2025 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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Updated: March 25, 2025
CNB - 32nd CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 21-23, 2025; Torino, Italy
OPEN CNB (57): 1-Hisham Khay, 2-Giorgio Castellano, 3/4-Francesco Mauri / Francesco Oliva.
CHAMPIONSHIP (31): 1-Francesco Oliva, 2-Dario Di Nicola, 3/4-Andrea De Zandonati / Fabrizio Lo Surdo; 1C-Laura Monaco, 2C-Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).
ADVANCED (44): 1-Dario Bertola, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Philippe Rentchnick (Switzerland) / Beat Tannler (Switzerland); 1C-Jess Danielsen (Denmark), 2C-Makan Mohammadi (Iran), 3C/4C-Airat Metshin (Russia) / Vittorio Molé.
DOUBLE CONNSULTING (9 teams): 1-Marianna Wall & Wolf-Dieter Wall.
GOODBYE TORINO (28): 1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Andrea Lupo, 3/4-Sarino Cannavò / Alberto Profumo.
ABT - OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 20-23, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio
ABT OPEN (48): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ben Friesen (OH), 3-Art Benjamin (CA), 4/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-John O'Hagan (IN).
ABT ADVANCED (35): 1-Maggie Sweeney (MI), 2-Kevin Kelly (NJ), 3-Ed Johnson (GA), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Jesus Ibarra (PA); 1C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 2C-Donald Gabbai (VA).
NOVICE (3): 1-Edward Isla (OH).
OHIO MASTERS (20): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Carl Sellars (Canada), 5-Michael Neagu (Canada).
LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Bernard Pollara (NY), 3-Teri Harmon (CA).
DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Bernard Pollara (NY) & Mal Woolley (NY), 2-Rhonda Masterson (MI) & Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Chris & Patty Knapp (MA).
BLITZ (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB OHIO (21): 1/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jeremy Ly (NY). PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.68, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.16, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.41, 4-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.64, 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.04, 5-David Wu (NY) at 4.64, 6-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.75. Unlucky Dice Award: Ray Cifani (OH) at -12.22.
WARM-UP (20): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Bonnie Rogoff (OH).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Doug Roberts (MA).
WBF - 7th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-23, 2025; Budva, Montenegro
MAIN FLIGHT (64): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Ümit Bandeoglu (Türkiye), 3-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 4/5-Hakan Çinal (Türkiye) / Atila Malçok (Türkiye); 1LC-Harald Johanni (Germany), 2LC-Sancho Rujevic (North Macedonia), 3LC/4LC-Bülent Erciyas (Türkiye) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine); Ladies Prize: Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye).
INTERMEDIATES (40): 1-Vlatko Jovanovski (North Macedonia), 2-Levan Ninidze (Georgia), 3-Aleksandar Lazarevski (Serbia), 4/5-Richard Fiegen (Germany) / Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia); 1LC-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2LC-Radovan Perovic (Montenegro), 3LC/4LC-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) / Srecko Raic (Croatia); Ladies Prize: Sophie Hutson (Australia).
MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams): 1-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) & Ayrat Fatykhov (Russia), 2-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) & Levan Chilingarishvili (Georgia), 3/4-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Ahmet Baydar (Türkiye) & Burak Hakki (Türkiye).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany), 2-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 3/4-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
250€ LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Mark Ferrin (USA).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (13): 1-Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye), 2-Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Khatuna Giorgobiani (Georgia) / Paraskevi Skrimboni (Greece).
SENIORS (128): 1-Malin Yordanov (Bulgaria), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3/4-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).
FMBGT: 4th FMGAMMON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 15-16, 2025; Yesilköy, Istanbul, Türkiye
OPEN (158): 1-Atahan Aydin, 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Sefik Gedikoglu, 4-Mehrdad Jeyranzadeh (Iran), 5/6-Ilhan Koç / Çise Özdogan, 7/9-Baris Akengin / Yücel Niego / Erkan Yüksel; 1LC-Canberk Kazaz, 2LC-Ibrahim Koç.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Hakan Çinal & Canberk Kazaz, 2-Mehmet Güme & Emircan Sisik.
ONE POINT (DMP) #1 (64): 1-Oktay Kurhan.
ONE POINT (DMP) #2 (64): 1-Hülya Karakaya.
3rd FM PR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Okan Koçak, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 3/4-Hakan Çinal / Ibrahim Eren Sankaya. PR Rankings: 1-Ali Çetin Belene at 3.67, 2-Onur Ihtiyar at 3.70, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç at 3.73, 4-Atilla Inanli at 4.17, 5-Hakan Çinal at 4.88, 6-Ibrahim Karaca at 5.07, 7-Ibrahim Eren Sarikaya at 5.64.
ROBIN HOOD BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 14-16, 2025; Nottingham, United Kingdom
OPEN (64):
ROBIN HOOD: 1-Serban Murgu, 2-Paul Plumptru.
MAID MARIAN: 1-Richard McQuillan, 2-Sean Thomas.
WILL SCARLET: 1-Chris Jones, 2-Aniel Ciobanu.
MERRY MEN: 1-Andrew Baxter, 2-Michael Jenkins.
1C-Rachel Rhodes, 2C-Dermot Jenkins; 1LC-Robin Oliver, 2LC-David Tingey.
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Matt Guy & David Tingey, 2-Robin Oliver & Michelle Sykes.
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Will Cockerell, 2-Marius Marin.
FRIDAY TUCK WARM-UP (38): 1-Robin Dale, 2-Julia Hayward.
NCBA: 6th NORTHERN CYPRUS GRAND SAPPHIRE BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 4-9, 2025; Iskele, Northern Cyprus
MASTER (56): 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (UK), 3-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran), 4-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 5-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 6-Erdinç Bayandir (Türkiye); 1LC-Ahmet Karahasan (Northern Cyprus), 2LC-Finn Bahn (Denmark).
INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Tasos Theodosiou (Cyprus), 2-Kerim Eliboler (Türkiye), 3-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Can Gümüs (Türkiye), 2LC-Omid Irannejad (Iran).
MEGAJACKPOT (8): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran).
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark) & Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Mario Kühl (Germany) & Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3/4-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Pedram Kooshandehfar (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
SENIORS (64): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).
LADIES (8): 1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Eva Kahraman (Türkiye).
1-POINT (32): 1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
10th CORK OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 28-March 2, 2025; Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
OPEN (64): 1-Vaidas Budrys, 2-Saul Brody (England), 3-Derek Murphy, 4-Caroline Biddle (England); 1C-Alan Cox, 2C-Simon Morecroft (England); 1LC-Sarah Jolliff (England), 2LC-John Huggins.
FRIDAY WARM-UP DOUBLES TOURNAMENT: 1-John Casey & Bernardo Viana (Portugal), 2-Danny Gallagher & John Huggins.
FRIDAY WARM-UP KNOCKOUT: 1-Sergiy Zhytnyk (Ukraine), 2-Bernardo Viana (Portugal).
ABT - ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 27-March 2, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Marty Storer (NH); 1C-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2C-Irina Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Jeb Horton (NC), 2LC-Gerry Tansey (MO).
ABT ADVANCED (40): 1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Bob Ellis (TN); 1C-Michael Tobin (TN), 2C-Sam Rappaport (NY); 1LC-Hernan Cortes (GA), 2LC-Ryan Bronson (SD).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24): 1-Ian Terry (TX), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Albert Steg (MA).
ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (28): 1-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2-Bob Ellis (TN), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Tiffany Van (TX).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB ATLANTA (30): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2/6-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Ben Friesen (OH) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Maggie Sweeney (MI) / Ian Terry (TX). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.93, 2-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.53, 3-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.15, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.16, 5-Ian Terry (TX) at 5.89, 6/7-Jacob Atie (Panama) at 5.96 / Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 5.96, 8-Sean Garber (IN) at 6.12. Unlucky Dice Award: Kent Goulding (MD) at -16.62. Marty Storer won Iron Star #008.
DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Rob McNamee (GA).
SENIORS (32): 1/2 split-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Bill Kaludis (TN) / Roland Leutert (FL).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Mike Horri (GA).
JUNIORS (8): 1-Kristin Westerman (TN), 2-Amy Latek (WI).
NOVICE (4): 1-Terese Flynn (IL), 2-Cassandra Bennett (NC).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Mike Horri (GA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA).
DMP (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).
MKGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Sam Rappaport (NY).
$50 Jackpot (8): 1-Brian Vance (MI).
WARM-UP (20): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Robert Lum (CA), 2C-David Smith (Canada).
WBF - 2025 MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 26-March 2, 2025; Kyrenia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
MAIN FLIGHT (76): 1-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates), 2-Umur Aras (Türkiye), 3-Arash Afroozian (Iran), 4/5-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany) / Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), 6/9-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / David Presser (Israel); 1LC-Serkan Koç (Türkiye), 2LC-Elie Nehme (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Faddoul Khoury (Lebanon/USA).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden), 2-Serkan Koç (Türkiye) & Yasin Okal (Türkiye), 3/4-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran) & Ali Zamanisefat (Iran) / Hassan Al-Mokdad (United Arab Emirates) & Joe Karkour (United Arab Emirates).
$5,000 HIGH ROLLER (8): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Enis Yuda (Türkiye), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden).
$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Steve Nelson (Israel/Hong Kong), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel), 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Metin Çubuk (Türkiye).
$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (Azerbaijan/USA), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates) / Ismail Kirtay (Türkiye).
FMBGT: 2nd GRAND PASHA OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 23-25, 2025; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Gia Rizinashvili (Israel).
SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Hossein Aghili (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Hamza Nar (Türkiye) & Refik Vural (Türkiye), 3-Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) & Çise Özdogan (Türkiye), 4/5-Allen Hodis (USA) & Sheila Hodis (USA) / Soso Menabdishvili (Georgia) & Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Torsten Haase (Germany), 2-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), Garo Kutnerian (Canada).
ENGLISH RIVIERA BACKGAMMON CONGRESS
February 21-23, 2025; Torquay, England
OPEN (64): 1-Charles Hill, 2-Jamie MacPherson, 3/4-Matthew Guy / Dave Pritchard, 5/8-David Broomfield / Ben Browning / Mike Grabsky / Tim Parfitt.
TORQUAY CONSOLATION CUP (56): 1-Tim Paulden, 2-Damon Dennis, 3/4-Matthew Hibbert / Stefan Paliwoda.
LIVERMEAD LAST CHANCE CUP (44): 1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Robert Breen.
BEST INTERMEDIATE PLAYER: Michele De Havilland.
SUPER JACKPOT (11): 1/2-Damon Dennis / Stuart Mann.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Mike Grabsky & Tim Parfitt, 2-Damon Dennis & Cynthia Roberts.
M BOARD TOURNAMENT (37): 1-Matthew Guy, 2-Tim Line.
FREEROLL #1 (8): 1-Alex Ward, 2-Matthew Guy.
FREEROLL #2 (8): 1/2-John Broomfield / Warner Solomon.
FREEROLL #3 (8): 1-Gerald Whitehouse, 2-Andy Boysan.
JACKPOT #1 (16): 1/2-Ian Anderson / Mike Bedford.
JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Jamie MacPherson, 2-Matthew Fisher.
JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Kevin Jones.
JACKPOT #4 (8): 1/2-Richard Carter / Tim Paulden.
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Stefan Paliwoda, 2-Michele De Havilland.
SWITCHGAMMON (4): 1-Richard Carter, 2-Tim Line.
DMP (16): 1-Phil Tutchings, 2-Tim Line.
FMBGT: 22nd CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 19-22, 2025; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
OPEN (124): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 3-Sauli Alho (Finland), 4-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 5-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 6/7-Hakan Bozkurt (Türkiye) / Minh Nguyen (France), 8/11-Ismail Bilgili (Türkiye) / Radu Ciortan (Romania) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia); 1C-Ibrahim Karaca (Türkiye), 2C-Gabi Menasherov (Israel); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer (Türkiye).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (36 teams): 1-Radu Ciortan (Romania) & Self, 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran) & Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3-Alexandru Barbu (Romania) & Radu Nelu (Romania), 4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT (34): 1-Gabi Menasherov (Israel), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (68): 1-Masoud Farvareshi (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (40): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
DMP TOURNAMENT #1 (21): 1-Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Sibel Seray Karadag (Türkiye), 2-Carmit Turgeman (Israel).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: Hikmet Kizilca (Türkiye), Kemal Erdem (Türkiye).
36th BRAZILIAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 17-22, 2025; Arraial D'Ajuda, Bahia, Brazil
OPEN (448 including rebuys): 1-Herb Roman (USA), 2-Tomy Levy (Argentina), 3/4-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) / Douglas Simon (USA/Brazil).
INTERMEDIATE (160 including rebuys): 1-Marcel Levi, 2-Alcir Muritiba.
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Mané Dos Cocos & Douglas Simon.
KING OF THE BEACH – REI (16): 1/4 split-Silvio Brant / José Carlos / Jorge Levy (Argentina) / Eduardo Maciel.
CHOUETTE TOURNAMENT (28): 1-Jorge Levy (Argentina).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ronald Amorim.
MUNKEBJERG 2025 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 7-9, 2025; Vejle, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (59): 1-Michael Krakus, 2-Khosrow Jafehvand, 3/4-Claus Elken / Robin Neumann.
INTERMEDIATE (92): 1-Max Peterson, 2-Sanne Birch, 3/4-Martin Christiansen / Rasmus Hansen.
BEGINNER (17): 1-Lene Lund Sørensen, 2-Ole S.S. Larsen, 3/4-Tina Xenia Fersling / Louise Pedersen.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (58 pairs): 1-Michael Nielsen & Stella Teute Vinther, 2-Rikke Kragh & Louise Pedersen, 3/4-Sune Christiansen & Anja Holm / Jason Granstedt (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden).
SPEED TOURNAMENT (58): 1-Michael Weile, 2-Kristine Jensen, 3/4-Christian Munk-Christiansen / Allan Larsen.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Peter Svinding, 2-Michael Nielsen.
UKBGT - 6th BACKGAMMON AT THE GRAND
February 7-9, 2025; Scarborough, United Kingdom
OPEN (64): Main Gold: 1-Ian Davidson, 2-Dave Pritchard; Gold Consolation: 1C-Liam Weston, 2C-Cristi Cozos. Main Silver: 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Kevin Stebbing; Silver Consolation: 1C-Serban Murgu, 2C-Simon Jones. Main Bronze: 1-Steven Holme, 2-Caroline Biddle; Bronze Consolation: 1C-Kevin Narey, 2C-Paul Barwick. Main Lifebelt: 1-Keith Gill, 2-Miranda Moulton; Lifebelt Consolation: 1C-Alex Hannam, 2C-Tim Mooring. Last Chance: 1LC-Roland Archer, 2LC-Andrew Marshall.
FRIDAY NIGHT WARM UP (45): 1-Jacqueline Rixon, 2-Mark Calderbank.
DAL NEGRO BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ben Andrews, 2-Mike Ireland.
FRIENDSHIP CUP
February 5-9, 2025; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
OPEN BG (62): 1-Timur Azizov, 2-Nail Arzukhanov, 3-Sergey Alekseev, 4-Alexey Tokarev, 5-Dmitry Shkurin, 6-Ayrat Fatykhov.
SUPER JACKPOT BG (35): 1-Alexey Sypko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Tsaruk Manukyan / Vasily Chemokhonenko.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION BG (30 teams): 1-Elizaveta Khrushcheva & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Petukhov & Pavel Potapov, 3-Zaur Apekov & Fedor Kroytor.
BLITZ BG (64): 1-Viktor Naumenko, 2-Sergey Ageev, 3-Sergey Alenin, 4-Sergey Zelenov.
LADIES BG (17): 1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Ekaterina Drozdova.
LADIES BLITZ BG (32): 1-Kseniya Nagaeva, 2-Oksana Gayazova, 3-Elena Ganzha.
OPEN NG (65): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Nikolay Kiselev, 3-Ivan Rybenkov, 4/5-Konstantin Ushakov / Guram Nagelishvili, 6-Timur Akhmedzyanov.
SUPER JACKPOT NG (32): 1-Dmitry Morozov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3/4-Vagarshak Akopyan / Mikhail Kozhevnikov.
BLITZ NG (64): 1-Nail Arzukhanov, 2-Levik Bagdasaryan, 3-Genry Gasparyan, 4-Andrey Razumov.
LADIES NG (14): 1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Liliya Koroleva.
LADIES BLITZ NG (16): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Svetlana Mashkovtseva, 3-Elena Ganzha.
1-POINT NG (64): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Sergey Alekseev, 3-Aleksandr Konokhov, 4-Vitaly Ledovskikh.
8th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-February 2, 2025; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar
MASTERS (43): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom), 3-Francisco Domingues (Portugal), 4/5-Will Cockerell (United Kingdom) / Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 1LC-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain), 2LC-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3LC/4LC-Franncisco Kendall (Portugal) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).
INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Alex Moazed (Sweden), 3-Maciej Kaluzinski (Poland), 4/5-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2LC-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3LC/4LC-Stewart Stone (Gibraltar) / Heike van Heteren (Germany).
"MARIO FABBRI" BEST GIBRALTARIAN PLAYER AWARD: Mike Nicholls.
500£ SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3/4-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Thomas Myhr (Denmark).
150£ ELITE JACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Bray (United Kingdom), 2-David Frier (Gibraltar), 3/4-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) / Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway).
50£ INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), Jürgen Feiler (Germany), 3/4-Joanna Chorbala (Poland) / Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams): 1-Geoff Hall (UK) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Francisco Domingues (Portugal) & Francisco Kendall (Portugal) / Patrick Gebelli (United Arab Emirates) & Diana Merlusca (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 3/4-Ian Davidson (United Kingdom) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).
SENIORS: (96): 1-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom).
LADIES (24): 1-Antoinette Williams (USA), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).
DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128): 1-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2-Mike Nicholls (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar).
3X3 TEAM EVENT (14 teams): 1-The Brummy Chippers: Geoff Hall, Julian Minwalla, Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Brighton Breezy: Mike Grabsky, Tim Parfitt, Paul Statter (United Kingdom), 3/4-Dice Masters: Malcolm Hutson (Australia), Thomas Myhr (Denmark), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / LFP: Gilbert Licudi, Michael Pitaluga, Stewart Stone (Gibraltar).
869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32): 1-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Chris Bray (United Kingdom) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom).
MASTER OF THE ROCK (14): 1-Manuel Britto (Gibraltar), 2-Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar), 3/4-Steve Blake (Gibraltar) / Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar).
ABT - CHARLOTTE BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
January 23-26, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina
ABT OPEN (45): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 4/7-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Bob Azari (FL) / Donna Lafferty (IN) / Jason Lee (MD).
ABT ADVANCED (64): 1-Neville Kerr (NC), 2-Carol Kerr (NC), 3-Marianne Bowen (VA), 4/9-Koray Agirbas (GA) / Bernard Dede (NC) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Ofek Oshri (GA) / Jerry Ungar (FL).
ABT NOVICE (17): 1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT), 2/5-Cassandra Bennett (NC) / John Drake (NC) / Peter Hoyt (NY) / Kevin Hubbard (NC).
QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).
CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3-Jason Lee (MD).
DOGWOOD ROYALE ADVANCED JACKPOT (24): 1-Graham Webb (WI), 2-Kelsey Rose (NY), 3-Andy Keller (NC).
HORNETS NEST DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Tom Rosandich (WI) & Graham Webb (WI).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB-CHARLOTTE (24): 1/5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Julius High (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Grant Schneider (VA). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.45, 2-Sean Garber (IN) at 5.19, 3-Jason Lee (MD) at 5.73, 4-Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) at 5.94, 5-Bob Azari (FL) at 6.14, 6-Paul Linderman (NC) at 6.33, 7-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.36. Unlucky Dice Award: Paul Linderman (NC) at -16.00.
COOLWOOD WARM-UP (32): 1-Quinn Swanger (NC), 2-Andy Keller (NC); 1C-Valentyn Miller (NC), 2C-Michael Rosendich (NC).
WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (12): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Kristen Westerman (TN).
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Alan Epstein (GA).
DMP I (16): 1-Phil Linderman (NC).
DMP II (8): 1-Michael Rosandich (NC).
HOTEL ROOM FREEROLL (71): 1-Laura Granger (CO).
$50 HAT TRICK (8): 1/2 split-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Julius High (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #1 (8): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).
$20 HAT TRICK #2 (8): 1-Matty Joyce (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #3 (8): 1-Glen Konstantine (CT).
$20 HAT TRICK #4 (8): 1-Timothy Smith (GA).
CNB - 5th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 16-19, 2025; Padova, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Michele Muratori, 3/4-Roberto Terenziani / Daniel Tudose (Romania); 1C-Dario Di Nicola, 2C-Antonio Anelli, 3C/4C-Frederic Bonard (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.
ADVANCED (42): 1-Diego Balgera, 2-Massimo Trovò, 3/4-Alberto Furlanetto / Hicham Khay; 1C-Dario Zaccariotto, 2C-Dario Bertola, 3C/4C-Carlo Fassina / Stefano Sinopoli.
OPEN MONTEGROTTO (36): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Jost Müller (Germany), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Francesco Oliva.
SWING (14): 1-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin, 3-Marco Conte.
WARM-UP (14): 1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Andrea Riebler (Austria).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Jost Müller (Germany) & Wolf Dieter Wall (Germany).
ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Andrea Riebler (Austria).
GOODBYE MONTEGROTTO (16): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Giuseppe Ricciardi.
UKBGT - BREEZY BRIGHTON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Brighton, United Kingdom
MASTERS (60): 1-Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden), 2-Darryl Artt, 3-Richard Furborough; 1C-Lawrence Powell, 2C-Kevin Bailey.
INTERMEDIATES (45): 1-Andreas Giannopoulos, 2-Hannah Parente, 3/4-Fabricio Cardoso / Chris Filby; 1C-Colly Morgan, 2C-Peter Gladstone.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Kent Goulding (USA), 2-André Larsen.
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Neculai Axinte.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams): 1/2 split-Steve Atkinson & Jude Le Patourel / Andrew Hawken & Richie Newbold.
WARM-UP (52): 1-Chris Filby, 2-Ann Maher.
BONUS WINNER: Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden).
FAREWELL: 1-Paul King, 2-Ann Pocknell.
VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Vlissingen, The Netherlands
CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium), 3/4-Arthur Braacx (NL) / Ray Joenes (NL), 5/8-Csaba Daday (Romania) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Daniel Rozenberg (Belgium) / Jürgen Schettler (Germany).
ADVANCED (20): 1-Robert Vledderman (NL), 2-Joseph Meyns (Belgium), 3/4-Kris Claeys (Belgium) / Miriam Wieck (Germany).
SUPERJACKPOT (11): 1-Steven Hoeylaerts (Belgium), 2-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium).
SPEEDGAMMON (7): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).
PRO-AM DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-Rosie Flack (England) & Marc Friebe (Germany).
WARM-UP DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Team Old School: Rainer Jöller (Germany) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-World Champions: Anna Sofia Eysturstein (Faroe Islands) & Oliver Squire (England).
WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 10-12, 2025; Istanbul, Turkey
"SHIMON KAGAN MEMORIAL" MASTERS (136): 1-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Yilmaz Kurtay, 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Yasin Özergil; 1C-Carlos Abou Absi (Lebanon), 2C-Emre Oztürk, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC-Fikret Aydin, 2LC-Erkan Nayir, 3LC/4LC-Ismail Köknar / Eren Sarikaya. Ladies Prize: Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria).
INTERMEDIATES (23): 1-Jalal Dehestanlangroudi (Iran), 2-Suat Karadag; 1C-Kalojan Bogdanov (Bulgaria), 2C-Senol Demir; 1LC-M. Gökhan Gucavli, 2LC-Nejat Alkap. Ladies Prize: Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (31): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut.
"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (63 teams): 1-Osman Erkol & Adnan Turan, 2-Metin Erikler & Ali Yaldiz, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) & Rony Sadek (Lebanon) / Mykhailo Kulachko (Ukraine) & Dimitri Sloutsky (Ukraine).
"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WBIF WARM-UP (88): 1-John Broomfield (United Kingdom), 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3/4-Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom) / Nahit Sorgüven.
"GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (53): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Baris Güven Gôkçe, 3-Zeki Gelbal, 4-Riccardo Micci (Italy).
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin, 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).
"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Suat Karadag, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Fady Al Asmar (Lebanon).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 1-Ismail Köknar, 2-Mustafa Resat Çikintas, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Mehmet Polat.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Gözde Diptas #1, 2-Eduard Fattakhov (Russia), 3/4-Önder Akçabelen / Gözde Diptas #2.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (11X8): Winners: Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Metin Üredi, Özdal Kapmaz, Nassir Hajj (Lebanon), Kostadin Bodurov (Bulgaria), Zeki Gelbal, Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Rony Sadek (Lebanon).
ABT - 18th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 8-12, 2025; Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (161+65 rebuys): 1-Steve Sharokh (NY), 2-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Alan Steffen (FL), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom) / Greg Merriman (MI) / Kimon Papachristopoulos Germany) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Art Sutton (NJ), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Rory Pascar IL); 1LC-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom), 2LC-Herb Roman (IL), 3LC/4LC-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Sergey Rybiy (NY).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (114+48 rebuys): 1-Ali Rende (Turkey), 2-Michael Robinson (IL), 3/4-Alex Adams (PA) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 5/8-Jim Glover (FL) / Brad Mielke (NY) / Brian Ross (FL) / John Warden (MD); 1C-Lina Laksiouer (Canada), 2C-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3C/4C-Tyler Hathaway (NY) / Michael Kay (IL); 1LC-Bernard Pollara (NY), 2C-Debra Solomon (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (82): 1-Andrea Nishi (NY), 2-Jaime Felber (NY), 3/4-Kyle Reich (NY) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ); 1C-Kristen Butler (NY), 2C-Rebecca Rau (NY), 3C/4C-Michael Arendt (FL) / John Shea (NY); 1LC-Michael Pucci (NJ), 2LC-Sabrina Kraus (NY).
BEGINNER (32): 1-Kinga Kruszewska (NY), 2-Susan Keyloun (NY); 1C-Carter McLean (NY), 2C-Evan Clune (NY); 1LC-Sophia Marinkovich (WA), 2LC-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Alexander Handin (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (54): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (58): 1-Howard Linneman-Schmidt (NY), 2-Jason Aingorn (NY), 3/4-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / James Ross (RI).
PLAYERS CUP BMAB-NEW YORK (42): 1/3-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Wu (NY), 4/10-Julius High (FL) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Anthony Wuersch (MA). Unlucky Dice Award: Tom Keisler (CA). PR winners: 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) at 2.54, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.14, 3-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.44, 4-Thomas Keisler (CA) at 4.04, 5-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) at 4.13, 6-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.32, 7-Joe Urso (NY) 4.36, 8-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.48.
LADY LIBERTY CUP: 1-Melanie Hughes (Caribbean), 2-Ma Lang (NY), 3-Dina Laks (NY).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Azim Rashidimalekshah (Canada).
CANCELGAMMON (48): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Jeremy Ly (NY), 3-Jack Edelson (MN).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-Mark Osborne (NY), 2-Babak Ourian (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (96): 1/3 split-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada) / Marty Storer (NH) / Tony Wuersch (MA).
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Michael Rosen (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Alan Steffen (FL) & Rosemary Steffen (FL), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Michael Vena (NY), 3/4-Jim Glover (FL) & Scotty Kelland (CT) / Nick Ricciardi (CT) & Joe Urso (NY).
PRO-AM DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Michael Friedrich (Germany) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
