International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT ONLINE! - CHICAGO CLASSIC ABT ONLINE
December 17-20, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (54): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2/5-Kristian Mills (England) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Michael Showkati (CA), Ronald Wertheim (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2/4-Michael Clapsadle (MI) / Mark Malueg (IL) / Franco Tosin (Italy).

GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Bob Zavoral (NV), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Ergin Bayrak (CA).

WINDY CITY SENIORS (16): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Ronald Wertheim (NV).

CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).

CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (4): 1-Dorn Bishop (CA).

DEEP DISH SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Alex Toth (WA).

THIN CRUST LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL).

AL CAPONE AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).

UKBT: THE PLAYERS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 ONLINE
December 12-13, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Terje Pedersen (Norway), 2-Lawrence Powell (UK); 1st Consolation: 1C-Martyn Hamer (UK), 2C-Len Brown (UK); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Neil Webb (UK), 2C-Steve Carder.

ABT ONLINE! - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 3-6, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN (52): 1-Charlie Raichle (CO), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3-Christopher Rogers (England), 4-Art Benjamin (CA), 5/6-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Bob Glass (CA); 1LC-Karen Davis (FL), 2LC-Rune Færevåg (Norway).

ADVANCED (28): 1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-David Gillett (CA), 3-Patty Johnson (CA); 1LC-Michael Kay (MA), 2LC-Ali Shamsian (AZ).

MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Bill Arkin (CA), 2-Richard Stubbe (TX).

WARM-UP JACKPOT (8): 1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).

CRAFT SERVICE DINNER JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank Ley (CA), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).

IT'S A WRAP JACKPOT (8): 1-Nick Maffeo (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA).

FREE ROLL #1 (24): 1-Frank Talbot (MI).
FREE ROLL #2 (50): 1-Stephen Hassman (MA).

ABT ONLINE! - LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 18-22, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (55+27): 1-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3-Ronald Wertheim (NV); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Steve Sax (CA), 3C/4C-Armin Soltani (Canada) / Richard Stubbe (TX); 1LC-Bob Stringer (CA), 2LC-Gus Contos (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (30+16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3-Steve Douglas (MA); 1C-Tom Christner (CO), 2C-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY); 1LC-Mark Malueg (IL).

SENIORS (32): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Gus Contos (CA) / Marc Emrich (CO).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Joe Russell (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 3/4-Larry Brown (VA) / Steve Reichelt (MN).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Eli Karp (LA).

SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Maeis Petrosian (CA).

SATURDAY NIGHT SENIORS (16): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

AFTER TOURNEY (32): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Allen Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Reichelt (MN) / Steve Sax (CA).

ABT ONLINE! - BEALE STREET BLUES BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 4-8, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (42): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/7-Bruce Finstad (TX) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Brian Lonergan (LA) / Andrew Selby (England) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Brion Brooks (IL) / Barry Gittleman (UT) / Igor Moraes (Brazil) / Richard Stubbe (TX).

THURSDAY NIGHT ROCK N' ROLL OFF (32): 1/2-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Joe Russell (CA), 3/4-Bruce Finstad (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).

ELVIS & B.B.'S BATTLE OF THE KINGS (34): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3-Bob Zavoral (IL), 4-Maeis Petrosian (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO), 3/4-Eli Karp (LA) / Mario Savan (CA).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12): 1-Maeis Petrosian (CA), 2-Barry Gittleman (UT), 3-Zachary Fusco (TN).

SUNDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).

ABT ONLINE! - ST. LOUIS GATEWAY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 16-25, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3/6-Herman Arzuman (NY) / Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Brian Lonergan (LA).

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Kate Elmore (GA) / Vlad Eydelman (IL).

CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN (20): 1-Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada).

MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Bruce Finsted (TX), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Gary Koscielny (FL).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12): 1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN), 3-Gary Schachtschneider (AZ).

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).

THURSDAY NIGHT DELIGHT (16): 1-Long Nguyen (CA), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

FRIDAY NIGHT FREE ROLL (38): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Joe Urso (NY).

SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).

LAST TRAIN HOME AFTER TOURNEY (16): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Mario Savan (CA).

ABT ONLINE! - SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 8-11, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com, Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

ABT ONLINE! CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Tim Cross (England), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2C-David Klausa (CO); 1LC-Art Benjamin (CA).

ABT ONLINE! ADVANCED (32): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Larry Brown (VA); 1C-Rick Wolf (FL), 2C-Laura Granger (FL); 1LC-Scott Salisbury (CT).

ABT ONLINE! ROOKIE (8): 1-Steve Peck (MD); 1C-James Ross (NY); 1LC-Lisa Speer (FL).

MIAMI MASTERS (16): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Stuart Hosen (TX).

ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Patrick Enright (WA), 2-David Klausa (CO).

LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Ted Cetola (FL), 2-Juan Rospigliosi (FL), 3-Anthony White (OH).

ROOKIE JACKPOT (8): 1-James Ross (NY), 2-Steve Peck (MD).

DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Marc Emrich (CO) & Pat Fusco (TN), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ).

FRIDAY BASH (12): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Edward Onny (CO).

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (25): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada), 4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

SENIORS EVENT (4): 1-Rick Wolf (FL).

WOMEN'S EVENT (8): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Loretta Bernards (CA).

SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (14): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Long Nguyen (CA), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).

THURSDAY $50 WARM-UP (11): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
THURSDAY $20 WARM-UP (6): 1-Matt Brown (MD), 2-Janet Phoenix (VA).

THURSDAY ROOKIE FREEROLL (6): 1-Ted Cetola (FL).

FTH SUNNY FLORIDA BOARD EVENT: (16): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Steve Peck (MD).

USBGF WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & TEAM QUALIFIER
October 3-4, 2020; GridGammon.com

WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Kara Schultz (CA) [5-0], 2/5-Rain Ackerman (Canada/USA) [4-1] / Karen Davis (FL) [4-1] / Laura Granger Hoarty (FL) [4-1] / Patty Johnson (CA) [4-1]. Kate Elmore (GA) [3-2] & Antoinette Williams (NY) [3-2] join the US Team based on PR scores.

ABT ONLINE! - WILD WEST SHOOTOUT BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (58): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/9-Cary Hoarty (OH) / David Kettler (TX) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada) / Joe Russell (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Richard Siebold (CO).

ADVANCED GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (31): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Tom Christner (CO) / Cristian Frisk (Romania) / April Mesich (MN) / Michael Mesich (CO).

GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Marty Storer (NH) / Odis Chenault (CA).

WARRIOR JACKPOT (16): 1-Laura Granger (FL), 2-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / April Mesich (MN).

FTH QUICK DRAW BOARD EVENT (32): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).

EARLY SHOOTOUT (21): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Lynda Clay (CO).

DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (12 teams): 1-Joe Russell (CA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

LAST STAND AFTER TOURNEY (23): 1-Cem Aslan (TX), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).

CNB - 20th CITY OF JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020; Jesolo Lido, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (43): 1-Fabio Cultrera, 2-Andrea de Zandonati, 3/4-Stefano Selvi / Massimo Trovò, 5/8-Paola Aiello / Lorenzo Laganà / Andres Staedeli (Switzerland) / Rainer Witt (Germany).

ADVANCED (26): 1-Matthew Charlesworth (Slovenia), 2-Helmut Jenske (Germany), 3/7-Franco Candeo / Luigi De Lazzari / Carlo Mazzinghi / Francesco Oliva / Franco Tosin.

OPEN CNB (55): 1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Rainer Witt (Germany), Paola Aiello / Radu Ciortan (Romania).

ATLANTICO HOTEL (28): 1-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 2-Claudio Pagano, 3/4-Sergio Frangiacomo / Michael Urban (Germany).

DOUBLE CONSULTING (11 teams): 1-Franceso Mauri & Dario Zaccariotto, 2-Recan Ercan (Romania) & Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).

SWING (36): 1-Andrea de Zandonati, 2-Claudio Pagano, 3-Heribert Lindner (Germany).

SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Stefano Selvi.

WARM-UP (16): 1-Gerald Stoll, 2-Lorenzo Rusconi.

ABT ONLINE! - USBGF BACKGAMMON SUMMER FINALE
September 11-13, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2/4-cgh31/Cary Hoarty (OH) / plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA) / TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA); 1LC-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).

ADVANCED (16): 1-makoto/Makoto Nozaki (NY), 2/3-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England) / brspunky/Bonnie Rogoff (OH); 1LC-SkipAugur/Wayland Augur (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-amamlet/Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-HumanFactor/Odis Chenault (CA).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (4): 1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Benjie1023/Ben Friesen (MI), 2-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

FRIDAY NIGHT KNOCKOUT (15): 1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (16): 1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO); 1C-Bazooka/Bob Glass (CA).

SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (16): 1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-cjc/Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

ABT ONLINE! - VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 2-7, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXI (20): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada).

EARLY RAVEN (25): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Joe Urso (NY).

FRIDAY FRIGGA (56): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Rick Silberman (WA) / Rich Sweetman (NH).

ODIN OPEN (51): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Jeff Willis (MN), 3-Sean Garber (IN), 4-Art Benjamin (CA); 1C-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).

THOR ADVANCED (43): 1-David Parks (CA), 2-James Fleming (NV), 3-Michael Farrugia (NY), 4-Edward Onny (CO); 1C-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2C-Steve Waller (MN).

VALHALLA OPEN (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).

VALHALLA ADVANCED (14): 1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-David Hanold (IL).

RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (33): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2- Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Bill Finneran (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

UKBT: 7th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN ONLINE
August 29-31, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

MASTERS FLIGHT (113): 1-Charles Hill (UK), 2-Steve Bibby (UK), 3-Chris Hamilton (UK), 4-Brian Lever (UK). UKBGF Members Special Award: Charles Hill (UK).

INTERMEDIATES FLIGHT (78): 1-Zigi Fibert (UK), 2-Roger Salmon (UK), 3-Bill Williamson (UK), 4-Steve Fitton (UK). UKBGF Members Special Award: Zigi Fibert (UK).

8th BACKGAMMON DEUTSCHLAND LIONS CUP
August 27-30, 2020; Bad Dürkheim, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Fazli Güclü, 2-Marcel Büker, 3/4-Werner Frey / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland); 1C-Julian Becker, 2C-Juri Alper; 1LC-Nesip Temizkan.

INTERMEDIATE (28+4): 1-Gerhard Lingnau, 2-Helmut Jeske; 1C-Markus Krawietz, 2C-Andreas Stædeli (Switzerland); 1LC-Felix Wagner.

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dankwart Plattner, 2-Jimmy Anywar.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Rolf Schüler.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Marcel Büker & Marcus Reinhardt, 2-Peter Bauer & Thomas Kazemieh, 3/4-Juri Alper & Gerhard Lingnau / Andreas Hofmann & Torsten Lux.

LOSER'S JACKPOT (68): 1-Nesip Temizkan, 2-Veit Netz.

ABT ONLINE! - USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS
August 14-16, 2020; GridGammon.com, BackgammonGalaxy.com

TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Perry Gartner (FL) & Christian Briggs (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH) & David Kettler (TX), 3-Tim Cross (England) & Ed Corey (CT). Side Pool winner: Dennis Lutz (GA).

WARM-UP (16): 1-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV) / JRUS/Joe Russell (CA).

SATURDAY EVENING "DANCE" (25): 1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD), 3/4-TEXBG31/Rudy Langenbach (TX) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA).

SUNDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION JACKPOT (16): 1-Einsteinny/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO), 3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

UKBT: UK BACKGAMMON LEGENDS INVITATIONAL ONLINE
August 13-31, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

UK LEGENDS INVITATIONAL (44): 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Volker Schneider (Germany), 3-Lawrence Powell (England), 4-Elias Kritikos (Norway). Last Undefeated Player Award: Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada).

ABT ONLINE! - OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 16-19, 2020; GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/8-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England) / Douli/Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD) / LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).

ADVANCED (26): 1-Technosis/Jasper Watertor (Netherlands), 2-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England), 3/4-Patty/Patty Johnson (CA) / Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA).

WARM-UP (16): 1-bazooka/Bob Glass (CA), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX).

MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-juice2403/Ricky Griggs (MI), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX), 3-Ladi/Loretta Bernards (CA).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (11): 1-letsplaydice/Larry Brown (VA), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).

LEAP YEAR JACKPOT (30): 1-SayLaVee/David Rennie (CA), 2-MonsterVal/Val Ovsepyan (CA), 3-aurachbeikitz/Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 4-TarsTarkus/John Gamalielson (WA).

SUNDAY SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-bor742/Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

ABT ONLINE! - MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 5-6, 2020; GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-vegasman/Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV) / V1/Rambiz Khalili (Iran/South Africa); 1C-dave56/David Staggs (IN), 2C-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 3C/4C-Simborg/Phil Simborg (FL) / SweetRolls/Richard Sweetman (NH).

INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-rxbum/Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-jokrjo/Joe Miller (OH) / igormoraes/Igor Moraes (Brazil); 1C-plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV), 3C/4C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA) / fabymel/Fabian Melnik (FL).

ABT ONLINE! - BUFFALO/NIAGARA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 28, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

OPEN (27): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1C-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2C-KarenDavis/Karen Davis (FL).

ADVANCED (19): 1-antanggioalo/Alec Izzo (FL), 2-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV); 1C-Limoncello/Joe Calvaruso (OH), 2C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA).

ABT ONLINE! - USBGF SPRING FLING
June 15-22, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (58): 1-SweetRolls/Rich Sweetman (NH), 2-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 3/8-herman/Herman Arzuman (NY) / Lancs/Tim Cross (England) / RayF/Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Glazer/Giorgis Lazaris (Greece) / FDR/David Rennie (CA) / Selbs/Andrew Selby (England).

ADVANCED (36): 1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-edmaciel/Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 3/6-retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV) / TeamZiba/Kate Elmore (GA) / JimmyG/Jim Glover (FL) / RetUSAF/Edward Onny (CO).

$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA), 2-Mae/Maeis Petrosian (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-Frisk/Cristian Frisk (Romania).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-Frankthetank/Frank Farjood (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-arminsoltani/Armin Soltani (Canada).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA).

$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL), 2-MarcGru24/Marc Grutka (FL).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).

ABT ONLINE! - LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON
June 4-7, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN (51): 1-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England), 2-SongScout/Gus Contos (CA), 3-barkin/Bill Arkin (CA), 4-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 5/6-Vengeance526/Brian Lonergan (LA) / minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy); 1LC-wockadoo/Bob Wachtel (CA), 2LC-mapacho/Michael Miller (CA).

ADVANCED (38): 1-Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA), 2-wavesinair/Paul Armbruster (CA), 3-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 4-BradRose/Brad Rosenberg (AZ); 1LC-JimmyGofPC/Jim Glover (FL), 2LC-eonny1/Edward Onny (CO).

LAST GASP JACKPOT (18): 1-capitalcarl/Alex Toth (WA), 2-karendavis/Karen Davis (FL).

DINNER BRAWL (11): 1-Lulu2/Lynda Clay (CO), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).

EARLYBIRD TOURNAMENT (9): 1-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 2-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO).

WARM-UP (23): 1-alamofo/Mark Ferrin (TX), 2-95682/Terry Stigall (CA), 3/4-Khyar/Michael Ramsey (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).

ABT ONLINE! - CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON
May 18-24, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (68): 1-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-NeilKaz/Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-bor742 /Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 4/10-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / karendavis/Karen Davis (FL) / Switch/Geoff Hall (England) / Hillsralive/Steve Hills (DC) / hksteve/Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / arynog/Ary Nogueira (Brazil) / Jonah/Jonah Seewald (CO).

ADVANCED (56): 1-daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-stewartp/Stewart Pemberton (FL), 3/6-RayC/Ray Cifani (OH) / PeteK/Peter Kasturas (NJ) / MaxLev/Max Levenstein (CA) / Howard/Howard Linnemann (NY).

$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Talbot/Frank Talbot (MI).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Ozzie/Mark Osborne (NY), 2-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).

$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-caspianhero/John Shakory (TX), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL).

ABT ONLINE! - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON
April 25-26, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (50): 1-Minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy), 2-dorado11 /Mario Savan (CA), 3-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD), 4-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 5/6-darren/Ronald Rubin (CA) / dave56/David Staggs (IN).

ADVANCED (47): gasparcan/Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-RyanRebel /Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL), 4-LuckyLarry/Larry Brown (VA).

TBT - 10th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF
March 14-15, 2020; Kocaeli, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (71): 1-Ümit Bata, 2-Mehmet Millioglu, 3-Berken Kalender, 4-Mustafa Dikgöz.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (40): 1-Berkan Kalender, 2-Mustafa Dikgöz.

TRADITIONAL (48): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut, 3-Tolga Özkale, 4-Ercan Kandemir.

LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Dilara Aras, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.

"HAZAN OZKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ahmet Ayan & Tolga Özkale, 2-Güral Bulut & Mustafa Sen, 3/4-Burak Çulhaci & Cesur Kaya / Ahmet Coskun & Gültekin Uygur.

"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (31): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Osman Erkol, 4-Gamze Koç.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Suat Karadag, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3/4-Cesur Kaya / Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.

MERIT SATELLITE (8): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Umur Aras.

TBT-2020 SATELLITES (4x8 players): Winners – Gültekin Uygur, Cumhur Bektüre, Hasret Bekar, Sakir Kemik.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8 players): Winners – Gökhan Çelik (twice), Hasret Bekar, Kemal Met, Gülderen Gücavli.

ABT - 2nd SACRAMENTO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 6-8, 2020; Sacramento, California

OPEN (17): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Terry Stigall (CA); 1C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

ADVANCED (16): 1-Tom Tseng (CA), 2-Richard Loomer (CA); 1C-David Parks (CA); 1LC-Ely Johnson (CA).

NOVICE (3): 1-Robert Alvord (CA), 2-Trevor Dahl (CA).

MASTERS (18): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ken Bame (CA).

BMAB (USA) #13 (10): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Carl Blumenstein (CA) / David Parks (CA).

DMP QUICKIES (8): 1-Ted Hwa (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON I (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON II (8): 1-Ted Chee (CA).

TBGT: ISTAVDER 12th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FESTIVITY
February 27-March 1, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (360): 1-Dinçer Günes, 2-Samet Kurtulmus, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 4-Shay Asraff (Israel), 5-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 6-Argun Erkaya, 7-Ercan Akin, 8-Ahmet Kurtulmus, 9-Sertaç Avnioglu, 10-Mete Topçuoglu, 11-Meral Yilmaz, 12-Hakan Ergüç; 1C-Ismail Güçlü, 2C-Faysal Sabuncuoglu; 1LC-Gabi Forster (Germany), 2LC-Okan Koçak.

SKODA CUP FINAL (128): 1-Fuat Erdag, 2-Burak Çulhacı, 3/4-Hakan Ergüç / Erkan Nayir.

12th ANNIVERSARY CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim, 2-Murat Isin & Himself, 3/4 Marcel Büker (Germany) & Dietmar Mönch (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Spain) & Himself.

WORLD TEAM vs TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM (2): 1-Turkish National Team: Ali Çetin Belene, Erhan Yenisen, Cihangir Çetinel, Cüneyt Argun Genç, Ibrahim Karaca, 2-World Team: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 2-Ayla Ercan.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Michael Weidner (Germany), 2-Cengiz Dindar.

ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran).
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Karmen Acun.
ONE POINT #3 (64): 1-Cesur Kaya.
ONE POINT #4 (64): 1-Ilyas Yavuz.
ONE POINT #5 (64): 1-Gökay Güleç.

TEAM CHALLENGE (16 teams): 1-Team Göztepe: Adnan Kuzu, Erkul Sen, Gökay Güleç, Serdar Güray, Muhsin Yayintas, 2-Team Germany: Bernd Schmidt, Michael Weidner, Marcel Geist, Bernd Galke, Mehmet Ali Erten.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Ozan Gündogdu.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Aykut Uzel.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Hossein Paknahad (Iran), Abdullah Ser, Marcel Büker (Germany), Kadir Orhan (France), Loridas Evangelas (Greece), Burak Hakki, Tutku Beyit (North Cyprus).

HONORARY MEMBER AWARDS: Ricardo Malas (Spain), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel), Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran).

THANKS AWARDS: Murat Murat (Greece), Sinan Sütçüoglu, Engin Ozartan, Sefik Gedikoglu, Ali Olgun, Ali Alçelik, Ali Yaldiz.

CNR: STAR BACKGAMMON OPEN PITESTI
February 21-23, 2020; Bascov, Romania

MASTERS (58): 1-Denis Constantin, 2-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy), 3/4-Adrian Staicu / Costel Ilie, 5/6-Iulian Chirita / Cristinel Dragomir.

SUPERJACKPOT (18): 1-Iulian Chirita, 2-Viorel Gheorghiu.

DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy) & Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2-Marian Manaila & Raducu Toma.

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Ionut Cocica, 2-Mihai Folea.

QUIZ STAR: 1-Ciprian Sdrobis.

TBT - 12th BURSA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF
February 15-16, 2020; Bursa, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (83): 1-Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3-Ekrem Baskaya, 4-Sükrü Yurttekin.

ELTE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Tunç Sökmener, 2-Mehmet Emistekin.

LADIES PRIZE (6): 1-Gamze Koç, 2-Ece Tamer.

TRADITIONAL (39): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Neser Korkmaz, 3-Sakir Kemik, 4-Nesat Coskun.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams): 1-Suat Karadag & Yasin Özergil, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Mehmet Pektezcan / Güral Bulut & Burak Culhaçi.

SWING (54): 1-Guven Ok), 2-Idil Adigüzelzade, 3-Tolga Gümüsoglu, 4-Kenan Karakaya.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-EceTamer, 3/4-Güven Ok / Ahmet Coskun.

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Talat Bagibala, 2-Umur Aras.

TBT-2020 SATELLITES (5x8): Winners: Ahmet Coskun, Altug Burdurlu, Gültekin Uygur, Hasret Bekar, Suat Karadag.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8): Winners: Gülderen Gücavli, Hakan Tanisik (twice), Hüseyin Varisli, Nesat Coskun.

ABT - 4th BOSTON OPEN - MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 13-16, 2020; Boston, Massachusetts

OPEN (40): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Stephen Hassman (MA), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Clement McNally (FL), 2LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Bill Barrows (MA); 1LC-Stephen Douglas (MA).

NOVICE (6): 1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Scout Jones (CT), 3-Mykuhl Henderson (MA).

ACE OF HEARTS SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Bill Robertie (MA).

HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Marty Storer (NH).

SWEETHEART DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) & Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Allen Tish (CA).

QUIET QUICKY (8): 1-Albert Steg (MA).

SASSY SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Allen Tish (CA).

SEDUCTIVE SENIORS (16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-John Pirner (MN).

JEALOUS JUNIORS (16): 1-Vinson Blanton (VA), 2-Carl Blumenstein (CA).

OPTIMISTIC OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).

LOVEABLE LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).

NUTTY NOVICE JACKPOT (4): 1-Dan Whitney (CT).

KING OF HEARTS (4): 1-Patrick Enright (WA). QUEEN OF HEARTS (4): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA). Patrick Enright won the Playoff Trophy.

USBGF FREE ROLL (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).

PASSION PRE-TOURNEY (16): 1-Donny Lomuto (NY); 1C-Frank DiMaggio (NY).

5th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
February 5-9, 2020; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark), 3/4-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michael Urban (Germany), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (England) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Thomas Myrh (Denmark) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).

INTERMEDIATE (62): 1-Alex Polden (England), 2-Finn Bahn (Denmark, 3/4-Rene Thor Poulsen (Denmark) / Emil Sirakov (Italy), 5/8-Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) / Inja Myhr (Denmark) / Ann Pocknell (England) / Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (37): 1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Michael Nielsen (Denmark).

DMP (64): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Victoria Ondis (USA).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Luca Martino (Italy), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Mark Ferrin (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 5/8-Michael Larsen (Denmark) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Chris Rogers (England) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (15): 1-Ola Serhan (Switzerland), 2-Analisa Agosti (Italy).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (37 teams): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/USA), 2-Rune Færevåg (Norway) & Hans Liby (Norway).

MIXED DOUBLES (28 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Anne Hyttel (Denmark) & Peter Lygteskov (Denmark).

WARM-UP (16): 1-Axel Stemark (Denmark), 2-Gary Bauer (USA).

FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE (26): 1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Hans Liby (Norway) / Thomas Kristensen (Denmark).

TBGT: BURSA BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 1-2, 2020; Bursa, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (170): 1-Hakan Ergüç, 2-Ergun Sen, 3-Adnan Kuzu, 4-Erhan Yenisen, 5-Bülent Bahar, 6-Vedat Altuglu.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16): 1-Umur Aras & Murat Hazir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16): 1-Tamer Aydogan & Yakup Aydogan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16): 1-Dinçer Günes & M. Hulusi Tümer.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16): 1-Eyüp Durmus & Irfan Mizrakçi.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16): 1-Erkan Nayir & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16): 1-Merve Çalisir & Serkan Çalisir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16): 1-Ismail A. Mesta & Erkul Sen.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Erdogan Kiliç, 2-Hüseyin Özdag.

DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64): 1-Sait Acar.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64): 1-Servet Demir.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64): 1-Gökay Güleç.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64): 1-Erdogan Kiliç.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Refik Vural, Gamze Koç, Umut Gökgöz.

ABT - TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 30-February 2, 2020; San Antonio, Texas

GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (77+31 rebuys): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-David Winn (TX) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Frank Farjood (CA) / Mark Ferrin (TX); 1LC-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2LC-John Shakoori (TX).

ADVANCED (42+14 rebuys): 1-Randi Sachar (NY), 2-Ben Weinstein (NY); 1C-Tony Elliot (AZ), 2C-Ross Gordon (CT), 3C/4C-Scott Neal (TX) / Mattias Stahberg (Sweden); 1LC-Kara Schultz (CA).

NOVICE (12): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX), 3-Michelle Hearn (TX), 4-Robert Gonzalez (TX).

MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-John Bird (TX), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / Ami Ben-Ari (CO).

TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (29): 1-Mike Snow (TX), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 3/4-Scott Neal (TX) / Joe Potts (TX).

SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (FL), 2-Marc Emrich (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Mangone (CA) & Kara Schultz (CA).

SENIORS (128): 1/2-split–Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / Bahman Zandi (MD), 3/4-Dianne Grossman (NM) / Irina Litzenberger (VA).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Mark Ferrin (TX), 3/4-Rudy Langenbach (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO).

FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

USBGF DMP PRIME TOURNAMENT (96): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3-Don Marek (IL).

AWARDS NIGHT FREEROLL TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (4): 1-Frank Ramia (TX), 2-John Savio (NY).

TEXAS SHOWDOWN POINTS POOL (11): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (4): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (4): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (4): 1-Jose Farca (Mexico).

AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2020 Inductee – Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Phil Simborg (FL).

CNB: 8TH VENICE BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 30-February 2, 2020; Venice, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (37): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Claudio Pagano, 5/8-Adrian Daizi (Albania) / Francesco Mauri / Ioannis Mathioudakis (Greece) / Pavel Shirokov (Russia).

ADVANCED (28): 1-Diego Balgera, 2-Gerhard Stoll, 3/5-Marco Conte / Carlo Mazzinghi / Giuseppe Ricciardi.

OPEN CNB (50): 1-Boris Martinello, 2-Sergio Fragiacomo, 3/4-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France) / Stelian Iancu (Romania).

BOLOGNA HOTEL (28): 1-Laura Monaco, 2-Marco Solazzo, 3/4-Marco Benetti (Switzerland) / Marco Bonetti.

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Roberto Agirmo & Boris Martinello, 2-Massimo Trovò & Antonio Varisco.

MESTRE JACKPOT CHAMPION (16): 1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Tal Sade (Israel).

MESTRE JACKPOT ADVANCED (16): 1-Gianfranca Pasciu.

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Marco Bonetti.

WARM-UP (8): 1-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo.

MELBOURNE BACKGAMMON INTERNATIONAL
January 23-30, 2020; Melbourne, Australia

$5K AUD EVENT (22+10): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Maurice Mosseri (USA), 3/4-Alex Lehmann (USA/Portugal) / Roberto Litzenberger (USA).

$1K AUD EVENT (40+24): 1-Tino Lechich (Australia), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Hideaki Ueda (Japan); 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Julius High (USA).

MOCHY MILLION FREEROLL (37): 1-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / 209 chips, 2-Gaz Owen (England) / 79 chips, 3-Hideaki Ueda (Japan) / 8 chips.

WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - TBT
January 17-19, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

"GIORGOS KLEITSAS MEMORIAL" CHAMPIONSHIP (121): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Babür Eren, 3/4-Bülent Bahar / Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon); 1C-Ayla Karmen Acun (Turkey), 2C-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 3C/4C-Catalin Bucur (Romania/England) / Boris Martinello (Italy); 1LC-Mykhailo Yuzhnyi (Ukraine), 2LC-Aytug Yigit (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Ömer Mert Gülaçti (Turkey) / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).

LADIES PRIZE (13): 1-Ayla Karmen Acun, 2-Seda Koç.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (27): 1-Babür Eren, 2-Ömer Mert Gülaçti.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (46 teams): 1-Ismail Bilgili & Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 2-Hasan Gemici & Hikmet Kizilca, 3/4-Orhan Bitlisli & Zafer Tas / Hasret Bekar & Zafer Karadag.

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (80): 1-Boris Martinello (Italy), 2-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 3/4-Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Cemalettin Yüksel.

"ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine), 3/4-Hasan Gemici / Niyazi Yaman.

SWING (48): 1-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Ümit Özbay, 3-Zafer Karadag, 4-Güral Bulut.

BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (24): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Berkant Bilgi, 3-Zafer Tas, 4-Martin Barkwill (England).

"MERIT MASTER" SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Güral Bulut, 2-Dinçer Günes, 4-Gülderen Gücavli.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), 2-Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Patrick Gebelli (France / UAE).

BG4BG JACKPOTS (10 groups of 8): Winners: Nesrin Becerici, Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Emrah Guzeldere, Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon), Hasret Bekar, Sergii Olienikov, Güral Bulut, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), Özkan Erbelgin, Konstantin Osovskiy (Ukraine).

PANAMA CANAL BACKGAMMON & POKER CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 13-23, 2020; Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cayman Islands, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica

CARIBBEAN BLITZ (40): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Butch Meese (IN).

LIMITED CARIBBEAN BLITZ (32): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Joe Miller (OH).

SWORDFISH JACKPOT (4): 1-Lee Genud (FL).

DOLPHIN DASH AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Sarah Saltus (CT).

CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (20): 1-Steve Hast (PA).

SHARK TANK POKER TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Fran Miller (OH).

ABT - 13th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 9-12, 2020; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (100+40 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Ron Rubin (NV), 3/4-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL); 1C-Peter Naguib (Germany), 2C-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3C/4C-John Klein (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (77+31 rebuys): 1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3/4-P.J. Macali (OH) / Tara Mendicino (TX); 1C-Daniel Adler (NY), 2C-Murat Kemahlioglu (NY), 3C/4C-Scott Douglas (Canada) / Tom Rebelo (Douglas); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Aurélien Cardoso (France).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (54): 1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Ralph D'Onofrio (NY), 2C-Jonathan Berkowitz (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Nick Paleos (NY).

BEGINNER (26): 1-Jordan McCollom (CT), 2-José Ward (NJ); 1C-Jamie Rosen (NJ), 2C-Makoto Nozaki (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY), 2LC-Sheryl Glenn.

SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL), 2/3-Blake Fleetwood (NY) / Atakhan Ismailov (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Ioannis Rizos (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2/3-Igor Baburov (NY) / Joe Freedman (NM), 4/6-Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-Eli Karp [West Champion] (LA), 2-Jack Edelson [East Champion] (MN).

USBGF 2-POINT MINI-MATCH: Final Four split: Garry Kallos (Canada) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Nick Paleos (NY) or Andrew Swanson (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & John Klein (MD), 2-David Brown (England) & Trudi Seely (England).

NEW YORK DOUBLES OVERFLOW (16 teams): 1-George Garami (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (48): 1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/6-Robert Caldwell (Canada) / Kristi Christman (WA) / Cary Hoarty (OH) / Jay Karns (NY).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Paul Polatov (NY), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / P.J. Macali (OH).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER PLAYOFF: 1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Robert Loveless (Canada).

SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT I (8): 1-Phil Simborg (FL).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT II (4): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-David Shadi (NJ), 2-Jordan Cohn (NJ).

$200 JACKPOT (8): 1-Jim Stutz (CT).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / Philippe Salnave (FL).

$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mark Megalli (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-David Tuminaro (DE).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Julian Minwalla (England).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Rodney Workman (IL).

WORLD TEAM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & WBGF CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
January 6-12, 2020; Forges-les-Eaux, France

WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (17 nations): 1-DENMARK (Steen Grønbech, Thomas Kristensen, Christian Munk-Christensen, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt), 2-GREECE (Michail Proukakis, Ioannis Atmatzidis, Takis Chatzelis, Platon Tserliakos, Stavros Tsolakos), 3-FRANCE (Stéphane Chenevière, Alain Babillon, Aurélien Bonnet, Olivier Croisille, Olivier Décultot, Eric Maillebiau, Raphael Rosalba).

WBGF 2020 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (125): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3/4-Leon Dorel (Romania) / Lawrence Powell (England), 5/8-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) / Thorsten Lux (Germany) / Laurent Michelet (France) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); 1LC-Gerhard Lingnau (Germany), 2LC-Heribert Lindner (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany).

ULTIMATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Almir Vajzovic (Switzerland).

DOUBLE CONSULTATION (41 teams): 1-Chris Rogers (England) & Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 2-Stelian Iancu (Romania) & Joachim Lindgren (Sweden).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).

DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Jiri Vala (Czech Republic), 2-Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Natalie Passano (Gibraltar).

DAILY TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-Gerard Duruz (Switzerland).

WARM-UP TEAM EVENT (8): 1-UK Team (Chris Bray, Raj Jansari, Chris Rogers).

TBGT: 25th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 4-5, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (199): 1-Ismail Güçlü, 2-Metin Ates, 3-Yasin Okal, 4-Sinan Sütçüoglu, 5-Samet Kurtulmus, 6-Serdar Önen.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16): 1-Sefik Gedikoglu & Umut Sari.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16): 1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16): 1-Faysal Sabuncuoglu & Self.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16): 1-Ercan Akin & Tayfun Mataraci.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16): 1-Alp Yilmaz & Self. DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16): 1-Dinçer Günes & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16): 1-Hakan Iplik & F. Hakan Uncuoglu.

DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64): 1-Erkan Nayir.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64): 1-Nedim Dagasan.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64): 1-Gürsel Dinçbilek.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64): 1-Ahmet K. Baykalogullari.
DMP CHALLENGE #5 (64): 1-Okan Koçak.
DMP CHALLENGE #6 (64): 1-Tunç Çelik.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Celal Akarsu, Ali Olgun, Tayfun Mataraci.

2020 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS