES (32): 1-Peter Swartwout (PA), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
$50 WELCOME WARM-UP (32): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
$30 WELCOME WARM-UP (16 ): 1-Steve Bowen (FL), 2/3-Joe Miller (OH) / Scott Richardson (IL).
$20 WELCOME WARM-UP (16): 1-Tal Siegmann (MI), 2/3-Lowell Boileau (MI) / Dominic Johnson (MI).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Alec Izzo (FL), 3/4-John Quinn (MI) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Tony Zimbalatti (MI), 2-Ed Corey (CT).
LONG DISTANCE PRIZES: Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Andreas Hess (Germany).
UKBGT - THE CAMBRIDGE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2024
June 29-30, 2024; Cambridge, United Kingdom
OPEN (72): 1-Paul Moulton, 2-Mark Calderbank, 3/4-Chris Palmer / Dan Rovira; 1C-Steve Mitchell, 2C-Kevin Jones; 1LC-Chris Jones, 2LC-Liviu Ionescu.
DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Karl Simpson & Paul Statter, 2-Richard Carter & Peter Hodson.
NOVICE (3): 1-Titus Cristien Simen, 2-Ken Jennings.
4th URAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 14-16, 2024; Chebarkul, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (54): 1-Razhden Tsekvava, 2-Sergey Chertkov, 3-Elena Saukova, 4-Sergey Lyutov, 5-Yury Akopov.
NARDEGAMMON MAIN (65): 1-Ruslanbek Kaykiev, 2-Sergey Gretsov, 3-Denis Bodrov, 4-Aik Dolunts, 5/7-Timur Akhmedzyanov / Elena Akhtyamova / Ruslan Suleimanov.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Yury Akopov, 2-Pavel Shirokov.
SUPERJACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (16): 1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Sergey Nemytov.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams): 1-Yury Akopov & self, 2-Alexey Barchenkov / Aik Dolunts.
NARDEGAMMON KHACHAPURI (12): 1-Vitaly Fesenko, 2-Sergey Lyutov.
ONE-POINT (64): 1-Alexey Tokarev, 2-Artur Roganov.
ONE-POINT NARDEGAMMON (64): 1-Shamil Zainutdinov, 2-Valentin Pipko.
MCBA: 3rd FRENCH RIVIERA BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE
June 13-16, 2024; Beaulieu, France
MASTERS (61): 1-David Brown (United Kingdom), 2-George Simpson (Turkey), 3-Alain Babillon, 4/5-Vincent de Nardi / Cecilia Rogers (United Kingdom); 1LC-Michel Chabrol, 2LC-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil), 3LC/4LC-Tristan Remille / Philippe Vouhe.
INTERMEDIATES (32): 1-Valentin Marotte, 2-Marilena Montano (Italy), 3-Gildas Bouilland, 4/5-Oscar Fuchs / Nicolas Harmand; 1LC-Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom), 2LC-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 3LC/4LC-Jean-Jacques Issartel / Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Josefin Bichler (Germany), 2-Nick Sandqvist (United Kingdom), 3/4-Tristan Remille / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Marianne Bowen (USA) & Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil) & Flavia Petersen (Brazil), 3/4-Cecilia Rogers (United Kingdom) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Maria Boghiu (Romania) & Sorin Boghiu (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (48): 1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Didier Assaraf, 3-George Simpson (Turkey).
GÉRARD DURUZ MEMORIAL SENIORS (64): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Alain Babillon, 3/4-Didier Assaraf / Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (16): 1-Philippe Vouhe, 2-Laurence Sinitzky, 3/4-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa) / Jerry White (United Kingdom).
DMP CHALLENGE – ONE-POINTERS (128): 1-Stephen Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Thierry Cabel, 3/4-Sam Mizutani (Japan) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Susie Boeckmann (Monaco), 3/4-Marianne Bowen (USA) / Flavia Petersen (Brazil).
NOVI SAD BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 7-9, 2024; Novi Sad, Serbia
MAIN (72): 1-Igor Gligorijevic (Serbia), 2-Abaz Omeragic (Bosnia&Herzegovina), 3-Samid Dedakovic (B&H); 1LC-Admir Lasetovic (B&H), 2LC-Dragana Mitirovic (Serbia); Ladies prize - Dragana Mitirovic (Serbia).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Mustafa Beso & Edo Boskailo (B&H), 2-Zeljoko Mesarek (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Mitko Keramitcijev (Macedonia), 2-Vlatko Mitovski (Macedonia).
JACKPOT 150 (20): 1-Mihaeil Suici (Romania), 2-Leko Ristovski (Macedonia).
JACKPOT 50 (8): 1-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia).
LONG DISTANCE PRIZE: Alberto Bertot (Italy).
UKBGT - BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP 2024
June 7-9, 2024; Blackpool, United Kingdom
MASTERS (89): 1-Eric McAlpine, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Keith Gill / Serban Murgu.
FYLDE TROPHY (28): 1-Ken Gibson, 2-Cristi Cozos.
LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (42): 1-Connor Dickinson, 2-Andy Darby.
TOWER TROPHY (39): 1-Jamie MacPherson, 2-Gary Lloyd.
INTERMEDIATES (64): 1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Ian Anderson.
INTERMEDIATES FYLDE TROPHY (55): 1-Fabricio Cardoso, 2-Krzysztof Cebula.
INTERMEDIATES LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (32): 1-Costel Halaghiuc, 2-Chris G. Rogers.
FRIDAY FREEROLL I (66): 1-Pam Wright, 2-Steve Allott.
FRIDAY FREEROLL II (54): 1-Chris McCooke, 2-Trudi Brown.
FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (29): 1-David Brown, 2-Seán Jones.
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Carder, 2-Yasmin Trenner.
GAMMONER TROPHY (64): 1-Stuart Mann, 2-Mark Smyth.
869 BG CHARITY BOARD (64): 1-Jay Hayter, 2-Simon Morecroft.
ARTGAMMON BOARD (32): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Matthew Guy.
RESIDENTS' 1-POINT FREEROLL (78): 1-André Larsen (Norway), 2-Andy Gilbert.
CNB - 4th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 6-9, 2024; Padova, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Daniel Tudose (Romania), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo, 3/4-Fernando Braconi / Fabrizio Lo Surdo; 1C-Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 2C-Roberto Terenziani, 3C/4C-Angelo Anav / Paolo Chianese.
ADVANCED (31): 1-Paolo Gruppioni, 2-Gabriele Cornacchini, 3/4-Antonio Varisco / Francesco Zecchini; 1C-Marco Conte, 2C-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 3C/4C-Giocanni Francescon / Sassan Kachanian (Belgium).
OPEN CNB (50): 1-Wolf-Dieter Wall, 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Marco Solazzo.
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (10 teams): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Metshin Airat (Russia), 2-Rogier van Gemert (Holland) & Paulus van Rooijen (Holland).
SWING (14): 1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).
LAST JACKPOT (22): 1-Stefano Selvi, 2-Dario Zaccariotto.
WARM UP (14): 1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Gerhard Stoll.
SPEEDGAMMON (14): 1-Martin Filiipi (Czech Republic), 2-Rogier van Gemert (Holland).
ABT - 47th LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 5-9, 2024; Los Angeles, California
ABT OPEN (64+38 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3-Todd Crosner (AZ), 4/5-Carter Mattig (IL) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC), 3C/4C-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Jake Jacobs (AZ).
ABT ADVANCED (55+23 rebuys): 1-Vinny Ramirez (CA), 2-Matthew Soleimani (CA), 3-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 4/5-David Parks (CA) / Mac Walker (CA); 1C-Bodger Millerd (OR), 2C-Gor Gevorgyan (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATES (23): 1-Travis Swenson (CA), 2-Yumi Iwago (Japan); 1C-Eli Oved (CA), 2C-Goldie Devalon (CO).
BMAB PLAYER'S CUP LOS ANGELES (22): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2/6-Art Benjamin (CA) / Dorn Bishop (CA) / Ben Friesen (OH) / David Parks (CA) / Jacques Stambouli (CA). PR winners: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.98, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 4.06, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.21, 4-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 4.35, 5-Frank Talbot (MI), 6-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 5.33.
MASTERS JACKPOT (37): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3/4-Jack Edelson (MN) / Alex Toth (CA), 5-David Wells (CA).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (46): 1-Robert Virnig (CA), 2-Max Lock (OR), 3/4-Stuart Steene-Connolly (CA) / Arnold Freeman (CA), 5/6-Alain Azoulay (CA) / Mac Walker (CA).
WONDER WOMAN 'S JACKPOT (13): 1-Tatiana Infinity (Australia), 2-Molly Anderson (WA).
SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Alex Farzan (CA), 2-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 3-Michy Kageyama (Japan).
DOUBLES I (16 teams): 1-Steve Sax (CA) & Jacques Stambouli (CA), 2-Ghada & Karam Ashoo (CA).
DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-Joerg Heilig (CA) & Sean Taghani (CA).
DOUBLES III (4 teams): 1-Marty Storer (NH) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
SENIORS I (32): 1-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-John Skratulia (CA) / Sean Taghani (CA).
SENIORS II (16): 1-John Rockwell (CA) & John Skratulia (CA).
JUNIORS I (32): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA), 3/4-Ernesto Delgadillo (Mexico) / Marc Parker (CA).
JUNIORS II (16): 1-Alex Farzan (CA), 2-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA).
BLITZ (112): 1-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 2-Daniel Kaufman (CA), 3/4-David Jensen (AK) / Long Nguyen (CA).
DMP (64): 4 winners: Ted Chee (CA), Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), Al Hodis (NV), Herb Roman (IL).
UKBGT - LONDON OPEN 2024 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 25-26, 2024; London, England
MASTERS (96): 1-David Brown, 2-Ehsan Sahami, 3-Bek Barbaros; 1C-Marius Marin, 2C-Steven Atkinson; 1LC-Kevin Bailey, 2LC-Ovidiu Mihail Popa.
LUCKY LOSER 1: 1-Roger Phillips, 2-Michael Flesch.
LUCKY LOSER 2: 1-Richard Halvorsen, 2-Tad Collins.
INTERMEDIATES (64): 1-Neil Taylor, 2-Ben Owen; 1C-Michael Bishop, 2C-Jimmy Ishac; 1LC-Sarah Jolliff, 2LC-Jean King.
TBT - 18th ANKARA REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
May 24-26, 2024; Ankara, Turkey
"KURSAD SOLAK MEMORIAL" MAIN EVENT (113): 1-Zafer Onder, 2-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), 2-Ibraham Karaca, 4-Haydar Urucoglu.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (47): 1-Zafer Onder, 2-Guven Ok.
LADIES PRIZE (8): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Tülay Emekci.
TRADITIONAL (47): 1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Adyin Uslu, 3-Ümit Bata, 4-Yusuf Toraman.
"ALI ARCAN GUNEY MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (53 teams): 1-Haydar Baya & Mert Sarica, 2-Avni Erdogruca & Yusuf Han, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Öguz User / Caner Celik & Kemal Karaca.
"ALI KAMIS MEMORIAL" SWING (65): 1-Omer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Ömer Çakici, 3-Gözde Diptas, 4-Derya Gunes.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Öguz User, 2-Haydar Urucoglu, 3/4-Ümit Bata / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Tugrul Sezgin, 2-Gülderen Gücavli, 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Oguz User.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Metin Üredi, 2-Temel Ayca, 3/4-Aykut Uzel / Onur Vurur.
TBT-2024 SATELLITES (11x8) winners: Öguz User, Gülderen Gücavli, Hikmet Tunç, Yasar Karamahmutoglu, Caner Celik, Metin Üredi, Berkan Kalender, Ertugrul Yilmaz, Nejat Alkap, Ali Alakoc, Serkan Çalisir.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (2x8) winners: Ahmet Ercan, Hafiz Mammadli (Azerbaijan).
ABT - 42nd CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 22-27, 2024; Rosemont, Illinois
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (100): 1-Alberto Showaki (FL), 2-Art Benjamin (CA), 3/8-Jeb Horton (NC) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Richard Munitz (NY) / Dana Nazarian (CA) / Herb Roman (IL) / David Wu (NY), 9/11-Efim Liberman (IL) / Carter Mattig (IL) / Boris Shafransky (MD).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (72): 1-Chasse Rehwinkel (IL), 2-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 3-Jeremy Ly (NY), 4/9-Alberto Chreem (Brazil) / Gene Eydelman (IL) / Jason Lacny (IN) / John Scott (IL) / Larry Whittenburg (IL) / Sue Will (IL), 10/13-Brion Brooks (IL) / Ken Carlson (GA) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
NOVICE (9): 1-Jeff Mappa (IL), 2/4-Melanie Hamblin (VA) / Ali Jawad (MI) / Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (27): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Leslie Lockett (IL).
BMAB PLAYER'S CUP ILLINOIS (44): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2/10-Art Benjamin (CA) / Karen Davis (FL) / Roberto Gaui (Brazil) / Jesus Ibarra (PA) / Khashayar Naghshineh (Canada) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada) / Steve Reichelt (MN) / John Rockwell (CA). PR winners: 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.37, 2-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.38, 3-David Wells (CA) at 3.49, 4-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.79, 5-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.66, 6-Al Hodis (NV) at 4.76, 7-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.81, 8-Steve Reichelt (MN) at 5.02, 9-Joe Urso (NY) at 5.03, 10-David Wu (NY) at 5.04.
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (40): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3/4-John O’Hagan (IN) / Paul Swain (WA).
FASTER MASTERS (16): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-John Rockwell (CA) / Phil Simborg (FL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Efim Liberman (IL), 3/4-Steve Hairgrove (IL) / Jeb Horton (NC).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (28): 1-Allen Chankowsky (Canada), 2-Jesus Ibarra (PA), 3/4-Jim Airgood (MI) / James DeRosier (LA).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-David Rockwell (IL) & Dennis Scully (IL), 2-Efim Liberman (IL) & Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) & Roberto Gaui (Brazil) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 2-Elena Evans (IA); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Paulette Duong (IL).
ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Eric Wazner (IL), 2-David Himebaugh (AZ).
SENIORS (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-G.L. Harvie (VT) / Barry Miller (IL).
JUNIORS (32): 1-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2-Alexander Strehl (CA), 3/4-Allen Chankowsky (Canada) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (4): 1-Allen Tish (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (4): 1-David Wells (CA).
DMP (16): 1-Al Hodis (NV).
11th PROFICIENCY TEST (41): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) 39/50 correct, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) 37/50, 3/4-Chuck Bower (IN) / Frank Frigo (CA) 35/50.
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (24): 1-Alexander Strehl (CA), 2-James DeRosier (LA), 3/4-Dhia Awda (Sweden) / Eric Hiner (MN).
16th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 17-20, 2024; Niedernhausen, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (107): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3/4-Yuri Alpers / Serge Ragotsky, 5/8-Ulrich Anhalt / Jens Handwerker / Thorsten Hoyer / Tilman Söhnchen; 1LC-Julian Becker, 2LC-Mario Kühl.
INTERMEDIATE (83): 1-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2-Davor Kozoman, 3/4-Oleksii Naplokov (Ukraine) / Oliver Schneider, 5/8-Armin Berg / Marc Friebe / Stefan Frigerio (Switzerland) / Denis Zmuda; 1LC-Jörg Richter, 2LC-Sebastian Heuß.
BEGINNERS (29): 1-Lothar Trumpp, 2-Janni Katsigiannis, 3/4-Andrea Dörnemann / Josef Zenisek; 1LC-Toni Wiegand.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (42 teams): 1-Kimon & Regine Papachristopoulos, 2-Fred Brendler & Martin Hoffmann, 3/4-Michael Larsen (Denmark) & Lars Nielsen (Denmark) / Heribert Lindner & Jürgen Schettler.
LIMITED DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE (24 teams): 1-Jean Claude Bensaid (France) & Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Sabine Hildebrand & Ingrid Sonnabend.
SUPER JACKPOT I (32): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Ingo Mohr.
SUPER JACKPOT II (21): 1-Heinz Edy, 2-Marcus Reinhard.
LIMITED JACKPOT I (32): 1-Gerd Lingnau, 2-Nariman Rzaiev (Ukraine).
LIMITED JACKPOT II (16): 1-Marcus Krawietz, 2-Rene Poulsen (Denmark).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Najibullah Salamzy, 2-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark), 3-Heribert Lindner, 4-Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh.
LADIES CUP (29): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend, 2-Sabine Brinkmann.
28th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2024; Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (70): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki, 2-Ryo Matsuura, 3-Yuta Takimiya, 4-Toshikazu Katajima; 1LC-Takeshi Takahashi, 2LC-Takashi Sakanaka.
INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Naoki Chiba, 2-Tatsuya Tanaka, 3/4-Hiroyuki Kawakami / Yamato Takahashi.
BEGINNER (102): 1-Ryota Asano, 2-Yumio Tanaka, 3-Michiyoshi Suzuka.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE (16): 1-Ryuga Ueno.
3rd KISEI DOUBLES by Invitation (8 teams): 1-Yuko Jin & Masahito Yamamoto, 2-Hirotatsu Ando & Yuji Ogura.
INTER-REGIONAL MATCH (26): 1-Yukihiro Ninomiya.
1 GAME ROUND ROBIN (19): 1-Masanori Nakamichi, 2-Yoichi Tanibayashi, 3-Hiroki Sogo.
2-POINT MATCH ROUND ROBIN (19): 1-Hideki Takeda, 2-Hibiki Kawauchi, 3-Makoto Tabata.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-Kei Ishida, 2-Ritsu Kikumoto.
BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (20): 1-Kiyokazu Nishikawa, 2-Kengo Nakasuka.
OTHELLO QUIZ 2024 (40): 1-Naoki Iketani, Kiyokazu Nishikawa, Kentaro Meijo.
INTERREGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 1-9, 2024; Kazan, Russia
BACKGAMMON MAIN (91): 1-Konstantin Bartash, 2-Aleksandr Abushkevich, 3-Artur Roganov, 4-Artem Kozlov, 5/6-Ayrat Fatykhov / Robert Sadgyan, 7/8-Victor Barsegyan / Eduard Esayan.
SUPERJACKPOT BG (39): 1-Timur Azizov, 2-Tsaruk Manukyan, 3/4-Victor Barsegyan / Valery Burlakov.
DOUBLES BG (35 teams): 1-Svetlana Timina & Andrey Veltistov, 2-Sergey Chertkov & Ayrat Metshin, 3-Vage Safaryan & Ashot Simonyan.
BLITZ BG (54): 1-Dmitry Gurko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3-Timur Azizov.
LADIES TOURNAMENT BG (13): 1-Aleksandra Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina.
NARDGAMMON MAIN (119): 1-Radik Nurullin, 2-Araik Oganesyan, 3-Timur Akhmedzyanov, 4-Sergey Zelenov, 5/6-Ivan Uldanov / Alexey Zlobin, 7/8-Roman Ibragimov / Andrey Tsura.
SUPERJACKPOT NG (44): 1-Ayrat Fatykhov, 2-Galust Amalyan, 3/4-Artem Charyants / Yakov Rudakov.
BLITZ NG #1 (77): 1-Zafar Ismailov, 2-Tsaruk Manukyan, 3/4-Dmitry Petrenko / Yury Zhdanov.
BLITZ NG #2 (66): 1-Gagik Khachatryan, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3-Vagarshak Akopyan.
LADIES TOURNAMENT NG (24): 1-Elena Marchenko, 2-Sirina Mukhametova.
LONGGAMMON CLASSIC MAIN (128): 1-Sergey Zelenov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3-Dmitry Seferbekov, 4/5-Dulotali Abzhaparov / Azat Safin.
1-POINT CL (91): 1-Adzhamkhan Karimov, 2-Andrey Gordeev, 3/4-Sergey Lyutov / Yury Zhdanov.
NCBA: 5th NORTHERN CYPRUS CONCORDE BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 1-5, 2024; Nicosia, North Cyprus
MASTER (51): 1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 3-Aref Alipour (United Kingdom), 4-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 5-Bülent Bahar (Turkey), 6-Alexandra Kupfer (Switzerland); 1LC-Salih Jayali (North Cyprus), 2LC-Philippe Vouhe (France).
INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), 2-Reza Barmayeh (Iran), 3-Haydar Uruçoglu (Turkey); 1LC-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus), 2LC-Diana Merlusca (Romania).
SUPERJACKPOT (32): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Moore Wisener (Ireland).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 2-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Hossein Aghili (Iran) & Self, 2-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey) & Self, 3/4-Gökay Güleç (Turkey) & Ahmet Karahasan (North Cyprus) / Minh Nguyen (France) & Self.
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 2-Nuray Sevimli (North Cyprus).
1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Salih Kayali (North Cyprus).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: 1-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom), 2-Olga Sladkarova (Bulgaria), 3-Airat Metshin (Russia).
FMBGT: ISTAVDER 16th ANNIVERSARY FEAST BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 22-28, 2024; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (656): 1-Arslan Volkan Aktas, 2-Selin Kurt, 3-Rosen Penchev (Bulgaria), 4-Ali Çetin Belene, 5-Hüseyin Özdag, 6-Gökhan Yildiz, 7/21-Cengiz Dindar (North Cyprus) / Can Iskender / Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Aziz Çelikkaya / Felix Ciamasu (Romania) / Pierre Zakia (France) / Andre Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) / Borislav Borisov (Bulgaria) / Engin Öngel / Patrice De Sainte Marie (France) / Sina Jorjani (Iran) / Erhan Öztekin / Yüksel Zabun / Leni Zrnceva (Macedonia); 1C-Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran), 2C-Ismail Gökhan Bektas; 1LC-Selim Akkus, 2LC-Burçin Altay.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (157 teams): 1-Hasan Kökçe & Haydar Uruçoglu, 2-Chawki Karam (Lebanon) & Amale Wehbeh (Lebanon), 3/4-Hakan Kiraç & Ibrahim Semerci / Barbaros Akyar & Mete Demirsoy, 5/8-Atilla Argat & Levent Danisman / Ali Haydar Bayar & Engin Cansun / Argun Erkaya & Mete Topçuoglu / John Georgiu (Cyprus) & Maz Andy Maszlag (England).
TEAM TOURNAMENT (46 teams): 1-BGT LAMPERTHEIM RED BULLS (Germany): Jürgen Kunkel / Heribert Lindner / Bernd Schmidt / Maurice Weidner / Michael Weidner, 2-BGT LAMPERTHEIM RACCOONS (Germany): Gabi Forster / Jürgen Orlowski / Jürgen Schiller / Ralf Sonnleitner / Ulrich Zöller, 3-ANKYRA (Turkey): Erkan Alisan / Serhat Keskin / Erhan Öztekin / Seref Seroglu / Burak Yildirim.
SPEED GAMMON (292): 1-Yousef Abdollahnezhad (Iran), 2-Dragomir Cristinel (Romania).
LADIES SPECIAL – SULTANS OF BACKGAMMON (54): 1-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), 2-Seda Eflanli (USA).
ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Oktay Kurhan.
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Stefan Post (Australia).
ONE POINT #3 (64): 1-Levend Gedik.
ONE POINT #4 (64): 1-Dimitar Grigorov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #5 (64): 1-Karbaschian Armand Gassem (France).
ONE POINT #6 (64): 1-Gamze Demirkol Özdag.
ONE POINT #7 (64): 1-Seldag Onur.
ONE POINT #8 (64): 1-Atilla Güler.
ONE POINT #9 (64): 1-Yüksel Zabun.
ONE POINT #10 (64): 1-Aleksei Tokarev (Russia).
ONE POINT #11 (64): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran).
ONE POINT #12 (64): 1-Meisam Pourtaghi (Iran).
ONE POINT #13 (64): 1-Erkan Alisan.
ONE POINT #14 (64): 1-Niyazi Alisan.
ONE POINT #15 (64): 1-Ismail Güçlü.
ONE POINT #16 (64): 1-Elif Sarica.
ONE POINT #17 (64): 1-Ganim Süner.
ONE POINT #18 (64): 1-Esref Cadirci.
ONE POINT #19 (64): 1-Marin Dikov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #20 (64): 1-Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #21 (64): 1-Farkhonde Khelghati (Iran).
ONE POINT #22 (64): 1-Burçin Altay.
ONE POINT #23 (64): 1-Caner Çelik.
ONE POINT #24 (64): 1-Georgi Ivanov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #25 (64): 1-Onur Yildiz.
ONE POINT #26 (64): 1-Dogan Sunar.
ONE POINT #27 (64): 1-Ozan Güçlü.
ONE POINT #28 (64): 1-Aydin Kolçak (England).
ONE POINT #29 (64): 1-Nariman Rezapour (Iran).
ONE POINT #30 (64): 1-Mariela Kamenova (Bukgaria).
ONE POINT #31 (64): 1-Seyed Hadi Tahami (Iran).
ONE POINT #32 (64): 1-Can Gümüs.
DMP SUPER FINAL (32 from 2048 players): 1-Nariman Rezapour (Iran), 2-Dimitar Grigorov (Bulgaria).
BALKAN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2024: 1-Arslan Volkan Akta, 2-Selin Kurt.
WELCOME TOURNAMENT (56): 1-Ismail Bilgili.
FMPR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); PR winner - Masayuki Mochizuki at 1.98.
FMPR DIGITAL BOARD CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany); PR winners - Ali Çetin Belene & Fuat Erdag (Turkey) at 1.51.
ABT - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-21, 2024; Herndon, Virginia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (96): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3/9-Kent Goulding (MD) / John Klein (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Charlie Pipkin (FL) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / Chris Trencher (NY), 10/14-Alexander Abramenko (VA) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Dana Nazarian (CA) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Brian Vance (MI).
ABT ADVANCED (42): 1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bob Hathaway (VA), 3/6-Samra Hadden (GA) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Candace Mayeron (CA) / Alan Pruce (SC).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Andrew Keller (NC), 2-James Baumeister (WI), 3/4-Lili Iravani (DC) / Nick Saverino (VA).
BMAB PLAYER'S CUP VIRGINIA (34): 1/2-Lynda Clay (CO) / Albert Steg (MA), 3/8-Sean Garber (IN) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Julius High (GA) / Claude Landry (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.56, 2-Charles Pipkin (FL) at 3.73, 3-John Klein (MD) at 4.27, 4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.54, 5-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.94, 6-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.98, 7-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.96, 8-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.98. Unlucky Dice prize: Roberto Litzenberger with a luck factor of -13.43.
CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Michael Urban (Germany).
MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (64): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 5/8-Mike Horri (GA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / David Winn (TX).
SUSAN B. ANTHONY OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Scotty Kelland (CT) / Ray Spehar (FL).
SACAGAWEA ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Robert Ellis (TN), 2-Alec Izzo (FL).
DC*METRO OPEN - CHAMPIONSHIP (24): 1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C/2C-Karen Davis (FL) / Jean-Guy Roy (Canada).
DC*METRO OPEN - ADVANCED (6): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).
NATION'S CAPITAL DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Nick Ricciardi (MA) / Lina Nuniyants (DC) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (160): 1/5: Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Kit Woolsey (CA) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Farhad Forudi (OH) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Dave Kettler (TX) / Bill Lonergan (NY), 5/8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Franklin Scott (MN) / Albert Steg (MA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6): 1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (6): 1-Steve Smith (MA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (5): 1-Niko Keresteliev (NY).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (6): 1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #5 (6): 1-Jose Altamirano (NC).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #6 (4): 1-Robert Fairchild (TX).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #7 (4): 1-Steve Smith (MA).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD EVENT (8): 1-Tom Kennedy (VA).
CHERRY BLOSSOM WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (8): 1-Lynn Ehrlich (FL), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA); 1C/2C-Molly Anderson (WA) / Lynda Clay (CO).
SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Alexander Abramenko (VA).
NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 1 (14): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Richard Munitz (NY); 1C-Sean Garber (IN).
NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 2 (12): 1-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR); 1C-Samra Hadden (GA).
NIGHT OWL NOVICE JACKPOT (8): 1-Robert Fairchild (TX).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-P.J. Macali (OH).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Franklin Scott (MN).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Narvey Goldman (Canada).
WBF - 2nd LOUTRAKI GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-21, 2024; Loutraki, Greece
MASTERS (96): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Nicos Sophocleous (Cyprus), 3-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 4/5-Polyxronis Kokkinis (Greece) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 6/9-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Carter Mattig (USA) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (USA); 1LC-Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway), 2LC-Konstantinos Koukiaris (Greece), 3/4-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece) / Giannis Pasialis (Greece).
INTERMEDIATES (53): 1-Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria), 2-George Papakonstantinou (Greece), 3-Florin Chelaru (Romania), 4/5-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France) / Gündüz Günes (Turkey); 1LC-Panagiotis Koinoupis (Greece), 2LC-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania), 3LC/4LC-Marin-Ariel Ciobanu (Romania) / Hevork Karapetian (Ukraine).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Boghiu Sorin & Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2-Tobias Hellwag & Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 3/4-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) & Katja Spillum (Norway / Michael Larsen (Denmark) & Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Vincent de Nardi (France), 3/4-Robert Terenziani (Italy) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).
500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Armen Khachtryan (Armenia), 3/4-Hans Liby (Norway) / Dirk Schiemann (Germany).
SENIORS #1 (64): 1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel), 3/4-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Roberto Schneider (Switzerland).
SENIORS #2 (32): 1-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 2-Stavros Tsolakos (Greece), 3/4-Aris Manias (Greece) / Malcolm Robertson (United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (64): 1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), 2-Katja Spillum (Norway), 3/4-Vincent de Nardi (France) / Herb Roman (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 1-Ioannis Atmatzidis (Greece), 2-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania), 3/4-Jürgen Schettler (Germany) / George Simpson (Turkey).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128): 1-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France), 2-Milton Gonzales (Costa Rica), 3/4-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
UKBGT - WEST YORKSHIRE OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 5-7, 2024; Bradford, England
MASTERS (69): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Radu Ciortan; 1C-Jamie MacPherson, 2C-Martyn Hamer; 1LC-Richard Biddle, 2LC-Tim Parfitt. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Plamen Sivrev, 2-Simon Jones.
INTERMEDIATES (43): 1-Tim Line, 2-Becca Bell; 1C-Michele de Havilland, 2C-Warner Solomon; 1LC-CJ Uttley, 2LC-Gregge Madan. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Rikki Blythe, 2-Peter Faughman.
SUPER JACKPOT (22): 1-Oliver Squire, 2-Reece Hodges.
MASTERS DOUBLES: 1-Dave Clifton & Normal Hessler.
INTERMEDIATES DOUBLES: 1-Michele de Havilland & Peter Hodson.
FRIDAY WARM-UP #1 (47): 1-Ian Gwynne, 2-Serban Murgu.
FRIDAY WARM-UP #2 (43): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Matthew Fisher.
33rd NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 27-31, 2024; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Hans Liby (Norway), 2-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 4/5-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 6/9-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
ADVANCED (46): 1-Rasmus G. Hansen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK), 3-Lars Nielsen (DK), 4/5-John Blem (DK) / Marianne Husum (Norway).
INTERMEDIATE (57): 1-Kenneth Holt (DK), 2-Ulrik Andersen (DK), 3-Philip Magnussen (DK), 4/5-Thom Espen Brevig (DK) / Christian Skjæran (DK).
UBC DENMARK CONTENDER: 1-Jakob Rasmussen (DK), 2-Justin Nowell (USA).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (35 teams): 1-Sven Olav-Norén (Sweden) & Ronald Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway) & Marc Olsen (DK), 3/4-Tommy Larsen (DK) & Peter Svinding (DK) / Tristan Remille (France) & Alexis Vincent (France).
MIXED DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Andreas Becher (DK) & Pia Jeppesen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK) & Mathilde Schmidt (DK), 3/4-Mads W. Andersen (DK) & Brigitte Nissen (DK) / Shunji Terao (Japan) & Mrs. Terao (Japan).
HIGHROLLER (6): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (DK).
MINI JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Rene Thor Poulsen (DK), 2-Yan Kit Chan (United Kingdom), 3/4-Flemming Mortensen (DK) / Grethe Welle (Norway).
MINI JACKPOT #2 (7): 1-Christian Skjæran (DK).
REDEMPTION EVENT (20): 1-Matti Tienari (Finland), 2-Martha Gjelseth (Norway), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Klaus Switon (DK).
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Tristan Remille (France), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Jesper Mølgård (DK).
SPEEDGAMMON (42): 1-Asbjørn Arntzen (Norway), 2-Jens Ostermann-Petersen (DK), 3/4-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) / Klaus Switon (DK).
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (25): 1-Barbara Fagone (DK), 2-Linda Wallin (Sweden), 3/4-Anna Sofia Jørgensen (DK) / Mathilde Schmidt (DK).
TEAM EVENT (11 teams): 1-Team NO(r)WAY: Eirik Johansen / Bjørnar Kristoffersen / Marianne Husum (Norway).
BEGINNERS (21): 1-Andreas Boldt (DK), 2-Elias Stokholm (DK).
JUNIORS (5): 1-Frederik Dankelev (DK).
ABT - 29th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 21-24, 2024; Middleburg Heights, Ohio
ABT OPEN (36): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 4/5-Boris Shafransky (MD) / Joe Urso (NY); 1C-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC).
ABT ADVANCED (38): 1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Clare Phelps (OH), 3-Gary Payne (MI), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Ken Drees (OH); 1C-Brian Sposit (OH), 2C-Sean O'Donnell (Canada).
BMAB PLAYER'S CUP OHIO (20): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2/5-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / P.J. Macali (OH). PR winners: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 2.70, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.74, 3-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.87, 4-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.34, 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 4.95, 6-Tom Rebelo (Canada) at 5.72. Unlucky Dice winner: Marty Storer (NH) with a luck factor of -18.54.
NOVICE/BEGINNERS (4): 1-Don Jena (OH), 2-Ian McGuigan (IN).
OHIO MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Chris Trencher (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (20): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Victor de Oliveira (Canada), 3/4-Enrique Gomez (Mexico) / Bryan Pedro (Canada), 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Scotty Kelland (CT).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean O'Donnell (Canada); 1C-Ed Corey (CT).
AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH).
WBF - 6th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-24, 2024; Budva, Montenegro
MASTERS (88): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 4/5-Talat Bagibala (Turkey) / Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 6/9-Ayrat Fatykov (Russia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Matt Reklaitis (USA) / Roberto Terenziani (Italy); 1LC-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3LC/4LC-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria) Ingo Mohr (Germany); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATES (53): 1-Pero Dimitrovski (North Macedonia), 2-Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia), 3-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 4/5-Gündüz Günes (Turkey) / Gabriel Haulica (Romania); 1LC-Oliver Schneider (Germany), 2LC-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 3LC/4LC-Zoran Kozul (Croatia) / Tamar Pularia (Georgia); Ladies Prize - Gözde Diptas (Turkey).
MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Alain Babillon (France) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) & Roberto Terenziani (Italy), 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) & Keyber Söze / Marcus Reinhard (Germany) & Christian Setzpfandt (Germany).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 3/4-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany) / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 2-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) / Karmen Aydin (Turkey).
SENIORS (128): 1-Rumen Rikevski (Bulgaria), 2-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 3/4-Manouchehr Parchami (Sweden) / Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Artur Petrosyan #1 (Armenia), 3/4-Zaqaria Gugulashvili (Georgia) / Artur Petrosyan #2 (Armenia).
1-POINTER PRESIDENT'S CUP (128): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Stefan Sandor (Romania), 3/4-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey) / Zoran Kozul (Croatia).
TBT - 13th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
March 8-10, 2024; Kocaeli, Turkey
MAIN (89): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil, 3-Oguz User, 4-Berkan Kalender.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (44): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil.
LADIES PRIZE (4): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gözde Diptas.
TRADITIONAL (52): 1-Önder Akçabelen, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Adnan Çam, 4-Gültekin Uygur.
"HAZAN ÖZKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (48 teams): 1-Atalay Uluakay & Gözde Uluakay, 2-Burak Kaya & Ismail Köknar, 3/4-Mustafa Resat Çikintas & Tolga Özkale / Mithat Sorgüven & Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.
"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (49): 1-Zeki Gelbal, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3-Ali Mert Gönenç, 4-Yasin Özergil.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Ömer Çakici, 3/4-Mustafa Aydin / Atalay Uluakay.
MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Gültekin Uygur, 3/4-Oguz User / Hakan Çinal.
UTT-2024 SATELLITES (9x8 + 1x4): Winners: Serkan Çalisir, Emrullah Cosar, Önder Akçabelen, Nejat Alkap, Haydar Uruçoglu, Hasret Bekar, Ömer Çakici, Hasan Gemici.
BG4BG (2x8): Winners: Ismail Köknar, Berkan Kalender.
CNB - 31st CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 8-10, 2024; Torino, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Wolf-Dieter Wall, 3/4-Lorenzo Rinaldo / Henri Sharra; 1C-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2C-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Antonio Serventi.
ADVANCED (31): 1-Emil Sirakov, 2-Nicolas Dehon (Switzerland), 3/4-Massimiliano Cettolin / Davide Klemenz; 1C-Dario Bertola, 2C-Georgiana Avasiloaei, 3C/4C-David Cornacchini / Kais Zaiem (Switzerland).
OPEN CNB (60): 1-Kais Zaiem (Switzerland), 2-Paolo Chianese, 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland).
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (15 teams): 1-Luca Martino & Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Andrea De Zandonati & Fabio Gullotta.
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Gianni Pretto, 2-Gianfranca Pasciu.
GOODBYE TORINO (26): 1-Maurizio Eletti, 2-Adriano Botteon.
KAZAN BACKGAMMON ILDAR YAGOFAROV MEMORIAL
March 2-3, 2024; Kazan, Russia
MAIN (43): 1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Timur Azizov, 4-Konstantin Pustokhin.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (19 teams): 1-Sergey Chertkov & Alexandr Gomankov, 2-Victor Naumenko & Self, 3/4-Nadezhda Evseeva & Ayrat Metshin / Artem Kozlov & Almaz Salimzyanov.
SUPER JACKPOT (19): 1-Sergey Saprygin, 2-Timur Azizov, 3/4-Dmitry Gurko / Alexey Ignarin.
1-POINT (64): 1-Victor Naumenko, 2-Dmitry Gurko, 3/4-Valery Burlakov / Rustem Khismatullun.
ABT - ATLANTA BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 29-March 3, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Brian Vance (MI), 3/4-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Ray Spehar (FL); 1C-Stacy Turner (FL), 2C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Mike Horri (GA).
ABT ADVANCED (49): 1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bill Kaludis (TN), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Kamran Kheirani (Canada); 1C-Garrett Brown (GA), 2C-Scott Bailey (GA); 1LC-Robert Kratz (NC).
BMAB PLAYER'S CUP (24): Tie 1/6- Rob Crase (OH) / Di Di (GA) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Polatov (NY) / Sammy Wohl (FL). PR winners: 1-Di Di (GA) at 4.62, 2-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.37, 3-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.54, 4-Karen Davis (FL) at 5.75, 5-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.91, 6-Sammy Wohl (FL) at 6.81. Unlucky Dice winner: Marianne Bowen (VA) with a luck factor of -17.61.
SUPER JACKPOT ROUND-ROBIN (4): Tie 1/3-Mike Senkiewicz (NY) (Trophy) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Chris Trencher (NY).
TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3-Dan Minardi (CO).
ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (26): 1-Stephen Trundy (TN), 2-Enrique Gomez (Mexico), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Rob Reynolds (GA).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA) & Di Di (GA), 3-Ben Friesen (OH) & Dan Minardi (CO).
SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3-Alan Epstein (GA).
SENIORS (64): 1-Chris Palmer (United Kingdom), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Curtis Melville (VA).
DMP (32): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6): 1-Kentaro Abe (GA), 2-Slick McNeil (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (5): 1-Tim Smith (GA), 2-Anne Major (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (7): 1-Hannah Choueke (SC), 2-Ofek Oshri (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (2): 1-Spencer Petzold (GA), 2-Casey Willett (TN).
WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
$25 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$25 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Michael Tobin (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
WBF - MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
February 28-March 3, 2024; Kyrenia, North Cyprus
OPEN (75): 1-Amir Eshragi (Iran), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 4/5-Shahin Nejat (Iran) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 6/9-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Amirali Tavakoli (Iran) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic); 1LC-Razi Bobrov (Israel), 2LC-Cyrus Vafa (Iran/Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Abdallah Jamal Eddine (Lebanon) / Hamza Nar (Turkey).
$7,500 HIGH ROLLER (6): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).
$2,500 MEGA JACKPOT (32): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Mehmet Akis (Turkey) / Maan El Hachem (Lebanon).
$1,250 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-David Presser (Israel), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Shahin Nejat (Iran).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Haroutioun Boroudian (Lebanon) & Charbel Salloum (Lebanon), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey) & Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 3/4-Maan El Hachem (Lebanon) & George Rabahie (Lebanon) / Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
CELEBRITIES 4X4 TEAM EXHIBITION MATCH: 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
1st MACAO BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 23-25, 2024; Macao, China
MASTERS / ERUDITIS (39): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Kazuhiro Saito (Japan), 3/4-Herb Roman (USA) / David Wells (USA).
LAST CHANCE #1 (18): 1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).
LAST CHANCE #2 (35): 1-Hayase Kawashima (Japan).
MAX JACKPOT / SORTITIS MAX (4): 1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia).
BEGINNERS / LAICIS (13): 1-Celine Heuls (France), 2-Sophie Hutson (Australia), 3-Stuart Carroll (England).
DOUBLES / DUPLICIS (16 teams): 1-Fujioka Daisuke (Japan) & Yuji Ogura (Japan), 2-Carter Mattig (USA) & Cynthia Roberts (England).
VON WALDENBLATT DMP TOURNAMENT (82): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria).
ABT - MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 23-25, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts
ABT OPEN (29): 1-Brad Mampe (MA), 2-Garrett Duquesne (NY); 1C-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2C-Ilja Tardijn (The Netherlands); 1LC-Doug Roberts (MA).
ABT ADVANCED (13): 1-John Leonard (MA), 2-Stephen Griffin (MA); 1C-Richard Battikha (CT); 1LC-Sharooz Moreh (NY).
MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Anca Morar (RI) & Mike Vena (CT), 2-Jon Douglas (NY) & Steve Douglas (NY).
EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Jerry Shea (NY); 1C-John Leonard (MA).
OPEN JACKPOT (4): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-David Habib (Canada).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Nick Ricciardi (CT).
SENIORS (12): 1-Steve Griffin (MA), 2-Mike Forrester (MA).
JUNIORS (8): 1-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2-Alex Strehl (CA).
NOVICE #1 (4): 1-Regina Dinkes (FL), 2-Diego Rosenfeld (MA).
NOVICE #2 (2): 1-Veronica Bacon (MA), 2-Mary Whitney (MA).
NOVICE #3 (6): 1-Greg Gregovski (Canada), 2-Melissa Poyet Borys (RI).
NCBA - 2nd ARKIN BACKGAMMON OPEN VIP
February 15-18, 2024; Iskele, Famagusta, North Cyprus
MASTERS (90): 1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Aref Alipour (United Kingdom), 3-Hüseyin Güler (Turkey), 4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 5-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria), 6-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Minh Nguyen (France).
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2-Minh Nguyen (France).
DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 2-Baris Koçak (Turkey) & Aliekber Vardi (Turkey), 3-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus) & Salih Kayali (North Cyprus).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mevlit Avcioglu (North Cyprus), 2-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria).
SENIORS (59): 1-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
1-POINTER (128): 1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Andac Sevimli (North Cyprus).
SPECIAL PLAYERS (3): 1-Jeremy Sherr (United Kingdom), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3-Çaglar Ugurel (Turkey).
"ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL" MASTERS
CNB - 8th RICCIONE D'INVERNO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 8-11, 2024; Riccione, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Francesco Oliva; 1C-Michele Muratori, 2C-Richard Biddle (England), 3C/4C-Fabio Cappelletti / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.
ADVANCED (29): 1-Giovanni Francescon, 2-Domenico Miscioscia, 3/4-Marco De Bortoli / Paolo Gruppioni; 1C-Marco Conte, 2C-Diego Balgera, 3C/4C-Giuseppe Ricciardi / Emil Sirakov (Bulgaria).
OPEN CNB (45): 1-Angelo Anav, 2-Fabio Cappalletti, 3/4-Luigi De Lazzari / Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).
SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (14 teams): 1-Fernando Braconi & Levan Chilingarashvili (Georgia), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo & Gianlazzaro Sanna.
JACKPOT ADVANCED (16): 1-Franco Candeo, 2-Paolo Gruppioni.
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Marco Conte, 2-Antonio Servanti.
WARM-UP (10): 1-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 2-Cesare Nanti.
LAST JACKPOT (16): 1-Francesco Zecchini, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin.
ABT - 11th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 7-11, 2024; San Antonio, Texas
ABT GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (107+47 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jon Vietor (CA); 1C-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Ami Benari (CO) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada); 1LC-David Kettler (TX), 2LC-Steve Sax (CA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (48+26 rebuys): 1-Lena Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Gonzalo Velarde (Peru); 1C-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2C-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 3C/4C-Gene Eydelman (IL) / Vinny Ramirez (CA); 1LC-Greg Zillgitt (MN), 2LC-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP (22): 1-Robert Gonzalez (TX), 2-Troy Messina (TX), 3/4-Tom Davis (TX) / Sophia Hutson (Australia).
UBC USA CHAMPIONSHIP (20): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3/4-Frank Frigo (CA) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada). PR winners: 1-John O'Hagan (IN) at 2.92, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.17, 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC) at 3.23, 4-Frank Frigo (CA) at 3.33, 5-Ronald Sahlén (Sweden) at 3.45, 6-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.75, 7-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.94.
$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Alberto Showaki (FL), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Steve Blanchard (IL).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (48): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2/3-Ira Hessel (TX) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/6-Al Hodis (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO) / Richard Siebold (CO).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Keith Remels (TX), 2/3-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Richard Stubbe (TX), 4/6-Avi Cohen (FL) / Patrick Keene (CA) / Maeis Petrosian (CA).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).
SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Dennis & Peggy Culpepper (VA), 2-Powie French (TX) & Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Saeed Karimi (TX) & Mike Milligan (TX).
ACE POINT DMP TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Barry Miller (IL).
SENIORS (128): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).
7th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 31-February 4, 2024; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltrar
MASTERS (68): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Boghiu Sorin (Romania), 3-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 4/5-Michael Flesch (United Kingdom) / Francisco Kendall (Portugal); 1LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 2LC-Armen Khachatryan (Russia), 3LC/4LC-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Lawrence Powell (United Kingdom).
"MARIO FABBRI" SPECIAL AWARD: Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).
INTERMEDIATES (51): 1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Valerian Toreli (Georgia), 3-Paulo Pinto (Portugal), 4/5-Pedro Sanz (Spain) / Gerald Whitehouse (United Kingdom); 1LC-Beatriz Molinero (Spain), 2LC-Pedro Machado (Portugal), 3LC/4LC-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia) / Ayhan Serin (Turkey).
500£ SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Neculai Axinte (Romania), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams): 1-Andrew Darby (United Kingdom) & Anna Parker (United Kingdom), 2-Ari Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) & Alexis Vincent (France) / David Frier (Gibraltar) & Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).
SENIORS (128): 1-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 2-Felix Ciumasu (Romania), 3/4-David Frier (Gibraltar) / Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Nadine Chipolina (Gibraltar), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Andrea Quadros (Brazil).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2-Josefin Bichler (Germany), 3/4-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).
869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32): 1-Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar), 2-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 3/4-Cristian Cozos (Romania) / Horacio Moreu (Spain).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1-POINTERS (128): 1-Ary Nogueira #1 (Brazil), 2-Ary Nogueira #2 (Brazil), 3/4-Tiberiu Bostan (Romania) / Tim Parfitt (United Kingdom).
WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 12-14, 2024; Istanbul, Turkey
"ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL" MASTERS (108): 1-Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA), 2-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Hakan Çinal (Turkey) / Radostin Damyanov (Bulgaria); 1C-Fady Asmar (Lebanon), 2C-Massimo Trovo (Italy), 3C/4C-Bülent Bahar (Turkey) / Ümit Bata (Turkey); 1LC-Baris Güven Gökçe (Turkey), 2LC-Göksel Kilinç (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Özdal Kapmaz (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Gülderen Gücavli.
INTERMEDIATES (39): 1-Seyfi Uslubas (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Ömer Çakici (Turkey) / Claudio Dordei (Italy); 1C-Mahmut Kamar (Turkey), 2C-Janette Hodgkinson (Soouth Africa), 3C/4C-Okan Koçak (Turkey) / Metin Tatlidil (Turkey); 1LC-M. Gökhan Gücavli (Turkey), 2LC-Serkan Özkaraca (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Eren Merzeci (Turkey) / Fatih Seven (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Gözde Diptas (Turkey).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (21): 1-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 2-Ümit Bata (Turkey).
"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (58 teams): 1-Elaroz Ardalani & Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Burak & Doruk Kaya (Turkey), 3/4-Florin & Luca Boboc (Romania) / Damjan & Tina Plesec (Slovenia).
WBGF's "RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (77): 1-Sakir Kemik (Turkey), 2-Andre Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 3/4-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / John Broomfield (United Kingdom).
"ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ümit Bata (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Karim Abou Absi (Lebanon) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).
"GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (38): 1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Bahar Ergüder (Turkey), 3-Aziz Çelikkaya (Turkey), 4-Oguz User (Turkey).
1-POINTER (128): 1-Oguz User (Turkey), 2-Hüseyin Çetintas (Turkey), 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA).
MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Murat Özyilmaz (Turkey), 2-Erdinç Bayindir (Turkey).
BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8): Winners – Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Zeki Gelbal (Turkey) / Gündüz Tezgiden (Turkey).
FMBGT - 1st FMGAMMON OPEN
January 6-7, 2024; Istanbul, Turkey
FMGAMMON OPEN (135): 1-Navid Rohani (Iran) 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Fatih Gökbua, 4-Asur Yildirim, 5-Ali Haydar Bayar, 6-Yilmaz Kurtay, 7/9-Batuhan Çil / Ozan Gündogdu / Özcan Oranç, 10/15-Barbaros Akyar / Haldun Engin / Hakan Ergüç / Metin Erikler / Murat Özyilmaz / Imran Suncu.
2nd FM PR DIGITAL TOURNAMENT (40): 1-Fatih Bellici, 2-Rosen Atanasov (Bulgaria), 3-Atilla Inanli, 4/12-Erkan Altun / Alexandar Andreev (Bulgaria) / Avni Arslan / Ismail Bilgili / Kemal Güvenkaya / Onur Ihtiyar / Ibrahim Karaca / Yilmaz Kurtay / Serdar Onal. PR Ranking: 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) 2.24, 2-Ali Çetin Belene 4.02, 3-Hakan Çinal 4.15, 4-Cüneyt Argun Genç 4.32.
DMP ONE-POINT (64): 1-Erol Özsoy.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Erdinç Bayindir & Cemalettin Yüksel, 2-Oktay Lökbas & Hakan Tosun.
ABT - 17th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 3-7, 2024; Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (130+52 rebuys): 1-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (United Kingdom) / Joey Issa (Jamaica); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan); 3C/4C-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Mark Osborne (NY); 1LC-Avi Cohen (FL), 2LC-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 3C/4C-Cato Fordham (United Kingdom) / Claude Landry (Canada).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (93+37 rebuys): 1-David Wu (NY), 2-Jesse Chrismer (NY), 3/4-Claude Boismenu (Canada) / Melanie Hughes (Caribbean); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Alex Brill (NY), 3C/4C-Richard Battikha (CT) / Jerry Smith (NJ); 1LC-Ozgur Aktunc (TX), 2LC-Blake Beber (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (55): 1-Marie Shultz (NY), 2-David Posmantier (NY), 3/4-Michael Pucci (NJ) / Adam Thyberg (NY); 1C-Eric Posmantier (CT), 2C-Lucy Marinkovich (WA), 3C/4C-Jamie Rosen (NY) / Chris Coppa (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Kathy Licursi (NY).
BEGINNER (17): 1-Ralph Tamlyn (NY), 2-Olivia Upton (NY), 3/4-Matthew Preston (MD) / Walker Tuton (NY); 1C-William Tiritilli (NJ), 2C-Mark Kronenberg (CT); 1LC-Joyce Goldstein (NY).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Brandon Macklin (MD) / David Shadi (NJ).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (48): 1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3-Greg Merriman (MI), 4/6-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Jason Pack (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Louis Epstein (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-Theo Osborne (NY) / Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 5/8-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Boris Shafransky (MD) / Ray Spehar (FL).
BMAB-USA NEW YORK (38): 1-Brian Nielsen (Denmark), 2/8-Julius High (GA) / Andrew Liebenthal (NJ) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Larry Shiller (TX) / Albert Steg (MA) / Massimo Tassan-Solet (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL). PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) 2.76, 2-Jason Pack (NY) 3.90, 3-David Wu (NY) 3.93, 4-Paul Swain (WA) 4.11, 5-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) 4.12, 6-Marty Storer (NH) 4.36, 7-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) 4.80, 8-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) 4.96. Unlucky Dice winner: Malcolm Hutson (Australia) with a luck factor of -16.16.
LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 1 (32): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Martha Ghio (NY) / Ann Maher (United Kingdom).
LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 2 (8): 1-Tyler Glenn (NY), 2-Chris Coppa (NY).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR).
BLITZ (192): 1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Curtis Melville (VA).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Michael Rosen (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Antoinette Williams (NY).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Michael Rosen (NY), 2-Charlie Eisenhood (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Jordan Etzig (NY) & Justin Nowell (NY/United Kingdom), 2-Anatoly Katsnelson (IL) & Boris Shafransky (MD).
$1000 BETTING HERO FREEROLL DMP (17): 1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).