International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT - 46th LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON OPEN (preliminary results)
June 7-11, 2023; Los Angeles, California

BMAB-USA LOS ANGELES (22): 1-William Reeves (CO), 2/5-Alex Eshagian (CA) / Marty Storer (NH) / Paul Swain (WA).

BOB GLASS MASTERS JACKPOT (28):
Semifinals: Fred Chamanara (IL) / Todd Crosner (AZ) / Steve Sax (CA) / Marty Storer (NH)

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (40):
Final 5: Patrick Keene (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Robert Virnig (CA) / Michael Vosguenitchian (CA) / Patrick Enright (WA) or Michael Ramsey (CA)

ABT OPEN (52+28 rebuys):

ABT ADVANCED (38+18 rebuys):

ABT INTERMEDIATE:

JUNIORS:

SENIORS:

PRO-AM DOUBLES:

WONDER WOMAN JACKPOT:

DMP:

BLITZ:

ABT ONLINE! - THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, JUNE
June 3, 2023; Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com

ABTO MAIN (14): 1-Blake Sorem (WA).

WBF - 17th ANKARA REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - TBT
June 2-4, 2023; Ankara, Turkey

"KURSAD SOLAK MEMORIAL" MAIN EVENT (140): 1-Aykut Uzel, 2-Bulent Guner, 3-Cumhur Bekture, 4-Fatih Ozis.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (51): 1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Abdullah Sorguven.

LADIES PRIZE (10): 1-Tulay Emekci, 2-Cigdem Tekelioglu.

TRADITIONAL BACKGAMMON (55): 1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Ilyas Yavuz, 3-Can Gumus, 4-Recep Kursat Palamutoglu.

"ALI KAMIS MEMORIAL" SWING (82): 1-Cumhur Bekture, 2-Nazmi Sengul, 3-Aykut Uzel, 4-Cem Cebeci.

"ALI ARCAN GUNEY MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (71 teams): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Yilmaz Yigit, 2-Umit Bata & Meral Ceylan, 3/4-Mehmet Bekiroglu & Meftun Ulas / Mert Koral & Aykut Uzel.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Birgul Onder, 3/4-K. Zafer Akbiyik & Mert Sarica.

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Gulderen Gucavli, 2-Emrulllah Cosar, 3/4-Zafer Onder / Abdullah Sorguven.

TBT-2023 SATELLITE JACKPOTS (8X8): Winners – Umit Bata, Kemal Okal, Ramaz Ukleba, Hakan Cinal, Gultekin Uygur, Mujde Yalcin, Yuksel Zabun #1, Yuksel Zabun #2.

869BG JACKPOT (8): 1-Murat Topcu.

KINGGAMMON JACKPOT (8): 1-Derya Gunes.

UKBGT - LONDON INTERMEDIATES / OPEN / UKBGF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP
May 27-28, 2023; London, England

INTERMEDIATES (64): 1-David Tulip, 2-Becca Bell; 1C-Paul Moulton, 2C-Paul Ryb; 1LC-Hannah Parente, 2LC-Aniel Ciobanu.

OPEN (48): 1-Danny De Meester, 2-David Brown, 3-Reza Aghdam.

UKBGF CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP (26 teams): 1-East Kent Club "The Peasants Revolt": Captain Peter Finnimore, Gary Brooker, Larry Smyth, Martin Taylor, David Tingey, 2-Bristol "A" Club: Captain Andy Boysan, Ian Hedges, Stuart Mann, Safi Tracey, Neil Young; 1C-Clissold Arms North London B Club: Captain Martin Sher, Harvey Kass, Aydin Kolcak, Guy Levi, Ivan Scheer, 2C-Birmingham Bulls: Captain Richard Carter, Matthew Fisher, Peter Hodson, Steve Moxley, Rob Perry.

15th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 26-29, 2023; Wiesbaden, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (95): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Horst Büchner, 3/4-Maros Dejan (Switzerland) / Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 5/8-Jens Averkamp / Dag Ekmark (Norway) / Ann Pocknell (UK/Germany) / Dirk Schiemann; 1LC-Philipp Heyng.

INTERMEDIATE (59): 1-Fred Brendler, 2-Oliver Hauk, 3/4-Dustin Kuipers / Jürgen Kunkel, 5/8-Firouzeh Akhavan (Austria) / Dragos Ciornei / Jean Parizon / Toni Savio; 1LC-Marc Priebe.

BEGINNERS (26): 1-LotharTrumpp, 2-Gabriele Förster, 3/4-Thomas Orit / Helge Peukert; 1LC-Karl-Heinz Baatz.

SUPER JACKPOT I (32): 1-Mario Kühl, 2-Marcus Reinhard.
SUPER JACKPOT II (16): 1-Ercan Recan (Switzerland), 2-Yurri Yatsky (Ukraine).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Ulrich Zöller, 2-Vedat Özcan (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 2-Dustin Kuipers, 3/4-Faruk Kocaer (Turkey) / Axel Schürmann.

LADIES CUP (20): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend, 2-Regine Papachristopoulos.

CONSULTATION DOUBLE CHAMPIONS (32 teams): 1-Alain Babillon & Vincent De Nardi (France), 2-Kristoffer Hötzeneder & Ulrich Woelke, 3/4-Fred Brendler & Dirk Schiemann / Werner Frey & Christian Hänßel.

LIMITED DOUBLE INTERMEDIATE (19 teams): 1-Wolfgang Kunkel & Urich Zöller, 2-Peter Haßelberg & Heike Müller.

ABT - 41st CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 24-29, 2023; Rosemont, Illinois

ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (88): 1-Greg Lilley (FL), 2-Mike Horri (GA), 3/7-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Herb Roman (IL) / Gerry Tansey (MO) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 8/10-Chris Knapp (MA) / Barry Miller (IL) / Frank Talbot (MI).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (54): 1-Steve Klesker (IL), 2-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3/7-Kai Demler (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Alex Owen (IL) / Erol Sozen (IL) / Daniel Vargas (IL), 8/10-Paul Belsito (MI) / Thomas Rosendich (WI) / Carl Staples (IL).

NOVICE (14): 1-Jason Dordel (WI), 2/5-Ryan Bronson (SD) / Eric Gregory (IL) / Jon Kahn (IL) / J. H. Neuberger (IL).

WBGF WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (8): 1-The Loose Ones: Joe Russell (CA), Ian Terry (TX), Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-AmericaZillish: Ray Fogerlund (CA), Ary Nogueira (Brazil), Joseph Sheppard (England).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (23): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Mark Kaye (IL).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (48): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Greg Merriman (MI), 4/6-Ken Bame (CA) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).

FASTER MASTER (24): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 3/4-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR) / Boris Shafransky (MD).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Joseph Sheppard (England), 3/4-Scott Bailey (GA) / Alex Owen (IL).

TAKI BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Greg Merriman (MI).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Craig Anderson (IL) & Steve Hairgrove (IL), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Joseph Sheppard (England), 3/4-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Julius High (GA) / Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) & Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).

JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Franklin Scott (MN), 2-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden), 3/4-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3/4-John Stryker (IL) / Brian Vance (MI).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER ( 64 Seniors + Juniors): 1-Franklin Scott (MN), 2-Allen Tish (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Craig Anderson (IL) / Greg Merriman (MI).

1-POINT QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (11): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

10th BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (27): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) 38 correct answers, 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) 35 correct, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) 34 correct, 4-Bill Lonergan (NY) 33 correct, 5/6-Craig Anderson (IL) / Joseph Sheppard (England) 32 correct.

NCBA: 4th NORTHERN CYPRUS ARKIN BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 16-21, 2023; Famagusta, North Cyprus

MASTER (89): 1-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 2-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 3-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 4-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 5-Gökay Güleç (Turkey), 6-Aidin Mehtar (Iran), 7-Konrad Froschl (Sweden), 8-Jalil Khalili (Iran); 1LC-Victor Ashkenazi (USA), 2LC-Justin Bor (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (34): 1-Edip Emre Akduman (Turkey), 2-Huseyin Kilili (North Cyprus), 3-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran), 4-Gia Pochkhua (Georgia); 1LC-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2LC-Chawki Karam (Lebanon).

MEGAJACKPOT (8): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait).

SUPERJACKPOT (24): 1-Soso Menadbashvili (Georgia), 2-Yuval Yavnelli (Israel).

DOUBLES #1 (32 teams): 1-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus) & Salih Kayali (North Cyprus), 2-Minh Nguyen (France) & Self, 3/4-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Self / Gia Pochkhua (Georgia) & Revaz Tskhovtrbashvili (Georgia).

DOUBLES #2 (16 teams): 1-Talat Bagibala (Turkey) & Yilmaz Yigit (Turkey), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel) & Self.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (England).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 2-Andac Sevimli (North Cyprus).

SUPERSPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Taner Uçarer (Turkey), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia).

1-POINT (64): 1-Soso Menadbashvili (Georgia), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (England).

SPECIAL PLAYERS: 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Patrick Gebeili (France).

ABT ONLINE! - THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, MAY
May 14, 2023; Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com

ABTO MAIN (13): 1-Ilia Guzei (WI).

ABT - PENNSYLVANIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 5-7, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ABT OPEN DIVISION 1 (23): 1-Chris Knapp (MA), 2-Joe Urso (NY); 1C-Raymond Pasternak (PA); 1LC-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

ABT ADVANCED DIVISION 2 (15): 1-Ralph D'Onofrio (NY); 1C-David Danischewski (NY); 1LC-Ed Corey (CT).

MASTERS JACKPOT (4): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

NOVICE (6): 1-Enghin Atalay (PA), 2-Jared Schneider (PA).

EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (8): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Julius High (GA).

PRE-TOURNEY #1 (8): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Bob Grasso (PA).
PRE-TOURNEY #2 (8): 1-Art Sutton (NJ), 2-Mike Vena (NY).

BLITZ #1 (4): 1-Galen Hall (NY).
BLITZ #2 (4): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Joel Adams (PA) & Mimmo Cefariello (PA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Julius High (GA).

27th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2023; Tokyo, Japan

CHAMPIONSHIP (61): 1-Kentaro Meijo, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa, 3-Kengo Nakasuka, 4-Yoshitaka Honjo; 1LC-Masato Nagao.

INTERMEDIATE (29+29): 1/2 Hitoshi Kawaai / Alvin Dewalt, 3/4-Yasuko Masuda / Jerome Poirier (France).

BEGINNERS: Overall winner - Morio Fujii / Taro Ogura; Day 1 (34): Winner - Morio Fujii; Day 2 (27): Winner - Manabu Tomiyama; Day 3 (29): Winner - Taro Ogura.

KISEI DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (13 teams): 1-Takayuki Hino & Hitoshi Kawaai, 2-Kiyokazu Nishikawa & Hideki Takeda.

UNDER 25 "SHIN-EI-SEN" (6 & 6): 1-Koki Miyaji, 2-Takumi Mimura.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Yosuke Tachi.

OTHELLO BACKGAMMON QUIZ (49): 1-Naoya Kihara / Yuki Takahashi / Kanade Kubota (7/10 correct).

MOCHY'S MILLION BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT (29): 1-Shinichiro Kaneko, 2-Hiroyuki Kawakami, 3-Masatoshi Kamiya.

MONACO CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT (68): 1-Kengo Nakasuka.

13th RUSSIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 1-9, 2023; Rostov-on-Don, Russia

BACKGAMMON MAIN (96): 1-Viktor Barseghyan, 2-Mikhail Eremin, 3-Alexander Shashkov, 4-Hayk Dolunts, 5/6-Airat Fatykhov / Tsaruk Manukyan, 7/8-Alkas Lagulaa / Alexander Solodukhin, 9/12-Alexander Bubnov / Armen Hovsepyan / Konstantin Inozemtsez / Mikael Vardanyan.

DOUBLES BG (32 teams): 1-Vasily Chemokhonenko & Alexey Ignarin, 2-Nikita Lyashchenko & Albert Usmanov, 3-Konstantin Bartash & Agamir Gevorkyan, 4-Airat Fatykhov & Kamil Makhmudov.

ROSTOV-OPEN BG (64): 1-Arsen Kaitiukov, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Yury Akopov, 4-Viktor Biyanov.

BLITZ BG (32): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Timur Azizov #1, 3/4-Timur Azizov #2 / Nikita Lyashchenko.

SUPERJACKPOT BG (16): 1-Garry Lagvilava, 2-Agamir Gevorkyan.

LONGGAMMON CLASSIC MAIN (128): 1-Asatur Zakaryan, 2-Olga Tatar, 3-Sergey Ozols, 4-Viktor Bozhko, 5/6-Alexey Klimov / Alexander Shashkov, 7/8-Marat Aguzarov / Oleg Khokhlov, 9/12-Vitaly Fesenko / Henry Gasparyan / Armen Hovsepyan / Konstantin Pustokhin.

ROSTOV-OPEN CLASSIC (64): 1-Arsen Marukyan, 2-Karen Ghazaryan, 3-Ivan Merzlikin, 4-Oleg Khomyakov, 5/8-Ruslan Efimenko / Alexander Golovikhin / Dmitry Morozov / Alexander Poselenov.

SUPERJACKPOT CLASSIC (16): 1-Araik Hovhannisyan, 2-Henry Gasparyan.

BLITZ TOURNAMENT / VLADIMIR KULESHOV MEMORIAL (64): 1-Airat Fatykhov, 2-Rodion Pliev, 3/4-Artashes Aghababyan / Hayk Dolunts.

NARDGAMMON MAIN (112): 1-Robert Sadgyan, 2-Kirill Ignatiev, 3-Arsen Kaitukov, 4-Dmitry Prishchepa, 5/6-Evgeny Berezin / Anzor Khagundokov, 7/8-Hayk Dolunts / Armais Jalodyants, 9/12-Boris Gadamov / Misak Gevorkyan / Oleg Khomyakov / Alexander Shashkov.

DOUBLES NG (16 teams): 1-Konstantin Shabanov & Oleg Shabanov, 2-Armen Hovsepyan & Self, 3-Araik Hovhannisyan & Viktor Naumenko, 4-Hayk Dolunts & Stepan Grigoryan.

ROSTOV-OPEN NG (64): 1-Artashes Aghababyan, 2-Artyom Charyants, 3-Henry Gasparyan, 4-Igor Zhukov.

BLITZ NG (32): 1-Mikael Yadaev, 2-Araik Hovhannisyan, 3/4-Alexey Bondarev / Viktor Naumenko.

SUPERJACKPOT NG (16): 1-Araik Hovhannisyan, 2-Maxim Oleshchenko.

ABT ONLINE! - THE BIG FREEZE-OUT, APRIL
April 29, 2023; Heroes3.BackgammonStudio.com

ABTO MAIN (36): 1-Rodryk Schönfeld (Germany), 2/9-Craig Anderson (IL) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Eduardo Costa (Brazil) / Marc Emrich (CO) / Sean Garber (IN) / Edward Onny (CO) / Larry Shiller (TX) / Blake Sorem (WA).

FMBGT: ISTAVDER TOURNAMENT 15th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FEAST
April 27-30, 2023; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (668): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Mehmet Çakici (North Cyprus), 3-Attila Inanli (TUR), 4-Amir Abbas Pourbozorg (Iran), 5-Aziz Çelikkaya (TUR), 6-Caner Çam (TUR), 7-Hadi Nasim (Iran), 8-Samet Kurtulmus (TUR), 9-Dogan Celal (North Cyprus), 10-Tan Bostan (TUR), 11-Samet Karapiçak (TUR), 12-Jakob Garal (Ukraine), 13-Aref Alipour (Iran/UK), 14-Cüneyt Gürbüz (TUR), 15-Ekrem Basdas (Germany), 16-Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), 17-Marsel Eskinazi (TUR), 18-Marcel Geist (Germany), 19-Justin Nowell (USA), 20-Ali Çetin Belene (TUR), 21-Oliver Squire (England), 22-Barbaros Akyar (TUR); 1C-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 2C-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC/2LC-Pouya Rajabi (Iran) / Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).

"UMUT GÖKGÖZ" CONSULTATION DOUBLES (164 teams): 1-Roohollah Amir Andy & Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Ricardo Malas & Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 3/4-April Mesich & Michael Mesich (USA) / Hussein Khushsefat & Pourya Mahoti (Iran).

SPEEDGAMMON (171): 1-Amir Farajpour (Iran), 2-Nima Shahsavar (Iran), 3-Mann Darzi (Iraq).

LADIES SPECIAL (KADINLARA ÖZEL) TOURNAMENT (66): 1-Aysel Güzel (TUR), 2-Zeynep Serap Isim (TUR).

TEAM CHALLENGE (43 teams): 1-Team ROMANIA: Mihail Andrei Iordache, Andreea Gabriela Paun, Andrei Christian Paun, Radu Nelu, Boghiu Sorin, 2-Team BERLIN BEARS (Germany): Vitali Olchanski, Faruk Kocaer, Guido Weidner, Richard Fiegen, Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), Team VIKINGS: 1-Elena Gromenkova (Russia), Bjorn Kroghsbo (Denmark), Juliya Gromenkova (Russia), Kaj Damgaard Nielsen (Denmark), Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).

ONE POINT #1 (32): 1-Can Çag (Georgia).
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Aydin Kolçak (England).
ONE POINT #3 (64): 1-Cassidy Nelson (England).
ONE POINT #4 (64): 1-Iordan Marinov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #5 (64): 1-Ismail Güçlü (TUR).
ONE POINT #6 (64): 1-Tunç Çelik (TUR).
ONE POINT #7 (64): 1-Bahattin Uzunoglu (TUR).
ONE POINT #8 (64): 1-Amarali Asadi (Iran).
ONE POINT #9 (64): 1-Onur Ihtiyar (TUR).
ONE POINT #10 (64): 1-Behzad Keshavarzi (Iran).
ONE POINT #11 (64): 1-Gürsel Dinçbilek (TUR).
ONE POINT #12 (64): 1-Mehmet Ali Akpolat (TUR).
ONE POINT #13 (64): 1-Meisam Pourtaghi (Iran).
ONE POINT #14 (64): 1-Ubeyde Oguz Esen (TUR).
ONE POINT #15 (64): 1-Mohammadhassan Aghaei (Iran).
ONE POINT #16 (64): 1-Heribert Lindner (Germany).
ONE POINT #17 (64): 1-Parsa Abedini (Iran).
ONE POINT #18 (64): 1-Kagan Karakaya (TUR).
ONE POINT #19 (64): 1-Kadir Filikçi (TUR).
ONE POINT #20 (64): 1-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #21 (64): 1-Adel Pourabdollahzedah (Iran).
ONE POINT #22 (64): 1-Stoycho Naydenov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #23 (64): 1-Anis Samaha (Lebanon).
ONE POINT #24 (64): 1-Hasan Canpolat (TUR).
ONE POINT #25 (64): 1-Selim Ates (TUR).
ONE POINT #26 (64): 1-Mustafa Kemal Arslan (TUR).
ONE POINT #27 (64): 1-Mehmet Hulusi (TUR).
ONE POINT #28 (64): 1-Reza Ranjbar (Iran).
ONE POINT #29 (64): 1-Ali Yousefi (Iran).
ONE POINT #30 (64): 1-Aykut Keskin (TUR).
ONE POINT #31 (64): 1-Ali Agirbas (TUR).
ONE POINT #32 (64): 1-Özcan Oranç (TUR).

ONE POINT DMP SUPER FINAL (2016+32): 1-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria).

BALKAN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2023: 1-Atilla Inanli (TUR), 2-Aziz Çelikkaya (TUR).

YOUNGEST PLAYER AWARD: Arsenii Khriplyvets (Ukraine).

HONOR AWARDS: A. Kamil Baykalogullari (TUR), Argun Erkaya (TUR), Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria), Ali Olgun (TUR), Michael Weidner (Germany), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

SPONSORSHIP & PARTNERSHIP AWARDS: Tue Rasmussen (Denmark) & Galaxy Backgammon Team, Ziya Cihan & WOW Hotels, Vedat Erbas & Pasha Casino, Süleyman Orakçioglu & D'S DAMAT, Süleyman Yurtseven & ÖzRize Gida, FmGammon.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Roberto Gaui (Brazil), April Mesich (USA), Daniel Dos Santos Costa (Australia), Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), Pouya Rajabi (Iran), Eva Zizkova (Czechia), Phil Simborg (USA), Bill Riles (USA), Faruk Kocaer (TUR), Frank Farjood (USA), Tim Parfitt (England), Burak Hakki (TUR).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE 2023 CONTENDER TOURNAMENT
April 24-26, 2023; Istanbul, Turkey

CONTENDERS (34): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 3/4-Dirk Schiemann (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway.

ABT - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 18-23, 2023; Herndon, Virginia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 1 (72): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3-Jerry Shea (NY), 4/5-Jason Lee (MD) / Chris Trencher (NY); 1C-Sean Garber (IN), 2C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3C/4C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Marty Storer (NH).

ABT ADVANCED DIVISION 2 (28): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Larry Brown (VA), 3-Neville Kerr (NC); 1C-Bob Hathaway (VA), 2C-Bill Pow (VA).

ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION 3 (18): 1-Ed Corey (CT), 2-Joseph Cancelarich (NY); 1C-Kelsey Rose (NY), 2C-Luke Fraser (FL).

BMAB-USA #25 VIRGINIA (18): 1/3-Karen Davis (FL) / Jeb Horton (NC) / Scott Kelland (CT), all with 4-1 records. PR winners: Marty Storer (NH) at 2.82, John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.52, John Klein (MD) at 3.79.

CHERRY BLOSSOM CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 3/4-Brandon Macklin (MD) / Chris Trencher (NY).

MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (40): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NY), 2-Karen Davis (FL), 3/4-John O’Hagan (IN) / Bahman Zandi (MD), 5-Dana Nazarian (CA).

SUSAN B. ANTHONY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-Ray Spehar (FL).

SACAGAWEA ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Alec Izzo #1 (FL), 3/4-Tigran Avanesian (OH) / Alec Izzo #2 (FL).

HARRIET TUBMAN INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT: (8): 1-Andrew Keller (NC), 2-Michael Andruchow (VA).

NATION'S CAPITAL DOUBLES (20 Teams): 1-Karen Davis (FL) & Kent Goulding (MD), 2-Ray Zamani (FL) & Bahman Zandi (MD).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1/2-Brian Draper (CA) / Howard Rosenthal (MA), 3/4-David Klausa (CO) / William Reeves (CO).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF (8): 1-Brian Draper (CA), 2-Jack Edelson (MN), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ray Zamani (FL), 5/8-Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Howard Rosenthal (MA) / Ray Spehar (FL).

CHERRY BLOSSOM WOMEN IN BACKGAMMON CUP (14): 1-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA); 1C-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

NIGHT OWL OPEN JACKPOT (12): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

NIGHT OWL ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-Michael Kay (MA), 2-Daniel Adler (NY); 1C-Thomas Bassam (VA).

ADVANCED NOVICE: Session #1 (23) Trophy winners – Joan Libby (FL) / Scout Jones (CO). Session #2 (19) Trophy winners – Robert Fairchild (TX) / Sheldon Richter (MD) / Jamie Rosen (NY). Session #3 (14): Trophy winners – Remington Brooks (OK) / Fred Leary (MD) / Scott Overbey DC) / Alison Schlatter (VA) / Monica Talbot (MI).

NOVICE (6): Louise Marcigliano (NY).

DC*METRO OPEN (18): Winners: Kent Goulding (MD), Julius High (GA), John Klein (MD), Ray Spehar (FL).

DC*METRO ADVANCED (12): Winners: Donald Gabbai (VA), Tom Kennedy (VA).

FTH BOARD EVENT (4): 1-Jason Lee (MD).

GAMMON GUYS BOARD EVENT (4): 1-John Brown (KY).

$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Cameron Govonlou (MA).
$50 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
$50 JACKPOT #4 (8): 1-Joe Guichebarou (WV).

32nd NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 6-9, 2023; Helsingør, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (103): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (DK), 2-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden), 5/8-Mads Andersen (DK) / Dag Ekmark (Norway) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Jens Ostermann-Petersen (DK).

ADVANCED (65): 1-Bjørn Kroghsbo (DK), 2-Stein Welle (Norway), 3/4-Kevin Jørgensen (DK) / Lars Rosquist (DK), 5/8-Siavash Hooshmand (Sweden) / Lena Sahlén (Sweden) / Erling Skorstad (DK) / Brian Viholt (DK).

INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Jimmy Sørensen (DK), 2-Laurence Sinitsky (France), 3/4-Alan Valentin (DK) / Tina Weile (DK), 5/8-Jørgen Larsen (DK) / Thomas Jørgensen (DK) / Lars Rosquist (DK) / Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany).

NOVICE (28): 1-Anders Dankelev (DK), 2-Morten Andersen (DK), 3/4-Gustav Edwards / Elias Stokholm, 5/8-Jørn Heilberg (DK) / Thomas Christian Kjeldsmark (DK) / Lisbeth Rosquist (DK) / Bertram Seiferheld (DK).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (44 teams): 1-Thomas Myhr (DK) & Klaus Switon (DK), 2-Pia Jeppesen (DK) & Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Thomas Kristensen (DK) & Jakob Rasmussen (DK) / Claus Elken (DK) & Michael Weile (DK).

MIXED DOUBLES (30 teams): 1-Andreas Becher (DK) & Pia Jeppesen (DK), 2-Matilde Schmidt (DK) & Christian Bladt (DK), 3/4-Anni Bech Nielsen (DK) & Martin Foldager (DK) / Chris Hedberg (Norway) & Grethe Welle (Norway).

HALF TIME TOURNAMENT (54): 1-Georg Lachnit-Winter (Germany), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 3/4-Rune Færvåg (Norway) / Wolfgang Henze (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (30): 1-Michael Larsen (DK), 2-Michael Urban (Germany), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).

LADIES (35): 1-Kirstine Jensen (DK), 2-Heidi Munk Andersen (DK), 3/4-Freja Bøg (DK) / Marianne Husum (Norway).

SPEED DOWN (22): 1-Kenneth Holt (DK), 2-Rolf Mørk Nielsen (DK).

SPEED UP (33): 1-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 2-Radu Ciortan (Romania/UK), 3/4-Gerhard Lindnau (Germany) / Bjørnar Kristoffersen (Norway).

TEAM EVENT: 1-Asbjørn Arntzen / Martha Gjelseth / Odin Spillum Svendsen (Norway), 2-Bjørnar Kristoffersen / Jostein Flood / Hans Liby (Norway).

WARM UP (50): 1-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 2-Don Marek (USA), 3/4-Asbjørn Arntzen (Norway) / Kenneth Olesen (DK).

ABT - U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 29-April 2, 2023; Las Vegas, Nevada

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION (55+28 rebuys): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ronald Amorim (Brazil), 3-Jonah Seewald (CO), 4/5-Richard Stubbe (TX) / David Winn (TX); Undefeated Bracket Winner - Ronald Amorim (Brazil); 1C-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3C/4C-Tristan Bettencourt (CA) / Marcelo Di Fillipo (Argentina).

ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (64+32 rebuys): 1-Tom McEvoy (NV), 2-William Reeves (CO), 3-Steve Babayoff (NV), 4/5-Rob Ring (CA) / Steve Shavel (TX); 1C-Michel Belanger (Canada), 2C-David Mulberg (CA), 3C/4C-Paul Franks (NV) / Kevin Kahl (CA).

NOVICE DIVISION (4): 1-Rick Shahab, 2-Nakisa Firouzan (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Stuart Hosen (NV), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD).

LIMITED JACKPOT (40): 1-Gor Gevorgyan (CA), 2- David DeCovnick (CA), 3/4-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Ron Wertheim (NV).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1-William Reeves (CO), 2-Denis Legare (Canada), 3/4-Mark Flannery (WV) / Tommy Tallarico (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Tom Wheeler (TX), 2-Dennis McFarlin (NV).

QUICKIE DMP (32): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Vinny Ramirez (CA).

JUNIORS (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA), 3/4-Laura Granger (CO) / Alexios Halebian (CA).

SENIORS (64): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Greg West (NV), 3/4-Dennis McFarlin (NV) / Norm Wiggins (CA).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (Juniors winner vs Seniors winner): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil).

SPEEDGAMMON I (16): 1- Al Hodis (NV), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON II (16): 1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Michael Vosgueritchian (CA).

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Suzanne Kempf (Germany) & Andreas Wuerz (Germany), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil).

SUNDAY OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Myriam Poveda (Argentina), 2-Ryan O'Sullivan (NV).

SUNDAY INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Laura Granger (CO), 3-Vera Holley (CA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-Ron Wertheim (NV).

WBF - 5th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 29-April 2, 2023; Budva, Montenegro

MASTER FLIGHT (104): 1-Guido Weidner (Germany), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3-Raj Jansari (England), 4/5-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Levani Kareli (Georgia), 6/9-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Muzaffer Karabulut (Turkey) / Peter Naguib (Germany) / Karen Sarkisyan (Georgia); 1LC-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2LC-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia) / Özgür Ozan (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Leyla Zaloutskaya (Russia/USA).

INTERMEDIATE FLIGHT (54): 1-Kemal Sagindik (Turkey), 2-Yasin Özergil (Turkey), 3-Yonas Lamnabhi (Germany), 4/5-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey) / Emilian Sdrobis (Romania); 1LC-Cornel-Liviu Paltinisanu (Romania), 2LC-Andrea Chen (Italy), 3LC/4LC-Rumen Milanov (Bulgaria) / Udo Zindler (Germany); Ladies Prize - Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia).

MERIT INTERNATIONAL SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Dinçer Günes (Turkey), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 3/4-Stephan Hartmann (Germany) / Matt Reklaitis (USA).

MERIT INTERNATIONAL SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Aref Alipour (England), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Dirk Schiemann (Germany).

MERIT ROYAL DOUBLES (57 teams): 1-Minh Nguyen & Self (France), 2-David Broomfield & John Broomfield (England), 3/4-Florin Boboc & Emilian Sdrobis (Romania) / Tobias Hellwag & Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (14): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Eva Zizkova (Czechia), 3/4-Leyla Zaloutskaya (Russia/USA) / Leni Zrnceva (North Macedonia).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Emilian Sdrobis (Romania), 3/4-Mikael Westerlund / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden).

SENIORS (128): 1-Alain Babillon (France), 2-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey), 3/4-Ingo Mohr (Germany) / Tilman Söhnchen (Germany).

ONE POINT MATCH (128): 1-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey), 2-Sergyi Zhytnyk (Ukraine), 3/4-Edgardo Bianco (Italy) / Florin Boboc (Romania).

UKBGT - WEST YORKSHIRE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2023
March 24-26, 2023; Clayton, Bradford, England

MASTERS (63): 1-Oliver Squire, 2-Adrian Jones, 3/4-Alexander Polden / Alastair Woods; 1C-Ian Davidson, 2C-Simon Morecroft /, 3C/4C-Richard McQuillan / Adam Stocks; 1LC-Alan Dekker, 2LC-Ian Gwynne; 0-2 Side Event: 1-Bek Barbaros, 2-Simon Jones.

INTERMEDIATES (51): 1-Krzysztof Cebula, 2-Mike Snowdon, 3/4-Steve Moxley / Ian Turner; 1C-Merrin Rose, 2C-Chris Jones, 3C/4C-Sebastian Byrne / Evan Williams; 1LC-Rowena Paliwoda, 2LC-Gill Misrahi; 0-2 Side Event: 1-Fanika Petkovska, 2-Angie Wade.

BRIAN LEVER TROPHY (58): 1-Connor Dickinson, 2-Frank Talbot (USA), 3/4-Seán Jones / Erne Patch.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Ian Gwynne.

WARM-UP (38): 1-Steve Carder, 2-Sergiu Nistea.

ABT - 28th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 23-26, 2023; Cleveland, Ohio

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (42): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-Greg Merriman (MI), 3-Gary Koscielny (FL), 4/5-Marcy Kossar / John O'Hagan (IN); 1C-Sean Garber (IN), 2C-Bill Calton (MI).

ABT ADVANCED (40): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Laura Granger (CO), 3-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 4/5-Anatoly Katsnelson (IL) / Joshua Posthuma (MI); 1C-William Reeves (CO), 2C-David Abood (OH).

NOVICE (8): 1-Barbara Molocznik (OH), 2/5-Charlene Britton (OH) / Kevin Haas (IN) / Brian Hilberg (OH) / Mark Shepardson (VA).

BMAB-USA OHIO (22): 1/3-Ben Friesen (MI) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Larry Shiller (TX). PR Winners: 1-Dana Nazarian (CA) at 3.24, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.36, 3-Nick Blasier (WI) at 4.59, 4-John O'Hagan (IN) at 4.68, 5-Bill Lonergan (NY) at 5.77.

OHIO MASTERS (24): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA), 3-Sean Garber (IN).

LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3-Jerry Shea (NY).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL) & Larry Shiller (TX).

WARM-UP TOURNAMENT: 1-Eric Hiner (MN), 2-Ray Cifani (OH).

AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (13): 1/2 split-Dan Minardi (CO) / Jerry Shea (NY).

ARAB OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 17-19, 2023; Jouniéh, Lebanon

MODERN BACKGAMMON MAIN / CHARLES RICHA MEMORIAL (65): 1-Carlos Abou Absi, 2-Eid Francis, 3-Niyazi Ünlütürk (Cyprus).

MODERN BACKGAMMON SUPER JACKPOT (26): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Moore Wisener (England), 3-Marian Manaila (Romania).

MODERN BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Rabih Adnan & Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 2-Walid Abi Rached & Anis Samaha, 3-Patrick Gebeili (France) & Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

TRADITIONAL MAHBOUSE BACKGAMMON MASTERS (29): 1-Nadim Mahmoud, 2-Massoud Massoud, 3-Michel Bou Yazbeck.

TRADITIONAL MAHBOUSE BACKGAMMON INTERMEDIATE (86): 1-Pierre Raii, 2-Aassem Fatayri, 3-Hanna Kabalan, 4-Naja Abi Nakhoul.

TRADITIONAL FRANJIEH BACKGAMMON MASTERS (32): 1-Tabet, Tabet, 2-Hassan Mehmet (Turkey), 3-Karim Bou Absi.

TRADITIONAL FRANJIEH BACKGAMMON INTERMEDIATE (68): 1-Christian-Nicolae Ghena (Romania), 2-Joe Kassis, 3-Adnan Sebaaly, 4-Edward Kello.

1st LOUTRAKI GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 9-12, 2023; Loutraki, Greece

MASTERS (87): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 2-Felix Ziva (Israel), 3-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 4/5-Christos Groutsos (Greece) / Giorgos Vadiakas (Greece), 6/9-Alain Babillon (France) / Martin Barkwill (England) / Giorgos Lazaris (Greece) / Dirk Schiemann (Germany); 1LC-Victor Ashkenazi (USA), 2LC-Cyrus Vafa (Sweden) 3LC/4LC-Fernando Braconi (Italy) / Rune Færevåg (Norway).

INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Athanasios Adam (Greece), 2-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 3-Stefanos Katogiannakis (Greece), 4/5-Reza Barmayehvar (Iran) / Patroklos Koudounis (Greece); 1LC-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2LC-Oliver Schneider (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Gigi Goyette-Jeffers (USA) / Afsaneh Koohestani (England).

500€ SUPER JACKPOT (48): 1-Elias Kritikos (Greece/Norway), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3-Victor Ashkenazi (USA).

SENIORS (128): 1-Polyxronis Kokkinis (Greece), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Costas Chiotinis (Greece) / Harold Forster (Monaco).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ofir Balali (Israel), 2-Gavriel Menasherov (Israel), 3/4-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Giorgos Lazaris (Greece).

DMP CHALLENGE – 1 Pointers (128): 1-Nikolaos Patronis (Greece), 2-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Alexandros Gyrtatos (Greece).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (52 teams): 1-Theodoros Dimakis (Greece) & Elias Kritikos (Norway), 2-Thomas Busch (Germany) & Jean Parizon (Germany), 3/4-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia) & Laila Leonhardt (Sweden) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) & Elie Nehme (Lebanon).

LA GAMMON (32): 1-Eric Guedj (France), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Levon Vardapetyan (Armenia).

UKBGT - RAC LONDON MASTERS & INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 3-5, 2023; London, England

RAC MASTERS (60): 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Len Brown, 3-Afshin Foulad; 1C-Will Cockerell, 2C-Steven Nelson, 3C/4C-Steve Bibby / Romolo Mudu, 1LC-Aref Alipour, 2LC-Kazuhiro Shino, 3LC/4LC-Reece Hodges / Chris O'Connor.

RAC SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Catalin Bucur, 2-Pete Heskett, 3/4-Aref Alipour / Paul Moulton.

RAC LONDON INVITATIONAL (96): 1-Danny Demeester, 2-Ehsaw Sahami, 3/4-Liviu Ionescu / Mike Ireland; 1C-Michael Flesch, 2C-Andrew Ankaran, 3C/4C-Sion Edwards / Yas Thran; 1LC-Chris Filby, 2LC-Cato Fordham.

FRIDAY SWISS (50): 1-Gabriel George, 2/6-Sam Rich / Marin Ciobanu / Dan Feeny / Merin Rose / Mike Ireland.

MAGRIEL CUP: 1-Dan Rovira, 2-Michael Pitaluga.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES: 1-Len Brown & Eric Maillebiau, 2-Mike Ireland & Afsaneh Koohestani.

ABT - ATLANTA BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
March 2-5, 2023; Atlanta, Georgia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (58): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Mike Horri (WA), 3/4-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) / Petko Kostadinov (SC); 1C-Joe Urso (NY), 2C-Kevin Jones (FL); 1LC-Michael Neagu (Canada).

ABT ADVANCED (50): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Samra Hadden (GA), 3/4-Greg Braun (GA) / Walter Hagin (GA); 1C-Bob Kratz (NC), 2C-Tom Rosandich (WI); 1LC-Roland Leutert (FL).

NOVICE (8): 1-Ece Agirbas (GA), 2-Joan Libby (FL).

SUPER JACKPOT (12): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Art Moore (TN).

BMAB-USA ATLANTA (26): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2/9-John Brown (KY) / Karen Davis (FL) / Di Di (GA) / Eric Hiner (MN) / Scotty Kelland (CT) / Michael Klein (Cayman Islands) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Tiffany Van (TX). PR winners: 1-Di Di (GA) at 3.37, 2-Michael Klein (Cayman Islands) at 5.67, 3-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.94, 4-John Brown (KY) at 6.42, 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.69.

TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Mike Horri (WA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC).

ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3-Michael Klein (Cayman Islands).

ATLANTA CUP OVERFLOW (4): 1-Alec Izzo (FL).

SENIORS #1 (64): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Jerry Shea (NY), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Dennis Culpepper (VA).
SENIORS #2 (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 3/4-Roland Leutert (FL) / Tom Rosandich (WI).

SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Michael Klein (Cayman Islands), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3-George Keller (FL).

DOUBLES (32 Teams): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada) & Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2-Laura Granger (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Eric Hiner (MN) & Michael Klein (Cayman Islands).

2-point MINI-MATCHES (48): 1-Scott Bailey (GA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3-Mehmet Agirbas (GA).

ATLANTA CLASSIC WARM-UP (32): 1-Tom Rosandich (WI), 2-Ray Spehar (FL); 1C-Donald Gabbai (VA).

NORDARASHVILI OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
February 23-26, 2023; St. Petersburg, Russia

OPEN TOURNAMENT (51): 1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Tamerlan Suleymanov, 3/4-Andrey Razumov / Elena Saukova.

LONG CLASSIC TOURNAMENT (38): 1-Sergey Kudryavtsev, 2-Armen Ovsepyan, 3/4-Ruslan Efimenko / Konstantin Pustokhin.

SUPER JACKPOT NARDEGAMMON (16): 1-Asatur Zakaryan, 2-Armen Ovsepyan.

SUPER JACKPOT BACKGAMMON (16): 1-Mikael Vardanyan, 2-Aik Dolunts.

SUPER JACKPOT NACKGAMMON (16): 1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Yakov Rudakov.

BMAB TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Mikael Vardanyan, 2-Nail Arzukhanov.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (BACKGAMMON): (16 teams): 1-Alexei Barchenkov & Ruslan Meleshko, 2-Timur Azizov & Sergey Alenin.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (NARDEGAMMON): (16 teams): 1-Genri Gasparyan & Self, 2-Elena Gromenkova & Mikael Vardanyan.

ONE POINT BG (32): 1-Sergey Alenin, 2-Albert Usmanov.
ONE POINT BG (32): 1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Alexey Barchenkov.

ONE POINT CL (32): 1-Elena Gromenkova, 2-Genri Gasparyan.
ONE POINT CL (32); 1-Ashot Arzumanyan, 2-Andrey Razumov.

NCBA: 1st ARKIN VIP BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 10-12, 2023; Isele, North Cyprus

OPEN (64): 1-Shay Asraff (USA/Israel), 2-Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 3-Galin Draganov (Bulgaria), 4-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 5-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 6-Taner Ucarer (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (30 teams): 1-Sertac Avnioglu (North Cyprus) & Hakan Rustem (North Cyprus), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Himself.

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia).

1-POINTER (32): 1-Sergey Zitnik (Ukraine), 2-Zerrin Buzkan (Turkey).

MUNKEBJERG 2023 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 10-12, 2023; Vejle, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (56): 1-Wolfgang Henze, 2-Lars Nielsen, 3/4-Freja Bøg / Pia Jeppesen.

INTERMEDIATE (65): 1-Oliver Hauk, 2-Tony Hauboff, 3/4-Brigitte Nissen / Thomas Wagner.

BEGINNER (14): 1-Sune Hansen, 2-Lisbeth Rosquist, 3-Anja Holm.

FREEROLL (82): 1-Finn Mølgaard, 2-Michael Weile.

SPEED TOURNAMENT (53): 1-Torben Hasseriis, 2-Thomas Fuglheim, 3/4-Lennart Kurland / Christian Skjæran.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Benjamin Lund, 2-Ulrik Andersen.

ABT - 10th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 8-12, 2023; San Antonio, Texas

ABT GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (99+39 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) / John O’Hagan (IN); 1C-Max Stockslager (NC), 2C-Maies Petrosian (CA), 3C/4C-Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany); 1LC-Mary Morse (TX), 2LC-Richard Munitz (NY).

ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (52+20 rebuys): 1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Benjamin Hugon (TX); 1C-Devon Fraser (Canada), 2C-Gene Eydelman (IL); 3C/4C4-Michael Holliday (TX) / Mattias Stahlberg (Sweden); 1LC-William Reeves (CO), 2LC-Jackie Smart (TX).

NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP (14): 1-Fran Miller (OH), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX).

UBC USA CHAMPIONSHIP / BMAB (16): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Dana Nazarian (CA). PR winners: 1-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.09, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.43.

MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (48): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 4/6-Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Jonah Seewald (CO) / Marty Storer (NH).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3-Avi Cohen (FL), 4/6-Cem Aslan (TX) / Paul Swain (WA) / Tiffany Van (TX).

TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Ted Cetola (FL), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).

$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Giancarlo Ratto (Peru), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Barry Miller (IL), 2-G.L. Harvie (VT), 3/4-Ray Lightbourn (Bahamas) / John Pirner (MN), 5/8-Lynda Clay (CO) / Ed O’Laughlin #1 (VA) / Chuck Kruger (TX) / Ed O’Laughlin #2 (VA).

FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-William Reeves (CO), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).

SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (48 teams): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Manny Olszynko (Canada), 2-Craig Anderson (IL) & Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3-Ben Friesen (MI) & Dan Minardi (CO).

ACE POINT DMP TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 2-John Hay (MD).

ACE POINT SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Cem Aslan (TX).

6th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 2-5, 2023; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar

MASTERS (91): 1-Geoff Hall (England), 2-Mark Ferrin (USA), 3-Francisco Domingues (Portugal), 4/5-Johan Norberg (Sweden) / Anna Parker (England), 6/9-Raphael Rosalba (France) / Vincent de Nardi (France) / Gaz Owen (England) / Patrick Kimari (Sweden); 1LC-Eric Benichou (France), 2LC-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia). Mario Fabbri Cup for Best Gibraltar Player: David Frier.

INTERMEDIATES (57): 1-Philippe Quiboef (France), 2-Marianne Husum-Snarheim (Norway), 3-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain), 4/5-Marcelle Licudi (Gibraltar) / Inja Myhr (Denmark); 1LC-Manuel Britto (Gibraltar), 2LC-Pedro Roca de Togores (Spain).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (52 teams): 1-Tristan Remille (France) & Alexis Vincent (France), 2-Farzin Aarabi (Norway) & Yousef Niknam (Norway), 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) & Towfiq Razai (Germany) / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland) & Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).

£500 SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Chris Rogers (England), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 3/4-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Jeroen Romme (Holland).

SENIORS #1 (64): 1-Stefan Paliwoda (England), 2-Julian Minwalla (England), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Lars Rosquist (Denmark).

SENIORS #2 (32): 1-Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland), 2-Anna Price (England).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Tim Parfitt (England), 2-Jamshid Arani (Sweden), 3/4-Cristian Cozos (Romania) / Ehsan Sahami (Iran).

869BG CHALLENGE (48): 1-Fernando Braconi (Italy), 2-Zoran Maric (Bosnia & Herzegovina).

LaGAMMON (48): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czechia), 2-Chris Rogers (England), 3-Cristian Cozos (Romania).

DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia), 2-Fabio Sallusta (Italy), 3/4-Danny Farook (England) / Klaus Switon (Denmark).

VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 14-15, 2023; Vlissingen, Holland

MASTERS TOURNAMENT (53): 1-Christian Sorensen (Holland), 2-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium), 3/4-Jürgen Schettler (Germany) / Peter van Rooij (Holland), 5/8-Ed Baars (Holland) / Claudia Göhnert (Holland) / Rogier van Gemert (Holland) / Pim van Haastert (Holland).

CONSULTING DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Marcel Büker (Germany) & Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Maurits Pino (Holland) & Sander Weysters (Holland).

SPEEDGAMMON (19): 1-Pierre Viau (France), 2-Ray Joenoes (Holland), 3-Arthur Wright (Holland), 4-Michel Lamote (Belgium).

WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 13-15, 2023; Istanbul, Turkey

"HUSEYIN VARISLI MEMORIAL" MASTERS (131): 1-Burak Hakki, 2-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 3/4-Ismail Koknar / David Presser (Israel); 1C-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2C-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3C/4C-Emrullah Cosar / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan); 1LC-Levon Petrosyan (Armenia), 2LC-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Cuneyt Argun Genç; Ladies Prize: Gülderen Gücavli.

INTERMEDIATES (44): 1-Adrian Comandasu (Romania), 2-Pero Vekic (Serbia), 3/4-Ion Nica (Romania) / Phyllis Shapiro (Israel); 1C-M. Gökhan Gücavli, 2C-Orhan Bitlisli; 1LC-Gözde Diptas, 2LC-Alparslan Göktay; Ladies Prize: Gözde Diptas.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL (33): 1-Emrullah Cosar, 2-Serkan Calisir.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Jalil Khalili & Hossein Paknahad (Iran), 2-Ümit Bata & Oguz User, 3/4-Kadir Filikci & Serap Isim / Abaz Omeragic & Benjamin Zonic (Bosnia & Herzegovina).

WBGF'S "RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (100): 1-Erkan Nayir, 2-Jeroen Romme (Holland), 3/4-Ümit Bata / Kadir Filikci.

"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Necmettin Can, 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Bahman Vahid (Iran).

"GUR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (45): 1-Suat Karadag, 2-Levon Petrosyan (Armenia), 3/4-Rony Sadek (Lebanon) / Abdullah Sorguven.

1-POINTER CHALLENGE (128): 1-Ümit Bata, 2-Levent Erim, 3/4-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) / Kadir Filikci.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (8X8): Winners – Sami Zorer, Mustafa Aydin, Cristinel Dragomir (Romania), Güral Bulut, Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), Emrullah Cosar, Levent Erim, Abaz Omeragic (Bosnia & Herzegovina).

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Cristinel Dragomir (Romania), 2-Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3/4-Erdinic Bayindir / Jeroen Romme (Holland).

ABT - 16th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 5-8, 2023; Jersey City, New Jersey

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (97+41 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Jack Edelson (MN), 3/4-Ben Friesen (MI) / Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Frank Raposa (VA), 2C-Mario Kühl (Germany), 3C/4C-Blake Fleetwood (NY) / Richard Munitz (NY); 1LC-Christoph Wagener (Germany), 2LC-Bill Riles (TX).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (76+28 rebuys): 1-P.J. Macali (OH), 2-Brad Mielke (NY), 3/4-Alex Brill (NY) / Tyler Hathaway (NY); 1C-William Reeves (CO), 2C-Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 3C/4C-Daniel Adler (NY) / William McHone (NY); 1LC-Konstantin Keresteliev (NY), 2LC-Paul Broschart (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (44): 1-Barry Retzkin (NJ), 2-Brendan Perrault (NY), 3/4-Aaron Balleisen (NY) / Anna Stashower (NY); 1C-Jim Savitsky (NJ), 2C-Kai Demler (NY), 3C/4C-Carson Church (NY) / Jose Ward (NJ); 1LC-Jamie Weinstein (NY), 2LC-Sabrina Pines (NY).

BEGINNER (14): 1-Chris Lombardo (NY), 2-Elaine Turner (GA); 1C-Niko Keresteliev (NY), 2C-Viola Hibbert (NY); 1LC-Joe Cancelarich (NJ).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Matthew Pace (OH).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-John Klein (MD) / Jeff Levine (NY).

LADY LIBERTY CUP (32): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Christina Elias (MN).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Phil Perelmuter (MA), 2-Igor Baburov (NY), 3/4-Jerry Shea (NY) / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).

2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Sam Cohen (FL).

BLITZ (128): 1-Tom Jayne (VA), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (32): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3/4-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY) / Mike Paleos (NY).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Carol Joy Cole (MI).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER (Seniors winner vs Young & Restless winner): 1-Albert Steg (MA), 2-Marty Storer (NH).

SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY).

FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Daniel Adler (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Marianne Bowen (VA) & Marty Storer (NH), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD) & Boris Shafransky (MD).

$50 FRIENDLY FIFTY JACKPOT (8): 1-Carter Mattig (IL).
$50 JAZZY JACKPOT (8): 1-Jesse Chrisman (NY).
$50 METS JACKPOT (8): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
$50 POLATOV JACKPOT (8): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD).

$100 ACROPOLIS JACKPOT (8): 1-Koray Agirbas (GA).

2023 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS