International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT - 19th MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 18-20, 2014; Bloomington, Minnesota

OPEN (15): 1-David Rockwell (IL), 2-Vadim Nuniyants (WI); 1C-Julius High (KS), 2C-Bob Schumacher (MN); 1LC-Ralph Stowell (MN).

INTERMEDIATE (12): 1-Hugh Morris (MN), 2-Tom Magne (MN); 1C-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2C-Steve Binenstock (MN); 1LC-Kevin Heacox (IN).

GOPHER CLASSIC (9): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-David Rockwell (IL); 1C-Bob Schumacher (MN).

MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Bill Davis (IL).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Myron Goldman (MN) & Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Keene Marin (WI) & Bill Minser (WI).

BLITZ (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Bill Minser (WI).

3rd MUNICH BACKGAMMON OPEN - WBA / 2013 GRAND FINALE EBGT VII
July 17-23, 2014; Munich, Germany

ELITE GROUP (25): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Thomas Dettler (Germany), 3-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 4-Rune Færevåg (Norway); Ultimate Fight: 1-Hilmi Göchan (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Jan Stastna (Czech Republic).

DMP EVENT: 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).

DOUBLES: 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

WARM-UP: Yasar Gözel (Turkey).

SPECIAL AWARDS: Tobias Hellwag (Germany), Yuki Hiroki (Japan), Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

EBGT VII 2013 GRAND FINALE (18):

ABT - 39th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 3-6, 2014; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (76): 1-Gary Bauer (NJ), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/5-Patrick Gibson (CA) / Julius High (KS); 1C-Audronis Zunde (CO), 2C-Bruce Russell (WI), 3C/4C-Dean Adamian (MI) / Dion Hogan (MI).

INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Paul Stebbing (Canada), 2-Prince Barlow (MI), 3-Steve Diano (NV); 1C-Faris Gabbara (MI), 2C-Omar Shah (Canada), 3C/4C-Amy Trudeau (IL) / Rick Wedge (Canada).

NOVICE (10): 1-Norma Lunsford (MI), 2-Fran Miller (OH); 1C-Amber McLean (MI); 1LC-Hunter Haaf (PA).

MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Dion Hogan (MI), 2-Karen Davis (DC), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Claude Landry (Canada), 2-Brent Cohen (PA), 3/4-Dean Adamian (MI) / Mike Freeman (NC).

PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeb Horton (NC), 3/4-Troy Longman (MI) / John Stryker (IL).

EXTREME FREEZE-OUT (16): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Kevin Heacox (IN).

CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Bob Hickey (OH), 2-Keene Marin (WI). $300 was raised for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (20): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

OPEN DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Emil Mortuk (MI) & Akemi Ota (MI), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada) & Paul Stebbing (Canada), 3-Ben Friesen (MI) & Jim Slomkoski (MI).

LIMITED DOUBLES (4 teams): 1-Brenda Cohen (PA) & Rick Wedge (Canada).

FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Yury Millman (MN), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ), 2-Glen DeGuzman (MN).

$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (16): 1-Jeb Horton (NC).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-David Zukkor (MI).

$50 WARM-UP (27): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3/4-Chris Knapp (Canada) / Yury Millman (MN).
$30 WARM-UP (29): 1-Carl Bommarito (MI), 2-Bill Toth (MI), 3/4-Reggie Harvel (MI) / Jim Kennis (NY).
$20 WARM-UP (10): 1-Jenna Longman (MI), 2-John Claybourne (MI), 3-Wes Burgar (MI).

SUNDAY TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
SUNDAY TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Joe Freedman (NM) / Troy Longman (MI).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2/3-Steve Grob (MI) / Marcy Kossar (MD).

SIMBORG/USBGF QUIZ: 1-Chuck Bower (IN) & Mary Hickey (OH).

ABT - LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 20-22, 2014; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (58): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3-Odis Chenault (CA), 4/5-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Jonah Seewald (CO); 1C-Saul Meir (CA), 2C-Carter Mattig (IL), 3C/4C-Cheryl Andersen (CA) / Justin Nunez (CA).

ADVANCED (41): 1-Farid Khalili (CA), 2-John Isaac (CA); 1C-David Cohen (GA), 2C-Patrick Keene (CA), 3C/4C-Bill Darrow (CA) / Glen DeGuzman (MN).

LIMITED (11): 1-Cem Yorulmaz (CA), 2-Stephen Furry (CA); 1C-Larry Andersen (CA).

SUPER 32 (30): 1-Odis Chenault (CA), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Tiran Dangor (CA) / John Rockwell (CA).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-David Rennie (CA), 2-Adam Prager (Israel), 3/4-Joe Nolan (TN) / Sean Taghani (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).

SENIORS #1 (32): 1-Doug Amenda (AZ), 2-Giora Ben-Horin (AZ).
SENIORS #2 (16): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Marv Porten (CA).

2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-John Isaac (CA).

L.A. OPEN LOGO BOARD EVENT (4): 1-Sean Taghani (CA).

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Carter Mattig (IL) & Lindsay Mattig (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA) & David Rennie (CA).
DOUBLES #2 (4 teams): 1-Alain Azoulay (CA) & Fara Yousefi (CA).

$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Sam Ahmed (CA).

SIMBORG/USBGF QUIZ: Open winner - Rory Pascar (IL), Advanced winner - John Skratulia (CA).

2nd ANNUAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 29-June 1, 2014; Heppenheim, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (34): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Thomas Kazemieh, 3/4-Dankwart Plattner / Volker Wenzlaff, 5/8-Ferat Gündogan / Frerik Janz / Mario Kühl / Philip Kazemieh; 1LC-Michael Schoppmeyer, 2LC-Michael Urban.

INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Michael Rudolph, 2-Wolfgang Kunkel, 3/4-Ulrich Roth / Tihomir Zinic; 1LC-Marcel Jochem, 2LC-Stefan Reinspach.

BEGINNER (5): 1-Patrick Hofer, 2-Susanne Kazemieh; 1LC-Sylvia Wist.

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Can Biyiklioglu.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Philip Kazemieh & Frank Zander, 2-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler.

SRI LANKAN CUP (128): 1-Jerzy Behnke.

FAIRNESS PRIZE: Klaus Evers.

ABT - 34th CHICAGO OPEN & 2ND WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
May 22-26, 2014; Rosemont, Illinois

2nd WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (22): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Mary Hickey (OH).

OPEN (63): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2/8-Steve Blanchard (IL) / Jack Edelson (WI) / Ben Friesen (MI) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong).

INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Leslie Lockett (NM) / Simon Woodhead (Australia), 5-Chris Scott (IL); 1C-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2C-Don Marek (IL); 1LC-Serge Bondar (IL).

NOVICE (5): 1-Kathy Quentan (TX), 2-Jami Tipton (AZ); 1C-Antoinette Marter (IL).

FASTER MASTERS (16): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 2-Fred Chamanara (IL).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (24): 1-Tom Zarrinnam (CA), 2-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3-David Todd (MO).

LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 3-Frank Dama (FL).

DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-David & Linda Rockwell (IL), 2-Al Moskos (FL) & Takis Sakkalis (Greece), 3-Rachel Bishop (WI) & Carter Mattig (IL).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (11): 1-Karen Davis (DC).

SENIORS (48): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL), 3-Chris Knapp (Canada).

TAKI-BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).

869 BOARD TOURNAMENT #1 (4): 1-Jim Pappas (NV).
869 BOARD TOURNAMENT #2 (4): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan).

THE BLITZ (32): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).

$200 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Stuart Dunkin (FL) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Bill Davis (IL).

MOCHY'S 4th PROFICIENCY TEST (28): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2-David Presser (IL), 3-John O'Hagan (IN).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (32): 1-Fred Chamanara (IL), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).

BACKGAMMON LONDON OPEN 2014
May 9-11, 2014; London, England

LONDON OPEN (128): 1-Hall Skära (Norway), 2-Mark Dixon (England), 3/4-Chris Purchase (England) / Simon Shamash (England).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Engin Ongel (England), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).

PROFESSIONALS' TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Farzin Aarabi (Norway), 2-Jason Pack (USA/England), 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati (Italy) / Raj Jansari (England).

HIPPODROME CUP (32): 1-Mark Calderbank (England), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Wayne Felton (England) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

LONDON SHIELD (32): 1-Simon Morecroft (England), 2-John Broomfield (England), 3/4-Nils Figenschou (England) / Geoff Oliver (England).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-David Dennis (England) & Ted Schon (England), 2-Michael Kamintzi (England) & Eric Maillebiau (England), 3/4-Elie Bendaly (Lebanon) & Malcolm Johnston (England) / Donna Sherred (England) & Mike Willliams (England).

BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2014:
Player of the Year: Yan Kit Chan
Most Feared Opponent: Raj Jansari
Tournament Director of the Year: John Wright
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Largest Contributor to the Game: Richard Biddle
Biggest Contributor to International Backgammon: Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan)
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Richard Edgecliffe-Johnson
International Player of the Year: Aref Alipour (Iran/England)
Friendliest Player of the Year: George Jacobs
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mike Main

FMT - 7th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 1-4, 2014; Nicosia, North Cyprus

OPEN (77): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3-Steen Grønbech (Denmark), 4-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 5-Boris Mampoziya (Russia), 6/8-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Vicenzo Riceputi (Italy); 1LC-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2LC-Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria), 3LC-Umut Sari (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (37 teams+27rebuys): 1-Hamza Nar (Turkey) & Self, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey) & Umut Sari (Turkey), 3/4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) & Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria).

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Zafer Tas (Turkey), 2-Hamza Nar (Turkey).

ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2-Murat Uzun (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Nedim Yardimci (Turkey).

JACKPOT WINNERS (5x8): Hilmi Göçhan (Turkey), Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey), Serdar Özkaya (Turkey), Talat Papatya (Turkey), Aykut Uzel (Turkey).

FM GAMMON (8): 1-Umut Sari (Turkey).

AFTER TOURNAMENT(10): 1-Handan Erdag (Turkey), 2-Burak Gören (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Gündüz Günes (Turkey), Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

WBF - MEDITERRANEAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 25-27, 2014; Antalya, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (63): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia/Turkey) / Tugrul Öngel (Turkey); 1C-Adam Prager (Israel), 2C-Erhan Dogrusöz (Turkey); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) / Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Meral Ceylan (Turkey), 2-Ayse Özkin Gökçeer (Turkey).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Sedat Sorgüven (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (26 teams): 1-Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Emrullah Cosar (Turkey) & Kemal Okal (Turkey), 3/4-Peter Ghaussy (Germany) & Ibrahim Gündogan (Turkey/Germany) / Ilker Göçhan (Turkey) & Mehmet K. Küçükyörük (Turkey).

WARM-UP (54): 1-Niyazi Katirci (Turkey), 2-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey), 3/4-Peter Ghaussy (Germany) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

869BG TROPHY (54): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Erhan Dogrusöz (Turkey), 3/4-Nil H. Ergin (Turkey) / Taner Uçarer (Turkey).

SWING (30): 1-Ümit Bata (Turkey), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 4-Aysun Utkular (Turkey).

1-POINTER ACTION (128): 1-Hayri Arslan (Turkey), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Niyazi Katirci (Turkey) / Kemal Okal (Turkey).

MERIT OPEN SATELLITE (16): 1-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 2-Ulrich Tamm (Germany/Turkey), 3/4-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

BG4BG JACKPOT (48): 8 Winners: Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany), Kemal Aksu (Turkey), Emrullah Cosar (Turkey), Axel Etten (Germany/Turkey), Mehmet Çil (Turkey), Niyazi Katirci (Turkey).

ABT - U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 23-27, 2014; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (47+13 rebuys): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ethan Nissani (NM), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI); 1C-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2C-Steve Sax (CA); 1LC-Ted Chee (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (51+19 rebuys): 1-Tim Lawless (IN), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL), 3/4-Tom Magne (MN) / Kevin McDonough (NM); 1C-Rob Ring (CA), 2C-Abby Biss (New Zealand); 1LC-Michael Derylo (CA).

BEGINNER (4): 1-James Green Jr. (MD), 2-Bill Kraybill (NV).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeff Burdsall (NV), 2-Rick Voeller (WA), 3/4-Ramon Eleazar (NV) / John Rockwell (CA).

BEGINNER JACKPOT (4): 1-Rob Ingram (OR).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Ron Bruns (CA), 2-Kenneth Hoppe (NV).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (8 teams): 1-Gary Kay (CA) & David Rockwell (IL), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL) & David Presser (IL).

BLITZ (128): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Bob Schumacher (MN).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (23): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Bill Riles (TX).

$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Norm Wiggins (CA).

26th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 16-21, 2014; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (99): 1-Marc Brockmann Olsen (Denmark), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 3/4-Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway) / Norbert Wiebusch (Germany), 5/8-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) / Eric McAlpine (England) / Sven-Olav Nørén (Sweden) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA); 1LC-Jens Chr. Pedersen (Denmark), 2LC-Robin Neumann (Denmark).

ADVANCED (91): 1-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Aref Alipour (Iran/England), 3/4-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden) / Michael Urban (Germany), 5/8-Rasoul Ghasemi (Sweden) / Kevin Jones (Wales) / Jonas Moehrdel (Denmark) / Patrick Toxværd (Denmark); 1LC-Jerker Sandberg (Sweden), 2LC-Morten Marx (Denmark).

INTERMEDIATE (99): 1-Jens Quirin Hansen (Denmark), 2-Jens H. Christensen (Denmark), 3/4-Lennart Kurland (Denmark) / Anni Bech Nielsen (Denmark), 5/8-Morten S. Andersen (Denmark) / Wolfgang Henze (Germany) / Bo Knudsen (Denmark) / Terje Pedersen (Denmark); 1LC-Richard Biddle (England), 2LC-Christian Andresen (Germany).

OPEN (86): 1-Gary Fries (USA), 2-Franck Stepler (France), 3/4-Steen Haff (Denmark) / Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 5/8- Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Poul Lindberg Sørensen (Denmark) / Axel Stemark (Denmark) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

SPEEDGAMMON (256): 1-Timo Väätäinen (Finland), 2-Tore Fredriksen (Norway), 3/4-Tage Mellgren (Denmark) / Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 5/8-Taus Bøytler (Denmark) / Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Claus Elken (Denmark) / Michael K. Larsen (Denmark).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (55 teams): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA) & Christian Sorensen (Denmark), 2-Jason Pack (USA) & Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 3/4-Raj Jansari (England) & Simon Barget (England) / Niels Skov Larsen (Denmark) & Kenny Nissen (Denmark).

CONSULTATION MIXED DOUBLES (46 teams): 1-Matt Reklaitis (USA) & Ditte Schnack Martinsen (Denmark), 2-Emma Axling (Sweden) & Robin Neumann (Denmark), 3/4-Pia Sevelin (Sweden) & Thomas Delbåge (Sweden) / Julie Thabault (France) & Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 3/4-Costin Constantinescu (Romania) / Lito Frondoso (Philippines).

CHAMPIONS QUALIFIER (22): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (USA).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (53): 1-Pernille Rosendal (Denmark), 2-Elle Wagstrom (Sweden), 3/4-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Pia Svendsen (Denmark).

TEAM EVENT (24 teams): 1-Svans: Robin Neumann / Lars Nielsen / Saban Simsek (Denmark), 2-Angara: Sabri Büyüksoy / Yasar Gözel / Kagan Karakaya (Turkey).

TOURNAMENT TMP QUALIFIER (15): 1-Mogens Jørgen Dreier (Denmark), 2-Pernille Rosendal (Denmark).

ALL TMP QUALIFIER (7): 1-Kenny Nissen (Denmark).

BEGINNERS (86): 1-John Blem (Denmark), 2-Flemming Larsen (Denmark), 3/4-Gorm Øster (Denmark) / Lars Ravn (Denmark); 1C-Ulrik Pagh (Denmark), 2C-Jette Lavenborg Breitenstein (Denmark).

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Oscar Hartmann (Denmark), 2-Mathias Juul Stage (Denmark).

WARM-UP (90): 1-Gary Fries (USA), 2-Mick Dyett (Australia), 3/4-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

WORLD TEAM VS. DENMARK: The World Team won 27-10.
1-World Team: Captain Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), Victor Ashkenazi (USA), Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Petko Kostadinov (USA), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Bill Phipps (USA), Bob Wachtel (USA), David Wells (USA).
2-Denmark Team: Captain Marc B. Olsen, Nevzat Dogan, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "Mik" Larsen, Sander Lylloff, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt.

ABT - 6th ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 4-6, 2014; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong); 1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY); 1LC-Frank Raposa (VA).

INTERMEDIATE (15): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Kate Elmore (GA); 1C-Adrian Costa (CA), 2C-LEW Webber (VA); 1LC-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (10): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (13): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Patty Geoffroy (MA) & Chris Knapp (Canada).

MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Joe Nolan (TN).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Vadim Musaelyan (NC).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (15): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Brian Flanagan (NY); 1C-Philippe Salnave (FL).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Karen Davis (DC), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

ABT - 20th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 28-30, 2014; Cleveland, Ohio

OPEN (30): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI); 1C-David Rockwell (IL), 2C-John O'Hagan (IN).

ADVANCED (30): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-Jason Marshall (OH); 1C-Bob Hickey (OH), 2C-Stephen Benjamin (OH).

NOVICE (4): 1-Victor De Oliveira (Canada), 2-Charlene Britton (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (8): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-Paul Knapp (IL).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-David Rearick (OH), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bill Calton (MI) & Jack Takala (MI), 2-Palmer Macali (OH) & Phil Simborg (IL).

2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-David Todd (MO).

20th OHIO STATE ANNIVERSARY CRISLOID BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Mark Murray (OH).

MINI-BLITZ (28): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (11): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Connie Tipton (PA).

WBF - 26th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 13th VELDEN OPEN
March 26-30, 2014; Velden, Austria

MASTERS (26): 1-Peter Blachian (Germany), 2-Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 3-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 4/5-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey) / Friedrich Fritz Rattinger (Austria); Ladies Prize: Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).

INTERMEDIATES (29): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Helmut Tweraser (Austria), 3-Jean Parizon (Germany), 4-Axel Etten (Germany/Turkey); Ladies Prize: Laurence Sinitzky Billard (France).

11th EUROPEAN CONSULTING DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Michael Lamote (Belgium) & Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Heimo Löbler (Austria) & Friedrich Fritz Rattinger (Austria).

WARM-UP (40): 1-Edmond Mezini (Albania/Italy), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 3/4-Walter Meuwis (Belgium) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

869BG TROPHY (36): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 3/4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Patrik Vanheyden (Germany).

19th OSAKA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 15-16, 2014; Osaka, Japan

OPEN (42): 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2-Masaaki Isobe, 3/4-Megumi Ishii / Akiko Yazawa; 1C-Kenji Shimodaira, 2C-Hironobu Yazawa.

INTERMEDIATE: Day 1 (12): 1-Kenji Fujita; 1C-Katsumi Fusamatsu; Day 2 (17): 1-Mr. Takagi; 1C-Masayuki Sakaguchi.

BEGINNER (7): 1-Shinsuke Hara.

NANIWA CUP (16): 1-Kenji Nishizawa.

OKINAWA CUP (16): 1-Kazuya Nagai.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Tatsuya Tanaka.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Yoshiyuki Nakamura.

SPEED GAMMON #1 (8): 1-Kaoruko Kisuno.
SPEED GAMMON #2 (8): 1/2-Masahiko Nasu / Hironobu Yazawa.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Junko & Maya Nakamura.

LADIES EVENT (6): 1-Mayuki Kanno.

QUIZ CONTEST: 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2/4-Tomoya Mitsuyoshi / Yoshiyuki Nakamura / Kiyokazu Nishikawa.

ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 14-16, 2014; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-David Presser (IL); 1C-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2C-Allen Tish (IL); 1LC-John O'Hagan (IN).

ADVANCED (40): 1-Alex Owen (IL), 2-Rachel Bishop (WI); 1C-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2C-David Meyer (WI); 1LC-Eric Hiner (MN).

LIMITED (10): 1-Paul Turdik (IL), 2-Scott Martin (IN); 1LC-Steven O'Connor (IL).

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XVI (8): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-David Presser (IL) & Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Jack Edelson (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI).

13th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 16 Women): 1-Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL), 3/4-Alan Gold (WI) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).

TAKI-BOARD CHARITY FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Paul Turdik (IL), 2-Ed Bennett (NM).

QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).

MICROBLITZ (40): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

LIAR'S DICE: 1-Steve Hast (PA) & Allen Tish (IL).

DIRECTOR'S TROPHY: Jim Opre (IL).

RACCOON RUMBLE OPEN (28): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Alex Owen (IL); 1C/2C-Rory Pascar (IL) / Warner Solomon (England).

RACCOON RUMBLE INTERMEDIATE (9): 1-Tim Carroll (IL), 2-Sue Will (IL); 1C/2C-Amy Trudeau (IL) / Steven O'Connor (IL).

$1,500 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.

NORTH CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 12-16, 2014; Kyrenia, North Cyprus

CHAMPIONSHIP (102): 1-Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark), 2-Rainer Witt (Germany), 3/4-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) / Joel Schiff (Israel); 1C-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 2C-Toby Tabet (Lebanon) 3C/4C-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Sevdalin Tsvetanov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 2LC-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark).

INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Antonis Vamvakaris (Greece), 2-Jean Parizon (Germany), 3/4-Thanassis Makris (Greece) / Dmytro Korneika (Ukraine); 1LC-Carl Bommarito (USA), 2LC-Cemal Gürsel (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (44 teams): 1-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) & Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA), 2-Shahab Ghodsi (Iran/Norway) & Massoud Aghdam (Iran).

TEAM TOURNAMENT (22 teams): 1-Team USA Water Boys: Carl Bommarito / Doug Mayfield / Emil Mortuk, 2-Team Mystery: Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

MERIT PARK CASINO KICK-OFF (256): 1/4-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Claus Elken (Denmark) / Nodar Gagua (Russia) / Shimon Kagan (Israel).

MOCHY'S QUIZ: 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).

2nd CANNES WINTER BACKGAMMON CUP
February 26-March 2, 2014; Cannes, France

MASTERS (21): 1-Bruno Plagnol (France), 2-Alexis Vincent (France), 3/4-Dirk Leinberger (Germany) / Tristan Rémille (France); 1LC-Aldo Peretti (France).

CANNES CUP WINNER: Alexis Vincent (France).

INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden), 2-Kader Turk (France), 3/4-Laurence Sinitzky (France) / Joel Sundberg (Sweden); 1LC-Jesper Jörgensen (Sweden).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Olivier Décultot (France).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Sabri & Sebnem Büyüksoy (Turkey).

LADIES CUP (16): 1-Linda Sjörin (Sweden), 2-Sonia Pelledrini (Italy).

TEAM CUP (4 teams): 1-Yves Negre / Michel Serrero / Frédéric Andrieu (France).

KILL THE BOSS (32): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Frédéric Andrieu (France).

ONE-POINT (16): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

BEGINNER #1 (4): 1-Doriane (France).
BEGINNER #2 (4): 1-Michel Mayor (France).

AFTER TOURNAMENT DOUBLES (16 teams): 1/2-Corinna Blaschke (Germany) & Volker Sonnabend (Germany) / Pierre Gondran (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France).

FMT - ISTAVDER 6TH ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 21-23, 2014; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (270): 1-Burhan Yilmazer (Turkey), 2-Murat Cengiz (Turkey), 3-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 4-Mustafa Babal (Turkey), 5-Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey), 6-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 7-Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey), 8-Hamza Nar (Turkey); 1C-Shahab Ghodsi (Iran/Norway), 2C-Ilker Gochan (Turkey), 3C/4C-Kamil Zafer Akbiyik (Turkey) / Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari (Turkey).

6th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #1 (64): 1-Roman Guehetadze (Georgia) & Gocha Tchockhoneli (Georgia), 2-Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey) & Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey).

6th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #2 (64): 1-Metin Cubuk (Turkey) & Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 2-Selahattin Hacioglu (Turkey) & Salih Yener (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Hakan Kahyaoglu (Turkey).

TEAM CHALLENGE (16 Teams): 1-Team Tigers: Cuneyt Argun Genc (Turkey) / Rod Covlin (USA) / Umit Tanoglu (Turkey).

ONE POINT #1: 1-Canan Kirikkaya (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2: 1- Kemal Aksu (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16): Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16): Abdullah Ser (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16): Ufuk Aksak (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #4: (16): Mustafa Babal (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Can Biyiklioglu (Germany), Sean Williams (England), Sevgi Basaran (Turkey), Erkan Varli (Turkey), Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia).

SPONSOR AWARDS: WOW Istanbul Hotel & Convention Center, Kentplus Kadikoy, Misli.com, Pasha Backgammon, Mys My Company, FMgammon.

ABT - 2nd TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 30-February 2, 2014; San Antonio, Texas

CHAMPIONSHIP (72): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Malcolm Davis (TX), 5-Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1C-Antoinette Williams (NY), 2C-Paul Magriel (NV); 1LC-Karen Davis (DC), 2LC-Carter Mattig (IL).

ADVANCED (52): 1-Mick Zakrajsek (IN), 2-Stewart Pemberton (NJ), 3/4-Bobby Mohammadi (TX) / Vadim Nuniyants (WI); 1C-Brian Flanagan (NY), 2C-John Shakory (TX); 1LC-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2LC-Lynn Lusk (CO).

LIMITED (21): 1-Josh Avery (TX), 2-Kathy Quentan (TX); 1C-Randy Vacek (TX); 1LC-Matt Rogers (TX).

LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3/4-Brian Flanagan (NY) / Bill Finneran (VA).

DUAL-DUEL (8): 1-(PR winner) Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-(Score winner) Ray Fogerlund (NV).

USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Justin Nunez (CA) & Mario Savan (CA).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WEST (128): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).

DMP SURPRISE FREEROLL (64): 1/2-Bill Finneran (VA) / Lynn Lusk (CO).

SENIORS (128): 1-Joe Freedman (NM), 2-Michael Edge (SC).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Treena Bouque (CA) & Marty Brown (TX), 2-Debra Campbell (NC) & Rod Covlin (NY).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON FREEROLL PACKAGE (19): 1-Mustafa Durgut (TX), 2-Fatih Safiturk (TX), 3/4-Claudia Brown (TX) / Jeff Misrahi (NY).

MONTE CARLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SATELLITE JACKPOT (8): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico).

MOCHY'S 3rd PROFICIENCY TEST (31): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Bob Koca (MD).

SIMBORG QUIZ CHALLENGE (4): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

TBT - 2014 ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 17-19, 2014; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (125): 1-Kenji Nishizawa (Japan), 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3/4-Peter Holenstein (Switzerland) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria); 1C-Roman Korber (Austria), 2C-Cemalettin Yüksel, 3C/4C-Levent Demirel / Nihat Sorgüven; lLC-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 2LC-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 3LC/4LC-Sabri Büyüksoy / Cengiz Özdil.

RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL WARM-UP (92): 1-Atila Malçok, 2-Nedim Yardimci, 3/4-Kemal Aksu / Andrii Nesterov (Urkraine).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (52 teams): 1-Kemal Aksu & Haluk Ekrem Özalp, 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) & Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Cüneyt Argun Genç & Atila Malçok / Neslihan Acar & Mehmet Oymak.

869BG CUP (96): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Sabri Büyüksoy, 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Laurence Sinitzky (France).

SWING (52): 1-Mustafa Babal, 2-Sabri Büyüksoy, 3-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

1-POINTER (128): 1-Rifat Bulut, 2-Ian Hesketh (Scotland), 3/4-Ali Necdet Akbayrak / Marco Fornasir (Italy).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Tan Rusan.

LADIES SPECIAL PRIZE (10): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Seda Koç.

BGTV PROFICIENCY CONTEST (17): 1-David Presser (Israel/USA), 2-Feza Diyarbekir.

ABT - 7th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 9-12, 2014; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (51+13 rebuys): 1-Matt Reklaitis (MA), 2-Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong) / Sasha Bennett (NY); 1C-Bill Phipps (NY), 2C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3C/4C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Vadim Musaelyan (NC); lLC-Carter Mattig (IL), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (52+16 rebuys): 1-Samuel Wang (NY), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3/4-John Barnett (NY) / Anna Mielech (Poland); 1C-Canan Atkas (Turkey), 2C-Leon Marini (NJ), 3C/4C-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL) / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ); 1LC-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2LC-Debra Campbell (NC).

BEGINNER (27): 1-Sharon Torres (NY), 2-Chuck Young (NJ), 3/4-Lisa Pelaez (NY) / Michael Rosen (NY); 1C-Robert Domaine (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Sasha Bennett (NY), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Bill Phipps (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Artie Sutton (NJ), 3/4-Steven Keats (NY) / Mike Murton (England).

$50 BLITZ (32): 1-Doug Huch (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

$20 BLITZ (64): 1-Majid Jahanbani (VA), 2-Christina Fabijanczuk (PA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Frank Dimaggio (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece) & Natassa Savvidou (Greece), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) & Bill Phipps (NY).

NEW YORK WARM-UP (64): 1-Nicholas Misch (NY), 2-Dan Lewis (NY).

$40 JULIUS JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY).

$50 KALLOS JACKPOT (8): 1-Julius High (KS).

$50 CJC JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

$50 SHADI JACKPOT (8): 1-David Shadi (NJ).

2014 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS