International Backgammon Tournament Results

TOWNHARBOUR TROPHY TOURNAMENT
November 18-19, 1995; Solihull, England

OPEN (98): 1-Paul Lamford, 2-Tim Cross, 3-Dave Raynsford, 4/5-Jeff Ellis / Roy Hollands, 6-David Eggert, 7-Robin Clay, 8-Barry Williams.

TOP LADY: Monica Beckerson.

BETTER LUCK: Alan Lenox-Smith.

FRIDAY NIGHT KO (22): 1-Peter Fallows, 2-John Broomfield.

DOUBLES: 1-The Pigeons (Andreas Beunz & Martin Lee), 2-S&M (Simon Gascoigne & Martin Sims).

ABT: NY/NJ BACKGAMMON CO-OP BIG APPLE SERIES
November 10-12, 1995; Hackensack, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Abbas Zaltash (PA), 2-Hersel Namdar (NY); 1C-Alan Steffen (NY), 2C-Art Kronenthal (NY).

ADVANCED (18): 1-J.A. Miller (IL), 2-Emily Fisher (CA); 1C-Denise Merlitti (CAN), 2C-David Levine (PA).

INTERMEDIATE (13): 1-Richard Schuler (NJ), 2-Doug Ljungkvist (NY).

BIG APPLE 300 (12): 1-Perry Gartner (NJ), 2-EIIiott Winslow (CA).

ABT: GAMMON ASSOCIATES 35TH INVITATIONAL
November 3-5, 1995; Woodland Hills, California

OPEN (42): 1-Joe Russell, 2-Fred Kalantari (MN), 3-Bob Glass; 1C-Doug Amenda, 2C-Marcy Sloan.

INTERMEDIATE (17): 1-George Photias (NV), 2-Randy Douthat; 1C-Larry Deckel.

SUPER 16 (24): 1-0dis Chenault, 2-Doug Mayfield, 3/4-Mike Mooney (AZ) / Zev Vered.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Paul Stokes & Woody Woodson, 2-Saul Meir & Leon Weiner (TX).

SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Ray Fogerlund.

CALIFORNIA CLUB CHALLENGE CUP (3 teams): 1-Gammon Associates (Bob Glass, Patrick Gibson, Todd Crosner, Mike Ungerleider, Norm Wiggins, Azzam Masarani), 2-Ciarine's of Beverly Hills, 3-Backgammon Club of San Diego.

ABT: BACKGAMMON IN THE BERKSHIRES
November 3-5, 1995; South Lee, Massachusetts

CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Tom Costigan, 2-Dan Shapiro (NY); 1C-Doug Roberts, 2C-Wally Watson (NY).

ADVANCED (27): 1-Emily Fisher (CA), 2-Larry Liebster (NJ); 1C-Bob Lumbra (VT), 2C-Sakura Sugawara.

INTERMEDIATE (9): 1-Gilles Blais (CAN), 2-Jessica Brandlin (NY); 1C-Marcel Roux (CAN).

NOVICE (11): 1-Kay Tennenbaum (NJ), 2-Martha Tarrimille (RI); 1C-Al Mason.

MASTERS (16): 1-David Wells, 2-Joe Dinardo (CT).

NEW ENGLAND DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Linc Bedell (NH) & Jerry Kane, 2-Dr. Bob Hill (NY) & Hersel Namdar (NY).

1-POINT TOURNEY (24): 1-Biake Sorem (MD).

ABT: AUTUMN GRAN PRIX
October 27-29, 1995; La Jolla, California

OPEN (43): 1-Art Benjamin, 2-Trisha Hegland, 3-Norm Wiggins, 4-Sally Woolsey; 1LC-Kit Woolsey.

INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Patti Beadles, 2-Juli Carter; 1C-George Photias (NV), 2C-Sean O'Hara; 1LC-Treena Bouque, 2LC-Bob Bercu.

NOVICE (5): 1-Charli Beth Joerger, 2-Kris Andrysiak.

SUPER 16 (16): 1-Mike Ungerleider, 2-Walter Jarc (Spain).

MEGABLITZ WINNERS: Dorn Bishop, Arnold Zousmer, Larry Deckel.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Dorn Bishop & Arnold Zousmer, 2-Paul Gedigian & Azzam Masarani.

MIXED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Dave MacBryde, 2-Cecilia Pedroza & Paul Stokes.

CRYSTAL BALL (18): 1-Trisha Hegland, 2-Kris Andrysiak .

ABT: ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS & AMERICA CUP
October 11-15, 1995; Northbrook, Illinois

AMERICA CUP (16): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Emil Mortuk (MI), 3/4-Nick Ballard (CA) / Hugh Sconyers (TX).

CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Dean Muench (IL), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3/4-Walter Trice (MA) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Peter HeitmüIIer (Germany), 2C-Nick Ballard (CA); 1LC-Harry Cohn (IL), 2LC-Jake Jacobs (IL).

ADVANCED (34): 1-Marta Hilworth (IN), 2-Andy Krenitz (IL), 3/4-Paul Friedman (IL) / Jim Bowman (FL); 1C-Ron Bruns (CA); 1LC-Kathy Muench (IL), 2LC-Ralph Levy (IL).

LIMITED (22): Harry Yudin (Canada), 2-EIIen Goldsmith (IL); 1C-Steve Maas (MN); 1LC-Lee Pflugrad (WI).

MASTERS (16): 1-Howard Markowitz , 2-Drew Giovonis (FL).

KICKOFF (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Mike Ungerleider (CA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Kit Woolsey & Steve Clark (CA), 2-Wendy Kaplan & Barry Miller (IL).

BLITZ: 1-Kurt Schurecht (IL), 2-Wally Wolf (MI).

ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 6-8, 1995; Hong Kong

OPEN: (35): 1-Goran Hasselquist (THAI), 2-Steve Nelson, 3/4-Thomas Kong / Deng Deepfrong (THAI); 1C-Andre Hoffman, 2C-Tim Throsby; 1LC-Marc Mostacci, 2LC-Vinnie Ratnaphat (THAI).

CHAMPIONSHIP (21): 1-Lorenzo Andrioio (ITA), 2-Ronnie Nutzati; 1C-Rames Kumar (THAI), 2C-Kenneth Wong; 1LC-Bodo Sprungk, 2LC-Richard Goss.

DRAGON SLAYER (128): 1-Katsuyuki Takahashi (JPN), 2-Shunske Hasegawa (JPN).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Jerry Godsey, 2-John Simon.

MINI-SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Patrice Hattu, 2-Jonathan Barnes.

TEAM EVENT (10 teams): 1-Earthquakers (JPN), 2-Hong-Thai (HK, Thai, Bali).

ABT: NATION’S CAPITAL FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 6-8, 1995; Bethesda, Maryland

CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Steve Goldstein; 1C-Blake Sorem; 4-David Montgomery, 5/6-Andy Palumbo (NY) / Dan Shapiro, 7-Carlo Russo; 1LC-Keith Meinelt (NC).

OPEN (16): 1-Mel Leifer, 2-Bob Williamson; 1C-Bill Wilner.

JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Avram, 2-Bob Koca (PA).

DOUBLES (6 teams): 1/2-Paula Cook & Barry Steinberg / Bruce Hall (NC) & Andy Palumbo (NY).

BLITZ: 1-Bill Wilner.

2ND GERMAN OPEN
October 1-5, 1995; Brakel, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Xavier Braun, 2-Jochen Lücke, 3/4-Fiemming Anderson (Denmark) / Emil Mortuk (USA); 1C-Thomas Töpfer, 2C-Martin Messerschmidt; 1LC-Peter HeitmüIIer.

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Siegfried Weiß, 2-Charly Franck, 3/4-Andreas Humke / Gunther Holzinger; 1C-Dirk van Leeuwen, 2-Reinhard Berkholz; 1LC-Alex Kotzoridis.

BEGINNER: 1-Frank Brinckmann, 2-Hans-Peter Janzen, 3/4-Mike Friedrich / Ralf Schlenkert; 1C-Anja Ewers, 2C-Uwe Koller; 1LC-Katja Sommaro.

BLITZ 50 (64 x 8): 1-Leonid Riskin, 2-Gernot Blum, 3/4-Reinhard Berkholz / Xavier Braun.

TEAMS OF 3: 1-Lions (Holzinger, Beck, Rindisbacher (Switzerland), 2-lnternational: Ressu, Curuz, Riskin.

AUKTION: 1-Dieter Siegfried, 2-Matthais Körner, 3/4-Soren Betak (Denmark) / Franz-Josef Schrudde.

SUPER JACKPOT I: 1-Ralf Jonas, 2-Frank Talbot (USA).

SUPER JACKPOT II: 1-Matthias Körner, 2-Wolfgang Griese.

LADIES CUP I: 1-Birgit Scheuerling, 2-Claudia Meyer.

LADIES CUP II: 1-Judith Hentschel, 2-Friederike Kaiser.

TENNIS: Dr. C. Afchani.

ARCHERY: Klaus-Peter Seelig.

NINEPINS: Michael Höfener.

MINI-GOLF: Carsten Joh.

MISS GERMAN OPEN: Birgit Scheuerling.

MR. GERMAN OPEN: Dr. C. Afchani .

ABT: TOWPATH INN TOURNAMENT
September 29-October 1, 1995; Turin, New York

OPEN (21): 1-Bob Koca (PA), 2-Eden Windish (Canada), 3-Don Parker (NY).

5TH MITTELEUROPA TOURNAMENT
September 8-10, 1995; Nova Gorica, Slovenia

CHAMPIONSHIP (52): 1-Nino DiBella (ITA), 2-Nicola Pagano (ITA), 3/4-Gerald Beck (GER) / Gady Carmeli (ISR); 1C-Ciaus Weissbarth (GER), 2C-Vittorio Danese (ITA), 3C/4C-Andrea Bolzoni (ITA) / Evert Van Eijck (HOL); 1LC-Walter Jarc (CAN), 2LC-Dino Visentin (ITA); LADIES PRIZE: Sally Gould (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (46): 1-Axel Müller (GER), 2-Giuseppe Bau (ITA), 3/4-Thomas Gettwart (GER) / Massimo Crippa (ITA); 1C-Andreas Humke (GER), 2C-Michele Molinari (ITA), 3C/4C-Gordan Markotic (CRO) / Mario Viceconte (ITA); 1LC-Peter Huber (GER), 2LC-Ingeborg Haussleiter (GER); LADIES PRIZE: Cordula Thiess (GER).

BEGINNER (18): 1-Riccardo Chiesa (ITA), 2-Bendy Mocova (CESKA); 1C-Giuseppe Abbenante (ITA); 1LC-Eiena Grigore (ROM); LADIES PRIZE: Vendy Mocova (CESKA).

WARM-UP: 1-Axel Müller (GER), 2-Thomas Gettward (GER).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Dirk Schiemann (GER), 2-Gady Carmeli (ISR).

ONE-POINT MATCH WINNERS: #1-Andrea Sirch (ITA), #2-Roberto Spadavecchia (ITA), #3-Sergio Fragiacomo (ITA).

ABT: 43RD INDIANA OPEN
September 1-4, 1995; Indianapolis, Indiana

OPEN (48): 1-Harry Brown (MI), 2-Doug Roberts (MA), 1C-Ray Baker (GA), 2C-Paul Franks (IL).

ADVANCED (42): 1-Chuck Stimming (IN), 2-Bill Hodes (IN); 1C-Randall Witt (TN), 2C-Nora Luna (MA).

INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Eiijah Miller (IL), 2-Gayle Wolf (MI), 3-Priscilla Sullivan (MI).

NOVICE (8): 1-Lisa Brooks (OK), 2-Kyle Muench (IL).

MASTER'S JACKPOT (16): 50%-Jake Jacobs (IL), 25%-Doug Roberts (MA), 25%-Ray Baker.

AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Chuck Bower (IN), 2-Randall Witt (TN), 3/4-Harold Branch (KY) / Larry Strommen (IN).

DIRECTOR'S CUP (16): 1-Butch Meese (IN), 2-Joe Miller (OH).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jim & Jamie Curtis (IN), 2-Frank Frigo (KY) & Mike Fujita (CA), 3/4-Jeff Acierno (NY) & Phil Laak (CA) / J.A. Miller (IL) & Jim Roston (NY).

SPEED-GAMMON (16): 1-Jon Stephens (OH).

OPEN MICRO BLITZ (128): 1/2-Mike Fujita (CA) / Karen Davis (NY).

LIMITED MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Lisa Brooks (OK).

LAS VEGAS OPEN
August 16-20, 1995; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (123): 1-Clarine (CA), 2-Phil Laak, 3/4-Rainer Birkle (Germany) / Herb Gurland (MA); 1C-Dick Cather (TX), 2C-Dean Adamian (MI), 3C/4C-Thomas Kong (Hong Kong) / Hal Heinrich (Canada).

INTERMEDIATE (108): 1-Mehdi Faraji (NV), 2-Maurice Barie (MI), 3/4-Ron Bruns (CA) / John Brooks (OK); 1C-Bob Sahagian (NJ), 2C-David Fletcher (AZ), 3C/4C-Jorge Salazar (Mexico) / Randy Douthat (CA).

BEGINNER (46): 1-Muni Savyon (MA), 2-Nicole Masarani (CA), 3/4-Diego Lewi (CA) / Fernando Milia (Argentina); 1C-Bill Mertes (AZ), 2C-AI Lumder (WA).

COMBINED LAST CHANCE (255): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Tom Keisler (CA), 3/4-Jack Kissane (NY) / Dorn Bishop (CA).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Nack Ballard (CA), 3/4-Armando Balbi (Argentina) / Malcolm Davis (TX).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jay Whitehead (CA), 2-Antonio Ortega (Costa Rica).

SATURDAY SPECIAL SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Joe Monro (MI), 2-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

SATURDAY SPECIAL LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Ralph Stowell (MN), 2-Dave Williams (CA).

DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Sally & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Jeff Acierno (NY) & Abbas Zaltash (PA).

BLITZ (432): 1-Jim Hickey (GA), 2-Ed Schau (WA).

SLOT MACHINE TOURNEY: 1-Ron Coffin (CA), 2-Mary Ann Meese (IN).

34TH GAMMON ASSOCIATES INVITATIONAL
August 11-13, 1995; Woodland Hills, California

OPEN (31): 1-Dave Williams, 2-Mike Thunstrom; 1C-Dorn Bishop, 2C-Jake Jacobs (IL), 3C/4C-Rudy Citrom / Dennis Rutkowski.

LIMITED (14): 1-Patrick McCormick, 2-Jeffrey Rodgers; 1C-Fiorin Draghiciu.

SPECIAL 32 (32): 1-EIIiot Bean, 2-Dave Williams, 3/4-Bob Glass / Joe Russell.

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund & Patrick Gibson, 2-David MacBryde & Paul Stokes.

SPEEDGAMMON KO's: #1-0dis Chenault / Phil Laak, #2-Harry Cohn, #3-Sassan Kamali.

ABT: THOUSAND ISLANDS TOURNAMENT
July 28-30, 1995; Alexandria Bay, New York

OPEN (33): 1-Bob Paris (FL), 2-Paul Stebbing (CAN), 3-Judy Brown (NY).

DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Mike & Airan Friedman (CAN), Jill & Bruce Brown (NY).

MONTE CARLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 10-16, 1995; Monte Carlo, Monaco

CHAMPIONSHIP (≈245): 1-David Ben-Zion (ISR), 2-Josef Tissona (ISR), 3/4-Fredrik Reinholdson (SWE) / Ricardo Spinola (BRZ); 1CONS#1-Juan-Carlos Bizzarro (ARG), 2CONS#1-Abraham Eitan (ISR), 3/4CONS#1-Dennis Culpepper (USA) / Frangois Tardieu (FRA); 1CONS#2-Henrik Bodholdt (DEN), 2CONS#2-Wolfgang Griese (GER), 3/4CONS#2-Armando Balbi (BRZ) / George Velando (DEN); 1LC-Toma Vahab (ISR), 2LC-Patrice Hattu (FRA); LADIES PRIZE-Martine Oules (FRA).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Matthias Wagner (GER), 2-Saki Lagopatis (GER), 3/4-B. MacDonald (AUS) / K. Kurtanidze (GEOR); 1CONS#1-Kevin McDonough (USA), 2CONS#1-P. Ward-Ackland (ENG), 3/4CONS#1-I. Belchior (BRZ) / A. Nadjar (FRA); 1CONS#2-Thies Molt (DEN), 2CONS#2-A. Rainer (GER), 3/4CONS#2-Andreas Born (GER) / A. Rainer (GER); 1LC-Brian MacDonald (AUSTRL), 2LC-Pierre Zakia; LADIES PRIZE-Annette Wenkens (DEN).

BEGINNER: 1-D. Maglakelidzen (GEOR), 2-S. Levy (FRA), 3/4-Cosmo Tamada (JPN) / A. Zakari (FRA); 1CONS#1-H. Knudsen (DEN), 1CONS#2-G. Pogosian (ARMEN), 3/4CONS#1-I. Kuusniemi (FIN) / J. Rasmussen (DEN); 1CONS#2-T. Aste (LEB), 2CONS#2-I. Kamalian (ARMEN), 3/4CONS#2-P. Winkler (AUS) / D. Schelhove (GER); 1LC-H. Tirgalin (TUR), 2LC-G. Hehmann (GER); LADIES PRIZE-Piradete Magalhaes (BRZ).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Joe Sylvester (USA), 2-Neil Young (USA).

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Brazil (lan MacFarlane & two unknown), 2-Germany (Rainer Birkle, Matthias Korner, Peter Schneider).

PAST CHAMPIONS TOURNAMENT: 1-Bill Robertie (USA).

TEAM TENNIS TOURNAMENT: Men's Doubles: 1-Forster & Terence Robinson (CAN), 2-Schneiter & Valpiani. Mixed Doubles: 1-lsaura & Carlos, 2-Ewers & Aste.

GOLF: 1-Cyrus Vafa, 2-Cosmo Tamada (JPN).

COURTESY TROPHY: Narissa Ferrer.

TRAVEL TROPHY: Ned Marootians (AUSTRL).

FIDELITY TROPHY: Aram Kouleyan (USA).

CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY: James Bailie (SWZ).

MEN'S ELEGANCE TROPHY: Marcus Rindisbacher (SWZ).

WOMEN'S ELEGANCE TROPHY: Kasuko Numizawa (JPN).

ABT: MICHIGAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 30-July 3, 1995; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (87): 1-Harry Cohn (IL), 2-Homer Hector (GA), 3-Toni Wuersch (MA), 4/5-Bill Davis (IL) / Frank Talbot (MI); 1C-Paul Magriel (NY), 2C-Jake Jacobs (IL), 3C/4C-Mike Friedman (Can) / Doug Roberts (MA).

INTERMEDIATE (74): 1-Todd Doucet (PA), 2-David Rubin (IL), 3-Mike Rezai (OH), 4/5-Austin Healy (NY) / Janice Newman (IN); 1C-Wally Wolf (MI), 2C-Randy Douthat (CA), 3C/4C-Richard Armbruster (CA) / Takis Sakkalis (Greece).

NOVICE (25): 1-Airan Friedman (Can), 2-Priscilla Sullivan (MI); 1C-Beverly Banowitz (MI), 2C-Bernadine Shelbourne (Can).

$500 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Harry Cohn (IL).

FIRECRACKER JACKPOTS: $1000 (8): 1/2-Joe Monro (MI) / Joe Russell (CA); $300 (16): 1-David Wells (MA), 2-Joe Sylvester (MI); $100 (8): 1-Dennis Rutkowski (CA), 2-Larry Liebster (NJ).

MICHIGAN BLITZ (128): 1-Ed King (OH), 2-Rick Todd (MI).

BONUS BLITZ (32): 1-Walter Trice (MA).

OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Joe Miller (OH) & Mike Rezai (OH), 2-Richard Armbruster & Ray Fogerlund (CA), 3/4-Gary Fritzsche & John Quinn (MI) / Marta Hilworth (IN) & Emil Mortuk (MI).

LIMITED DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Joan Hac (KY) & Greg Shoults (OH), 2-Ernie Denenfeld & Dick Nelson (MI).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Michel Merlitti & Carl Sellars (Can).

SUMMER FREEZEOUT (32): 1-Jack Takala (MI), 2-Jim Wallace (Canada).

DETROIT QUICKIES: $20 (64): 1-Jeff Acierno (NY). $10 (64): 1-Shuman Lee (MN). $10 OVERFLOW (32): 1-Zohreh Zafaranian (TX).

EARLYBIRD JACKPOTS: $50 (16): 1-John Quinn (MI), 2-Peter Kalba (IL); $25 (16): 1-Richard Armbruster (CA), 2-Kim Starbuck (OH).

1ST KAISERBRUNNEN CUP
June 29-July 2, 1995; Bielefeld, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (53): 1-Gernot Blum, 2-Carsten Joh, 314-Ekrim Basdas I Harald Johanni; 1 C-Kajetan Pfeuffer, 2C-Peter Heitmüller; 1 LC-Igor Kaplanski.

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-0iiver Pott, 2-Holger Eng, 314-Alex Kotzoridis I Jurgen Orlowski; 1 C-Marcel Vogt (SWITZ), 2C-Kevin McDonough (USA); 1 LC-Rainhard Berkholz.

BEGINNER (19): 1-Andreas Humke, 2-Sigrid Muhlbauer, 3/4-Judith Hentschel I Anja Ewers; 1 C-Mike Friedrich, 2-Herbert Kruse; 1 LC-Uwe Slabke

BLITZ (50): 1-Daggi Pappas, 2-Frank Mogler, 314-Gordon Cross I Thomas Lumper.

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Matthias Korner, 2-Ralf Jonas.

TENNIS: 1-0iiver Pott.

MINI-GOLF: 1-Carsten Joh

ARCHERY: 1-Helmut Klug.

7TH INTERNATIONAL CITY OF VENICE
June 15-18, 1995; Venice, Italy

MASTER (64): 1-Evert Van Eijck (HOL), 2-Garreth Bell (DEN), 3/4-lngo Sporgies (GER) / Alberto Rusca (SWITZ); 1C-Guido Flamigni (ITA), 2C-Andreas Pournaras (GRE), 3C/4C-Giorgio Caldera (ITA) / Berti Keil (GER); 1LC-Walter Busato (GER), 2LC-Xavier Braun (GER).

ADVANCED (49): 1-Ciaus Weissbarth (GER), 2-Enrico Colangiuolo (ITA), 3/4-Giuliano Riavez (ITA) / Michele Raducanu (RUM); 1C-Segfried Tenzer (GER), 2C-Mauro Cusmai (ITA), 3C/4C-Gunther Holzinger (GER) / Marco Negro (ITA); 1LC-Jonathan Bennetts (CAN), 2LC-Sergio Montefusco (ITA).

INTERMEDIATE (55): 1-Luciano Rubbi (ITA), 2-Fabio Conserva (ITA), 3/4-Armin Fischer (GER) I Martin Jaeger (AUS); 1C-Massimo Crippa (ITA), 2C-Max Futino (ITA), 3C/4C-Maurizio Molinari (ITA) / Bruno Dal Rio (ITA); 1LC-Alberto da Pra, 2LC-Nicoletta Astori (ITA).

1-POINT TOURNAMENT (256): 1-Sandro Fiorentini (ITA), 2-Sandro Fiorentini (ITA), 3/4-David Bridges (GB) / Matthias Korner (GER).

WARM-UP (100): 1-Paolo Michelini (ITA), 2-Matthias Korner (GER).

SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Bertl Keil (GER), 2-Gad Carmeli (ISR).

SPEED GAMMON (24): 1-Alan Steffen (USA), 2-Zbigniew Szczerek (POL).

VENETIAN BLITZ (64): 1-Alan Steffen (USA), 2-Walter Busato (ITA).

TEAM EVENT (14): 1-The Champions (Israel, Germany), 2-Paganos (ITA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Alan Steffen & Emil Mortuk (USA), 2-Matthias Korner & Reiner Birkle (GER).

COUNTY CUPS TROPHY TOURNAMENT
May 27-28, 1995; Solihull, England

OPEN (100): 1-Derek Matheson, 2-Richard Wenban, 3-John Wright, 4-David Gallagher, 5-Julian Hayward, 6-Aian Beckerson, 7-Dale Taylor, 8-Mike Loughman.

TOP LADY: Rosalie Johnson.

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME: Merrill Diplock.

FRIDAY NIGHT KO: 1-Jeff Ellis, 2-Kate Hilton.

DOUBLES (18 teams): 1/2-Richard Beagarie & Graham Sievers / Dale Taylor & Sherry Yu.

ABT: 16TH CHICAGO OPEN
May 26-29, 1995; Elk Grove Village, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (50): 1-Joe Russell (NV), 2-Walter Trice (MA), 3-Jeff Kane (WI); 1C-Doug Roberts (MA), 2C-Joe Freedman (DC).

INTERMEDIATE (74): 1-Maurice Barie (MI), 2-Bruce Pollack (IL), 3/4-Jolie Rubin (IL) / Jerry Smith; 1C-Peter Kalba (IL), 2C-Frank Dickerson (IL).

MASTERS (32): 1-Wilcox Snellings (NV), 2-lsmet Demirel (AR), 3/4-Dean Muench (IL) / Michael Ungerleider (CA).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Wally Wolf (MI) & Dennis Rutkowski (CA), 2-George Barr & Trudie Stern (IL), 3/4-Andy Bittman & Gary Kay (IL) / Roz Ferris (IL) & Howard Markowitz (NV).

BLITZ (64): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Michael Ungerleider (CA).

MINI-MATCH (128): 1-John Stryker (IL).

ABT: NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP
April 28-30, 1995; South Lee, Massachusetts

CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Gene Entel (NY), 2-Herb Gurland (MA); 1C/2C-Alan Steffen (NY) / Wally Watson.

ADVANCED (21 ): 1-Ed Johnson (NY), 2-Bob Lumbra (VT); 1C-Lou Florio, 2C-Fred Bement.

NOVICE (7): 1-AI Mason (MA), 2/3-Lourdes Tarrago (NY) / Gayle Wolf (MI).

NEW ENGLAND TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (8 teams): 1-Marc Gray, Marty Storer & Walter Trice, 2-Jeff Acierno, Bob Bishop & Dr. Bob Hill.

ABT: SPRING GRAN PRIX
April 28-30, 1995; La Jolla, California

OPEN (45): 1-Dave Wiliams, 2-Hal Heinrich (CAN), 3-Jim Forbes, 4-Patrick Gibson; 1LC-Kit Woolsey, 2LC-Art Benjamin.

ADVANCED (23): 1-Mike Pettigrew, 2-Paul Symington, 3-Cecilia Pedroza.

$500 SUPER 16 (16): 1-Gus Contos, 2-Steve Clark.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-George Photias (NV) & Norm Wiggins.

$10 MEGABLITZ (32): 1-Treena Bouque.

$25 MEGABLITZ (32): 1-Karen Colgan.

6TH CARLSBERG CUP 1995 CAFÉ TOURNAMENT FINALS
April 22, 1995; Copenhagen, Denmark

OPEN (240): 1-Henrik Poulsen, 2-Per Svensson, 3-Thomas Friberg, 4-Peter Krogsgard; 1C-Michael Nikolaisen, 2C-Morten Daugbjerg; 1LC-Niels Meidahl . . . A record 5502 initial participants in nationwide café tournaments.

4TH TOURNAMENT OF THE AMÉRICAS
April 19-23, 1995; San José, Costa Rica

OPEN (43): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Hugh Sconyers (TX), 3/4-Garreth Bell (DEN) / Antonio Ortega (CR); 1C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA); 1LC-Nack Ballard (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Dennis Rutkowski (CA), 2-Walter Montero (CR); 1C-Nora Luna (MA), 2C-Salomon Tawill (MEX); 1LC-Richard Armbruster (CA).

NOVICE (8): 1-Tomas Aguilar (CR), 1C-Rita Manlove (FL), 1LC-Gayle Wolf (MI).

MASTERS HERRADURA (16): 1-Hugh Sconyers (TX), 2-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

LIMITED HERRADURA (16): 1-Steve McCormick (MD), 2-Mike Ungerleider (CA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Evan Diamond & Nora Luna (MA), 2-Donald & Steve Kahn.

BLITZ (128): 1-Andy Glazer (GA).

ISLAND CRUISE TOURNEY: 1-Andy Krenitz (IL).

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Nathan Aron (CR), 2-Leia Coto (CR).

PIG ROLLING: Bobbie Shifrin (IL).

PIG BASKETBALL: Dennis Rutkowski (CA).

DOUBLES TENNIS: Peter Kalba (IL) & Steve McCormick (MO).

7TH NORDIC “WIDE” OPEN
April 14-17, 1995; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (92): 1-Rolf Schreuder (NL), 2-Matthias Korner (GER), 3/4-Tony Elmroth (SWE) / Thomas Zimmer (GER); 1C-Manfred Gerlach (GER), 2C-Rino Mathis (GER), 3C/4C-Phil Laak (USA) / Francois Tardieu (FRA); 1LC-Kioomars Mostafavi (DEN), 2LC-Stefan Blanke (GER); Ladies Prize–Ingrid Neugebauer (GER).

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE (130): 1-0liver Pott (GER), 2-Christian Jensen (DEN), 3/4-Bjorn lsberg (SWE) / Patrik Thelin (SWE); 1C-Mike Loughman (IRE), 2C-Flemming Olesen (DEN), 3C/4C-John Madsen (DEN) / Andreas Förster (DEN); 1LC-Jan Bloxham (DEN), 2LC-Roar Nakken (NOR).

INTERMEDIATE (183): 1-Samie Maroun (DEN), 2-Simon Piil Thomsen (DEN), 3/4-Henrik Gwinner (DEN) / Morten Kasperen (DEN); 1C-Ciaus Eskebraek (DEN), 2C-Jes Jensen (DEN), 3C/4C-Christian Andersen (DEN) / Torben Nielsen (DEN); 1LC-John Thomas (GB), 2LC-Vousenman (FIN).

BEGINNER (80): 1-Georg Wallin (SWE), 2-Hugo Thomsen (DEN), 314-Peter Petersen (DEN) I Søren Holme Hansen (DEN); 1C-Kenneth Straarup (DEN), 2C-René Christensen (DEN), 3C/4C-Jens Christensen (DEN) / Søren Hummel (DEN); 1LC-Lennart Straarup (DEN), 2LC-Raju Steffens (DEN).

TEAM EVENT (46): 1-BTC Born To Calculate (Rainer Birkle, Patrick Neumann, Jurgen Orlowski (GER), 2-The Kilroys (Steen Mikkelsen, Karsten Bredahl, Flemming Jensen (DEN).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (41 teams): 1-Dag Ekmark & Fredrik Dahl (NOR), 2-Dario De Toffoli & Giorgio Caldera (ITA).

INTERNATIONAL MATCH: Sweden defeats Denmark, 4-1.

BRITISH OPEN
April 1-2, 1995; East Midlands, England

OPEN (59): 1-Graham Sievers, 2-John Bazigos, 3/4-Robin Clay / Rick Janowski; 1C-John Wright, 2C-John Broomfield, 3C/4C-Carl Dell / Steve Taylor; 1LC-Peter Fallows, 2LC-Keith Screene.

SUICIDE! (38): 1-Richard Wenban, 2-Paul Turnbull.

FRIDAY NIGHT KNOCKOUT (21): 1-John Broomfield.

DOUBLES (13): 1/2-Michael Crane & Jack Darian / Donald Hatt & Roy Hollands.

ABT: US/CANADA OPEN & VERMONT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
March 29-April 2, 1995; Stratton Mountain, Vermont

US/Canadian Open:
OPEN: 1-Wayne King (NJ), 2-0iiver Baksic (CAN).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Bob Lumbra (VT), 2-Larry Liebster (NJ).

BEGINNER: 1-Steve Baksic (CAN), 2-AI Mason (MA).

Vermont State ABT:
OPEN (8): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-James Kasarjian (MA); 1C-Wayne King (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (8): 1-Steve Baksic (CAN), 2-Edward Heiman; 1C-Mark Damish (MA).

ABT: 1995 MIDWEST BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 24-26, 1995; Oak Brook, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Mike Colgan (CA), 2-Arnold Zousmer (CA), 3/4-Dean Muench (IL) / Howard Ring (IL); 1C-Walter Trice (IL), 2C-Abbas Zaltash (PA); 1LC-Joe Sylvester (MI).

$125 OPEN (25): 1-David Rubin (IL), 2-Jack Takala (MI), 3-John Jennings (IL).

ADVANCED (64): 1-Nora Luna (MA), 2-Milad Doueihi (IL), 3/4-Jim Muirhead (MI) / Patti Beadles (OR); 1C-Martin Lee (ENG), 2C-Ed Buerger (IL); 1LC-Bill Rudd (KY).

LIMITED (49): 1-John Smulders (IN), 2-Lee Pflugrad (WI), 3/4-Keith Hvamsted (MN) / Harold Roberson (MN); 1C-Gienn Swanson (IL), 2C-Gary Tong (MI); 1LC-Mary Kuchenbrod (KY).

MIDWEST DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-Doug Roberts & Wanda delaBarre (MA), 2-John O'Hagan (IN) & Drew Giovanis (FL), 3/4-Butch & Mary Ann Meese (IN) / Linda Woods & John Jennings (IL).

SATELLITE DOUBLES (8 teams): 1/2-Andy Krenitz (IL) & Samra Hadden (GA) / Kurt Schurecht (IL) & Bob Ebbeler (CA).

BLITZ (128): 1-Phil Laak (CA).

NACKGAMMON (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Lou Salzman (IL), 3/4-Bob Glass (CA) / Bob Holyon (WI).

SPEED-GAMMON (32): 1-David Wells (MA), 2-Drew Giovanis (FL), 3/4-Phil Laak (CA) / John Meyers (WI).

"TOUR AMERICA" TOURNEY (16): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).

PIG ROLLING: 1-lrving Achtenberg (MO).

STACK'EM DICE: Tim Johnson (IL).

CUBE GOLF: Lucky Nelson (IL).

BG WHEEL OF FORTUNE: 1-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

ABT: GAMMON ASSOCIATES 33RD INVITATIONAL
March 10-12, 1995; Woodland Hills, California

OPEN (48): 1-0dis Chenault, 2-Ray Fogerlund, 3-Dorn Bishop; 1C-Clarine, 2C-Richard Armbruster.

LIMITED (17): 1-David DeVries, 2-Johnnie Roberts; 1C-Randy Douthat.

SPECIAL 16 (16): 1-Kit Woolsey, 2-Joe Russell.

SPECIAL 11 (11): 1-Mike Fujita.

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Patti Beadles & Ed Bybak, 2-Ron Coffin & Norm Wiggins.

SPEED-GAMMON WINNERS: #1-Dick Farran, #2-Phil Laak / Steve Sax, #3-Art Benjamin / Odis Chenault, #4-Ray Fogerlund.

ABT: 17TH PITTSBURGH WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 17-19, 1995; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CHAMPIONSHIP (45): 1-Abbas Zaltash (PA), 2-Biake Sorem (MD), 3-William Counts (MD); 1C-Dean Adamian (MI), 2C-Bob Koca (PA).

ADVANCED (62): 1-Jim Muirhead, 2-Judy Brown (NY), 3-Troy Longman (MI); 1C-Bob Green (OH), 2C-Pete Ryder (OH), 3C/4C-Paul Paris / Jim Roston (NY).

LIMITED (14): 1-Elijah Miller (IL), 2-Gail Wolf (MI); 1C-Jessica Brandlin (NY).

MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Rainer Birkle (GER), 2-Joe Sylvester (MI).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Pete Ryder, 2-Sakura Sugawara (MA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bill Davis (IL) & Bob Green (OH), 2-John Carrico (MI) & Antoinette Williams (NY).

LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Greg Shoults & Bret Marzalf.

MICRO-BLITZ (64): 1-Howard Shirey, 2-Renee Rosenbloom (NY).

6TH FRENCH OPEN
February 9-12, 1995; Paris, France

CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Gerard Duguet-Grasser (FRA), 2-Evert Van Eijck (NL), 3/4-Marc Klein (FRA) / Freddy Narboni (SWZ); 1C-Jurek Sarzynski (GER), 2C-James Colen (USA); 1 LC-Markus Rindisbacher (SWZ).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Valentin Loukov (BUL), 2-Andrea Sirch (ITA), 3/4-Bernard Chetrit (FRA) / Fritschy (GER); 1C-Sandy de Bruin (FRA), 2C-Peter Gittins (GB); 1LC-Christine Mochon (FRA).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-James Colen (USA), 2-Giancarlo Bizzaro (BRZ).

TEAM EVENT: 1-Estoril (POR): Manuel Capucho & Jorge Figuiredo, 2-Les Gendarmes (USA): James Colen & Bill Robertie.

WORLDWIDE TWIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 7-12, 1995; Reno, Nevada

International Cup:
CHAMPIONSHIP (18 x 8): 1-Gustav Jacobsen, 2-Ed O'Laughlin, 3/4-Barry Miller / Phil Laak.

INTERMEDIATE (17 x 8): 1-Jonathan Schroer, 2-Samra Hadden, 3/4-Wally Wolf / Cyrus Yousafi.

BEGINNER (5 x 8): 1-Mac McCann, 2-Ed Johnson, 3/4-Rafi Salem / Juli Carter.

Nevada State Tournament:
CHAMPIONSHIP (70): 1-Wilcox Snellings, 2-Mike Senkiewicz, 3/4-Diane Haley / Jon Vietor; 1C-Stu Hosen, 2C-Nack Ballard, 3C/4C-Robert Black / Ed O'Laughlin.

INTERMEDIATE (87): 1-Lee Hasson, 2-David Rubin, 3/4-Jona Alexander / Samra Hadden; 1C-Jonathan Schroer, 2C-Simon Woodhead, 3C/4C-Kevin Mansfield / Dennis Rutkowski.

BEGINNER (31): 1-Mac McCann, 2-Ed Johnson, 3/4-Jim Mason / Tom Casaletto; 1C-Frank Cusack, 2C-Julie Scharer.

COMBINED LAST CHANCE (188): 1-Butch Meese, 2-Ray Fogerland, 3/4-Kevin McDonough / Jonathan Bennetts.

MASTERS (16): 1-Howard Ring, 2-Mike Senkiewicz, 3/4-Kazuhiro Shino / Nack Ballard.

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Gustav Jacobsen, 2-Steve Clark, 3/4-Wendy Kaplan / Jonathan Schroer.

$300 DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kit Woolsey & Joe lngargiola.

$100 DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Jonathan Bennetts & R. Solomon, 2-Mark Ferrin & Bill Piland.

$50 BLITZ (16): 1-Eiiot Bean, 2-Mike Mooney.

$25 BLITZ (17): 1-Jonathan Bennetts, 2-Mary Ann Meese.

7TH PRO-AM INVITATIONAL
February 2-5, 1995; Paradise Island, Bahamas

PRO-AM DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Paul Magriel & Steve Zolotow (NY), 2-Nack Ballard (CA) & Emil Mortuk (MI),
3/4-Malcolm Davis & Tallmadge Tinsley (TX) / Gustav Jacobsen (DEN) & Tina Lechich (AUS).

SATELLITE DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Jason Lester & Harry Madoff (NY).

$2000 JACKPOT #1 (11): 1-Kazuhiro Shino (UK}, 2-Huck Seed (CA).
$2000 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Maurice Elganyan (UK), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

TENNIS: 1-Mike Madoff & Mike Senkiewicz, 2-Drew Giovanis & Wilcox Snellings.

1995 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS