2013 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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Updated: May 19, 2013
BACKGAMMON LONDON OPEN 2013 (preliminary results)
May 17-19, 2013; London, England
OPEN (128): 1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Andy Kindler (England).
PROFESSIONALS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Fabio Gullotta (Italy), 2-Raj Jansari (England), 3/4-Julian Fetterlein (England) / Carlo Melzi (Italy).
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2013:
Player of the Year: Eric McAlpine
Most Feared Opponent: John Hurst
Tournament Director of the Year: Mike Main
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Largest Contributor to the Game: Arthur Wright
Biggest Contributor to International Backgammon: Phil Simborg (USA)
Most Courteous Player of the Year: David Broomfield
International Player of the Year: Michihito Kageyama (Japan)
Friendliest Player of the Year: Lawrence Powell
EBGT - GRAND FINALE 2012 & EUROPEAN PRO CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
April 24-28, 2013; Lefkosa, Northern Cyprus
MASTERS (67): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey), 3-Athanasios Katsios (Greece), 4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 5-Kemal Erdem (Turkey).
ADVANCED (28): 1-Laura Soagher (Romania), 2-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 3-Ahmet Nar (Turkey), 4-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Hisar Uyar (Turkey) & Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Self.
ONE-POINTER (64): 1-Ercan Güleç (Turkey), 2-Metin Erikler (Turkey).
EBGT GRAND FINALE 2012 (16): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Yasar Adato (Turkey), Marcel Büker (Germany), Fuat Erdag (Turkey).
GENTLEMAN'S TROPHY: Fatih Sengül (Turkey).
ABT - ATLANTA SPRING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 19-21, 2013; Atlanta, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Frank Raposa (VA); 1C-Paul Weaver (AL), 2C-Vadim Musaelyan (NC); 1LC-Larry Taylor (GA).
ADVANCED (22): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Paul Teitelbaum (GA); 1C-Craig Anderson (GA), 2C-Peter Roubicek (GA); 1LC-Dan Smith (MI).
GEORGIA MASTERS (11): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Stuart Domeshek (GA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Peter Roubicek (GA) & Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) & Frank Raposa (VA).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
MINI MINI-MATCH (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (20): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA), 2-Dan Smith (MI); 1C-Jerry Godsey (GA), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Michael Weinberger (LA), 2-Cinda King (IL).
ABT - NEVADA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 3-7, 2013; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (37+5 rebuys): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV); 1C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2C-Petko Kostadinov (SC); 1LC-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2LC-Saeed Karimi (TX).
INTERMEDIATE (39+15 rebuys): 1-Rob Ring (CA), 2-Karl Pearson (WA); 1C-Mike Derylo (CA), 2C-Sam Orandle (NV); 1LC-Ron Genter (NV), 2LC-Georgina Flanagan (WI).
BEGINNER (7): 1-Frank Taylor (CA), 2-Jami Tipton (AZ).
SUPER JACKPOT (8 @ $2,000): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (8 @ $1,000): 1-John Rockwell (CA), 2-Damon Singer (NV).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (7): 1-Perry Antaramian (CA), 2-Kevin Kahl (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Ron Bruns (CA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Paul Magriel (NV), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (4 teams): 1-Jerry Jabagchourian (CA) & Christian Stoddard (CA).
BLITZ (72): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ramon Eleazar (CA).
MINI-MATCH ( 32): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA).
$30 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (21): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Ted Baehman (NV).
XXV EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF & 12th VELDEN OPEN
April 3-7, 2013; Velden, Austria
MASTERS (20): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Frank Simon (Germany), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) / Sven Rümcker (Germany); 1C-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan), 2C-Yuya Watanabe (Japan); 1LC-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan); Ladies Prize - Maria Menchaca Salamanca (Spain).
CHAMPIONS (21): 1-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy), 2-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 3/4-Rene Mayer (Austria) / Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy); 1C-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2C-Edgardo Bianco (Italy); 1LC-Markus Kuntaritsch (Austria); Ladies Prize - Marion Weeber (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Rudolf Prohaska (Austria), 2-Gür Sakarya (Turkey), 3/4-Serkan Koç (Turkey) / Susanne Lederer (Austria); 1C-Helmut Tweraser (Austria), 2C-Franco Candeo (Italy); 1LC-Vera Toifl (Austria); Ladies Prize - Susanne Lederer (Austria).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Anton Kraft (Germany).
10th EUROPEAN DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Marion Weeber (Germany), 2-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan) & Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Serkan Koç (Turkey) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Frank Simon (Germany).
WARM-UP (41): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Andreas Laure Fischer (Austria).
869 BG TROPHY (33): 1-Dirk Leinberger (Germany), 2-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Marion Weeber (Germany).
PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 2-Vasyl Kavun (Ukraine).
EBGT VII - 25th NORDIC OPEN 2013
March 28-April 1, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (99): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden), 3/4-Timur Azizov (Russia) / Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 5/8-Victor Ashkenazi (USA) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Bjornar Kristoffersen (Norway) / Pernille Rosendal (Denmark); 1LC-Anders Nielander, 2LC-Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
ADVANCED (101): 1-Klaus Switon, 2-Andreas Becher, 3/4-Tommy Kean / Lars Nielsen, 5/8-Martin Jensen / Torben Krogh / Carsten Kruse / Flemming Secher; 1LC-Jens Chr. Pedersen, 2LC-Fredrik Carlsson.
INTERMEDIATE (96): 1-Peter S.H. Jensen, 2-Mariann Modalen (Norway), 3/4-Richard Biddle (England) / Jakob Kristensen, 5/8-Hans Christensen / Wolfgang Henze (Germany) / Tue Rasmussen / Michael Urban (Germany); 1LC-Jannik Syppli Nielsen, 2LC-Flemming Mortensen.
BEGINNERS (99): 1-Lasse I. Christensen, 2-John Blem, 3/4-Henrik Skovsted Iversen / Tommy Vedelfort; 1C-Christian Suhr, 2C-Esther Barfred.
WARM-UP (67): 1-Jan Larsen, 2-Mogens Jørgen Dreier, 3/4-Jakob Andersen / Henrik Bukkjaer.
TMP QUALIFIER (15): 1-Karsten Bredahl, 2-Jens Ch. Pedersen.
CHAMPIONS QUALIFIER (16): 1/2-Claus Elken / Freddie Noer.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2-Lars Trabolt.
DOUBLES (50 teams): 1-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler (Germany), 2-Martin Jensen & Clément Lessél, 3/4-Rune Færevåg & Frode Bull Jaeger (Norway) / Mads Walleen & Ulrich Thomgaardt.
MIXED DOUBLES (52 teams): 1-Karsten & Maria Bredahl, 2-Kimon & Regie Hall Papachristopoulos (Greece), 3/4-Anni Bech & Martin Foldager / Oscar Carlsson & Linda Sjörin (Sweden).
SPEED GAMMON (128): 1-Max Wallgren (Sweden), 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 3/4-Taus Bøytler / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).
TEAM EVENT (31 teams): 1-Nemo, 2-3 Frösche, 3/4-Klodernes Kamp / Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
LADIES CHALLENGE (61): 1-Pernille Rosendal, 2-Camille Sousa-Sousa Olsen, 3/4-Denise Kaiser (Germany) / Margrethe-Louise Pedersen.
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (5): 1-Magnus Berggreen.
NORDIC OPEN MASTER QUIZ:
WORLD TEAM VS. DENMARK: Denmark Team wins after DMP on Sunday, 37-36.
World Team: Captain Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), Victor Ashkenazi (USA), Ralf Jonas (Germany), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Carlo Melzi (Italy), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Eli Roymi (Israel). Denmark Team: Captain Marc B. Olsen, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "MIK" Larsen, Poul Lindberg, Christian Munk-Christensen, Thomas Myr, Freddie Noer, Substitutes: Gus Hansen, Sander Lylloff.
ABT - 19th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 22-24, 2013; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (28): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL); 1C-Karen Davis (DC), 2C-Doug Roberts (MA).
ADVANCED (27): 1-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2-Peter Paik (OH); 1C-Stephen Benjamin (OH), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH).
NOVICE (8): 1-Charlene Britton (OH), 2-Bryan DeMatt (PA); 1C-Terry Culpepper (MI).
OHIO MASTERS (12): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (12): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Stevie Grund (PA), 3-Stephen Benjamin (OH).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Phil Simborg (IL) & Istvan Eger (NY), 2-Doug & Wanda Roberts (MA).
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Dick Bennett (OH), 2-Ben Friesen (MI).
MINI-BLITZ (40): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
BOARD TOURNAMENT (13): 1/2-Maurice Barie (MI) / Istvan Eger (NY).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (13): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH).
18th OSAKA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 9-10, 2013; Osaka, Japan
OPEN (39): 1-Satoshi Kubota, 2-Kazuhiko Yotsushika, 3/4-Toshikazu Kitajima / Yuji Ogura; Kensaku Okatani, 2C-Michihito Kageyama.
INTERMEDIATE (16): Day 1 winner: Teruyuki Suzuki; Day 2 winner: Junichi Doi.
NANIWA CUP (16): 1-Junko Nakamura.
LADIES EVENT (8): 1-Kaori Inuzuka.
QUIZ CONTEST (25): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (perfect score).
ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 8-10, 2013; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Jon Vietor (CA), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / Carter Mattig (IL); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2C-Paul Klein (IL); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
ADVANCED (37): 1-Ken Meng (IL), 2-Alex Owen (IL), 1C-Sue Will (IL), 2C-Leslie Lockett (IL); 1LC-Wayne Wiest (IL).
LIMITED (11): 1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Amber McLean (IL); 1LC-Rich Hallbeck (IL).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XV (10): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Bill Finneran (VA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (4): 1-Chris Scott (IL).
DOUBLES (19 teams): 1-Leslie Lockett (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Georgina Flanagan (WI) & David Presser (IL).
12th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 16 Women): 1-Cinda King (IL), 2-Bill Finneran (VA), 3/4-Judy Fleld (MI) / Bill Riles (TX).
QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).
MICROBLITZ (36): 1-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-Tim Carroll (IL).
LIAR'S DICE: 1-Jill Ferdinand (IL).
DIRECTOR'S TROPHY: Yan Kit Chan (England).
RACCOON RUMBLE OPEN (22): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Steve Klesker (IL), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Mark King (IL); 1C-David Rockwell (IL), 2C-Wayne Wiest (IL).
RACCOON RUMBLE INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Ed Ziesche (MN); 1C-Cinda King (IL).
$1,500 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.
1st CANNES WINTER CUP
February 28-March 3, 2013; Cannes, France
MASTER (24): 1-Alexis Vincent, 2-Philippe Vouhé, 3/4-Eric Guedj / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy); 1LC-Michel Serrero.
1st CANNES CUP WINNER: Alexis Vincent.
INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Pierre Gondran, 2-Claude Lambert, 3/4-Jean-Mark Pages / Kader Turk; 1LC-Jesper Jorgensen (Sweden).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Sven Rumcker (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Russia).
DOUBLES #1 (16 teams): 1-Kathrine Langjord (Norway) & Bob Wachtel (USA), 2-Martin & Pauline Kahn.
DOUBLES #2 (8 teams): 1-Julie Thabault & Valérie Touvet.
ONE-POINT (32): 1-Marco Bonetti (Italy), 2-Nodar Gagua (Russia).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Tristan Rémille, 2-Michel Serrero.
LADIES CUP (8): 1-Kathrine Langjord (Norway), 2-Anna-Lisa Agosti (Italy).
EBGT VII - 5th ISTAVDER ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT
February 22-24, 2013; Istanbul, Turkey
MASTERS (134): 1-Parviz Rokh (Iran), 2-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 3-Murat Yavuz, 4-Alireza Sarabi (Iran), 5-Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 6-Cemalettin Yüksel.
DOUBLES (40 teams): 1-Davood & Saeed Vagheli (Iran), 2-Yigit Göçhan & Mehmet Kutlu Küçükyörük.
ONE-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Ibrahim Karaca.
ONE-POINTER #2 (64): 1-Marcel Buker (Germany).
SASSANGAMMON (64): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran).
UNIVERSITY GAMMON (8): 1-Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari.
SPEED GAMMON (64): 1-Lemi Tu-men, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç.
FM GAMMON #1 (64): 1-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia).
FM GAMMON #2 (64): 1-Yasar Gözel.
SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Hamza Nar.
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Ozan Gündogdu.
MINI JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Caner Kalafatoglu.
MINI JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Mustafa Gültekin Türkmen.
MINI JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Alaattin Özaltun.
MINI JACKPOT #4 (16): 1-Sedat Biçakci.
MINI JACKPOT #5 (16): 1-Arsan Volkan Aktas.
CLUBS TEAM TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Hilmi Göçhan, Hamza Nar & Nedim Yardimci, 2-Metin Erikler, Nuray Özgün, & Dogan Sunar.
SPECIAL AWARDS: Yalkin Erk, Gökay Güleç, Özlem Kaya, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), Ahmet Nar.
ABT - 1st BELTWAY BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 15-17, 2013; Herndon, Virginia
ADVANCED (34): 1-Chen Fu Yu (MD), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Phil Lerman (DC), 2C-Ben Elliott (NC), 3C/4C-Dima Dragomeretskiy (NY) / Bill Pow (VA).
NOVICE (8): 1-Sheldon Richter (VA), 2-Bob Wojack (MD); 1C-Sheri Peters (VA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-Alex Gerding (FL).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Bruce Ballance (PA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Debra Campbell (NC) & Rod Covlin (NY), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
$50 BLITZ #1 (8): 1-Leon Marini (NJ), 2-David Todd (MO).
$50 BLITZ #2 (8): 1-Peter Kasturas (NJ), 2-Yaser Al-Keliddar (VA).
USBGF $25 BLITZ (56): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ), 2-Bill Finneran (VA).
ABT - TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 31-February 3, 2013; San Antonio, Texas
CHAMPIONSHIP (62): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (NV); 1C-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2C-Ron Rubin (NV); 1LC-Barry Silliman (MD), 2LC-Carter Mattig (IL).
ADVANCED (44): 1-Richard Weaver (TX), 2-Don Marek (IL); 1C-George Steele (TX), 2C-Philip Rousselle (TX); 1LC-Adrian Rios (TX), 2LC-Cem Aslan (TX).
NOVICE (24): 1-Nick Dawe (TX), 2-Matt Rogers (TX); 1C-Calin Popescu (TX); 1LC-William Reeves (TX).
LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (24+3 rebuys): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (NV), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Petko Kostadinov (SC).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (22+2): 1-Jason Lee (MD), 2-Michael Edge (SC), 3/4-David Kettler (TX) / Adrian Rios (TX).
DUAL-DUEL (8): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (NV) / Petko Kostadinov (SC).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT) & Bob Koca (MD), 2-Michael Flohr (IL) & David Kettler (TX).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WEST (88): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Steve Blanchard (IL).
SENIORS (32): 1-John Antaki (TX), 2-LEW Webber (VA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (16): 1-Cheryl Andersen (CA), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kathy Quentan (TX) & Bob Urquhart (TX), 2-Betty Coppic (FL) & Carter Mattig (IL).
DMP MONEY-ADDED TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Walt Swan (NJ), 2-Hanna Thorsen (Norway).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Christian Stoddard (CA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ron Williamson (TX).
Betfair/EBGT - MUNICH BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 24-27, 2013; Munich, Germany
MASTERS (34): 1-Thomas Lumper (Germany), 2-Philippe Vouhé (France), 3/4-Martin Birkhahn (Germany) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1LC-Michel Lamote (Belgium).
INTERMEDIATE: (13): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Michael Urban (Germany), 3-Adnan Kuzu (Turkey).
DOUBLES I (16 teams): 1-Mongolian BBQ: Franck Stepler (France) & Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran), 2-Crossfire: Frank Simon (Germany) & Peter van de Bruck (Germany).
DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-No Name: 1-Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland) & Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): Qualifier winners: Kemal Erdem / twice (Turkey), Hartmut Schuler (Germany), Julie Thabault (France); Play-off winner: Kemal Erdem (Turkey).
DMP-CHALLENGE (64): 1-Özlem Kaya (Turkey), 2-Hamza Nar (Turkey).
LIVE SATELLITE GRAND FINALE 2012 (32): 1-Peter van de Bruck (Germany).
SPECIAL AWARD I (Most Pleasant Player): Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland).
SPECIAL AWARD II (Unluckiest Player): 1-Raj Jansari (England).
BACKGAMMON & POKER ON BOARD XI CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 19-26, 2013; Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Princess Cays, Curaçao, Aruba
OPEN (34+126 rebuys): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Mike Sutton (IL).
CARIBBEAN JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Bill Davis (IL).
CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (34): 1-David Rockwell (IL), 2-Woody Woodworth (IN).
POKER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Carl Dell (England), 2-Tom Stegich (IL), 3-Carole Siegel (MI).
HONORARY TROPHY: Heribert Lindner (Germany).
TBT - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 18-20, 2013; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (126): 1-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 2-Serkan Koç, 3/4-Mustafa Babal / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria); 1C-Gür Sakarya, 2C-Dorothy Lee (England), 3C/4C-Miran Dayi / Roman Korber (Austria); 1LC-Göksel Kilinç, 2LC-Sergey Chertkov (Russia), 3LC/4LC-John Broomfield (England) / Serkan Durusu.
RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL WARM-UP (99): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Nedim Yardimci, 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Ayhan Serin.
LADIES PRIZE (12): 1-Dorothy Lee (England), 2-Ann Pocknell (England).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams): 1-Nisa Aksu & Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Rifat Bulut & Canan Eren, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu & Serkan Koç / Bayazit Tür & Nedim Yardimci.
869BG CUP (105): 1-Kürsad Solak, 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Ayhan Serin.
SWING (45): 1-Caner Kalafatoglu, 2-Nil H. Ergin, 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Yalçin Simsek.
1-POINTER ACTION (128): 1-Serdar Önal, 2-Hasip Güven, 3/4-Barbaros Erim / Ali Kamis.
PROFICIENCY EXAM (17): 1-Erhan Yenisen, 2-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 3-Hakan Aksu, 4-Cumhur Bektüre.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Cumhur Bektüre.
ABT - 6th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 10-13, 2013; Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (59+23 rebuys): 1-Bill Robertie (MA), 2-Bob Koca (MD), 3/4-Steve Mellen (NY) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY); 1C-Paul Weaver (AL), 2C-Chris Trencher (NY), 3C/4C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (NV); 1LC-Carter Mattig (IL), 2LC-Brent Cohen (PA).
INTERMEDIATE (52+14 rebuys): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-Debra Campbell (NC), 3/4-Majid Jahanbani (VA) / Peggy Neubig (NJ); 1C-Kevin Walsh (NJ), 2C-Paul Kolker (NY), 3C/4C-Nicholas Misch (NY) / Mike Murton (England); 1LC-Chen Fu Yu (MD), 2LC-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
BEGINNER (13): 1-Julia Sommer (NY); 1C-C.J. Uttley (England); 1LC-Troy Longman II (MI).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (27+5 rebuys): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT (27+5 rebuys): 1-Ira Siegler (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
$50 BLITZ (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
$20 BLITZ (96): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Fran Goldfarb (NY).
WARM-UP (64): 1-Sharon Torres (NY), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Fran Goldfarb (NY) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Al Cantito (CT) & Marcy Kossar (MD).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Andy Rubien (NY), 2-Chen Fu Yu (MD).
