2026 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2023 2024 2025 2026
Updated: January 15, 2026
ABT: 19th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN (preliminary results)
January 15-19, 2026; Jersey City, New Jersey
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (164+):
ABT INTERMEDIATE (150+):
ADVANCED BEGINNER (58+):
BEGINNER (38+):
SUPER JACKPOT (32):
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (60+):
LIMITED JACKPOT (53+):
LADY LIBERTY CUP:
2-POINT MINI MATCH:
CANCELGAMMON:
SENIORS TOURNAMENT:
YOUNG & RESTLESS:
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT:
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams):
HIGH ROLLER DOUBLES (16 teams):
NEW YORK PLAYERS CUP BMAB (58+):
WBF: 2026 INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 9-11, 2026; Istanbul, Türkiye
MASTERS (120): 1-Ali Haydar Bayar, 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Masoud Aghdam (Iran) / Mehmet Hulusi Tümer; 1C-Onur Vurur, 2C-Atilla Inanli, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal; 1LC-Eren Sarikaya, 2LC-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Ruedi Altermatt (Switzerland) / Yusuf Han Korkmaz; Ladies Prize – Csilla Mikus (Hungary).
INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Esra Akagündüz, 2-Okan Koçak, 3/4-Dogukan Çaglar / M. Gökhan Gücavli; 1C-Serkan Özkaraca, 2C-Fuat Akincioglu; 1LC-Tuba Gençaslan (Germany), 2LC-Baris Can Köse, 3LC/4LC-Ogün Sevindik / Dler Wali (Iraq); Ladies Prize – Esra Akagündüz.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (28): 1-Burak Çulhaci, 2-Güral Bulut.
"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (56 teams): 1-Fatih Bellici & Burak Törer, 2-Murat Hazir & Sahtiyanci Hazir, 3/4-Atilla Inanli & Selin Kurt Talipoglu / Yusuf Han Korkmaz & Zafer Önder.
"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WBIF WARM-UP (78): 1-Onur Vurur, 2-Osman Erkol, 3/4-Murat Hazir / Mehmet Polat.
'GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (48): 1-Matyas Andrasi (Hungary), 2-Yusuf Han Korkmaz, 3-Ömer Çakici, 4-Emrah Güzeldere.
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Masoud Aghdam (Iran), 2-Erkan Nayir, 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Aziz Çelikkaya, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydn, 3/4-Alexey Tokarev (Russia) / Sami Zorer.
MERIT SATELLITE #3 (16): 1-Demet Altuntas, 2-Hakan Çinal, 3/4-Mustafa Sen / Dler Wali (Iraq).
MERIT SATELLITE #4 (8): 1-Baris Can Köse, 2-Erdinç Bayindir.
"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Orku, Sahin, 3/4-Bülent Akbulut / Cumhur Bektüre.
OVERFLOW SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3/4-Serkan Özkaraca / Dler Wali (Iraq).
1-POINTER (128): 1-Kemal Özcan, 2-Jürgen Winandi (Germany), 3/4-Hasan Gökhan Güner / Niyazi Ünlütürk (North Cyprus).
BG4BG (2X8): 1-Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom), 2-Sabri Büyüksoy.
ÇULHACI'S QUIZ (29): 1-Hakan Çinal, 2-Matyas Andrasi (Hungary), 3/4-Baris Güven Gökçe / Mustafa Sen.
VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 2-4, 2026; Vlissingen, The Netherlands
CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Peter van Rooij (Netherlands), 2-Bernd Schäfer (Germany), 3/4-Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Alf Martijn (Belgium), 5/8-Fred Brendler (Germany) / Marc Friebe (Germany) / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany) / Toon Van Herreweghen (Belgium).
ADVANCED (21): 1-André Kermer (Germany), 2-Steve O'Connor (England), 3/4-Yesim Tansever (Germany) / Toni Wiegand (Germany).
SUPERJACKPOT (11): 1-Tilmann Lossen (Germany), 2-Paul van Dijke (Netherlands).
RAPID GAMMON (29): 1-Ronny Conaert (Belgium).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) & Heribert Lindner (Germany), 2-Kees Rooke (Netherlands) & Guy Van Middelem (Belgium).
