2016 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole
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Updated: September 27, 2016
TBGT - 20th ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-25, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey
OPEN (194): 1-Murat Yavuz, 2-Bulent Karabulut, 3-Cihangir Cetinel, 4-Serhat Keskin, 5-Erdinc Mutlu, 6-Hilmi Ugur Demir; 1LC-Ferhat Nazli.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32): 1-Kadri Almac & Ersin Narman, 2-Mehmet Akis &Tunc Onan.
ONE POINTER #1: (64) Aykut Uzel.
ONE POINTER #2: (64) Zeki Gönden.
ONE POINTER #3: (64) Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINTER #4: (64) Bora Yurdun.
SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Aziz Yilmaz.
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Kadri Almac.
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Ahmet Nergiz.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Ozgur Candir, Oya Gunes, Aziz Yilmaz.
PASHA BACKGAMMON FREE ENTRY PRIZE (42): Mehmet Kutlu Kucukyoruk.
ABT - COLORADO STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 23-25, 2016; Denver, Colorado
ADVANCED (11): 1-Denny Leatherman (CO), 2-Chuck Higgins (CO); 1C-Eric Pfenning (CO), 2C-David Taniguchi (CA).
NOVICE (3): 1-Jay Shaeffer (CO).
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
ROYAL GORGE LIMITED JACKPOT (4): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Proctor Ritchie (AZ).
USBGF BLITZ (16): 1/2: Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINALE: 1-East Champion Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-West Champion Ray Fogerlund (NV).
TBGT - 20th ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-25, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey
OPEN (194): 1-Murat Yavuz, 2-Bulent Karabulut, 3-Cihangir Cetinel, 4-Serhat Keskin, 5-Erdinc Mutlu, 6-Hilmi Ugur Demir; 1LC-Ferhat Nazli.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32): 1-Kadri Almac & Ersin Narman, 2-Mehmet Akis &Tunc Onan.
ONE POINTER #1: (64) Aykut Uzel.
ONE POINTER #2: (64) Zeki Gönden.
ONE POINTER #3: (64) Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus).
ONE POINTER #4: (64) Bora Yurdun.
SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Aziz Yilmaz.
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Kadri Almac.
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Ahmet Nergiz.
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Ozgur Candir, Oya Gunes, Aziz Yilmaz.
PASHA BACKGAMMON FREE ENTRY PRIZE (42): Mehmet Kutlu Kucukyoruk.
TBT - 11th BODRUM OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-WBF
September 16-18, 2016; Bodrum, Turkey
OPEN (80): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3-George Simpson, 4-Fatih Seven.
"BEDRI KORAMAN MEMORIAL" TAVLA (37): 1-Vural Vural, 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3-Muammer Saraçoglu, 4-Kürsad Solak.
"ALP EYYÜPOGLU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (44 teams): 1-Burak Çulhaci & Sena Çulhaci, 2-Seda Koç & Kemal Okal, 3/4-Orhan Taslardan & Oya Taslardan / Ali Necdet Akbayrak & Kudret Ustaoglu.
SWING (50): 1-Barbaros Erim, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3-Soinguli Amirov, 4-Aykut Sorgüven.
ELITE CUP (22): 1-Ali Necdet Akbayrak, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven, 3/4-Cumhur Bektüre / Emin Sendil.
JACKPOT (64): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Kürsad Solak, 3/4-Mehmet Ali Akpolat #1 / Mehmet Ali Akpolat #2.
ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Erdogan Kilic, 2-Hikmet Tunç #1, 3/4-Nesrin Becerici / Hikmet Tunç #2.
LADIES PRIZE (14): 1-Zehra Aydin, 2-Habibe Cebeci.
36th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 16-18, 2016; Stockholm, Sweden
CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Sven-Olav Norén, 2-Kåre Aronsson, 3/4-Hallur Jon Bluhme Saevarsson (Iceland) / Stefan Gudmonsson (Iceland); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2LC-Thomas Rönn.
INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Henri Virta, 2-Tommy Berggren, 3/4-Ola Hamring / Martin Lindbom; 1LC-Salim Chabo, 2LC-Alexandar Miletic.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Thomas Rönn, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mikael von Bargen, 2-Conny Eriksson, 3/4-Mathias Niemand / Joakim Roggentin.
DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Douglas Andersson & Rene Mayer (Austria), 2-Björn Ekström & Martin Lindbom.
LADIES TOURNAMENT (13): 1-Pia Sevelin, 2-Monica Hyttmark.
CNB - 12th ROMA OPEN BACKGAMMON TORNEO
September 16-18, 2016; Rome, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (41): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium), 2-Turk Kader (France), 3/4-Angelo Anav / Marco Sollazzo, 5/8-Philippe Boncenne (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Daniele Rotondo / Michael Urban (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Davide Cassano, 2-Andrea Chen, 3/4-Luca Danese / Federico Riceputi; 1C-Zoltan Kovacs (Hungary), 2C-Giuseppe Indomenico.
OPEN CNB (37): 1-Alessandro Rietti, 2-Daniele Rotondo.
GOODBYE ROMA (32): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France), 2-Daniele Rotondo.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Angelo Anav & Florin Popa, 2-Peter Chan (England) & Sonia Pellegrini.
SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Paul Gilbertson (England).
ABT - 4th ANNUAL SEATTLE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 9-11, 2016; Renton, Washington
INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Eric Meyer (Canada), 2-Kathy Weiner (NV); 1C-Daniel Stroberger (WA), 2C-Ed Schau (WA).
NOVICE (4): 1-Chris Innes (WA).
SUPER JACKPOT (15): 1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Pete Anderson (WA), 3/4-Steven Carey (WA) / Alex Toth (WA).
DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Martin D'Alexander (WA) & Joel Levy (WA), 2-Jack Edelson (WI) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Pete Anderson (WA) & John Gamalielson (WA) / Karl Pearson (WA) & Kathy Weiner (NV).
USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (17): 1-Steven Carey (WA), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).
SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Steven Carey (WA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
WBF - 10th GEORGIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN & GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
September 7-11, 2016; Chakvi/Batumi, Georgia
MASTER FLIGHT (66): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Guido Weidner (Germany), 3-Alexey Chanturidze (Georgia/Russia), 4-Maik Stiebler (Germany), 5-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey); 1LC-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2LC-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Laurence Sinitzky-Billard (France).
INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Irakli Kvishinadze (Georgia), 2-Eduard Mirijanyan (Armenia), 3-Olga Komarova (Russia), 4-Vladimer Kharkhelauri (Georgia), 5-Andrey Nesterov (Ukraine); 1LC-Saeed Vahid (Iran), 2LC-Andranik Harutyunyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize - Olga Komarova (Russia).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Shimon Kagan (Israel), 2-Jason Pack (USA).
GEORGIAN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Burak Çulhaci (Turkey) & Kemal Okal (Turkey), 2-Nodari Gagua (Georgia/Russia) & Airat Metchin (Russia).
869BG TROPHY (56): 1-Gocha Chokhonelidze (Georgia), 2-Sergey Chertkov (Russia).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Laurence Sinitzky-Billard (France), 2-Olga Komarova (Russia).
ONE POINTER - PRESIDENT'S TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Romani Gvenetadze (Georgia), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).
CBT - 3rd SIBENIK BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 2-4, 2016; Vodice, Croatia
OPEN (80): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Arna Beso (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 4-Mate Feher (Hungary), 5-Edevit Salijevic (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
PUNTA CHALLENGE (41): 1/2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 3/4-Mladen Cizmic (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Marinko Vidacak (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
SIBENIK WARM-UP (61): 1-Dragi Hrvic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 2-Danny Cohen (England), 3-Dániel Kocsis (Hungary).
SIBENIK DOUBLES (30 teams): 1-Viktorie Cerna (Czech Republic) & Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Josefin Bichler (Germany), Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Drazenko Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) & Robert Vucina (Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Martin Zizka (Czech Republic) & Eva Zizková (Czech Republic).
BACKGAMMON QUIZ: 1/2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 8/10 correct answers, 3-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 7/10 correct.
MOCHY VS CROATIA: 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Croatia Team: (Kristijan Culjat, Mislav Kovacic, Dado Martincevic, Nino Martincevic, Willi Preskar).
LADIES AWARD: Arna Beso (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
SPECIAL AWARDS: Viktorie Cerna (Czech Republic), Mate Feher (Hungary).
ABT - 13th CAROLINA INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 1-5, 2016; Charlotte, North Carolina
ADVANCED (32): 1-Ben Elliott (NC), 2/4-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Jason Russ (NC) / LEW Webber (VA), 5/6-Gary Koscielny (NY) / Omar Shah (Canada), 7/9-John Baron (OH) / Jeff Proctor (NC) / Marvin Widenhouse (NC).
NOVICE (11): 1-Will Ballard (NC), 2-Ilean Hill (NC); 1C-Bob Azari (SC); 1LC-Jesse Silliman (MD).
FASTER MASTERS (8): 1-Jim Hickey (NC), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).
QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (13): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Bahman Zandi (MD).
CARDINAL CLASSIC AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Vladi Gudgenov (NC), 2-Michelle Steinberg (NJ).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD) & Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH) & Michael Takla (NY).
QUICKER QUICKIES (64): 1-Don Faix (NC), 2-Forrest Faulk (GA).
SKUNK DICE FOR CHARITY: 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA). $1155 was raised for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
$50 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT (64): 1/2-John Klein (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
$25 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2-Mustafa Sayid (MD).
$25 USBGF PRIME JACKPOT OVERFLOW (16): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
$50 EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (8): Karen Davis (DC), 2-Don Faix (NC).
$20 EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (12): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Jim Ulaky (NC).
$50 AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNEY (8): 1/2-Sean Garber (IN) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
$20 AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNEY (8): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Treena Bouque (CA).
4th LIONS CUP BACKGAMMON
September 1-4, 2016; Bad Dürkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (38): 1-Jacques Wehli (Switzerland), 2-Stéphane Tremet (France), 3/4-Stephan Hartmann / Kimon Papachristopoulos; 1LC-Philip Kazemieh.
INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Susanne Kempf, 2-Bernd Schmidt, 3/4-Fred Brendler / Richard Fiegen; 1LC-Klaus Evers.
BEGINNERS (18): 1-Svetlana Mohr, 2-Patrick Hofer, 3/4-Gabi Hofer / Sylvia Wist; 1LC-Regine Papachristopoulos.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Philip Kazemieh, 2-Kimon Papachristopoulos.
COSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Christoph Wagener & Felix Wagener, 2-Andreas Franken & Diana Srdjanov.
WARM UP (49): 1-Anders Nielander (Denmark).
LIONS KICK OFF (43): 1-Frank Simon, 2-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 3/4-Bernhard Kaiser / Michael Weidner.
LADIES PRIZE (14): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend.
SURPRISE TOURNAMENT (76): 1-Minh Nguyen (France).
UKBT: LONDON OPEN BACKGAMMON 2016
August 27-29, 2016; London, England
LONDON OPEN (65): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Mike Williams; 1LC-Mathew Fisher, 2LC-Steve Carder.
PROFESSIONALS' TOURNAMENT (40): 1-Aref Alipour, 2-Dod Davies; 1LC-Raj Jansari, 2LC-Julian Minwalla.
SUPER JACKPOT (17): 1-Antonio Sgambato, 2-Vaidas Budrys.
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Mark Calderbank & Andy Marshall, 2-David Brown & Sebastian Wilkinson.
SPEED GAMMON (48): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Matthew Fisher.
ABT - 14th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 19-21, 2016; Madison, Wisconsin
OPEN (30): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Tim Mabee (IL); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2C-David Todd (MO); 1LC-David Rockwell (IL).
ADVANCED (31): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Matt Johnson (WI); 1C-Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL), 2C-John Always (AZ); 1LC-Steve Waller (MN).
NOVICE (2): 1-John Halvorsen (WI).
BADGER CLASSIC (16): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
AMATEUR CLASSIC (16): 1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Beth Martinson (WI) & Bill Minser (WI), 2-Steve Brown (MN) & Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).
BLITZ (64): 1/2-Yury Millman (MN) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
QUICKIES (16): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Steve Brown (MN).
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (12): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2/3-Paul Mangone (CA) / Keene Marin (WI).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-James Worley (MO), 2-Steve Brown (MN).
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT #2 (8): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (IL).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
WBF - 1st CAPPADOCIA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP-TBT
August 19-21, 2016; Nevsehir, Turkey
OPEN (49): 1-Adullah Sorgüven, 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Dinçer Günes / Berkant Bilgi; 1C-Martin Barkwill (England), 2C-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus); 1LC-Cemalettin Erisen, 2LC-Luca Martino (Italy).
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (16): 1-Adullah Sorgüven, 2-Cemalettin Erisen.
CAPPADOCIA DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu & Ulrich Tamm (Germany), 2-Meral Ceylan & Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Emrullah Cosar & Erol Özsoy / Cemalettin Erisen & Cemalettin Karakütük.
869BG SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Yasar Gözel, 2-Tolga Özkale, 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Fuat Gümüslüol.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus), 2-Resul Uygur, 3/4-Abdullah Sorgüven / Hikmet Tunç.
SUPER JACKPOT "MERIT SATELLITE" (16): 1-Luca Martino (Italy), 2-Cemalettin Karakütük.
SWING (35): 1-Erol Özsoy, 2-Cemalettin Karakütük, 3-Kader Turk (Turkey/France), 4-Jacob Markussen (Denmark).
WARM-UP (43): 1-Cengiz Dindar (Cyprus), 2-Berkant Bilgi, 3/4-Jacob Markussen (Denmark) / Kanan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
BG4BG JACKPOTS (4x8 players): winners: Luca Martino (Italy), Deniz Kizibora (Cyprus), Yashar Fathi (Iran), Cumhur Bektüre.
ABT - 1st SILICON VALLEY BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 5-7, 2016; San Jose, California
OPEN (45): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Marv Porten (CA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Mark Antranikian (CA), 3C/4C-Cheryl Andersen (CA) / Gus Contos (CA).
ADVANCED (32): 1-Cathal Murray (CA), 2-Jerry Nussbaum (CA); 1C-Jesse Jestadt (CA), 2C-Michaela Olsen (CA).
NOVICE (6): 1-Brian Andersen (CA), 2-Dirk Olsen (CA); 1C-Ghada Ashoo (CA).
49ER GOLD RUSH MASTERS (31): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Dana Nazarian (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (21): 1-Jesse Jestadt (CA), 2-Mark Ferrin (OR), 3/4-Nick Dale (OR) / Zim Kraja (CA).
DMP (64): 1-Karam Ashoo (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Carol Joy Cole (MI).
DOUBLES (8): 1-Bob Glass (CA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Chris Koscielny (CA) & Gary Koscielny (NY).
BLITZ (64): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
OLDER & WISER (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Karen Davis (DC).
YOUNG GUNS (16): 1-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
OLDER & WISER VS YOUNG GUNS PLAYOFF: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).
WBA - 11th PORTUGUESE BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 3-7, 2016; Carcavelos, Portugal
MARIO SEQUEIRA MEMORIAL OPEN (32): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Christine Mochon (France).
MASTERS ELITE (20): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 3-Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal), 4-Vincent De Nardi (France); Ultimate Fight: 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (USA).
LEISURE GROUP (9): 1-Luisa Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Tomohiro Shimada (Japan), 3-Laurence Sinitzky (France).
DOUBLES CONSULTING (8): 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) & Chi Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Alain Babillon (France) & Yves Negre (France).
SPEEDGAMMON CHALLENGE (8): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium).
DMP-CHALLENGE (16): 1-Philippe Vouhé (France).
SPECIAL AWARD: Anna-Maria Zarb (Switzerland).
SPECIAL MENTIONS: Sonia Pellegrini (Italy), Niusha Victoria Tafazzoli (Germany), Thomas Tenland (Sweden).
41st BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 26-31, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (144): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Joseph Russell (USA), 3-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 4/5-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Victor Petersen (Norway), 6/8-Conny Ericksson (Sweden) / Philippe Lecomte (France) / Slava Pryadkin (Ukraine); 1C-Arkadiy Tsinis (USA), 2C-Lawrence Powell (England), 3C/4C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) / Felix Ziva (Israel); 1LC-Alain Babillon (France), 2LC-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Stephen Chidwick (England), 2-Lasse Danielsen (Denmark), 3-Walter Thesing (Germany), 4/5-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia) / Tim Lawless (USA); 1C-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2C-Laura Monaco (Italy), 3C/4C-Helmut Jeske (Germany) / Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland); 1LC-Lise Nielsen (Denmark), 2LC-Farokh Moazed (Sweden).
BEGINNERS (15): 1-Joan Grunwald (USA), 2-Michael Bang (Denmark); 1C-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2C-Shanee Bor (USA); 1LC-Philip Jameson (Australia), 2LC-Lucinda Holland (England).
SUPER JACKPOT (42): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany).
SPEEDGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 2-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 3/4-Didier Assaraf (France) / Sergey Erokhin (Russia).
SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 3/4-David Brown (England) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).
DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy) & Laura Monaco (Italy), 3/4-Halil Tulan (Turkey/Switzerland) & Ulrich Tamm (Germany) / Alex Lehmann (USA) & Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark).
LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Cecilia Sparke (England), 2-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).
MONTE CARLO WORLD FEDERATION CUP (16): 1-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 2-Alan Grunwald (USA).
JUNIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (11): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Evan Sarno (USA).
1-POINT WORLD VICTIMS MEMORIAL (128): 1-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2-Roman Korber (Austria). 1800 euros were raised for the victims of the attack in Nice.
BELAIR TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (34 teams): 1-Swimmers: Sergey Erokhin (Russia) / Juliya Gromenkova (Russia) / Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Evolution: Cihangir Çetinel (Turkey) / Yan Kit Chan (England) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
SHOGI TOURNAMENT: 1-Kota Fujiwara (Japan), 2-Toshiya Nishii (Japan).
MOCHY'S PROFICIENCY EXAM (22): 1-Falafel Natazon (Israel/USA) - 40, 2-Steen Grønbech (Denmark) - 37, 3-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) - 35.
6th MONTE CARLO BACKGAMMON OPEN
July 24-25, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco
MONTE CARLO OPEN (62): 1-Ron Rubin (USA), 2-Chris Rogers (England), 3/4-Johan Bynell (Sweden) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark); 1C-Raul Timerman (Argentina), 2C-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland).
MONTE CARLO INTERMEDIATE (30): 1-Didier Assaraf (France), 2-Martin de Bruin (USA/Spain), 3/4-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / Martha Ghio (USA); 1C-Florin Popa (Italy), 2C-Havard Hafskjuld (Norway).
ABT - 21st MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 22-24, 2016; Bloomington, Minnesota
OPEN (21): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN); 1C-Jerry Kressin (MN), 2C-Steve Brown (MN); 1LC-Sean Garber (IN).
INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Zachary Tabak (WI), 2-Gregg Trunnell (MN); 1C-Lucien Cravens (MN), 2C-Jeff Spencer (MN); 1LC-Michael Mesich (MN).
NOVICE (6): 1-Nathan Bouma (MN), 2-Apollo Lammers (MN).
3rd ANNUAL GOPHER CLASSIC (25): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN); 1C-Art Moore (CA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Steve Brown (MN).
DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Lucien Cravens (MN) & John Pirner (MN), 2-April Kennedy (MN) & Michael Mesich (MN).
BLITZ (16): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeff Nitschke (MN).
ULTIMATE MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeff Spencer (MN).
STÉPHANE CIPRE BACKGAMMON TOURNOI
July 22-23, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco
OPEN (47): 1-Zoran Maric (France), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 3/4-Souhail Atie (France) / Serge Rived (France); 1C-Daniel Tudose (Italy), 2C-Martha Ghio (USA), 3C/4C-Olivier Décultot (France) / Phil Simborg (USA).
DOUBLE CONSULTATION (4 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Phil Simborg (USA), 2-Mr & Mrs. Pawel Bielewicz (Sweden).
"P-40 BOARD" 1-POINT TOURNOI (32): 1-Patti Rubin (USA).
ABT - 41st MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 1-4, 2016; Novi, Michigan
OPEN (84): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Frank Raposa (VA), 4/5-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) / Barry Silliman (MD); 1C-John O'Hagan (IN), 2C-Herb Roman (IL), 3C/4C-Dion Hogan (MI) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
INTERMEDIATE (73): 1-Mike Rezai (OH), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3-Rick Wedge (Canada), 4/5-Jim Airgood (MI) / Bob Stoller (AK); 1C-John Herron (MI), 2C-Sue Will (IL), 3C/4C-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Christopher Shanava (IL).
NOVICE (11): 1-Tony Zimbalatti (MI), 2-Bridget McCrudden (Canada); 1C-Daniel Posen (MI); 1LC-Christa Solovey (MI).
MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Di Di (GA), 3/4-Drew Giovanis (NV) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY).
SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Steve Hast (PA), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Herb Roman (IL).
PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Nick Blasier (TX), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI), 3/4-Ben Friesen (MI) / Keene Marin (WI).
USBGF PRIME CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Jon Vietor (CA), 2-Gary Margosian (MI). $340 was raised for the Flint Water Fund of the United Way.
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - EAST (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Di Di (GA). $100 Side Pool: Nick Blasier (TX), $50 Side Pool: John Quinn (MI).
FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREEROLL (26): 1-Dan Dabney (IN), 2-Christa Solovey (MI).
OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Joe Feldman (MI) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Gary Fritzsche (MI) & Rick Schuman (MI), 3/4-Brent Cohen (PA) & Neil Kazaross (IL) / Eric Hiner (MN) & Yury Millman (MN).
LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Dave McKenzie (KS) & Karla McKenzie (KS), 2-Fred Ishac (MI) & Walt Smith (MI).
FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Patrick Domico (IN), 2-Eric Stevens (FL).
MONDAY TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Saba Bejanishvili (GA).
MONDAY TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Mike Clapsadle (MI).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Dave Kozak (Canada), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
BACKGAMMON MASTER SERIES (USA) #3 (16): Top 4-0 match records: 1/3-Faris Gabbara (MI) / Paul Weaver (AL) / Kit Woolsey (CA). Top PR scores: 1-John O'Hagan - 2.45, 2-Kit Woolsey - 2.65.
$50 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Steve Brown (MN) / Emil Mortuk (MI).
$30 THURSDAY WARM-UP (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Dave Williams (NV), 3/4-Mike Clapsadle (MI) / John Claybourne (MI).
$20 THURSDAY WARM-UP (8): 1-Ross Gordon (CT), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3-Fred Ishac (MI).
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jon Vietor (CA), 2/3-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Nick Blasier (TX).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2/3-John Quinn (MI) / Tony Zimbalatti (MI).
UKBT: 6th BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP - BBT
June 17-19, 2016; Blackpool, England
OPEN (64): 1-Saul Brody, 2-Brian Lever, 3/4-Joe Derry / Gaz Owen, 5/8-Paul Barwick / Martin Barkwill / Mick Butterfield / C.J. Uttley; 1LC-George Hall, 2LC-David Dennis.
FYLDE TROPHY (48): 1-Lee Gorton, 2-Pedro Roca, 3/4-Tim Line / Alex Polden.
BG4BG CHARITY TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Frank Fleming, 2-Bob Slater, 3/4-Paul Barwick / Saul Brody.
SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Saul Brody.
NACKGAMMON #1: 1-Anna Price, 2-Ana Mancino.
NACKGAMMON #2: 1-George Hall, 2-Rachel Rhodes.
2-PT MINI-MATCH: 1-Kevin Jones, 2-Steve Lee.
DOUBLES: 1-Andy Marshall & Alex Polden, 2-Rob Perry & Dave Pritchard.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (46): 1-Simon Jones, 2-Anna Clarke, 3/4-Pedro Roca / Jim Wong.
SATURDAY SWISS (64): 1/4-Joe Dery / Brian Lever / Andy Marshall / Rachel Rhodes.
POKER: 1-Adam Stocks.
£1,000 was raised for the Guide Dog Association.
ABT - LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 10-12, 2016; Los Angeles, California
OPEN (56): 1-Paul Baraz (CA), 2-George Haskour (CA), 3-Alan Martin (CA), 4/5-Alfred Mamlet (MD) / Vadim Nuniyants (WA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Ken Bame (CA), 3C/4C-Art Benjamin (CA) / Drew Giovanis (NV).
ADVANCED (41): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Charles Toots (CA); 1C-Ray Spehar (CA), 2C-Erwin Hom (CA), 3C/4C-Paul Mangone (CA) / Andy Plat (CA).
LIMITED (9): 1-Inigo Gatus (CA), 2-David Atwood (CA); 1C-Melanie Goldman (NV).
SUPER-32 (31): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Ted Chee (CA), 3/4-Dorn Bishop (CA) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (29): 1-Frank Ley (CA), 2-Josh Racko (CA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Joe Nolan (TN).
SENIORS I (32): 1/2-Art Benjamin (CA) / Ed Rosenblum (NM), 3/4-Lynn Lusk (CO) / Dennis Stone (CA).
SENIORS II (16): 1/3-Elena Evans (TX) / Ed Rosenblum (NM) / Ray Spehar (CA).
BLITZ (56): 1-Joe Nolan (TN), 2-Allen Tish (CA).
DMP-USBGF PRIME TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Mark Antranikian (CA).
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Cliff Pappas (AZ) & Jim Wark (TX), 2-Nash Jost (CA) & Peter Wisniewski (CA).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
ABT - 36th CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 26-30, 2016; Rosemont, Illinois
3rd WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Frank Talbot (MI).
OPEN (53): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Nick Blasier (TX), 3/6-Steve Brown (MN) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Faddoul Khoury (IL) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2/5-John Snellings (Costa Rica) / Mike Clapsadle (MI) / Uriel Mazal (Uruguay/USA) / Alex Owen (IL).
NOVICE (10): 1-Brad LaPratt (IL), 2-Tim Koppang (IL); 1C-Roger Brandt (IL).
MARKOWITZ MASTERS (8): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).
FASTER MASTERS (8): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Simon Kennedy Rose (IL), 2-Greg Adamavich (WI).
LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (8): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada).
OPEN UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE: 1-Bob Stringer (CA).
INTERMEDIATE UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE: 1-Cinda King (IL).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Kate Elmore (GA) & Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-Craig Anderson (IL) & Tak Morioka (IL), 3-Bill Bartholomay (IL) & Beth Whitney (MI).
SENIORS (32): 1-John O-Hagan (IN), 2-Bill Riles (TX).
QUICKIES (128): 1-Nick Blasier (TX), 2-Steve Blanchard (IL), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / David Zakrajsek (IN).
TAKI-BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Steve Brown (MN), 2-Julius High (KS).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #1: 1-Bill Calton (MI), 2-April Kennedy (MN).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT #2: 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Herb Roman (IL).
MOCHY'S 6th PROFICIENCY TEST (30): Bill Calton (MI) & Dennis Culpepper (VA) tied for first with top scores of 35 out of 50 correct answers.
AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (32): 1-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA).
ABT - 4th CAPITAL CLASSIC BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 20-22, 2016; Sterling, Virginia
OPEN (32): 1-Jack Edelson (WI), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Donny Lomuto (NY) / John O'Hagan (IN); 1C-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2C-David Rockwell (IL); 1LC-Paul Weaver (AL).
ADVANCED (25): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Alia Azamat (NJ), 3/4-Majid Jahanbani (VA) / Philip Lerman (DC); 1C-Michael Valliere (PA), 2C-Daniel Peters (VA); 1LC-Ben Elliott (NC).
NOVICE (5): 1-Larry Doyle (DC), 2-Nick Saverino (VA).
MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Tuvya Felt (TN), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA).
INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Igor Baburov (NY), 2-Chen-Fu Yu (MD).
DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) & LEW Webber (VA), 2-Julius High (KS) & Tony Wuersch (RI).
MOCHY'S QUIZ (9): John Klein (MD) & John O'Hagan (IN) tied for first with high scores of 39.
UKBT: UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 20-22, 2016; Coventry, England
MASTERS FLIGHT (79): 1-Richard Furborough, 2-Costin Constantinescu, 3-Lee Gorton, 4-Gaz Owen, 5/6-Brian Lever / Mardi Ohannessian, 7/8-Vaidas Budrys (Lithuania) / Sabrina Milling (Denmark).
ADVANCED (42): 1-Mike Murton, 2-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3-Emad Salib, 4-Mike Williams, 5/6-Irv Czechowicz / C.J. Uttley, 7/8-Rick Hurst / Karina Langhoff de Thurah (Denmark).
SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson, 3/4-Mark Dixon / Ivan Tiberius.
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Romolo Mudu & Antonio Sgambato, 2-Julian Fetterlein & Simonetta Herrera.
SPEED GAMMON (64): 1-Simonetta Herrera, 2-Simon Barget.
ARENA CUP MASTERS (68): 1-Simon Morecroft, 2-Simon Barget, 3/4-Martin Barkwill / Florin Sabau.
ARENA CUP ADVANCED (31): 1-Donna Sherred, 2-Anna Clarke, 3/4-David Dennis / Jamie MacPherson.
WARM UP (54): 1-Sean Clennell, 2-Mardi Ohannessian, 3/4-Steve Carder / Brian Lever.
SATURDAY SOCIAL SWISS (8): 1-Su Lim, 2-Tony Foster.
SUNDAY SOCIAL SWISS (4): 1-Luke Owen, 2-Andrew Pinkus.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2016:
British Player of the Year: Raj Jansari
Tournament Director of the Year: Rick Janowski
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Julia Hayward
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Julian Minwalla
Chairman's Award for Outstanding Contribution: Tim Cross
International Player of the Year: Akiko Yazawa (Japan)
8th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 13-16, 2016; Frankfurt-Sulzbach, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Andreas Hofmann, 3/4-Dirk Leinberger / Michael Urban; 1C-Ingo Mohr, 2C-Jürgen Schettler, 3C/4C-Nesip Temizkan / Jürgen Orlowski; 1LC-Christoph Wagener, 2LC-Jerzy Behnke.
INTERMEDIATE (42): 1-Bernd Schmidt, 2-Wolfgang Henze, 3/4-Christian Andresen / Fred Brendler; 1C-Sebastian Müller, 2C-Toni Savio; 1LC-Frank Ott, 2LC-Klaus Evers.
BEGINNERS (24): 1-Harold Kock, 2-Diana Srdjanov, 3-Andrea Dörnemann; 1LC-Nelu Merce.
CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Götz Hildsberg & Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2-Cyrus Afchani & Marcus Reinhard.
SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Sakis Lagopatis, 2-Peter van de Bruck.
LADIES CUP (26): 1-Corinna Blaschke.
LIONS KICK-OFF (48): 1-Igor Kaplanski, 2-Andreas Hofmann, 3/4-Stephan Hartmann / Ralf Sudbrak.
WARM-UP (128): 1/2-Alain Babillon (France) / Marcel Büker.
FMT - 11th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 6-8, 2016; Nicosia, North Cyprus
OPEN (88): 1-Stéphane Tremet (France), 2-Kemal Erdem (Turkey), 3-Ali Çetin Belene (Turkey), 4-Murat Murat (Greece), 5/8-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) / Tunç Onan (Turkey) / Masoud Farvareshi (Iran) / Berkant Bilge (Turkey); 1LC-Adnan Kuzu (Turkey), 2LC-Nachman Fridman (Israel).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Ilhan Koç (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).
1-POINTER (64): 1-Deniz Kizilbora (North Cyprus).
JACKPOT WINNERS (4x8): Nodar Gagua (Georgia), Serdar Ozkaya (Turkey), Serkan Calisir (Turkey), Ismail Yildiz (Turkey), Handan Erdag (Turkey), Deniz Kizilbora (Turkey), Gavriel Menasherov (Israel).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Vecdi Kalyoncu (Turkey), Masoud Farvareshi (Iran), Tunç Onan (Turkey).
€10,000 FREEROLL PASHA CUP (21): 1-Oktay Lokbas (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Mustafa Yilmaz (Turkey), Tunç Onan (Turkey).
23rd OUI-SEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 3-5, 2016; Tokyo, Japan
CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Hisayasu Kato, 2-Gou Maruyama, 3-Kazuki Yokota, 4-Yasuo Mishima, 5/6-Masahiko Nasu / Takeo Takizawa.
INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Yu Date, 2-Yuki Takada, 3/4-Kouichi Koizumi / Yuta Yoshimi.
BEGINNER (25): 1-Aya Ogura, 2-Kenta Shigekichi.
ELEMENTARY CHILDREN (6): 1-Chihiro Eguchi, 2-Masaki Nakagawa, 3-Rikuro Maeda.
DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Kanade Kubota & Toshiyuki Moriuchi, 2-Takayuki Hino & Kazuki Yokota.
SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2-Michihito Kageyama.
MASTERS / over 50 (11): 1-Shunzi Terao, 2-Masaaki Isobe.
QUEEN LADIES CUP (8): 1-Kaoruko Kisuno, 2-Tatsuko Mochizuki.
ABT - ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 28-May 1, 2016; Atlanta, Georgia
CHAMPIONSHIP (25): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Vadim Musaelyan (NC), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC); 1LC-Brian Lonergan (LA).
INTERMEDIATE (20): 1-Judy Field (MI), 2-Homer Hector (GA); 1C-Dennis Lutz (GA), 2C-Charles Edwards (GA); 1LC-Jeremy Moulton (GA).
NOVICE (4): 1-Michael Wilson (GA), 2-Sean Montgomery (TN).
ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (10): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Sean Garber (IN).
ATLANTA CUP AMATEUR JACKPOT (11): 1-Stuart Domeshek (GA), 2-Joe Nolan (TN).
DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Adrian Costa (GA) & Forrest Faulk (GA), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA) & Samra Hadden (GA).
MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Adrian Costa (GA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Ben Elliott (NC).
OVERFLOW SENIORS TOURNAMENT: 1-Jim Hickey (NC), 2-Alan Epstein (GA).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (15): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Vadim Musaelyan (NC); 1C-Carl Sorg (GA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1/2-Ben Friesen (MI) / Samra Hadden (GA).
WBF - 1ST WORLDWIDE BACKGAMMON TROPHY - GEORGIA & WORLDWIDE TEAM CHALLENGE
April 27-May 1, 2016; Tbilisi, Georgia
MASTER FLIGHT (169): 1-Agamir Gevorkyan (Russia), 2-Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA), 3-Suren Karatorosyan (Armenia), 4-Artur Muradyan (Armenia), 5-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 6-Yoshiyuki Nakamura (Japan), 7-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 8-Mamuka Asatiani (Georgia); 1LC- Jemal Chachua (Georgia), 2LC-Christopher Rogers (England); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (33): 1-Baglat Rapava (Russia), 2-Valico Toreli (Georgia), 3-Simon Morecroft (England), 4-Vagif Zaidov (Azerbaijan), 5-Gagik Harutyunyan (Armenia); 1LC-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), 2LC-Tigran Ohanyan (Armenia); Ladies Prize-Juliya Gromenkova (Russia).
TEAM CHALLENGE (15 teams): 1-UK I: Captain Raj Jansari, Lawrence Powell, Chris Rogers, Leo Waters, Sebastian Wilkinson; Reserve player: Yan Kit Chan, 2-Russia I: Captain Sergey Erokhin, Alexey Askurava, Agamir Gevorkyan, Alexander Khandin, Mikael Vardanyan; Reserve players: Timur Azizov, Sergey Petukhov, 3-Russia II: Captain Yaroslav Guzev, Konstantin Bartach, Sergey Alenin, Atsamaz Arsagov, Timur Bulekbaev, Aleksandr Solodukhin; Reserve player: Yaroslav Gusev.
MASTER DOUBLES (36 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard-Ludwig Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Tim Line (England) & Leo Waters (England), 3/4-Alexander Chanturidze (Georgia) & David Tevdoradze (Georgia) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey) & Gökhan Kazandag (Turkey).
SUPER-JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Alexander Khandin (Russia), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
SUPER-JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Cecilia Sparke (England), 2-Alla Margaryan (Armenia), 3/4-Su Shin Lim (England) / Annalisa Agosti (Italy).
ONE-POINT MATCH (64): 1-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).
CNB - 16th BACKGAMMON TORNEO CITTÀ DI JESOLO
April 22-25, 2016; Jesolo, Italy
CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Carlo Melzi, 2-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 3/4-Sergio Fragiacomo / Thomas Köb (Austria), 5/8-Marc Steyvers (Spain) / Roman Korber (Austria) / Florin Popa / Bruno Fanan.
INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Antonio Anelli, 2-Carlo Lina, 3/4-Paola Aiello / Rolf Hauswirth (Switzerland); 1C-Sonia Pellegrini, 2C-Gianfranca Pasciu.
MARIO SEQUEIRA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (56): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo, 2-Fabio Bigaglia.
TEAM EVENT (12 teams): 1-Dario de Toffoli / Fausto Pescini / Daniel Scheidiger, 2-Francesco Mauri / Alessandro Pettini / Daniele Rotondo.
DOUBLE CONSULTING (28): 1-Sassan Kachanian (Iran/Belgium) & Leonardo Proni, 2-Franco Candeo & Francesco Mauri.
TORNEO SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Sergio Fragiacomo, 2-Luca Martino.
OPEN HOTEL ATLANTICO (32): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Giorgio Castellano.
LADIES TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).
WARM-UP (32): 1-Thomas Köb (Austria).
SWING TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Daniel Tudose, 2-Fabio Cappelletti.
ONE-POINT (16): 1-Edgardo Bianco.
EDDY'S QUIZ: 1-Florin Popa.
WBF - 1ST INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT FOR JOURNALISTS
April 21-25, 2016; Tskaltubo, Georgia
MASTER FLIGHT (43): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA), 2-Kakhaber Gelashvili (Georgia), 3/4-Jason Pack (USA) / Ilia Nikachadze (Georgia); 1C-Marco Fornasir (Italy), 2C-Tigran Avetisyan (Armenia), 3C/4C-Eduard Mirijanyan (Armenia) / David Tevzadze (Georgia); 1LC-Beka Chkhaidze (Georgia), 2LC-Tornike Kverenchkhiladze (Georgia); Ladies Prize - Tamara Sadradze (Georgia).
ABT - U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 13-17, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada
CHAMPIONSHIP (74+28 rebuys): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Mark Ferrin (OR) / Jim Pasko (NV); 1C-Ken Bame (CA), 2C-Tom Wheeler (TX), 3C/4C-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil); 1LC-Joe Russell (CA), 2LC-Philippe Salnave (FL).
INTERMEDIATE (70+28 rebuys): 1-Ahmet Bolat (MA), 2-Jeff Whitelaw (NV), 3/4-Burt Goldstein (NM) / David Taniguchi (CA); 1C-Joe Miller (OH), 2C-Treena Bouque (CA), 3C/4C-Vlad Eydelman (IL) / Tim Lawless (OH); 1LC-Joe Apicella (NV), 2LC-Paul Franks (NV).
BEGINNERS (4): 1-David Klausa (CO).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Stick Rice (OH).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Paul Baraz (CA), 3/4-Stacy Turner (FL) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil).
BEGINNERS JACKPOT (3): 1-Diane Kropelnitski (MI).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Joe Apicella (NV), 2-Pedro Carvalho (Brazil), 3/4-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico).
DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (16 teams): 1-Cliff Pappas (AZ) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Conny Eriksson (Sweden) & Marie Gustafsson (Sweden).
BLITZ (200): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Hideo Tateno (CA).
MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (32): 1-Salomon Zonana (Mexico), 2-Paul Baraz (CA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (31): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
WBF - 28th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 15th VELDEN OPEN
March 30-April 3, 2016; Velden, Austria
MASTER FLIGHT (23): 1-Ciprian Radulescu (Romania), 2-Gerhard Stoll (Italy), 3-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy), 4-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 5-Roberto Georgi (Italy); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Ingo Mohr (Germany); Ladies Prize: Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Francesco Oliva (Italy), 2-Ioan Ciobanu (Romania), 3-Elfriede Fritz Winkler (Austria), 4-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria), 5-Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia); 1LC-Heimo Löbler (Austria), 2LC-Maurizio Fidora (Italy); Ladies Prize: Elfriede Fritz Winkler (Austria).
SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Peter Raugust (Germany), 2-Cumhur Bektüre (Turkey).
THE BEST PLAY THE BEST (2): 1-Roman Korber (Austria).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).
WARM-UP (9+26)): 1-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 2-Helmut Gerdenits (Austria).
869BG TROPHY (11+20): 1-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Iaon Ciobanu (Romania).
ONE-POINT MATCH (64): 1-Peter Urbantschitsch (Austria), 2-Neculai Draganuta (Romania).
13th EUROPEAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (11 teams): 1-Ingo Mohr (Germany) & Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Tunç Hamarat (Turkey/Austria).
28th NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON
March 23-28, 2016; Copenhagen, Denmark
CHAMPIONSHIP (103): 1-Raj Jansari (England), 2-Michael Weile (DK), 3/4-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 5/8-Jon Barnes (England) / Peter Christiansen (DK) / Bjørn Inge Lorentzen (Norway) / Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece); 1LC-Sampo Niskanen (Finland), 2LC-André Larsen (Norway).
ADVANCED (77): 1-Thomas Kokholm (DK), 2-Klaus Switon (DK), 3/4-Eva Zizková (Czech Republic) / Peter Toftsø (DK), 5/8-Jan Petersen (DK) / Lorenzo Rusconi (Italy) / Cato Fordham (England) / Jesper Jensen (DK); 1LC-Vadim Michagin (DK), 2LC-Christian Skjæran (DK).
INTERMEDIATE (79): 1-Wolfgang Henze (Gemany), 2-Sigrid Seyrling (Austria), 3/4-Anni Bech Nielsen (DK) / Margrethe Louise Pedersen (DK); 1LC-Kevin El Hmoud (DK), 2LC-Rain Bilderbeek (The Netherlands).
BEGINNER (29): 1-Frederik Mikkelsen (DK), 2-Jan Villumsen (DK), 3/4-Mads Gaston Bjørn-Nielsen (DK) vs Sami Kosha (DK); 1LC-Joaquim Marques Nielsen (DK), 2LC-Rodolfo Patricio (Portugal).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (65 teams): 1-André Larsen (Norway) & Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Kåre Aronsson (Sweden), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) & Kimon Papadopoulos (Germany) / Niels Skov Larsen (DK) & Tommy Larsen (DK).
MIXED DOUBLES (52 teams): 1-Sabine Hildebrandt (Germany) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 2-Anita Marholm (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (49): 1-Pernille Andersen (DK), 2-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3/4-Lene Espersen (DK) / Marianne Petersen (DK).
SPEED GAMMON (128): 1-Klaus Switon (DK), 2-Jan Cerny (Czech Republic), 3/4-Paul Gilbertson (England) / Eric McAlpine (England), 5/8-Marinos Hindkjær (DK) / Carter Mattig (USA) / Carlo Melzi (Italy) / Klaus Switon (DK).
TMP TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Saban Simsek (DK), 2-Jan Larsen (DK).
XG MASTERS (9): 1-Thomas Kristensen (DK), 2-Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA).
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Sissel Mohr Poulsen (Denmark).
DAILY TOURNAMENT (Saturday) (32): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Henrik Hansen (DK), 3/4-Tage Mellgren (DK) / Ole Michael Nielsen (DK).
TEAM TOURNAMENT (28 teams): 1-Germany: Martin Birkhahn, Maik Stiebler & Norbert Wiebusch, 2-Renseriet (Denmark): Martin Foldager, Reza Jamali & Peter Lego.
WARM UP (78): 1-Axel Stemark (DK), 2-Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland), 3/4-Morten Marx (DK) / Nissim Murciano (Israel).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Götz Hildsberg (Germany), 3/4-Tore Fredriksen (Norway) / Jason Pack (USA).
DENMARK VS THE WORLD: The World Team won 25-19.
1-The World Team: Captain Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Tore Fredriksen (Norway), Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), Thomas Ronn (Sweden), Akiko Yazawa (Japan), Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
2-Denmark Team: Captain Michael Weile & Theil Rasmussen, Peter Friberg, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "Mik" Larsen, Sander Lylloff, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt.
DANISH PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lars Nielsen.
HONORARY AWARD: Louisa Dahlin Friberg.
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).
ABT - 22nd ANNUAL OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 18-20, 2016; Cleveland, Ohio
OPEN (38): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-David Todd (MO); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Frank Raposa (VA).
ADVANCED (43): 1-Bruce Ballance (PA), 2-Amy Trudeau (IL); 1C-Reggie Harvel (MI), 2C-David Zakrajsek (IN).
NOVICE (12): 1-Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-Donna Davenport (OH); 1C-Linda Bradley (NC).
OHIO MASTERS (16): 1-Jacob "Stick" Rice (OH), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).
AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Rezai (OH), 2-Mike Vasilatos (OH).
DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Chris Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA), 2-Bruce Ballance (PA) & Pete Townsend (PA).
MICRO BLITZ (64): 1-David Zakrajsek (IN), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).
QUICKIES (32): 1-Brian Vance (MI), 2-Ross Gordon (CT).
THURSDAY WARM-UP (16): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-Ben Elliott (NC).
1st NATIONS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 4-6, 2016; Saint-Paul de Vence, France
NATIONS TOURNAMENT (11 teams): 1-North of France Team: Christophe Guicheteau / Michel Serrero / Scarlett Serrero / Franck Stepler, 2-South of France Team: Stéphane Benessiano / Pierre Gondran / Alexis Vincent / Philippe Vouhé.
MASTERS (37): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Lawrence Powell (England), 3/4-Edmond Mezini (Italy) / Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy); 1C-David Brown (England), 2C-Stéphane Benessiano (France), 3C/4C-Massimiliano Cettolin (Italy) / Alexis Vincent (France).
INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Arthur Wright (England), 2-Valentin Otetea (France); 1C-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Christophe Guicheteau (France).
BEGINNERS (4): 1-Gabriela Salgado Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2-Federico Riceputi (Italy).
SAINT-PAUL'S ARTY TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Andy Bell (England), 2-Myke Wignall (England).
FMT - ISTAVDER 8th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 26-28, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey
8th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #1 (64): 1-Selahattin Hacioglu (Turkey) & Salih Yener (Turkey), 2-Arzu Akincioglu (Turkey) & Yalkin Erk (Turkey).
8th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #2 (64): 1-Can Biyiklioglu (Turkey) & Mehmet Ali Erten (Germany), 2-Amir Eshraghi (Iran) & Ebrahim Eshraghi (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fatih Bellice (Turkey), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey).
TEAM CHALLENGE (32 Teams): 1-Murat Cengiz (Turkey), Ibrahim Terzi (Turkey), Murat Kayaturk (Turkey).
ONE POINT #1: (64) Hasan Yargan (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2: (64) Ozan Gundogdu (Turkey).
ONE POINT #3: (64) Bülent Isildar (Turkey).
ONE POINT #4: (64) Roman Gvenetadze (Georgia).
SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16) Murat Ibrahimoglu (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16) Abdullah Ser (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16) Murat Kapikiran (Turkey).
JACKPOT WINNERS (5x8): Bahattin Uzunoglu (Turkey), Amir Eshraghi (Iran), Necmettin Saltkaya (Northern Cyprus), Kian Ghodsi (Iran), Dogan Sunar (Turkey).
SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Serkan Calisir (Turkey), Marcel Buker (Germany), Kamran Sharifi (Iran), Sefik Mancilikcilar (Switzerland), Ceren Kosdemir (Turkey).
ABT - 2016 SUNSHINE STATE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 19-21, 2016; Clearwater, Florida
OPEN (10): 1-Bob Carpenter (FL), 2-Eric Barr (KS); 1C-Leon Marini (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Michael Valliere (PA), 2-Jerry Ungar (FL); 1LC-Eric Stevens (FL).
NOVICE (6): 1-Marcus Klebe (FL), 2-Juan Erazo (FL).
GULF COAST DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Doug Johnson (FL) & Roland Leutert (FL).
MICRO BLITZ (8): 1-Bob Wright (FL).
AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Michael Valliere (PA).
1st GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 10-14, 2016; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
CHAMPIONSHIP (165): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Peer Röwer (Germany), 3/4-Thomas Myhr (Denmark) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France), 5/8-Leon Dorel (Romania) / Sergey Erokhin (Russia) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England); 1C-Steen Haff (Denmark), 2C-Aref Alipour (Iran/England), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland).
INTERMEDIATE (51): 1-Florin Sabau (Romania), 2-Andrea Chen (Italy), 3/4-Karina Langhoff de Thurah (Denmark) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan); 1C-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2C-Morten Knudsen (Denmark).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (USA), 2-Pavel Bielewicz (Poland/Sweden).
SPEED TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Aron Tendler (Sweden), 2-Vincent De Nardi (France), 3/4-Magnus Koraen (Sweden) / Martin Birkhahn (Germany), 5/8-Carter Mattig (USA) / Zoran Maric (France) / Ann Maibritt Ehlers (Denmark) / Youssef Azari (Denmark).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Aref Alipour (Iran/England) & Eric McAlpine (England), 2-Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 3/4-Tue Rasmussen (Denmark) & Hallur Sævarsson (Iceland) / Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).
FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Christian Andresen (Belgium) / Sylvia Wist (Germany).
LADIES PRIZE: Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).
ABT - 4th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 4-7, 2016; San Antonio, Texas
CHAMPIONSHIP (68+26 rebuys): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Gary Fries (VA), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / David Kettler (TX); 1C-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2C-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3C/4C-Gus Contos (CA) / Barry Power (TX); 1LC-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2LC-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
ADVANCED (40+8 rebuys): 1-Philip Rousselle (TX), 2-Lloyd Jerauld (TX); 1C-Cem Aslan (TX), 2C-Robert Urquhart (TX), 3C/4C-Dave McKenzie (KS) / Rose Sheedy (IN); 1LC-Mario Savan (CA).
LIMITED (21): 1-Linda Bradley (NC), 2-Scott Butki (TX); 1C-Rebecca Lively (TX), 2C-Kathy Quentan (TX); 1LC-Paula Pipes (TX).
DUAL-DUEL TOURNAMENT (8): 1-PR Winner Bob Wachtel (CA), 2-Score Winner Steve Sax (CA).
LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (25+6): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Sax (CA) / Bob Wachtel (CA).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (28+4): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Gary Fries (VA), 3/4-Eric Hiner (MN) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-April Kennedy (MN), 2-Robert Orth (TX).
USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS (17 teams): 1-Harvey Gillis (AZ) & Petko Kostadinos (SC), 2-Gus Contos (CA) & Richard Munitz (NY).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEST (96): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
USBGF $1,000 PRIME TOURNAMENT FREE ROLL (64): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Eric Hiner (MN).
$1,000 SURPRISE FREE ROLL (32): 1-John Bird (TX), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1/2-Julius High (KS) / Albert Steg (MA).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (32): 1-Ira Hessel (TX), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON #1 (32): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Scott Ward (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).
$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Odis Chenault (CA) / Herb Roman (IL).
ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (16): 1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-William McHone (TX).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2016 Inductees - Patrick Gibson (CA), Danny Kleinman (CA), Howard Markowitz (NV) and Tim Holland (deceased).
TBT - 2016 ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 15-17, 2016; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Naim Onur Tezmen, 2-Masoud Aghdam (Iran), 3/4-Ali Necdet Akbayrak / Tunc Hamarat; 1C-Huseyin Cetintas, 2C-Emrullah Cosar, 3C/4C-Martin Barkwill (England) / Cengiz Ergin; 1LC-Mehmet Ali Akpolat, 2LC-Fatih Seven.
LADIES PRIZE (7): 1-Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria), 2-Nesrin Becerici.
ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (29): 1-Huseyin Cetintas, 2-Ali Necdet Akbayrak.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (44 pairs): 1-Serkan Koc & Suzan Koc, 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel) & Ricardo Malas (Spain), 3/4-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran) & Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Burak Culhaci & Tuncay Yazici.
"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (77): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-K. Zafer Akbiyik, 3/4-Martin Sagradian (Ukraine) / Gultekin Uygur.
869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ismail Bilgili, 2-Yasar Gozel, 3/4-Levent Erim / Marianne Farraj (Lebanon/Austria).
SWING (59): 1-Kerim Bilge, 2-Shimon Kagan (Israel).
BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (21): 1-Martin Barkwill (England), 2-Cumhur Bekture.
1-POINTER (128): 1-Fouad Farraj (Lebanon), 2-Taner Ucarer, 3/4-Gural Bulut / Ysar Gozel.
BG4BG JACKPOTS (8x8): Winners - Fatih Seven, Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia/Turkey), Gural Bulut, Rusen Ali Soylu, Tim Line (England), Walter Busato (Italy), Alexey Askurava (Russia).
ABT - 9th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 6-10, 2016; Jersey City, New Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (70+16 rebuys): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); 1C-Ben Friesen (MI), 2C-Rory Pascar (IL), 3C/4C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Jeb Horton (NC); 1LC-Frank Talbot (MI), 2LC-Brent Cohen (PA).
INTERMEDIATE (66+18 rebuys): 1-Jordan Schwitzer (NY), 2-Michael Shmuely (NY), 3/4-Bruce Ballance (PA) / Canan Aktas (NY); 1C-Kevin Walsh (NJ), 2C-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Ruben Martirosyan (NY); 1LC-Michael Robinson (NY), 2LC-Cloyd Laporte (NY).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (26): 1-Frank Echols (NJ), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Jenna Longman (MI), 2C-Alia Azamat (NJ); 1LC-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY).
BEGINNER (18): 1-Troy Longman II (MI), 2-Chris Coppa (NY); 1C-Dan Schechner (NY); 1LC-Andrew Lin (WA).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Julian Schulman (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Jay Karns (NY), 3/4-Leon Marini (NJ) / Eric Stevens (FL).
LIMITED JACKPOT OVERFLOW (18): 1-Antoinette Williams (NY), 2-Michael Valliere (PA).
2-POINT MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Albert Steg (MA), 3/4-Larry Shiller (CT) / Tony Wuersch (RI).
BLITZ (160): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Gary Koscielny (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Fran Goldfarb (NY) / Cloyd Laporte (NY).
SENIORS OVERFLOW TOURNAMENT (16): 1/2-Doug Huch (NJ) / Alan Steffen (NY).
$500 JACKPOT (4): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Sergiy Rybiy (NY).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Pete Anderson (WA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).
USA vs THE WORLD: 1-World Team: Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Thomas Kristensen (Denmark) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-USA Team: Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Matt Cohn-Geier (CA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (USA) / Steve Sax (CA). The World Team edged Team USA with points scored in multiple events. Team USA edged the World Team in PR including final consultation match: 3.08 vs 3.33.
HIGH ROLLER EVENT (20): 1-Mike "Falafel" Natanzon (USA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA).
