2018 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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Updated: November 14, 2018
ABT - LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 7-11, 2018; Las Vegas, Nevada
INTERMEDIATE (68 + 26 rebuys): 1-Thomas Horton (CA), 2-Tom McEvoy (NV), 3/4-Ezra Chiriti-Guakil (Mexico) / Mike Cyrkiel (NV); 1C-David Mulberg (CA), 2C-Richard Stubbe (TX), 3C/4C-Ron Genter (NV) / Candace Mayeron (CA); 1LC-Joe Potts (TX), 2LC-Paul Franks (NV).
BEGINNER (12): 1-José Luis Solano (Costa Rica), 2-Jan Neighbor (NV).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1- Allen Tish (CA), 2-Jim Stutz (CT), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / John O'Hagan (IN).
LIMITED JACKPOT (30): 1-David Taniguchi (CA), 2-David Kettler (TX), 3/4-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica) / Jeff Nitschke (MN).
SENIORS (128): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-José Luis Bejinez (Mexico), 3/4-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) / Al Jones (Canada).
DOUBLES (32): 1-David Kettler (TX) & David Winn (TX), 2-Frank & Monica Talbot (MI), 3/4-Joe Feldman (MI) & Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Candace Mayeron (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
BLITZ (144): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ).
MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 3/4-Joe Feldman (MI) / Al Jones (Canada).
BEGINNERS FRIDAY JACKPOT (5): 1-Rodrigo Solera (Costa Rica).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (34): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1/2 split-Mike Cyrkiel (CA) / Mike Horri (WA).
$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Christian Briggs (FL).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-John Shakory (TX), 2-Sam Orandle (NV).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (39): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Pat MacNeil (Canada).
USBGF GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-West Champion Ken Bame (CA), 2-East Champion Ray Fogerlund (NV).
WBF - 6th MERIT INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 30-November 4, 2018; Kyrenia, North Cyprus
MASTER FLIGHT (358): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Aurelian Bonnet (France), 3-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 4/5-Ofir Balali (Israel) / Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 6/8-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michael Larsen (Denmark) / Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 9/12-Roohollah Amiri-Andy (Iran) / Janne Bergström Sweden) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 13/20-Raj Jansari (UK) / Tom Zarrinnam (USA) / Dimitrios Manganas (Greece) / Recep Ural (Turkey) / Conny Eriksson (Sweden) / Mårten Howe (Sweden) / Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) / Stephane Cheneviere (France); 1LC-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2LC-Mark Ferrin (USA), 3LC/4LC-Timur Bulekbaev (Russia) / Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Katalin Veseli (Hungary).
INTERMEDIATE (174): 1-Paul Schlegel (Germany), 2-Gela Metskhvarishvili (Georgia), 3-Levon Kamalyan (Armenia), 4/5-Pedro Roca de Togores (Spain) / Ashkan Yahyazadeh (Iran), 6/8-Oliver Plaehn (Germany) / Yilmaz Kurtay (Turkey) / Aref Darvish (Iran), 9/12-Zoran Krogstad (Norway) / Juan Pablo Pieroni (Argentina) / PayM Pasha (Iran) / Bogdan Constantinoiu (Romania); 1LC-Jordan Kirchev (Bulgaria), 2LC-Tomer Wisbord (Israel), 3LC/4LC-Cemalettin Karakütük (Turkey) / Ruslan Mialeshka (Belarus); Ladies Prize - Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).
ION RESSU MEMORIAL DOUBLES (154 teams): 1-Alain Babillon (France) & Olivier Décultot (France), 2-Janne Bergström (Sweden) & Thomas Rönn (Sweden), 3/4-Gerhard Janotta (Germany) & Markus Rindisbacher (Germany) / Eli Roymi (Israel) & Israel Yacobov (Israel).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Mikael Westerlund (Sweden), 2-Kanade Kubota (Japan).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Shahab Ghodsi (Iran), 2-Werner Schmucki (Austria).
MERIT SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
869BG WARM-UP (256): 1-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan), 2-Shay Asraff (USA), 3/4-Çumhur Bektüre (Turkey) / Yuriko Yamamoto (Japan).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3/4-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) / Götz Hildsberg (Germany).
ONE-POINT MATCH (128): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Irakli Jashi (Georgia), 3/4-Tobias Schön (Germany) / Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Annelie Skoglund (Sweden), 2-Alexandra Knupfer (Romania/Switzerland), 3/4-Karina Langhoff de Turah (Denmark) / Ann Maibritt Ehlers (Denmark).
MOCHY'S QUIZ (163): 1-Yuri Nakamura (Japan), 2-Henning Frick (Germany). Best Speaker - Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
BMAB-Middle East #1 (16): Winner-Adrian Nedelcu (USA/Austria); PR winner-Toni Bernaba (Lebanon).
WET GAMMON UNDERWATER ONE-POINT EVENT (14): 1-Tim Line (UK), 2-Marius Corneliu Veres (Romania).
UKBT – BRISTOL BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 26-28, 2018; Bristol, United Kingdom
MASTERS (53): 1-Ron Slattery, 2-Mardi Ohannessian, 3-Cecilia Sparke, 4-Daniel Molan, 5/6-Alex Hodge / Tim Parfitt, 7/8-Peter Bennet / David Brown.
ADVANCED (35): 1-Simon Hopper, 2-John Plummer, 3-Andy Boysan, 4-John McNeil, 5/6-Bek Barbaros / Alex Polden, 7/8-Chris Hughes / Tara Mendicino (USA).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1/2-Christopher Rogers / Sebastian Wilkinson.
ERHAN 869 - WARM-UP (48): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Simon Hughes, 3/4-Andy Bell / Ian Hedges.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bonny & Clyde, 2-NoNoNoNo.
SPEEDGAMMON (56): 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
TOMBSTONE TROPHY (50): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson, 2-Jon Barnes, 3/4-Daniel Eldridge / Stephen Little.
CNB – 13th MILAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 25-28, 2018; Verrano, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Pavel Shirokov (Russia), 2-Iancu Stelian, 3/4-Andrea De Zandonati / Dario Di Nicola, 5/8-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) / Francesco Mauri / Lorenzo Rinaldo / Pelle Stemberg (Sweden).
INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Annalisa Agosti, 2-Richard Biddle (England), 3/4-Diego Balgera / Emil Sirakov; 1C-Boris Abramovich (Russia), 2C-Gabriele Cornacchini.
OPEN CNB (57): 1-Gerhard Stoll, 2-Véronique Dehon (France), 3/4-Dario Bertola / Lorenzo Rinaldo.
GOODBYE ROME (23): 1-Myke Wignall (England), 2-Paola Aiello, 3/4-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain) / Giovanni Trombini.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (16 teams): 1-Franco Candeo & Gerhard Stoll, 2-Marco Bonetti & Edmond Mezini.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Pelle Stemberg (Sweden), 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Eric McAlpine (England).
WARM-UP (16): 1-Michael Fechler (Germany), 2-Edgardo Bianco.
ABT - 6th ANNUAL CONNECTICUT STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 18-21, 2018; Rocky Hill, Connecticut
OYSTER OPEN (34): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Phil Simborg (IL), 3/4-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / Chris Knapp (MA); 1C-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2C-Jim Stutz (CT); 1LC-Douglas Huch (NY).
SILVER ADVANCED (30): 1- Stephen Hassman (MA), 2-Jay Karns (NY); 1C-Leon Marini (NJ), 2C-Peggy Neubig (NJ); 1LC-Robert Loveless (Canada). Jerry Shea (NY) won the Side Pool prize of a Wycliffe board.
APPLE ADVANCED NOVICE (8): 1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY); 1C-Sarah Saltus Siddig (CT), 2C-Fran Miller (OH), 3C-Anca Morar (RI).
HARTFORD HIGH ROLLERS (4): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY).
MILFORD MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
ANSONIA AMATEUR JACKPOT (16 ): 1-Robert Caldwell (Canada), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
ORANGE OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
DANBURY DOUBLES (16): 1-Beverly Flowers (NY) & Doug Huch (NY), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & John Klein (MD).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
ENFIELD ELDERS (32): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).
YALE YOUNG'NS (16): 1-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Igor Baburov (NY).
PAWCATUCK PRE-TOURNEY #1 (16): 1- Jay Karns (NY), 2-Marty Storer (NH).
PAWCATUCK PRE-TOURNEY #2 (16): 1- Scott Douglas (Canada), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
SHERMAN CHOUETTE TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
BRIDGEPORT BLITZ (56): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Daniel Adler (NY).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-David Kornwitz (MA), 2-Daniel Adler (NY).
WBF - 9th ANTALYA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
October 12-14, 2018; Antalya, Turkey
OPEN (92): 1-Ismail Yilmaz, 2-Hamza Güven, 3-Mehmet Ersoy, 4-Masoud Aghdam (Iran).
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (31): 1-Irfani Dagdelen, 2-Adnan Turan, 3-Kudret Ustaoglu, 4-Cezmi Özdemir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams): 1-Deniz Bal & Zafer Tas, 2-Tayfun Koyuncu & Burak Temel, 3/4-Sabri Büyüksoy & Sahin Timurcan / Recep Ural & Ismail Yilmaz.
SWING (68): 1-Gökhan Kazandag, 2-Recep Ural, 3-Recep Kürsat Palamutoglu, 4-Barbaros Erim.
JACKPOT (112): 1-Fatih Seven, 2-Jean Abi Haidar #1 (Lebanon), 3/4-Murat Elver / Jean Abi Haidar #1 (Lebanon).
1-POINTER (128): 1-Gurbuz Sedat Ertas, 2-Ayhan Okçular, 3/4-Murat Elver / Ismail Yilmaz.
LADIES PRIZE (6): 1-Nil Ergin, 2-Deger Aliç Giray.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (16): 1-Hamza Güven, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.
ABT - COLORADO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 11-14, 2018; Denver, Colorado
OPEN (22): 1-David Taniguchi (CA), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Steve Sax (CA).
ADVANCED (11): 1-Edward Onny (CO), 2-Tom Christner (CO); 1C-Norm Friedman (CA).
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE OPEN JACKPOT (14+2 rebuys): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).
ROYAL GORGE LIMITED JACKPOT (4): 1-Laura Hoarty (OH), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).
DOUBLES (10 teams): 1-Jason Briggs (FL) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (OH).
BACKGAMMON OPEN de COPACABANA
October 10-14, 2018; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CHAMPIONSHIP (70): 1-Alberto Chreem, 2-Rafael Garcez, 3/4-Alvaro Savio / Washington Soares.
INTERMEDIATE (30): 1-Newton Lacerda, 2-Claudinho, 3/4-Jader Alves / Pedro Carvalho.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Eduardo Maciel, 2-José Franco.
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Roberto Gaui & Eric Lippincott, 2-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) & José Franco.
LAST CHANCE: 1-Hugo Roitman (Argentina), 2-Roberto Gaui.
WBF - 21st AUSTRIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN & 31st ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
October 10-14, 2018; Seefeld, Austria
MASTER FLIGHT (34): 1-Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany), 2-Ronald Reinhart (Germany), 3-Marc Werner (Germany), 4-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 5-Bernhard Grau (Germany); 1LC-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 2LC-Neculai Draganuta (Romania); Ladies Prize - Maria Menchaca Salamanca (Spain).
INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 2-Jessica Rusconi (Italy), 3-Gioni Adrian Munteanu (Romania), 4-Sigrid Syrling (Austria), 5-Leonardo Alcamo (Italy); 1LC-Massimo Molho (Italy), 2LC-Giuseppe Ricciardi (Italy); Ladies Prize - Jessica Rusconi (Italy).
DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (14+2 teams): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/USA) & Anton Kraft (Germany), 2-Bernhard-Ludwig Winkelhaus (Germany) & Rainer Witt (Germany).
THE BEST PLAY THE BEST © MASTER (12): 1-Thomas Löw (Germany), 2-Ronald Reinhardt (Germany).
THE BEST PLAY THE BEST © INTERMEDIATE (6): 1-Peter Neumann (Germany), 2-Mahmoud Taha (Austria).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (9): 1-Inge Pfettrisch (Germany), 2-Andrea Mösbauer (Germany).
WARM-UP (18+16): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/USA), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany).
869BG TROPHY (11+16): 1-Thomas Löw (Germany), 2-Harald Johanni (Germany).
ONE POINT MATCH © (128): 1-Marc Werner (Germany), 2-Gioni Adrian Munteanu (Romania), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) / Sergio Marocco (Argentina).
ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Master – Vincenzo Riceputi. Intermediate – Molina di Ledro / Jessica Rusconi.
ABT - SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 4-7, 2018; Hollywood, Florida
ADVANCED (39): 1-Neal Rosensweig (FL), 2-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica); 1C-William Lonergan (NY), 2C-Steve Spudic (FL), 3C/4C-Linda Bradley (NC) / Emilio Tabraue (FL).
NOVICE (16): 1-Rick Ascione (FL), 2-Bob Bazinet (FL), 3-Katherine Hortenstine (FL); 1LC-Patricia Main (FL), 2LC-Lili Iravani (DC).
BMAB-USA #9 (24): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2/5-Roberto Gaui (Brazil) / Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Frank Talbot (MI) / Bahman Zandi (MD). PR results: 1-Steve Sax (CA) at 4.32, 2-Frank Talbot (MI) at 4.40, 3-Karen Davis (FL) at 4.58, 4-Stacy Turner (FL) at 4.65.
MIAMI MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Howard Lewis (FL).
LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (20): 1-Larry Brown (VA), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
PALM BEACH PRO-AM DOUBLES (16): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Frank & Monica Talbot (MI).
FLORIDA FAMILY DOUBLES (8): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Phillippa & Ray Lightbourn (Bahamas).
OLDER AND WISER (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Juan Rospigliosi (FL).
YOUNG AND RESTLESS (8): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada).
NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (2): 1-Katherine Hortenstine (FL), 2-David Franco (FL).
FIRST SERVE CHARITY JACKPOT (8): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Hernan Cortes (GA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).
$50 WARM-UP (16): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
$20 WARM-UP (16): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ross Gordon (CT).
ABT - 2nd VIKING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 27-30, 2018; Bloomington, Minnesota
ODIN OPEN (37): 1-David Winn (TX), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN); 1C-David Klausa (CO), 2C-Cary Hoarty (OH), 3C/4C-Lynn Lusk (CO) / Art Moore (TN).
THOR ADVANCED (37): 1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Steve Waller (MN); 1C-Dan Minardi (CO), 2C-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 3C/4C-Joe Briggs (MN) / David Hanold (IL).
VIKING INTERMEDIATE (20): 1-Weston Hoard (MN), 2-Larry Roberg (CT); 1C-Michael Plog (IL).
VIKING NEWCOMER (3): 1-Debra Roe (IL).
VIKING FUNERAL - OPEN (5): 1-Paul Mangone (CA).
VIKING FUNERAL - ADVANCED (9): 1-Edward Ziesche (MN).
VIKING FUNERAL - INTERMEDIATE (4): 1-Paulette Duong (IL).
VALHALLA - OPEN (11): 1-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Bill Riles (TX).
VALHALLA - ADVANCED (8): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN).
VALHALLA - INTERMEDIATE (7): 1-Paulette Duong (IL), 2-Anthony White (OH).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XIX (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Paul Mangone (CA).
WARRIOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (24): 1-Tom Magne (MN), 2-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL).
EARLY RAVEN 50 (22): 1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-Bahman Zandi (MD).
EARLY RAVEN 20 (20): 1-Dan Minardi (CO), 2-Jon Dowd (MN).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (52): 1-Jack Edelson (NY), 2-Rick Davis (MN).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Jeff Kane (WI) & Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Joe Briggs (MN) & Susan Little (MN).
LONGSHIP SUPER JACKPOT (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Tim Lawless (IN), 3-John O'Hagan (IN).
BLITZ THE BEAST (56): 1-Art Moore (TN), 2-Tim Mabee (IL).
QUICK 1-POINT RAIDS (64): 1-Kurt Peterson (MN), 2-Art Moore (TN).
MIDGARD 3-POINT MATCHES (9X4): Winners–Jim Peterson (MN), Larry Oman (MN), Jeff Kane (WI), Lynda Clay (CO), Jeff Nitschke (MN), Kurt Peterson (MN), Anthony White (OH) (twice), Edward Ziesche (MN).
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Paul Mangone (CA), 2-David Hanold (IL).
RAGNAROK AFTER TOURNEY (19): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2-David Klausa (CO).
38th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 27-30, 2018; Stockholm, Sweden
CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Carter Mattig (USA).
TALENT (49): 1-Thomas Delbåge, 2-Ingrid Soderstjerna, 3/4-Ola Hamring / Örjan Näsbom.
CAPTAIN'S TROPHY (93+96 rebuys): 1-Sven-Olav Norén, 2-Pawel Bielewicz, 3/4-Zoran Krogstad (Norway) / Pelle Stenberg.
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Moses Budak, 2-Robert Lindbom.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Salim Chabo, 2-Emil Wadj Green (Norway).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Juergen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard-Ludwig Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Kåre Åronsson & Konrad Fröschl.
M-GAMMON 1-POINTERS (64): 1-David Asplund, 2-Iradj Parchmi.
SIDE-BY-SIDE BOARD DE BAR EVENT (8): 1-Tim Line (England), 2-Roland Sahlén.
BEGINNERS (4): 1-Niklas Sahlén.
CNB – 14th ROME BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 21-23, 2018; Rome, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (57): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Vincenzo Riceputi, 3/4-Massimiliano Calusio / Takis Chatzelis (Greece), 5/8-Marco Bardella / Francesco Mauri / Stefano Selvi / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia).
INTERMEDIATE (48): 1-Poetro Cucci, 2-Dario Tramma, 3/4-Diego Balgera / Airat Metshin (Russia); 1C-Kais Zaiem (Switzerland), 2C-Antonio Anelli, 3C/4C-Francesco Oliva / Wolf-Dieter Wall.
OPEN CNB (76): 1-Andrea de Zandonati, 2-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 3/4-Franco Candeo / Francesco Mauri.
GOODBYE ROME (40): 1-Laura Monaco, 2-Edmond Mezini, 3/4-Fabio Cultrera / Gianlazzaro Sanna.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (28 teams): 1-Katalin Veszeli & Zsuzanna Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Nicola Pugliese & Riccardo Micci, 3/4-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Christos Groutsos (Greece) / Andrea Riebler (Austria) & Leonhard Riebler (Austria).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 2-Sassan Kachanian (Belgium), 3/4-Fabio Cultrera / Fabio Gullotta.
WBF - 13th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
September 14-16, 2018; Bodrum, Turkey
OPEN (151): 1-Sevket Yaldiz, 2-Ali Mandalinci, 3-Bilgehan Giray, 4-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.
"BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL" TRADITIONAL EVENT (32): 1-Irfani Dagdelen, 2-Yurdagül Keskiner, 3-Mustafa Dikgöz, 4-Seda Koç.
"ALP EYYUPOGLU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (67 teams): 1-Morena Modica & Zafer Tas, 2-Emrullah Cosar & Yilmaz Kurtay, 3/4-Ali Yetkin Mutlu & George Simpson / Ender Balikçi & Levent Postoglu.
SWING (63): 1-Hakan Arslan, 2-Zafer Önder, 3-Kürsad Solak, 4-Recep Ural.
JACKPOT (128): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Habibe Cebeci, 3/4-Güral Bulut / Bilgehan Giray.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Hakan Tanisik #1, 2-Mustafa Aydin, 3/4-Mustafa Dikgöz / Hakan Tanisik #2.
LADIES PRIZE (13): 1-Nazan Karaca, 2-Tulay Emekci.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (28): 1-Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.
ABT - OMNIUM DE MONTREAL BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 13-16, 2018; Dorval, Quebec, Canada
MONTREAL OPEN (28): 1-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 2-Richard Munitz (NY); 1C-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2C-Michael Neagu (Canada); 1LC-Frank Talbot (MI). Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY) won the Side Pool prize of a P-40 board.
ST-LAURENT ADVANCED (27): 1-Jonathan Munitz (NY), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Michel Merlitti (Canada), 2C-Robert Caldwell (Canada); 1LC-Patrick St-Laurent (Canada).
MONT-ROYAL NOVICE (5): 1-Sarah Saltus Siddig (CT), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Paul Cote.
CONCORDIA JACKPOT (12): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
IROQUOIS BLITZ (32): 1-Scott Douglas (Canada), 2-Michel Merlitti (Canada).
HOCHELAGA INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Robert Caldwell (Canada).
MOHAWK NOVICE JACKPOT (4): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
QUEBEC DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-GL Harvie (VT) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Sebastian Gomez (Mexico) & Fernando Munoz (Mexico).
OLD MONTREAL SENIORS (16): 1-Claude Landry (Canada), 2-Michel Merlitti (Canada).
CHAMPLAIN WARMUP QUICKIES (16): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada).
JACQUES CARTIER PRE-TOURNEY (15): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Jay Karns (NY).
BRIGHTON SUMMER BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 7-9, 2018; Brighton, United Kingdom
MASTERS (32): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Frederic Bonard (France), 3/4-Sean Casey (Ireland) / Sebastian Wilkinson, 5/8-Alexandru Barbu (Romania) / Gaz Tafari Owen / Lawrence Powell / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany); 1C-Georgi Cholakov (Bulgaria), 2C-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Neil Smith, 2-Mike Murton.
WARM-UP (27): 1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Nicholas Check.
DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Georgi Cholakov (Bulgaria).
SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).
ABT - 3rd SILICON VALLEY BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 31-September 3, 2018; San Jose, California
OPEN (52): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2/5-Art Benjamin (CA) / Jack Edelson (NY) / David Levy (CA) / Mario Savan (CA), 6/7-David Klausa (CO) / Frank Talbot (MI), 8/9-Ben Friesen (MI) / Dale Rose (CA).
ADVANCED (33): 1-Norm Friedman (CA), 2/5-Michelle Courtney (CA) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica) / Ken Johnson (CA) / Kevin McDonough (AZ), 6-Patty Johnson (CA), 7/8-Fred Minas (CA) / Jerry Nussbaum (CA).
NOVICE (4): 1-David Gillett (CA), 2-Mary Sinutko (CA).
49ER GOLD RUSH MASTERS (26): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3/4-Bob Glass (CA) / Jim Pasko (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (30): 1-David Taniguchi (CA), 2-Sean Taghani (CA), 3/4-Tom Courts (CA) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica).
TED CHEE BOUNTY 2-POINT MINI MATCHES (96): 1-Brian Draper (CA), 2-Lynda Clay (CO), 3/4-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica).
DOUBLES (16): 1-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Loretta Bowen (CA) & Comet (CA).
BLITZ ( ): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-David Kettler (TX) / David Parks (CA).
OLDER & WISER (8): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA).
YOUNG GUNS (40): 1-Jack Edelson (NY), 2-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Cary Hoarty (OH).
OLDER & WISER vs YOUNG GUNS PLAYOFF (2): 1/2-split: Phil Simborg (IL) / Jack Edelson (NY).
UKBT – UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 31-September 2, 2018; Binley, United Kingdom
MASTERS (78): 1-David Brown, 2-Mihai Arminia (Romania), 3/4-Lawrence Powell / Oli Crooks Smith; 1C-George Papazoglou, 2C-Stuart Mann.
MASTERS ABBEY CUP (59): 1-Tim Cross, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
ADVANCED (56): 1-Ben Owen, 2-Phil Tutchings, 3/4-Peter Bauer / Bogdan Constantinoiu (Romania); 1C-AdamTaylor, 2C-Donna Sherred.
ADVANCED ABBEY CUP (32): 1-Ana Mancino, 2-Chris Harper.
SUPER JACKPOT (22): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson, 2-Sergiu Malis (Romania).
WARM UP (64): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Dale Taylor.
SOCIAL SWISS SATURDAY (10): 1-Paul Ball, 2-Lena Ball.
SOCIAL SWISS SUNDAY (7): 1-Joanna Foster, 2/3-Lisa Cohen / Alex Shaw.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Alain Babillon (France) & Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Mihai Arminia (Romania) & Alexandru Barbu (Romania).
SPEEDGAMMON (52): 1-Costan Constantinescu, 2-Tariq Siddiqi.
1-POINT KNOCKOUT: 1-Shay Shannon, 2-Ana Mancino.
PAUL GILBERTSON MEMORIAL FRIDAY FREEROLL (64): 1-Tim Parfitt, 2-Radu Ciortan.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2018:
British Player of the Year: Jon Barnes
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: Geoffrey Parker
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Julia Hayward
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Lawrence Powell
Most Improved Player of the Year: Laurence May
Most Prolific Player of the Year: Tariq Siddiqi
Overseas Player of the Year: Akiko Yazawa (Japan)
Chairman's Award for Outstanding Contribution: Erhan Dogrusöz (Turkey)
ABT - 16th ANNUAL WISCONSIN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 23-26, 2018; Madison, Wisconsin
CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL); 1C-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2C-Bruce Russell (WI); 1LC-Bill Minser (WI), 2LC-Tak Morioka (IL).
ADVANCED (26): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN); 1C-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2C-Michael Mesich (MN); 1LC-Michael Gellings (WI).
NOVICE (3): 1-Donna Lafferty (IN).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (16): 1/2 split-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / John O'Hagan (IN).
ZACH TABAK MEMORIAL AMATEUR JACKPOT (11): 1-Steve Binenstock (MN), 2-Steve Hairgrove (MN).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) & Larry Shiller (CT), 2-Faddoul Khoury (IL) & Rhonda Woodbury (IL).
BLITZ (20): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Keene Marin (WI).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Patrick Domico (IN).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Ray Bills (MN), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN), 3-Art Moore (TN).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (32): 1-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Mark Milkie (IN).
NOVICE JACKPOT (4): 1-Christina Elias (MN).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Cary Hoarty (OH).
43rd WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / 8th MONTE CARLO OPEN
July 28-August 5, 2018; Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (177): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Philip Kazemieh (Germany), 3-Lawrence Powell (England), 4/5-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) / Benjamin Lund (Denmark), 6/8-Raj Jansari (England) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Thomas Rönn (Sweden); 1C-Alexei Askurava (Russia), 2C-Sander Lylloff (Denmark), 3C/4C-Victor Ashkenazi (USA) / Engin Ongel (Turkey/England); 1LC-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2LC-Allen Tish (USA).
INTERMEDIATE (57): 1-Julia Gromenkova (Russia), 2-Helmut Jeske (Germany), 3-Georg Lachnit-Winter (Germany), 4/5-Souhail Atie (Lebanon) / Zoran Krogstad (Norway); 1C-Tim Lawless (USA), 2C-Martin de Bruin (USA/Spain), 3C/4C-Majken Johansen (Denmark) / Claude Peffer (Luxembourg); 1LC-Murat Özyilmaz (Turkey), 2LC-Julian Hart (USA).
BEGINNERS (8): 1-Sonja Custers (Belgium), 2-Vlada Timerzanova (Russia), 3-Michael Litwinsky (Israel); 1LC-Shawnee Bor (USA), 2LC-Derek Winterbottom (Isle of Man).
SUPER JACKPOT (64): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Chris Trencher (USA), 3/4-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece) / John O'Hagan (USA).
MAGRIEL MEMORIAL SUPER SENIORS (128): 1-Slava Pryadkin (Ukraine/Germany), 2-Lyova Ghazaryan (Armenia), 3/4-David Brown (England) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon).
JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (7): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Alya Issa (Jamaica).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Jason Pack (USA) & Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece) & Platon Tserliagkos (Greece), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / David Asplund (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta).
SPEEDGAMMON TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Dimitri Loi (USA), 2-Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3/4-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / Thierry Aste (Monaco).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Romania/Switzerland), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France).
8th BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY EXAM (31): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) with 43/50 correct, 2/3-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta) / Sander Lylloff (Denmark) with 40/50 correct.
BELAIR TEAM TOURNAMENT (26 teams): 1-Three Geezers: Martin Barkwill (UK) / Jason Pack (USA) / Alireza Sarabi (Iran), 2-Atlantico: Stéphane Cheneviere (France) / Philippe Quiboeuf (France) / Laurence Sinitzky (France)
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (USA/Israel).
MONTE CARLO WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (72): 1-Olivier Décultot (France, 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Daniel Polensvaig (Argentina); 1C-Joaquin Koifman (Argentina), 2C-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany).
8th MONTE CARLO OPEN - CHAMPIONSHIP (77): 1-Gary Bauer (USA), 2-Sergey Erohkin (Russia), 3/4-Ron Rubin (USA) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (USA); 1C-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2C-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland).
8th MONTE CARLO OPEN - INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Walter Thesing (Luxembourg), 2-Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland), 3/4-Bruno Fanan (Italy) / Joaquin Koifman (Argentina); 1C-Francesco Oliva (Italy), 2C-Laurence Sinitzky (France).
WBF - 31st ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
July 21-22, 2018; Istanbul, Turkey
MASTER (107): 1-Ismail Bilgili, 2-Okan Koçak, 3-Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 4-Oktay Kurhan.
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (56): 1-Feridun Aras, 2-Erol Özsoy, 3-Deniz Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus), 4-Güral Bulut.
"ABDULLAH SISMAN MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (41 pairs): 1-Seda Koç & Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Gamze Koç & Sinan Perveroglu, 3/4-Tan Bostan & Asur Yildirim / Zivko Stamov (Bulgaria) & Vladimir Todorov (Bulgaria).
SWING (36): 1-Kemal Okal, 2-Mustafa Dikgöz, 3-Tezcan Karabiber, 4-Talat Bagibala.
JACKPOT (96): 1-Sinan Sütçüoglu, 2-Niyazi Ünlütürk (Northern Cyprus), 3/4-Babür Eren / Kemal Okal.
1-POINT (128): 1-Yasar Özdemir, 2-Hüseyin Çetintas, 3/4-Mustafa Dikgöz / Bülent Öztürk.
"BALIM AYASLI MEMORIAL" LADIES PRIZE (10): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Gul Sendil.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (39): 1-Ismail Bilgili, 2-Ömer Mert Gülaçti.
6th LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
July 19-22, 2018; Bad Dürkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (45): 1-Veit Netz, 2-Ralf Jonas, 3/4-Stéfane Tremet (France) / Christoph Wagener; 1C-Stephan Hartmann, 2C-Marcus Reinhard; 1LC-Olivier Décultot (France).
INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Harald Kock, 2-Richard Fiegen; 1C-Peter Berg, 2C-Cemal Demiriz; 1LC-Paul Schlegel.
BEGINNERS (11): 1-Jürgen Feiler, 2-Andrea Bohnert, 3-Veronika Leonhardt; 1LC-Sabine Vogt.
SUPER JACKPOT (22): 1-Stephan Hartmann, 2-Alain Babillon (France).
WARM UP (53): 1-Ole Nielsen (Denmark).
CONSULTING DOUBLES (23 teams): 1-Gary Bauer (USA) / Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Wolfgang Herfet & Dirk Leinberger.
LIONS SWING (46): 1-Fred Brendler, 2-Stefan Reinspach, 3-Kader Turc (Turkey/France).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Stephan Hartmann, 2-Markus Reinhard, 3/4-Mehmet Ali Erten / Ole Nielsen (Denmark).
SURPRISE EVENT (81): 1-Heribert Lindner.
WORLD TEAM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
July 10-15, 2018; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (12 teams): 1-Germany: Tobias Hellwag / Andreas Hoffman / Jan Jacobowitz / Marcel Jochem / Ralf Jonas / Jürgen Orlowski / Dirk Schiemann / Volker Sonnabend, 2-Sweden: Johan Bynell / Conny Eriksson / Sven-Olav Norén / Aron Tendler / Thomas Tenland / Kim Westerlundh, 3-Italy: Analisa Agosti / Giorgio Castellano / Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Edmond Mezini / Laura Monaco / Florin Popa / Gianlazzaro Sanna / Daniel Tudose.
WBGF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (93): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Mario Lazzer (Austria), 3-Costas Chiotinis (Greece), 4/5-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Raj Jansari (England), 6-Lawrence Powell (England), 7/9-Kim Nordberg (Norway) / Gianlazzaro Sanna (Italy) / Kader Turc (Turkey/France).
AMATEUR DIVISION (4): 1-Manolo Britto (Gibraltar), 2-Inja Myhr (Denmark), 3-Africa Scriven (Gibraltar).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Güral Bulut (Turkey) & Gökhan Günes (Turkey), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) & Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
SUPER JACKPOT (23): 1-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 2-Volker Sonnabend (Germany).
SPEED GAMMON (96): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Inja Myhr (Denmark), 2-Julie Thabault (France).
WARMUP TEAM EVENT (15 teams): 1-United Kingdom: Peter Bennet / Tim Cross / Raj Jansari.
WARMUP INDIVIDUAL EVENT (32): 1-Aurélien Bonnet (France), 2-Olivier Décultot (France).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Sebastian Wilkinson (England).
BEST GIBRALTAR PLAYER: Gilbert Licudi.
ABT - 43rd MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 4-8, 2018; Novi, Michigan
CHAMPIONSHIP (89): 1-Audronis Zunde (CO), 2-Christopher Yep (OH), 3-David Todd (MO), 4/5-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 6-Liam Henry (Canada); 1C-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Ray Bills (MN) / Kit Woolsey (CA). (P-40 Backgammon awarded a board to Champion Audronis Zunde.)
INTERMEDIATE (81): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-P. J. Macali (OH), 3-Omar Shah (Canada), 4/5-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Christopher Shanava (IL), 6-Daniel Pehoushek (OH); 1C-Gary Payne (MI), 2C-David Staggs (IN), 3C/4C-John Quinn (MI) / Brian Vance (MI). (GammonStuff.com awarded a board to Champion Garry Kallos.)
NOVICE (17): 1-Diane Rebottaro (MI), 2-Greg Smith (WV); 1C-Simona Staneva (IN); 1LC-Christa Solovey (MI). (GammonGuys.com awarded a board to Champion Diane Rebottaro.)
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / Steve Sax (CA).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Joe Feldman (MI) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Chuck Bower (IN), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) & Scott Johnston (IN) / David Rockwell (IL) & Linda Rockwell (IL).
LIMITED DOUBLES (12 teams) 1-Vinton Knarr (OK) & Sue Will (IL), 2-Paul Bortell (MI) & Lorenzo Morales (MI).
SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 3/4-Joe Miller (OH) / John Quinn (MI).
PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32):1-Mike Clapsadle (CA), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (IL), 3/4-Jack Edelson (NY) / Michael Neagu (Canada).
MICHIGAN CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ). (Added Prize Money from the USBGF.) $300 was raised for the Flint Water Fund of the United Way.
FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER JACKPOT (36): 1-Mark Milkie (IN), 2-David Meyer (WI).
SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (64): 1/2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / John Klein (MD), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Claude Landry (Canada).
$200 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (16): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).
$100 FIRECRACKER JACKPOT (8): 1-Jeff Spencer (MN), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
$100 ELEGANCE TROPHY JACKPOT (16): 1-Ricky Griggs (MI), 2-Al Hodis (NV).
$50 ELEGANCE TROPHY JACKPOT (16): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Lorenzo Morales (MI).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIES (64): 1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH). (Added Prize Money from the USBGF.)
$10 DETROIT QUICKIES (32): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ).
BMAB-USA #8 (24): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 5-0. Six players tied for 2nd with 4-1 records. PR results: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.67, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.24, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.38.
$50 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Steve Brown (MN), 3/4-Ricky Griggs (MI) / Marty Storer (NH).
$30 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (30): 1-Ben Elliott (NC), 2-Bill Toth (MI), 3/4-Judy Field (MI) / Sue Will (IL).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNEY (24): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Ricky Griggs (MI) / Donny Lomuto (NY).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNEY (13): 1-Michael Gellings (WI), 2/3-Walt Smith (MI) / Tony White (OH).
ABT - LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 22-24, 2018; Los Angeles, California
CHAMPIONSHIP (73+29 rebuys): 1-Ernest Ho (CA), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-Julius High (KS), 4/5-Bob Glass (CA) / Frank Ley (CA); 1C-Dennis McFarlin (NV), 2C-Val Ovespyan (CA), 3C/4C-Odis Chenault (CA) / Eric Petersen (CA).
ADVANCED (39): 1-Eitan Peleg (CA), 2-Marston Hefner (CA); 1C-Nash Jost (CA), 2C-Ray Spehar (CA), 3C/4C-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Steve Reichelt (MN).
LIMITED (16): 1-Mona Mazza (CA), 2-Frank Costello III (CA); 1C-Marziyeh Abbasi (CA).
SUPER-40 MASTERS JACKPOT (35): 1-Nick Maffeo (CA), 2-Razmik Manukyan (CA), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Dana Nazarian (CA), 5-Odis Chenault (CA).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (26): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2-Bryan Ignozzi (NV), 3/4-Patrick Keene (CA) / Elli Nache (CA).
DOUBLES-I (8 teams): 1-Lee Genud (FL) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Paul Mangone (CA) & Phil Simborg (IL).
DOUBLES-II (8 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Marty Storer (NH), 2-Cynthia Bingo (CO) & Richard Siebold (CO).
DOUBLES-III (4 teams): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Carter Mattig (IL).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WEST (80): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
SENIORS-I (32): 1-Kent Goulding (MD), 2-David Taniguchi (CA), 3/4-John Rockwell (CA) / Marty Storer (NH).
SENIORS-II (16): 1-Bill Landry (CA), 2-Sean Taghani (CA).
DMP-USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Kalisa Wells (CA), 3/4-Long Nguyen (CA) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
CNB – 4th SUMMER BACKGAMMON CUP
June 21-24, 2018; Rimini, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (41): 1-Carlo Melzi, 2-Edgardo Bianco, 3/4-Fabio Cultrera / Vincenzo Riceputi, 5/8-Francesco Mauri / Edmond Mezini / Gerard Stoll / Kader Turk (France).
INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Zsuzsanna Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Henri Sharra, 3/4-Diego Bragato / Rita Gruppioni; 1C-Gabriele Cornacchini, 2C-Carlo Lina.
OPEN CNB (49): 1-Carlo Melzi, 2-Kader Turk (France), 3/4-Rita Gruppioni / Franco Tosin.
AMBASCIATORI (24): 1-Fausto Pescini, 2-Myke Wignall (England), 3/4-Jean-Jacques Issartel (France) / Gianlazzaro Sanna.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (10 teams): 1-Fredrick Bonard (France) & Cohava Zenou (France), 2-Jean-Jacques Issartel (France) & Myke Wignall (England).
BMAB (8): 1-Kader Turk (France).
SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Florin Popa.
FLASH GAMMON (16): 1-Laura Monaco, 2-Fabio Cultrera.
SPEED GAMMON (32): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain).
WARM-UP (12): 1-Peter Raugust (Germany), 2-Stefan Parlow (Austria).
PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Carlo Melzi.
VIII RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WHITE NIGHTS SAINT PETERSBURG OPEN
June 10-17, 2018; Saint Petersburg, Russia
RUSSIAN CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Alexsey Askurava, 2-Nodari Gagua (Georgia), 3-Aladdin Suleymanov.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Nodari Gagua (Georgia), 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3/4-Jakov Kudrin / Sergey Petukhov.
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Aladdin Suleymanov & Self, 2-Airat Fatykhov & Artur Muradyan (Armenia).
ONE POINTER (32): 1-Sergey Alenin, 2-Jakov Kudrin, 3-Elhan Ataev.
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Alexsey Askurava.
WHITE NIGHTS OPEN (25): 1-Pavel Shirokov, 2-Alexsey Askurava, 3-Artur Muradyan (Armenia).
LAST CHANCE #1 (12): 1-Mikael Vardanyan, 2-Nodari Gagua (Georgia), 3/4-Mger Djagaryan / Viktor Naumenko.
LAST CHANCE #2 (10): 1-Claus Sorel (Denmark), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3/4-Vasily Chemokhonenko / Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sergey Alenin, 2-Levon Petrosyan (Armenia), 3-Claus Sorel (Denmark).
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Mikael Vardanyan, 2-Sergey Petukhov, 3/4-Tsaruk Manukyan (Armenia) / Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia).
ONE POINT (64): 1-Viktor Naumenko, 2-Jakov Kudrin, 3-Elhan Ataev.
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Airat Fatykhov & Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Mikhail Amzoyan & Tsaruk Manukyan (Armenia).
UKBT – BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP - BBT
June 8-10, 2018; Blackpool, England
OPEN (120): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Eric McAlpine, 3/4-Frank Fleming / Julian Minwalla, 5/8-Martin Barkwill / Cristian Cozos / Simon Hopper / Masoud Poursina.
FYLDE TROPHY (107): 1-Mark Manley, 2-Rachel Rhodes, 3/4-Dave Pritchard / Graham Read, 5/8-Reza Aghdam / Simon Cocking / Keith Gill / Davd Sanders.
LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (64): 1-Shea Mulhall, 2-Simon Morecroft, 3/4-Christoph Deiter / Chris Derry.
SUPER JACKPOT (9): 1-Gaz Owen, 2-Chris Rogers.
ERHAN 869 BOARD CHARITY TOURNAMENT (64): 1-John Wright, 2-Dave Motley, 3/4-Fak Laight / Simon Morecroft.
ANDREW PINKUS BOARD CHARITY TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Tim Line, 2-John Wright, 3/4-Catalin Bucur / Anna Price.
BONE CLUB CHARITY NACKGAMMON (32): 1-Tim Line, 2-Peter Bennet.
FRIDAY FREEROLL I (64): 1-Jysen Quah, 2-Peter Snape.
FRIDAY FREEROLL II (55): 1-Ann Pocknell, 2-Anna Clarke.
FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (36): 1-Chris Rogers, 2-Rob Perry.
SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (11): 1-Vincent Nolan, 2-Steve Carder.
TRIPLES (12 teams): 1-Mike Ireland / Sue Keeble / Simon Morecroft.
RE-BUY BLITZ (41): 1-Steve Lee.
POKER (22): 1-Gary Bratton.
£2,000 was raised for charity.
2nd NORTHERN CYPRUS ARTEMIS BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 7-10, 2018; Famagusta, Northern Cyprus
CHAMPIONSHIP (73): 1-Roohollah Amiri (Iran), 2-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 3-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 4-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 5-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic), 6-Shimon Kagan (Israel); 1LC-Minh Nguyen (France), 2LC-Claus Elken (Denmark).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany) & Self, 2-Vancho Janakievski (Macedonia) & Atanas Tachev (Bulgaria).
NATIONAL TEAM EVENT (8 teams): 1-Denmark: Claus Elken, Claes Salehn Norreen, Maya Peycheva, 2-Croatia: Mislav Kovacic, Richard Krietzman-Blazevic, Damjan Plesec.
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 2-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia).
SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) & Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 2-Marcel Büker (Germany) & Rainer Witt (Germany).
1-POINT EVENT (64): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Vancho Janakievski (Macedonia).
869 BACKGAMMON EVENT (8): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
SPECIAL PLAYERS: Liz Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Vakhtang Shanidze (Georgia), Anna Spasova (Bulgaria).
3rd SOUTH AMERICAN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 30-June 3, 2018; Buenos Aires, Argentina
OPEN (119+313 rebuys): 1-Luis "Russo" Torres (Brazil), 2-Marcelo Di Filippo (Argentina), 3/4-Leonardo Cappella (ARG) / Mauricio Cattan (ARG), 5/8-Alberto Chreem (Brazil) / Ariel Helman (ARG) / Adolfo Montero (Peru) / Giancarlo Ratto (Peru); 1LC-Benito Carneiro (Brazil), 2LC-Jose Hassan (ARG).
INTERMEDIATE (45+115 rebuys): 1-Graciela Juarez (ARG), 2-Roberval Lima (Brazil).
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Alvaro Savio (Brazil), 2-Jose Franco (Brazil).
DOUBLES CONSULTING (16 teams): 1-Juan Buendia (Peru) & Juan Buendia Jr. (Peru), 2-Ivan Fx Briones (ARG) & Nicolas Sicardi (ARG).
SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Juan Pablo Pieroni (ARG), 2-Hugo Ergueta (ARG).
FAIR PLAY AWARD: Eduardo Maciel (Brazil).
SPECIAL AWARD: Alejandro Beunza Maisch (Peru).
ABT - 38th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 24-28, 2018; Rosemont, Illinois
OPEN (72): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 3-John O’Hagan (IN), 4/9-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Karen Davis (FL) / David Rockwell (IL) / Herb Roman (IL) / Allen Tish (CA) / David Winn (TX).
INTERMEDIATE (64): 1-Ricky Griggs (MI), 2/8-Ray Bills (MN) / Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Simon Kennedy Rose (IL) / Dujuan Meekins (IL) / Christopher Shanava (IL) / Jerry Ungar (FL) / Sue Will (IL).
NOVICE (8): 1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Donna Lafferty (IN); 1C-Yoon Auh (IL).
UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (23): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Frank Talbot (MI).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (16): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
FASTER MASTER (16): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Paul Mangone (CA), 2-Roberto Gaui (Brazil), 3-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL).
OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-Craig Anderson (IL).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (31 teams): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Lynda Clay (CO) & Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-Marcy Kossar (MD) & Larry Shiller (CT) / Leslie Lockett (NM) & Tak Morioka (IL).
TAKI BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Christopher Shanava (IL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Ray Bills (MN), 2-Michael Flohr (IL), 3-Andy Bittman (IL).
USBGF PRIME 1-POINT QUICKIE (128): 1-Jack Edelson (NY), 2-Aaron Foust #1 (NV), 3/4-Aaron Foust #2 (NV) / Mike Minkovski (IL).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
$100 MONDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2 split-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Dave Minardi (CO).
BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (40): 1-Bill Calton (MI) 41/50, 2-Frank Talbot (MI) 39/50, 3-Gerry Tansey (MO) 38/50, 4-Steve Sax (CA) 37/50.
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (16): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Takayuki Hino (Japan).
USA vs JAPAN: Team USA topped Team Japan, 196.25 points to 150.
1-Team USA: Lynda Clay (CO) / Ray Bills (MN) / Steve Sax (CA) / Jeff Spencer (MN) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Stick Rice (OH) / Marcy Kossar (MD) / Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV).
2-Team Japan: Takayuki Hino / Daisuke Katagami / Akiko Yazawa / Masato Shimomoto / Hideki Tosaka / Yuji Ogura / Michihito Kageyama / Masayuki Mochizuki / Shuto Takagi / Kazuko Numazawa.
TSUYOSHI MINAKAMI MEMORIAL TRAVEL AWARD: Yuji Ogura (Japan).
10th GERMAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 18-21, 2018; Frankfurt, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (108): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Martin-Frederic Kahn (France), 3/4-Jens Averkamp / Dirk Leinberger, 5/8-Heribert Lindner / Tobias Hellwag / Sula Kurjakovic (Switzerland) / Georg Lachnit-Winter; 1LC-Rolf Schüler, 2LC-Fred Brendler.
INTERMEDIATE (64): 1-Michael Weidner, 2-Oliver Hauk, 3/4-Richard Kreitzman-Blazevic (USA) / Laurence Sinitzky (France), 5/8-Victor Stolniceanu (Romania) / Peter Berg / Toni Savio / Marco Benetti (Switzerland); 1LC-Yonas Brinkmann.
BEGINNERS (27): 1-Paltinisanu Corel (Romania), 2-Jürgen Feller, 3/4-Andrea Dörnemann / Thomas Frübing; 1LC-David Richardson (USA).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (46 teams): 1-Wolfgang Herfet & Dirk Leinberger, 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) & Frank Simon, 3/4-Fred Brendler & Martin Hoffmann / Athanasios Lagopatis & Volker Wenzlaff.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE (12 teams): 1-Philippe Boncenne (France) & Sabine Hildebrand, 2-Vedat Özcan (Turkey) & Wolfgang Schader.
SUPER JACKPOT 1 (32): 1-Philip Kazemieh, 2-Takis Chatzelis (Greece).
SUPER JACKPOT 2 (25): 1-Rolf Schüler, 2-Josefin Bichler.
LADIES CUP (29): 1-Andrea Bohnert, 2-Sabine Hildebrand.
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Corinna Blaschke, 3/4-Ralf Jonas / Thomas Kazemieh.
MOCHY'S QUIZ (111): 1/2-Andrea Bohnert / Torsten Lux.
CYPRUS CUP (199): 1-Andrea Bohnert.
ABT - 2nd CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 10-13, 2018; Herndon, Virginia
ADVANCED (51): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Larry Brown (VA), 3-John Baron (OH); 1C-Patrick Domico (IN), 2C-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3C/4C-Daniel Peters (VA) / Alan Pruce (VA).
ADVANCED NOVICE (16): 1-Sheri Peters (VA), 2-Christopher Chapin (DC), 3-Lili Iravani (DC); 1C-Sarah Saltus Siddig (CT), 2C-Sava Kal (PA).
NOVICE (16): 1-Chris Siddall (DC), 2-Nathan Otterness (NC), 3-Robert Spier (DC); 1C-Joanne Roberg (CT), 2C-Ben Fuller (DC).
CHERRY BLOSSOM JACKPOT (8): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).
ABRAHAM LINCOLN OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-Gary Fries (VA), 2-Herb Roman (IL), 3/4-Artie Sutton (NJ) / Michael Valliere (PA).
THOMAS JEFFERSON LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-Christian Briggs (FL) / Andy Fazekas (CT).
SENIOR SENATORS (32): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA).
YOUNG POLITICOS (32): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Chris Siddall (DC).
SENIOR SENATORS / YOUNG POLITICOS PLAYOFF (2): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Patrick Domico (IN).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EAST (144): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS (21 teams): 1/2 split-Art Benjamin (CA) & Christian Briggs (FL) / Joe Russell (CA) & Chris Trencher (NY).
HALL OF STATES / EMBASSY ROW TEAM CHALLENGE (9 teams): 1-Chernomoretz (The Black Sea): Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-RDA: Robert Glantz (NY) / Donny Lomuto (NY) / Artie Sutton (NJ).
ALFRED MAMLET NEWCOMERS FREE ROLL (14): 1/2 split-Richard Bruns (VA) / Ben Fuller (DC), 3-Peter Graves (DC).
AP BLUFFGAMMON INVITATIONAL (4): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).
MOTHER'S DAY EVENT (7): 1/2 split-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
$200 SUNDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Neil Deutsch (NY).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT (4): 1-Joe Feldman (MI).
BMAB-USA #7 (14): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2/5-Steve Brown (MN) / GL Harvie (VT) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Marty Storer (NH). PR scores: 1-John O'Hagan (IN) at 2.83, 2-Steve Sax (CA) at 3.53, 3-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.62.
PashaBGT - 15th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 4-6, 2018; Nicosia, North Cyprus
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Ali Çetin Belene & Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey), 2-Vecdi Kalyoncu & Recep Sari (Turkey), 3/4- Fuat Erdag & Erhan Yenisen (Turkey) / Erkan Nayir & Murat Murat (Greece).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Dinçer Günes (Turkey), 2-David Presser (Israel).
DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Cansu Mete (Turkey).
JACKPOT WINNERS (6x8): Hamza Nar (Turkey), Toni Bernaba (Lebanon), Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey), Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), Simon Kennedy Rose (England), Simon Pankvelashvili (Georgia).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1/2/3/4-Ozan Gundogdu (Turkey) / Ufuk Aksak (Turkey) / Soinguli Amirov (Tuesday) / Burhan Yilmazer.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Simon Kennedy Rose (England), Rami Malas (Spain), Sevki Tüzen (Turkey).
24th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 3-5, 2018; Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (51+6): 1-Kazuki Yokota, 2-Kenji Shimodaira, 3/4-Yuuki Takada / Poem Nishimura; 1C-Hiromichi Sugimoto, 2C-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden/Malta), 3C/4C-Yuuko Jin / Masaaki Isobe; 1LC-Masahito Yamamoto, 2LC-Yuuki Inuzuka.
INTERMEDIATE (8x16): 1-Kenji Tanaka, 2-Katsuyoshi Fusamatsu, 3/4-Tomoya Ushida / Shunji Terao.
BEGINNER: Overall winner - Tetsuya Shirogane; Day 1 (38): Winner - Ikuto Kawazoe; Day 2 (41): Winner - Amane Baba; Day 3 (47): Winner - Shoichi Tsunetsugu Shouichi.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), 2-Lito Frondoso (Philippines).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Takeshi Inuzuka & Masato Shimomoto, 2-Makoto Tabata & Hideaki Ueda.
UNDER 25 "SHIN-EI-SEN" (13): 1-Kentarou Meijou, 2-Teruo Yajima.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Tomohiro Kuga, 2-Masami Nakagawa.
1-POINT STREAK CHALLENGE: 1-Yuuki Hattori.
ADMIRAL LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Keiken Chou, 2-Yasuko Masuda.
OTHELLO QUIZ (68): 1-Kazuki Yokota (9/10 correct), 2-Kanade Kubota (8/10), 3-Seiichi Nagai (7/10).
1st IVERIA BATUMI BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 1-6, 2018; Batumi, Georgia
MASTERS (41): 1-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 2-Amir Eshragi (Iran), 3-Roman Gvenetadze (Georgia), 4-Dankwart Plattner (Germany); 1LC-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 2LC-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 3LC-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 4LC-Eduard Nazaryan (Georgia).
INTERMEDIATE (8): 1-Valeri Toreli (Georgia), 2-Gela Metskhvarishvili (Georgia), 3-Vlada Terzimanova (Russia), 4-Rosen Stoyanov (Bulgaria).
DOUBLES (9 teams): 1-Juergen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Amir Afsai (Israel) & Jason Pack (USA).
CNB – 18th CITTÀ DI JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 26-May 1, 2018; Jesolo, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (53): 1-Kader Turk (France), 2-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 3/4-Sergio Fragiacomo / Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany), 5/8-Andrea de Zandonati / Laura Monaco / Claus Weissbarth (Germany) / Peter Winkler (Austria).
INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Rita Gruppioni, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Andrea Chen / Carlo Mazzinghi; 1C-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2C-Oliver Plaehn (Germany), 3C/4C-Francesco Oliva / Giovanni Trombini.
BEGINNERS (8): 1-Alessandra Anelli, 2-Andreas Pohledek (Austria).
TORNEO OPEN CNB (70): 1-Andres Sadeli (Switzerland), 2-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria), 3/4-Dario Bertola / Gunther Holzinger (Germany).
TEAM EVENT (15 teams) 1-Orange: Roman Korber (Austria) / Laurence Sinitzky (France) / Mahmoud Taha (Austria), 2-South Besth: Christian Liebe-Harkort / Claus Weissbarth / Marc Werner (Germany).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (22 teams): 1-Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany) & Marc Werner (Germany), 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary) & Zsuzsanna Veszeli (Hungary).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France), 2-Fabrizio Lo Surdo.
ALANTICO TOURNAMENT (44): 1-Alessandro Rietti, 2-Roman Korber (Austria), 3/4-Damian Plesec (Slovenia) / Marc Werner (Germany).
SWING TOURNAMENT (30): 1-Zsuzsanna Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Antonio Anelli, 3-Filippo Vincesilao, 4-Peter Urbi (Austria).
PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany).
ABT - 10th ANNUAL ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 26-29, 2018; College Park, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (24): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Karen Davis (FL), 2C-Art Moore (TN); 1LC-Sam Ahmed (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL); 1C-Adrian Costa (GA), 2C-Steve Spudic (FL); 1LC-Ross Gordon (CT), 2LC-Rock Hackshaw (NY).
NOVICE (6): 1-Michael Aster (NJ), 2-Jim Landis (SC).
ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (11): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Gregg Cattanach (GA).
ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (12): 1-Greg Evans (FL), 2-Samra Hadden (GA).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Greg Lilley (FL), 2-Di Di (GA) & Xiaoya Ji (GA).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA).
SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (8): 1-Adrian Costa (GA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).
MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Koray Agirbas (GA), 2-Dennis Lutz (GA), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Roland Leutert (FL).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL), 3/4-Stuart Domeshek (GA) / Dan Minardi (CO).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (29): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Samra Hadden (GA); 1C-Greg Lilley (FL).
GAMMON GUYS BOARD TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Michael Aster (NJ).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1/2 split-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Mary Hickey (OH).
1st BACKGAMMON WORLD SERIES - SOCHI
April 25-29, 2018; Sochi, Russia
CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Alexei Askurava (Russia), 2-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan), 3-Agamir Gevorkyan (Russia), 4/5-Alain Babillon (France) / Blake Fleetwood (USA), 6/8-Omid Badiei (Sweden) / Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Alan Reyf (USA); 1LC-Julian Darienko (Moldovia), 2LC-Tsaruk Manukyan (Armenia), 3LC/4LC-Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Bahman Vahid (Iran). Side Pool Winner: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Alexey Kudinov (Russia), 2-Alexey Ignarin (Russia), 3-Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia), 4/5-Bagrat Rapava (Russia) / Claus Sorel (Denmark); 1LC-Olga Ivanova (Russia), 2LC-Carl Bommarito (USÅ). Side Pool Winner: Claus Sorel (Denmark).
€1,000 SUPERJACKPOT (32): 1-Konstantin Bartash (Russia), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3/4-Razi Bobrov (Israel) / Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams): 1-Patti Rubin (USA) & Ron Rubin (USA), 2-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) & Towfiq Rezai (Germany), 3/4-Emil Mortuk (USA) & Akemi Ota (USA) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey) & Kemal Okal (Turkey).
"PAUL MAGRIEL MEMORIAL" SENIORS (128): 1-Manoucher Parchami (Sweden), 2-Beslan Amichba (Russia), 3/4-Sergey Chertkov (Russia) / Levon Petrosyan (Armenia).
SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Dankwart Plattner (Germany), 2-Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 3/4-Shay Asraff (USA) / Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Olga Ivanova (Russia).
WARM-UP (64): 1-John Rockwell (USA), 2-Ruben Gradnikov (Russia), 3/4-Ben Friesen (USA) / Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine).
ABT - US OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 11-15, 2018; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (96+46 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Steve Sax (CA) / Richard Sweetman (NH); 1C-Bob Glass (CA), 2C-Chris Knapp (MA), 3C/4C-Karen Davis (FL) / Ron Rubin (NV); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2LC-Jake Jacobs (USA/Singapore).
INTERMEDIATE (77+29 rebuys): 1-Tim Lawless (IN), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-April Kennedy (MN) / Dan Minardi (CO); 1C-Ray Bills (MN), 2C-Joe Apicella (NV), 3C/4C-Tom Magne (MN) / James Scouten (NV); 1LC-Ronald Amorim (Brazil), 2LC-Pat Fusco (TN).
BEGINNERS (15): 1-Victor Habib (CA), 2-Kevin Davidson (CA), 3-Jim Ulaky (NC).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Tiran Dangor (CA), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Alex Toth (WA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Rick Silberman (WA), 3/4-Ronald Amorim (Brazil) / Nick Blasier (TX).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (7): 1-Jim Ulaky (NC), 2-Ken Davidson (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3/4-Norm Wiggins (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (30 teams): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO) & David Taniguchi (CA), 2-Aaron Foust (NV) & Josh Racko (CA), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Howard Markowitz (NV) & Albert Steg (MA).
BLITZ (22x8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kamran Kheirani (Canada).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Al Hodis (NV).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Richard Stubbe (TX).
$200 JACKPOT (8): 1-Val Ovespyan (CA), 2-Al Hodis (NV).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1/2 split - Michael Derylo (AZ) / Patti Rubin (NV).
$100 JACKPOT (4): 1-Larry Liebster (NV).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (28): 1-Pete Anderson (WA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX).
30th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 28-April 2, 2018; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (97): 1-Henrik Bang (Denmark), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Michael Larsen (DK), 4-Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 5-Michael Urban (Germany), 6/9-Keld Dyrmose (DK) / Claus Elken (DK) / Carlo Melzi (Italy) / Freddie Noer (DK).
ADVANCED (79): 1-Chris Hedberg (Norway), 2-Jyrki Kauppinen (Finland), 3-Richard Biddle (England), 4/5-Jose Carlos (Spain) / Carsten Simonsen (DK), 6-Bjørn Cruse (DK), 7-Niels Skov Larsen (DK).
INTERMEDIATE (58): 1-Torben Sterup (DK), 2-Frederik Mikkelsen (DK), 3/4-Marianne Husum (Norway) / Deniz Keskin (DK), 5-Ulrik Lundberg (DK), 6/8-Erik Barfoed (DK) / Martin Hermansen (DK) / Johan Nerberg (Finland).
NOVICE (19): 1-Rami Malas (Spain), 2-Leon Hoelberg (DK), 3-Kirstine Jensen (DK),4/5-Anette Rosquist (DK) / Vivek Singh (DK).
BEGINNER (19): 1-Vivek Singh (DK), 2-Mick Carstensen (DK); 1C-Nipawan Khongahanoen (DK), 2C-Allan Toldam (DK).
JUNIOR (4): 1-Cecilie Flørnes (DK), 2-Amanda Flott (DK).
WARM-UP (62): 1-Thomas Fuglheim (DK), 2-Keld Dyrmose (DK), 3/4-Mads Jensen (DK) / Marine Joaillec (France).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (41): 1-Maria Bonke (DK), 2-Grete Arntzen (Norway), 3/4-Anna Bondo (DK) / Heidi Havmøller (DK).
DOUBLES (45 teams): 1-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) & Aron Tendler (Sweden), 2-Cihangir Çetinel & Burak Çulhaci (Turkey), 3/4-Louisa Dahlin Friberg (DK) & Inga Vigh-Pedersen (DK) / Thomas Myhr (DK) / Klaus Switon (DK).
NATIONS CUP TOURNAMENT (6 teams): 1-Team UK: Lawrence Powell, Tim Cross, Raj Jansari, Sebastian Wilkinson, Eric McAlpine, 2-Team Denmark 2.
MIXED DOUBLES (27): 1-Peter Friberg (DK) & Birgitte Nissen (DK), 2-Anna Bondo (DK) & Ola Hamring (Sweden), 3/4-Laila Leonhardt (Sweden) & Christian Sørensen (Holland) / Heidi Havmøller (DK) & Kenneth Olesen (DK).
TEAM TOURNAMENT (18): 1-The Birthday Party: Ben Friesen / Carter Mattig / Sabrina Milling / Casper Runge Nancke, 2-The Fantastic Four (DK): Jonas Moehrdel / Jens Ostermann / Claus Sorel.
SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Thomas Myhr (DK), 2-Klaus Switon (DK).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Nevzat Dogan (DK).
SPEEDGAMMON €100 (53): 1-Jørgen Mohr (DK), 2-Christian Sørensen (Holland), 3/4-Jon Barnes (England) / Tommy Berggren (Sweden).
SPEEDGAMMON €20 (37): 1-Grete Arntzen (Norway), 2-Lennart Kurland (DK), 3/4-Heidi Havmøller (DK) / Johnny Pedersen (DK).
DAILY TOURNAMENT (60): 1-Kenneth Olesen (DK), 2-Carter Mattig (USA), 3/4-Steen Haff (DK) / Tobias Schön (Germany).
NIGHT JACKPOT (11): 1-Geir Pedersen (Norway), 2-Kristian Thulin (Norway).
FOURSOME TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Andreas Becher (DK) & Mads Walleen (DK), 2-Raj Jansari (England) & Jacob Jørgensen (DK).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Stefano Piccionne (Italy).
SPECIAL DBgF AWARDS:
TPM CONTEST: Michael Nielsen.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Karsten Bredahl.
MERIT AWARD: Absalon Backgammon Klub.
SUPER GRANDMASTER: Thomas Myhr.
GRANDMASTER: Mads Peter Andersen & Klaus Switon.
TBGT - 4th BURSA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 24-25, 2018; Bursa, Turkey
OPEN (218): 1-Ali Çetin Belene, 2-Soinguli Amirov, 3-Nail Akın, 4-Osman Aslan, 5-Serkan Pasa, 6-Sevki Tüzen; 1LC-Fatih Bellici, 2LC-Faysal Sabuncuoglu; Undefeated Player 9 rounds: Ufuk Aksak.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Mustafa Güneralp & Hakan Tosun, 2-Berkant Bilgi & Erkan Nayir.
1-POINTER #1 (64): 1-Cevdet Aydemir.
1-POINTER #2 (64): 1-Gökhan Sen.
1-POINTER #3 (64): 1-Ibrahim Karaca.
JACKPOT WINNERS (5x8): Sedat Biçakci, Abdullah Ser, Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, Cesur Kaya.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Recep Sari, Seçkin Yavas, Aysel Çaliskan.
WBF - 3rd MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 21-25, 2018; Budva, Montenegro
MASTER (82): 1-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 2-Ben Friesen (USA), 3-Anthony Havens (South Africa), 4/5-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 6/8-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany) / Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Kader Turk (Turkey/France); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2LC-Cumhur Bektüre (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Jürgen Schettler (Germany) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); Ladies Prize: Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
INTERMEDIATE (33): 1-Douglas Andersson (Sweden), 2-Boris Abramovich (Russia), 3-Gela Metskhvarishvili (Georgia), 4/5-Aleksas Gilaitis (Lithuania) / Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine); 1LC-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2LC-Martin de Bruin (USA/Spain); Ladies Prize: Britt-Marie Wärme (Sweden).
MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) & Rainer Witt (Germany), 2-Mihai Catalin Arminia (Romania) & Alexandru-Mircea Barbu (Romania), 3/4-Boris Abramovich (Russia) & Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia) / Roland Sahlén (Sweden) & Cyrus Vafa (Sweden).
MERIT INTERNATIONAL SUPERJACKPOT: (24): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Yancho Yanakievski (Macedonia), 2-David Asplund (Sweden), 3/4-Dankwart Plattner (Germany) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).
869BG WARM-UP (70): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy).
ONE-POINT MATCH (128): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Artur Petrosyan (Russia), 3/4-Laurence Sinitsky (France) / Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy).
ABT - 24th ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 16-18, 2018; Cleveland, Ohio
ADVANCED (42): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ray Bills (MN); 1C-Ross Gordon (CT), 2C-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 3C/4C-John Claybourne (MI) / Pete Esposito (OH).
NOVICE (8): 1-Jeff Hoelzel (IL), 2-Carlos Fonseca (Costa Rica).
OHIO MASTERS (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Karen Davis (FL).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (19): 1-Mike Valliere (PA), 2-Mike Rezai (OH).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Sal Pittelli (Canada) & Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada) & Paul Stebbing (Canada).
MICRO BLITZ (36): 1/2 split -Dan Dumas (NY) / Phil Simborg (IL).
2-POINT QUICKIES #1 (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica).
2-POINT QUICKIES #2 (32): 1-Amy Trudeau (IL), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (IL).
P-40 OHIO STATE LOGO BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Cary Hoarty (OH).
ART GAMMON BOARD PLAY-OFF (2): 1-Phil Simborg (IL).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (24): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Patty Knapp (MA).
TBT - 8th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
March 10-11, 2018; Kocaeli, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (71): 1-Güral Bulut, 2-Erol Yas, 3-Hasan Gemici, 4-Okan Oktay.
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (44): 1-Tolga Gümüsoglu, 2-Kemal Aksu, 3-Serkan Çalisir, 4-Gültekin Uygur.
HAKAN ÖZKALE MEMORIAL DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Babür Eren & Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Muammer Saraçoglu & Fatih Seven, 3/4-Güral Bulut & Tunç Sökmener / Mustaf Aydin & Arda Findikoglu.
FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL SWING (22): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Tolga Gümüsoglu, 3-Kemal Aksu, 4-Tolga Özkale.
JACKPOT (88): 1-Babür Eren #1, 2-Güral Bulut, 3/4-Babür Eren #2 / Yasar Gözel.
1-POINTER: Babür Eren, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven #1, 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Abdullah Sorgüven #2.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (25): 1-Güral Bulut, 2-Mehmet Akin.
LADIES PRIZE (2): 1-Gamze Koç.
CNB – 27th CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 2-4, 2018; Turin, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary), 2-Carlo Melzi, 3/4-Olivier Decultot (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 5/8-Marco Solazzo / Matteo Di Napoli / Edmond Mezini / Luca Martino.
INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Emil Sirakov, 2-Umberto Signori, 3/4-Carlo Mazzinghi / Giuseppe Indomenico; 1C-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2C-Diego Balgera.
OPEN CNB (48): 1-Bruno Fanan, 2-Edmond Mezini, 3/4-Annalisa Agosti / Patricia Rey (Monaco).
TROFEO DELLA MOLE (24): 1-Mario Mei (Switzerland), 2-Kader Turk (France), 3/4-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria) / Fabio Gullotta.
DOUBLES CONSULTING (19 teams): 1-Julian Miclaus & Daniele Rotondo, 2-Dario Di Nicola & Stefano Piccionne, 3/4-Olivier Decultot & Olivier Le Comte (France) / Kader Turk & Philippe Vouhé (France).
SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Mario Mei (Switzerland), 2-Fabio Gullotta, 3/4-Kais Zaiem (Switzerland) / Thibaud Thompson (France).
ABT - 2nd BOSTON OPEN: MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 22-25, 2018; Boston, Massachusetts
AMHERST ADVANCED (31): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Joe Miller (OH); 1C-Bill Barrows (MA), 2C-Dicky Biddle (England); 1LC-Paul Laubner (MD), 2LC-Garry Kallos (Canada).
NANTUCKET NOVICE (10): 1-Stephen Hassman (MA), 2-Fran Miller (OH), 3-Sarah Saltus Siddig (CT), 4-Alexander Blanton (MA).
HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (8): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Bill Robertie (MA).
OAK BLUFFS OPEN JACKPOT (12): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3-Gary Koscielny (FL).
AGAWAM AMATEUR JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Kathy Weiner (NV).
AGAWAM AMATEUR JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (IL), 2-GL Harvie (VT).
AGAWAM AMATEUR JACKPOT #3 (4): 1-Jay Karns (NY).
DEDHAM DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-John Klein (MD) & Marty Storer (NH), 2-Michael Kay (MA) & Kazuhiro Shino (England).
WORCESTER WARM-UP QUICKIES (32): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada).
DAL NEGRO BOARD JACKPOT (16): 1-Paul Caracciolo (MA), 2-Garrett Dusquene (NY).
BUNKER HILL BLITZ (28): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Andy Fazekas (CT).
CRISLOID BOARD JACKPOT (8): 1-Larry Roberg (CT), 2-Dicky Biddle (England).
PITTSFIELD PRE-TOURNEY (16): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Andy Fazekas (CT), 3-Joe Miller (OH).
MARTY STORER'S BOSTON OPEN QUIZ (21): 1-Kazuhiro Shino (England) 12/20 correct, 2-Rich Sweetman (NH) 10/20.
PASHABGT - ISTAVDER 10th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 22-25, 2018; Istanbul, Turkey
10th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES (128 teams): 1-Selin Kurt Talipoglu & Adnan Tayfur, 2-Ilker Gochan & Hilmi Gochan, 3/4 Bakar Matikashvili & Karen Sarkisyan (Georgia) / Olga Komarova & Georgi Maksoev (Russia).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Cagla Erten, 2-Umut Gokgoz.
TEAM CHALLENGE (32 Teams): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, Dinçer Günes & Hakan Iplik.
ONE POINT #1: (64) Deniz Kizilbora (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINT #2: (64) Gündüz Günes.
ONE POINT #3: (64) Milad Jafari (Iran).
ONE POINT #4: (64) Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINT #5: (64) Mustafa Guneralp.
SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Abdullah Ser.
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Sedat Bicakci.
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Simon Pankvelashvili (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT #4: (16) Serkan Calisir.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Omer Olgun, Amir Abbas (Iran), Gökay Gülec, Ibrahim Terzi, Halit Vercin, Ali Yaldiz, Ulvi Cangazi, Mehmet Ali Erten (Germany).
TBT - BURSA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
February 17-18, 2018; Bursa, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (80): 1-Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Zafer Önder, 3-Ahmet Coskun, 4-Ayhan Serin.
TRADITIONAL TAVLA (44) 1-Mehmet Ceylan, 2-Mahmut Kamar, 3-Merih Günay, 4-Mehmet Taran.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (24 teams): 1-Cumhur Bektüre & Ece Tamer / Ilyas Bitlisli & Orhan Bitlisli, 3/4-Gökhan Kazandag & Tunç Sökmener / Berkan Kalender & Cemalettin Karakütük.
SWING (29): 1-Tezcan Karabiber, 2- Ali Sipal, 3-Barbaros Erim, 4-Umut Gökgöz.
JACKPOT (88): 1-Kudret Ustaoglu, 2-Yasar Gözel #1, 3/4-Talat Bagibala / Yasar Gözel #2.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Güven Ok, 2-Mustafa Çil, 3/4-Erhan Öztekin / Cumhur Bektüre .
LADES PRIZE (4): 1-Ece Tamer, 2-Gamze Koç.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (22): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Ayhan Serin.
ABT - 2018 SUNSHINE STATE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 16-18, 2018; Clearwater, Florida
OPEN (11): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
INTERMEDIATE (13): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Hernan Cortes (GA); 1LC-Jerry Ungar (FL).
NOVICE (5): 1-Marion Roland (FL).
MASTERS (4): 1-Stacy Turner (FL).
GULF COAST DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-Bob Carpenter (FL) & Blake Fleetwood (NY).
USBGF FREEROLL (25): 1/2 split-Hernan Cortes (GA) / Michael Neagu (Canada).
MUNKEBJERG OPEN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2018
February 16-18, 2018; Vejle, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Peter Friberg, 2-Henrik Bang, 3/4-Søren T. Larsen / Klaus Rydeng.
INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Jens Bent Jørgensen, 2-Niels Skov Larsen, 3/4-Jens Peter Hansen / Thomas Larsen.
BEGINNER (10): 1-Katja Larsen Kok, 2-Bogdan Panasiuc, 3-Annie Hyttel.
FREEROLL (56): 1-Saban Simsek, 2-Morten Knudsen.
SPEED TOURNAMENT (34): 1-Claus Sorel, 2-Kaj Damgaard Nielsen, 3/4-Thomas Fuglheim / Saban Simsek.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Keld Dyrmose, 2-Morten Knudsen.
3rd GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 7-11, 2018; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
CHAMPIONSHIP (102): 1-Jack Edelson (USA), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Marc Van Damme (Belgium), 5/8-Akiko Yazawa (Japan) / Olivier Croisille (France) / Rune Færvåg (Norway) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan); 1C-Jan Cerny (Czech Republic), 2C-Frédéric Andrieu (France), 3C/4C-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland).
INTERMEDIATE (63): 1-Andres Staedeli (Switzerland), 2-Pedro Sanz (Spain), 3/4-Richard Halvorsen (England) / Mark Manley (England); 1C-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 2C-Andrea Chen (Italy).
SUPERJACKPOT (24): 1-Stefan Parlow (Austria), 2-Dag Ekmark (Norway).
DOUBLES (49 teams): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) & Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden) & Charlie Victor (Gibraltar), 3/4-Kasper Nielsen (Denmark) & Mikael Weile (Denmark) / Isabella Martina (Spain) & Maria Menchaca Salamanca (Spain).
SPEEDGAMMON (67): 1-Kasper Nielsen (Denmark), 2-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 3/4-Eric Benichou (France) / Serkan Calisir (Turkey).
JACKPOT: 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
LADIES PRIZE: Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
BEST GIBRALTAR PLAYER: Gilbert Licudi.
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).
ABT - 6th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 1-4, 2018; San Antonio, Texas
CHAMPIONSHIP (64+24 rebuys): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Ira Hessel (TX), 3/4-Max Mowzoon (FL) / Richard Munitz (NY); 1C-Karen Davis (FL), 2C-Fred Chamanara (IL), 3C/4C-David Klausa (CO) / James Stutz (CT); 1LC-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2LC-Dana Nazarian (CA).
ADVANCED (46+18 rebuys): 1-Don Marek (IL), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C-Candace Mayeron (CA), 2C-Carl Blumenstein (CA), 3C/4C-Nathan Parker (Canada) / Patti Rubin (NV); 1LC-Bill Tommaney (TX).
LIMITED (20): 1-Allen Michie (TX), 2-William McHam (TX); 1C-Byron Diehl (CO); 1LC-Michael Gellings (WI).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/4-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA), 3/4-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Lynn Lusk (CO).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (16):1-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 2-Steven Saad (NC).
LONE STAR PRO-AM DOUBLES (4 teams): 1-Gus Contos (CA) & Joe Russell (CA), 2-Karen Davis (FL) & Kit Woolsey (CA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (96): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3-Farhad Forudi (OH).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Richard Stubbe (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Al Hodis (NV).
USBGF DMP PRIME TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Marty Brown (TX), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Michael Gellings (WI).
DINNER DMP FREE ROLL (48): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (16): 1-Rene Gellings (WI), 2-William McHone (TX).
FRENCH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-David Kettler (TX).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2018 Inductees – Joe Sylvester (MO), Prince Alexis Obolensky (NY).
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Perry Gartner (FL), Patti Rubin (NV).
ABT - 11th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 17-21, 2018; Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (84+32 rebuys): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY) / Sam Ahmed (CA); 1C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Tim Line (England), 3C/4C-Frank Frigo (KY) / Mike Valliere (PA); 1LC-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2LC-Bill Riles (TX).
INTERMEDIATE (82+22 rebuys): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 3/4-Liam Henry (Canada) / Garry Kallos (Canada); 1C-Tim Flateman (NY), 2C-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 3C/4C-Hernan Cortes (GA) / Robert Loveless (Canada); 1LC-P.J. Macali (OH), 2LC-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (26): 1-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2-David Richardson, Sr. (IL); 1C-Lisa Pelaez (NY), 2C-Gabe Flateman (NY); 1LC-David Richardson, Jr (DC).
BEGINNER (21): 1-Jacob Wajnas (NY), 2-Meninder Purewal (NY); 1C-Tijan Brown (MD), 2C-Anna DiFlorio (NJ); 1LC-Matthew Pozzi (NY).
HIGH ROLLER EVENT (11): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Julian Minwalla (England), 2-Shay Asraff (NV); 3/4-Rick Barabino (NY) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Igor Baburov (NY) / Felix Goykhman (NJ).
LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8): 1-David Zadeh (NY), 2-Ioannis Rizos (NY).
BLITZ (24x8): 1-Scott Salisbury (CT), 2-Amy Trudeau (IL), 3-Jack Edelson (NY).
USBGF PRIME MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ken Indart (MD).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (24): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & David Shadi (NJ), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada) & Liam Henry (Canada).
OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8): 1-Daniel Chiang (NY) & Justin Nowell (NY), 2-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Herb Roman (IL).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-David Shadi (NJ).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Kent Goulding (MD), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3/4-Narvey Goldman (Canada) / Scotty Kelland (CT).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (24): 1/3 split: Ahmet Baydar (MA) / John Klein (MD) / David Zadeh (NY).
WBF - ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
January 12-14, 2018; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (90): 1-Tabet Tabet (Lebanon), 2-Claus Elken (Denmark/Malta), 3/4-Alparslan Göktay / Erkan Varli; 1C-Mahir Kasuto, 2C-Emin Sendil; 1LC-Gültekin Uygur, 2LC-Cüneyt Argun Genç.
ELITE CUP (26): 1-Mahir Kasuto, 2-Emin Sendil.
LADIES EVENT (9): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Gamze Koç.
AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL DOUBLES (42 teams): 1-Cumhur Bektüre & Hüseyin Çetintas, 2-Fady Asmar & Cenk Tuncay, 3/4-Zafer Önder & Recep Ural / Emrullah Cosar & Kemal Okal.
RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL WARM-UP (66): 1-Peter Snape (England), 2-Ali Necdet Abayrak, 3/4-Adam Prager (Israel) / Babür Eren.
869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Deniz Kizibora (North Cyprus), 2-Abdulkadir Kaçar, 3/4-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) / Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine).
SWING (50): 1-Orhun Hekimci, 2-Arda Findikoglu, 3-Cengiz Ergin, 4-Jalil Khalili (Iran).
BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (40): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-Claus Elken (Denmark/Malta), 3-Martin Barkwill (England), 4-Onur Vurur.
ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Claus Elken (Denmark/Malta), 2-Nil Ergin, 3/4-Deniz Kizilbora (North Cyprus), 4-Cynthia Roberts (England).
BG4BG JACKPOTS (40): Winners – Sinan Perveroglu / Jean Abi Haidar / Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Sinan Sütçüoglu.
MONTENEGRO SATELLITES (20): Winners – Abdullah Sorgüven / Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Kemal Okal.
CNB – 6th VENICE BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 11-14, 2018; Venice, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Nodar Gagua (Russia), 2-Edmond Mezini, 3/4-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary) / Takis Chatzelis (Greece), 5/8-Carlo Melzi / Massimiliano Calusio / Dario Di Nicola / Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).
INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Francesco Oliva, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Hicham Khay / Patricia Rey (Monaco); 1C-Helen Anderson (Sweden), 2C-Scarlet Serrero (France), 3C/4C-Massimo Trovò / Annalisa Agosti.
OPEN CNB (56): 1-Fabio Gullotta, 2-Edmund Mezini, 3/4-Alessandro Rietti / Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).
DOUBLE CONSULTING (19 teams): 1-Michel Serrero & Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Roman Kerber (Austria) & Laurence Sinitzky (France).
TORNEO SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Vaidas Budrys (Ireland).
CANALGRANDE TOURNAMENT (38): 1-Francesco Mauri, 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic), 3/4-Daniele Rotondo / Giorgio Castellano.
WARM-UP (16): 1-Roman Kerber (Austria), 2-Lorenzo Rusconi.
FESTIVAL OF CASINÒ (46): Winners – Fernando Braconi / Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).
PLAY OFF - 2017 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Marco Solazzo, 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Andrea de Zandonati.
PLAY OFF - 2017 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP INTERMEDIATE: 1-Sonia Pellegrini, 2-Francesco Oliva, 3/4-Giovanni Trombini / Annalisa Agosti.
