International Backgammon Tournament Results

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

CHAMPIONSHIP:

ADVANCED:

INTERMEDIATE:

OPEN (94):

SPEEDGAMMON 1 (64):

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (55 teams):

CHAMPIONS QUALIFIER (22):

LADIES TOURNAMENT (53):

BEGINNERS (100):
Finals: John Blem (Denmark) vs ?
Semifinals:
John Blem (Denmark) vs Gorm Øster (Denmark)
Lars Ravn (Denmark) vs Flemming Larsen (Denmark)

WARM-UP (88): 1-Gary Fries (USA), 2-Mick Dyett (Australia), 3/4-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

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 ANNIVERSARY OHIO STATE 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: 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 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 (HK) / Sasha Bennett (NY); 1C-Bill Phipps (NY), 2C-Victor Ashkenazi (NY), 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 (NJ).

$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