International Backgammon Tournament Results 2012

Betfair/EBGT - 5th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
December 6-9, 2012; Nicosia, North Cyprus

MASTERS (74): 1-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 2-Gazi Çelen (Turkey), 3/4-Martin Birkhan (Germany) / Kemal Erdem (Turkey); 1LC-Ricardo Malas (Spain).

INTERMEDIATE (39): 1-Gamze Demirkol (Turkey), 2-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 3/4-Cengiz Dindar (North Cyprus) / Adnan Kuzu (Turkey); 1LC-Serdar Guray (Turkey).

BEGINNERS (5): 1-Oyku Sari (Turkey), 2-Funda Kapikirian (Turkey).

DOUBLES (37 teams): 1-Alaatin Ozaltun (Turkey) & Self, 2-Jean-Noel Duval (France) & Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 3//4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan) & Self.

SUPER-JACKPOT (16): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

DMP-CHALLENGE (64): 1-Kamil Karaali (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Claus Elken (Denmark), Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

ABT - SUNSHINE STATE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
December 7-9, 2012; Tarpon Springs, Florida

OPEN (18): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Bob Carpenter (FL); 1LC-Stacy Turner (FL).

INTERMEDIATE (12): 1-Andy Palumbo (FL), 2-Susan Randall (FL); 1LC-Marc Grutka (FL).

NOVICE (7): 1-Ken Andonisio (FL), 2-Doreen Saccardo (FL); 1LC-Ed Salem (FL).

MASTERS (8): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL).

GULF COAST DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Bill Davis (IL) & Elayne Feinstein (FL), 2-Michael Edge (SC) & Roland Leutert (FL).

MICROBLITZ (8): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL).

RODI ROLL OFF (16): 1-Susan Randall (FL).

AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Susan Randall (FL).

ABT - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 30-December 2, 2012; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (48): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Peter Wisniewski (CA), 3-Malcolm Davis (TX); 1C-Julius High (KS), 2C-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3C/4C-Gus Contos (CA) / Carter Mattig (IL).

ADVANCED (38): 1-Tom Fahland (CA), 2-Nash Jost (CA); 1C-Irving Gold (CA), 2C-David Taniguchi (CA), 3C/4C-Larry Saltzman (CA) / John Skratulia (CA).

LIMITED (5): 1-Randy Hromadik (CA), 2-Kevin Kahl (CA); 1C-Ghada Ashoo (CA).

SUPER-32 MASTERS JACKPOT (31): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (24): 1-Christian Stoddard (CA), 2-Ed Rosenblum (NM), 3/4-Rob Rossetti (CA) / Sean Taghani (CA).

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Alan Martin (CA) & Cookie Tischler (CA), 2-Gus Contos (CA) & Karen Davis (DC).
DOUBLES #2 (4 teams): 1-Phil Simborg (IL) & Michelle Steinberg (NJ).

BLITZ (68): 1- Phil Simborg (IL), 2-John Klein (MD).

2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Ernest Ho (CA).

ABT - LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 14-18, 2012; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (75+21 rebuys): 1-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Alan Grunwald (NJ) / Alvaro Savio (Brazil); 1C-Stick Rice (OH), 2C-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3C/4C-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1LC-Damon Singer (NV), 2LC-Neil Kazaross (IL).

INTERMEDIATE (67+25 rebuys): 1-Cheryl Andersen (CA), 2-Steve Hess (NM), 3/4-Aaron Foust (NV) / Lawrence Wilson (CO); 1C-Roz Ferris (IL), 2C-Ethan Nissani (NM); 3C/4C-Al Lunder (WA) / Robert Tansi (MA); 1LC-Neal Weiner (FL), 2LC-Dan Smith (MI).

BEGINNER (19): 1-Bill Harpell (Canada), 2-Michael Earl (MI); 1C-Kathy Weiner (FL), 2C-Stephen Earl (IN); 1LC-Diane Westra-Hanaback (Canada).

SUPER JACKPOT (16 ): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Alvaro Savio (Brazil), 3/4-Kit Woolsey (CA) / Kazuhiko Yotsushiko (Japan).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Randy Ohel (NV), 2-Steve Diano (NV), 3/4-Alex Gerding (FL) / Neal Weiner (FL).

SENIORS (128): 1-Mike Derylo (CA), 2-David Kettler (TX), 3/4-Michael Ramsey (AZ) / Luis Torres (Brazil).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA) & Ted Chee (CA), 2-Kathrine Langjord (Norway) & Bob Wachtel (CA).

BLITZ (128): 1-Charles Pipkin (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 2-Ray Spehar (CA).

BEGINNER $50 JACKPOT (9): 1-Kathy Weiner (FL), 2-Perry Antaramian (CA).

SATURDAY $100 JACKPOT (20): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Bill Robertie (MA).

SUNDAY $100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Christian Stoddard (CA), 2-Larry Liebster (NV).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Kathrine Langjord (Norway), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

4th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 2-4, 2012; Frankfurt-Langen, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (57): 1-Can Biyiklioglu, 2-Frank Mogler, 3/4-Guido Hehmann / Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh; 1C-Thomas Löw, 2C-Klaus Schicks, 3C/4C-Julian Becker / Kimon Papachristopoulos; 1LC-Haris Christidis (Greece), 2LC-Jerzy Behnke.

INTERMEDIATE (39): 1-Wolfgang Kunkel, 2-Daniel Lehfeld, 3/4-Sabine Krämer / Andreas Prangenberg; 1C-Torsten Lux, 2C-Matthias Krings; 1LC-Werner Frey.

BEGINNER (14): 1-Andreas Ritter, 2-Petra Ketteler, 3/4-Werner Ketteler / Manuela Tiller; 1LC-François Navarre.

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Peter Blachian, 2-Thomas Kazemieh.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Klaus Schicks & Rainer Siebrecht, 2-Klaus Evers & Stephan Gumpert.

LADIES CUP (8): 1-Petra Ketteler.

SPECIAL PRIZE: Manuela Tiller.

WARM-UP (70): 1-Peter van de Bruck.

Betfair/EBGT - SWISS BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE & CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 26-28, 2012; Zürich, Switzerland

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-David Domig (Switzerland), 2-Petri Pietilä (Finland), 3/4-Nils Baumann / Marco Benetti; 1C-Nicolas Déhon, 2C-Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Roland Himmelberger, 2LC-Sefik Mancilikcilar.

SWISS CHALLENGE MASTERS (14): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Peer Röwer (Germany).

SWISS CHALLENGE INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Ruedi Altermatt, 2-Nicolas Déhon.

BEGINNERS (6): 1-Marc Wehli, 2-Nathan Baumann, 3-Anthoula Katsiana.

1-POINTER (64): 1-Georges Grünbaum, 2-Nils Baumann.

TEAM TOURNAMENT (4 teams): 1-Stern des Südens: Patrick Didisheim / Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany) / Claus Weissbarth (Germany), 2-Ajax: Nils Baumann / Marco Benetti / Vincent Versteeg (Netherlands).

TRAVELER'S TROPHY: Fuat Erdag (Turkey).

FAIR-PLAY MENTION: Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Bruno Kürsteiner.

18th JAPAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 6-8, 2012; Tokyo, Japan

OPEN (62+10): 1-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 2-Akiko Yazawa, 3/4-Junko Nakamura / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA); 1C-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2C-Masaharu Shomura, 3C/4C-Yasuo Mishima / Kazuhiko Yotsushika.

INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Koichi Koizumi, 2-Jintaro Tateishi; 1C-Fuyuki Gunji, 2C-Junichi Kieda.

BEGINNER (45): Day 1 winner: Eiji Takehana, Day 2 winner: Rei Noguchi, Day 3 winner: Fumio Takano. Overall winner: Eiji Takehana.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1/2-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Akiko Yazawa, 3/4-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Daisuke Katagami.

LADIES CUP (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (USA), 2-Mayumi Kanno.

OTHELLO QUIZ (61): 1/3-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Daisuke Katagami / Poem Nishimura. (7 out of 10 correct answers.)

22nd NORWEGIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 5-7, 2012; Oslo, Norway

CHAMPIONSHIP (67): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim, 2-Rune Færvåg, 3/4-Bjørnar Bugge / Christopher Hedberg; 1C-Hans Liby, 2C-Kathrine Langjord, 3C/4C-Stein Kulseth / Stein Welle.

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Bjørnar Pettersen, 2-Dagfinn Snarheim.

ABT - ILLINOIS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 5-7, 2012; Peoria, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-John Jennings (IL); 1C-Heribert Lindner (Germany), 2C-Gerry Tansey (MO); 1LC-Wendy Kaplan (IL).

INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Greg Adamavich (WI), 2-David Presser (IL); 1C-Eric Hiner (MN), 2C-Mark Murray (OH); 1LC-Joe Potts (TX).

NOVICE (8): 1-Fouad Maroun (Lebanon); 1LC-Alan Timm (IL).

LAND OF LINCOLN MASTERS (8): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO).

PRAIRIE CLASSIC (32): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL); 1C-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2C-Frank Talbot (MI).

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DOUBLES (19 teams): 1-Rory Pascar (IL) & Chris Scott (IL), 2-Prince Barlow (MI) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).

PEORIA QUICKIES (32): 1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2-Alex Owen (IL).

MIDSTATE MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Heribert Lindner (Germany).

Over $1,700 was raised for Mary Ann Meese's Medical Mission to Haiti.

32nd SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 28-30, 2012; Stockholm, Sweden

CHAMPIONSHIP (53): 1-Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 2-Thomas Rönn, 3/4-Peter Carlsson / Michael Löfblad, 5/8-Michael Abdi (Denmark) / Håkan Åkerstrand / Kåre Aronsson / Martin Birkhahn (Germany); 1LC-Raj Jansari (England), 2LC-Conny Eriksson.

INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Aki Lampio (Finland), 2-Adler Suhr (Norway), 3/4-Roy Eikseth (Norway) / Tomas Wahlberg, 5/8-Moses Budak / Bahram Khalagi / Ingrid Söderstjerna / Per Stenberg; 1LC-Andreas Persson, 2LC-Petri Hannuksela (Finland).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Pia Sevelin & Jennie von Bargen, 2-Mårten Howe & Per-Åke Mickelsson.

LADIES OPEN (19): 1-Annie Skoglund, 2-Marie Gustafsson.

SUPER JACKPOT (9): 1-Martin Birkhan (Germany).

Betfair/EBGT - 16th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 14-16, 2012; Istanbul, Turkey

MASTERS (66): 1-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey), 2-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 3/4-Dursun Çetin / Erhan Yenisen; 1LC-Cemalettin Yüksel.

ADVANCED (48+16 rebuys): 1-Serdar Güray, 2-Hakan Ertekin, 3/4-Volkan Er / Özlem Kargi; 1C-Mustafa Güneralp, 2C-Hamza Nar.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Yasar Gözel, 2-Ahmet Malkoçoglu.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Kamil Karaali, 2-Fikret Poyraz.

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (35 teams): 1-Özlem Gamze & Nuri Kaya, 2-Aytekin Güler & Serdar Özkaya.

ONE POINT TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Ercan Akkaya.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Özlem Gamze.

SPEEDGAMMON (64): Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Martin Birkhahn (Germany), Metin Çubuk.

ABT - PITTSBURGH LABOR DAY BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 30-September 3, 2012; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CHAMPIONSHIP (58): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Barry Silliman (MD), 3/7-Michael Edge (SC) / Alex Gerding (FL) / Alan Grunwald (NJ) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Frank Raposa (VA).

ADVANCED (34): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA), 2-Bruce Ballance (PA), 3/5-Carl Bommarito (MI) / Cengiz Yakut (PA) / Dan Wittkopp (MI).

NOVICE (7): 1-Fran Miller (OH), 2-Suzanne Auer (MD); 1C-Sheri Peters (VA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Bill Phipps (NY), 2-Karen Davis (OH), 3/4-Gregg Cattanach (GA) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Joseph Jemal (NJ), 3/4-Stuart Katz (NY) / Paul Stebbing (Canada).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2-Chris Knapp (Canada).

MICROBLITZ (56): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

OPEN MICRODOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Roz Ferris (IL) & Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Mary Hickey (OH) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3-Alex Gerding (FL) & Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

"I'VE BEEN ABUSED" JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Karen Davis (OH).

THREE RIVERS $100 OPEN JACKPOT (4): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV).
THREE RIVERS ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH).

CALCUTTA BUYERS' FREE ROLL (50): 1-Karen Davis, 2-Peter Swartwout (PA). The Charity Auction raised $650 for Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and the Jewish Family & Children's Service.

WARM-UP - OPEN (10): 1-Gregg Cattanach (GA), 2/3-Mary Hickey (OH) / Fernando Neumark (Argentina).
WARM-UP - ADVANCED (13): 1-Daniel Dorinbaum (Canada), 2-Stevie Grund (PA), 3-Bill Wilner (MD).

Betfair/EBGT - 7th PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 23-26, 2012; Carcavelos, Portugal

MASTERS (39): 1-Inga Vigh Pedersen (Denmark), 2-Hans Kristian “Kedde” Mathiesen (Denmark), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Yalkin Erk (Turkey); 1LC-Sven Olav Norén (Sweden).

INTERMEDIATE (5): 1-Robin Neumann (Denmark), 2-Ulla Hansen (Denmark); 1LC-Emma Axling (Sweden).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Hilmi Göchan (Turkey).

DMP TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Lars Ravn (Denmark), 2-Franck Stepler (France).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Martin Birkhan (Germany), 2-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Hilmi Göchan & Yigit Göchan (Turkey), 2-Gaz Owen & Luke Owen (England).

AFTER TOURNAMENT DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Alain Babillon (France) & Franck Stepler (France), 2-Sven Olav Norén (Sweden) & Borje Sundbom (Sweden).

ABT - 2nd GOLDEN GATE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 16-19, 2012; South San Francisco, California

CHAMPIONSHIP (24): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Mark Andrus (NV), 3/4-Gus Contos (CA) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Mark James (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA), 3/4-Comet (CA) / Hideo Tateno (CA); 1LC-Azzam Masarani (CA).

BEGINNER (4): 1-Ghada Ashoo (CA), 2-Larry Andersen (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (14+2): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Nick Maffeo (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Nash Jost (CA), 2-Christian Stoddard (CA).

CHOUETTE TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Tami Jones (ID), 2-Nick Maffeo (CA), 3/4-Sean Taghani (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

DMP-KNOCKOUT #1 (64): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Mike Mannon (CA).
DMP-KNOCKOUT #2 (32): 1/2-Ted Chee (CA) / Ted Chee (CA).

MICRO-BLITZ #1 (32): 1-Ernest Ho (CA), 2-David Levy (CA).
MICRO-BLITZ #2 (32): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).

JAPAN OPEN QUALIFIER (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Carter Mattig (IL).

PRO/AM DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) & Tami Jones (ID), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) & Abby Biss (New Zealand).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mario Savan (CA).

USBGF 2012 GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP (EAST vs WEST): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

ABT - 10th ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 10-12, 2012; Madison, Wisconsin

CHAMPIONSHIP (29): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Michael Flohr (IL); 1C-Tak Morioka (IL), 2C-Steve Klesker (IL); 1LC-Jesse Eaton (MN).

ADVANCED (28): 1-Sal Chehayeb (MI), 2-William Womack (WI); 1C-Stan Livingston (WI), 2C-Alex Owen (IL); 1LC-Alan Epstein (GA).

BEGINNER (3): 1-Amber McLean (IL).

BADGER CLASSIC (8): 1-Bill Riles (TX), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Kurt Peterson (MN), 2-Eric Hiner (MN).

EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Rod Cazlen (NY), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).

DOUBLES (16): 1-Alex Owen (IL) & Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2-Steve Klesker (IL) & Ken Meng (IL).

CANCELGAMMON (8): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN).

BLITZ (44): 1-Ed Bennett (NM), 2-Rod Cazlen (NY).

2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

$50 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Bruce Russell (WI).

6th GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL GEORGIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN - WBF
August 1-5, 2012; Chakvi, Republic of Georgia

MASTERS (27): 1-David Tevdoradze (Georgia), 2-Vladimer Iashvili, 3/4-Tamaz Giorgobiani / Harutyun Martirosyan (Armenia); 1C-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2C-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Gagik Bakhalbashyan (Armenia), 2-Soinguli Amirov, 3/4-Ali Necdet Akbayrak (Turkey) / Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine); 1C-Gocha Chokhonelidze, 2C-Levon Vardapetyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize - Seda Koç (Turkey).

DOUBLES (9 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu & Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey), 2-Sabri Büyüksoy & Haluk Oral (Turkey).

WARM-UP (29+17): 1-Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey), 2-Joseph Mikutishvili.

GEORGIAN NARDI (19): 1-Teimuraz Kurtsikidze, 2-Simon Pankvelashvili.

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia), 2-Lash Iashvili.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Diana Sargsyan (Armenia), 2-Sonia Pellegrini (Italy).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Haluk Oral (Turkey), 2-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine).

GEORGIAN TEAM vs. WORLD CHALLENGE: 1-Georgian Team: Captain Kakhaber Natchkebia / Soinguli Amirov / Gocha Chokhonelidze / Omari Dvali / Alexander Kikalishvili / Teimuraz Kurtsikidze / Simon Pankvelishvili / Tevdore Pkhovelishvili / David Tevdoradze, 2-World Challenge. The Georgian Team won with a score of 8–1.

Betfair/EBGT - GERMAN BACKGAMMON MASTERS
July 26-29, 2012; Munich, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (54): 1-Peter Blachian (Germany), 2-Frank Simon (Germany), 3/4-Thomas Leitner (Austria/Germany) / Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy); 1LC-Rogier van Gemert (Netherlands).

INTERMEDIATE (8): 1-Klaus Evers (Germany), 2-Guido Weidner (Germany), 3-Marcel Büker (Germany).

BEGINNERS (5): 1-Michael Urban (Germany), 2-Edwin de München (Germany), 3-Igor Romashov (Russia).

DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Martin Birkhan (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden), 2-Charis Christidis (Greece) & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).

DMP-CHALLENGE (32): 1-Yasar Gözel (Turkey).

CYPRUS OPEN QUALIFIER: Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

PORTUGUESE OPEN QUALIFIER: Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

GERMAN-TURKISH FRIENDSHIP COMPETITION: Team Germany: Captain Jürgen Orlowski / Jan Jacobowitz / Tobias Hellwag / Hartmut Schuler / Thomas Löw, defeated Team Turkey with a record of 14-11 matches.

SPECIAL PLAYER TROPHIES: Ufuk Aksak (Turkey), Yigit Göchan (Turkey), Philippe Vouhé (France).

ABT - 17th MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 20-22, 2012; Bloomington, Minnesota

OPEN (16): 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Bob Schumacher (MN); 1C-Yury Millman (MN), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Bruce Russell (WI).

INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2-Steve Binenstock (MN); 1C-Hugh Morris (MN), 2C-John Zimdars (MN); 1LC-Kyle Wagner (MN).

MASTERS JACKPOT (4): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Keene Marin (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI).

BLITZ (16): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Ralph Stowell (MN).

37th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & MONTE CARLO OPEN
July 6-14, 2012; Monte Carlo, Monaco

CHAMPIONSHIP (136): 1-Nevzat Dogan (Turkey/Denmark), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Victor Petersen (Norway) / Michel Serrero (France); 1st Consolation: 1C-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 3C/4C-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Geert Van Der Stricht (Belgium); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Josef Tissona (Israel), 2C-Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland), 3C/4C-Bernard Morel (Switzerland) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA); 1LC-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2LC-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-David Wilshin (USA), 2-Martha Ghio (USA); 1st Consolation: 1C-Frank Zunder (Germany); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Helmut Jeske (Germany); 1LC-Michael Ramsey (USA).

BEGINNER (14): 1-Michael Sur (England), 2-Mircea Marcu (Romania); 1st Consolation: 1C-Mordekhay Manzon (Israel); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Kul Zeynep (Turkey); 1LC-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy).

WORLD BACKGAMMON FEDERATION CUP (16): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Neville Eber (South Africa), 3/4-Michel Hileyan (France) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Raul Timerman (Argentina), 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Philippe Vouhé (France).

SPEEDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Claus Elken (Denmark), 2-Frédéric Andrieu (France), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Jostein Flood (Norway).

LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (20): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Julie Thabault (France).

CHILDREN'S TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Federico Riceputi (Italy).

DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Marion Weeber (Germany), 2-Masahiko Nasu (Japan) & Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3/4-Didier Assaraf (France) & Nicolas Deloche (Switzerland) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) & Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

FORTIS TEAM TOURNAMENT (40 teams): 1-OCA-GATTO-DURO (Italy): Giorgio Castellano / Andrea De Zandonati / Lorenzo Rinaldo, 2-Japan Oyaji: Masahiko Nasu (Japan) / Jason Pack (USA) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).

MONTE CARLO OPEN:
500-euro entry fee (32): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden), 2-Franck Stepler (France); 1C-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 2C-Leonid Riskin (Russia).
200-euro entry fee (16): 1-Sergey Grinev (Russia), 2-Mario Sequeira (Portugal); 1C-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2C-Roger Keys (England).

ABT - 37th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 5-8, 2012; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (75): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3-John Klein (MD), 4/5-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Dennis Culpepper (VA); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Gary Margosian (MI), 3C/4C-Bob Koca (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

INTERMEDIATE (64): 1-Steve Sherbel (MI), 2-Alex Owen (IL), 3-Prince Barlow (MI); 1C-Michael Margosian (MI), 2C-Sal Chehayeb (MI), 3C/4C-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL) / Alvin Reed (MI).

NOVICE (16): 1-Blaine McClendon (PA), 2-Gordon Miller (IL); 1C-Mike Clapsadle (MI); 1LC-Michael Corman (MI).

MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Nick Mourtos (Canada), 2-Karen Davis (OH), 3/4-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

EXTREME GAMMON FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Scott Gusba (Canada).

SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Eden Windish (Canada), 3/4-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Dave Pink (MI).

SafeHarborGames.net CHARITY BLITZ (80): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Bob Glass (CA). $300 was raised for the American Diabetes Association.

FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREEROLL (31): 1-Brian Cramer (MI), 2-Michael Corman (MI).

$50 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Jerry Godsey (GA).
$30 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Omar Shah (Canada).
$30 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Dave Pink (MI), 2-Brian Vance (MI).

$200 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).
$100 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (8): 1-Dick Bennett (OH), 2-Brian Vance (MI).

OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Emil Mortuk (MI) & Akemi Ota (MI), 2-Sean Garber (IN) & Barry Miller (IL), 3/4-Mary Hickey (OH) & Claude Landry (Canada) / Justin Nunez (CA) & Phil Simborg (IL).

LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kathy & Neal Weiner (FL), 2-Faris Gabbara (MI) & Lorenzo Morales (MI).

$20 DETROIT QUICKIE #1 (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIE #2 (16): 1-Rose Sheedy (IN).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Peter Swartwout (PA).

$50 WARM-UP (32): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Dan Smith (MI), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).
$30 WARM-UP (18): 1-John Quinn (MI), 2-Ben Elliott (NC), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Bob Koca (MD).
$20 WARM-UP (7): 1-Samanatha Shaffer (MI), 2-Kathy Weiner (FL), 3-George Tokatlian (MI).

LONG-DISTANCE PRIZES: Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) & Ben Yam (Hong Kong).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (13): 1-Harry Tokatlian (MI), 2/3-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Michelle Steinberg (NJ), 2/3-Jim Kennis (NY) / Marcy Kossar (CT).

ABT - LOS ANGELES OPEN / US BACKGAMMON FEDERATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - WEST
June 8-10, 2012; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (62): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Bob Glass (CA), 3-Steve Sax (CA); 1C-Mark Andrus (NV), 2C-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3C/4C-Alfred Mamlet (MD) / Peter Zacks (CA).

ADVANCED (44): 1-David Rennie (CA), 2-Joe Roth (CA); 1C-Doug DeWitte (CA), 2C-David Taniguchi (CA), 3C/4C-Michelle Andersen (CA) / Damon Singer (NV).

LIMITED (15): 1-Maria Heiner (Brazil/CA), 2-Shawn Cary (CA); 1C-George Steele (CA).

SUPER-40 (40): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/4-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Ray Fogerlund (NV), 5-Joe Russell (CA).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Damon Singer ( NV), 2-Ethan Nissani (NM), 3/4-Alberto Marti (Mexico) / Peter Zacks (CA).

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Ed & Penina Rosenblum (NM), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Ernest Ho (CA).
DOUBLES #2 (4 teams): 1-Ken Bame (CA) & Ted Chee (CA).

2-POINT QUICKIES (64): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Larry Buzin (CA).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - WEST (122): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

TBT - MEDITERRANEAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
May 25-27, 2012; Antalya, Turkey

OPEN (52): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Tunç Hamarat, 3/4-Fikret Poyraz / Thomas Scheubmayr (Austria/South Africa); 1C-Seda Sorgüven, 2C-Gültekin Uygur, 3C/4C-Richard Lukas / Taner Uçarer; 1LC-Yavuz Eren, 2LC-Mehmet Çil, 3LC/4LC-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Fatih Simer.

LADIES EVENT (7): 1-Ann Bentsjord (Norway/Turkey), 2-Rola Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Ali Alakoç & Osman Güner, 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Marc Steyvers (Belgium).

WARM-UP (42): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Serdar Önal, 3/4-Abdullah Sorgüven / Levent Topaloglu.

869BG TROPHY (46): 1-Richard Lukas, 2-Kemal Aksu, 3/4-Mustafa Demirkaya / Cengiz Ergin.

SWING (31): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Nil Ergin.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kemal Aksu, 2-Ihsan Alin, 3/4-Ann Bentsjord (Norway/Turkey) / Rasim Tüfek.

BG4BG (48): Winners: Cengiz Ergin, Emre Akduman, Mehmet Çil, Abdullah Sorgüven, Mehmet Ali Akpolat, Affan Basak.

ABT - 32nd CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT / 1st WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
May 24-28, 2012; Rosemont, Illinois

OPEN (64): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2/8-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Gary Bauer (NJ) / Steve Brown (MN) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Alfred Mamlet (MD) / Justin Nunez (CA) / Bill Phipps (NY).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (12): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (33): 1-Jesse Eaton (MN), 2-Cengiz Yakut (PA), 3/4-Judy Field (MI) / Don Marek (IL); 1C-Sandra Sha (FL), 2C-Cheryl Andersen (CA); 1LC-Cliff Mayoh (IL).

NOVICE (8): 1-Harry Glinos (IL), 2-Larry Andersen (CA); 1C-Steven O'Connor (IL).

1ST WORLD TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS INVITATIONAL (30): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/4-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) / Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (32): 1-Justin Nunez (CA), 2-Bill Phipps (NY), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Edge (SC), 2-Keene Marin (WI), 3/4-Frank Dama (FL) / Eric Hiner (MN).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Keene Marin (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) & Alfred Mamlet (MD).

SENIORS (32): 1-Michael Edge (SC), 2-Karen Davis (OH).

FM BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Bill Riles (TX), 2-Art Moore (CA).

THE BLITZ (48): 1-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ), 2/3-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Keene Marin (WI).

$250 JACKPOT (4): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Howard Markowitz (NV).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Eric Hiner (MN) / Jason Lee (MD).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (32): 1-Tsuyoshi Minakami (Japan), 2-Jesse Eaton (MN).

17th KAISERBRUNNEN BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 24-28, 2012; Brakel, Germany

MASTERS (40): 1-Philip Kazemieh, 2-Brian Klintrup, 3/4-Martin Birkhan / Fouad Wanli; 1C-Maik Stiebler, 2C-Christoph Wagener; 1LC-Guido Hehmann, 2LC-Rogier van Gemert (Holland).

CHAMPIONS (27): Rainer Siebrecht, 2-Wolfgang Kunkel, 3/4-Helmut Jeske / Vincent Versteeg (Holland); 1C-Frank Zander, 2C-Guido Weidner; 1LC-Jürgen Kunkel, 2LC-Peter Neumann.

AMATEUR (4): 1-Uki Kretzmer, 2-Edith Afchani.

SUPER BLITZ: 1-Patrick Vögele, 2-Michael Janssen (Denmark), 3/4-Cyrus Afchani / Niko Menyhart.

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Peer Röwer, 2-Frank Simon.

TEAM KAMPF: 1-Dream Team: Niko Menyhart / Klaus Schicks / Rainer Siebrecht, 2-Doby Dopy: Nils Baumann (Switzerland) / Kowk Yan Ip (Hong Kong) / Walter Meuwis (Belgium).

CHIVAS REGAL CUP: 1-Torsten Federau, 2-Jens Asbjörn (Denmark).

POKER 100: 1-Peter van de Bruck, 2-Brian Klintrup, 3-Willi Preskar (Holland).
POKER 50: 1-Peter Neumann, 2-Jens Asbjörn (Denmark), 3-Frank Zander.

BACKGAMMON LONDON OPEN 2012
May 18-20, 2012; London, England

OPEN (128): 1-Marcus Wrinch (England), 2-Tom Duggan (England).

PROFESSIONALS' TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Fabio Gullotta (Italy), 2-Carlo Melzi (Italy).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Koca (USA), 2-Sean Williams.

LONDON CUP (32): 1-George Jacobs, 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo (Italy).

BLACKPOOL QUALIFIER (16): 1- Dorothy Lee, 2-Ann Pocknell.

ROUND ROBIN (6): 1-Jysen Qwt, 2-Arend Muntinga.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mike Murton & Alex Polden, 2-Steve Taylor & John Wright.

BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2012:
Player of the Year: Arthur Wright
Most Feared Opponent: Julian Fetterlein
Tournament Director of the Year: Mike Main
Board Designer of the Year: Max Parker
Largest Contributor to the Game: Phil Tutchings
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Peter Bennet
International Player of the Year: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan)

ABT - FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 11-13, 2012; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Perry Gartner (FL), 3/4-Mike Corbett (FL) / Alex Gerding (FL); 1LC-Gregg Cattanach (GA).

INTERMEDIATE (5): 1-Dan Gruby (FL). Side Pool winner: Neal Rosensweig (FL).

BEGINNER (3): 1-Dimitur Alipiev (FL), 2-Doreen Saccardo (FL), 3-Sonia Delima (FL).

FLORIDA MASTERS (6+2): 1-Mike Corbett (FL), 2-Gregg Cattanach (GA).

MICRO-BLITZ (12): 1-Neal Rosensweig (FL).

DMP-KNOCKOUT: 1-Phil Simborg (IL).

GARTNER-SIMBORG QUIZ: Stuart Katz (NY), Open winner; Brian Sooy (FL), Intermediate winner.

"PERFECT GENTLEMAN" SPECIAL AWARD: Dr. Stuart Katz (NY).

DONKEY PRIZE: Carter Mattig (IL).

ABT - 4th ATLANTA SPRING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 27-29, 2012; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (22): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Lee Genud (FL); 1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Barry Silliman (MD); 1LC-Bill Riles (TX).

ADVANCED (27): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Ben Elliott (NC); 1C-Sandra Sha (FL), 2C-LEW Webber (VA); 1LC-Craig Anderson (GA).

NOVICE (2): 1-Katherine Hochberg (GA).

GEORGIA MASTERS (11): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Bill Robertie (MA).

ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (11): 1-Joe Nolan (TN), 2-Marv Porten (CA).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Harry Georgiou (GA) & Jerry Godsey (GA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Lee Genud (FL).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Neal Weiner (FL), 2-Craig Anderson (GA).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (20): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Tim Brown (GA); 1C-LEW Webber (VA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Rollow Mickle (TN).

$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Kathy Weiner (FL), 2-Alan Epstein (GA).

Betfair/EBGT - EUROPEAN PRO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 25-29, 2012; Lefkosa, Cyprus

EUROPEAN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Talat Papatya (Turkey), 2-Martin Birkhan (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

MASTERS (48): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3/4-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey) / Philippe Vouhé (France); 1LC-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).

ADVANCED (36): 1-Özlem Kargi (Turkey), 2-Can Iskender (Turkey), 3/4-Nektarios Sarafidis (Greece) / Laura Soagher (Cyprus); 1LC-Onur Vurur (Turkey).

BEGINNERS (5): 1-Özkan Kaya (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 2-Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway).

GERMAN MASTERS QUALIFIER (8): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).

DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1/2-Kemal Erdem (Turkey) / Kemal Erdem (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Yasar Gözel (Turkey), Engin Öngel (England).

ABT - NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 18-22, 2012; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (45+13 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Carter Mattig (IL) / Tom Zarrinnam (CA); 1C-Justin Nunez (CA), 2C-Dorn Bishop (CA); 1LC-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2LC-Larry Liebster (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (45+19 rebuys): 1-David Escoffery (CA), 2-Richard Weaver (TX), 3/4-Claudia Imatt (CA) / David Presser (IL); 1C-Robert Tansi (MA), 2C-Larry Arnold (MN); 1LC-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2LC-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

BEGINNER (5): 1-Max Crosner (AZ), 2-Erwin Hom (CA).

SUPER JACKPOT (13): 1-Paul Weaver (AL), 2-Drew Giovanis (NV).

LIMITED JACKPOT (10): 1-Art Moore (CA), 2-Damon Singer (NV).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Tristan Bettencourt (CA).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (8 teams): 1-Todd Crosner (AZ) & Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Alan Grunwald (NJ).

BLITZ (128): 1-Tom Elgas (NV), 2-Nicole Taboury (France).

MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (23): 1-Doug Simon (NV), 2-Tom Magne (MN).

$50 BEGINNERS SATURDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Kevin Kahl (CA).

$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Nicole Taboury (France).

$200 SUNDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).

$30 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (19): 1-Glen Arnold (AZ), 2-Trish Hegland (NV).

PlayWSOB.com BRITISH BACKGAMMON OPEN - BIBA
April 13-15, 2012; Hinckley Island, England

OPEN (45): 1-Andy Bell, 2-Chris Humphries, 3/4-Julian Minwalla / Tim Mooring; 1C-Nicky Check, 2C-Lawrence Powell, 3C/4C-Chris Ternel / Marcus Wrinch; 1LC-Chris Evans, 2LC-John Batty.

FRIDAY 500 (16): 1-Brian Lever, 2-Mardi Ohannessian.

THE BLITZ (16): 1-Simon Morecroft, 2-Tim Vasiljevic.

POKER (13): 1-Myke Wignall, 2-Marc Turner, 3-Lawrence Powell.

24th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 11th VELDEN OPEN - WBF
April 11-15, 2012; Velden, Austria

MASTERS (27): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Marco Tamigi (Italy), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) / Konstantin Mitrelis (Greece); 1C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2C-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 3C/4C-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2LC-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

CHAMPIONS (26): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey), 3/4-Thomas Löw (Germany) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria); 1C-Vasily Kavun (Ukraine), 2C-Marius Cornelius Veres (Romania), 3C/4C-Thomas Leitner (Austria) / Walter Meuwis (Belgium); 1LC-Mario Angelo Bertuletti (Italy/France), 2LC-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy).

INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2-Rene Mayer (Austria), 3/4-Susanne Lederer (Austria) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); 1C-Rasim Tüfek (Turkey), 2C-Jacopo d'Albasio (Italy); 1LC-Franco Candeo (Italy), 2LC-Remus Andrei Veres (Romania).

9th EUROPEAN DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Ugo Piazza (Italy) & Michel Serrero (France), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Tassilo Rzymann (Austria), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

WARM-UP (42): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Erik Heublein (Germany).

R&R Trophy (39): 1-Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Luisa Sequeira (Portugal).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Nodari Gagua (Russia), 2-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

Bet24th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 5-9, 2012; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (111): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-NAME VACATED*, 3/4-Pia Jeppesen / Tage Mellgren, 5/8-Daisuke Katagami (Japan) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany); 1LC-Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 2LC-Tore Fredriksen (Norway). (*Player was sanctioned by the Danish BG Federation because of his misconduct.)

ADVANCED (86): 1-Rasmus G. Hansen, 2-Peter Berg (Germany), 3/4-Erik Hansen / Saban Simsek, 5/8-Ann Maibritt Ehlers / Majken Johansen / Walter Meuwis (Belgium) / Lars Nielsen; 1LC-Jakob Andersen, 2LC-Sarah Utku (Sweden).

INTERMEDIATE (89): 1-Torben Rasmussen, 2-Lasse Ljungstrøm, 3/4-Martin Kaltoft / Bjørn H. Kruse, 5/8-Frederik Carlsson (Sweden) / Ossi Juhonen (Finland) / Morten Marx / Jannik Syppli Nielsen; 1LC-Gisele Ardisson (France), 2LC-Emma Axling (Sweden).

BEGINNERS (36): 1-Casper Rheder, 2-Theis Rasmussen; 1st Conso: 1C-Kenneth Holt, 2C-Martin Christensen; 2nd Conso: 1C-Kristian Stage, 2C-Mogens Dreier; 1LC-Karin Bræmer, 2LC-Lars Krogh.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Carter Mattig (USA), 3/4-Conny Erickson (Sweden) / Tore Fredriksen (Norway), 5/8-Christian Ernst / Raj Jansari (England) / Bjornar Kristoffersen (Sweden) / Anita Zelmerløw.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 2-Nevzat Dogan.

WARM-UP (46): 1-Norbert Wiebusch (Gemany), 2-Robin Neumann, 3/4-Yuri Nakamura (Japan) / Axel Stemark.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (44): 1-Inge Christoffersen, 2-Linda Sjorin (Sweden).

MIXED DOUBLES (39 teams): 1-Christan Sørensen & Jimmy Sørensen, 2-George Hall (England) & Dorothy Lee (England), 3/4-Mette Bræmer & Lasse Danielsen / Søren Andersen & Ann Maibrit Ehlers.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (55 teams): 1-Sabrina Milling & Jørgen Mohr, 2-Kathrine Langjord (Norway) & Bob Wachtel (USA), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Marion Weeber (Germany) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan) & Franck Stepler (France).

TEAM EVENT (35 teams): 1-Japan: Yuri Nakamura / Kenji Shimodaira / Akiko Yazawa, 2-Barhang (Sweden): Håkan Åkerstrand / Emma Axling / Zhina Bergström, 3/4-Team Casino Copenhagen / TGV.

MOST JACKPOT VICTORIES: 1-Bjornar Kristoffersen (Sweden).

DENMARK VS. THE WORLD: 1-Denmark Team: Karsten Bredahl / Gus Hansen / Morten Holm / Thomas Kristensen / Michael K. Larsen / Marc B. Olsen / Tue Rex / Lars Trabolt. 2-World Team: Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) / Bob Wachtel (USA) / David Wells (USA). Final score: Denmark = 37, World = 21.

DANISH PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: Karsten Bredahl.

ABT - 18th ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 23-25, 2012; Cleveland, Ohio

OPEN (24): 1-Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI); 1C-Emil Mortuk (MI), 2C-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

ADVANCED (30): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada); 1C-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2C-Steve Grund (PA).

NOVICE (6): 1-Bryan DeMatt (PA), 2-Stephen Collins (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (4): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Mary Hickey (OH) & Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dale Berlin (OH) & Mike Rezai (OH).

2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Cengiz Yakut (PA).

MINI-BLITZ (8): 1-Mike Rezai (OH).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (14): 1-Mary Hickey (OH); 1C-Bob Hickey (OH).

ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 9-11, 2012; Rosemont, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (49): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Keene Marin (WI); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Rachel Rhodes (England); 1LC-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

ADVANCED (43): 1-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2-Rob Farmer (IL), 3/4-Dan Cramer (MN) / Sue Will (IL); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2C-Jim Opre (IL); 1LC-Don Marek (IL).

LIMITED (10): 1-Steven O'Connor (IL), 2-Rich Hallbeck (IL); 1LC-Ken Brown (MO).

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XIV (16): 1-Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (10): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ed Zell (IL).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Steve Hast (PA).

11th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 8 Women): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Claudia Brown (TX), 3/4-Nora Luna Righter (MA) / Jim Opre (IL).

QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Dave Settles (IL), 2-Rachel Rhodes (England).

MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Keene Marin (WI).

LIAR'S DICE: 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

DIRECTOR'S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED WOMAN: Nora Luna Righter (MA).
DIRECTOR'S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED MAN: Steve Blanchard (IL).

MIKE WEINBERGER BOARD FUNDRAISER (8): 1-Don Marek (IL).

TAKI BAKELITE BOARD FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Efim Liberman (IL), 2-Nora Luna Righter (MA).

$2,000 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.

Betfair/EBGT - 4th ISTAVDER BACKGAMMON ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT
February 24-26, 2012; Istanbul, Turkey

MASTERS (62): 1-Hisar Uyar, 2-Ilhan Koç, 3/4-Fuat Erdag / Gökay Güleç; 1LC-Bülent Karabulut, 2LC-Philippe Vouhé (France).

ADVANCED (35): 1-Can Iskender, 2-Metin Erikler, 3/4-Mat Caplow (USA/Turkey) / Onur Vurur.

DOUBLES (28+2): 1-Fikret Poyraz & Self, 2-Martin Birkhan (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Yalkin Erk.
ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Austria/Sweden).

GREEK/TURKISH FRIENDSHIP TEAM TOURNAMENT (2): 1-Dimitrios Manganas & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Fuat Erdag & Hilmi Göçhan.

ABT - 34th PITTSBURGH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 16-19, 2012; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

OPEN (49): 1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 5/8-Paul Berg (MI) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Tim Mabee (IL) / Mark Gordon (MD), 9/12-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).

ADVANCED (44): 1-Phyllis Shapiro (MO), 2-Neal Weiner (FL), 3/4-Richard Catalano (PA) / Arthur Sutton (NJ); 1C-LEW Webber (MD), 2C-Cengiz Yakut (PA), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (CT) / Dave Settles (IL); 1LC-Roger Abbey (NY).

NOVICE (10): 1-Pam Dodsworth (PA), 2-Stephen Collins (OH); 1C-Joe Davidson (PA), 2C-Robert Hartley (PA).

PITTSBURGH MASTERS (18): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Harvey Gillis (WA) / Bob Koca (MD).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (18): 1-Jason Lee (MD), 2-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).

THURSDAY 500 (8): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

THURSDAY OPEN WARM-UP: 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Leon Marini (NJ).

THURSDAY ADVANCED WARM-UP: 1-Pete Townsend (PA), 2-Phyllis Shapiro (MO).

SPEED GAMMON (24): 1-Bob Koca (MD), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3-Paul Polatov (NY).

OPEN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Brent Cohen (PA) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Jeff Acierno (NJ) & Leon Marini (NJ) / Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

ADVANCED DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Kevin Kelly & Chris Martin (PA), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT) & Dave Settles (IL), 3-Brandon Macklin (MD) & Arthur Sutton (NJ).

MICRO BLITZ (32): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Gary Fries (VA).

THE LAST LAST CHANCE - OPEN (8): 1-Bill Versaw (PA), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).

THE LAST LAST CHANCE - ADVANCED (8): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

THREE RIVERS ONE POINTER (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

15th BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP OF FRANCE
January 26-29, 2012; Paris, France

OPEN (60): 1-Stéphane Benichou, 2-Jean-Claude Bensaid; 1C-Tristan Rémille, 2C-Said Nafisspour.

BEGINNERS (14): 1-Marc Goldman, 2-Serge Amsallem.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (15 teams): 1-Gisèle Ardisson & Michel Serrero, 2-Guy Bourgeois & Philippe Vouhé.

ABT - 4th NEW MEXICO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 26-29, 2012; Santa Fe, New Mexico

OPEN (29): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Mike Senkiewicz (NY); 1LC-Chuck Bower (IN).

ADVANCED (20): 1-Judy Field (MI), 2-Lawrence Wilson (CO); 1C-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2C-Eric Hiner (MN); 1LC-Jonathan Leusden (UT).

NOVICE (22): 1-Dan Burke (NM), 2-Erik Sawyer (NM); 1C-Gina Hartwick (NM), 2C-Andrew Wice (NM); 1LC-Daniel Roybal (NM).

SANTA FE 500 JACKPOT (16): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

ROADRUNNER ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1/2-James Bray (TX) / Greg Kurrell (CO).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Frank Talbot (MI) & Phyllis Wieland (NM), 2-Leonard Fink (NY) & Jack Lewin (NY).

CENTENNIAL JACKPOT (8): 1-Fran Goldfarb (NY), 2-David Wilshin (AZ).

QUICKIE (16): 1/2-Frank Frigo (KY) / Greg Kurrell (CO).

BLITZ (4): 1-Rory Pascar (IL).

$360 was raised for New Mexico charities.

ABT - 4th US BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 13-16, 2012; South San Francisco, California

CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3/4-Odis Chenault (CA) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA); 1LC-Jeremy Bagai (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Marv Porten (CA), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Mark James (CA) / Dale Rose (CA); 1LC-Jesse Jestadt (CA).

BEGINNER (6): 1-Erwin Hom (CA), 2-Maria Heiner (Brazil/USA).

US MASTERS JACKPOT (16 @ $500 level): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2-Justin Nunez (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (11 @ $250): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-David Dows (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Cathal Murray (CA), 3/4-Bill Davis (IL) / Josh Racko (CA).

DMP-KNOCKOUT (16): 1-Stephen Mead (OR).

WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #1 (8): 1-Alberto Marti (Mexico).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #2 (8): 1-Christian Stoddard (CA).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #3 (8): 1-Nicholas Dale (OR).
WBA-BOARD CHALLENGE #4 (8): 1-Greg Merriman (MI).

MINI-BLITZ (48): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).

DOUBLES PRO/AM (12 teams): 1-Eddie Sant'Ana (Brazil/NJ) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Penina Meisels (NM) & Ed Rosenblum (NM).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARD: Christian Stoddard (CA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT #1 (12): 1-Comet (CA), 2-Nicholas Dale (OR).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT #2 (16): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Maxim Glaezer (CA).

TBT - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 13-15, 2012; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Rasim Tüfek, 3/4-Affan Basak / Kenji Nishizawa (Japan); 1C-Pim van Haastert (Holland), 2C-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 3C/4C-Barbaros Erim / Cüneyt Argun Genç; 1LC-Irfan Mizrakçi, 2LC-John Broomfield (England), 3LC/4LC-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria) / Richard Lukas.

LADIES PRIZE (11): 1-Nesrin Becerici, 2-Lisya Eskinazi.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (44 teams): 1-Alireza Kotzari & Yalçin Simsek, 2-Göksel Kilinç & Mehmet Polat, 3/4-Serhan Çekma & Serkan Koç / Balim Ayasli & Cumhur Bektüre.

WARM-UP (79): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Faruk Perkin, 3/4-Selim Kalyoncu / Cemalettin Yüksel.

869BG CUP (84): 1-Martin Barkwill (England), 2-Tabet Tabet (Lebanon), 3/4-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia) / Pim van Haastert (Holland).

SWING (39): 1-Barbaros Erim, 2-Serkan Çatalkaya, 3/4-Mustafa Babal / Orhan Bitlisli.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kürsad Solak, 2-Faruk Perkin, 3/4-Nesrin Becerici / Khachik Melikyan (Armenia)

SPORTSMANSHIP PRIZE: Cemalettin Erisen.

BBT - BRIGHT 'N' BREEZY BACKGAMMON - BIBA
January 13-15, 2012; Brighton, England

OPEN (90): 1-Marcus Wrinch, 2-Raj Jansari, 3/4-Mark Heidenfeld / Malcolm Robertson (HK); 1C-Peter Christmas, 2C-Eric McAlpine, 3C/4C-Vicki Pemberton (USA) / Paul Plumptre; 1LC-Mike Heard, 2LC-Mark Calderbank, 3C/4C-Howard Morris / Mick Vacarey.

BEGINNERS: 1-Tina Mullins.

TIDAL WAVE (32): 1-Phil Tutchings, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Fanika Petkovska / Sean Williams.

FRIDAY 500 (46): 1-Peter Christmas, 2-Barry McAdam, 3/4-Brian Lever / David Nathan.

BBT 2011 FINALS (8): 1-Dan Tutchings, 2-Brian Lever.

DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Plump Prob, 2-Cottagewebs & Old Polish.

POKER (26): 1-David Horner, 2-Ali Farzan, 3-Dan Tutchings, 4-Clive Martin-Ross.

ABT - NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 5-8, 2012; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (55+15 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Bill Phipps (NY), 3/4-Antonio Ortega (Costa Rica) / Arkadiy Tsinis (NY); 1C/2C-Jeff Acierno (NJ) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3C/4C-Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1LC-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2LC-Petko Kostadinov (SC).

INTERMEDIATE (50+10 rebuys): 1-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 2-Cloyd Laporte (NY), 3/4-Donald Gabbai (VA) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica); 1C-Keith Gershenson (NY), 2C-Ruben Martirosyan (NY), 3C/4C-Brandon Macklin (MD) / Jim Ryan (NY); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Jim Kennis (NY).

BEGINNER (14): 1-Joan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Julia Sommer (NY); 1C-Nick Retzkin (NY).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (192): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Arkadiy Tsinis (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (25+7 rebuys): 1-Bill Phipps (NY), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).

LIMITED JACKPOT (26+6 rebuys): 1-Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD), 3/4-Arman Karamian (NY) / Leon Marini (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ) & Steven Keats (NY), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Falafel Natanzon (Israel/USA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).

PETER KASTURAS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (2): 1-Stephen Collins (OH), 2-Jamie Rosen (NY).

2012 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS