2017 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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Updated: September 25, 2017
ABT - COLORADO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 22-24, 2017; Denver, Colorado
OPEN (22): 1-Charlie Raichle (CO), 2-Joe Freedman (NM); 1C-Jonah Seewald, 2C-Sean Garber (IN).
ADVANCED (16): 1-Marc Emrich, 2-Ed Gazvoda; 1C-Eric Pfenning, 2C-Dan Minardi.
NOVICE (3): 1-Stephen Siebold.
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-Allen Tish (CA).
ROYAL GORGE LIMITED JACKPOT (9): 1-Lynda Clay, 2-Ed Gazvoda.
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Roland Leutert (FL) & Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Harvey Gillis (AZ) & David Zick.
BLITZ (16): 1-Jonah Seewald.
2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ed Gazvoda.
$100 Jackpot (4): 1-Allen Tish (CA).
WBF - 11th GEORGIAN OPEN GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 20-24, 2017; Tbilisi, Georgia
MASTER FLIGHT (41): 1-Tigran Ohanyan (Armenia), 2-Armen Muradyan (Armenia), 3-Simon Pankvelashvili (Georgia), 4-Yakov Kudrin (Russia), 5-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain); 1LC-Eduard Nazaryan (Georgia), 2LC-Romani Gvenetadze (Georgia).
INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Tamaz Giorbiani (Georgia), 3-Valerian Toreli (Georgia), 4-Albert Zhirikov (Russia), 5-Aleksandre Chachanidze (Georgia).
GEORGIA VS REST OF THE WORLD CHALLENGE: 1-Rest of the World Team: Captain Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Alexey Askurava (Russia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Georgia Team. Score: 4-1.
869BG TROPHY (34) - 1-Levan Kareli (Georgia), 2-Gela Metskhvarishvili (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Khvicha Kurtanidze (Georgia).
ONE POINTER - PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Stéphane Tremet (France), 3/4-Eduard Leskov (Russia) / Roman Lazarashvili (Russia).
GEORGIAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (8 teams): 1-Artur Muradyan (Armenia) & Karen Sarkisyan (Armenia/Georgia), 2-Ahmadreza Tavangar (Iran).
CNB - 13th ROME BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 15-17, 2017; Rome, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (43): 1-Paola Aiello, 2-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati / Marco Solazzo, 5/8-Carlo Melzi / Filippo Vincesilao / Philippe Vouhé (France) / Lionel Tribert (France).
INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Giovanni Trombini, 2-Marco Bardella, 3/4-Andrea Chen / Emil Sirakov (Bulgaria); 1C-Wolf Dieter Wall, 2C-Diego Bragato.
OPEN - CNB (46): 1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Andrea de Zandonati, 3-/4-Annalisa Agosti / Marco Solazzo.
OPEN PARIOLI (32): 1-Stefano Selvi, 2-Giorgio Castellano, 3/4-Annalisa Agosti / Angelo Anav.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (24 teams): 1-Marco Formicone & Wolf Dieter Wall, 2-Turk Kader (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) & Cohava Zenou (France) / Airat Metshin (Russia) & Sonia Pellegrini.
WBF - 12th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
September 15-17, 2017; Bodrum, Turkey
OPEN (104): 1-Zafer Tas, 2-Mehmet Güven, 3-Zafer Önder, 4-Burak Çulhaci.
"BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL" TAVLA (28): 1-Alaettin Sen, 2-Adnan Çam, 3-Gültekin Uygur, 4-Recep Ural.
"ALP EYYÜPOGLU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (41 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu & Ulrich Tamm, 2-Gültekin Uygur & Mehmet Dagoglu, 3/4-Burak Çulhaci & Kemal Okal / Sedat Sorgüven & Süeda Turan.
SWING (65): 1-Ali Mandalinci, 2-Gültekin Uygur, 3-Zafer Tas, 4-Taner Uçarer.
SPECIAL ELITE CUP (30): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Gökhan Kazandag.
JACKPOT (104): 1-Mustafa Aydin, 2-Kürsad Solak, 3/4-Recep Ural / Kemal Okal.
ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Cumhur Bektüre, 3/4-Cüneyt Baran / Faruk Özer.
LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Nesrin Becerici, 2-Seda Koç.
ABT - 1st BACKGAMMON OMNIUM DE MONTREAL OPEN
September 14-17, 2017; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
MONTREAL OPEN (25): 1-Chris Knapp (Canada/MA), 2-Larry Shiller (CT); 1C-John Klein (MD), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Frank Talbot (MI), 2LC-Mel Leifer (MD).
ST-LAURENT ADVANCED (28): 1-Liam Henry (Canada), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1C-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2C-Omar Shah (Canada); 1LC-David Kozak (Canada), 2LC-Robert Caldwell (Canada).
MONT-ROYAL NOVICE (7): 1-Maxime Bilodeau (Canada), 2-Estelle Plante (Canada), 3-Kian Ghazian (Canada).
$500 CONCORDIA JACKPOT (11): 1- Karen Davis (FL), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
$250 HOCHELAGA INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (13): 1-Robert Caldwell (Canada), 2-Mourad Wahba (Canada).
QUEBEC DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL) & Mike Valliere (PA), 2-Estelle Plante (Canada) & Kathy Weiner (NV).
CHAMPLAIN QUICKIES FOR P-40 BOARD (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Herb Roman (IL).
IROQUOIS BLITZ (32): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
OLD MONTREAL SENIORS #1 (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-John Pirner (MN).
OLD MONTREAL SENIORS #2 (16): 1-Patrick St-Laurent (Canada), 2-Karen Davis (FL).
P-40 BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-Rick Wedge (Canada), 2-Steve Shindler (NY).
JACQUES CARTIER PRE-TOURNEY (8): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).
37th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 8-10, 2017; Stockholm, Sweden
CHAMPIONSHIP (51): 1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Cyrus Vafa, 3/4-Claus Elken (Denmark) / Konrad Fröschl.
TALENT DIVISION (55): 1-Patrick Kimari, 2-Mikael von Bargen, 3/4-Sabrina Milling (Denmark) / Elle Wågström.
THE CAPTAIN'S TROPHY (157): 1-Martin Barkwill (England), 2-Charlie Victor, 3/4-Farhad Asadzadeh / Christian Sørensen (Netherlands).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Steen Grønbech (Denmark), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Mami Akhlaghi & Esmai Mirsai, 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway) & Marianthi Tyrogianni (Greece/Norway).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Sean Casey (Ireland), 2-Carter Mattig (USA).
ABT - 2nd SILICON VALLEY BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 1-4, 2017; San Jose, California
OPEN (57): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2/5-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Odis Chenault (CA) / Al Hodis (NV) / Jesse Jestadt (CA), 6/7-Mark Ferrin (OR) / Jeb Horton (NC), 8/11-Art Benjamin (CA) / Sean Garber (IN) / Lynn Lusk (CO) / Steve Sax (CA).
ADVANCED (32): 1-Mike Mannon (CA), 2/6-Kevin McDonough (AZ) / Frank Benneyan (CA) / Brian Draper (CA) / Aaron Foust (NV) / Gary Koscielny (NY), 7/8-Glenn Nunez (CA) / Kathy Weiner (NV).
NOVICE (5): 1-Corky Normart (CA), 2/4-Mona Mazza (CA) / Dirk Olsen (CA) / John Varvarousis (CA).
49ER GOLD RUSH MASTERS (24): 1-Mark Andrus (CA), 2-Fred Kinder (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Steve Sax (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Mark Ferrin (OR), 3/4-Carl Blumenstein (CA) / Jesse Jestadt (CA).
TED CHEE BOUNTY 2-POINT MINI MATCHES (72): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Art Benjamin (CA).
DOUBLES (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Lynda Clay (CO) & Allen Tish (CA).
BLITZ (64): 1-Sam Ahmed (CA), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
OLDER & WISER (16): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
YOUNG GUNS (16): 1-Michaela Olsen (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
OLDER & WISER vs YOUNG GUNS PLAYOFF: 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Michaela Olsen (CA).
UKBT - 4th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 1-3, 2017; Warwickshire, England
MASTERS (88): 1-Steve Bibby, 2-Yan Kit Chan, 3-James Newman, 4-Simon Barget.
ADVANCED (52): 1-Cristian Cozos, 2-Darren Woodcock, 3-Adam Sinclair, 4-Garry Jones.
SUPER JACKPOT (18): 1-Lawrence Powell, 2-Mark Manley.
WARM-UP (63): 1-Peter Christmas, 2-John Horton.
SOCIAL SWISS SATURDAY (10): 1-Luke Owen, 2-Joanna Foster.
SOCIAL SWISS SUNDAY (8): 1-Alan Peterisor, 2-Radu Adrian.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Jon Barnes & Anna Clarke, 2-Len Brown & David Dennis.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Costin Constantinescu, 2-Ciortan Radu.
ABBEY CUP MASTERS (73): 1-Eric McAlpine, 2-Tony Lezard.
ABBEY CUP ADVANCED (41): 1-Adam Taylor, 2-Chris Humble.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2017:
British Player of the Year: Chris Rogers
Tournament Directors of the Year: Blackpool Team - Mark Calderbank, Kevin Jones, John Wright
Club Organiser of the Year: Sean Jones, Worcester Club
Board Designer of the Year: P-40 (USA)
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: The Whole UKBGF Team
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Richard Furborough
Most Improved Player of the Year: Crispin Duke
International Player of the Year: Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan)
5th LIONS CUP BACKGAMMON
August 31-September 3, 2017; Bad Dürkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Thomas Kazemieh, 2-Ingo Mohr, 3/4-Ole Nielsen (Denmark) / Minh Nguyen (France); 1LC-Vincent de Nardi (France).
INTERMEDIATE (30): 1-Oliver Hauk, 2-Viet Netz, 3/4-Ibrahim Gündogan / Ralf Koch; 1LC-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
BEGINNERS (8): 1-Andrea Dörnemann, 2-Andre Taduschewski; 1LC-Daniel Meyer.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Marcel Büker & Dirk Leinberger, 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary) & Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Tilman Söhnchen, 2-Jürgen Schettler.
LIONS SWING (44): 1-Ole Nielsen (Denmark), 2-Matthias Jörg, 3-Josefin Bichler.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Frank Zander, 3/4-Andreas Hofmann / Anders Nielander (Denmark).
SURPRISE EVENT (80): 1/3-Daniel Scheidiger (Switzerland) / Jens Handwerker / Vincent de Nardi (France).
WARM UP (59): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
LADIES PRIZE (12): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Petra Ketteler.
WBF - 11th KDZ. EREGLI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
August 26-27, 2017; Kdz. Eregli, Turkey
MODERN CHAMPIONSHIP (67): 1-Murat Elver, 2-Sedat Sorgüven, 3-Semih Sugle, 4-Seda Koç.
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (38): 1-Güral Bulut, 2-Kudret Ustaoglu, 3-Cumhur Bektüre, 4-Ümit Bata.
"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Seda Koç & Kemal Okal, 2-Aydin Kaboglu & Mahmut Kamar.
SWING (29): 1-Fuat Gümüslüol, 2-Ahmet Ayan.
JACKPOT (64): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Sinan Perveroglu, 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre / Gökhan Kazandag.
1-POINT (128): 1-Yasar Gözel #1, 2-Arda Findikoglu, 3/4-Hasan Gemici / Yasar Gözel #2.
LADIES EVENT (9): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Filiz Bedir.
ELITE CUP SPECIAL (20): 1-Murat Elver, 2-Sedat Sorgüven.
1st PUNTA DEL ESTE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 18-21, 2017; Punta del Este, Uruguay
OPEN (66+190 rebuys): 1-Basilio Gurnas (Argentina), 2-Jose Franco (Brazil), 3/4-Alvaro Savio (Brazil) / Rogerio Tinoco (Brazil), 5/8-Fernando Gualco (Argentina) / Mariano Irigoy (Argentina) / Ian MacFarlane (Brazil) / Myriam Poveda (Argentina).
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1/2-Joaquin Koifman (Argentina) / Luis Torres (Brazil), 3/4-Fernando Neumark (Argentina) / Guillermo Ojeda (Uruguay).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Martin Masri (Argentina) & Rafael Masri (Argentina), 2-Alvaro Savio (Brazil) & Sidney Valente de Mattos (Brazil).
42nd WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / 7th MONTE CARLO OPEN
July 29-August 6, 2017; Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (187): 1-Didier Assaraf (France), 2-Petko Kostadinov (USA), 3-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 4/5-Blake Fleetwood (USA) / Mert Gulacti (Turkey), 6/8-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Lawrence Powell (England) / Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland); 1C-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 2C-Kostas Mitrelis (Greece), 3C/4C-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Michel Serrero (France); 1LC-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2LC-Tapio Palmroth (Finland), 3LC/4LC-Alan Grunwald (USA) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).
INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-Michael Urban (Germany), 2-Martin De Bruin (USA/Spain), 3-Timur Azizov (Russia), 4/5-Frank Fiorito (Monaco) / Laura Monaco (Italy); 1C-Kaj Nielsen (Denmark), 2C-Anna Clarke (England), 3C/4C-Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar) / Daniel Polensvaig (Argentina); 1LC-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), 2LC-Helmut Jeske (Germany).
NOVICE (14): 1-Erwan Bloyet (France), 2-Mikey Jacobi (Israel); 1C-Eduardo Cojab (Mexico), 2C-Itay Levy (Israel); 1LC-Gay Roberts (Isle of Man).
SUPER JACKPOT (56): 1-Keld Dyrmose (Denmark), 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany).
SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 3/4-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) / Christopher Trencher (USA).
DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64 teams): 1-Jon Barnes (England) & Eric McAlpine (England), 2-Sergey Erokhin (Russia) & Tim Line (England), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) & Vincent de Nardi (France) / Blake Fleetwood (USA) & Leyla Zaloutskaya (USA).
LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (14): 1-Anna Clarke (England), 2-Cecilia Sparke (England).
SPEEDGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (USA), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3/4-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia) / Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic).
MONTE CARLO WORLD FEDERATION CUP (32): 1-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland), 2-Sergio Marocco (Spain).
MOCHY'S PROFICIENCY EXAM (35): 1-Marc Brockmann Olsen (Denmark) with 44/50 correct, 2/3-Steen Grønbech (Denmark) / Falafel Natanzon (Israel) - 38, 4-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic) - 37.
BELAIR TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (40 teams): 1-Team Layla (USA): Eric Petersen (USA) / Larry Shiller / Chris Trencher, 2-Team Yugo (Japan): Masayuki Mochizuki / Michiko Mochizuki / Kazuki Yokota.
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (12): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Leelan Korber (Austria).
MONTE-CARLO BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION WARM-UP (84): 1-Francesco Indomenico (Italy), 2-Manny Olszynko (Canada), 3/4-Gérard Duruz (Switzerland) / Alan Grunwald (USA); 1C-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 2C-Norman Zada (USA).
MONTE CARLO OPEN - CHAMPIONSHIP (84): 1-Geir Pedersen (Norway), 2-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 3/4-Doug Mayfield (USA) / Joe Russell (USA); 1C-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2C-Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark).
MONTE CARLO OPEN - INTERMEDIATE (42): 1-Filippo Vincesilao (Italy), 2-Hicham Khay (Italy), 3/4-Friedrich Andrieu (France) / Daniel Polensvaig (Argentina); 1C-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), 2C-Hisako Nishizawa (Japan).
ABT - 15th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 21-23, 2017; Madison, Wisconsin
CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Paul Mangone (CA); 1C-Sean Garber (IN), 2C-Chris Knapp (MA); 1LC-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
ADVANCED (29): 1-Jeff Spencer (MN), 2-Sue Will (IL); 1C-Paul Andrew (NC), 2C-Steve Binenstock (MN); 1LC-Charles Haley (IN).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (12): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3-David Rockwell (IL).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (12): 1-Ray Bills (MN), 2-Greg Adamavich (WI), 3-Paul Andrew (NC).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Steve Brown (MN) & Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-April Kennedy (MN) & Michael Mesich (MN).
BLITZ (32): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Patrick Domico (IN).
QUICKIES (64): 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-April Kennedy (MN).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2-Keene Marin (WI).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-David Todd (MO).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Paul Andrew (NC).
ABT - 42nd MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 30-July 3, 2017; Novi, Michigan
OPEN (85): 1-Paul Farah (MI), 2-Carter Mattig (IL), 3-Tak Morioka (IL), 4/6-Bahman Zandi (MD) / John Klein (MD) / David Smith (OH); 1C-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2C-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 3C/4C-Sead Kurjakovic (Bosnia) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
INTERMEDIATE (76): 1-Patty Knapp (MA), 2-Christopher Shanava (IL), 3-Scott Douglas (Canada), 4/6-Robert Lessard (Canada) / Abby Biss (New Zealand) / Robert Caldwell (Canada); 1C-Joe Feldman (MI), 2-Reggie Harvel (MI), 3C/4C-Duane Salinas (MI) / Brian Vance (MI).
NOVICE (18): 1-Laura Grigorian (MI), 2-Christa Solovey (MI); 1C-Mike Montalvo (MI); 1LC-Fran Miller (OH).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3/4-Allen Jones (Canada) / Jim Pasko (NV).
SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-David Todd (MO), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Joe Miller (OH).
PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Kurtz (MI), 2-Patrick Domico (IN), 3/4-Di Di (GA) / Ricky Griggs (MI).
MICHIGAN CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Carl Sorg (GA), 2-David Zakrajsek (IN). $300 was raised for the Flint Water Fund of the United Way.
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST (128): 1-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2-John Klein (MD). $100 Side Pool: 1/3-John Klein (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY). $50 Side Pool: Kathy Weiner (NV).
USBGF GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-West Champion Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-East Champion Faddoul Khoury (IL).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Stephen Collins (OH) & Karen Davis (DC), 2-Bill Davis (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 3/4-Joe Feldman (MI) & Steve Sax (CA) / Mike Montalvo (MI) & Dmitriy Obkhov (MI).
LIMITED DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Lynn Ehrlich (NY) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Vicki Ondis (FL) & Stewart Pemberton (FL).
FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREEROLL (28): 1-Paul Mangone (CA), 2-Mike Mammo (MI).
FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Jim Slomkoski (MI).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Bills (MN), 2-Kathy Weiner (NV).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-John Drexel (MI).
BACKGAMMON ELEGANCE LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ), 2-Peter Swartwout (PA).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (64): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (16): 1-Ross Gordon (CT).
BACKGAMMON MASTERS SERIES (USA) #6 (16): Top 4-1 match records: 1/3-Steve Brown (MN) / Karen Davis (DC) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA). Top PR score: Neil Kazaross (IL) with 3.43.
P-40 BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-John Stryker (IL).
LONG-DISTANCE PRIZE: Abby Biss (New Zealand).
$50 MONDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Di Di (GA), 2-Eric Hiner (MN).
$50 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Patrick Gibson (CA), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-Michael Neagu (Canada) / FrankTalbot (MI).
$30 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Carl Sorg (GA), 2-Robert Caldwell (Canada), 3/4-Gary Fritzsche (MI) / Richard Hunt (MI).
$20 THURSDAY WARM-UP (10): 1-Dick Nelson (MI), 2/3-Brenda Cohen (PA) / Shawn Lavetter (MI).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Jim Pasko (NV), 2-Jeb Horton (NC), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Butch Meese (IN), 2/3-Mike Clapsadle (MI) / Ricky Griggs (MI).
CNB - 3rd SUMMER BACKGAMMON CUP
June 22-25, 2017; Rimini, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Dario Bertola, 2-Andrea de Zandonati, 3/4-Vincenzo Riceputi / Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 5/8-Carlo Melzi / Alessandro Rietti / Johan Huyck (Belgium) / Dario De Toffoli.
INTERMEDIATE (17): 1-Davide Cassano, 2-Andrea Chen; 1C-Hristo Hristo (Bulgaria), 2C-Carlo Mazzinghi.
MASSIMO MORETTI OPEN (49): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Florin Popa, 3-Nodar Gagua (Russia), 4-Paul Gilbertson (England), 5-Vincenzo Riceputi, 6-Michael Neagu (Canada), 7-Philippe Vouhé (France).
AMBASCIATORI (22): 1-Florin Popa, 2-Paola Aiello, 3/4-Marco Solazzo / Franco Candeo.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (13 teams): 1-Johan Huyck (Belgium) & Michel Lamote (Belgium), 2-Jean Jacques Issartel (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France).
SPEED GAMMON (32): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Dino Visentin, 3/4-Philippe Vouhé (France) / Jean-Noel Duval (France).
ONE-POINTER (32): 1-Stanov Zivko (Bulgaria), 2-Andrea de Zandonati.
WARM UP (32): 1-Yordanov Malin (Bulgaria), 2-Philippe Vouhé (France).
UKBT - BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP - BBT
June 9-11, 2017; Blackpool, England
OPEN (102): 1-Frank Fleming, 2-Daniel Molan, 3/4-Mark Manley / Eric McAlpine, 5/8-Anna Clarke / Neil Davidson / Steve Bibby / Steve Lee.
FYLDE TROPHY (94): 1-Brian Lever, 2-Sebastian Wilkinson, 3/4-Graham Read / Peter Bennet, 5/8-David Motley / Steve Allott / Pim van Haastert (Netherlands) / Michael Ireland.
WASHINGTON TROPHY (64): 1-Andrew Smith, 2-Cristian Cozos, 3/4-David Phillips / Steve Fowles.
869 ERHAN BOARD CHARITY EVENT (64): 1-Graham Read, 2-Jon Barnes.
P-40 BOARD CHARITY EVENT (64): 1-Simon Morecroft, 2-Vic Sprake.
BONECLUB BOARD CHARITY EVENT: 1-Pim van Haastert (Netherlands), 2-Kaj Neilsen (Denmark).
NACKGAMMON (32): 1-Chris Derry, 2-John Horton.
FRIDAY FREEROLL #1 (44): 1-Pam Wright, 2-Steve Fowles.
FRIDAY FREEROLL #2 (84): 1-Martin Barkwill, 2-Dorothy Lee.
SATURDAY NIGHT TRIPLES (16 teams): 1-Mate Feher / Wayne Felton / Richard Furborough.
POKER (20): 1-Meta Wright, 2-John Horton.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Tariq Siddiqi, 2-Peter Bennet.
£1500 was raised for the Alzheimers Society.
9th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2017
June 2-5, 2017; Frankfurt-Sulzbach, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (85): 1-Kimon Papachristopolous, 2-Tilman Söhnchen, 3/4-Torsten Lux / Ronald Reinhardt, 5/8-Marcus Reinhard / Dirk Leinberger / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Repulic) / Thomas Kazemieh; 1LC-Philippe Vouhé (France), 2LC-Jürgen Orlowski.
INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Jürgen Kunkel, 2-Wolfgang Hartl, 3/4-Susanne Lahme / Katrin Hohn-Hein; 1LC-Jochen Boeff.
BEGINNERS (25): 1-Ralf Priebe, 2-Verena Rotermund, 3-Sandra Stein; 1LC-Sabine Vogt.
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Can Biyiklioglu, 2-Christoph Wagener.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES I (32 teams): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) & Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic), 2-Mario Kühl & Rolf Schüler.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-Harald Kock & Axel Schürmann.LADIES CUP (26): 1-Corinna Blaschke, 2-Ingrid Sonnabend.
SPEEDGAMMON (96): 1-Marcus Reinhard, 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 3-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
MOCHY'S PROFICIENCY QUIZ (88): 1/2 tie-Torsten Lux / Kimon Papachristopoulos.
TRAVELER'S PRIZE: 1-Neculai Draganuta (Romania).
UKBT - LONDON BACKGAMMON OPEN 2017
May 26-28, 2017; London, England
MASTERS (64): 1-Wayne Felton, 2-Raj Jansari; 1C-Engin Ongel, 2C-John Broomfield; 1LC-Richard Furborough, 2LC-Cristian Cozos.
INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Donna Sherred; 1C-Michael Pitaluga, 2C-Geoff Conn; 1LC-Linda Taylor, 2LC-David Dennis.
SUPER JACKPOT (13): 1-Raj Jasari, 2-Sean Clennell.
SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Aref Alipour.
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Mark Calderbank & Andy Marshall, 2-Anna Price & Tariq Siddiqi.
WARM-UP (53): 1-Romolo Mudu, 2-Jysen Quah.
NEWCOMERS SWISS TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Christina Pop, 2-Alin Petrisor.
ABT - 37th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 25-29, 2017; Rosemont, Illinois
CHAMPIONSHIP (52): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2/7-Daniel Dabney (IN) / Yuji Ogura (Japan) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / Grant Hoffman (New Zealand) / Lynn Lusk (CO) / Larry Shiller (CT).
INTERMEDIATE (50) 1-Ray Bills (MN), 2/6-Kevin McDonough (AZ) / Kathleen Davis (KS) / Patrick Domico (IN) / Simon Kennedy Rose (IL) / Jeff Spencer (MN).
OPEN UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (8): 1-David Winn (TX).
INTERMEDIATE UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (8): 1-Patty Knapp (MA).
NOVICE (5): 1-Galia Miloucheva (IL), 2-Chelsea Bussey (LA).
BACKGAMMON OLYMPIAD (10): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
OLYMPIAD QUIZ (10): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3-Gerry Tansey (MO).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (16): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Mark Ferrin (OR).
FASTER MASTERS (12): 1-Steve Blanchard (IL), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2-Ken Tyszko (IL), 3-Steve Hairgrove (IL), 4/6-Frank Dama (FL) / Kevin McDonough (AZ) / Larry Whittenburg (IL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-John Pirner (MN), 2-Frank Dama (FL).
1-POINT QUICKIE / USBGF PRIME (128): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Craig Anderson (IL), 3/4-Aaron Foust (NV) / Josh Racko (CA).
1-POINT QUICKIE OVERFLOW (32): 1-Steve Hairgrove (IL).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Frank & Monica Talbot (MI), 2-Steve Brown (MN) & Carol Joy Cole (MI).
TAKI BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-April Kennedy (MN).
MICHY'S 7th PROFICIENCY TEST (35): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2/3-Chuck Bower (IN) / Dennis Culpepper (VA).
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (16): 1-Grant Hoffman (New Zealand), 2-John O'Hagan (IN).
AFTER TOURNEY OVERFLOW (4): 1-Yuji Ogura (Japan).
TSUYOSHI MINAKAMI MEMORIAL TRAVEL AWARD: Grant Hoffman (New Zealand).
ABT - 9th ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
May 18-21, 2017; Atlanta, Georgia
INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-David Stein (IL); 1C-Alan Epstein (GA), 2C-Scott Redfern (GA); 1LC-Mark Cohen (GA).
NOVICE (4): 1-Jeremy Coppels (GA), 2-Jan Lister (GA).
ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (8): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Julius High (KS).
ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA), 2-Adrian Costa (GA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Jerry Godsey (GA) & Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Carter Mattig (IL).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Forrest Faulk (GA), 2-Adrian Costa (GA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Stacy Turner (FL).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (21): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Phil Simborg (IL); 1C-Adrian Costa (GA).
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Koray Agirbas (GA), 2-Rick Gardner (GA).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Sam Ahmed (CA).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Aaron Foust (NV).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Adrian Costa (GA).
WBF - 2nd INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON MEDIA TOURNAMENT
May 15-18, 2017; Tskaltubo, Georgia
MASTERS (32): 1-Dmitry Lesnoy (Russia/Cyprus), 2-Kakhaber Gelashvili (Georgia), 3-Blake Fleetwood (USA) / Petri Pietilä (Finland); 1C-Dankwart Plattner (Germany), 2C-Petri Pietilä (Finland), 3C/4C-Natalia Lebedeva (Russia) / Bob Wachtel (USA); Ladies Prize: Natalia Lebedeva (Russia).
WBF - WORLDWIDE BACKGAMMON TROPHY 2017
May 10-14, 2017; Tbilisi, Georgia
MASTERS (164): 1-Tsaruk Manukyan (Armenia/Russia), 2-Revazi Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia), 3-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 4-Dankwart Plattner (Germany), 5-Herb Roman (USA); Last Chance #1: 1-Shota Revishvili (Georgia), 2-Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland); LC #2: 1-Kemal Okal (Turkey), 2-Karen Sarkisyan (Georgia); LC #3: 1-Leo Waters (England), 2-Volker Sonnabend (Germany); LC #4: 1-Vasiliy Chemokhonenko (Russia), 2-Vepkhvia Gogiashvili (Georgia); Ladies Prize: Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).
INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Zurab Mikaia (Georgia), 2-Valeri Toreli (Georgia), 3-Kiaan Ghodsi (Iran), 4-Teimuraz Kurtsikidze (Georgia), 5-Olga Ivanova (Russia); 1LC-Artur Petrosyan, 2LC-Valeriy Narsia (Russia); Ladies Prize: Olga Ivanova (Russia).
NATIONS TEAM CHALLENGE (14 teams): 1-Armenia II (Ararat): Captain Khachik Melikyan / Tsaruk Manukyan / Eduard Nazaryan / Armen Tsaturyan / Levon Vardapetyan / Reserves Armen Muradyan & Ashot Vardapetyan, 2-Georgia I: Captain Nodari Gagua / Levan Kareli / Kakhaber Natchkebia / Simon Pankvelashvili / Karen Sarkisyan / Reserve Bakar Matikashvili, 3-Iran, 4-Germany.
DOUBLES (46 teams): 1-Davit Karatorosyan (Armenia) & Ruben Martirosyan (Armenia), 2-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia) & Armen Muradyan (Armenia), 3/4-Nick Blasier (USA) & David Presser (Israel) / Roberto Litzenberger (USA) & Ed O'Laughlin (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT 1 (16): 1-Aleksei Askurava (Russia), 2-Christopher Rogers (England).
SUPER JACKPOT 2 (13): 1-Nick Blasier (USA), 2-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Ekaterna Dzandzava (Georgia), 2-Regine Hall Papachristopoulos (Germany)
ONE-POINTER (64): 1-Airat Metchin (Russia), 2-Jakob Kudrin (Russia).
PashaBGT - 13th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 5-7, 2017; Nicosia, North Cyprus
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Ali Çetin Belene (Turkey) & Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey) , 3/4-Yavuz Genç (Turkey) & Cansu Mete (Turkey) / Bulent Bahar (Turkey) & Onur Vurur (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 2-Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).
DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64): 1-Deniz Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus).
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64): 1-Recep Sari (Turkey).
JACKPOT WINNERS (8x8): Serdar Ozkaya (Turkey), Umit Tanoglu (Turkey), Götz Hildsberg (Germany).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Aykut Uzel (Turkey).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Neslihan Ozbakir (Turkey), Gaby Gavriel (Israel), Erkan Nayir (Turkey).
PASHA CUP (26): 1-Sevki Tuzen (Turkey), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
23rd JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2017; Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (47+5): 1-Masaaki Isobe (Japan), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta), 3/4-Hiroshi Nishiyama (JPN), / Kenji Shimodaira (JPN); 1C-Kazuki Yokota (JPN), 2C-Kiyokazu Nishikawa (JPN), 3C/4C-Takeo Takizawa (JPN) / Sander Lylloff (Denmark); Last Chance (56): 1LC-Kazuhiro Shino (JPN), 2LC-Hibiki Kawauchi (JPN).
INTERMEDIATE (8x16): 1-Shigemasa Suematsu, 2-Tomoya Ushida, 3/4-Nozomu Kawazoe / Ryusuke Suzuki.
BEGINNER: Overall winner - Yasuko Masuda; Day 1 (66): winner - Shohei Oshio; Day 2 (43): winner - Yasuko Masuda; Day 3 (48): winner - Yasuko Masuda.
SUPER JACKPOT (15+1): 1/2 Split - Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta) / Kanade Kubota, 3/4-Kazuki Yokota / Takayuki Hino.
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Uco Jin & Masahito Yamamoto, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa & Makoto Tabata.
UNDER 25 "SHIN-EI-SEN" (9): 1-Hayase Kawashima, 2-Yuri Nakamura.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Ikuto Kawazoe.
1-POINT STREAK CHALLENGE: 1-Toshiharu Nakajima (7 streaks).
ASO DINNER TICKETS CUP (8): 1-Tadanori Nakayama.
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Hiroyo Seo, 2-Akemi Otobe.
OTHELLO QUIZ (62): 1-Kanade Kubota (8 out of 10 correct).
CNB - 17th CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 28-May 1, 2017; Jesolo, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (57): 1-Peter Raugust (Germany), 2-Claus Weissbarth (Germany), 3/4-Enrico Marsiglio (Italy) / Stefan Parlow (Austria), 5/8-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Daniel Tudose (Italy) / Philippe Vouhé (France) / Rainer Witt (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy), 3/4-Davide Cassano (Italy) / Airat Fatyhou (Russia); 1C-Leko Ristovski (Macedonia), 2C-Diego Bragato (Italy), 3C/4C-Christa Groll (Austria) / Gianfranca Pasciu (Italy).
BEGINNER (6): 1-Kella Romanazzi (Italy), 2-Mariangela Anelli (Italy).
OPEN CNB (66): 1-Daniel Tudose (Italy), 2-Laura Monaco (Italy), 3-Albert Reiter (Austria).
ATLANTICO (35): 1-Marco Solazzo (Italy), 2-Ossi Rossier (Austria), 3/4-Massimiliano Cettolin (Italy) / Daniel Tudose (Italy).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (37 teams): 1-Ferat Gurdogan & Horst Zack (Germany), 2-Roman Korber & Mohanad Taha (Austria).
TEAM CONSULTING (15 teams): 1-Giorgio Castellano / Giovanna La Falce / Carlo Melzi (Italy), 2-Fabio Gullotta / Francesco Mauri / Daniele Rotondo (Italy).
SWING (35): 1-Florin Popa (Italy), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 3-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 4-Daniele Rotondo (Italy), 5-Luca Martino (Italy).
DIVERSAMENTE SWING (16): 1-Nodar Gagua (Russia), 2-Enrico Marsiglio (Italy).
SPEED GAMMON (32): 1-Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy), 2-Stefan Parlow (Austria).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Franca Boscari (Italy).
WARM UP (32): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Andrea Riebler (Austria).
PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Daniel Tudose (Italy).
WBF - MEDITERRANEAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
April 28-30, 2017; Antalya, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (61): 1-Wayne Felton (England), 2-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 3/4-Sabri Büyüksoy / Shimon Kagan (Israel); 1C-Ömer Akgül (Turkey), 2C-Rumen Milanov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Seda Koç (Turkey), 2LC-Gia Abesadze (Georgia).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL EVENT (20): 1-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 2-Seda Koç (Turkey).
MEDITERRANEAN CONSULTATION DOUBLES (26 pairs): 1-Adam Prager & Jeremy Sherr (Israel), 2-Kemal Okal & Nihat Sorgüven (Turkey), 3/4-Deniz & Gülçehre Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus) / E. Emre Akduman & Akay Can Dagkiran (Turkey).
WARM-UP (53): 1-Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria), 2-Seda Koç (Turkey), 3/4-Niyazi Ünlütürk (Northern Cyprus) / Kemal Aksu (Turkey).
869BG SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Mahir Kasuto (Turkey), 2-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia).
TAVLA (32): 1-Mustafa Aydin (Turkey), 2-Recep Ural (Turkey), 3-Gia Abesadze (Georgia), 4-Deniz Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus).
SWING (32): 1-Levent Erim (Turkey), 2-Cem Çirakoglu (Turkey), 3-Jeremy Sherr (Israel), 4-Mehmet Özel (Turkey).
1-POINTER (128): 1-Adam Prager (Israel), 2-Cemalettin Karakütük (Turkey), 3/4-Gia Abesadze (Georgia) / Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia).
LADIES EVENT (3): 1-Seda Koç (Turkey), 2-Nurten Ötenkaya (Turkey).
MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 2-Mahir Kasuto (Turkey).
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Adam Prager (Israel).
ABT - US OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 26-30, 2017; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (64+26 rebuys): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Doug Mayfield (CA) / Norm Wiggins (CA); 1C-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3C/4C-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Jon Vietor (CA); 1LC-Scott Ward (TX), 2LC-Ted Chee (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (60+28 rebuys): 1-Rick Voeller (WA), 2-Patrick Fusco (TN), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Elli Nache (CA); 1C-Tom Magne (MN), 2C-Jeff Whitelaw (NV), 3C/4C-Amorim de Lattuffe (Brazil) / Lorne Rusnell (Canada); 1LC-Paul Franks (NV), 2LC-Ken Johnson (CA).
BEGINNERS (13): 1-Frank Benneyam (CA), 2-Kevin Davidson (CA).
SUPER JACKPOT (28): 1-Drew Giovanis (NV), 2-Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Steve Sax (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (30): 1-Josh Racko (CA), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Paul Baraz (MD) / Allen Tish (CA).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (10): 1-Regan Lambeth (CA), 2-Kevin Davidson (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Ed Rosenblum (NM).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (18 teams): 1-Patrick Fusco (TN) & Joe Russell (CA), 2-Kristi Christman (WA) & Chris Innes.
BLITZ (16x8): 1-Brian Hoeft (NV), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Armin Soltani (Canada).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (30): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Steve Diano (NV).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (29): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Ken Bame (CA).
29th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 13-17, 2017; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (104): 1-Henrik Bang (Denmark), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 3/4-Rune Færevåg (Norway) / Bjørn Inge Lorentzen (Norway), 5/8-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Peter Christiansen (DK) / Marc Brockmann Olsen (DK) / Petko Kostadinov (USA).
ADVANCED (85): 1-Johnny Pedersen (DK), 2-Katrine Pawlik (DK), 3/4-Clement Breum (DK) / Marius Hentea (Sweden), 5/8-Dierk Lemcke (Germany) / Henrik Matthiesen (DK) / Lars Nielsen (DK) / Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy).
INTERMEDIATE (95): 1-Simon Bertilsson (DK), 2-Michael Bjørn Sejersen (DK), 3/4-Jose Carlos (Spain) / Kevin El Hmoud (DK), 5/8-Lennart Kurland (DK) / Don Rahikainen (Finland) / Jørn Andersen (DK) / Mads Walleen (DK).
BEGINNERS (43): 1-Signe Pedersen (DK), 2-Christina Bartholomæus (DK), 3/4-Maria Delcomyn (DK) / Lisbeth Kjersgaard (DK); 1C-Christian Rønne (DK), 2C-Lars Hartmann (DK).
SUNDAY CUP TOURNAMENT (54): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France), 2-John Blem (Denmark), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Carter Mattig (USA).
LADIES CUP TOURNAMENT (41): 1-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden), 2-Emma Axling (Sweden), 3/4-Linda Sjörin (Sweden) / Silvia Weilenmann (Switzerland).
WARM-UP CUP (66): 1-Gert K. Nielsen (DK), 2-Andy Bell (England), 3/4-Mads Peter Andersen (DK) / Vincent de Nardi (France).
XG MASTERS NORDIC / BMAB (11): 1-Thomas Kristensen (DK), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT 1 (16): 1-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia).
SUPER JACKPOT 2 (8): 1/2-Nevzat Dogan (DK) / Lars Trabolt (DK).
SPEED GAMMON ULTIMATE (23): 1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SPEED GAMMON OPEN (43): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic).
SPEED GAMMON NEWBEES (39): 1-Silvia Weilenmann (Switzerland), 2-Lennart Kurland (DK).
50-euro SPEED JACKPOT (8): 1-Sampo Niskanen (Finland).
100-euro JACKPOT (8): 1/2-split - Yakov Kudrin (Russia) / Jakob Simonsen (DK).
CONSULTATION MIXED DOUBLES (42 teams): 1-Karsten & Maria Bredahl (DK), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden) & Pia Sevelin (Sweden), 3/4-Kirstine Jensen (DK) & Lars Rosquist (DK) / Bob & Eva Koca (USA).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (44 teams): 1-Jan Bergström (Sweden) & Thomas Rönn (Sweden), 2-Jon Barnes (England) & Eric McAlpine (England), 3/4-Jose Carlos (Spain) & Sebastian Wilkinson (England) / Björnar Kristoffersen (Norway) & Lindgreen (Sweden).
TEAM TOURNAMENT (23 teams): 1-De Tre Små Grise: Steen Haff / Jan Larsen / Patrik Toxværd (DK), 2-Järntärning: Janne Bergström / Konrad Fröschl / Michael Löfblad (Sweden).
TMP (16): 1-Karsten Bredahl (DK).
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Morten Sørensen (DK), 2-Robin Holt (DK).
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Steen Grønbech (DK).
DANISH PRIZE OF HONOUR: Taus Bøytler (DK).
SUPER GRANDMASTER: Steen Grønbech (DK).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
DENMARK VS THE WORLD: Denmark Team - 25, The World Team - 21.
1-Denmark Team: Captain Michael Weile, Sander Lylloff, Michael "Mik" Larsen, Thomas Kristensen, Thomas Myhr, Peter Friberg, Karsten Bredahl, Mads Peter Andersen, Freddie Noer, Marc Brockmann Olsen, Lars Trabolt.
2-The World Team: Captain Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Thomas Tenland (Sweden), Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), Petko Kostadinov (USA), Carlo Melzi (Italy), Raj Jansari (England).
ABT - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 6-9, 2017; Dulles, Virginia
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3-Bahman Zandi (MD), 4/5-John O'Hagan (IN) / Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1C-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3C/4C-Steve Brown (MN) / Brent Cohen (PA).
ADVANCED (50): 1-Liam Henry (Canada), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3-Marcy Kossar (MD), 4/5-Judy Field (MI) / Jay Karns (NY); 1C-Omar Shah (Canada), 2C-Gary Koscielny (NY), 3C/4C-Steve Kenney (NC) / Tom Rebelo (Canada).
NOVICE (23): 1-Chris Chapin (DC), 2-Michael Rosen (NY); 1C-Vinson Blanton (VA), 2C-Sabin Bokus (DC).
CHERRY BLOSSOM MEGA JACKPOT (8): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Saba Benjanishvili (GA) / Victor Ashkenazi (NJ). PR winner: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Chris Trencher (NY).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Bob Hathaway (VA), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 3/4-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) / Phil Lerman (DC).
NOVICE JACKPOT (8): 1-Vinson Blanton (VA), 2-Jamie Rosen (NY).
SENIOR SENATORS / YOUNG POLITICOS (48+32): Playoffs: 1-Kent Goulding (MD), 2-Rory Pascar (IL). Senior Senators (60-up): 1-Kent Goulding (MD), 2/3-Peggy Neubig (NJ) / Chen-Fu Yu (MD); Young Politicos (under 60): 1/2-Rory Pascar (IL).
USBGF BLITZ (80): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS (16 teams): 1-Patty Knapp (MA) & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Jamie Rosen (NY) & Phil Simborg (IL).
HALL OF STATES / EMBASSY ROW TEAM CHALLENGE (11 teams): 1/2 split - Sugar Daddies (MD): Kent Goulding, John Klein & Bill Finneran / Wizards of Odds (CA): Joe Russell, Jim Pasko & Paul Baraz.
TAVLA TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Mustafa Sayid (VA), 2-Steve Saad (NC).
ALFRED MAMLET NEWCOMERS' FREE ROLL (13): 1-Dan Renzi (PA), 2-Sabin Bokus (DC), 3/4-Steve Shindler (NY) / Joe Urso (VA).
BMAB (USA) #5 (10): 1/2 tie - Steve Brown (MN) / Vladi Gudgenov (NC). PR winner: John Klein (MD) - 3.77.
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Larry Brown (VA).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA).
$50 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
WBF - 9th EDIRNE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
April 8-9, 2017; Edirne, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Kemal Okal, 2-Gural Bulut, 3-Orhun Hekimci, 4-Erhan Dogrusoz.
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (30): 1-Mustafa Aydin, 2-Levent Drin, 3-Cemile Ozeker, 4-Hakki Akcaalan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (25 teams): 1-Erol Özsoy & Omer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) & Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).
SWING (32): 1-Leyla Drin, 2-Murat Gurel, 3-Yalcin Simsek, 4-Yavuz Zaleli.
ELITE CUP (25): 1-Kemal Okal, 2-Mustafa Aydin, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Yasin Ozergil.
JACKPOT (64): 1-Gokhan Kazandag, 2-Cumhur Bektüre, 3/4-Leyla Drin / Erol Özsoy.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Arda Findikoglu, 2-Cumhur Bektüre, 3/4-Talat Bagibala / Mahmut Kamar.
LADIES PRIZE (7): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Sumerya Güven.
TBGT - 7th ANKARA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 25-26, 2017; Ankara, Turkey
OPEN (141): 1-Oktay Lökbas, 2-Lemi Tu-men, 3-Ali Çetin Belene, 4-Onur Vurur, 5-Abdullah Ozbakir, 6-Ibrahim Karaca, 7-Metin Okden, 8-Turan Kaya; 1LC-Mehmet Hulusi Tumer, 2LC-Dinçer Günes, 3LC/4LC-Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari / Meral Ceylan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Deniz Kizilbora ( Northern Cyprus) & Cengiz Dindar (Northern Cyprus), 2-Tansel Dogan & Zafer Onder.
1-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Burhan Yilmazer.
1-POINTER #2 (64): 1-Mehmet Hulusi Tumer.
1-POINTER #3 (64): 1-Hikmet Tunç.
JACKPOT WINNERS (2x16): Rusen Ali Soylu, Ercan Gulec.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Ayhan Karamahmut, Zehra Aydin, Ercan Akin.
TURKISH BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION (TBA) HONOR AWARDS: Cihantac Eroglu, Ufuk Aksak, Fuat Erdag.
ABT - 23rd ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 24-26, 2017; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (32): 1-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland), 2-Sean Garber (IN); 1C-Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 2C-Karen Davis (DC).
ADVANCED (45): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI); 1C-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2C-Ben Elliott (NC); 1LC-Ricky Griggs (MI).
NOVICE (6): 1-Jeff Hoelzel (IL), 2-Christa Solovey (MI).
OHIO MASTERS (15): 1-Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 2-Karen Davis (DC).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Ben Elliott (NC), 2-Gary Koscielny (NY).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH) & Bill Versaw (PA), 2-Doug & Wanda Roberts (MA).
MICRO BLITZ (32): 1-Bonnie Rogoff (OH), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Bonnie Rogoff (OH), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Dion Hogan (MI).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (13): 1-Ben Elliott (NC), 2-Joe Miller (OH).
ABT - 2017 VIKING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 9-12, 2017; Bloomington, Minnesota
ODIN OPEN (32): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1C-Roberto Caprio (FL), 2C-Yury Millman (MN), 3C/4C-Jack Edelson (WI) / Jim Schothorst (ND).
THOR ADVANCED (40): 1-Mike Blankenau (NE), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN); 1C-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2C-Jeff Willis (MN), 3C/4C-Rick Davis (MN) / Tom Magne (MN).
VIKING NOVICE (11): 1-Mark Sigel (MN), 2-Tina Nelson (MN); 1C-Tom Dolney (MN).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XVIII (12): 1-Harvey Gillis (AZ), 2-Jack Edelson (WI).
LONGSHIP JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ralph Stowell (MN).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (43): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Joe Potts (TX).
VIKING CONQUESTS (40): 1/2 split-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
QUICK RAIDS (32): 1/2 split-Dave McKenzie (KS) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
VALHALLA OPEN (10): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Eric Hiner (MN).
VALHALLA ADVANCED (15): 1-Joe Briggs (MN), 2-David Seiler (MN).
EARLY RAVEN OPEN (20): 1/2 split-Kurt Peterson (MN) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Eric Meyer (Canada).
EARLY RAVEN ADVANCED (15): 1-Joe Briggs (MN), 2-Rick Davis (MN); 1C-Gregg Trunnell (MN).
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jeff Spencer (MN), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN).
VIKING FUNERAL (11): 1-Lorina Quarterone (MN).
RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (11): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Jon Vietor (CA).
WBF - 1st KAZAN OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CUP
March 8-12, 2017; Kazan, Russia
MASTER FLIGHT (74): 1-Levon Petrosyan (Armenia), 2-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 3-Vasily Chemokhonenko (Russia), 4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 5-Sergey Chertkov (Russia), 6-Jakov Kudrin (Russia), 7-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain); Last Chance #1: 1-Valeriy Borovskiy (Russia), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic); Last Chance #2: 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Alexey Ignarin (Russia); Last Chance #3: 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia); Last Chance #4: 1-Aleksei Askurava (Russia), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany); Ladies Prize: Josefin Bichler (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (15): 1-Dmitry Shirokov (Russia), 2-Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine), 3-Olga Ivanova (Russia), 4-Nikita Lyashchenko (Russia); 1LC-Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia), 2LC-Ayrat Fatyhov (Russia); Ladies Prize: Olga Ivanova (Russia).
AMATEURS (9): 1-Andrew Polochkin (Russia), 2-Ildar Yagofarov (Russia), 3-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), 4-Svetlana Timina (Russia); LadiesPrize: Elena Gromenkova (Russia).
SUPER-JACKPOT (24): 1-Christopher Rogers (England), 2-Razi Bobrov (Israel).
MASTER DOUBLES (33 teams): 1-Ayrat Fatyhov (Russia) & Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Tsaruk Manukian (Russia) & Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey) / Klaus Evers (Germany) & Maik Stiebler (Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (38+26): 1-Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 3/4-Sergey Petukhov (Russia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Olga Gromenkova (Russia), 2-Elena Guseva (Russia).
TEAM TOURNAMENT: RUSSIA vs. TURKEY: 1-Team Russia: Captain Airat Metchin, Sergey Alenin, Agamir Gevorkyan; 2-Team Turkey: Captain Arda Findikoglu, Gökhan Günes, Abdullah Sorgüven.
TEAM TOURNAMENT: RUSSIA vs. REST OF THE WORLD: 1-Rest of the World: Captain Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Alain Babillon (France), Julian Darienco (Moldova), Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia); 2-Team Russia: Captain Sergey Erokhin, Nail Arzukhanov, Aleksei Askurava, Konstantin Bartash, Sergey Petukhov, Aleksandr Solodukhin, Mikayel Vardanyan.
28th BRAZILIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 5-12, 2017; Bahia, Brazil
CHAMPIONSHIP (60+452 rebuys): 1-Fernando Neumark (Argentina), 2-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina), 3/4-Joaquin Koifman (Argentina) / Alvaro Savio (Brazil); Ladies Prize: Myriam di Filippo (Argentina).
SUPER JACKPOT (20): 1-Myriam di Filippo (Argentina), 2-Alvaro Savio (Brazil).
DOUBLES: 1-Roberto Gaui (Brazil) & Pedro Schmuck (Austria).
INTERNATIONAL PLAYER AWARD: Pedro Schmuck (Austria).
2017 CORK OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 3-5, 2017; Clonakilty, Ireland
OPEN (64): 1-Brian Lever (England), 2-Sean Jones (England); 1C-Jay O'Sullivan (Ireland), 2C-Wayne Felton (England); 1LC-Martin Barkwill (England), 2LC-Stuart Mann (England).
DOUBLES: 1-Claudia Goehnert (Holland) & Pim van Haastert (Holland), 2-John Broomfield (England) & Walter Busato (Italy).
WARM-UP (16): 1-Stephen Little (England), 2-John Casey (Ireland).
200-euro JACKPOT (8): 1-Vaidas Budrys (Russia), 2-John Broomfield (England) / Walter Busato (Italy).
20-euro JACKPOT (32): 1-Ann Maher (England), 2-Claudia Goehnert (Holland).
ABT - 1st ANNUAL BOSTON OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 23-26, 2017; Boston, Massachusetts
OPEN (44): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Albert Steg (MA), 2C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1LC-Bill Robertie (MA).
AMHERST ADVANCED (32): 1-Adam Rosen (MA), 2-Daniel Bluestone (VA); 1C-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2C-Steve Morrow (MA); 1LC-Garry Kallos (Canada).
NANTUCKET NOVICE (6): 1-Richard Battikha (CT), 2-Larry Roberg (CT), 3-Steven Valliere (MA).
HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (15): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
WORCESTER WARM-UP (4): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
PITTSFIELD PRE-TOURNEY (28): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Gerhard Roland (CT); 1C-Michael Kay (MA).
BUNKER HILL BLITZ (32): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Kent Goulding (MD).
AGAWAM AMATEUR JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
AGAWAM AMATEUR JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Colin Stone (ME), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
OAK BLUFFS OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Albert Steg (MA).
DEDHAM DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Tom O'Riordan (MA) & Eric Sulkala (MA).
BILL ROBERTIE QUIZ CONTEST: 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
PASHABGT-TBGT - ISTAVDER 9th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 23-26, 2017; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (422): 1/3-Ali Cihangir Çetinel / Dinçer Günes / Bülent Karabulut, 4-Mehmet Hulusi Tumer, 5-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon), 6-Ulvi Cangazi, 7-Eugene Cholombitko (Ukraine), 8-Alexey Chanturidze (Russia); 1C-Suat Seven, 2C-Yakov Kudrin (Russia); 1LC-Murat Murat (Greece), 2LC-Kamran Sharifi (Iran).
9th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES (128): 1-Tamaz Giorgobiana (Georgia) & Abesadze Giorgi (Georgia), 2-Marcel Geist (Germany) & Adnan Tayfur; 3/4-Ali Çetin Belene & Ibrahim Karaca / Abdullah Özbakir & Neslihan Özbakir.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 2-Alireza Soltani (Iran).
TEAM CHALLENGE (40 Teams): 1-Alsancak: Zeki Gönden / Tolgay Okumus / Ersin Narman, 2-Persian Power: Aidin Mehtar (Iran) / Amin Shahvalizade (Iran) / Jalil Khalili (Iran).
ONE POINT #1: (64) Deniz Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINT #2: (64) Sinan Sutcuoglu.
ONE POINT #3: (64) Masoud Ahmadpour (Iran).
ONE POINT #4: (64) Meral Ceylan.
SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Abdullah Ser.
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Alaattin Özaltun.
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Babur Eren.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Erol Özsoy, Celen Teran (Northern Cyprus), Hamidreze Shahrokhi (Iran), Alexandra Peycheva (Bulgaria), Ayla Karmen Acun.
WBF - 7th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
February 18-19, 2017; Kocaeli, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (61): 1-Erhan Dogrusöv, 2-Cemalettin Karakütük, 3-Kemal Okal, 4-Mahir Kasuto.
TAVLA (34): 1-Kudret Ustaoglu, 2-Sinan Sütçüoglu, 3-Dinçer Günes, 4-Mahmut Kamar.
"HAKAN ÖZKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (25 teams): 1-Mustafa Aydin & Arda Findikoglu, 2-Gökhan Kazandag & Tunç Sökmener, 3/4-Abdullah Sorgüven & Sedat Sorgüven / Güral Bulut & Ramazan Gür.
"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (23): 1-Bararos Erim, 2-Resul Uygur.
ELITE CUP (35): 1-Babür Eren, 2-Fatih Seven, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Cemalettin Karakütük.
JACKPOT (64): 1-Mahmut Kamar, 2-Kürsad Solak, 3/4-Murat Elver / Tolga Özkale.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Mustafa Aydin, 2-Cumhur Bektüre.
LADIES EVENT (4): 1-Gül Sendil.
ABT - 2017 SUNSHINE STATE CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 17-19, 2017; Clearwater, Florida
OPEN (14): 1-Bob Carpenter (FL), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Chris Knapp (MA).
INTERMEDIATE (20): 1-Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Kevin Jones (FL); 1LC-Susan Randall (FL).
NOVICE (2): 1-Marion Roland (FL), 2-Joseph Adiutori (FL).
MASTERS (4): 1-Stacy Turner (FL).
GULF COAST DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Chris & Patty Knapp (MA).
CHOUETTE CHALLENGE (7+1): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Susan Randall (FL), 3-Rick Wolf (FL).
AFTER- TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Marion Roland (FL).
2nd GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 8-12, 2017; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
CHAMPIONSHIP (154): 1-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Jack Edelson (USA) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 5/8-Peter Bennet (England) / Eric Guedj (France) / Bruno Plagnol (France) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway); 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Timur Azizov (Russia), 3C/4C-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech), 5/8-Eric Benichou (France) / Marc Brockmann Olson (Denmark) / Roland Herrera (England) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (71): 1-Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 3/4-Wolfgang Henze (Germany) / Tue Rasmussen (Denmark); 1C-Morten Knudsen (Denmark), 2C-Charles Sanguinetti (Gibraltar), 3C/4C-Helen Anderson (Sweden) / Kate Porter (England).
SUPER JACKPOT (46): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 3/4-Philip Kazemieh (Germany) / Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (69 teams): 1-Sergei Chertkov (Russia) & Stefan Parlow (Austria), 2-Maik Stiebler (Germany) & Guido Weidner (Germany), 3/4-Timur Azizov (Russia) & Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) / Philip Kazemieh (Germany) & Sylvia Wist (Germany), 5/8-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard-Ludwig Winkelhaus (Germany) / Jan Cerny (Czech) & Zdenek Zizka (Czech) / Peer Röwer (Germany) & Sven Rümcker (Germany) / Katalin Veszeli (Hungary) & Pavel Zaoral (Hungary).
SPEED GAMMON (64): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Carter Mattig (USA), 3/4-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark) / Philippe Vouhé (France).
LADIES PRIZE: Ann Pocknell (England).
BEST GIBRALTAR PLAYER: Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Thomas Myhr (Denmark) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
ABT - 5th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 2-5, 2017; San Antonio, Texas
ADVANCED (42+14 rebuys): 1-Elena Evans (TX), 2-Dan Morse (TX); 1C-Aaron Foust (NV), 2C-Steve Saad (NC), 3C/4C-Chris Anderson (NC) / Leslie Lockett (NM); 1LC-Patti Rubin (NV).
LIMITED (23): 1-Brad Vogt (TX), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX); 1C-Regan Lambeth (CA), 2C-Frank Ramia (TX); 1LC-Michael Gellings (WI).
LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1/2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3/4-Doug Mayfield (CA) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Dave Kettler (TX), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-Nick Blasier (TX) / Michael Neagu (Canada).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (23): 1-Treena Bouque (CA), 2-Ryan Gordon (TX).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - WEST (104): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Albert Steg (MA).
USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT FREEROLL (64): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Dave McKenzie (KS).
USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT FREEROLL OVERFLOW (12): 1/3-April Kennedy (MN) / Patti Rubin (CA) / Steve Sax (CA).
LONE STAR PRO-AM DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Harvey Gillis (AZ) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Karen Davis (DC) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Albert Steg (MA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT #2 (48): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico), 3-Patrick Gibson (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Michael Zakrajsek (TX).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE / NEWCOMER FREEROLL (23): 1-Rebecca Lively (TX), 2-Steve Saad (NC).
ZOMBIE SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Ian Terry (TX) / Dave Zick (CO).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2017 Inductees – Ray Fogerlund (NV), Joe Russell (CA), Mike Svobodny (FL).
CNB - 1st CASINÒ CAMPIONE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE
January 27-29, 2017; Campione, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Julian Becker (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Bruno Fanan (Italy), 5/8-Paul Gilbertson (England) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Minh Nguyen (France) / Fausto Pescini (Italy).
INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Patricia Rey (Monaco), 2-Paola Aiello (Italy), 3/4-Lukas Jankovsky (Czech) / Francesco Oliva (Italy); 1C-Giuseppe Indomenico (Italy), 2C-Airat Metshin (Russia).
KICK-OFF (32): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Kader Turk (France), 3/4-Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland) / Myke Wignall (England).
DMP-CHALLENGE (64): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Walter Busato (Switzerland), 3/4-Philippe Vouhé (France) / Myke Wignall (England).
DOUBLES (28 teams): 1-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Eduardo Velasco (Spain) & Self, 3/4-Dario Bertola (Italy) & Daniel Tudose (Italy) / Kader Turk (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France).
TEAM EVENT (8 teams): 1-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Tiziana Introzzi (Italy) / Julian Miclaus (Romania) / Sonia Pellegrini (Italy).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
CHIVA'S REGAL CHALLENGE (16): 1-Myke Wignall (England), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy).
BACKGAMMON & POKER ON BOARD XIII - SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 14-22, 2017; Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire
OPEN (43+173 rebuys): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Dan Morse (TX).
CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (40): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
CARIBBEAN JACKPOT (8): 1-Drew Giovanis (NV), Yan Kit Chan (England).
POKER TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Wanda Roberts (MA), 2-Fran Miller (OH), 3-Steve Hast (PA).
WBF - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
January 13-15, 2017; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (97): 1-Andrei Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey), 3/4-Yasin Okal / Cuneyt Argun Genç; 1C-Tolga Özkale, 2C-Cemalettin Yuksel, 3C/4C-Omer Aykut Sorgüven / Mustafa Babal; 1LC-Orhun Hekimci, 2LC-Murat Özyilmaz, 3LC/4LC-Erkan Nayir / Bulent Bahar.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (28): 1-Tolga Özkale, 2-Fatih Seven.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 pairs): 1-Levent Erim & Gültekin Uygur, 2-Emrullah Cosar & Babür Eren, 3/4-Emin Sendil & Gul Sendil / Mehmet Cakara (Northern Cyprus) & Irfan Yonucu (Northern Cyprus).
"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (74): 1-Orhun Hekimci, 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 3/4-Yasin Okal / Dincer Günes.
869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Tim Line (England), 2-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3/4-Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus) / Ismail Bilgili.
SWING (42): 1-Igor Romashov (Russia), 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3-Adam Prager (Israel), 4-Gokhan Kazandag.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus), 2-Martin Barkwill (England), 3/4-Tim Line (England) / Niyazi Unluturk (Northern Cyprus).
BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (16): 1-David Presser (Israel), 2-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3-Berkant Bilgi, 4-Atila Malcok.
LADIES PRIZE (3): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Gul Sendil.
ABT - 10th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 5-8, 2017; Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (71+23 rebuys): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Raj Jansari (England) / Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Karen Davis (DC), 2C-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 3C/4C-Larry Shiller (CT) / Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY); 1LC-John Klein (MD), 2LC-Nick Blasier (TX).
INTERMEDIATE (72+22 rebuys): 1-Samuel Wang (NY), 2-Liam Henry (Canada), 3/4-Jay Karns (NY) / Kevin Walsh (NJ); 1C-Monty Haskins (NY), 2C-Brandon Macklin (MD), 3C/4C-Michael Robinson (NY) / Omar Shah (Canada); 1LC-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 2LC-Sam Ahmed (CA).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (19): 1-Jonathan Berkowitz (NY), 2-Sohei Yasuda (VA); 1C-Dan Schechner (NY), 2C-Michele Saferstein (NY); 1LC-Carlos Fonseca (Costa Rica).
BEGINNER (16): 1-Chris Coppa (NY), 2-Paul Schechner (NJ); 1C-Lili Iravani (DC); 1LC-Ron Silver (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Raj Jansari (England), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Al Hodis (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Claude Landry (Canada), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Alan Grunwald (NJ) / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (16): 1-Kathy Weiner (NV), 2/3-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Tony Wuersch (RI).
USBGF PRIME 2-POINT MINI-MATCH TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Tony Wuersch (RI).
BLITZ (136): 1-Jay Karns (NY), 2-Peter Kasturas (NJ).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Serge Rived (France), 2-Jeff Acierno (NJ) & Steve Keats (NY).
OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) & Steve Hammond (TX), 2-Shay Asraff (NV) & Carol Joy Cole (MI).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-David Alagheband Zadeh (NY), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Marty Weber (VA).
OVERFLOW SENIORS TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Ron Weinstock (NY), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ).
LINDSAY MATTIG JACKPOT (16): 1-Jay Karns (NY), 2-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY).
3rd GÖTEBORG BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 5-8, 2017; Göteborg, Sweden
CHAMPIONSHIP (77): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Rasoul Ghasemi (Sweden), 3-Lars Hammergren (Sweden), 4-Terje Pedersen (Norway), 5/6-Martino Luca (Italy) / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden); 1LC-Rune Faervåg (Norway), 2LC-Mattias Oscarsson (Sweden).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Daniel Tudose (Romania), 2-Rickard Persson (Sweden).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Karl Frogner (Norway), 2-Johan Bynell (Sweden).
DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Peter Karlsson (Sweden) & Björnar Kristoffersen (Norway), 2-Sondre Rike (Norway) & Pia Sevelin (Sweden).
BMAB EVENT (12): 1-Jakob Karlsson (Sweden). Best PR: pending.
JUNIOR EVENT (5): 1-Federico Riceputi (Italy), 2-Oliver Andersson (Sweden).
