International Backgammon Tournament Results

THIRD TURKISH OPEN
December 13-18, 1994; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (130): 1-Bill Robertie (USA), 2-Stuart Hosen (USA), 3/4-Tony Havens (RSA) / Simon Naim (ISR); 1C-Malcolm Davis (USA), 2C·Michael Greiner (GER), 3C/4C-Alan Steffen (USA) / Jorma Tattari (FIN); 1LC-Richard Cieciorko (FRA), 2LC-Georg Steinherr; Ladies Prize–Antoinette Williams (USA).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Kia Chenizie (GEO), 2-Teimairaz Silcharouldze (GEO), 3/4-David Ben-David (ISR) I Rasmos Nohr (DEN); 1 C·Matti Haaksila (FIN), 2C-Svilen Todorov (BUL), 3CI 4C·Klaus Feirstein (GER) / Guy Michalet (FRA); 1LC-Hakan Nilsson (SWE), 2LC·Akaki Kihal (GEO); Ladies Prize–Brigit Scheuerling (GER).

BEGINNER: 1-Dimitrov Hastov (BUL), 2-Tziki Verdi (ISR), 3/4-Levert lsirin (TUR) / Holger Eng (GER); 1C-Zahpo Yupehugze (GEO), 2C-Giora Goldreich (ISR), 3C/4C-Nurhen Gidutyon (TUR) / Leon Van Weyl (NTH); 1LC-Vigdis Knag Hoff (DEN), 2LC-VIadimir Georgyiev (BUL); Ladies Prize–Vigdis Knag Hoff (DEN).

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 112-Harvey Huie (USA) / Matthias Korner (GER).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-James Colen (USA).

WARM-UP: 1-Rick Barabino (USA), 2-Shimon Kagan (ISR), 3-Emil Mortuk (USA).

$1,000 DOUBLES: 1-Sandra & Kazuhiro Shino (UK), 2-Billy Horan & Mike Senkiewicz (USA).

TEAM EVENT (25 teams): 1-Dragon Players-Hong Kong (Jerry Godsey, Steve Nelson, John Simon), 2-Bosphores Team-Turkey.

ABT: AUTUMN GRAND PRIX
December 3-4, 1994; San Diego, California

OPEN (64): 1-Patrick Gibson, 2-Phil Laak, 3-Art Benjamin, 4-Chaim Lang.

AMATEUR (14): 1-Nicole Masarani, 2-Mike Sharp.

$10 MEGABLITZ #1 (32): 1-Peter Kalba (IL), 2-Cecilia Pedroza.
$10 MEGABLITZ #2 (16): 1-Rudy Citrom.

$25 MEGABLITZ #1 (16): 1/2-Peter Kalba (IL) / Ray Baker.
$25 MEGABLITZ #2 (16): 1-George Haskour.

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-BiII Davis (IL) & Arnold Zousmer.
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1/2-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Jon Vietor / Ray Baker & Gus Contos.
DOUBLES #3 (8 teams): 1-Patti Beadles (OR) & Ed Rybak (OR).

ABT: NY/NJ BACKGAMMON CO-OP BIG APPLE SERIES
November 11-13, 1994; Hackensack, New Jersey

OPEN (33): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL). 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA). 3-Mike Nelson (NY); 1C-David Wells (MA), 2C-Antoinette Williams (NY).

ADVANCED (16): 1-Harriet Klein (NJ). 2-Drew Liebenthal (NY); 1C -Alex Rasic (NY).

INTERMEDIATE (11 ): 1-Lens Krummel (NY), 2-Donny Lomuto (NY); 1C-Nancy lshac (MI).

BIG APPLE $300 (15): 1-Tom Costigan (MA). 2-David Wells (MA).

KICKOFF (32): 1-Angelo Larceri (NJ).

WORM IN THE APPLE (32): 1-Danny Fogel (NY).

DOUBLES #1 (16 teams): 1-David Jaffe & Oksana Gribakova (WI).
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1-AI Bader & Bob Molitor (NJ)

ABT: BACKGAMMON IN THE BERKSHIRES
October 28-30, 1994; South Lee, Massachusetts

OPEN (22): 1-Marty Storer, 2-Doug Roberts, 3/4-David Wells / Albert Steg; 1C-Jay Giuttari, 2C-Herb Gurland.

INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Sakura Sugawara, 2-Sharon Rochon; 1C-Fred Bement.

NOVICE (7): 1-Gilles Blais, 2-Marcell Raux.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Sam & Joan Hanna, 2-Jay Giuttari & Nora Luna.

ONE POINT MATCH (32): 1-Alex Perry.

3RD SOUTH AMERICAN WORLD CUP AND TOURNAMENT
October 24-28, 1994; Buenos Aires, Argentina

WORLD CUP (37): 1-Aian Steffen (US), 2-Joaquin Viejobueno (ARG), 3/4-Gianni Bizzarro (ARG) / Emil Mortuk (US); 1C-Sergio Gelabert (ARG), 2C-Hugo Ergueta (ARG).

CHAMPIONSHIP (100 + 192 reentries): 1-Rafael Silva y Cabo, 2-Horacio Anitua, 3/4-Daniel Zarlenga / Jose Safdie, 5/6/7-0scar Azar / Victor Quintana / Eduardo Tultchinsky.

JUNIOR (100 + 128 reentires): 1-Mario Suarez, 2-Rafael Brancato, 3/4-Juan Carlos Gonzalez / N. Suarez, 5/6-Myriam Poveda / Ariel Wicnudel.

BEGINNER (76 + 88 reentries): 1-Gustavo Grum, 2-Federico Buiter, 3/4-Maria Alesandro / Diego Binetti.

LADIES INVITATIONAL: 1-Eiena Pastore, 2-Veronica Dabul.

ABT: GAMMON ASSOCIATES 32ND INVITATIONAL
October 14-16, 1994; Woodland Hills, California

OPEN (42): 1-Rudy Citrom, 2-Jon Vietor, 3-Don Bernstein; 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL). 2C-Phil Laak.

LIMITED (9): 1-Carlos Hamon, 2-Thomas Polk; 1C-Ron Coffin.

SPECIAL 16 (16): 1-Harry Cohn (IL). 2-Jona Alexander.

SPECIAL OVERFLOW (8): 1-Zev Vered.

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund & Tim Singer, 2-Ron Bruns & Paul Gedigian.

SPEED-GAMMON #1: 1-Phil Laak.
SPEED-GAMMON #2: 1-Steve Sax.

CALIFORNIA STATE CHALLENGE CUP: 1-Gammon Associates of L.A., 2-Backgammon Club of San Diego.

ABT: NATION’S CAPITAL FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 7-9, 1994; Bethesda, Maryland

CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Ed O'Laughlin, 2-Stephen Lentz, 1C-Harry Zilli, 4-Mark Davis, 5/6-Joe Freedman / Sam Orandle, 7-Howard Shapiro, 1LC/2LC-Ron Genter / David Orandle.

OPEN (23): 1-Joe Freedman, 2-William Counts, 1C-Stephen Lentz, 4-Brad Paleg, 5/6-Ali Rebatchi / Hunter Jones, 7/8-Blake Sorem / Barry Steinberg.

JACKPOT (10): 1-Blake Sorem, 2-Ed O'Laughlin; 1C-Sam Orandle.

BLITZ: 1-Brad Paleg, 2-Barry Steinberg.

ABT: ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS / AMERICA CUP TOURNAMENT
October 5-9, 1994; Bloomingdale, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Tak Morioka (IL), 3/4-Jake Jacobs (IL) / Neil Kazaross (IL); 1C-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2C-David Wells (MA); 1LC-Abbas Zaltazh.

ADVANCED (58): 1-Lucky Nelson (IL), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN), 3/4-Mark Murray (IL) / Ken Bronstein (OR); 1C-Mike Ungerleider (CA), 2C-Andy Bittman (IL); 1LC-Ray Bills (MN).

LIMITED (19): 1-Albert Lazar (IL), 2-Eric Donaldson (MN); 1C-Lee Pflugrad (WI).

AMERICA CUP (16): 1-Harry Cohn (IL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD), 3/4-Perry Gartner (NJ) / Emil Mortuk (MI).

BATILE OF THE STATES (8): 1-Abbas Zaltash/Jeff Acierno (East Coast).

MASTERS (16): 1-David Wells (MA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jill Ferdinand & Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-John Bashian (OH) & Dave Cramer (IL), 3/4-Barry Miller (IL) & Burt Miller (WI) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

KICK-OFF (32): 1-Yamin Yamin (IL), 2-Jerry Elam (FL).

MINI-BLITZ (64): 1-Richard Armbruster, 2-Fred Gehlhoff (WI), 3/4-Ken Bronstein (OR) / Dave Thomas (FL).

MICRO-BLITZ (32): 1-Dave Thomas (FL), 2-Bob Holyon (WI).

HIGH PERFORMANCE CHAMPS: Carol Joy Cole (MI), Mike Senkiewicz (NY), Jolie Rubin (IL), John Bashian (OH).

COLUMBUS PATH: Rosalie Johnson, Derek Matheson, Rick Janowski.

MINIATURE GOLF: 1-Richard Armbruster (CA).

ABT: TOWPATH INN TOURNAMENT
September 30-October 2, 1994; Turin, New York

OPEN (30): 1-Ed Johnson (NY), 2-Mike Friedman (CAN), 3-Paul Stebbing (CAN).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1/2-Barry Steinberg & Bill Wilner (MD) / Andy Palumbo

GERMAN OPEN
September 29-October 3, 1994; Halle, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (79): 1-Michael Grabarczyk, 2· Mathias Pauen, 3/4-Manfred Hollederer I Torsten Haase; 1C·Sigrud Karwen, 2C-Thomas Lumper; 1 LC· Ekrem Basdas.

INTERMEDIATE (57): 1-Gunther Holzinger, 2-Johannes Levermann, 3/4-Norbert Liesicki / Ewald Eichhorn; 1C-Dirk Schiemann, 2C-Axel Steglmaier; 1LC-Carsten Lindner-Emden.

BEGINNER (47): Hasha Tabutsadze (GEO). 2-Harald Winkler, 3/4-Gogier van Gernert (NL) / Dirk Schelhove; 1C-Jorg Grote, 2C-Sigrid Muhlbauer; 1LC-Kees van Roijen (NL).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Michael Friedrich, 2-Frank Kirschner.

WARM-UP: 1-Frank Gillar, 2-Frank Talbot (USA).

TEAM: 1-Fire (Riskin, Laitadze, Tabutsadze), 2-Bielefeld 18.15 (Kotzoridis, Städler, Evi).

WORLD CUP IV AND U.S. OPEN
September 5-11, 1994; Addison, Texas

WORLD CUP IV (52): 1-Billy Horan (NY), 2-Joe Sylvester (MI), 3/4-Evert Van Eijck (Netherlands) / Paul Weaver (USA); 1C-Hugh Sconyers (CA), 2C-Mike Svobodny (NY).

U.S. OPEN (76): 1-Ed O'Laughlin, 2-Paul Magriel (NY), 3/4-Rick Barabino (NY) / Dick Cather (TX); 1C-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2C-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Chuck Bower (IN), 2-Jim Bowman (FL); 1C-Jim Stripling (TX), 2C-Dante Bains (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-0rhan Tozum (CA), 2-Curtis Lucas (TX); 1C -Michael Rohland (TX), 2C-Kevin Cline (TX).

RIFLEMAN'S SHOOTOUT (32): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX).

GOLD RUSH (64): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Paul Magriel.

ARMADILLO CHASE (129): 1-Wilcox Snellings (NV), 2-Nathan Jones (TX).

CHIPMUNK CHASE (64): 1-Butch Meese (IN), 2-Kati Pratt (TX).

OPEN MICRO-BLITZ (64): 1-Carmen Tomlinson (TX).

LIMITED MICRO-BLITZ (32): Kevin McDonough (AZ).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Jeff Acierno (NY), 2-Joe Sylvester (MI).

LAST ROUND-UP (113): 1-Roy Williams (TX), 2-Harry Cohn (IL), 3/4-lan Macfarlane (Brazil) / Kevin McDonough (AZ).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Kurt Schurecht (IL), 2-Joe Harris (CA).

4TH MITTELEUROPA TOURNAMENT
September 2-4, 1994; Nova Gorica, Slovenia

CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Cathrin Bladh Risselin (SWE), 2-Alfonso Sara (ITA), 3/4-Matthias Korner (GER) / Andrea Sirch (ITA); 1C-Guido Flamigni (ITA), 2C-Enrico Ferrucci (ITA); 1LC-Sergio Fragiacomo (ITA).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Peter Huber (GER), 2-FrancoPerinelli (ITA), 3/4-Antonio Rocca (ITA) / Sandro Fiorentini (ITA); 1C-Giorgio Caldera (ITA), 2C-Hendrik Muysers (GER); 1LC-Peter Winkler (AUS).

BEGINNER (23): 1-Axel Fenske (GER), 2-Angelo Genovese (ITA), 3/4-Maria Croce (ITA) / Denise Pantarotto (ITA); 1C-Luca Marchesan (ITA), 2C-Nicola Spiro (ITA); 1LC-Doris Brachvogel (GER).

WARM-UP TOURNEY: 1-Enrico Colangiuolo (ITA), 2-Luca Pagano (ITA).

TEAM TOURNAMENT: 1-Backgammon Club of Rome (Claudio Borgnino, Enrico Colangiuolo, Giuseppe Ricciardi).

BLACKJACK: 1-Renzo Margherit (ITA)

LAS VEGAS OPEN
August 14-17, 1994; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (102): 1-Hal Heinrich (CAN), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-0liver Baksic (CAN), 4-Gino Scalamandre (NY), 5/8-Nack Ballard (WA) / Gene Chait (CA) / Stu Hasen (TX) / Antonio Ortega (CR); 1C-Steve Clark (WA), 2C-Kent Goulding (MD), 3/4-Jake Jacobs (IL) / Ami Tennenbaum (NJ); 1LC-Norm Wiggins (CA), 2LC-Mariano Rocco (ARG).

INTERMEDIATE (96): 1-Azzam Masarani (CA), 2-Corlan Chinn (WA), 3-Andreas Born (GER), 4-Veronica Mooney (AZ), 5/8-Mick Dobratz (IN) / Laura Petrillo (FL) / David Simpson (CO) / Jorge Tsao (CR); 1C-Ramon Eleazar (NV), 2C-Paul Wurmbrand (NV), 3C/4C-Michael Ginat (CO) / Chen-fu Yu (MD); 1LC-Jorge Tsao (CR), 2LC-Wally Wolf (MI).

BEGINNER (34): 1-Nora Luna (MA), 2-Linda Landre (OR), 3/4-Casey Jones (CAN) / Twila Slesnick (CA); 1C-Gail Latter (MI), 2C-Linda Compton (NV); 1LC-Julie Schroer, 2LC-Carlos Hamon (CA).

$3,000 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-James Colen (NY), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Wilcox Snellings (NV) / Paul Weaver (NY).

$1200 LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-David MacBryde (CA), 2-Kevin McDonnough (AZ).

$500 STARDUST JACKPOT (4): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-0dis Chenault & Christian Podivsky (CA), 2-Bruno LeMilinaire & Francois Tardieu (FRA), 3/4-Antonio Ortega & Jorge Tsao (CR) / Howard Ring (IL) & Joe Russell (CA).

$50 BLITZ (120): 1-Bruno LeMilinaire (FRA), 2-Joe Miller (OH).

$25 BLITZ (152): 1-Joe Harris (CA), 2-Joe Miller (OH).

ABT: GREEN MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL OF BACKGAMMON
August 8-14, 1994; Stratton Mountain, Vermont

Canadian Open – ABT
OPEN (8): 1-David Wells, 2-Bob Bishop.

INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Bob Lumbra, 2-Marc Gray, 3/4-Mark Kaplan / Hunter Jones; 1C-Sakura Sugawara, 2C-Wanda delaBarre

Vermont Open
OPEN: 1-Bob Bishop, 2/3-Herb Gurland / Walter Trice.

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Hunter Jones, 2-Eli Turgell, 3/4-Mark Kaplan / Fred Bement.

ABT: 42ND INDIANA OPEN
July 29-31, 1994; Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Steve McCormick (MO), 2-Tak Morioka (IL), 3-Jon Stephens (OH); 1C-Ami Tennenbaum (NJ).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Durb Oldham (KY), 2-Kevin Muench (IL); 1C-Bill Gheen (IN), 2C-Richard Heinz (IN).

INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Marilyn Faller (PA), 2-Sean Garber (IN); 1C-Brian Nelson (IN), 2C-Jan Gurvitz (IN).

NOVICE (4): 1-Lara Simsic (IN).

MASTERS JACKPOT (15): 1-Harry Cohn (IL), 2-Abbas Zaltash (PA).

AMATEUR JACKPOT#1 (16): 1-Chuck Stimming (IN).
AMATEUR JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Randall Witt (TN).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL) & Larry Strommen (IN).

OPEN MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Mike Darooge (MI).

LIMITED MICROBLITZ (16): 1-Brian Nelson (IN).

ABT: THOUSAND ISLANDS TOURNAMENT
July 29-31, 1994; Alexandria Bay, New York

OPEN (38): 1-Charlie Morrison (CAN), 2-Judy Brown (NY), 3-Sig Skolnick (FL).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Bob Hoey & Carol Masley (NY).

MONTE CARLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11-17, 1994; Monte Carlo, Monaco

CHAMPIONSHIP (200): 1-Frank Frigo (USA), 2-Peter Jes Thompsen (DEN), 3/4-David Eshed (ISR) / Bill Robertie (USA); 1C-Gordon Cross (GER), 2C-Mario Sequeira (POR), 3C/4C-Xiao Ping (CHN) / Andreas Pournaras (GRE); 1LC-Howard Markowitz (USA), 2LC-Richard Cieciorko (FRA), 3LC/4LC-M. Holm (DEN) / Emza Laitadze (GEORGIA); 1LC-Kent Goulding (USA), 2LC-Stephan Tornros (SPAIN); Ladies Prize-Lila Swan (USA).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Nicole Taboury (FRA), 2-Misja Alma (NL), 3/4-Teun Ruardy (NL) / Mirko Podchul (GER); 1C-Christian Liebe (GER), 2C-Sture Lifh (SWE), 3C/4C-Ernand Chetrit (FRA) / Wolfgang Griese (GER); 1 LC-John Jacobs (NL), 2LC-Carlo Facchetti (ITA), 3LC/4LC-Emily Fisher (USA) / Anders Christiansen (DEN); 1LC-Andreas Born (GER), 2LC-Gilbert Grimberg (FRA); Ladies Prize: Nicole Taboury (FRA).

BEGINNER: 1-Walerie Torelli (GEORGIA), 2-Marc Werner (GER), 3/4-Makoto Nonomura (JPN) / Annette Wenkens (DEN); 1C-Peter Schneider (GER), 2C-Ciaudia Behrendt (GER), 3C/4C-Saban Kilisen (TUR) / Marco Doetlaff (GER); 1LC-Shunsuke Hasegawa (JPN), 2LC-Henning Roschberg (NOR), 3LC/4LC-Narissa Ferrer (USA/SPAIN) / Hendrik Muysers (GER); 1LC-Steen Mikkeisen (DEN), 2LC-Thomas Ronn (SWE); Ladies Prize: Annette Wenkens (DEN).

SUPER JACKPOT (64): 37.5%-Gerard Duguet-Grasser (FRA), 25%-Billy Horan (USA), 25%-Frank Frigo (USA), 12.5%-James Colen (USA).

WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-"Let's Do It Again" (USA)-Howard Markowitz, Antoinette Williams, Alan Steffen, 2-(FRANCE) Hervé Pietraru, Bruno Le Milinaire, Michel Cordier.

ABT: MICHIGAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 1-4, 1994; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (79): 1-Dean Muench (IL), 2-Mike Friedman (CAN), 3-Neil Kazaross (IL), 4/5-Ed Pavilonis (NY) / Abbas Zaltash (PA); 1C-Mike Darooge (MI), 2C-Ralph Schaffner (CAN).

INTERMEDIATE (77): 1-Bill Szirtes (CAN), 2-Darl Brooks (OH), 3-Jim Muirhead (MI), 4/5-Paul Farah (MI) / Bill Slater (CAN); 1C-Andy Palumbo, 2C-Nancy Takala (MI).

NOVICE (15): 1-Greg Shoults (OH), 2-lrv Taylor (OH); 1C-Casey Jones (CAN), 2C-Joe Farah (CAN), 3C/4C-Michelle Colpo (PA / Wally Wolf (MI).

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER I (16): 1-Harry Cohn (IL), 2-Jack Kissane (NY).
WORLD CUP QUALIFIER II (16): 1-Antonio Ortega (CR), 2-Frank Talbot (MI).

OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Bill Davis & Tak Morioka (IL), 2-AI & Casey Jones (CAN), 3/4-Joann Feinstein (IL) & Howard Markowitz (NV) / Doug Roberts (MA) & Walter Trice (MA).

LIMITED DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Evie Merecki & Bev Mulholland (MI), 2-Mike Charison & Gail Latter (MI).

OVER-FLOW DOUBLES (10 teams): 1-Mike Fujita (CA) & Drew Giovanis (FL), 2-Don Jayhan & Arline Levy (IL).

MICHIGAN BLITZ (128): 1-Fred Kapuscinski.

BONUS BLITZ (64): 1-Darl Brooks (OH).

SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Dan Cramer (DC), 2-Carol Falk (MI).

$300 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-AI Jones (CAN).

OVERFLOW SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

$100 LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Denny Leatherman (PA).

$100 FIRE-CRACKER JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

EARLYBIRD OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Oscar Schön (CAN).

EARLYBIRD LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jorge Tsao (CR).

1994 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
June 30-July 3, 1994; Beaulieusur-Mer, France

CHAMPIONSHIP (27): 1-lon Ressu (SWZ), 2-Eric Guedj (FRA), 3/4-Garrett Bell (UK) / Ann Leib (USA); 1C-Lothar Wolf (GER), 2C-Carlo Facchetti (ITA); 1LC-David Hochron (USA), 2LC-Thomas Lumper (GER).

INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Nico Kitt (ROM), 2-Morten Holm (DEN); 1C-Sture Lifh (SWE); 1LC-Gian Michele d'Onofrio (ITA).

LADIES PRIZES: Ann Leib (USA), Luisa Sequeira (POR).

7TH ARGENTINA OPEN
June 10-13, 1994; Buenos Aires, Argentina

CHAMPIONSHIP (76 + 192 reentries): 1-Leo Cappella, 2-Paul Weaver (USA), 3-Santiago Hynes, 4-Rafael Silva y Cobo.

JUNIOR (88 + 160 reentries): 1-Daniel Yorno, 2-Darfo Fuks, 3-Carlos Rawson, 4-Myriam Poveda.

BEGINNER (80 + 112 reentries): 1-Gustavo Garcia, 2-Ricardo Talabera, 3-Eduardo Mufarrengue, 4-Diego Donaire.

DESPERATION (All): 1-Myrna Rigesti.

LADIES PRIZE: 1-Paula Estacolchic, Myriam Poveda, Mirta Carracedo.

KICKOFF: 1-Jose Saphir.

LADIES INVITATIONAL: 1-Julia Estacolchic.

CHILDREN'S INVITATIONAL: 1-0svaldo Tundis

6TH CITY OF VENICE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
June 2-5, 1994; Venice, Italy

OPEN ( 49): 1-Michael Grabarczyk (GER), 2-Mario Sequeria (POR), 3/4-Matthias Korner (GER) / Rolf Schreuder (NL); 1C-Simon Naim (FRA), 2C-Micola Pagano (ITA); 1LC-Michel Cordier (BEL).

INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Wiater Jarc (CAN), 2-Fulvio Garozzo; 1C-Luisa Sequeira (POR), 2C-Giinther Holzinger (GER).

BEGINNER (32): 1-Gianmarco Maggiolini, 2-Roberto Gottipavero; 1C-Paolo Martin; 1LC-Patricia Della Noce.

SCHOOL (6): 1-Cinzia Righetti.

LADIES PRIZES: Luisa Sequeira (POR), Annalisa Porcu (ITA).

WARM-UP (73): 1-Giuseppe Bau.

JACKPOT CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Hans Jorge Karius (GER).

MINI-JACKPOT (128): 1-Wolfgang Seitz (AUS).

ABT: SPRING GRAN PRIX
May 28-30, 1994; LaJolla, California

OPEN (53): 1-Arnold Zousmer, 2-Art Benjamin, 3-Roy Springer, 4-0dis Chenault.

BEGINNER (9): 1-Nicole Masarani, 2/4-Kristine Andrysiak / Sandra Konechy / Cecilia Pedroza.

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Mike Fujita & Karl ZoBell.
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1/2-George Alessi & Treena Bouque / Paul Gedigian & Sam Mardian.

MEGABLITZ (32): 1-Mark Arnold, 2-Larry Deckel.

ABT: 15TH CHICAGO OPEN
May 27-30, 1994; Elk Grove Village, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (48): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-Paul Klein (IL); 1C-Rick Bieniak (FL), 2C-Howard Ring.

INTERMEDIATE (60): 1-John Stryker (IL), 2-Kurt Schurecht (IL), 3/4-Carol Falk (MI) / David Rubin (IL); 1C-John Rather (MD), 2C-J.A. Miller (IL).

WORLD CUP QUALIFIER (16): 1-James Colen (NY), 2-David Hochron (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Jim Hickey (GA).

HYPER-BACKGAMMON®: 1-John Smulders (IN).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Kit & Sally Woolsey (CA}, 2-John Stryker & Paul Franks (IL}, 3/4-Don Desmond & John Bashian (OH) / Bill Davis & Jolie Rubin (IL).

1ST OUZO 12 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP
May 11-15, 1994; Athens, Greece

CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Billy Horan (USA), 2-Bill Robertie (USA), 3/4-Aiexis Avramidis (GRE) / Matthias Pauen (GER), 5/8-Paul Magriel (USA) / Petri Pietila (FIN) / Evert Van Eijck (HOL) / Dimitrios Zahopoulos (GRE); 1C-Mario Sequeira (POR), 2C-Ion Ressu (SWZ), 3C/4C-Nikon Panagackis (GRE) / Alan Steffen (USA); 1LC-Rageb Shadallah (USA), 2LC-Abraham Eitan (ISR).

INTERMEDIATE (49): 1-Derek Matheson (UK), 2-Costas Costopoulos (GRE), 3/4-Todor Dimitrov (BUL) / Andreas Born (GER); 1C-Yannes Vallinos (USA), 2C-David McNair (SCT); 1LC-Aiex Caraplis, 2LC-Kiaus Feierstein (GER).

BEGINNER (29): 1-Andreas Bitsakos (GRE), 2-Takis Festas (GRE), 3/4-Ronel Steyn (RSA) / Morten Ladekarl (DEN); 1C-Rosalie Money (UK), 2C-Pantelis Skafidas (GRE); 1LC-Don O'Neal (UK), 2LC-Nora Luna (USA).

$1000 JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank Kirschner (GER).

$500 JACKPOT #1: 1-Billy Horan (USA).
$500 JACKPOT #2: 1-Paul Magriel (USA).

VIKING KICKOFF (62): 1-Shimon Kagan (ISR), 2-Jürgen Herold (GER), 3/4-Gordon Cross (GER) / Wolfgang Griese (GER).

TEAM EVENT (16 teams): 1-"Rhein-Ruhr-Schafchen" (Germany: Wolfgang Frank, Wolfgang Orselt, Holger Jantzen), 2-"Rataplan" (Greece: Antonios Dionysaton, Gus Noynanakis, Takis Festas).

3RD TOURNAMENT OF THE AMÉRICAS
April 27-May 1, 1994; San José, Costa Rica

OPEN (59): 1-Gerd Schiesser (GER), 2-Joe Sylvester (MI), 3/4-Nack Ballard (WA) / Bob Glass (CA); 1C-Toni Wuersch (MA), 2C-Tony Goble (NY); 1LC-Rageb Shadallah.

INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Richard Armbruster (CA), 2-Cordula Thiess (GER); 1C-Steve McCormick (MO), 2C-Andreas Born (GER); 1LC-David Rubin (IL).

NOVICE (18): 1-Jolie Rubin (IL), 2-Narissa Ferrer (SPN); 1C-Yana Lindner (CR); 1LC-Ralf Sudbrak (GER).

EL CARIARI (16): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Mike Svobodny (CA), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Paul Weaver (MD).

EL CARIARI LIMITED (16): 1-Antonio Ortega (CR), 2-Peter Ryder (OH), 3/4-Steve McCormick (MO) / Jon Vietor (CA).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Kimberly Lloyd & Emil Mortuk (MI), 2-Michele Colpo (PA) & Ray Fogerlund (CA), 3/4-Bill Barron & Marc Poe (TX) / Herb Meadow & Toni Wuersch (MA).

BLITZ (104): 1-Tom Clark (NY).

TENNIS DOUBLES (8 Teams) 1-Steve McCormick (MO) & Pete Ryder (OH), 2-Andreas Born & Harald Johanni (GER).

GOLF TOURNEY: 1-Tina Kaplan (NY).

PIG-ROLLING: 1-Jolie Rubin (IL), 2-Zohreh Zafaranian (TX).

LIARS DICE: 1-Kent Goulding (MD).

ABT: 15TH GRANITE STATE OPEN
April 22-24, 1994; Jaffrey, New Hampshire

OPEN (21): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Lincoln Bedell (NH), 3/4-Walter Trice (MA) / Ami Tennenbaum (NJ), 1C-Carl Adamec , 2C-Ken Truman.

INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Lou Florio, 2-Mark Damish, 1C-Taylor Sage.

6TH NORDIC WIDE OPEN
April 1-4, 1994; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Niels Fløjborg (DEN), 2-Rageb Shadallah (USA), 3/4-Matthias Pauen (GER) / Ray Tannen (GB); 1C-Harald Johanni (GER), 2C-Evert van Eijck (NL); 1LC-Rick Janowski (GB), 2LC-Carlo Facchetti (ITA).

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE (75): 1-Michael Weile (DEN), 2-Henrik Knudsen (DEN), 3/4-Fiemming Jensen (DEN) / Thomas Jespersen (DEN); 1C-Ole Knudsen (DEN), 2C-Ciaus Berggren (DEN); 1LC-Raid El Mounzer (DEN), 2LC-Matti Karsikko (FIN).

INTERMEDIATE (145): 1-Ciaes Dahlström (SWE), 2-Henrik Lamber (DEN), 3/4-Søren Bejder (DEN) / Peter Neubert (DEN); 1C-Jonas Rorbecker, 2C-Dean Larsen (DEN); 1LC-Vigdis Hoff (DEN), 2LC-Jan Schmittsdorf (GER).

BEGINNER (94): 1-Tobias Christensen (DEN), 2-Steen Jørgensen (DEN), 3/4-Brian Hansen (DEN) / Flemming Nielsen (DEN); 1C-Ray Langenfeld (SWE), 2C-Lasse Nielsen (DEN); 1LC-Pierre Reinhardt (DEN), 2LC-Thomas Wilberg (DEN).

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Ralf Jonas (GER).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Rageb Shadallah (USA), 2-Erik Gravgaard (DEN).
SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Paul Magriel (USA), 2-Peter Jes Thomsen (DEN).
SUPER JACKPOT #4 (8): 1-Benjamin Lund (DEN).

TEAM EVENT (29): 1-"AIIan Simonsen" (DEN)-Thomas Jensen & Mogens Knudsen & Henrik Veje, 2-"Pyramido" (DEN)-Kaspre Anderssen & Jens Ostermann & Enrik Sorel.

INTER-NATION MATCHES: Sweden over Denmark, 4-1.

ABT: 1994 MIDWEST BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 18-20, 1994; Oakbrook, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Abbas Zaltash (PA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3/4-Bob Holyon (WI) / Doug Mayfield (CA); 1C-Lincoln Bedell (NH), 2C-Nack Ballard (WA); 1LC-Kent Goulding (MD).

OPEN (14): 1-Ed Bauder (IL), 2-Scott Richardson (IN).

ADVANCED (64): 1-Mary Ann Meese (IN), 2-Mary Franks (IL), 3/4-Marc Gray (NY) / Ali Rebatchi (DC); 1C-Ray Bills (MN), 2C-Joann Feinstein (IL); 1LC-Frank Dickerson (IL).

LIMITED (47): 1-Lefteris Moskos (MI), 2-Lois Richards (AZ), 3/4-Kelly Danton (MI) / Jerry Wiosinski (MI); 1C-Julie Crandall (MN), 2C-Bob Neumann (MI); 1LC-Irving Achtenberg (MO).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Richard Armbruster (CA) & Buddy Ashmore (CAN), 2-Pete Ryder (OH) & Tony Siegel (CO), 3/4-Don Desmond & Marcy Sloan (IL) / Bob Hill & Rageb Shadallah (NY).

SATELLITE DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Linc Bedell (NH) & Jeff Kane (WI), 2-Jim Hickey (GA) & Frank Talbot (MI).

BLITZ (128): 1-Frankie Farjood (IL).

$1,000 ADDED HYPER-BACKGAMMON® (64): 1-Mike Cyrkiel (IN), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Ciiff Mayoh (IL) / Jake Jacobs (IL).

SPEED-GAMMON (16): 1-David Rockwell (IL), 2-Nack Ballard (WA).

SNAKE EYES TOURNEY (11): 1-Buddy Ashmore.

PIG-ROLLING: Paul Friedman (IL).

SHOOTERS DICE: Joe Russell (CA).

BEAVER FOOTBALL: John Meyers (WI).

BG WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Mark Anshus (WI).

ABT: GAMMON ASSOCIATES 31ST INVITATIONAL
MARCH 4-6, 1994; Burbank, California

OPEN (44): 1-David Williams, 2-Richard Armbruster, 3-Mariano Rocca; 1C-Peter Zacks, 2C-Jerry Hays. LIMITED (13): 1-Tim Kirby, 2-Bret Handson; 1C-Paul Mangone.

SPECIAL-16 #1: 1-Gus Contos, 2-Mike Fujita.
SPECIAL-16 #2: 1-John Rockwell, 2-Jerry Reynolds.

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-David Hochron, 2-Ray Baker & Clarine.

EL DORADO HOTEL BACKGAMMON & BLACKJACK INVITATIONAL
February 28-March 4, 1994; Reno, Nevada

OPEN (16): 1-James Colen (NY), 2-Mike Sherman (NV).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Jim Scott (TX) & Wilcox Snellings (NV).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

BLACKJACK: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-James Colen (NY).

ABT: PITTSBURGH WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 18-20, 1994; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CHAMPIONSHIP (48): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Paul DiBiase (OH), 3-John Brussel (IL); 1C-Judy Field (MI), 2C-Richie Adams (MD).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Todd Doucet (PA), 2-J.A. Miller (IL); 1C-Bruce King (OH), 2C-David Rubin (IL).

NOVICE (10): 1-Tony Pow (PA), 2-Chris Larsen (PA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Jan Carlstrom (PA) & Abdi Zaltash (TN), 2-Michele Colpo & Ron Weingrad (PA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Jim Hickey (GA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

AMATEUR JACKPOT I (16): 1-Maurice Barie (MI), 2-Pete Ryder (OH).
AMATEUR JACKPOT II (8): 1-AIIen Levien (PA).

MICRO BLITZ (64): 1-Zohreh Zafaranian (TX).

QUICK BUCK BLITZ (16): 1-Yamin Yamin (IL).

4TH FRENCH OPEN
February 10-13, 1994; Paris, France

CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Ricardo Spinola (BRZ), 2-Mario Sequeira (POR), 3/4-Alvaro Savio (BRZ) / Elio Hamoui (ISR); 1C-Mike Svobodny (USA), 2C-Philip Marmorstein (GER), 3C/4C-Karl Laubmeier (GER) / Peter Huber (GER); 1LC-Evert Van Eijck (NL), 2LC-Robert Zurel (NL).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Eric Pecquet (FRA), 2-Frederic Banjut (FRA); 1C-Nic Kitt (GER), 2C-Yves Roche (FRA); 1LC-Nadjar.

SUPER JACKPOT #1: 1-Mario Sequeira (POR), 2-Paul Magriel (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT #2: 1-Gérard Duget-Grasser (FRA), 2-Gerhard Schiesser (GER).

SUPER-HYPER: 1-0swald Odermatt (SWZ), 2-Kazuhiro Shino (UK).

6TH ANNUAL PRO-AM DOUBLES
February 3-6, 1994; Paradise Island, Bahamas

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Paul Magriel & Coco (NY), 2-Chip Reese (LV) & Paul Smith.

3RD DUTCH OPEN
January 20-23, 1994; Amsterdam, Netherlands

CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Frank Kirschner (GER), 2-Manfred Gerlach (GER), 3/ 4-Stefan Blancke (GER) I Mike Senkiewicz (USA); 1C-Haim Avitan (ISR), 2C-Dimitrios Pappas (GER), 3C/4C-Aion Abraham / Matthias Korner (GER); 1LC-Dave Taylor (UK), 2LC-Peter van de Bruck (GER).

INTERMEDIATE (45): 1-Norbert Wiebusch (GER), 2-Gitte Dalgaard (GER), 3/4-Rita Eitan (NL) / Andreas Born (GER); 1C-Nic Kitt (GER), 2C-Thies Molt (GER), 3C/4C-Hendrik Muysers (GER) / Detlef Stolz (GER); 1LC-Brian Lever, 2LC-Hugo Schut (NL).

BEGINNER (46): 1-Peter Mikkelsen (DEN), 2-Dieter Schiffer (GER), 3/4-Henkemeir (GER) / Michael Schon (GER); 1C-Hans Dannert (GER), 2C-Kees de Korte (NL); 1LC-Karin Kegel (GER), 2LC-Axel Stegelmeyer (GER).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Mirco Podchul (GER), 2-Gérard Duguet-Grasser (FRA).

1994 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS