2013 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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ABT - SUNSHINE STATE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
December 13-15, 2013; Tampa, Florida
OPEN (9): 1-Jeff Burdsall (NV), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Bob Carpenter (FL).
INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Neal Weiner (FL), 2-Bob Howayeck (FL); 1LC-Susan Randall (FL).
NOVICE (4): 1-Hasan Foroutan (FL), 2-Tim Turner (FL); 1LC-Rosanne Rutnik (FL).
MASTERS (4): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
GULF COAST DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) & Susan Randall (FL), 2-Rod Covlin (NY) & Neil Weiner (FL).
MICROBLITZ (12): 1-Rod Covlin (NY).
$50 ROLL OFF (4): 1-Hasan Foroutan (FL).
AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Hasan Foroutan (FL), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
EBGT VII - 6th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
December 12-15, 2013; Lefkosa, North Cyprus
ELITE (75): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Zafer Tas (Turkey), 3-Caner Kalafatoglu (Turkey), 4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 5-Giannis Pasialis (Greece).
LEISURE GROUP (29): 1-Kemal Akdamar (Turkey), 2-Cemal Öztemiz (Turkey), 3-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus), 4-Ugur Taskan (Turkey).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey) & Zafer Tas (Turkey), 2-Ilker Göçhan (Turkey) & Mehmet Kutlu Küçükyörük (Turkey).
SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Metin Çubuk (Turkey), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
DMP-CHALLENGE (64): 1-Funda Kapikiran (Turkey).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Murat Kapikiran (Turkey), Alireza Sarabi (Iran), Line Van Damme (Belgium).
ABT - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 6-8, 2013; Los Angeles, California
OPEN (56): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Justin Nunez (CA), 3-Mike Ungerleider (CA), 4/5-Paul Berg (MI) / Art Grater (CA); 1C-Bijan Pourat (CA), 2-Eliot Bean (CA), 3C/4C-Frank Ley (CA) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
ADVANCED (40): 1-Anayat Raminfar (CA), 2-John Skratulia (CA); 1C-Tom Horton (CA), 2C-Sean Taghani (CA), 3C/4C-Jerry Slomkoski (CA) / Mark Weiner (CA).
LIMITED (4): 1-Teddy Lance (CA); 1C-Tom McGraw (CA).
SUPER-32 (32): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Doug Mayfield (CA), 3/4-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Di Di (CA), 3/4-Cheryl Andersen (CA) / Nash Jost (CA).
BLITZ (88): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
SENIORS (32): 1/2-Harvey Gillis (AZ) / Julius High (KS).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Glen DeGuzman (MN).
DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Paul Berg (MI) & Jim Slomkoski (MI), 2-Mario Savan (CA) & Sean Taghani (CA).
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1-Abby Biss (New Zealand) & Neil Kazaross (IL), Gary Bauer (NJ) & Harvey Gillis (AZ).
ABT - LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 20-24, 2013; Las Vegas, Nevada
INTERMEDIATE (72+22): 1-Robert Tansi (MA), 2-Paul Baraz (CA), 3/4-Nash Jost (CA) / Philip Rousselle (TX); 1C-Yukinobu Chida (Japan), 2C-Kenji Nishizawa (Japan), 3C/4C-Irving Gold (CA) / Peggy Neubig (NJ); 1LC-Paul Franks (NV), 2LC-Garry Kallos (Canada).
BEGINNER (16): 1-Tad Mitchell (OH), 2-Daniel Saltzman (CA); 1C-Susan Lee (AZ); 1LC-Allan Hernandez (Mexico).
SUPER JACKPOT (16 ): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 3/4-Bob Glass (CA) / Neil Kazaross (IL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Jona Alexander (CA), 3/4-David Presser (IL) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
SENIORS (128): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Nick Dale (OR) / Bob Glass (CA).
YOUTH CHALLENGE MATCH: 1-Yuki Hiroki (Japan), 2-Ben Friesen (USA).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Mike Horri (WA) & Karl Pearson (WA).
BLITZ (25x8): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Emrullah Cosar (Turkey).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (39): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO).
$50 BEGINNER JACKPOT (7): 1-Susan Lee (AZ), 2-Fatih Safiturck (Turkey).
$200 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$200 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Michy Kageyama (Japan), 2-Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico).
$200 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
$200 JACKPOT #4 (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Treena Bouque (CA), 2-Morteza Afkhami (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil), 2-Treena Bouque (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Josh Racko (CA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX).
$50 JACKPOT #4 (8): 1/2-Louis Bedell (PA) / Ben Friesen (MI) (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #5 (8): 1-Comet (CA), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-David Presser (IL).
ABT - 1st CAPITAL CLASSIC BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 8-10, 2013; Herndon, Virginia
ADVANCED (31): 1-Neal Weiner (FL), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT); 1C-Evan Hansen (WV), 2C-Marcy Kossar (MD).
NOVICE (6): 1-Lili Iravani (DC), 2-Suzanne Auer (MD). Consolation Trophy to RoseMarie Holsing (VA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Rod Covlin (NY), 3-Karen Davis (DC).
OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Michael Edge (SC), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Bob Hathaway (VA).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Frank Raposa (VA) & Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-LEW Webber (VA) & Neal Weiner (FL), 3-Howard Markowitz (NV) & self.
SENIORS #1 (16): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Donny Lomuto (NY).
SENIORS #2 (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).
SENIORS #3 (8): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
USBGF BLITZ (56): 1-Bill Finneran (VA), 2-Kenny Loveless (VA).
DMP TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).
FREE ROLL (65): 1/2-Phil Lerman (DC) / Hadi Moradi (VA).
1st MERIT BACKGAMMON OPEN - WBF
October 30-November 3, 2013; Kyrenia-Girne, North Cyprus
MASTERS (92): 1-Sergey Erokhin (Russia), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Tabet Tabet (Lebanon); 1C-Igor Romashov (Russia), 2C-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3C/4C-Mustafa Biber (Cyprus) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia); 1LC-Erkan Varli (Turkey), 2LC-Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (33): 1-Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia), 2-Yusuf Mehmetoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Eyüp Durmus (Turkey) / Mykjailo Yuzhnyi (Ukraine); 1C-Gioni Adrian Munteanu (Romania), 2C-Peter Neumann (Germany), 3C/4C-Annick Hasdenteufel (Belgium) / Cengiz Özdil (Turkey); 1LC-Mesut Celebi (Turkey), 2LC-Yilmaz Özdogan (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Ayse Özkin Gökçeer (Turkey).
SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Pelin Yazan (Turkey), 2-Meltem Sahtiyanci (Turkey).
WARM-UP (51+38): 1-Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey), 2-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece).
869BG TROPHY (43+22): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Eyüp Durmus (Turkey).
ONE-POINT MATCH (128): 1-Haluk Oral (Turkey), 2-Zorik Manukyan (Armenia/Ukraine).
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (31 teams): 1-Haris Christidis (Greece) & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Gökhan Kazandag (Turkey) & Doug Mayfield (USA).
ABT - 1st CONNECTICUT STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 24-27, 2013; Hartford, Connecticut
NUTMEG OPEN (22): 1-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2-Herb Gurland (MA); 1C-Bill Robertie (MA), 2C-Mary Hickey (OH); 1LC-Michael Senkiewicz (NY).
OYSTER ADVANCED (16): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2-Debra Campbell (NC); 1C-Feliks Goykhman (NJ), 2C-Chen-Fu Yu (MD); 1LC-Milton Chin (CT).
MINUTEMAN LIMITED (6): 1-Rochelle Hasson (NY), 2-Jin Hu (CT). Medal of Honor Award to Charlie Lieson (MA).
YANKEE MASTERS (8): 1-Sasha Bennett (NY), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
PATRIOT DOUBLES (16 teams):1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Feliks Goykhman (NJ) & Richard Munitz (NY).
FAIRFIELD BLITZ (64): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Feliks Goykhman (NJ).
ABT - FLORIDA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 17-20, 2013; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
SHARK OPEN (19): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1C-Jeb Horton (NC), 2C-Harry Brown (FL); 1LC-David Presser (IL).
PANTHER ADVANCED (16): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Jerry Ungar (FL); 1C-Ronald Loero (Venezuela); 1LC-Dan Gruby (FL).
MANATEE SOCIAL (7): 1-Dimitur Alipiev (FL); 1C-Max Gruby (FL).
GATOR MASTERS JACKPOT (6): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Stacy Turner (FL).
FLAMINGO LIMITED JACKPOT (13): 1-Bob Howayeck (FL), 2-Eugen Moebius (FL).
DOLPHIN DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) & Juan Rospiglioso (FL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Terri Weiner (FL).
BLUE HERON SENIORS (32): 1-Lucky Nelson (IL), 2-Jerry Ungar (FL).
PRE-TOURNAMENT (16): 1-J.P. McGirr (FL), 2-Joseph Jemal (NJ).
WOLF WELCOME WARM-UP (32): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-LEW Webber (VA).
SLAY A GIANT: 1-Rod Covlin (NY). Rod beat the most Giants throughout the weekend.
BEAT THE PROS: 1-Rod Covlin (NY). Rod beat the most Pro Team players.
HIGH 5 PRO: 1-Frank Raposa (VA). Frank was the PRO Team player who won the most matches.
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Frank Raposa (VA).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Roland Leutert (FL).
EBGT VII - 1st GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 17-20, 2013; Gibraltar
ELITE (30): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 4-Mike Murton (England).
NOVICE (7): 1-Tony Moreno (Gibraltar), 2-Mario Fabbri (Gibraltar).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Andreas Märtens (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Rune Færvåg (Norway).
1-POINT CHALLENGE (32): 1-Peter Blachian (Germany), 2-Rochus Wegener (Germany).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Chris Rogers (England), 2-Alain Babillon (France) & Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy).
BOARD CHALLENGE (37): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA).
WARM-UP (30): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Jesse Borg (Gibraltar) - Youngest Player; Julian Minwalla (England) - Gentleman Award.
19th JAPAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 12-14, 2013; Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (51+10): 1-Kenji Shimodaira, 2-Poem Nishimura, 3/4-Shunsuke Hasegawa / Yuji Ogura; 1C-Junichi Tanaka, 2C-Yoichiro Umetsu.
INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Junichi Kieda, 2-Shunichi Ono, 3-Ue Shinya, 4/6-Katsumi Fusamatsu / Hiroyuki Kawakami / Hiromi Tamura.
BEGINNERS (69): 1-Takuto Yamashita, 2-Shota Toukai, 3-Yuki Hirai.
SUPER JACKPOT (15+1): 1-Kiyokazu Nishikawa, 2-Kazuhiko Yotsushika, 3/4-Lito Frondoso (Philippines) / Kenji Shimodaira.
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Junko Koike, 2-Etsuko Kobayashi.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP (7): 1-Naohide Okuda, 2-Yoshiyuki Hino, 3-Taiga Umetsu.
UNDER 25 (9): 1-Shouhei Noguchi.
OTHELLO QUIZ (60): 1/2-Takeshi Inuzuka / Yoshiyuki Nakamura (7 out of 10 correct answers), 3/4-Jake Jacobs (USA/Singapore) / Akiko Yazawa (6 out of 10 correct).
ABT - ILLINOIS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 4-6, 2013; Peoria, Illinois
INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Lucas Bauer (IL), 2-Charles Haley (IN); 1C-Vinton Knarr (IL), 2C-Nancy Elliott (WI); 1LC-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL).
NOVICE (2): 1-Frank Victoria (IL).
LAND OF LINCOLN MASTERS (16): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
PRAIRIE CLASSIC (32): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2-David Minikus (MN); 1C-Ken Tyszko (IL), 2C-Steve Brown (MN).
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Lucky Nelson (IL) & David Presser (IL), 2-Keene Marin (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI).
PEORIA QUICKIES (32): 1-Rod Covlin (NY).
MIDSTATE MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
VINTON KNARR BOARD TOURNEY (8): 1-Jim Curtis (IN).
FM BOARD CHARITY TOURNEY (4): 1-Phil Simborg (IL).
Over $1,900 was raised for Mary Ann Meese's Medical Mission to Haiti.
17th BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP OF FRANCE
October 3-6, 2013; Paris, France
MASTERS (55): 1-Tristan Rémille, 2-Frédéric Andrieu, 3/4-Carla Doumard / Guillaume Tailhardt; 1C-Vincent De Nardi, 2C-Alexis Vincent.
BEGINNERS (13): 1-Ouarda Bessila.
WARM-UP (64): 1-Serge Dahan, 2-Pierre Hitzel.
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Stéphane Tremet & Sam Chabansky, 2-Jean-Noel Duval & Philippe Vouhé.
5th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 3-6, 2013; Frankfurt-Sulzbach, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (57): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Jürgen Schettler, 3/4-Günther Holzinger / Christof Wagener; 1C-Gerat Gündogan, 2C-Volker Wenzlaff, 3C/4C-Philip Kazemieh / Thomas Kazemieh; 1LC-Jürgen Hegele, 2LC-Heribert Lindner.
INTERMEDIATE (36): 1-Jürgen Kunkel, 2-Jean Parizon, 3/4-Demal Demiriz / Michael Janssen; 1C-Bernd Schmidt, 2C-Werner Frey; 1LC-Gaby Kranzpiller.
BEGINNERS (12): 1-Regine Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Ulrike Storkebaum, 3-Manuela Tiller; 1LC-Ralf Fischer.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Thomas Kazemieh, 2-Najib Salamzy (Afghanistan).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (25 teams): 1-Michel Lamote (Belgium) & Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Ditmar Seibt & Stéphane Tremet (France).
GAMMONER CUP (128): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).
TBGT - 17th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 14-15, 2013; Istanbul, Turkey
OPEN (121): 1-Ali Çetin Belene, 2-Aykut Uzel, 3-Gürkan Derin, 4-Aslan Volkan Aktas; 1st Last Chance: 1-Zafer Tas, 2-Kamil Karaali; 2nd Last Chance: 1-Marsel Eskinazi, 2-Handan Erdag.
DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Ahmet Dönmez & Cem Özes, 2-Hakan Kahyaoglu & Onur Vurur.
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Ufuk Aksak, 2-Talat Papatya.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Alaattin Özaltun.
SUPER JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Cemalettin Yüksel.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Ibrahim Karaca.
ONE POINT TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Mustafa Gültekin Türkmen.
FMGAMMON BOARD #1 (8): 1-Hasip Güven.
FMGAMMON BOARD #2 (8): 1-Ercan Güleç.
CNB - 9th ROME BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 13-15, 2013; Rome, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (38): 1-Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong), 2-Roberto Giorgi, 3/4-Marco Bonetti / Andrea De Zandonati; 1C-Mauro Cusmai, 2C-Edgardo Bianco, 3C/4C-Boris Martinello / Carlo Melzi.
INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Giuseppe Indomenico, 2-Edmond Mezini, 3/4-Piero Gallo / Pietro Zappacosta; 1C-Massimo Armeni, 2C-Patrizia Amari.
OPEN CNB (32): 1-Andrea De Zandonati, 2-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium).
GOODBYE ROME (32): 1-Sean Williams (England), 2-Francesco Indomenico.
DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Mario Sequeira (Portugal) & Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong), 2-Edmond Mezini & Daniele Rotondo.
TORNEO UISP (32): 1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Piero Gallo.
7th GEORGIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF / GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL
September 4-8, 2013; Chakvi, Georgia
MASTERS (54): 1-Najib Salamzy (Afghanistan), 2-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 3/4-Vazgen Matevosyan (Armenia) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan); 1LC-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), 2LC-Aleksei Askurava (Russia).
INTERMEDIATE (36): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine), 3/4-Martin Sagradian (Ukraine) / Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia); 1LC-Abraham Azshakyan (Armenia), 2-Eduard Nazaryan (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-David Ben-Zion (Israel), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
869BG (27+13): 1-Tamaz Nanitashvili (Georgia), 2-Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany).
WARM-UP (53+18): 1-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 2-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia).
ONE-POINT PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT: 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).
DOUBLES CONSULTING (18 teams): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Sergey Chertkov (Russia) & Alexander Krasov (Ukraine), 3/4-Sergey Grinev (Russia) & Khvicha Kurtanidze (Georgia) / Artur Muradyan (Armenia) & Gor Nikoghosyan (Armenia).
GEORGIAN NARDI TEAM VS THE WORLD CHALLENGE: The World Team won 6-3.
1-Rest of the World Team: Captain Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), David Ben-Zion (Israel), John Broomfield (England), Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), Sergey Erokhin (Russia), Jakob Garal (Ukraine), Tobias Hellwag (German), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Artur Muradyan (Armenia); 2-Georgian Nardi Team: Captain Simon Pankhvelashvili, Jemal Chachua, Boris Danelja, Nodar Gagua, Vladimir Iashvili, Oleg Kopyev, Teimoraz Kurtsikidze, Kakhaber Natchkebia, David Tevdoraze.
EBGT VII - 33rd SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 30-September 1, 2013; Stockholm, Sweden
OPEN (40): 1-Kåre Aronsson, 2-Rune Færvåg (Norway), 3-Johan Moazed, 4-Farzin Aarabi (Iran/Norway), 5-Joakim Roggetin, 6-Rickard Persson.
INTERMEDIATE (50): 1-Tommy Berggren, 2-Jon Jarl, 3/4-Yan Kit Chan (England) / Claes Norreen (Denmark); 1LC-Jesper Jörgensen, 2LC-Douglas Andersson.
DOUBLES (31 teams): 1-Shahin Azami & Omid Badiei, 2-Mads Peter Andersen (Denmark) & Steen Grønbech (Denmark).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Pia Sevelin, 2-Bitte Wärme.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Magnus Johansson, 2-Håkan Åkerstrand.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
ABT - 10th CAROLINA INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 29-September 2, 2013; Charlotte, North Carolina
ADVANCED (26): 1-David Davis (NC), 2/5-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Pete Roubicek (GA) / Kathy Weiner (FL) / Marvin Widenhouse (NC), 6/8-Debra Campbell (NC) / Ben Elliott (NC) / Patty Geoffroy (MA).
NOVICE (7): 1-Carl Yerger (NC), 2-Almon Hall (NC); 1C-Stephen Collins (OH).
FASTER MASTERS (10): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Stuart Thomson (GA).
$50 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (8): 1-Phil Simborg (IL).
$20 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (4): 1-Debra Campbell (NC).
QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
CARDINAL CLASSIC AMATEUR JACKPOT (7) 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-John Klein (MD) & LEW Webber (VA).
$20 QUICKER QUICKIES (64): 1-Michael Edge (SC), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
$10 QUICKER QUICKIES (16): 1-Tara Mendicino (TX), 2-Stephen Collins (OH).
USBGF/SIMBORG QUIZ: Open winners - Richard Munitz (NY) / Larry Taylor (GA); Advanced winner - Joel Planer (NC).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EAST (80): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Richard Munitz (NY).
USBGF 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINALE: 1-East Champion Jeb Horton (NC), 2-West Champion Richard Munitz (NY).
AFTER TOURNEY-TOURNEY (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
SKUNK DICE FOR CHARITY: 1-Carter Mattig (IL). $855 was raised for the American Diabetes Association in memory of Peter Kalba, and in support of all our backgammon players who have diabetes.
EBGT VII - 8th PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 22-25, 2013; Carcavelos, Portugal
MASTERS (33): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Eran Levi (Israel), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 4-Thomas Jespersen (Denmark).
INTERMEDIATE (7): 1-Michael Urban (Germany), 2-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium), 3-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Alain Babillon (France).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Jens Lauridsen (Denmark), 2-Jakob Andersen (Denmark).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Annie Serrero (France).
DMP-CHALLENGE (16): 1-Franck Stepler (France).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Peter Blachian (Germany) & Hartmut Schuler (Germany), 2-Martin Foldager (Denmark) & Franck Stepler (France).
KIDS TOURNAMENT: Winners-Léah Stepler (France), Federico Riceputi (Italy), Salomé Stepler (France), Thomas Décultot (France), Niusha Victoria Tafazzoli (Germany), Anastasia Orlowski (Germany).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Léah Stepler (France), Franck Stepler (France), Michael Abdi (Denmark) & Martin Foldager (Denmark).
ABT - 11th ANNUAL WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 9-11, 2013; Madison, Wisconsin
CHAMPIONSHIP (34): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Steve Brown (MN), 3/4-Rod Covlin (NY) / Sean Garber (IN); 1C-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2C-Jerry Slomkoski (CA); 1LC-Neil Kazaross (IL).
ADVANCED (27): 1-Stan Livingston (WI), 2-Jack Edelman (WI); 1C-Scott Johnston (IN), 2C-Paul Baraz (IL); 1LC-Matt Johnson (WI).
NOVICE (3): 1-Mary Massey (WI).
BADGER CLASSIC (9): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1/2-Paul Baraz (IL) / Sal Chehayeb (MI).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Lucky Nelson (IL), 2-Jack Edelson (WI).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Jesse Eaton (MN), 2-David Rockwell (IL).
DOUBLES (16): 1-Chuck Bower (IN) & Charlie Haley (IN), 2-Carter Mattig (IL) & Phil Simborg (IL).
CANCELGAMMON (16): 1-Kurt Peterson (MN), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
BLITZ (40): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL).
1-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Paul Baraz (IL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Mike Minkovski (IL) / Jim Slomkoski (MI).
USBGF/SIMBORG QUIZ: Open winner - Harold Rex (MI); Advanced winner - George Steele (TX).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Keene Marin (WI).
38th WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
August 6-11, 2013; Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (141): 1-Vyacheslav Pryadkin (Ukraine), 2-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 3/4-Petko Kostadinov (USA) / Ensio Einola Tero (Finland); 1st Consolation: 1C-Alan Grunwald (USA), 2C-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil), 3C/4C-Alvaro Savio (Brazil) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Geert van der Stricht (Belgium), 2C-Gareth Owen (England), 3C/4C-Sina Bigdeli (Iran/USA) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); 1LC-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2LC-Kari Jokinen (Finland).
INTERMEDIATE (43): 1-Dario Bertola (Italy), 2-Oleksii Naplokov (Ukraine); 1st Consolation: 1C-Jean-Christophe Moroni (Switzerland), 2C-Vazgen Matevosyan (Armenia); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Luca Martino (Italy), 2C-Quah Jysen (Turkey); 1LC-Daniel Tudose (Italy), 2LC-Ronald Amorim (Brazil).
NOVICE (21): 1-Sunday Montalbano (Italy), 2-Mircea Marcu (Romania); 1st Consolation: 1C-Donna Sherred (Canada/England), 2C-Joan Grunwald (USA); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Metschin Ayrat (Russia), 2C-Pia Aimonen (Finland); 1LC-Rauno Tiainen (Finland), 2LC-Marilyn Roberts (USA).
LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Martha Ghio (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Najib Salamzy (Germany), 3/4-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Marc Brockmann Olsen (Denmark).
SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Masahiko Nasu (Japan), 2-Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Lito Frondoso (Philippines) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (USA).
SPEEDGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Hans Liby (Norway), 2-Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 3/4-Franck Stepler (France) / Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).
DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64 teams): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 2-Haris Christidis (Greece) & Konstantino Mitrelis (Greece), 3/4-Mark Andrus (USA) & Justin Bor (USA) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Mike Svobodny Jr. (USA).
WORLD FEDERATION CUP (32): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 3/4-Tore Fredriksen (Norway) / Kathrine Langjord (Norway).
FORTIS WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (33 teams): 1-Israel: David Ben-Zion / Shimon Kagan / Yosi Tissona, 2-Sharks.
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (4): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Tarkan Nar (Turkey).
MONTE CARLO BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 4-5, 2013; Monte Carlo, Monaco
OPEN (54+10): 1-Motonori Kunishima (Japan), 2-Alvaro Savio (Brazil), 3/4-Konstantino Mitrelis (Greece) / Kensaku Okatani (Japan); 1C-Alan Grunwald (USA), 2C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3C/4C-Sina Bigdeli (Iran/USA) / Masahiko Nasu (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (12): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Jens Lauridsen (Denmark); 1C-Makoto Nonomura (Japan), 2C-Helmut Jeske (Germany).
NATIONS BACKGAMMON CUP & 2nd CANNES SUMMER CUP
July 29-August 3, 2013; Cannes, France
NATIONS CUP (7 teams): 1-Denmark: Lars Bønding / Nevzat Dogan / Claus Bek Nielsen / Kasper Nielsen, 2-Armenia.
MASTER (32): 1-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Arut Martirosyan (Armenia) / Michel Serrero (France); 1LC-Alexis Vincent (France).
INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Claude Lambert (France), 2-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania), 3/4-Jean-Jacques Issartel (France) / Sonia Pellegrini (Italy); 1LC-Carl Dell (England).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Hamza Nar (Turkey).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Michel Serrero (France) & Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) & Ricardo Malas (Spain).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Tristan Rémille (France).
ONE POINT (64): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).
EBGT VII - 2nd MUNICH BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 25-28, 2013; Munich, Germany
ELITE (27): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Thomas Löw (Germany), 3-Nodar Gagua (Russia), 4-Michel Lamote (Belgium).
LEISURE GROUP (12): 1-Simon-Manuel Otic (Romania), 2-Werner Reisel (Austria).
NOVICE (9): 1-Tobias Berg (Germany), 2-Can Bozdemir (Turkey).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany) & Self, 2-Hilmi Göchan (Turkey) & Hamza Nar (Turkey).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia).
DMP-CHALLENGE (32): 1-Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 2-Michael Urban (Germany).
WARM-UP (16): 1-István Éger (Hungary), 2-Friedrich Rattinger (Austria).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), C.J. Uttley (England), Antonia Schultze (Germany).
ABT - 18th MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 19-21, 2013; Bloomington, Minnesota
OPEN (21): 1-Jim Pokela (MN), 2-David Rockwell (IL); 1C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2C-Jerry Kressin (MN); 1LC-Bruce Russell (WI).
INTERMEDIATE (17): 1-James Worley (MO), 2-Steve Binenstock (MN); 1C-Hugh Morris (MN), 2C-Larry Arnold (MN); 1LC-Kyle Wagner (MN).
MASTERS (8): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-David Rockwell (IL).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Keene Marin (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2-Bill Davis (IL) & David Presser (IL).
BLITZ (32): 1-Chris Scott (IL), 2-Kevin Ahtou (MN).
ABT - 38th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 4-7, 2013; Novi, Michigan
OPEN (74): 1-Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 4/5-John O'Hagan (IN) / Bill Riles (TX); 1C-Keene Marin (WI), 2C-Steve Sax (CA), 3C/4C-Dean Adamian (MI) / Tak Morioka (IL).
INTERMEDIATE (69): 1-John Manning (Canada), 2-Alex Owen (IL), 3-Gayle Wolf (MI), 4/5-Mike Freeman (NC) / Amy Trudeau (IL); 1C-Sal Chehayeb (MI), 2C-Judy Field (MI), 3C/4C-Gerard Jendras (MI) / Mario Savan (CA).
NOVICE (13): 1-Dominic Johnson (MI), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI); 1C-Linda Pohly (MI); 1LC-Remington Brooks (OK).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Gary Bauer (NJ), 2-David Todd (MO), 3/4-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Bob Koca (MD).
SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-Patrick Gibson (CA) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).
EXTREME FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Jim Lawrence (MI), 2-Brian Vance (MI).
CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Rod Covlin (NY). $300 was raised for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (22): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Saba Bejanishvili (GA).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2-Sean Garber (IN) & Scott Johnston (IN), 3/4-Keene Marin (WI) & Sal Pittelli (Canada) / Emil Mortuk (MI) & Akemi Ota (MI).
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Deborah Ferolito (FL) & Bill Toth (MI), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI) & Daniel Posen (MI).
FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Jesse Eaton (MN), 2-Sal Chehayeb (MI).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Peter Carcieri (OH), 2-Rod Covlin (NY).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (64): 1-Ken Braithwaite (MI), 2-Debra Campbell (NC).
$50 WARM-UP (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ralph Dietz (MI), 3/4-Rod Covlin (NY) / Jim Price (MI).
$30 WARM-UP (26): 1-Bill Toth (MI), 2-John Quinn (MI), 3/4-Debra Campbell (NC) / Judy Field (MI).
$20 WARM-UP (8): 1-Omar Shah (Canada), 2-Liam Henry (Canada), 3-Wes Burgar (MI).
SIMBORG "DELIBERATE PRACTICE" QUIZ: Open winner - Ben Friesen (MI); Intermediate winner - Gerard Jendras (MI).
SUNDAY TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ).
SUNDAY TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA), 2-Bill Toth (MI).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Paul Baraz (IL).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2/3-Howard Markowitz (NV) / Stacy Turner (FL), 4/5-Mario Savan (CA) / Christian Stoddard (CA).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-Debra Campbell (NC), 3/4-Joan Grunwald (NJ) / Bob Stoller (AK).
ABT - LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 7-9, 2013; Los Angeles, California
OPEN (46): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX); 1C-John Rockwell (CA), 2C-Bob Koca (MD), 3C/4C-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Phil Simborg (IL).
ADVANCED (47): 1-Larry Liebster (NV), 2-Carl Blumenstein (CA); 1C-Larry Saltzman (CA), 2C-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 3C/4C-Erwin Hom (CA) / Mario Savan (CA).
LIMITED (7): 1-Kevin Kahl (CA), 2-Robin Sanow (CA); 1C-Eva Mitter (MD).
SUPER-32 (29): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Harvey Gillis (AZ), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Bijan Pourat (CA).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (29): 1-David Rennie (CA), 2-Dennis McFarlin (NV), 3/4-Doug DeWitte (CA) / Bruce DiMattia (DE).
SENIORS (32): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Herb Roman (IL).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Tom Horton (CA).
BLITZ (52): 1-Justin Nunez (CA), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).
DOUBLES I (8 teams): 1-Efim Liberman & Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Sean Taghani & Peter Wisniewski (CA).
DOUBLES II (4 teams): 1-Larry Buzin (CA) & Bruce DiMattia (DE), 2-David Taniguchi (CA) & Self.
TBT - MEDITERRANEAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
May 31-June 2, 2013; Antalya, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (81): 1-Ömer Agül, 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3/4-John Broomfield (England) / Tugrul Öngel; 1C-Kamil Karaali, 2C-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3C/4C-Kazuhiro Shino (England) / Fatih Simer; 1LC-Yavuz Eren, 2LC-Tunç Hamarat, 3LC/4LC-Mustafa Mikar / Gültekin Uygur.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (19): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 pairs): 1-Tunç Hamarat & Böke Yilmaz Kadikiran, 2-Kemal Aksu & Mesut Çelebi, 3/4-Emre Akduman & Sedat Sorgüven / Barbaros Erim & Aysun Utkular.
WARM-UP (69): 1-Ulrich Tamm (Germany), 2-Mesut Çelebi, 3/4-Cihan Kiliç / Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine).
869BG CUP (72): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Barbaros Erim, 3/4-Abdullah Sorgüven / Ulrich Tamm (Germany).
SWING (41): 1-Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Ali Kamis.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Axel Etten (Germany/Turkey), 2-Marco Fornasir (Italy).
LADIES PRIZE (12): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Tugce Bultan Sermet.
SPECIAL BOARD WINNER: 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).
ABT - 33rd CHICAGO OPEN & 2nd GIANTS OF BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
May 23-27, 2013; Rosemont, Illinois
2nd GIANTS OF BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL (18): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Tsuyoshi Minakami (Japan), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
OPEN (58): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/8-Bob Koca (MD) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Howard Markowitz (NV) / Carter Mattig (IL) / Tsuyoshi Minakami (Japan) / Herb Roman (IL), 9/11-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Jake Jacobs (Singapore) / Neil Kazaross (IL).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (10): 1-Karen Davis (DC), 2-Jesse Eaton (MN).
INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Paul Baraz (IL), 2-Mark Murray (OH), 3/4-Wally Kuester (IL) / Stewart Pemberton (NJ); 1C-Bill Fady (IL), 2C-Judy Field (MI); 1LC-Joann Feinstein (IL), 2LC-Sue Will (IL).
NOVICE (8): 1-Andrew Seputis (IL), 2-Bria Day (IL); 1C-Carrie Leigh (IL).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (16): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Roz Ferris (IL), 2-John Stryker (IL).
DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) & Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Bill Fady (IL) & Faddoul Khoury (IL).
SENIORS (32): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Treena Bouque (CA).
TAKI-BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan).
THE BLITZ (16): 1-Ron Williamson (TX), 2-Jeb Horton (NC).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Steve Brown (MN).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Larry Morris (IL).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Mike Minkovski (IL).
$200 JACKPOT (4): 1-Frank Raposa (VA).
MOCHY'S CHICAGO QUIZ (41): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL).
WORLD AMBASSADOR OF BACKGAMMON: Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan).
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELER AWARD: Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (24): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2/3-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Harry Zilli (NE).
1st PFINGST-TURNIER
May 17-20, 2013; Heppenheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Dirk Leinberger, 3/4-Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh / Hartmut Schuler; 1LC-Corinna Blaschke.
INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Daniel Lehfeld, 2-Sefik Mancilikcilar (Switzerland), 3/4-Werner Frey / Matthias Krings; 1LC-Wolfgang Schroeder.
BEGINNERS (8): 1-Manuela Tiller, 2-Petra Ketteler.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler, 2-Dirk Leinberger & Peter van de Bruck.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Frank Simon.
GAMMONER CUP (64): 1-Alain Babillon (France).
BACKGAMMON LONDON OPEN 2013
May 17-19, 2013; London, England
OPEN (128): 1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Andy Kindler (England), 3/4-Julian Fetterlein (England) / Carlo Melzi (Italy).
PROFESSIONALS TOURNAMENT (61): 1-Fabio Gullotta (Italy), 2-Raj Jansari (England), 3/4-Julian Fetterlein (England) / Carlo Melzi (Italy).
LAST CHANCE: (44): 1-Peter Bennet (England), 2-Rachel Rhodes (England).
LONDON CUP (8): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Rune Færvåg (Norway).
THAMES CUP (8): 1-Tore Fredriksen (Norway), 2-Chris Bray (England).
SOHO CUP (8): 1-Alessandro Rietti (Italy), 2-Engin Ongel (England).
CUBELESS CUP (8): 1-Alex Polden (England), 2-Mike Williams (England).
LONDON DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mike Murton (England) & Phil Thomas (England), 2-Simon Morecroft (England) & Håkan Åkerstrand (Sweden).
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2013:
Player of the Year: Eric McAlpine
Most Feared Opponent: John Hurst
Tournament Director of the Year: Mike Main
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Largest Contributor to the Game: Arthur Wright
Biggest Contributor to International Backgammon: Phil Simborg (USA)
Most Courteous Player of the Year: David Broomfield
International Player of the Year: Michihito Kageyama (Japan)
Friendliest Player of the Year: Lawrence Powell
EBGT - GRAND FINALE 2012 & EUROPEAN PRO CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
April 24-28, 2013; Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus
MASTERS (67): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey), 3-Athanasios Katsios (Greece), 4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 5-Kemal Erdem (Turkey).
ADVANCED (28): 1-Laura Soagher (Romania), 2-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 3-Ahmet Nar (Turkey), 4-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Hisar Uyar (Turkey) & Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Self.
ONE-POINTER (64): 1-Ercan Güleç (Turkey), 2-Metin Erikler (Turkey).
EBGT GRAND FINALE 2012 (16): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Yasar Adato (Turkey), Marcel Büker (Germany), Fuat Erdag (Turkey).
GENTLEMAN'S TROPHY: Fatih Sengül (Turkey).
ABT - ATLANTA SPRING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 19-21, 2013; Atlanta, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Frank Raposa (VA); 1C-Paul Weaver (AL), 2C-Vadim Musaelyan (NC); 1LC-Larry Taylor (GA).
ADVANCED (22): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Paul Teitelbaum (GA); 1C-Craig Anderson (GA), 2C-Peter Roubicek (GA); 1LC-Dan Smith (MI).
GEORGIA MASTERS (11): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Stuart Domeshek (GA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Peter Roubicek (GA) & Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) & Frank Raposa (VA).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
MINI MINI-MATCH (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (20): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA), 2-Dan Smith (MI); 1C-Jerry Godsey (GA), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Michael Weinberger (LA), 2-Cinda King (IL).
ABT - NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 3-7, 2013; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (37+5 rebuys): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV); 1C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2C-Petko Kostadinov (SC); 1LC-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2LC-Saeed Karimi (TX).
INTERMEDIATE (39+15 rebuys): 1-Rob Ring (CA), 2-Karl Pearson (WA); 1C-Mike Derylo (CA), 2C-Sam Orandle (NV); 1LC-Ron Genter (NV), 2LC-Georgina Flanagan (WI).
BEGINNER (7): 1-Frank Taylor (CA), 2-Jami Tipton (AZ).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-John Rockwell (CA), 2-Damon Singer (NV).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (7): 1-Perry Antaramian (CA), 2-Kevin Kahl (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Ron Bruns (CA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Paul Magriel (NV), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (4 teams): 1-Jerry Jabagchourian (CA) & Christian Stoddard (CA).
BLITZ (72): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).
MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA).
$30 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (21): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Ted Baehman (NV).
XXV EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF & 12th VELDEN OPEN
April 3-7, 2013; Velden, Austria
MASTERS (20): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Frank Simon (Germany), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) / Sven Rümcker (Germany); 1C-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan), 2C-Yuya Watanabe (Japan); 1LC-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan); Ladies Prize - Maria Menchaca Salamanca (Spain).
CHAMPIONS (21): 1-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy), 2-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 3/4-Rene Mayer (Austria) / Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy); 1C-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2C-Edgardo Bianco (Italy); 1LC-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria); Ladies Prize - Marion Weeber (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Rudolf Prohaska (Austria), 2-Gür Sakarya (Turkey), 3/4-Serkan Koç (Turkey) / Susanne Lederer (Austria); 1C-Helmut Tweraser (Austria), 2C-Franco Candeo (Italy); 1LC-Vera Toifl (Austria); Ladies Prize - Susanne Lederer (Austria).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Anton Kraft (Germany).
10th EUROPEAN DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Marion Weeber (Germany), 2-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan) & Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Serkan Koç (Turkey) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Frank Simon (Germany).
WARM-UP (41): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Andreas Laure Fischer (Austria).
869 BG TROPHY (33): 1-Dirk Leinberger (Germany), 2-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Marion Weeber (Germany).
PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 2-Vasyl Kavun (Ukraine).
EBGT VII - 25th NORDIC OPEN 2013
March 28-April 1, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (99): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden), 3/4-Timur Azizov (Russia) / Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 5/8-Victor Ashkenazi (USA) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Bjornar Kristoffersen (Norway) / Pernille Rosendal (Denmark); 1LC-Anders Nielander, 2LC-Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
ADVANCED (101): 1-Klaus Switon, 2-Andreas Becher, 3/4-Tommy Kean / Lars Nielsen, 5/8-Martin Jensen / Torben Krogh / Carsten Kruse / Flemming Secher; 1LC-Jens Christian Pedersen, 2LC-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden).
INTERMEDIATE (96): 1-Peter S.H. Jensen, 2-Mariann Modalen (Norway), 3/4-Richard Biddle (England) / Jakob Kristensen, 5/8-Hans Christensen / Wolfgang Henze (Germany) / Tue Rasmussen / Michael Urban (Germany); 1LC-Jannik Syppli Nielsen, 2LC-Flemming Mortensen.
BEGINNERS (98): 1-Lasse I. Christensen, 2-John Blem, 3/4-Henrik Skovsted Iversen / Tommy Vedelfort; 1C-Christian Suhr, 2C-Esther Barfred.
WARM-UP (67): 1-Jan Larsen, 2-Mogens Jørgen Dreier, 3/4-Jakob Andersen / Henrik Bukkjaer.
TMP QUALIFIER (15): 1-Karsten Bredahl, 2-Jens Christian Pedersen.
CHAMPIONS QUALIFIER (16): 1/2-Claus Elken / Freddie Noer.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2-Lars Trabolt.
DOUBLES (50 teams): 1-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler (Germany), 2-Martin Jensen & Clément Lessél, 3/4-Rune Færevåg & Frode Bull Jaeger (Norway) / Ulrich Thorngaard & Mads Walleen.
MIXED DOUBLES (52 teams): 1-Karsten & Maria Bredahl, 2-Kimon & Regie Hall Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 3/4-Anni Bech & Martin Foldager / Oscar Carlsson & Linda Sjörin (Sweden).
SPEED GAMMON (128): 1-Max Wallgren (Sweden), 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 3/4-Taus Bøytler / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
TEAM EVENT (31 teams): 1-Nemo: Henrik Bang / Thomas Jespersen / Morten Lassen, 2-3 Frösche: Janne Bergström (Sweden) / Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) / Eli Roymi (Israel), 3/4-Klodernes Kamp / Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
LADIES CHALLENGE (62): 1-Pernille Rosendal, 2-Camille Sousa-Sousa Olsen, 3/4-Denise Kaiser (Germany) / Margrethe-Louise Pedersen.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Magnus Berggreen.
WORLD TEAM VS. DENMARK: Denmark Team wins at DMP on Sunday, 37-36.
World Team: Captain Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), Victor Ashkenazi (USA), Ralf Jonas (Germany), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Carlo Melzi (Italy), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Eli Roymi (Israel). Denmark Team: Captain Marc B. Olsen, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "MIK" Larsen, Poul Lindberg, Christian Munk-Christensen, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Substitutes: Gus Hansen, Sander Lylloff.
ABT - 19th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 22-24, 2013; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (28): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL); 1C-Karen Davis (DC), 2C-Doug Roberts (MA).
ADVANCED (27): 1-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2-Peter Paik (OH); 1C-Stephen Benjamin (OH), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH).
NOVICE (8): 1-Charlene Britton (OH), 2-Bryan DeMatt (PA); 1C-Terry Culpepper (MI).
OHIO MASTERS (12): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (12): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Stevie Grund (PA), 3-Stephen Benjamin (OH).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-István Éger (NY) & Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Doug & Wanda Roberts (MA).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Dick Bennett (OH), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).
MINI-BLITZ (40): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
BOARD TOURNAMENT (13): 1/2-Maurice Barie (MI) / István Éger (NY).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (13): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH).
18th OSAKA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 9-10, 2013; Osaka, Japan
OPEN (39): 1-Satoshi Kubota, 2-Kazuhiko Yotsushika, 3/4-Toshikazu Kitajima / Yuji Ogura; 1C-Kensaku Okatani, 2C-Michihito Kageyama.
INTERMEDIATE (16): Day 1 winner: Teruyuki Suzuki; Day 2 winner: Junichi Doi.
NANIWA CUP (16): 1-Junko Nakamura.
LADIES EVENT (8): 1-Kaori Inuzuka.
QUIZ CONTEST (25): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (perfect score).
ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 8-10, 2013; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Jon Vietor (CA), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / Carter Mattig (IL); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2C-Paul Klein (IL); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
ADVANCED (37): 1-Ken Meng (IL), 2-Alex Owen (IL), 1C-Sue Will (IL), 2C-Leslie Lockett (IL); 1LC-Wayne Wiest (IL).
LIMITED (11): 1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Amber McLean (IL); 1LC-Rich Hallbeck (IL).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XV (10): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Bill Finneran (VA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4): 1-Chris Scott (IL).
DOUBLES (19 teams): 1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Georgina Flanagan (WI) & David Presser (IL).
12th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 16 Women): 1-Cinda King (IL), 2-Bill Finneran (VA), 3/4-Judy Field (MI) / Bill Riles (TX).
QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).
MICROBLITZ (36): 1-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-Tim Carroll (IL).
LIAR'S DICE: 1-Jill Ferdinand (IL).
DIRECTOR'S TROPHY: Yan Kit Chan (England).
RACCOON RUMBLE OPEN (22): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Steve Klesker (IL), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Mark King (IL); 1C-David Rockwell (IL), 2C-Wayne Wiest (IL).
RACCOON RUMBLE INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Ed Ziesche (MN); 1C-Cinda King (IL).
$1,500 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.
1st CANNES WINTER CUP
February 28-March 3, 2013; Cannes, France
MASTER (24): 1-Alexis Vincent, 2-Philippe Vouhé, 3/4-Eric Guedj / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy); 1LC-Michel Serrero.
1st CANNES CUP WINNER: Alexis Vincent.
INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Pierre Gondran, 2-Claude Lambert, 3/4-Jean-Mark Pages / Kader Turk; 1LC-Jesper Jorgensen (Sweden).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Sven Rumcker (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Russia).
DOUBLES #1 (16 teams): 1-Kathrine Langjord (Norway) & Bob Wachtel (USA), 2-Martin & Pauline Kahn.
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1-Julie Thabault & Valérie Touvet.
ONE-POINT (32): 1-Marco Bonetti (Italy), 2-Nodar Gagua (Russia).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Tristan Rémille, 2-Michel Serrero.
LADIES CUP (8): 1-Kathrine Langjord (Norway), 2-Anna-Lisa Agosti (Italy).
EBGT VII - 5th ISTAVDER ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT
February 22-24, 2013; Istanbul, Turkey
MASTERS (134): 1-Parviz Rokh (Iran), 2-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 3-Murat Yavuz, 4-Alireza Sarabi (Iran), 5-Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 6-Cemalettin Yüksel.
DOUBLES (40 teams): 1-Davood & Saeed Vagheli (Iran), 2-Yigit Göçhan & Mehmet Kutlu Küçükyörük.
ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Ibrahim Karaca.
ONE-POINTER #2 (64): 1-Marcel Buker (Germany).
SASSANGAMMON (64): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran).
UNIVERSITY GAMMON (8): 1-Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari.
SPEED GAMMON (64): 1-Lemi Tu-men, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç.
FM GAMMON #1 (64): 1-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia).
FM GAMMON #2 (64): 1-Yasar Gözel.
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Hamza Nar.
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Ozan Gündogdu.
MINI JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Caner Kalafatoglu.
MINI JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Mustafa Gültekin Türkmen.
MINI JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Alaattin Özaltun.
MINI JACKPOT #4 (16): 1-Sedat Biçakci.
MINI JACKPOT #5 (16): 1-Arsan Volkan Aktas.
CLUBS TEAM TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Hilmi Göçhan, Hamza Nar & Nedim Yardimci, 2-Metin Erikler, Nuray Özgün, & Dogan Sunar.
SPECIAL AWARDS: Yalkin Erk, Gökay Güleç, Özlem Kaya, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), Ahmet Nar.
ABT - 1st BELTWAY BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 15-17, 2013; Herndon, Virginia
ADVANCED (34): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Phil Lerman (DC), 2C-Ben Elliott (NC), 3C/4C-Dima Dragomeretskiy (NY) / Bill Pow (VA).
NOVICE (8): 1-Sheldon Richter (VA), 2-Bob Wojack (MD); 1C-Sheri Peters (VA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-Alex Gerding (FL).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Bruce Ballance (PA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Debra Campbell (NC) & Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
$50 BLITZ #1 (8): 1-Leon Marini (NJ), 2-David Todd (MO).
$50 BLITZ #2 (8): 1-Peter Kasturas (NJ), 2-Yaser Al-Keliddar (VA).
USBGF $25 BLITZ (56): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ), 2-Bill Finneran (VA).
ABT - TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 31-February 3, 2013; San Antonio, Texas
CHAMPIONSHIP (62): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (NV); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Ron Rubin (NV); 1LC-Barry Silliman (MD), 2LC-Carter Mattig (IL).
ADVANCED (44): 1-Richard Weaver (TX), 2-Don Marek (IL); 1C-George Steele (TX), 2C-Philip Rousselle (TX); 1LC-Adrian Rios (TX), 2LC-Cem Aslan (TX).
NOVICE (24): 1-Nick Dawe (TX), 2-Matt Rogers (TX); 1C-Calin Popescu (TX); 1LC-William Reeves (TX).
LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (24+3 rebuys): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (NV), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Petko Kostadinov (SC).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (22+2): 1-Jason Lee (MD), 2-Michael Edge (SC), 3/4-David Kettler (TX) / Adrian Rios (TX).
DUAL-DUEL (8): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Petko Kostadinov (SC).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT) & Bob Koca (MD), 2-Michael Flohr (IL) & David Kettler (TX).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WEST (88): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Steve Blanchard (IL).
SENIORS (32): 1-John Antaki (TX), 2-LEW Webber (VA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (16): 1-Cheryl Andersen (CA), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kathy Quentan (TX) & Bob Urquhart (TX), 2-Betty Coppic (FL) & Carter Mattig (IL).
DMP MONEY-ADDED TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Walt Swan (NJ), 2-Hanna Thorsen (Norway).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Christian Stoddard (CA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ron Williamson (TX).
Betfair/EBGT - 1st MUNICH BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 24-27, 2013; Munich, Germany
MASTERS (34): 1-Thomas Lumper (Germany), 2-Philippe Vouhé (France), 3/4-Martin Birkhahn (Germany) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Michel Lamote (Belgium).
INTERMEDIATE: (13): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Michael Urban (Germany), 3-Adnan Kuzu (Turkey).
DOUBLES I (16 teams): 1-Mongolian BBQ: Franck Stepler (France) & Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran), 2-Crossfire: Frank Simon (Germany) & Peter van de Bruck (Germany).
DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-No Name: Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland) & Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): Qualifier winners: Kemal Erdem / twice (Turkey), Hartmut Schuler (Germany), Julie Thabault (France); Play-off winner: Kemal Erdem (Turkey).
DMP-CHALLENGE (64): 1-Özlem Kaya (Turkey), 2-Hamza Nar (Turkey).
LIVE SATELLITE GRAND FINALE 2012 (32): 1-Peter van de Bruck (Germany).
SPECIAL AWARD I (Most Pleasant Player): Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland).
SPECIAL AWARD II (Unluckiest Player): 1-Raj Jansari (England).
BACKGAMMON & POKER ON BOARD XI CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 19-26, 2013; Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Princess Cays, Curaçao, Aruba
OPEN (34+126 rebuys): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Mike Sutton (IL).
CARIBBEAN JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Bill Davis (IL).
CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (34): 1-David Rockwell (IL), 2-Woody Woodworth (IN).
POKER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Carl Dell (England), 2-Tom Stegich (IL), 3-Carole Siegel (MI).
HONORARY TROPHY: Heribert Lindner (Germany).
TBT - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 18-20, 2013; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (126): 1-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 2-Serkan Koç, 3/4-Mustafa Babal / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria); 1C-Gür Sakarya, 2C-Dorothy Lee (England), 3C/4C-Miran Dayi / Roman Korber (Austria); 1LC-Göksel Kilinç, 2LC-Sergey Chertkov (Russia), 3LC/4LC-John Broomfield (England) / Serkan Durusu.
RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL WARM-UP (99): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Nedim Yardimci, 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Ayhan Serin.
LADIES PRIZE (12): 1-Dorothy Lee (England), 2-Ann Pocknell (England).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams): 1-Nisa Aksu & Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Rifat Bulut & Canan Eren, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu & Serkan Koç / Bayazit Tür & Nedim Yardimci.
869BG CUP (105): 1-Kürsad Solak, 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Ayhan Serin.
SWING (45): 1-Caner Kalafatoglu, 2-Nil H. Ergin, 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Yalçin Simsek.
1-POINTER ACTION (128): 1-Serdar Önal, 2-Hasip Güven, 3/4-Barbaros Erim / Ali Kamis.
PROFICIENCY EXAM (17): 1-Erhan Yenisen, 2-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 3-Hakan Aksu, 4-Cumhur Bektüre.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Cumhur Bektüre.
ABT - 6th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 10-13, 2013; Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (59+23 rebuys): 1-Bill Robertie (MA), 2-Bob Koca (MD), 3/4-Steve Mellen (NY) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY); 1C-Paul Weaver (AL), 2C-Chris Trencher (NY), 3C/4C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (NV); 1LC-Carter Mattig (IL), 2LC-Brent Cohen (PA).
INTERMEDIATE (52+14 rebuys): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-Debra Campbell (NC), 3/4-Majid Jahanbani (VA) / Peggy Neubig (NJ); 1C-Kevin Walsh (NJ), 2C-Paul Kolker (NY), 3C/4C-Nicholas Misch (NY) / Mike Murton (England); 1LC-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2LC-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
BEGINNER (13): 1-Julia Sommer (NY); 1C-C.J. Uttley (England); 1LC-Troy Longman II (MI).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (27+5 rebuys): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT (27+5 rebuys): 1-Ira Siegler (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
$50 BLITZ (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
$20 BLITZ (96): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Fran Goldfarb (NY).
WARM-UP (64): 1-Sharon Torres (NY), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Fran Goldfarb (NY) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Al Cantito (CT) & Marcy Kossar (MD).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Andy Rubien (NY), 2-Chen-Fu Yu (MD).
