International Backgammon Tournament Results

COPENHAGEN CHRISTMAS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
December 27, 2016; Copenhagen, Denmark

OPEN (130): 1-Kim K. Jensen, 2-Peter-Michael Valeur Bosse, 3/4-Rasmus G. Hansen / Sabrina Milling; 1C-Jens H. Christensen, 2C-Daniel Sørensen; Ladies Prize: Sabrina Milling.

LAST CHANCE (54): 1LC-Kim H. Salomonsen, 2LC-Mads Peter Andersen.

SUPER JACKPOT (26): 1/2-Jens Chr. Pedersen / Fredrik Sevelius.

SKI HOLIDAY WINNER: Anna Bondo.

TBT - 28th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
December 24-25, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (123): 1-Mehmet Ali Akpolat, 2-Umur Aras, 3-Sabri Büyüksoy, 4-Cengiz Dindar (Northern Cyprus).

TRADITIONAL EVENT (68): 1-Dinçer Günes, 2-Kudret Ustaoglu, 3-Babür Eren, 4-Kemal Aksu.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (43 teams): 1-Hasil Güven & Mahir Kasuto, 2-Berkan Kalender & Erhan Öztekin, 3/4-Muammer Saracoglu & Fatih Seven / Attila Kiliniç & Mehmet Polat.

SWING (42): 1-Berkan Kalender, 2-Meral Ceylan, 3-Abdullah Sorgüven, 4-Yasar Gözel.

ELITE CUP (36): 1-Babür Eren, 2-Emin Sendil, 3/4-Hamza Güven / Aysun Utkular.

JACKPOT (96): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Nejat Alkap, 3/4-Cemalettin Erisen / Muammer Saracoglu.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Ercan Akkaya, 2-Hamza Güven, 3/4-Nejat Alkap / Hasip Güven.

LADIES EVENT (6): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Meral Ceylan.

WBF - 1st MERIT OPEN DUBROVNIK GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 14-18, 2016; Dubrovnik, Croatia

MASTER FLIGHT (73): 1-Steen Grønbech (Denmark), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3-Guido Weidner (Germany), 4-Thomas Rönn (Sweden), 5/8-Dado Martincevic (Croatia) / Veselin Dyakov (Bulgaria) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany); 1LC-Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA), 2LC-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany); Ladies Prize - Cecilia Sparke (England).

INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Gordan Markotic (Croatia), 3-Leonardo Jerkovic (Croatia), 4/5-Malin Yordanov (Bulgaria) / Laurence Sinitzky (France); 1LC-Martin Filipi (Czech Republic), 2LC-Richard Krietzman-Blazevic (USA); Ladies Prize - Laurence Sinitzky (France).

MERIT SUPER-JACKPOT (32): 1-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).

MERIT DUBROVNIK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia) & Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia) & Boris Mamporia (Georgia/Russia), 3/4-Sergiu Malis (Romania) & Marian Manaila (Romania) / Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) & Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Ella Arzukhanova (Russia).

869BG WARM-UP (54): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Franck Stepler (France), 3/4-Martin Filipi (Czech Republic) / Philippe Vouhé (France).

ONE-POINT MATCH (128): 1-Bambi de Bruin (Germany/Spain), 2-Marian Manaila (Romania).

MOCHY'S QUIZ: 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria).

CROATIAN MASTERS (8): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

PashaBGT - 12th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
December 9-11, 2016; Nicosia, North Cyprus

OPEN (85): 1-Ahmet Ercan (Turkey), 2-Eli Roymi (Israel), 3-Bulent Bahar (Turkey), 4-Abdullah Ser (Turkey), 5-Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey), 6/9-Tunç Onan (Turkey) / Tayfun Mataraci (Turkey) / Ozan Ozgur (Turkey) / Alaattin Ozaltun (Turkey); 1LC-Ibrahim Erdem (Turkey), 2LC-Bora Yurdun (Turkey), 3LC-Ufuk Aksak.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Ismail Yildiz (Turkey) & Tunç Onan (Turkey), 2-Eli Roymi (Israel) & Yoav Ida (Israel), 3/4-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Mehmet Ali Akpolat (Turkey) & Murat Hazir (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ufuk Aksak (Turkey), 2-Cihangir Çetinel (Turkey).

DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Oya Günes (Turkey), 2-Murat Ipek (Turkey).

JACKPOT WINNERS (8x8): Ricardo Malas (Spain), Murat Ipek (Turkey), Serkan Calisir (Turkey), Ismail Yildiz (Turkey), Ibrahim Erdem (Turkey), Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey), Sergey Chertkov (Russia), Kemal Erdem (Turkey).

€10,000 FREEROLL PASHA CUP (32): 1-Dursun Çetin (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Vecdi Kalyoncu (Turkey), Hamza Nar (Turkey).

AFTER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ofir Balali (Israel), 2-Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Ozan Ozgur (Turkey), Giannis Pasialis (Greece), Rifat Candan (Turkey).

ABT - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 2-4, 2016; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (64): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Jon Vietor (CA), 3-Jonah Seewald (CO), 4/5-Alfred Mamlet (MD) / Marv Porten (CA); 1C-Ken Bame (CA), 2C-Walt Swan (NJ), 3C/4C-Rory Pascar (IL) / Damon Singer (NV).

ADVANCED (40): 1-Arnold Freeman (CA), 2-Kevin Kahl (CA); 1C-Pat Fusco (TN), 2C-Tom Horton (CA), 3C/4C-Mark Astemborski (CA) / Tom Fahland (CA).

LIMITED (8): 1-Catherine Barr (CA), 2-Dana Maffeo (CA); 1C-Alan Johnson (CA).

SUPER-40 MASTERS (38): 1-Alexander Khandin (Russia), 2-Richard Siebold (CO), 3/4-Mark Andrus (CA) / Ted Chee (CA).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (26): 1/2-Niel Borden (CA) / Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Pat Fusco (TN) / Mario Savan (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Ed Rosenblum (NM), 2-Josh Racko (CA).

DMP-USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Jeb Horton (NC), 3/4-Harvey Gillis (AZ) / Damon Singer (NV).

SENIORS (64): 1/2-Phil Simborg (IL) / Josh Racko (CA), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Carol Joy Cole (MI), 5/8-Gus Contos (CA) / Bob Glass (CA) / Chris Knapp (MA) / Andrew Martinez (CA).

DOUBLES-I (8 teams): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Pat Fusco (TN) & Joe Russell (CA).
DOUBLES-II (8 teams): 1-Gus Contos (CA) & George Haskour (CA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA) & Al Hodis (NV).

P-40 BOARD EVENT (4): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY).

$100 JACKPOT (4): 1-Shay Asraff (NV).

TBT - 8th BURSA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
November 26-27, 2016; Bursa, Turkey

OPEN (77): 1-Orhun Hekimci, 2-Deniz Bal, 3-Mehmet Ali Akpolat, 4-Hüseyin Çetintas.

TRADITIONAL TAVLA (37): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Emin Sendil, 3-Ece Tamer, 4-Mazhar Çatal.

DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu & Abdullah Sorgüven, 3-Nesrin Becerici & Hüseyin Çetintas.

SWING (40): 1-Yasar Gözel, 2-Güral Bulut, 3-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria), 4-Rusen Ali Soylu.

ELITE CUP (24): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.

JACKPOT (80): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Yasar Gözel, 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre / Ibrahim Sahin.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Arda Findikoglu #1, 2-Güral Bulut, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu #2 / Cemalettin Karakütük.

LADIES EVENT (8): 1-Deniz Bal, 2-Nesrin Becerici.

WBA - PRAGUE BACKGAMMON OPEN / GERMAN MASTERS SERIES GRAND FINALE
November 24-27, 2016; Prague, Czech Republic

PRAGUE OPEN (32): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Leos Fiala (Czech).

ELITE GROUP (29): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech), 3-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 4-Peter Blachian (Germany); 1LC-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

LEISURE GROUP (7): 1- Lukas Jankovsky (Czech), 2-Oliver Plaehn (Germany).

DMP-CHALLENGE (32): 1-Martin Zizka (Czech), 2-Eva Zizkova (Czech).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Thomas Löw (Germany), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Stephen Hartmann (Germany) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany).

GERMAN MASTERS SERIES GRAND FINALE (16): 1-Vincent de Nardi (France), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech).

SPECIAL AWARDS: Pavel Zaoral (Czech), Julian Minwalla (England), Mehdi Mafi (Iran).

AWARD OF HONOUR: Honza Cerny (Czech).

ABT - LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 16-20, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (84+38 rebuys): 1-Shay Asraff (NV), 2-Drew Giovanis (NV), 3/4-Nick Blasier (TX) / Peter Raugust (Germany); 1C-Ken Bame (CA), 2C-David Kettler (TX), 3C/4C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Ron Rubin (NV); 1LC-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2LC-Robert Tansi (MA).

INTERMEDIATE (75+27 rebuys): 1-Bryan Tanouye (HI), 2-Ezra Chiriti (Mexico), 3/4-Elli Nache (CA) / Sue Will (IL); 1C-David Klausa (CO), 2-Michael Derylo (AZ), 3C/4C-Mary Morse (TX) / Sam Orandle (NV); 1LC-Lorne Rusnell (Canada), 2LC-Ruth Robbins (WA).

BEGINNER (8): 1-Stephen Earl (IN), 2-Regan Lambeth (CA).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 2-Drew Giovanis (NV), 3/4-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Stacy Turner (FL), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Spain) / Joe Freedman (NM).

BEGINNERS FRIDAY JACKPOT: 1-Stephen Earl (IN), 2-Leslie Byrns (AZ).

SENIORS (128): 1-Elli Nache (CA), 2-Dave Kettler (TX).

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Ben Friesen (MI) & Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 2-Aaron Foust (NV) & Josh Racko (CA).

BLITZ (144): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO).

MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Joe Apicella (NV).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (38): 1-Alexander Khandin (Russia), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (30): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ezra Chiriti (Mexico).

WBF - 4th MERIT INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 2-6, 2016; Kyrenia, North Cyprus

MASTER FLIGHT (330): 1-Ronald Rubin (USA), 2-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 3-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 4/5-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia) / Serge Rived (France), 6/8-Mehmet Akis (Turkey) / Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece) / Franck Stepler (France), 9/12-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland) / Emrullah Cosar (Turkey) / Sergiu Malis (Romania) / Giannis Pasialis (Greece); 1LC-Michel Serrero (France), 2LC-Basilio Gurnas (Argentina), 3LC/4LC-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta) / Sergei Petukhov (Russia); Ladies Prize - Laura Monaco (Italy).

INTERMEDIATE (147): 1-Vitali Olchanski (Germany), 2-Mert Bulgan (Turkey), 3-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 4/5-Lise Nielsen (Denmark) / Aliomar Muritiba (Brazil), 6/8-Helmut Gerdenits (Germany) / Eric Maillebiau (France/England) / Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia); 1LC-Michel Tamori (Israel), 2LC-Kerim Bilge (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Lise Nielsen (Denmark).

ION RESSU MEMORIAL DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Amin Shahvalizadeh (Iran) & Omid Yaghoubi (Iran), 2-Marcelo Di Filippo (Argentina) & Myriam Poveda (Argentina), 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) & Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria) & Stefan Parlow (Austria).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (60): 1-Yuri Nakamura (Japan), 2-Antoinette-Marie Williams (USA), 3/4-Marie Gustafsson (Sweden) / Aysegül Ölçüm (Turkey).

MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Alexander Khandin (Russia).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey), 2-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).

WARM-UP (256): 1-Albert Steg (USA), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany).

869BG TROPHY (128): 1-Brian Klindrup (Denmark), 2-Simon Pankvelashvili (Georgia).

PRESIDENT'S CUP 1-POINTERS (128): 1-Romani Gvenetadze (Georgia), 2-Linda Sjörin (Sweden).

WET GAMMON TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Vadim Nuniyants (USA), 2-Mesut Çelebi (Turkey), 3/4-Marie Gustafsson (Sweden) / Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland).

MOCHY'S QUIZ (146): 1-Roberto Corbelli (Italy), 2-Dinçer Günes (Turkey), 3-Rochus Wegener (Germany); Guest Speaker winner - Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

UKBT - BRISTOL BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 28-30, 2016; Bristol, England

MASTERS DIVISION (52): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 2-Leyla Zaloutskaya (USA), 3-Christopher Rogers (UK), 4-Ann Pocknell (UK).

INTERMEDIATE (42): 1-Neil Young (UK), 2-Anna Price (UK), 3-Richard Beagley (UK), 4-Adam Sinclair (UK).

TOMBSTONE TROPHY LAST CHANCE: 1-Andy Bell (UK), 2-Anna Clarke (UK).

SATURDAY BEGINNERS (8): 1-Adrian Fisher (UK).

SUNDAY BEGINNERS (8): 1-Mary French (UK).

SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Gaz Owen (UK), 2-Sean Williams (UK).

DOUBLES: 1-Steve Morris (UK) & Ann Pocknell (UK), 2-Simon Hughes (UK) & Neil Young (UK).

SEMI-SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Bob Wachtel (USA), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

1-POINTERS: 1-Matt Black (UK), 2-C.J. Uttley (UK).

WARM-UP (65): 1-Roland Herrera (UK), 2-Julia Hayward (UK), 3/4-Dave Caudell (UK) / Rachel Rhodes (UK).

BACKGAMMON PLAYERS' POKER: 1-Alex Yate (UK), 2-Andy Bell (UK).

SPIRIT OF THE EVENT AWARD: Simonetta Barone Herrera (UK), celebrating her 50th birthday.

ABT - 4th ANNUAL CONNECTICUT STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 20-23, 2016; Windsor Locks, Connecticut

OYSTER OPEN (30): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY); 1C-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1LC-Matt Reklalitis (MA).

COPPER ADVANCED (32): 1-Leon Marini (NJ), 2-Alia Azamat (NJ); 1C-Paul Laubner (MD), 2C-Ray Pasternak (PA); 1LC-John Barnett (NY).

NUTMEG NOVICE (8): 1-Nicole Satchell (NJ), 2-Larry Roberg (CT), 3-Andrew Fazekas (CT).

MILFORD MASTERS (10): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Chris Trencher (NY).

COLONIAL OPEN JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
COLONIAL OPEN JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Jim Stutz (CT).

PILGRIM AMATEUR JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD).
PILGRIM AMATEUR JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Paul Laubner (MD)

DANBURY DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & Karen Davis (DC), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Alia Azamat (NJ).

QUINNIPIAC QUICKY (16): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Joe Potts (TX).

FAIRFIELD BLITZ (64): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Gary Koscielny (NY).

PRE-TOURNEY TOURNEY (14): 1/2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Marty Storer (NH).

EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
October 20-23, 2016; Helsingor, Denmark

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (15 teams): 1-Gold Medal-DENMARK: Coach Michael Weile, Karsten Bredahl, Peter Friberg, Steen Grønbech, Thomas Kristensen, Michael Larsen, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, 2-Silver Medal-Great Britain: Captain Tim Cross, Eric McAlpine, Gaz Owen, Lawrence Powell, Christopher Rogers, Sebastian Wilkinson, 3-Bronze Medal-Croatia, 4-Hungary.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (136): 1-Christopher Rogers (England), 2-Maik Stiebler (Germany), 3-Mogens Dreier (Denmark), 4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 5/8-Sanne Birch (Denmark) / Martin Jensen (Denmark) / Thorleif Reisvold (Norway) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (38 teams): 1-Rune & Dagfinn (Norway), 2-Arnides (Greece), 3/4-Controleng / Croatian Connection.

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Saban Simsek (Denmark).

SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP (65): 1-Ulla Hansen (Denmark), 2-Hans Liby (Norway), 3/4-Martin Jensen (Denmark) / Thorleif Reisvold (Norway).

ABT - ILLINOIS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 14-16, 2016; Peoria, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1C-Eric Hiner (MN), 2C-Faddoul Khoury (IL); 1LC-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL).

INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2-Scott Day (IN); 1C-Joe Feldman (MI), 2C-Joe Potts (TX); 1LC-Rob Farmer (IL).

NOVICE (4): 1-Paul Turdik (IL).

LAND OF LINCOLN MASTERS (13): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO).

PRAIRIE CLASSIC (32): 1-Vinton Knarr (IL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI); 1C-Bill Calton (MI), 2C-Faddoul Khoury (IL).

USBGF MICROBLITZ (64): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Frank & Monica Talbot (MI), 2-Wendy Kaplan (IL) & Amy Trudeau (IL).

PEORIA QUICKIES (64): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL).

USBGF NEWCOMERS FREEROLL (3): 1-Ivan Pogrebnyak (IN).

ZOMBIE ZEROES "LOST CHANCE" FREEROLL (19): 1-Linda Donaldson (KS).

HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST: 1-Linda Donaldson (KS).

CHARITY AUCTION: $1600 raised for Mary Ann Meese's Haiti Medical Mission.

22nd JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
October 8-10, 2016; Tokyo, Japan

CHAMPIONSHIP (58+5): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), 3/4-Nick Blasier (USA) / Makoto Nonomura (JPN); 1C-Michihito Kageyama (JPN), 2C-Naoki Iketani (JPN), 3C/4C-Masaatsu Kisono (JPN) / Michel Lamote (Belgium); Last Chance (68): 1LC-Susumu Mizutani (JPN), 2LC-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (8x16): 1-Ryutaro Ozawa, 2-Yumi Tamura, 3/4-Naoki Chiba / Keita Morina.

BEGINNER: Overall winner - Kenji Nakazawa; Day 1 (40): winner - Go Tsujimura; Day 2 (35): winner - Shuto Tsukada; Day 3 (46): winner - Kenji Nakazawa.

SUPER JACKPOT (18): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Junichi Tanaka (JPN).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Naoya Kihara & Toshiyuki Moriuchi, 2-Yuko Jin & Masahito Yamamoto.

UNDER 25 "SHIN-EI-SEN" (8): 1-Hibiki Kawauchi, 2-Hiromitsu Matsumae.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Yui Osaki.

1-POINT STREAK CHALLENGE: 1-Kanade Kubota.

ASO DINNER TICKETS CUP (8): 1-Tomoya Mitsuyoshi.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Tatsuko Mochizuki, 2-Nahomi Matsuyama.

OTHELLO QUIZ (46): 1-Kiyokazu Nishikawa (6 out of 10 correct).

WBF - 19th AUSTRIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN & 29TH ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
October 5-9, 2016; Seefeld, Austria

MASTER FLIGHT (26): 1-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 2-Horst Ernst (Germany), 3-Anton Kraft (Germany), 4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 5-Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland); 1LC-Florian Haussleiter (Germany), 2LC-Werner Schmuck (Austria).

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria), 2-Maurizio Fidora (Italy), 3-Margit Iller (Germany), 4-Peter Neumann (Germany), 5-Gerhard Stoll (Italy); 1LC-Stefan Reinspach (Germany), 2LC-Gerhard Amreich (Austria); Ladies Prize - Margit Iller (Germany).

SUPER-JACKPOT (8): 1-Neculai Draganuta (Romania), 2-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (6): 1-Andrea Steimetz (Germany), 2-Petra Jobst (Germany).

WARM-UP (23): 1-Gerhard Stoll (Italy), 2-Peter Winkler (Austria).

869BG TROPHY (25): 1-Fritz Rattinger (Austria), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany).

ONE POINT MATCH (64): 1-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria).

AUSTRIAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (8 teams): 1-Wolfgang Bacher (Austria) & Bernhard Mayr (Austria), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Roberto Litzenberger (USA).

29th ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Master Champion - Fabio Gullotta (Italy); Intermediate Champion - Maurizio Fidora (Italy).

ABT - FLORIDA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 29-October 2, 2016; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

SHARK OPEN (24): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Chris Knapp (MA); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

PANTHER ADVANCED (27): 1-Jim MacDonald (FL), 2-Juan Rospigliosi (FL); 1C-Eric Stevens (FL), 2C-Greg Evans (FL); 1LC-Raffy Lazo (FL).

GATOR MASTERS (9): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Karen Davis (DC).

FLAMINGO LIMITED JACKPOT (13): 1-Eric Stevens (FL), 2-Michael Valliere (PA).

WOLF WARM-UP (9): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Susan Randall (FL).

BMAB (USA) #4 (8): 1/2-Brian Lonergan (LA) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL).

DOLPHIN DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Jeb Horton (NC) & Neal Rosensweig (FL), 2-Greg Evans (FL) & Eric Stevens (FL).

USBGF BLITZ (32): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).

NEAL WEINER DMP MEMORIAL (32): 1-Kathy Weiner (NV), 2-George Sai-Halasz (FL).

AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Eric Stevens (FL).

TBGT - 20th ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-25, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey

OPEN (194): 1-Murat Yavuz, 2-Bulent Karabulut, 3-Cihangir Çetinel, 4-Serhat Keskin, 5-Erdinc Mutlu, 6-Hilmi Ugur Demir; 1LC-Ferhat Nazli.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32): 1-Kadri Almac & Ersin Narman, 2-Mehmet Akis &Tunc Onan.

ONE POINTER #1: (64) Aykut Uzel.
ONE POINTER #2: (64) Zeki Gönden.
ONE POINTER #3: (64) Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINTER #4: (64) Bora Yurdun.

SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Aziz Yilmaz.
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Kadri Almac.
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Ahmet Nergiz.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Ozgur Candir, Oya Gunes, Aziz Yilmaz.

PASHA BACKGAMMON FREE ENTRY PRIZE (42): Mehmet Kutlu Kucukyoruk.

ABT - COLORADO STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 23-25, 2016; Denver, Colorado

OPEN (16): 1-Dave Zick (CO), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO); 1C-Jack Edelson (WI), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).

ADVANCED (11): 1-Denny Leatherman (CO), 2-Chuck Higgins (CO); 1C-Eric Pfenning (CO), 2C-David Taniguchi (CA).

NOVICE (3): 1-Jay Shaeffer (CO).

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

ROYAL GORGE LIMITED JACKPOT (4): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Proctor Ritchie (AZ).

USBGF BLITZ (16): 1/2: Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINALE: 1-East Champion Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-West Champion Ray Fogerlund (NV).

TBT - 11th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
September 16-18, 2016; Bodrum, Turkey

OPEN (80): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3-George Simpson, 4-Fatih Seven.

"BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL" TAVLA (37): 1-Vural Vural, 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3-Muammer Saraçoglu, 4-Kürsad Solak.

"ALP EYYÜPOGLU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (44 teams): 1-Burak Çulhaci & Sena Çulhaci, 2-Seda Koç & Kemal Okal, 3/4-Orhan Taslardan & Oya Taslardan / Ali Necdet Akbayrak & Kudret Ustaoglu.

SWING (50): 1-Barbaros Erim, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3-Soinguli Amirov, 4-Aykut Sorgüven.

ELITE CUP (22): 1-Ali Necdet Akbayrak, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre / Emin Sendil.

JACKPOT (64): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Kürsad Solak, 3/4-Mehmet Ali Akpolat #1 / Mehmet Ali Akpolat #2.

ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Erdogan Kilic, 2-Hikmet Tunç #1, 3/4-Nesrin Becerici / Hikmet Tunç #2.

LADIES PRIZE (14): 1-Zehra Aydin, 2-Habibe Cebeci.

36th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 16-18, 2016; Stockholm, Sweden

CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Sven-Olav Norén, 2-Kåre Aronsson, 3/4-Hallur Jon Bluhme Saevarsson (Iceland) / Stefan Gudmonsson (Iceland); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2LC-Thomas Rönn.

INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Henri Virta, 2-Tommy Berggren, 3/4-Ola Hamring / Martin Lindbom; 1LC-Salim Chabo, 2LC-Alexandar Miletic.

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Thomas Rönn, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mikael von Bargen, 2-Conny Eriksson, 3/4-Mathias Niemand / Joakim Roggentin.

DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Douglas Andersson & Rene Mayer (Austria), 2-Björn Ekström & Martin Lindbom.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (13): 1-Pia Sevelin, 2-Monica Hyttmark.

CNB - 12th ROMA OPEN BACKGAMMON TORNEO
September 16-18, 2016; Rome, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (41): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium), 2-Turk Kader (France), 3/4-Angelo Anav / Marco Sollazzo, 5/8-Philippe Boncenne (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Daniele Rotondo / Michael Urban (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Davide Cassano, 2-Andrea Chen, 3/4-Luca Danese / Federico Riceputi; 1C-Zoltan Kovacs (Hungary), 2C-Giuseppe Indomenico.

OPEN CNB (37): 1-Alessandro Rietti, 2-Daniele Rotondo.

GOODBYE ROMA (32): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France), 2-Daniele Rotondo.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Angelo Anav & Florin Popa, 2-Peter Chan (England) & Sonia Pellegrini.

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Paul Gilbertson (England).

ABT - 4th ANNUAL SEATTLE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 9-11, 2016; Renton, Washington

OPEN (28): 1-Martin D'Alexander (OR), 2-Pete Anderson (WA); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WA), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Eric Meyer (Canada), 2-Kathy Weiner (NV); 1C-Daniel Stroberger (WA), 2C-Ed Schau (WA).

NOVICE (4): 1-Chris Innes (WA).

SUPER JACKPOT (15): 1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Pete Anderson (WA), 3/4-Steven Carey (WA) / Alex Toth (WA).

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Martin D'Alexander (WA) & Joel Levy (WA), 2-Jack Edelson (WI) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Pete Anderson (WA) & John Gamalielson (WA) / Karl Pearson (WA) & Kathy Weiner (NV).

USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (17): 1-Steven Carey (WA), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).

SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Steven Carey (WA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

WBF - 10th GEORGIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN & GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
September 7-11, 2016; Chakvi/Batumi, Georgia

MASTER FLIGHT (66): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Guido Weidner (Germany), 3-Alexey Chanturidze (Georgia/Russia), 4-Maik Stiebler (Germany), 5-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey); 1LC-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2LC-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Laurence Sinitzky-Billard (France).

INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Irakli Kvishinadze (Georgia), 2-Eduard Mirijanyan (Armenia), 3-Olga Komarova (Russia), 4-Vladimer Kharkhelauri (Georgia), 5-Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine); 1LC-Saeed Vahid (Iran), 2LC-Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize - Olga Komarova (Russia).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Jason Pack (USA).

GEORGIAN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Burak Çulhaci (Turkey) & Kemal Okal (Turkey), 2-Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia) & Airat Metchin (Russia).

869BG TROPHY (56): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Sergey Chertkov (Russia).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Laurence Sinitzky-Billard (France), 2-Olga Komarova (Russia).

ONE POINTER - PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Romani Gvenetadze (Georgia), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

CBT - 3rd SIBENIK BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 2-4, 2016; Vodice, Croatia

OPEN (80): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Arna Beso (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 4-Mate Feher (Hungary), 5-Edevit Salijevic (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

PUNTA CHALLENGE (41): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Mladen Cizmic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Marinko Vidacak (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

SIBENIK WARM-UP (61): 1-Dragi Hrvic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Danny Cohen (England), 3-Dániel Kocsis (Hungary).

SIBENIK DOUBLES (30 teams): 1-Viktorie Cerna (Czech Republic) & Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Josefin Bichler (Germany), Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) & Robert Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Martin Zizka (Czech Republic) & Eva Zizková (Czech Republic).

BACKGAMMON QUIZ: 1/2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 8/10 correct answers, 3-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 7/10 correct.

MOCHY VS CROATIA: 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Croatia Team: (Kristijan Culjat, Mislav Kovacic, Dado Martincevic, Nino Martincevic, Willi Preskar).

LADIES AWARD: Arna Beso (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

SPECIAL AWARDS: Viktorie Cerna (Czech Republic), Mate Feher (Hungary).

ABT - 13th CAROLINA INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 1-5, 2016; Charlotte, North Carolina

CHAMPIONSHIP (38): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2/5-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Di Di (GA) / Michael Neagu (Canada), 6/7-Vadim Musaelyan (NC) / Barry Silliman (MD).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Ben Elliott (NC), 2/4-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Jason Russ (NC) / LEW Webber (VA), 5/6-Gary Koscielny (NY) / Omar Shah (Canada), 7/9-John Baron (OH) / Jeff Proctor (NC) / Marvin Widenhouse (NC).

NOVICE (11): 1-Will Ballard (NC), 2-Ilean Hill (NC); 1C-Bob Azari (SC); 1LC-Jesse Silliman (MD).

FASTER MASTERS (8): 1-Jim Hickey (NC), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).

QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (13): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Bahman Zandi (MD).

CARDINAL CLASSIC AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Vladi Gudgenov (NC), 2-Michelle Steinberg (NJ).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD) & Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH) & Michael Takla (NY).

QUICKER QUICKIES (64): 1-Don Faix (NC), 2-Forrest Faulk (GA).

SKUNK DICE FOR CHARITY: 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA). $1155 was raised for the Second Harvest Food Bank.

$50 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT (64): 1/2-John Klein (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
$25 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2-Mustafa Sayid (MD).
$25 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT OVERFLOW (16): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

$50 EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (8): Karen Davis (DC), 2-Don Faix (NC).
$20 EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (12): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Jim Ulaky (NC).

$50 AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNEY (8): 1/2-Sean Garber (IN) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
$20 AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNEY (8): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Treena Bouque (CA).

4th LIONS CUP BACKGAMMON
September 1-4, 2016; Bad Dürkheim, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (38): 1-Jacques Wehli (Switzerland), 2-Stéphane Tremet (France), 3/4-Stephan Hartmann / Kimon Papachristopoulos; 1LC-Philip Kazemieh.

INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Susanne Kempf, 2-Bernd Schmidt, 3/4-Fred Brendler / Richard Fiegen; 1LC-Klaus Evers.

BEGINNERS (18): 1-Svetlana Mohr, 2-Patrick Hofer, 3/4-Gabi Hofer / Sylvia Wist; 1LC-Regine Papachristopoulos.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Philip Kazemieh, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos.

COSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Christoph Wagener & Felix Wagener, 2-Andreas Franken & Diana Srdjanov.

WARM UP (49): 1-Anders Nielander (Denmark).

LIONS KICK OFF (43): 1-Frank Simon, 2-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 3/4-Bernhard Kaiser / Michael Weidner.

LADIES PRIZE (14): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend.

SURPRISE TOURNAMENT (76): 1-Minh Nguyen (France).

UKBT: LONDON OPEN BACKGAMMON 2016
August 27-29, 2016; London, England

LONDON OPEN (65): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Mike Williams; 1LC-Mathew Fisher, 2LC-Steve Carder.

PROFESSIONALS' TOURNAMENT (40): 1-Aref Alipour, 2-Dod Davies; 1LC-Raj Jansari, 2LC-Julian Minwalla.

SUPER JACKPOT (17): 1-Antonio Sgambato, 2-Vaidas Budrys.

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Mark Calderbank & Andy Marshall, 2-David Brown & Sebastian Wilkinson.

SPEED GAMMON (48): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Matthew Fisher.

ABT - 14th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 19-21, 2016; Madison, Wisconsin

OPEN (30): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Tim Mabee (IL); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2C-David Todd (MO); 1LC-David Rockwell (IL).

ADVANCED (31): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Matt Johnson (WI); 1C-Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL), 2C-John Always (AZ); 1LC-Steve Waller (MN).

NOVICE (2): 1-John Halvorsen (WI).

BADGER CLASSIC (16): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

AMATEUR CLASSIC (16): 1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Beth Martinson (WI) & Bill Minser (WI), 2-Steve Brown (MN) & Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).

BLITZ (64): 1/2-Yury Millman (MN) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

QUICKIES (16): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Steve Brown (MN).

FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (12): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2/3-Paul Mangone (CA) / Keene Marin (WI).

EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-James Worley (MO), 2-Steve Brown (MN).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

WBF - 1st CAPPADOCIA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
August 19-21, 2016; Nevsehir, Turkey

OPEN (49): 1-Adullah Sorgüven, 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Dinçer Günes / Berkant Bilgi; 1C-Martin Barkwill (England), 2C-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus); 1LC-Cemalettin Erisen, 2LC-Luca Martino (Italy).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (16): 1-Adullah Sorgüven, 2-Cemalettin Erisen.

CAPPADOCIA DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu & Ulrich Tamm (Germany), 2-Meral Ceylan & Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Emrullah Cosar & Erol Özsoy / Cemalettin Erisen & Cemalettin Karakütük.

869BG SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Yasar Gözel, 2-Tolga Özkale, 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Fuat Gümüslüol.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus), 2-Resul Uygur, 3/4-Abdullah Sorgüven / Hikmet Tunç.

SUPER JACKPOT "MERIT SATELLITE" (16): 1-Luca Martino (Italy), 2-Cemalettin Karakütük.

SWING (35): 1-Erol Özsoy, 2-Cemalettin Karakütük, 3-Kader Turk (Turkey/France), 4-Jacob Markussen (Denmark).

WARM-UP (43): 1-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus), 2-Berkant Bilgi, 3/4-Jacob Markussen (Denmark) / Kanan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).

BG4BG JACKPOTS (4x8 players): winners: Luca Martino (Italy), Deniz Kizibora (Cyprus), Yashar Fathi (Iran), Cumhur Bektüre.

ABT - 1st SILICON VALLEY BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 5-7, 2016; San Jose, California

OPEN (45): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Marv Porten (CA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Mark Antranikian (CA), 3C/4C-Cheryl Andersen (CA) / Gus Contos (CA).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Cathal Murray (CA), 2-Jerry Nussbaum (CA); 1C-Jesse Jestadt (CA), 2C-Michaela Olsen (CA).

NOVICE (6): 1-Brian Andersen (CA), 2-Dirk Olsen (CA); 1C-Ghada Ashoo (CA).

49ER GOLD RUSH MASTERS (31): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Dana Nazarian (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (21): 1-Jesse Jestadt (CA), 2-Mark Ferrin (OR), 3/4-Nick Dale (OR) / Zim Kraja (CA).

DMP (64): 1-Karam Ashoo (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Carol Joy Cole (MI).

DOUBLES (8): 1-Bob Glass (CA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Chris Koscielny (CA) & Gary Koscielny (NY).

BLITZ (64): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).

OLDER & WISER (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Karen Davis (DC).

YOUNG GUNS (16): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2-Ted Chee (CA).

OLDER & WISER VS YOUNG GUNS PLAYOFF: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).

WBA - 11th PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 3-7, 2016; Carcavelos, Portugal

MARIO SEQUEIRA MEMORIAL OPEN (32): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Christine Mochon (France).

MASTERS ELITE (20): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3-Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal), 4-Vincent De Nardi (France); Ultimate Fight: 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (USA).

LEISURE GROUP (9): 1-Luisa Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Tomohiro Shimada (Japan), 3-Laurence Sinitzky (France).

DOUBLES CONSULTING (8): 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) & Chi Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Alain Babillon (France) & Yves Negre (France).

SPEEDGAMMON CHALLENGE (8): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium).

DMP-CHALLENGE (16): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France).

SPECIAL AWARD: Anna-Maria Zarb (Switzerland).

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Sonia Pellegrini (Italy), Niusha Victoria Tafazzoli (Germany), Thomas Tenland (Sweden).

41st BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 26-31, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (144): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Joseph Russell (USA), 3-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 4/5-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Victor Petersen (Norway), 6/8-Conny Ericksson (Sweden) / Philippe Lecomte (France) / Slava Pryadkin (Ukraine); 1C-Arkadiy Tsinis (USA), 2C-Lawrence Powell (England), 3C/4C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) / Felix Ziva (Israel); 1LC-Alain Babillon (France), 2LC-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Stephen Chidwick (England), 2-Lasse Danielsen (Denmark), 3-Walter Thesing (Germany), 4/5-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia) / Tim Lawless (USA); 1C-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2C-Laura Monaco (Italy), 3C/4C-Helmut Jeske (Germany) / Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland); 1LC-Lise Nielsen (Denmark), 2LC-Farokh Moazed (Sweden).

BEGINNERS (15): 1-Joan Grunwald (USA), 2-Michael Bang (Denmark); 1C-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2C-Shanee Bor (USA); 1LC-Philip Jameson (Australia), 2LC-Lucinda Holland (England).

SUPER JACKPOT (42): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany).

SPEEDGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 2-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 3/4-Didier Assaraf (France) / Sergey Erokhin (Russia).

SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 3/4-David Brown (England) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy) & Laura Monaco (Italy), 3/4-Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland) & Ulrich Tamm (Germany) / Alex Lehmann (USA) & Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark).

LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Cecilia Sparke (England), 2-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).

MONTE CARLO WORLD FEDERATION CUP (16): 1-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 2-Alan Grunwald (USA).

JUNIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (11): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Evan Sarno (USA).

1-POINT WORLD VICTIMS MEMORIAL (128): 1-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2-Roman Korber (Austria). 1800 euros were raised for the victims of the attack in Nice.

BELAIR TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (34 teams): 1-Swimmers: Sergey Erokhin (Russia) / Juliya Gromenkova (Russia) / Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Evolution: Cihangir Çetinel (Turkey) / Yan Kit Chan (England) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

SHOGI TOURNAMENT: 1-Kota Fujiwara (Japan), 2-Toshiya Nishii (Japan).

MOCHY'S PROFICIENCY EXAM (22): 1-Falafel Natazon (Israel/USA) - 40, 2-Steen Grønbech (Denmark) - 37, 3-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) - 35.

6th MONTE CARLO BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 24-25, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco

MONTE CARLO OPEN (62): 1-Ron Rubin (USA), 2-Chris Rogers (England), 3/4-Johan Bynell (Sweden) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark); 1C-Raul Timerman (Argentina), 2C-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland).

MONTE CARLO INTERMEDIATE (30): 1-Didier Assaraf (France), 2-Martin de Bruin (USA/Spain), 3/4-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / Martha Ghio (USA); 1C-Florin Popa (Italy), 2C-Havard Hafskjuld (Norway).

ABT - 21st MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 22-24, 2016; Bloomington, Minnesota

OPEN (21): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN); 1C-Jerry Kressin (MN), 2C-Steve Brown (MN); 1LC-Sean Garber (IN).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Zachary Tabak (WI), 2-Gregg Trunnell (MN); 1C-Lucien Cravens (MN), 2C-Jeff Spencer (MN); 1LC-Michael Mesich (MN).

NOVICE (6): 1-Nathan Bouma (MN), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).

3rd ANNUAL GOPHER CLASSIC (25): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN); 1C-Art Moore (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Steve Brown (MN).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Lucien Cravens (MN) & John Pirner (MN), 2-April Kennedy (MN) & Michael Mesich (MN).

BLITZ (16): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN).

ULTIMATE MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN).

STÉPHANE CIPRE BACKGAMMON TOURNOI
July 22-23, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco

OPEN (47): 1-Zoran Maric (France), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 3/4-Souhail Atie (France) / Serge Rived (France); 1C-Daniel Tudose (Italy), 2C-Martha Ghio (USA), 3C/4C-Olivier Décultot (France) / Phil Simborg (USA).

DOUBLE CONSULTATION (4 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Phil Simborg (USA), 2-Mr & Mrs. Pawel Bielewicz (Sweden).

"P-40 BOARD" 1-POINT TOURNOI (32): 1-Patti Rubin (USA).

ABT - 41st MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 1-4, 2016; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (84): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Frank Raposa (VA), 4/5-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) / Barry Silliman (MD); 1C-John O'Hagan (IN), 2C-Herb Roman (IL), 3C/4C-Dion Hogan (MI) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

INTERMEDIATE (73): 1-Mike Rezai (OH), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3-Rick Wedge (Canada), 4/5-Jim Airgood (MI) / Bob Stoller (AK); 1C-John Herron (MI), 2C-Sue Will (IL), 3C/4C-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Christopher Shanava (IL).

NOVICE (11): 1-Tony Zimbalatti (MI), 2-Bridget McCrudden (Canada); 1C-Daniel Posen (MI); 1LC-Christa Solovey (MI).

MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Di Di (GA), 3/4-Drew Giovanis (NV) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Steve Hast (PA), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Herb Roman (IL).

PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Nick Blasier (TX), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI), 3/4-Ben Friesen (MI) / Keene Marin (WI).

USBGF PRIME CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Jon Vietor (CA), 2-Gary Margosian (MI). $340 was raised for the Flint Water Fund of the United Way.

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Di Di (GA). $100 Side Pool: Nick Blasier (TX), $50 Side Pool: John Quinn (MI).

FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREEROLL (26): 1-Dan Dabney (IN), 2-Christa Solovey (MI).

OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Joe Feldman (MI) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Gary Fritzsche (MI) & Rick Schuman (MI), 3/4-Brent Cohen (PA) & Neil Kazaross (IL) / Eric Hiner (MN) & Yury Millman (MN).

LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Dave McKenzie (KS) & Karla McKenzie (KS), 2-Fred Ishac (MI) & Walt Smith (MI).

FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Eric Stevens (FL).

MONDAY TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Saba Bejanishvili (GA).
MONDAY TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI).

$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Dave Kozak (Canada), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

BACKGAMMON MASTER SERIES (USA) #3 (16): Top 4-0 match records: 1/3-Faris Gabbara (MI) / Paul Weaver (AL) / Kit Woolsey (CA). Top PR scores: 1-John O'Hagan - 2.45, 2-Kit Woolsey - 2.65.

$50 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Steve Brown (MN) / Emil Mortuk (MI).
$30 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Dave Williams (NV), 3/4-Mike Clapsadle (MI) / John Claybourne (MI).
$20 THURSDAY WARM-UP (8): 1-Ross Gordon (CT), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3-Fred Ishac (MI).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jon Vietor (CA), 2/3-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Nick Blasier (TX).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2/3-John Quinn (MI) / Tony Zimbalatti (MI).

UKBT: 6th BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP - BBT
June 17-19, 2016; Blackpool, England

OPEN (64): 1-Saul Brody, 2-Brian Lever, 3/4-Joe Derry / Gaz Owen, 5/8-Paul Barwick / Martin Barkwill / Mick Butterfield / C.J. Uttley; 1LC-George Hall, 2LC-David Dennis.

FYLDE TROPHY (48): 1-Lee Gorton, 2-Pedro Roca, 3/4-Tim Line / Alex Polden.

BG4BG CHARITY TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Frank Fleming, 2-Bob Slater, 3/4-Paul Barwick / Saul Brody.

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Saul Brody.

NACKGAMMON #1: 1-Anna Price, 2-Ana Mancino.
NACKGAMMON #2: 1-George Hall, 2-Rachel Rhodes.

2-PT MINI-MATCH: 1-Kevin Jones, 2-Steve Lee.

DOUBLES: 1-Andy Marshall & Alex Polden, 2-Rob Perry & Dave Pritchard.

FRIDAY FREEROLL (46): 1-Simon Jones, 2-Anna Clarke, 3/4-Pedro Roca / Jim Wong.

SATURDAY SWISS (64): 1/4-Joe Dery / Brian Lever / Andy Marshall / Rachel Rhodes.

POKER: 1-Adam Stocks.

£1,000 was raised for the Guide Dog Association.

ABT - LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 10-12, 2016; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (56): 1-Paul Baraz (CA), 2-George Haskour (CA), 3-Alan Martin (CA), 4/5-Alfred Mamlet (MD) / Vadim Nuniyants (WA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Ken Bame (CA), 3C/4C-Art Benjamin (CA) / Drew Giovanis (NV).

ADVANCED (41): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Charles Toots (CA); 1C-Ray Spehar (CA), 2C-Erwin Hom (CA), 3C/4C-Paul Mangone (CA) / Andy Plat (CA).

LIMITED (9): 1-Inigo Gatus (CA), 2-David Atwood (CA); 1C-Melanie Goldman (NV).

SUPER-32 (31): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Ted Chee (CA), 3/4-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (29): 1-Frank Ley (CA), 2-Josh Racko (CA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Joe Nolan (TN).

SENIORS I (32): 1/2-Art Benjamin (CA) / Ed Rosenblum (NM), 3/4-Lynn Lusk (CO) / Dennis Stone (CA).
SENIORS II (16): 1/3-Elena Evans (TX) / Ed Rosenblum (NM) / Ray Spehar (CA).

BLITZ (56): 1-Joe Nolan (TN), 2-Allen Tish (CA).

DMP-USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Cliff Pappas (AZ) & Jim Wark (TX), 2-Nash Jost (CA) & Peter Wisniewski (CA).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).

ABT - 36th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 26-30, 2016; Rosemont, Illinois

3rd WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Frank Talbot (MI).

OPEN (53): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Nick Blasier (TX), 3/6-Steve Brown (MN) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Faddoul Khoury (IL) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2/5-John Snellings (Costa Rica) / Mike Clapsadle (MI) / Uriel Mazal (Uruguay/USA) / Alex Owen (IL).

NOVICE (10): 1-Brad LaPratt (IL), 2-Tim Koppang (IL); 1C-Roger Brandt (IL).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (8): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

FASTER MASTERS (8): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Greg Adamavich (WI).

LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada).

OPEN UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE: 1-Bob Stringer (CA).

INTERMEDIATE UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE: 1-Cinda King (IL).

DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Kate Elmore (GA) & Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-Craig Anderson (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 3-Bill Bartholomay (IL) & Beth Whitney (MI).

SENIORS (32): 1-John O-Hagan (IN), 2-Bill Riles (TX).

QUICKIES (128): 1-Nick Blasier (TX), 2-Steve Blanchard (IL), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / David Zakrajsek (IN).

TAKI-BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Julius High (KS).

$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #1: 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-April Kennedy (MN).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #2: 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Herb Roman (IL).

MOCHY'S 6th PROFICIENCY TEST (30): Bill Calton (MI) & Dennis Culpepper (VA) tied for first with top scores of 35 out of 50 correct answers.

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (32): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).

ABT - 4th CAPITAL CLASSIC BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 20-22, 2016; Sterling, Virginia

OPEN (32): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Donny Lomuto (NY) / John O'Hagan (IN); 1C-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2C-David Rockwell (IL); 1LC-Paul Weaver (AL).

ADVANCED (25): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Alia Azamat (NJ), 3/4-Majid Jahanbani (VA) / Philip Lerman (DC); 1C-Michael Valliere (PA), 2C-Daniel Peters (VA); 1LC-Ben Elliott (NC).

NOVICE (5): 1-Larry Doyle (DC), 2-Nick Saverino (VA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Tuvya Felt (TN), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Igor Baburov (NY), 2-Chen-Fu Yu (MD).

DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) & LEW Webber (VA), 2-Julius High (KS) & Tony Wuersch (RI).

MOCHY'S QUIZ (9): John Klein (MD) & John O'Hagan (IN) tied for first with high scores of 39.

UKBT: UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 20-22, 2016; Coventry, England

MASTERS FLIGHT (79): 1-Richard Furborough, 2-Costin Constantinescu, 3-Lee Gorton, 4-Gaz Owen, 5/6-Brian Lever / Mardi Ohannessian, 7/8-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Sabrina Milling (Denmark).

ADVANCED (42): 1-Mike Murton, 2-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3-Emad Salib, 4-Mike Williams, 5/6-Irv Czechowicz / C.J. Uttley, 7/8-Rick Hurst / Karina Langhoff de Thurah (Denmark).

SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson, 3/4-Mark Dixon / Ivan Tiberius.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Romolo Mudu & Antonio Sgambato, 2-Julian Fetterlein & Simonetta Herrera.

SPEED GAMMON (64): 1-Simonetta Herrera, 2-Simon Barget.

ARENA CUP MASTERS (68): 1-Simon Morecroft, 2-Simon Barget, 3/4-Martin Barkwill / Florin Sabau.

ARENA CUP ADVANCED (31): 1-Donna Sherred, 2-Anna Clarke, 3/4-David Dennis / Jamie MacPherson.

WARM UP (54): 1-Sean Clennell, 2-Mardi Ohannessian, 3/4-Steve Carder / Brian Lever.

SATURDAY SOCIAL SWISS (8): 1-Su Lim, 2-Tony Foster.

SUNDAY SOCIAL SWISS (4): 1-Luke Owen, 2-Andrew Pinkus.

BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2016:
British Player of the Year: Raj Jansari
Tournament Director of the Year: Rick Janowski
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Julia Hayward
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Julian Minwalla
Chairman's Award for Outstanding Contribution: Tim Cross
International Player of the Year: Akiko Yazawa (Japan)

8th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 13-16, 2016; Frankfurt-Sulzbach, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Andreas Hofmann, 3/4-Dirk Leinberger / Michael Urban; 1C-Ingo Mohr, 2C-Jürgen Schettler, 3C/4C-Nesip Temizkan / Jürgen Orlowski; 1LC-Christoph Wagener, 2LC-Jerzy Behnke.

INTERMEDIATE (42): 1-Bernd Schmidt, 2-Wolfgang Henze, 3/4-Christian Andresen / Fred Brendler; 1C-Sebastian Müller, 2C-Toni Savio; 1LC-Frank Ott, 2LC-Klaus Evers.

BEGINNERS (24): 1-Harold Kock, 2-Diana Srdjanov, 3-Andrea Dörnemann; 1LC-Nelu Merce.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Götz Hildsberg & Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Cyrus Afchani & Marcus Reinhard.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Sakis Lagopatis, 2-Peter van de Bruck.

LADIES CUP (26): 1-Corinna Blaschke.

LIONS KICK-OFF (48): 1-Igor Kaplanski, 2-Andreas Hofmann, 3/4-Stephan Hartmann / Ralf Sudbrak.

WARM-UP (128): 1/2-Alain Babillon (France) / Marcel Büker.

FMT - 11th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 6-8, 2016; Nicosia, North Cyprus

OPEN (88): 1-Stéphane Tremet (France), 2-Kemal Erdem (Turkey), 3-Ali Çetin Belene (Turkey), 4-Murat Murat (Greece), 5/8-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) / Tunç Onan (Turkey) / Masoud Farvareshi (Iran) / Berkant Bilge (Turkey); 1LC-Adnan Kuzu (Turkey), 2LC-Nachman Fridman (Israel).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Ilhan Koç (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).

1-POINTER (64): 1-Deniz Kizilbora (North Cyprus).

JACKPOT WINNERS (4x8): Nodar Gagua (Georgia), Serdar Ozkaya (Turkey), Serkan Calisir (Turkey), Ismail Yildiz (Turkey), Handan Erdag (Turkey), Deniz Kizilbora (Turkey), Gavriel Menasherov (Israel).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Vecdi Kalyoncu (Turkey), Masoud Farvareshi (Iran), Tunç Onan (Turkey).

€10,000 FREEROLL PASHA CUP (21): 1-Oktay Lokbas (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Mustafa Yilmaz (Turkey), Tunç Onan (Turkey).

23rd OUI-SEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 3-5, 2016; Tokyo, Japan

CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Hisayasu Kato, 2-Gou Maruyama, 3-Kazuki Yokota, 4-Yasuo Mishima, 5/6-Masahiko Nasu / Takeo Takizawa.

INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Yu Date, 2-Yuki Takada, 3/4-Kouichi Koizumi / Yuta Yoshimi.

BEGINNER (25): 1-Aya Ogura, 2-Kenta Shigekichi.

ELEMENTARY CHILDREN (6): 1-Chihiro Eguchi, 2-Masaki Nakagawa, 3-Rikuro Maeda.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kanade Kubota & Toshiyuki Moriuchi, 2-Takayuki Hino & Kazuki Yokota.

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2-Michihito Kageyama.

MASTERS / over 50 (11): 1-Shunzi Terao, 2-Masaaki Isobe.

QUEEN LADIES CUP (8): 1-Kaoruko Kisuno, 2-Tatsuko Mochizuki.

ABT - ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 28-May 1, 2016; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Vadim Musaelyan (NC), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC); 1LC-Brian Lonergan (LA).

INTERMEDIATE (20): 1-Judy Field (MI), 2-Homer Hector (GA); 1C-Dennis Lutz (GA), 2C-Charles Edwards (GA); 1LC-Jeremy Moulton (GA).

NOVICE (4): 1-Michael Wilson (GA), 2-Sean Montgomery (TN).

ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (10): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Sean Garber (IN).

ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (11): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA), 2-Joe Nolan (TN).

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Adrian Costa (GA) & Forrest Faulk (GA), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA) & Samra Hadden (GA).

MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Adrian Costa (GA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Ben Elliott (NC).

OVERFLOW SENIORS TOURNAMENT: 1-Jim Hickey (NC), 2-Alan Epstein (GA).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (15): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Vadim Musaelyan (NC); 1C-Carl Sorg (GA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1/2-Ben Friesen (MI) / Samra Hadden (GA).

WBF - 1ST WORLDWIDE BACKGAMMON TROPHY - GEORGIA & WORLDWIDE TEAM CHALLENGE
April 27-May 1, 2016; Tbilisi, Georgia

MASTER FLIGHT (169): 1-Agamir Gevorkyan (Russia), 2-Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA), 3-Suren Karatorosyan (Armenia), 4-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 5-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 6-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan), 7-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 8-Mamuka Asatiani (Georgia); 1LC- Jemal Chachua (Georgia), 2LC-Christopher Rogers (England); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (33): 1-Baglat Rapava (Russia), 2-Valico Toreli (Georgia), 3-Simon Morecroft (England), 4-Vagif Zaidov (Azerbaijan), 5-Gagik Harutyunyan (Armenia); 1LC-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), 2LC-Tigran Ohanyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).

TEAM CHALLENGE (15 teams): 1-UK I: Captain Raj Jansari, Lawrence Powell, Chris Rogers, Leo Waters, Sebastian Wilkinson; Reserve player: Yan Kit Chan, 2-Russia I: Captain Sergey Erokhin, Alexey Askurava, Agamir Gevorkyan, Alexander Khandin, Mikael Vardanyan; Reserve players: Timur Azizov, Sergey Petukhov, 3-Russia II: Captain Yaroslav Guzev, Konstantin Bartach, Sergey Alenin, Atsamaz Arsagov, Timur Bulekbaev, Aleksandr Solodukhin; Reserve player: Yaroslav Gusev.

MASTER DOUBLES (36 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard-Ludwig Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Tim Line (England) & Leo Waters (England), 3/4-Alexander Chanturidze (Georgia) & David Tevdoradze (Georgia) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey) & Gökhan Kazandag (Turkey).

SUPER-JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Alexander Khandin (Russia), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
SUPER-JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Cecilia Sparke (England), 2-Alla Margaryan (Armenia), 3/4-Su Shin Lim (England) / Annalisa Agosti (Italy).

ONE-POINT MATCH (64): 1-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

CNB - 16th BACKGAMMON TORNEO CITTÀ DI JESOLO
April 22-25, 2016; Jesolo, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Carlo Melzi, 2-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 3/4-Sergio Fragiacomo / Thomas Köb (Austria), 5/8-Marc Steyvers (Spain) / Roman Korber (Austria) / Florin Popa / Bruno Fanan.

INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Antonio Anelli, 2-Carlo Lina, 3/4-Paola Aiello / Rolf Hauswirth (Switzerland); 1C-Sonia Pellegrini, 2C-Gianfranca Pasciu.

MARIO SEQUEIRA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (56): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 2-Fabio Bigaglia.

TEAM EVENT (12 teams): 1-Dario de Toffoli / Fausto Pescini / Daniel Scheidiger, 2-Francesco Mauri / Alessandro Pettini / Daniele Rotondo.

DOUBLE CONSULTING (28): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium) & Leonardo Proni, 2-Franco Candeo & Francesco Mauri.

TORNEO SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Sergio Fragiacomo, 2-Luca Martino.

OPEN HOTEL ATLANTICO (32): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Giorgio Castellano.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).

WARM-UP (32): 1-Thomas Köb (Austria).

SWING TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Daniel Tudose, 2-Fabio Cappelletti.

ONE-POINT (16): 1-Edgardo Bianco.

EDDY'S QUIZ: 1-Florin Popa.

WBF - 1ST INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT FOR JOURNALISTS
April 21-25, 2016; Tskaltubo, Georgia

MASTER FLIGHT (43): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA), 2-Kakhaber Gelashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Jason Pack (USA) / Ilia Nikachadze (Georgia); 1C-Marco Fornasir (Italy), 2C-Tigran Avetisyan (Armenia), 3C/4C-Eduard Mirijanyan (Armenia) / David Tevzadze (Georgia); 1LC-Beka Chkhaidze (Georgia), 2LC-Tornike Kverenchkhiladze (Georgia); Ladies Prize - Tamara Sadradze (Georgia).

ABT - U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 13-17, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (74+28 rebuys): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Mark Ferrin (OR) / Jim Pasko (NV); 1C-Ken Bame (CA), 2C-Tom Wheeler (TX), 3C/4C-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil); 1LC-Joe Russell (CA), 2LC-Philippe Salnave (FL).

INTERMEDIATE (70+28 rebuys): 1-Ahmet Bolat (MA), 2-Jeff Whitelaw (NV), 3/4-Burt Goldstein (NM) / David Taniguchi (CA); 1C-Joe Miller (OH), 2C-Treena Bouque (CA), 3C/4C-Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Tim Lawless (OH); 1LC-Joe Apicella (NV), 2LC-Paul Franks (NV).

BEGINNERS (4): 1-David Klausa (CO).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Stick Rice (OH).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Paul Baraz (CA), 3/4-Stacy Turner (FL) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil).

BEGINNERS JACKPOT (3): 1-Diane Kropelnitski (MI).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Joe Apicella (NV), 2-Pedro Carvalho (Brazil), 3/4-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Cliff Pappas (AZ) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden) & Marie Gustafsson (Sweden).

BLITZ (200): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Hideo Tateno (CA).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (32): 1-Salomon Zonana (Mexico), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (31): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

WBF - 28th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 15th VELDEN OPEN
March 30-April 3, 2016; Velden, Austria

MASTER FLIGHT (23): 1-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania), 2-Gerhard Stoll (Italy), 3-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy), 4-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 5-Roberto Georgi (Italy); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Ingo Mohr (Germany); Ladies Prize: Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Francesco Oliva (Italy), 2-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 3-Elfriede Fritz Winkler (Austria), 4-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria), 5-Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia); 1LC-Heimo Löbler (Austria), 2LC-Maurizio Fidora (Italy); Ladies Prize: Elfriede Fritz Winkler (Austria).

SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Peter Raugust (Germany), 2-Cumhur Bektüre (Turkey).

THE BEST PLAY THE BEST (2): 1-Roman Korber (Austria).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).

WARM-UP (9+26)): 1-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 2-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria).

869BG TROPHY (11+20): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Iaon Ciobanu (Romania).

ONE-POINT MATCH (64): 1-Peter Urbantschitsch (Austria), 2-Neculai Draganuta (Romania).

13th EUROPEAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (11 teams): 1-Ingo Mohr (Germany) & Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria).

28th NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON
March 23-28, 2016; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (103): 1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Michael Weile (DK), 3/4-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 5/8-Jon Barnes (England) / Peter Christiansen (DK) / Bjørn Inge Lorentzen (Norway) / Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece); 1LC-Sampo Niskanen (Finland), 2LC-André Larsen (Norway).

ADVANCED (77): 1-Thomas Kokholm (DK), 2-Klaus Switon (DK), 3/4-Eva Zizková (Czech Republic) / Peter Toftsø (DK), 5/8-Jan Petersen (DK) / Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy) / Cato Fordham (England) / Jesper Jensen (DK); 1LC-Vadim Michagin (DK), 2LC-Christian Skjæran (DK).

INTERMEDIATE (79): 1-Wolfgang Henze (Gemany), 2-Sigrid Seyrling (Austria), 3/4-Anni Bech Nielsen (DK) / Margrethe Louise Pedersen (DK); 1LC-Kevin El Hmoud (DK), 2LC-Rain Bilderbeek (The Netherlands).

BEGINNER (29): 1-Frederik Mikkelsen (DK), 2-Jan Villumsen (DK), 3/4-Mads Gaston Bjørn-Nielsen (DK) vs Sami Kosha (DK); 1LC-Joaquim Marques Nielsen (DK), 2LC-Rodolfo Patricio (Portugal).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (65 teams): 1-André Larsen (Norway) & Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Kåre Aronsson (Sweden), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Kimon Papadopoulos (Germany) / Niels Skov Larsen (DK) & Tommy Larsen (DK).

MIXED DOUBLES (52 teams): 1-Sabine Hildebrandt (Germany) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2-Anita Marholm (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (49): 1-Pernille Andersen (DK), 2-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3/4-Lene Espersen (DK) / Marianne Petersen (DK).

SPEED GAMMON (128): 1-Klaus Switon (DK), 2-Jan Cerny (Czech Republic), 3/4-Paul Gilbertson (England) / Eric McAlpine (England), 5/8-Marinos Hindkjær (DK) / Carter Mattig (USA) / Carlo Melzi (Italy) / Klaus Switon (DK).

TMP TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Saban Simsek (DK), 2-Jan Larsen (DK).

XG MASTERS (9): 1-Thomas Kristensen (DK), 2-Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Sissel Mohr Poulsen (Denmark).

DAILY TOURNAMENT (Saturday) (32): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Henrik Hansen (DK), 3/4-Tage Mellgren (DK) / Ole Michael Nielsen (DK).

TEAM TOURNAMENT (28 teams): 1-Germany: Martin Birkhahn, Maik Stiebler & Norbert Wiebusch, 2-Renseriet (Denmark): Martin Foldager, Reza Jamali & Peter Lego.

WARM UP (78): 1-Axel Stemark (DK), 2-Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland), 3/4-Morten Marx (DK) / Nissim Murciano (Israel).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 3/4-Tore Fredriksen (Norway) / Jason Pack (USA).

DENMARK VS THE WORLD: The World Team won 25-19.
1-The World Team: Captain Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Tore Fredriksen (Norway), Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), Thomas Ronn (Sweden), Akiko Yazawa (Japan), Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
2-Denmark Team: Captain Michael Weile & Theil Rasmussen, Peter Friberg, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "Mik" Larsen, Sander Lylloff, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt.

DANISH PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lars Nielsen.

HONORARY AWARD: Louisa Dahlin Friberg.

FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).

ABT - 22nd ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 18-20, 2016; Cleveland, Ohio

OPEN (38): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-David Todd (MO); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Frank Raposa (VA).

ADVANCED (43): 1-Bruce Ballance (PA), 2-Amy Trudeau (IL); 1C-Reggie Harvel (MI), 2C-David Zakrajsek (IN).

NOVICE (12): 1-Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-Donna Davenport (OH); 1C-Linda Bradley (NC).

OHIO MASTERS (16): 1-Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Rezai (OH), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH).

DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Chris Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA), 2-Bruce Ballance (PA) & Pete Townsend (PA).

MICRO BLITZ (64): 1-David Zakrajsek (IN), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).

QUICKIES (32): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2-Ross Gordon (CT).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (16): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Ben Elliott (NC).

1st NATIONS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 4-6, 2016; Saint-Paul de Vence, France

NATIONS TOURNAMENT (11 teams): 1-North of France Team: Christophe Guicheteau / Michel Serrero / Scarlett Serrero / Franck Stepler, 2-South of France Team: Stéphane Benessiano / Pierre Gondran / Alexis Vincent / Philippe Vouhé.

MASTERS (37): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Lawrence Powell (England), 3/4-Edmond Mezini (Italy) / Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy); 1C-David Brown (England), 2C-Stéphane Benessiano (France), 3C/4C-Massimiliano Cettolin (Italy) / Alexis Vincent (France).

INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Arthur Wright (England), 2-Valentin Otetea (France); 1C-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Christophe Guicheteau (France).

BEGINNERS (4): 1-Gabriela Salgado Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Federico Riceputi (Italy).

SAINT-PAUL'S ARTY TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Andy Bell (England), 2-Myke Wignall (England).

FMT - ISTAVDER 8th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 26-28, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (400): 1-Amin Shahvalizade (Iran), 2-Hüseyin Özdag (Turkey), 3-Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria), 4-Cihangir Çetinel (Turkey), 5-Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 6-Hakan Kahyaoglu (Turkey), 7-Omid Yaghoobi (Iran), 8-Berkant Bilgi (Turkey); 1C-Burak Peker (Turkey), 2C-Roman Korber (Austria); 1LC-Deniz Çirpan (Turkey), 2LC-Alexander Kikalishvili (Georgia).

8th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #1 (64): 1-Selahattin Hacioglu (Turkey) & Salih Yener (Turkey), 2-Arzu Akincioglu (Turkey) & Yalkin Erk (Turkey).
8th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #2 (64): 1-Can Biyiklioglu (Turkey) & Mehmet Ali Erten (Germany), 2-Amir Eshraghi (Iran) & Ebrahim Eshraghi (Iran).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fatih Bellice (Turkey), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey).

TEAM CHALLENGE (32 Teams): 1-Murat Cengiz (Turkey), Ibrahim Terzi (Turkey), Murat Kayaturk (Turkey).

ONE POINT #1: (64) Hasan Yargan (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2: (64) Ozan Gundogdu (Turkey).
ONE POINT #3: (64) Bülent Isildar (Turkey).
ONE POINT #4: (64) Roman Gvenetadze (Georgia).

SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Murat Ibrahimoglu (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Abdullah Ser (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Murat Kapikiran (Turkey).

JACKPOT WINNERS (5x8): Bahattin Uzunoglu (Turkey), Amir Eshraghi (Iran), Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus), Kian Ghodsi (Iran), Dogan Sunar (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Serkan Calisir (Turkey), Marcel Buker (Germany), Kamran Sharifi (Iran), Sefik Mancilikcilar (Switzerland), Ceren Kosdemir (Turkey).

ABT - 2016 SUNSHINE STATE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 19-21, 2016; Clearwater, Florida

OPEN (10): 1-Bob Carpenter (FL), 2-Eric Barr (KS); 1C-Leon Marini (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2-Jerry Ungar (FL); 1LC-Eric Stevens (FL).

NOVICE (6): 1-Marcus Klebe (FL), 2-Juan Erazo (FL).

GULF COAST DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Doug Johnson (FL) & Roland Leutert (FL).

MICRO BLITZ (8): 1-Bob Wright (FL).

AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Michael Valliere (PA).

1st GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 10-14, 2016; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar

CHAMPIONSHIP (165): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Peer Röwer (Germany), 3/4-Thomas Myhr (Denmark) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France), 5/8-Leon Dorel (Romania) / Sergey Erokhin (Russia) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England); 1C-Steen Haff (Denmark), 2C-Aref Alipour (Iran/England), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland).

INTERMEDIATE (51): 1-Florin Sabau (Romania), 2-Andrea Chen (Italy), 3/4-Karina Langhoff de Thurah (Denmark) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan); 1C-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2C-Morten Knudsen (Denmark).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (USA), 2-Pavel Bielewicz (Poland/Sweden).

SPEED TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Aron Tendler (Sweden), 2-Vincent De Nardi (France), 3/4-Magnus Koraen (Sweden) / Martin Birkhahn (Germany), 5/8-Carter Mattig (USA) / Zoran Maric (France) / Ann Maibritt Ehlers (Denmark) / Youssef Azari (Denmark).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Aref Alipour (Iran/England) & Eric McAlpine (England), 2-Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3/4-Tue Rasmussen (Denmark) & Hallur Sævarsson (Iceland) / Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).

FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Christian Andresen (Belgium) / Sylvia Wist (Germany).

LADIES PRIZE: Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

ABT - 4th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 4-7, 2016; San Antonio, Texas

CHAMPIONSHIP (68+26 rebuys): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Gary Fries (VA), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / David Kettler (TX); 1C-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2C-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3C/4C-Gus Contos (CA) / Barry Power (TX); 1LC-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2LC-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

ADVANCED (40+8 rebuys): 1-Philip Rousselle (TX), 2-Lloyd Jerauld (TX); 1C-Cem Aslan (TX), 2C-Robert Urquhart (TX), 3C/4C-Dave McKenzie (KS) / Rose Sheedy (IN); 1LC-Mario Savan (CA).

LIMITED (21): 1-Linda Bradley (NC), 2-Scott Butki (TX); 1C-Rebecca Lively (TX), 2C-Kathy Quentan (TX); 1LC-Paula Pipes (TX).

DUAL-DUEL TOURNAMENT (8): 1-PR Winner Bob Wachtel (CA), 2-Score Winner Steve Sax (CA).

LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (25+6): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Sax (CA) / Bob Wachtel (CA).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (28+4): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Gary Fries (VA), 3/4-Eric Hiner (MN) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-April Kennedy (MN), 2-Robert Orth (TX).

USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS (17 teams): 1-Harvey Gillis (AZ) & Petko Kostadinos (SC), 2-Gus Contos (CA) & Richard Munitz (NY).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEST (96): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

USBGF $1,000 PRIME TOURNAMENT FREE ROLL (64): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Eric Hiner (MN).

$1,000 SURPRISE FREE ROLL (32): 1-John Bird (TX), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1/2-Julius High (KS) / Albert Steg (MA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (32): 1-Ira Hessel (TX), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON #1 (32): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Scott Ward (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).

$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Odis Chenault (CA) / Herb Roman (IL).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (16): 1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-William McHone (TX).

AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2016 Inductees - Patrick Gibson (CA), Danny Kleinman (CA), Howard Markowitz (NV) and Tim Holland (deceased).

TBT - 2016 ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 15-17, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Naim Onur Tezmen, 2-Masoud Aghdam (Iran), 3/4-Ali Necdet Akbayrak / Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria); 1C-Huseyin Cetintas, 2C-Emrullah Cosar, 3C/4C-Martin Barkwill (England) / Cengiz Ergin; 1LC-Mehmet Ali Akpolat, 2LC-Fatih Seven.

LADIES PRIZE (7): 1-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria), 2-Nesrin Becerici.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (29): 1-Huseyin Cetintas, 2-Ali Necdet Akbayrak.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (44 pairs): 1-Serkan Koc & Suzan Koc, 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel) & Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran) & Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Burak Culhaci & Tuncay Yazici.

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (77): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-K. Zafer Akbiyik, 3/4-Martin Sagradian (Ukraine) / Gultekin Uygur.

869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ismail Bilgili, 2-Yasar Gozel, 3/4-Levent Erim / Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).

SWING (59): 1-Kerim Bilge, 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).

BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (21): 1-Martin Barkwill (England), 2-Cumhur Bekture.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Fouad Farraj (Lebanon), 2-Taner Ucarer, 3/4-Gural Bulut / Ysar Gozel.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (8x8): Winners - Fatih Seven, Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia/Turkey), Gural Bulut, Rusen Ali Soylu, Tim Line (England), Walter Busato (Italy), Alexey Askurava (Russia).

ABT - 9th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 6-10, 2016; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (70+16 rebuys): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); 1C-Ben Friesen (MI), 2C-Rory Pascar (IL), 3C/4C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Jeb Horton (NC); 1LC-Frank Talbot (MI), 2LC-Brent Cohen (PA).

INTERMEDIATE (66+18 rebuys): 1-Jordan Schwitzer (NY), 2-Michael Shmuely (NY), 3/4-Bruce Ballance (PA) / Canan Aktas (NY); 1C-Kevin Walsh (NJ), 2C-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Ruben Martirosyan (NY); 1LC-Michael Robinson (NY), 2LC-Cloyd Laporte (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (26): 1-Frank Echols (NJ), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Jenna Longman (MI), 2C-Alia Azamat (NJ); 1LC-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY).

BEGINNER (18): 1-Troy Longman II (MI), 2-Chris Coppa (NY); 1C-Dan Schechner (NY); 1LC-Andrew Lin (WA).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Julian Schulman (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Jay Karns (NY), 3/4-Leon Marini (NJ) / Eric Stevens (FL).

LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (18): 1-Antoinette Williams (NY), 2-Michael Valliere (PA).

2-POINT MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-Larry Shiller (CT) / Tony Wuersch (RI).

BLITZ (160): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Gary Koscielny (NY).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Fran Goldfarb (NY) / Cloyd Laporte (NY).

SENIORS OVERFLOW TOURNAMENT (16): 1/2-Doug Huch (NJ) / Alan Steffen (NY).

$500 JACKPOT (4): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Sergiy Rybiy (NY).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Pete Anderson (WA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

USA vs THE WORLD: 1-World Team: Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Thomas Kristensen (Denmark) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-USA Team: Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (USA) / Steve Sax (CA). The World Team edged Team USA with points scored in multiple events. Team USA edged the World Team in PR including final consultation match: 3.08 vs 3.33.

HIGH ROLLER EVENT (20): 1-Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (USA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA).

2016 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS