International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT - 50th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS (preliminary results)
July 2-6, 2025; Novi, Michigan

ABT OPEN (64+):

ABT INTERMEDIATE (42+):

ABT LIMITED (8+):

PLAYERS CUP MICHIGAN BMAB (24):

SUPER JACKPOT:

MICHIGAN MASTERS (24+):

BOB STOLLER AMATEUR JACKPOT (14+):

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (10+):

JUDY FIELD MEMORIAL BLITZ:

OPEN DOUBLES:

LIMITED DOUBLES:

SUMMER FREEZE-OUT:

FRANK TALBOT NEWCOMER FREEROLL:

EMIL MORTUK MEMORIAL SENIOR JACKPOT:

PRINCE BARLOW JUNIOR JACKPOT:

GREG MERRIMAN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT OPEN:

GREG MERRIMAN FIRECRACKER JACKPOT LIMITED:

WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON FIREWORKS CUP:

$50 WELCOME WARM-UP:

$30 WELCOME WARM-UP:

$20 WELCOME WARM-UP:

AFTER TOURNAMENT:

FMBGT: 5th FMGAMMON OPEN TOURNAMENT
June 27-29, 2025; Istanbul, Türkiye

OPEN (187): 1-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 2-Georgi Kurtev (Bulgaria) 3-Gencay Akyol, 4/6 Mike Ireland (England) / Fatih Kiliç / Bülent Yorulmaz. 1LC-Refik Vural, 2-Efe Ercem.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jalal Dehestanlangroudi (Iran) & Mirhedayat Hashemifar (Iran) 2-Kenan Dal & Osman Ahmet Nemli.

4th DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (39): 1-Mert Yavuz, 2-Hakan Ergüç, 3-Umur Aras, 4-Okan Koçak. PR Rankings: 1-Umur Aras at 3.42, 2-Ibrahim Karaca at 4.56, 3-Ibrahim Eren Sarikaya at 4.76, 4-Hakan Ergüç at 4.88.

5th DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (39): 1-Burak Kaya, 2-Alpay Akyol, 3-Mertcan Uslu, 4-Ismail Bilgili. PR Rankings: 1-Ali Çetin Belene at 3.07, 2-Hakan Cinal at 3.53, 3-Burak Hakki at 5.06, 4-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran) at 5.76.

ONE-POINT / DMP (64): 1-Oguz User.

ABT - SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 18-22, 2025; Saint Louis, Missouri

ABT OPEN (43): 1-Bernard Pollara (NY), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 4/7-Ozgur Aktunc (TX) / Rory Pascar (IL) / Mike Senkiewicz (NY) / Gerry Tansey (MO).

ABT ADVANCED (31): 1-Jim Zinkhon (IL), 2-Jim Glover (FL), 3-Hernan Cortes (GA), 4/7-Bob Ellis (TN) / Phil Franklin (KS) / Tom Horowitz (NV) / James Worley (KS).

NOVICE (5): 1-Lois Green (IL).

GATEWAY SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO).

MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 3-Joe Urso (NY).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Koray Agirbas (GA), 2-Jim Glover (FL).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Bill Hodes (FL).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB ST. LOUIS (17): 1/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Alan Steffen (FL) / Gerry Tansey (MO). PR winners: 1-Gerry Tansey (MO) at 2.55, 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 3.23, 3-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) at 4.91, 4-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.05, 5-Alan Steffen (FL) at 5.66. Unlucky Dice Award: Forrest Faulk (MO) at -21.03.

TANSEY OPEN CHALLENGE (40): 1-Joe Sylvester (MO), 2-Josh Findley (TX), 3/4-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Greg Merriman (MI), 5-Koray Agirbas (GA).

WHITTENBURG INTERMEDIATE CHALLENGE (16): 1-Jim Glover (FL), 2-Tom Horowitz (NV).

WHITTENBURG CHALLENGE OVERFLOW (4): 1-Kristen Westerman (TN).

CANCELGAMMON (32): 1-Alex Owen (IL), 2-James Worley (KS), 3/4-Bob Ellis (TN) / Joe Sylvester (MO).

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) & Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Sean Garber (IN) & Mark Milkie (IN), 3/4-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

SPEEDGAMMON (4): 1-Greg Merriman (MI).

QUICKIE - DMP (8): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA).

WARM-UP (16): 1-Alan Steffen (FL), 2-Ben Friesen (OH).

WARM-DOWN TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Logan Wiese (TX).

WBIF TOUR LIVE FINALS / AUSTRIAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 18-22, 2025; Baden, Austria

WIBF TOUR LIVE FINALS (35): 1-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany), 3-Michael Higatsberger (Austria), 4/6-Thomas Myhr (Denmark) / Gaz Owen (England) / Andreas Sauseng (Austria).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Neil Dobbs (Ireland) & Daniel Lynch (Ireland), 2-Sergiu Malis (Romania) & Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 3/4-Marianne Bowen (USA) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany) / Eduardo Maciel da Costa (Brazil) & Flavia Petersen (Brazil).

AUSTRIAN OPEN (47): 1-Heinz Edy, 2-Eva Zizkova (Czechia), 3/4-Neculai Axinte (Romania) / Gaz Owen (England), 5/8-Honza Cerny (Czechia) / George Jacobs (England) / Uriel Ben-Mihael (Israel) / Dankwart Plattner (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Grethe Kvan Welle (Norway), 2-Dario Damnjanovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), 3/4-Emir Begic Bosnia-Herzegovina) / Zlatina Petrova (Bulgaria).

SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Honza Cerny (Czechia), 2-Diego Heidenreich (Argentina), 3-Sauli Alho (Finland).

SENIORS (36): 1-Marianne Bowen (USA), 2-Martin Filippi (Czechia), 3/4-Graham Dungan (Ireland) / Andreas Sauseng (Austria).

SPEEDGAMMON (38): 1-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Türkiye).

ONE-POINTER (64): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Türkiye), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Lili Doubek (Austria), 2-Marianne Bowen (USA).

CHAMPAGNER CUP: 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Andreas Sauseng (Austria).

WGBF BOARD TROPHY #1: Wolfgang Wühl (Austria).
WGBF BOARD TROPHY #2: Neculai Axinte (Romania).

ABT - 48th LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
June 11-15, 2025; Los Angeles, California

ABT OPEN (64+40 rebuys): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Steve Sax (CA), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/5-Art Benjamin (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3C/4C-Ed Rosenblum (NM) / Peter Wisniewski (CA).

ABT ADVANCED (41+25 rebuys): 1-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2-David Cohen (CA), 3-Jim Glover (FL), 4/5-Marjie Harbrecht (CO) / Cameron Stangel (AZ); 1C-Travis Swenson (CA), 2C-Enrique Gomez (Mexico).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Reza Mazaheri (CA), 2-Travis Kalanick (CA); 1C-Joe Pepper (CA), 2C-Dave Simpson (CA).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB LOS ANGELES (22): 1/5-Ray Cifani (OH) / Marjie Harbrecht (CO) / Thomas Keisler (CA) / Bob Wachtel (CA) / Peter Wisniewski (CA). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.40, 2-Bob Wachtel (CA) at 3.73, 3-Frank Talbot (MI) at 3.79, 4-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.13, 5-Dorn Bishop (CA) at 4.23, 6-Tom Keisler (CA) at 4.64. Unlucky Dice Award: Teri Harmon (CA) at -14.33.

SUPER JACKPOT (10): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Bill Phipps (NV).

MASTERS JACKPOT (25): 1-David Wells (CA), 2-Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-Al Hodis (NV) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (29): 1-Dave Simpson (CA), 2-Travis Swenson (CA), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Jerry Slomkoski (CA), 5-Stan Winsten (CA).

HOLLYWOOD STARS (64): 1-Wayland Augur (CA), 2-Sho Sengoku (CA), 3/4-Lynda Clay (CO) / Ed Rosenblum (NM).

DOUBLES I (16 teams): 1-Thomas Keisler (CA) & Jerry Slomkoski (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA) & Alyosha Zim (CA).
DOUBLES II (15 teams): 1-Long Nguyen (CA) & Peter Wisniewski (CA), 2-David Lippe (NY) & Shahrooz Moreh (NY).

DMP (92): 6 winners: Wayland Augur (CA), Judy Collins (CA), John Kinkead (CA), Isaac Sengoku (CA) (twice), Michael Showkati (CA).

BLITZ (68): 1-Jim Thinnsen (CA), 2-Lynda Clay (CO), 3/4-Long Nguyen (CA) / Isaac Sengoku (CA).

WONDER WOMAN JACKPOT (13): 1-Jennifer Kim (CA), 2-Gigi Goyette (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3-Matthew Soleimani (CA).

$100 KNOCK-OUTS (5x4): 5 winners: Art Benjamin (CA), Alex Farzan (CA), Hans Ghaffari (CA), Enrique Gomez (Mexico), Anastacia Shimek (PA).

WARM-UP (19): 1-Dave Simpson (CA), 2-Enrique Gomez (Mexico).

5th SOUTH URAL OPEN TOURNAMENT
June 11-15, 2025; Chebarkul, Russia

MAIN EVENT BACKGAMMON (53): 1-Aleksey Ignarin, 2-Aleksey Barchenkov, 3-Dmitry Gurko, 4-Vladimir Sazonov, 5-Konstantin Pustokhin.

SUPERJACKPOT BG (23): 1-Guram Nagelishvili, 2-Yury Akopov.

DOUBLES BG (23 teams): 1-Sergey Lyutov & Konstantin Pustokhin, 2-Rodion Pliev & Altynay Vyshnepolskaya, 3-Ekaterina Drozdova & Pavel Musikhin.

BLITZ BG (64): 1-Aleksandr Kharlampyev, 2-Aleksey Barchenkov, 3-Aleksey Tokarev.

1-POINT BG (46): 1-Aik Dolunts, 2-Elena Saukova, 3-Liliya Koroleva.

LADIES BG (16): 1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Elena Saukova.

LADIES BLITZ BG (16): 1-Altynay Vyshnepolskaya, 2-Elena Saukova, 3-Svetlana Vaynshtein.

MAIN EVENT NARDGAMMON (74): 1-Roman Ibragimov, 2-Mikhail Vyalov, 3-Muradi Kurashvili, 4-Sergey Lyutov, 5-Givi Manelov, 6/7-Denis Bodrov / Shamil Zaynutdinov.

SUPERJACKPOT NG (23): 1-Aleksey Barchenkov, 2-Aik Donunts.

BLITZ NG (64): 1-Mikhail Eremin, 2-Victor Naumenko, 3-Alladin Ismailov.

1-POINT NG (53): 1-Liliya Koroleva, 2-Artur Nasyrov, 3-Raphael Karimullin.

LADIES NG (18): 1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Liliya Koroleva, 3-Irina Zobkova.

LADIES BLITZ NG (16): 1-Liliya Koroleva, 2-Elena Popova, 3-Elena Saukova.

17th INTERNATIONAL GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 6-9, 2025; Frankfurt, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (98): 1-Martin Von Behren, 2-Willi Preskar, 3/4-Andreas Hofmann / Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 5/8-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland) / Laila Leonhardt (Sweden) / Roland Sahlen (Sweden) / Dirk Schiemann; 1LC-Michael Roth, 2LC-Norbert Wiebusch.

INTERMEDIATE (72): 1-Ulrich Roth, 2-Sabine Krämer, 3/4-Markus Jordan / Vedat Özcan, 5/8-Uwe Dable / Sami Kero (Finland) / Jesper Pretzer (Denmark) / Ulrich Zöller; 1LC-Alexander Mentrup, 2LC-Marcus Krawietz.

BEGINNERS (28): 1-Thomas Orit, 2-Katherina Flach, 3/4-Saje Asgari / Thomas Martini; 1LC-Patrick Flach, 2LC-Sven Fluske.

CONSULTATION DOUBLE CHAMPIONSHIP (40 teams): 1-Sami Kero (Finland) & Ralf Koch, 2-Andreas Hofmann & Lea Holland, 3/4-Frank Brinkmann & Alexander Mentrup / Kimon & Regine Papachristopoulos.

LIMITED DOUBLE INTERMEDIATE (23 teams): 1-Peter Haßelberg & Heike Müller, 2-Thomas Joliet (Switzerland) & Jörg Schlüter.

SUPER JACKPOT I (32): 1-Frank Brinkmann, 2-Nadjib Kawbab.
SUPER JACKPOT II (8): 1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark).

LIMITED JACKPOT I (32): 1-Bernd Schmidt, 2-Milton Gonzales (Costa Rica).
LIMITED JACKPOT II (16): 1-Felix Wagener, 2-Marcus Krawietz.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Ralf Koch, 2-Torsten Lux, 3/4-Oleksandr Krasov (Ukraine) / Athanasios Lagopatis.

LADIES CUP (21): 1-Silvia Weilenmann (Switzerland), 2-Jutta Lange.

UKBGT - BLACKPOOL IMPERIAL BACKGAMMON CUP 2025
June 6-8, 2025; Blackpool, England

MASTERS (93): 1-Jon Barnes, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Catalin Bucur / Sebastian Byrne.

FYLDE TROPHY (31): 1-Merrin Rose, 2-Jamie MacPherson.

LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (45): 1-Andrew Gibson, 2-Paul Moulton.

NORTH PIER KNOCKOUT (22): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Keith Gill.

TOWER TROPHY (39): 1-Dave Motley, 2-Gaz Owen.

INTERMEDIATES (64): 1-Chris G. Rogers, 2-Chris Filby, 3/4-Steve Fowles / Jules Smith.

INTERMEDIATE FYLDE TROPHY (54): 1-Ian Squire, 2-Ben Owen.

INTERMEDIATE LANCASTRIAN TROPHY (32): 1-Manpreet Sangha, 2-Chris Purchase.

FRIDAY FREEROLL I (81) 1-Chris J. Rogers, 2-Richard Halvorsen.

FRIDAY 3PM KNOCKOUT (32): 1-Gaz Owen, 2-Peter Bennet.

FRIDAY FREEROLL II (70): 1-Miranda Moulton, 2-Steve Carder.

FRIDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (26): 1-Andrew Gibson, 2-Paul Barwick.

SATURDAY NIGHT JACKPOT (22): 1-Dave Sanders, 2-Justin Kalay.

GAMMONER TROPHY (64): 1-Alex Hannam, 2-Simon Carter.

ARTGAMMON BOARD (64): 1-Andy Boysan, 2-Tim Paulden.

ARTGAMMON FREEROLL (32): 1-Nick Dawson, 2-Tim Line.

UKBGT - LONDON BACKGAMMON OPEN 2025
May 25-26, 2025; London, England

MASTERS (80): 1-Gabriel George, 2-Tim Wyse; 1C-Matt Guy, 2C-Marius Marin; 1LC-Chris Jones, 2LC-Yousef Mahmoud; Lucky Losers 1-Tariq Saddiqi, 2-Kees Rooke (Netherlands).

INTERMEDIATE (80): 1-Warren Eloff, 2-Jay Hayter; 1C-Phil Doubtfire, 2C-Russ Clapham; 1LC-Linda Taylor, 2LC-Michael Broomfield; Lucky Losers 1-Can Cag, 2-Baran Kolcak.

ABT - 43rd CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 21-26, 2025; Rosemont, Illinois

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (106): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Ian Terry (TX), 3/8-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Steve Blanchard (IL) / David Habib (Canada) / Eduardo Maciel (Brazil) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Bill Phipps (NV), 9/13-James "Yim Baum" Baumeister (WI) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Dmitriy Obukhov (MI) / Herb Roman (IL) / Boris Shafransky (MD).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (80): 1-Graham Webb (WI), 2-Nura Awda (CA), 3-Andrew Lundeen (MN), 4/10-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Mark Malueg (IL) / John Railing (IL) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ) / Eric Wazner (IL), 11/15-James DeRosier (LA) / Ken Lazar (PA) / Scott Martin (IN) / Ken Tyszko (IL) / Alper Uzunoglu (NY).

ABT NOVICE (10): 1-Medhat Tannous (IL), 2/4-Riley Burtnette (IA) / George Romanos (IL) / Angelina Tomasetti (CA).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (32): 1-David Laska (IA), 2-David Wu (NY).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (40): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Lev Rosenthal (Israel), 3/4-Mike Horri (GA) / Chris Trencher (NY), 5-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

FASTER MASTER (24): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Gary Koscielny (FL).

LIMITED JACKPOT (40): 1-Tiffany Van (TX), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Melissa Shin (CA) / Richard Stubbe (TX), 5-Ami Benari (CO).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1-Daniel Rockoff (NJ), 2-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3/4-James DeRosier (LA) / Bodger Millerd (OR).

WOMENS WORLD OF BACKGAMMON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1C-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany), 2C-Ethel Ioakimidis (IL).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB CHICAGO (50): 1-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 2/8-Steve Hairgrove (IL) / Garry Kallos (Canada) / Robert Kratz (NC) / Mark Moskowitz (FL) / Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Alfredo Unes (Brazil). PR winners: 1-Alan Steffen (FL) at 3.32, 2-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.36, 3-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 3.69, 4-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) at 3.71, 5-Joe Urso (NY) at 4.23, 6-Ray Fogerlund (NV) at 4.85, 7-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom) at 5.08, 8-Hooman Masoumi (Canada) at 5.50. Unlucky Dice Award: Karen Davis (FL) at -23.53. Wendy Kaplan (IL) won Iron Star #009.

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (48 teams): 1-Steve Klesker (IL) & Jim Zinkhon (IL), 2-Samra Hadden (GA) & Mike Horri (GA), 3-Bernard Pollara (NY) & David Todd (MO), 4/6-Steve Blanchard (IL) & Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Sue Willl (IL) / Hooman Masoumi Rad (Canada) & Azim Rashidimalekshah (Canada).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Jim Airgood (MI), 2-Alex Owen (IL), 3/4-Teri Harmon (CA) / Steve Shavel (TX).

JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Bodger Millerd (OR), 3-Joe Urso (NY).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 2-Chris Trencher (NY).

1-POINT QUICKIE (32): 1-James Feher (MO), 2-Alan Steffen (FL).

ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT #1 (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ken Tyszko (IL).

ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT #2 (16): 1-David Habib (Canada).

AFTER TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Alan Steffen (FL), 3-Garry Kallos (Canada).

UKBGT - HARROGATE BACKGAMMON OPEN 2025
May 16-18, 2025; Harrogate, England

MASTERS (64): 1-Kevin Jones, 2-Garry Jones; 1C-Anna Price, 2C-Becca Bell; 1LC-Serban Murgu, 2LC-Kevin Narey.

WARM UP: 1-Alexander Pelling-Bruce, 2-Neil Webb.

WBF - 2nd KUSADASI OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 16-18, 2025; Kusadasi, Türkiye

MAIN EVENT (71): 1-Burak Çulhaci, 2-Mohammad Shoar (Iran), 3-Kudret Ustaoglu, 4-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (40): 1-Burak Çulhaci, 2-Kudret Ustaoglu.

LADIES PRIZE (7): 1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.

TRADITIONAL (36): 1-Abdullah Gôrüner, 2-Berkan Kalender, 3-Hakan Uludogan, 4-Gözde Diptas.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (44 teams): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 2-Nese Ertek & Arda Findikoglu, 3/4-Osman Güner & Zafer Önder / Birgül Önder & Zafer Önder.

SWING (68): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Amir Farajpour (Iran), 4-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven, 4-Ümit Bata.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Fethi Batuhan Ergünes, 2-Altug Burdurlu, 3/4-Osman Nemli / Nese Ertek.

MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Mehmet Güme, 2-Fatih Özis, 3/4-Berkan Kalender / Zafer Önder.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Bülent Erciyas, 3/4-Ibrahim Budakoglu / Aytug Yigit.

TBT-2025 SATELLITES (10x8): Winners: Amir Farajpour (Iran) (twice), Nejat Alkap, Abdullah Sorgüven, Mustafa Sen, Necmettin Can, Zafer Önder, Hakan Bozkurt, Güven Ok (twice).

BG4BG (8): 1-Orkun Sahin.

29th JAPAN OPEN BACKGAMMON FESTIVAL
May 3-5, 2025; Tokyo, Japan

CHAMPIONSHIP (75): 1-Steve Sax (USA), 2-Masahiko Nasu, 3-Ryosuke Izumi, 4-Yasuo "Jazz" Mishima, 5-Yuta Takimaya; 1LC-Masahiro Kisono, 2-Junko Nakamura.

INTERMEDIATE (38+40): 1-Yoshiki Hayakawa, 2-Ryuta Nagata, 3/4-Yasuki Hamada / Tasuku Kuga.

BEGINNER: Day 1(41): 1-Yasuo Watanabe; Day 2 (37): 1-Maki Oguri; Day 3 (30): 1-Khandsuren Khatanbaatar (Mongolia); Overall winner: Kotaro Morimoto.

1st TOKYO OPEN (54): 1-Katsuyuki Takahashi, 2-Kazuhiro Saito, 3/4-Koki Mizutani / Sam Mizutani.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CHALLENGE (14): 1-Steve Sax (USA).

ELEMENTARY CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Tanigawa Shiho, 2-Ishida Kei.

2-POINT MATCH ROUND ROBIN (16): 1-Yuji Watanabe.

1-GAME ROUND ROBIN (26): 1-Junichi Kieda.

4th INVITATIONAL DOUBLES (10 teams): 1-Jay Joseph Bidal (Hong Kong) & Ben Friesen (USA), 2-Yukihiro Ninomiya & Hideki Takeda.

OTHELLO QUIZ 2025 (73): 1-Kazuhiro Saito (7/10 correct), 2/5-Naoki Iketani / Shinichiro Kaneko / Kanade Kubota / Shunji Terao (6/10).

STREAK POINT ATTACK: 1-Shunji Terao.

TEAM COMPETITION 2025 (8 teams): 1-Next Rollers (Hayase Kawashima, Ryo Matsuura, Yuto Nakano, Satoru Ota, Yuta Takimiya).

2nd NORCAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
May 2-4, 2025; Sacramento, California

MASTERS (21): 1-Alex Strehl, 2-Ted Chee; 1C-Tommy Tallarico, 2C-Dale Rose.

ADVANCED (27): 1-Bahram Pourtaherian, 2-Travis Swenson; 1C-Fernando Corredor, 2C-Bodger Millerd (OR).

NOVICE (12): 1-Michael Degraffenreid, 2-Mykayla McAroy (AZ); 1C-Marcia Mednick.

DOUBLES (8 teams): Nikky Firouzan & Maeis Petrosian, 2-Adriana Nguyen & Long Nguyen.

CAPTAIN'S JACKPOT (16): 1-Long Nguyen, 2-Ken Bame.

1ST MATE'S JACKPOT (11): 1-Soad Grayeb, 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR).

FMGAMMON BOARD EVENT (32): 1/2-Bodger Millerd (OR) / Vinny Ramirez.

UKBGT - SCOTTISH BACKGAMMON OPEN 2025
May 2-4, 2025; Aberdeen, Scotland

OPEN (62): 1-Graeme Leslie, 2-James Ferguson; 1C-Sandy Ferguson, 2C-Lawrence Wilson; 1LC-Brian Lawrence, 2LC-James Newman.

DOUBLES (16): 1-James Ferguson & Matthew Hopkins.

FRIDAY NIGHT WARM UP (52): 1-Sandy Ferguson.

UKBGT - ST. ALBANS BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 26-27, 2025; St. Albans, England

OPEN (64): 1-Pete Heskett, 2-Willum Scott, 3/4-Darryl Artt / Richard Carter; 1C-Sean Clennell, 2C-Ken Gibson, 3C/4C-Mike Ireland / Martin Reade.

SECOND CHANCE (16): 1-Adrian Jones, 2-Kate Geddes.

LAST CHANCE (8): 1-Nick Ray, 2-Tim Line.

REMAINDERS (8): 1-Hazel Harper, 2-Steve Atkinson.

DISCONSOLATES (16): 1-Martin Barkwill, 2-Roni Sofronio.

FMBGT: ISTAVDER 17th ANNIVERSARY FEAST BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 22-27, 2025; Istanbul, Türkiye

CHAMPIONSHIP (730): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Burak Yildirim, 3-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 4-Selin Kurt, 5-Ümit Tanoglu, 6-Fady Jean Al Asmar (Lebanon), 7-Mustafa Güneralp, 8-Shahram Aala (Iran), 9-Mertcan Uslu, 10-Ozan Özgür, 11-Michael Dyett (Australia), 12-Jiri Vala (Czechia), 13-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 14-Youcef Abdollahnezhad (Iran), 15-Mustafa Kemal Arslan, 16-Tunç Çelik, 17-Emrullah Cosar, 18-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria), 19-Ivan Leshtarov (Bulgaria), 20-Tahir Saltoglu, 21/24-Ali Haydar Bayar / Ali Çetin Belene / Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom) / Eva Zizkova (Czechia); 1C-Aydin Özarpaci, 2C-Engin Öngel (Türkiye/England); 1LC-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2LC-Murat Imamoglu.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (187 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Hossein Paknahad (Iran), 2-Argun Erkaya & Ibrahim Karaca, 3-Adel Pourabdollahzadeh (Iran) & Arman Vahidi (Iran), 4-Nedim Dagasan & Gökhan Yildiz, 5/7-Petyo Marinov (Bulgaria) & Laura Marinova (Bulgaria) / Miriam Michel (Germany) & Thomas Orlt (Germany) / Mohammed Hossein Saedi (USA) & Mohammad Hasan Shoar (Iran), 8-Caner Karuk & Mert Sarica; 9/12-Sabri Büyüksoy & Michael Weidner (Germany) / Volkan Çamlica & Mehmet Ali Yasar / Engin Gürses & Abdurrahman Tolgahan Yilmaz / Longinoz Kipiani (Georgia) & Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia).

TEAM TOURNAMENT (36 teams): 1-UNSTOPABLES (Iran): Arash Afrooziyan / Behrad Ahmadi / Roohollah Amiri Andy / Kaveh Farahani / Amirali Tavakoli, 2-BIG FIVE (France): Thierry Bitter / Michael Chabrol / Patrice De Sainte Marie / Karbaschian Armand Gassem / Pierre Zakia, 3-ISTAVDER (Türkiye): Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari / Ulvi Cangazi / Handan Erdag / Nuri Kaya / Mehmet Hulusi Tümer.

SPEED GAMMON (333): 1-Hakan Çinal, 2-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu.

LADIES SPECIAL – SULTANS OF BACKGAMMON (64): 1-Ayla Karmen Aydin, 2-Reyhan Gemici.

ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Cem Aslan (Türkiye/USA).
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Veysel Simsek.
ONE POINT #3 (64): 1-Kostadin Bodurov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #4 (64): 1-Mohammad Hossein Seifollahi (Iran).
ONE POINT #5 (64): 1-Barbaros Akyar.
ONE POINT #6 (64): 1-Stefan Stefanov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #7 (64): 1-Le Thi Ngoc (France).
ONE POINT #8 (64): 1-Ulvi Cangazi.
ONE POINT #9 (64): 1-Hans Hamann (Germany).
ONE POINT #10 (64): 1-Kevin Jones (England).
ONE POINT #11 (64): 1-Mehrdad Goodarzi (Iran).
ONE POINT #12 (64): 1-Ali Agirbas.
ONE POINT #13 (64): 1-Burak Simsek.
ONE POINT #14 (64): 1-Amir Farajpour (Iran).
ONE POINT #15 (64): 1-Behzad Motallebi.
ONE POINT #16 (64): 1-Hande Bilgin.
ONE POINT #17 (64): 1-Seral Sahutoglu.
ONE POINT #18 (64): 1-Rumen Milanov (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #19 (64): 1-Günal Aslan.
ONE POINT #20 (64): 1-Dimitris Lamprou (Greece).
ONE POINT #21 (64): 1-Birgit Scheuerling (Germany).
ONE POINT #22 (64): 1-Ali Yousefi (Iran).
ONE POINT #23 (64): 1-Sina Azarhoush (Iran).
ONE POINT #24 (64): 1-Yahya Yigci.
ONE POINT #25 (64): 1-Emre Öztürk.
ONE POINT #26 (64): 1-Esref Çadirci.
ONE POINT #27 (64): 1-Amirreza Amiri (Iran).
ONE POINT #28 (64): 1-Mete Demirsoy.
ONE POINT #29 (64): 1-Arne Hoem (Norway).
ONE POINT #30 (64): 1-Ivaylo Zahariev (Bulgaria).
ONE POINT #31 (64): 1-Hakan Kiraç.
ONE POINT #32 (64): 1-Juergen Kunkel (Germany).
ONE POINT #33 (64): 1-Alireza Hedayati Aznavi (Iran).
ONE POINT #34 (64): 1-Shahab Navari (Iran).

DMP SUPER FINAL (32 from 2048 players): 1-Rumen Milanov (Bulgaria), 2-Barbaros Akyar.

FMPR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (46): 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran); PR Winner – Ali Çetin Belene at 2.22.

THE BEST GUESS OF TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE: Garo Kutnerian (Canada).

BALKAN BACKGAMMON TOUR 2024: 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Arslan Volkan Aktas, 3-Selin Kurt Talipoglu.

HONOR AWARDS: Cüneyt Argun Genç, Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Zeynep Sular, Sertan Tiryaki.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Marcel Büker (Germany), Irakli Kipiani (Georgia), Aydin Kolçak, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), Hamza Nar, Pouya Rajabi (Iran), Abdullah Ser, Atanas Tachev (Bulgaria).

TBT - 14th KOCAELI REGIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF
April 18-20, 2025; Kocaeli, Türkiye

MAIN EVENT (96): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3-Gültekin Uygur, 4-Mustafa Sen.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (39): 1-Zafer Önder, 2-Burak Çulhaci.

LADIES PRIZE (5): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Handan Parente (United Kingdom).

TRADITIONAL (43): 1-Ümit Bata, 2-Gözde Diptas, 3-Orkun Sahin, 4-Murat Elver.

"HAKAN ÖKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (53 teams): 1-Canberk Kazaz & Oguzhan Uslu, 2-Atalay Uluakay & Hakan Uludogan, 3/4-Kenan Dal & Metin Yilmaz / Mehmet Güme & Metin Üredi.

"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (62): 1-Ömer Çakici, 2-Ömür Arica, 3-Cumhur Bektüre, 4-Güral Bulut.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Mehmet Güme #1, 2-Mehmet Güme #2, 3/4-Bülent Akbulut / Faysal Sabuncuoglu.

MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Atalay Uluakay, 2-Bülent Erciyas, 3/4-Hakan Bozkurt / Metin Üredi.
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Cumhur Bektüre, 2-Serkan Çalisir, 3/4-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven / Kudret Ustaoglu.

TBT-2025 SATELLITES (8x8): Winners: Faysal Sabuncuoglu, Handan Parente (United Kingdom), Okan Oktay, Hakan Bozkurt, Mustafa Resat Çikintas, Serkan Çalisir, Metin Yilmaz, Ibrahim Budakoglu.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (2x8): Winners: Hakan Bozkurt, Gökhan Çelik.

NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN 2025
April 17-20, 2025; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Simon Barget (United Kingdom), 3-Carlo Melzi (Italy), 4/5-Karen Davis (USA) / Keld Dyrmose (Denmark), 6/8-Morten Jacobsen (Denmark) / Kawkab Nadjib (Germany) / Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark).

ADVANCED (47): 1-Lars Nielsen (DK), 2-Flemming Storgaard (DK), 3-Frederik Dankelev (DK), 4/5-Marianne S. Husum (Norway) / Mehrzad Jarrah-Layegh (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (45): 1-Pan Nuutinen (Finland), 2-Gitte Andersen (DK), 3-Max Fuxberg (Sweden), 4/5-Maja Sterup (DK) / Kim Terkelsen (DK).

DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Axel Stenmark (DK) & Flemming Storgaard (DK), 2-Andreas Becher (DK) & Kristian Helio (DK), 3/4-Mads Andersen (DK) & "Miss B" Birgitte Nissen (DK) / Thomas Löw (Germany) & Oliver Plaehn (Germany).

MIXED DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Ole Michael Taganyi (DK) & Tia Villumsen (DK), 2-Gitte Andersen (DK) & Kenneth Olesen (DK).

CHAMPIONSHIP SATELLITE (8): 1-Kristian Helio (DK).

REDEMPTION EVENT (15): 1-Tia Villumsen (DK), 2-Markus Rindisbacher (Switzerland).

WOMEN'S EVENT (15): 1-Miranda Moulton (United Kingdom), 2-Girgit Jørgensen DK).

SPEED EVENT (27): 1-Kalin Stefanov (Germany), 2-Joakim Rusten Jensen (DK), 3/4-Ioannis Chris Bazigos (Greece) / Hall Skåra (Norway).

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Hans Liby (Norway), 2-Peter Jes Thomsen (DK).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (4): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (DK).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (10): 1-Miranda Moulton (United Kingdom) 2-Jonas Bjørk (DK).

TEAM EVENT (4 teams): 1-Team Sweden.

BEGINNER EVENT (12): 1-Meylis Arshimov (Poland), 2-Daniel Garrido (DK).

LAST CALL EVENT (14): 1-Flemming Storgaard (DK), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE 2025 CONTENDER
April 15-19, 2025; Copenhagen, Denmark

UBC CONTENDERS (18): 1-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

ABT - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 9-13, 2025; Herndon, Virginia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (75): 1-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-John Klein (MD), 3-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 4/5-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany) / Eddie Rodriguez (NY), 6/7-Kent Goulding (MD) / Dana Nazarian (CA), 8/11-Frank Frigo (CA) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Kit Woolsey (CA) / Anthony Wuersch (MA).

ABT ADVANCED (32): 1-James "Yim Baum" Baumeister (WI), 2/8-Sean Angel (VA) / Larry Brown (VA) / William Pow (VA) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ) / John Warden (MD) / Kristin Westerman (TN) / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-John Shea (NY), 2-Farzad Moazzami (MD), 3-Rosemary Steffen (FL), 4/7-Joshua Isaac (NY) / Sava Kalafatides (NJ) / Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL) / Earl Swinson (NC).

CHERRY BLOSSOM CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB CHERRY BLOSSOM (34): 1/2-Marc Emrich (CO) / Julius High (FL), 3/8-Sean Garber (IN) / Jeb Horton (NC) / John Klein (MD) / John O'Hagan (IN) / Quinn Swanger (NC) / Jack Takala (MI). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.54, 2-Frank Frigo (CA) at 3.35, 3-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.46, 4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.47, 5-John Klein (MD) at 4.77, 6-Art Benjamin (CA) at 4.80, 7-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.97, 8-Sean Garber (IN) at 4.98. Unlucky Dice Award: Frank Frigo (CA) at -14.42.

DC*METRO OPEN WARM-UP - CHAMPIONSHIP (14): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Ray Lightbourn (Bahamas); 1C/2C-Jason Lee (MD) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL).

DC*METRO OPEN WARM-UP - ADVANCED (12): 1-Candace Mayeron (CA), 2-Tom Jayne (VA); 1C-Yvonne Dalpay (FL).

MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / John O'Hagan (IN).
MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Steve Hills (MD).

SUSAN B. ANTHONY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO).

SACAGAWEA ADVANCED JACKPOT (32): 1-Kelsey Rose (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-Joshua Isaac (NY) / Richard Similio (IL).

NATION'S CAPITAL DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Sean Garber (IN) & Dan Minardi (CO), 2-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (CO), 3/4-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL) & Boris Shafransky (MD) / Christopher Knapp (MA) & Patty Knapp (MA).

NIGHT OWL OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Art Benjamin (CA).

NIGHT OWL ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-Justin McKenna (CA).

CHERRY BLOSSOM WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (21): 1-Laura Granger (CO), 2-Patty Knapp (MA); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Elizabeth Van Dyke (NC).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Benjamin Hugon (TX).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Bernard Pollara (NY).

$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada).
$50 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC).

GAMMONGUYS BOARD EVENT (8): 1-Marc Emrich (CO).

NOVICE ROUND ROBIN #1 (4): 1-Malcolm Dyson (VA), 2-Alexander Jacoby (VA).
NOVICE ROUND ROBIN #2 (4): 1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT), 2-Bill Jackson (NJ).
NOVICE ROUND ROBIN #3 (6): 1-Lourdes Lira (TX), 2-David Oroshnik (VA).
NOVICE ROUND ROBIN #4 (5): 1-Malcolm Dyson (VA), 2-Stephanie Blackton (VA).

WBGF - WORLD NATIONAL & WOMEN'S TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS & 3rd GREEK GRAND PRIX
April 7-13, 2025; Kamena Vourla, Greece

GREEK GRAND PRIX MASTERS (149): 1-Mikael Westerlund (Sweden), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3-Umur Aras (Türkiye), 4/5-Radu Ciortan (Romania/UK) / Philipp Heyng (Germany), 6/9-Claes Dahlström (Sweden) / Ioseb Menabdishvili (Georgia) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Giannis Pasialis (Greece), 10/16-Mihai Arminia (Romania) / Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Sam Mizutani (Japan) / Roland Sahlén (Sweden) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Hideaki Ueda (Japan); 1LC-Polyxronis Kokkinis (Greece), 2LC-Ryo Matsuura (Japan), 3LC/4LC-Justin Bor (USA) / Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA).

INTERMEDIATES (96): 1-Roland Himmelberger (Switzerland), 2-Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia), 3-Inja Myhr (Denmark), 4/5-Claudia Göhnert (Netherlands) / Maggie Sweeney (USA), 6/8-Birgitte Nissen (Denmark) / Arezou Shafiei (Iran/France) / Christian Tissier (France); 1LC-Danijela Johannessen (Norway), 2LC-Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 3LC/4LC-Andreas Karabinas (Greece) / Laurence Sinitzky (France).

WORLD NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (25 nations): 1-Sweden (Captain Johan Bynell, Lars Degerman, Jörgen Granstedt, Johan Norberg, Sven-Olav Norén, Roland Sahlén), 2-Austria (Wolfgang Bacher, Michael Higatsberger, Captain Bernhard Mayr, Fritz Rattinger, Andreas Sauseng), 3-Georgia (Captain Nodar Gagua, Aleko Manashvili, Bakar Matikashvili, Ioseb Menabdishvili, Kakhaber Natchkebia, Eduard Nazaryan, Karen Sarkisyan).

Best Individual Performance Award: Lars Degerman (Sweden) & Christian Sørensen (Netherlands), with 8-1 records.

WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (15 nations): 1-Norway (Martha Gjelseth, Captain Marianne S. Husum, Katja Spillum Svendsen, Hanna Thorsen, Grethe Kvan Welle), 2-Germany (Captain Sabine Hildebrandt, Kathrin Hohn-Hein, Regine Papachristopoulos, Katja Schäfer, Ingrid Sonnabend, Miriam Wieck), 3-Romania (Mihaela Chiricuta, Gabriela Leon, Captain Andreea Gabriela Paun).

Best Individual Performance Award: Hanna Thorsen (Norway), with 6-1 record.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (94 teams): 1-Janne Kaipainen (Finland) & Simo Suhonen (Finland), 2-Alain Babillon (France) & Olivier Décultot (France), 3/4-Eric Benichou (France) & Eva Snell (France) / Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA) & Matt Reklaitis (USA).

500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Sauli Alho (Finland), 2-Dirk Schiemann (Germany), 3/4-Justin Bor (USA) / Malcolm Hutson (Australia).

500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-George Avdis (Greece), 2-Thibaud Thompson (Switzerland), 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli (Türkiye) / Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece).

250€ LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Warner Solomon (England), 2-Moore Wisener (Ireland/UAE), 3/4-Graham Dungan (Ireland) / Marianne S. Husum (Norway).

LADIES EVENT (64): 1-Merrin Rose (United Kingdom), 2-Carla Doumard (France), 3/4-Claudia Göhnert (Netherlands) / Cecilia Rogers (United Kingdom).

SENIORS (128): 1-Johan Huyck (Belgium), 2-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 3/4-Michael Weile (Denmark) / Moore Wisener (Ireland/UAE).

OVERFLOW SENIORS (32): 1-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 2-Carla Doumard (France), 3/4-Igor Pesevski (North Macedonia) / Vancho Zrncev (North Macedonia).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Evan Bourgnon (France), 2-Tristan Remille (France), 3/4-Umur Aras (Türkiye) / Andreea Gabriela Paun (Romania).

DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Evan Bourgnon (France), 2-Arezou Shafiei (Iran/France), 3/4-Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar) / Diana Merlusca (Romania/UAE).

CNB - 32nd CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 21-23, 2025; Torino, Italy

OPEN CNB (57): 1-Hisham Khay, 2-Giorgio Castellano, 3/4-Francesco Mauri / Francesco Oliva.

CHAMPIONSHIP (31): 1-Francesco Oliva, 2-Dario Di Nicola, 3/4-Andrea De Zandonati / Fabrizio Lo Surdo; 1C-Laura Monaco, 2C-Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).

ADVANCED (44): 1-Dario Bertola, 2-Marco Conte, 3/4-Philippe Rentchnick (Switzerland) / Beat Tannler (Switzerland); 1C-Jess Danielsen (Denmark), 2C-Makan Mohammadi (Iran), 3C/4C-Airat Metshin (Russia) / Vittorio Molé.

DOUBLE CONSULTING (9 teams): 1-Marianna Wall & Wolf-Dieter Wall.

GOODBYE TORINO (28): 1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Andrea Lupo, 3/4-Sarino Cannavò / Alberto Profumo.

ABT - OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 20-23, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio

ABT OPEN (48): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Ben Friesen (OH), 3-Art Benjamin (CA), 4/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-John O'Hagan (IN).

ABT ADVANCED (35): 1-Maggie Sweeney (MI), 2-Kevin Kelly (NJ), 3-Ed Johnson (GA), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Jesus Ibarra (PA); 1C-Robert Lessard (Canada), 2C-Donald Gabbai (VA).

NOVICE (3): 1-Edward Isla (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (20): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Carl Sellars (Canada), 5-Michael Neagu (Canada).

LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Bernard Pollara (NY), 3-Teri Harmon (CA).

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Bernard Pollara (NY) & Mal Woolley (NY), 2-Rhonda Masterson (MI) & Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Paul Stebbing (Canada) / Chris & Patty Knapp (MA).

BLITZ (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL).

QUICKIES (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Donald Gabbai (VA).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB OHIO (21): 1/5-Joe Calvaruso (OH) / Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jeremy Ly (NY). PR Winners: 1-Carl Sellars (Canada) at 2.68, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.16, 3-Art Benjamin (CA) at 3.41, 4-John O’Hagan (IN) at 3.64, 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.04, 5-David Wu (NY) at 4.64, 6-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.75. Unlucky Dice Award: Ray Cifani (OH) at -12.22.

WARM-UP (20): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Bonnie Rogoff (OH).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Joe Miller (OH), 2-Doug Roberts (MA).

WBF - 7th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-23, 2025; Budva, Montenegro

MAIN FLIGHT (64): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Ümit Bandeoglu (Türkiye), 3-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 4/5-Hakan Çinal (Türkiye) / Atila Malçok (Türkiye); 1LC-Harald Johanni (Germany), 2LC-Sancho Rujevic (North Macedonia), 3LC/4LC-Bülent Erciyas (Türkiye) / Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine); Ladies Prize: Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye).

INTERMEDIATES (40): 1-Vlatko Jovanovski (North Macedonia), 2-Levan Ninidze (Georgia), 3-Aleksandar Lazarevski (Serbia), 4/5-Richard Fiegen (Germany) / Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia); 1LC-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2LC-Radovan Perovic (Montenegro), 3LC/4LC-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) / Srecko Raic (Croatia); Ladies Prize: Sophie Hutson (Australia).

MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (50 teams): 1-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) & Ayrat Fatykhov (Russia), 2-Oleksandr Aronov (Ukraine) & Levan Chilingarishvili (Georgia), 3/4-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Ahmet Baydar (Türkiye) & Burak Hakki (Türkiye).

MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Christian Setzpfandt (Germany), 2-Kristijan Culjat (Croatia), 3/4-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia).

250€ LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Mark Ferrin (USA).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (13): 1-Ayla Karmen Aydin (Türkiye), 2-Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Khatuna Giorgobiani (Georgia) / Paraskevi Skrimboni (Greece).

SENIORS (128): 1-Malin Yordanov (Bulgaria), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3/4-Ian Anderson (Scotland) / Alexander Heilmann (Germany).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia), 2-Heinz Jahrbacher (Austria), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom).

PRESIDENT'S CUP – 1-POINTERS (128): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Alain Babillon (France), 3/4-Jean-Claude Bensaid (France) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).

FMBGT: 4th FMGAMMON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 15-16, 2025; Yesilköy, Istanbul, Türkiye

OPEN (158): 1-Atahan Aydin, 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Sefik Gedikoglu, 4-Mehrdad Jeyranzadeh (Iran), 5/6-Ilhan Koç / Çise Özdogan, 7/9-Baris Akengin / Yücel Niego / Erkan Yüksel; 1LC-Canberk Kazaz, 2LC-Ibrahim Koç.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Hakan Çinal & Canberk Kazaz, 2-Mehmet Güme & Emircan Sisik.

ONE POINT (DMP) #1 (64): 1-Oktay Kurhan.
ONE POINT (DMP) #2 (64): 1-Hülya Karakaya.

3rd FM PR DIGITAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Okan Koçak, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 3/4-Hakan Çinal / Ibrahim Eren Sankaya. PR Rankings: 1-Ali Çetin Belene at 3.67, 2-Onur Ihtiyar at 3.70, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç at 3.73, 4-Atilla Inanli at 4.17, 5-Hakan Çinal at 4.88, 6-Ibrahim Karaca at 5.07, 7-Ibrahim Eren Sarikaya at 5.64.

ROBIN HOOD BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 14-16, 2025; Nottingham, United Kingdom

OPEN (64):
ROBIN HOOD: 1-Serban Murgu, 2-Paul Plumptru.
MAID MARIAN: 1-Richard McQuillan, 2-Sean Thomas.
WILL SCARLET: 1-Chris Jones, 2-Aniel Ciobanu.
MERRY MEN: 1-Andrew Baxter, 2-Michael Jenkins.
1C-Rachel Rhodes, 2C-Dermot Jenkins; 1LC-Robin Oliver, 2LC-David Tingey.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Matt Guy & David Tingey, 2-Robin Oliver & Michelle Sykes.

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Will Cockerell, 2-Marius Marin.

FRIDAY TUCK WARM-UP (38): 1-Robin Dale, 2-Julia Hayward.

NCBA: 6th NORTHERN CYPRUS GRAND SAPPHIRE BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 4-9, 2025; Iskele, Northern Cyprus

MASTER (56): 1-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (UK), 3-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran), 4-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 5-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 6-Erdinç Bayandir (Türkiye); 1LC-Ahmet Karahasan (Northern Cyprus), 2LC-Finn Bahn (Denmark).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Tasos Theodosiou (Cyprus), 2-Kerim Eliboler (Türkiye), 3-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Can Gümüs (Türkiye), 2LC-Omid Irannejad (Iran).

MEGAJACKPOT (8): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Roohollah Amiri Andy (Iran).

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Mario Kühl (Germany), 2-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Lars Nielsen (Denmark) & Jesper Pretzer (Denmark), 2-Mario Kühl (Germany) & Christoph Wagener (Germany), 3/4-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany) / Pedram Kooshandehfar (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

SENIORS (64): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).

LADIES (8): 1-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa), 2-Eva Kahraman (Türkiye).

1-POINT (32): 1-Pouya Rajabi (Iran), 2-Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).

10th CORK OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 28-March 2, 2025; Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland

OPEN (64): 1-Vaidas Budrys, 2-Saul Brody (England), 3-Derek Murphy, 4-Caroline Biddle (England); 1C-Alan Cox, 2C-Simon Morecroft (England); 1LC-Sarah Jolliff (England), 2LC-John Huggins.

FRIDAY WARM-UP DOUBLES TOURNAMENT: 1-John Casey & Bernardo Viana (Portugal), 2-Danny Gallagher & John Huggins.

FRIDAY WARM-UP KNOCKOUT: 1-Sergiy Zhytnyk (Ukraine), 2-Bernardo Viana (Portugal).

ABT - ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 27-March 2, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Marty Storer (NH); 1C-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2C-Irina Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Jeb Horton (NC), 2LC-Gerry Tansey (MO).

ABT ADVANCED (40): 1-Kevin Heacox (IN), 2-Bob Ellis (TN); 1C-Michael Tobin (TN), 2C-Sam Rappaport (NY); 1LC-Hernan Cortes (GA), 2LC-Ryan Bronson (SD).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24): 1-Ian Terry (TX), 2-Chris Trencher (NY), 3-Albert Steg (MA).

ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (28): 1-Marlon Aronstam (FL), 2-Bob Ellis (TN), 3/4-Dan Minardi (CO) / Tiffany Van (TX).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB ATLANTA (30): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2/6-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Ben Friesen (OH) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Maggie Sweeney (MI) / Ian Terry (TX). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.93, 2-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.53, 3-Ben Friesen (OH) at 5.15, 4-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.16, 5-Ian Terry (TX) at 5.89, 6/7-Jacob Atie (Panama) at 5.96 / Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 5.96, 8-Sean Garber (IN) at 6.12. Unlucky Dice Award: Kent Goulding (MD) at -16.62. Marty Storer won Iron Star #008.

DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA) & Rob McNamee (GA).

SENIORS (32): 1/2 split-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Bill Kaludis (TN) / Roland Leutert (FL).

SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Mike Horri (GA).

JUNIORS (8): 1-Kristin Westerman (TN), 2-Amy Latek (WI).

NOVICE (4): 1-Terese Flynn (IL), 2-Cassandra Bennett (NC).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Mike Horri (GA), 2-Koray Agirbas (GA).

DMP (32): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Roland Leutert (FL).

MKGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Sam Rappaport (NY).

$50 Jackpot (8): 1-Brian Vance (MI).

WARM-UP (20): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Robert Lum (CA), 2C-David Smith (Canada).

WBF - 2025 MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 26-March 2, 2025; Kyrenia, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

MAIN FLIGHT (76): 1-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates), 2-Umur Aras (Türkiye), 3-Arash Afroozian (Iran), 4/5-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany) / Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), 6/9-Burak Çulhaci (Türkiye) / Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / David Presser (Israel); 1LC-Serkan Koç (Türkiye), 2LC-Elie Nehme (Lebanon), 3LC/4LC-Gili Davidovich (Israel) / Faddoul Khoury (Lebanon/USA).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Abdulhalim Barakat (Kuwait) & Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden), 2-Serkan Koç (Türkiye) & Yasin Okal (Türkiye), 3/4-Hamid Esmaeili (Iran) & Ali Zamanisefat (Iran) / Hassan Al-Mokdad (United Arab Emirates) & Joe Karkour (United Arab Emirates).

$5,000 HIGH ROLLER (8): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Enis Yuda (Türkiye), 3/4-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland) / Johan Moazed (Iran/Sweden).

$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Steve Nelson (Israel/Hong Kong), 2-Ofir Balali (Israel), 3/4-Josefin Bichler (Germany) / Metin Çubuk (Türkiye).

$1,500 SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Thomas Kazemieh (Iran/Germany), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (Azerbaijan/USA), 3/4-Ayman Hamadeh (Lebanon/United Arab Emirates) / Ismail Kirtay (Türkiye).

FMBGT: 2nd GRAND PASHA OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 23-25, 2025; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

OPEN (88): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 3-Anis Samaha (Lebanon), 4-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 5-Bülent Bahar (Türkiye), 6-Tudose Virgil (Romania), 7-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 8/11-Dinos Koukiaris (Greece) / Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway); 1C-Sefik Gedikoglu (Türkiye), 2C-Yossi Eliezer (Israel); 1LC-Soso Menabdishvili (Georgia), 2LC-Marcus Reinhard (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Gia Rizinashvili (Israel).

SUPER CONSULTING DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Hossein Aghili (Iran) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Hamza Nar (Türkiye) & Refik Vural (Türkiye), 3-Aykut Keskin (Türkiye) & Çise Özdogan (Türkiye), 4/5-Allen Hodis (USA) & Sheila Hodis (USA) / Soso Menabdishvili (Georgia) & Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Torsten Haase (Germany), 2-Catalin Bucur (United Kingdom).

SPECIAL PLAYERS: Sükrü Yurttekin (Türkiye), Garo Kutnerian (Canada).

ENGLISH RIVIERA BACKGAMMON CONGRESS
February 21-23, 2025; Torquay, England

OPEN (64): 1-Charles Hill, 2-Jamie MacPherson, 3/4-Matthew Guy / Dave Pritchard, 5/8-David Broomfield / Ben Browning / Mike Grabsky / Tim Parfitt.

TORQUAY CONSOLATION CUP (56): 1-Tim Paulden, 2-Damon Dennis, 3/4-Matthew Hibbert / Stefan Paliwoda.

LIVERMEAD LAST CHANCE CUP (44): 1-Sarah Jolliff, 2-Robert Breen.

BEST INTERMEDIATE PLAYER: Michele De Havilland.

SUPER JACKPOT (11): 1/2-Damon Dennis / Stuart Mann.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Mike Grabsky & Tim Parfitt, 2-Damon Dennis & Cynthia Roberts.

M BOARD TOURNAMENT (37): 1-Matthew Guy, 2-Tim Line.

FREEROLL #1 (8): 1-Alex Ward, 2-Matthew Guy.
FREEROLL #2 (8): 1/2-John Broomfield / Warner Solomon.
FREEROLL #3 (8): 1-Gerald Whitehouse, 2-Andy Boysan.

JACKPOT #1 (16): 1/2-Ian Anderson / Mike Bedford.
JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Jamie MacPherson, 2-Matthew Fisher.
JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Kevin Jones.
JACKPOT #4 (8): 1/2-Richard Carter / Tim Paulden.

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Stefan Paliwoda, 2-Michele De Havilland.

SWITCHGAMMON (4): 1-Richard Carter, 2-Tim Line.

DMP (16): 1-Phil Tutchings, 2-Tim Line.

FMBGT: 22nd CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 19-22, 2025; Nicosia, Northern Cyprus

OPEN (124): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran), 3-Sauli Alho (Finland), 4-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 5-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 6/7-Hakan Bozkurt (Türkiye) / Minh Nguyen (France), 8/11-Ismail Bilgili (Türkiye) / Radu Ciortan (Romania) / Jalil Khalili (Iran) / Mikael Vardanyan (Russia); 1C-Ibrahim Karaca (Türkiye), 2C-Gabi Menasherov (Israel); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2LC-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer (Türkiye).

CONSULTING DOUBLES (36 teams): 1-Radu Ciortan (Romania) & Self, 2-Arash Afrooziyan (Iran) & Jalil Khalili (Iran), 3-Alexandru Barbu (Romania) & Radu Nelu (Romania), 4-Nodar Gagua (Georgia) & Bakar Matikashvili (Georgia).

SUPER JACKPOT (34): 1-Gabi Menasherov (Israel), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).

SPEEDGAMMON #1 (68): 1-Masoud Farvareshi (Iran).
SPEEDGAMMON #2 (40): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).

DMP TOURNAMENT #1 (21): 1-Stephen Nelson (Hong Kong).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Sibel Seray Karadag (Türkiye), 2-Carmit Turgeman (Israel).

SPECIAL PLAYERS: Hikmet Kizilca (Türkiye), Kemal Erdem (Türkiye).

36th BRAZILIAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
February 17-22, 2025; Arraial D'Ajuda, Bahia, Brazil

OPEN (448 including rebuys): 1-Herb Roman (USA), 2-Tomy Levy (Argentina), 3/4-Hugo Ergueta (Argentina) / Douglas Simon (USA/Brazil).

INTERMEDIATE (160 including rebuys): 1-Marcel Levi, 2-Alcir Muritiba.

DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Mané Dos Cocos & Douglas Simon.

KING OF THE BEACH – REI (16): 1/4 split-Silvio Brant / José Carlos / Jorge Levy (Argentina) / Eduardo Maciel.

CHOUETTE TOURNAMENT (28): 1-Jorge Levy (Argentina).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ronald Amorim.

MUNKEBJERG 2025 BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 7-9, 2025; Vejle, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (59): 1-Michael Krakus, 2-Khosrow Jafehvand, 3/4-Claus Elken / Robin Neumann.

INTERMEDIATE (92): 1-Max Peterson, 2-Sanne Birch, 3/4-Martin Christiansen / Rasmus Hansen.

BEGINNER (17): 1-Lene Lund Sørensen, 2-Ole S.S. Larsen, 3/4-Tina Xenia Fersling / Louise Pedersen.

FRIDAY FREEROLL (58 pairs): 1-Michael Nielsen & Stella Teute Vinther, 2-Rikke Kragh & Louise Pedersen, 3/4-Sune Christiansen & Anja Holm / Jason Granstedt (Sweden) & Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden).

SPEED TOURNAMENT (58): 1-Michael Weile, 2-Kristine Jensen, 3/4-Christian Munk-Christiansen / Allan Larsen.

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Peter Svinding, 2-Michael Nielsen.

UKBGT - 6th BACKGAMMON AT THE GRAND
February 7-9, 2025; Scarborough, United Kingdom

OPEN (64): Main Gold: 1-Ian Davidson, 2-Dave Pritchard; Gold Consolation: 1C-Liam Weston, 2C-Cristi Cozos. Main Silver: 1-Radu Ciortan, 2-Kevin Stebbing; Silver Consolation: 1C-Serban Murgu, 2C-Simon Jones. Main Bronze: 1-Steven Holme, 2-Caroline Biddle; Bronze Consolation: 1C-Kevin Narey, 2C-Paul Barwick. Main Lifebelt: 1-Keith Gill, 2-Miranda Moulton; Lifebelt Consolation: 1C-Alex Hannam, 2C-Tim Mooring. Last Chance: 1LC-Roland Archer, 2LC-Andrew Marshall.

FRIDAY NIGHT WARM UP (45): 1-Jacqueline Rixon, 2-Mark Calderbank.

DAL NEGRO BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ben Andrews, 2-Mike Ireland.

FRIENDSHIP CUP
February 5-9, 2025; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

OPEN BG (62): 1-Timur Azizov, 2-Nail Arzukhanov, 3-Sergey Alekseev, 4-Alexey Tokarev, 5-Dmitry Shkurin, 6-Ayrat Fatykhov.

SUPER JACKPOT BG (35): 1-Alexey Sypko, 2-Yury Akopov, 3/4-Tsaruk Manukyan / Vasily Chemokhonenko.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION BG (30 teams): 1-Elizaveta Khrushcheva & Aleksandr Solodukhin, 2-Sergey Petukhov & Pavel Potapov, 3-Zaur Apekov & Fedor Kroytor.

BLITZ BG (64): 1-Viktor Naumenko, 2-Sergey Ageev, 3-Sergey Alenin, 4-Sergey Zelenov.

LADIES BG (17): 1-Olga Ivanova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Ekaterina Drozdova.

LADIES BLITZ BG (32): 1-Kseniya Nagaeva, 2-Oksana Gayazova, 3-Elena Ganzha.

OPEN NG (65): 1-Sergey Petukhov, 2-Nikolay Kiselev, 3-Ivan Rybenkov, 4/5-Konstantin Ushakov / Guram Nagelishvili, 6-Timur Akhmedzyanov.

SUPER JACKPOT NG (32): 1-Dmitry Morozov, 2-Ayrat Fatykhov, 3/4-Vagarshak Akopyan / Mikhail Kozhevnikov.

BLITZ NG (64): 1-Nail Arzukhanov, 2-Levik Bagdasaryan, 3-Genry Gasparyan, 4-Andrey Razumov.

LADIES NG (14): 1-Ekaterina Drozdova, 2-Svetlana Timina, 3-Liliya Koroleva.

LADIES BLITZ NG (16): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Svetlana Mashkovtseva, 3-Elena Ganzha.

1-POINT NG (64): 1-Elena Popova, 2-Sergey Alekseev, 3-Aleksandr Konokhov, 4-Vitaly Ledovskikh.

8th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-February 2, 2025; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltar

MASTERS (43): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria), 2-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom), 3-Francisco Domingues (Portugal), 4/5-Will Cockerell (United Kingdom) / Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 1LC-Evaristo Fernandez (Spain), 2LC-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3LC/4LC-Franncisco Kendall (Portugal) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).

INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Alex Moazed (Sweden), 3-Maciej Kaluzinski (Poland), 4/5-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom); 1LC-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2LC-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3LC/4LC-Stewart Stone (Gibraltar) / Heike van Heteren (Germany).

"MARIO FABBRI" BEST GIBRALTARIAN PLAYER AWARD: Mike Nicholls.

500£ SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3/4-Malcolm Hutson (Australia) / Thomas Myhr (Denmark).

150£ ELITE JACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Bray (United Kingdom), 2-David Frier (Gibraltar), 3/4-Leko Ristovski (North Macedonia) / Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway).

50£ INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom), Jürgen Feiler (Germany), 3/4-Joanna Chorbala (Poland) / Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (22 teams): 1-Geoff Hall (UK) & Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Inja Myhr (Denmark) & Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Francisco Domingues (Portugal) & Francisco Kendall (Portugal) / Patrick Gebelli (United Arab Emirates) & Diana Merlusca (Romania).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Marianne Snarheim Husum (Norway), 2-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 3/4-Ian Davidson (United Kingdom) / Chris Rogers (United Kingdom).

SENIORS: (96): 1-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 2-Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 3-Geoff Hall (United Kingdom).

LADIES (24): 1-Antoinette Williams (USA), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Rowena Paliwoda (United Kingdom).

DMP CHALLENGE – 1 POINTERS (128): 1-Tyson Benedict Barber (United Kingdom), 2-Mike Nicholls (United Kingdom), 3/4-Johan Moazed (Sweden) / Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar).

3X3 TEAM EVENT (14 teams): 1-The Brummy Chippers: Geoff Hall, Julian Minwalla, Chris Rogers (United Kingdom), 2-Brighton Breezy: Mike Grabsky, Tim Parfitt, Paul Statter (United Kingdom), 3/4-Dice Masters: Malcolm Hutson (Australia), Thomas Myhr (Denmark), Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / LFP: Gilbert Licudi, Michael Pitaluga, Stewart Stone (Gibraltar).

869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32): 1-Mike Nicholls (Gibraltar), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Chris Bray (United Kingdom) / Warner Solomon (United Kingdom).

MASTER OF THE ROCK (14): 1-Manuel Britto (Gibraltar), 2-Jimmy Parody (Gibraltar), 3/4-Steve Blake (Gibraltar) / Michael Pitaluga (Gibraltar).

ABT - CHARLOTTE BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
January 23-26, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina

ABT OPEN (45): 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2-Sean Garber (IN), 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 4/7-Mehmet Agirbas (GA) / Bob Azari (FL) / Donna Lafferty (IN) / Jason Lee (MD).

ABT ADVANCED (64): 1-Neville Kerr (NC), 2-Carol Kerr (NC), 3-Marianne Bowen (VA), 4/9-Koray Agirbas (GA) / Bernard Dede (NC) / Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Ofek Oshri (GA) / Jerry Ungar (FL).

ABT NOVICE (17): 1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT), 2/5-Cassandra Bennett (NC) / John Drake (NC) / Peter Hoyt (NY) / Kevin Hubbard (NC).

QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Grant Schneider (VA), 2-Rory Pascar (IL).

CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3-Jason Lee (MD).

DOGWOOD ROYALE ADVANCED JACKPOT (24): 1-Graham Webb (WI), 2-Kelsey Rose (NY), 3-Andy Keller (NC).

HORNETS NEST DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Tom Rosandich (WI) & Graham Webb (WI).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB CHARLOTTE (24): 1/5-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Julius High (FL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / Phil Martorelli (IL) / Grant Schneider (VA). PR winners: 1-Dennis Culpepper (VA) at 4.45, 2-Sean Garber (IN) at 5.19, 3-Jason Lee (MD) at 5.73, 4-Paul Moulton (United Kingdom) at 5.94, 5-Bob Azari (FL) at 6.14, 6-Paul Linderman (NC) at 6.33, 7-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 6.36. Unlucky Dice Award: Paul Linderman (NC) at -16.00.

COOLWOOD WARM-UP (32): 1-Quinn Swanger (NC), 2-Andy Keller (NC); 1C-Valentyn Miller (NC), 2C-Michael Rosendich (NC).

WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (12): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Sabine Brinkmann (Germany); 1C-Kristen Westerman (TN).

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Alan Epstein (GA).

DMP I (16): 1-Phil Linderman (NC).
DMP II (8): 1-Michael Rosandich (NC).

HOTEL ROOM FREEROLL (71): 1-Laura Granger (CO).

$50 HAT TRICK (8): 1/2 split-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Julius High (FL).

$20 HAT TRICK #1 (8): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).
$20 HAT TRICK #2 (8): 1-Matty Joyce (FL).
$20 HAT TRICK #3 (8): 1-Glen Konstantine (CT).
$20 HAT TRICK #4 (8): 1-Timothy Smith (GA).

CNB - 5th CITTÀ DI MONTEGROTTO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 16-19, 2025; Padova, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Michele Muratori, 3/4-Roberto Terenziani / Daniel Tudose (Romania); 1C-Dario Di Nicola, 2C-Antonio Anelli, 3C/4C-Frederic Bonard (France) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.

ADVANCED (42): 1-Diego Balgera, 2-Massimo Trovò, 3/4-Alberto Furlanetto / Hicham Khay; 1C-Dario Zaccariotto, 2C-Dario Bertola, 3C/4C-Carlo Fassina / Stefano Sinopoli.

OPEN MONTEGROTTO (36): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom), 2-Jost Müller (Germany), 3/4-Frederic Bonard (France) / Francesco Oliva.

SWING (14): 1-Giuseppe Puligheddu, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin, 3-Marco Conte.

WARM-UP (14): 1-Frederic Bonard (France), 2-Andrea Riebler (Austria).

DOUBLE CONSULTING (8 teams): 1-Jost Müller (Germany) & Wolf Dieter Wall (Germany).

ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Andrea Riebler (Austria).

GOODBYE MONTEGROTTO (16): 1-Airat Metshin (Russia), 2-Giuseppe Ricciardi.

UKBGT - BREEZY BRIGHTON OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Brighton, United Kingdom

MASTERS (60): 1-Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden), 2-Darryl Artt, 3-Richard Furborough; 1C-Lawrence Powell, 2C-Kevin Bailey.

INTERMEDIATES (45): 1-Andreas Giannopoulos, 2-Hannah Parente, 3/4-Fabricio Cardoso / Chris Filby; 1C-Colly Morgan, 2C-Peter Gladstone.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Kent Goulding (USA), 2-André Larsen.

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Neculai Axinte.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams): 1/2 split-Steve Atkinson & Jude Le Patourel / Andrew Hawken & Richie Newbold.

WARM-UP (52): 1-Chris Filby, 2-Ann Maher.

BONUS WINNER: Zhina Bergstrom (Sweden).

FAREWELL: 1-Paul King, 2-Ann Pocknell.

VLISSINGEN BLITZ MASTERS INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 10-12, 2025; Vlissingen, The Netherlands

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 2-Geert Van der Stricht (Belgium), 3/4-Arthur Braacx (NL) / Ray Joenes (NL), 5/8-Csaba Daday (Romania) / Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Daniel Rozenberg (Belgium) / Jürgen Schettler (Germany).

ADVANCED (20): 1-Robert Vledderman (NL), 2-Joseph Meyns (Belgium), 3/4-Kris Claeys (Belgium) / Miriam Wieck (Germany).

SUPERJACKPOT (11): 1-Steven Hoeylaerts (Belgium), 2-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium).

SPEEDGAMMON (7): 1-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary).

PRO-AM DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-Rosie Flack (England) & Marc Friebe (Germany).

WARM-UP DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Team Old School: Rainer Jöller (Germany) & Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-World Champions: Anna Sofia Eysturstein (Faroe Islands) & Oliver Squire (England).

WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 10-12, 2025; Istanbul, Turkey

"SHIMON KAGAN MEMORIAL" MASTERS (136): 1-Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Yilmaz Kurtay, 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine) / Yasin Özergil; 1C-Carlos Abou Absi (Lebanon), 2C-Emre Oztürk, 3C/4C-Hakan Çinal / Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria); 1LC-Fikret Aydin, 2LC-Erkan Nayir, 3LC/4LC-Ismail Köknar / Eren Sarikaya. Ladies Prize: Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria).

INTERMEDIATES (23): 1-Jalal Dehestanlangroudi (Iran), 2-Suat Karadag; 1C-Kalojan Bogdanov (Bulgaria), 2C-Senol Demir; 1LC-M. Gökhan Gucavli, 2LC-Nejat Alkap. Ladies Prize: Brenda Rosen (United Kingdom).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (31): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (63 teams): 1-Osman Erkol & Adnan Turan, 2-Metin Erikler & Ali Yaldiz, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) & Rony Sadek (Lebanon) / Mykhailo Kulachko (Ukraine) & Dimitri Sloutsky (Ukraine).

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WBIF WARM-UP (88): 1-John Broomfield (United Kingdom), 2-Emrullah Cosar, 3/4-Simon Kennedy Rose (United Kingdom) / Nahit Sorgüven.

"GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (53): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Baris Güven Gôkçe, 3-Zeki Gelbal, 4-Riccardo Micci (Italy).

MERIT SATELLITE #1 (16): 1-Serkan Çalisir, 2-Ayla Karmen Aydin, 3/4-Gülderen Gücavli / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).
MERIT SATELLITE #2 (16): 1-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine), 2-Burak Çulhaci, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Janette Hodgkinson (South Africa).

"ERHAN DOGRUSÖZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 2-Suat Karadag, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Fady Al Asmar (Lebanon).

SPEEDGAMMON #2 (32): 1-Ismail Köknar, 2-Mustafa Resat Çikintas, 3/4-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Mehmet Polat.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gözde Diptas #1, 2-Eduard Fattakhov (Russia), 3/4-Önder Akçabelen / Gözde Diptas #2.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (11X8): Winners: Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Metin Üredi, Özdal Kapmaz, Nassir Hajj (Lebanon), Kostadin Bodurov (Bulgaria), Zeki Gelbal, Mariela Kamenova (Bulgaria), Rony Sadek (Lebanon).

ABT - 18th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 8-12, 2025; Jersey City, New Jersey

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (161+65 rebuys): 1-Steve Sharokh (NY), 2-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 3/4-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Alan Steffen (FL), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (United Kingdom) / Greg Merriman (MI) / Kimon Papachristopoulos Germany) / Kit Woolsey (CA); 1C-Art Sutton (NJ), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Rory Pascar IL); 1LC-Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom), 2LC-Herb Roman (IL), 3LC/4LC-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Sergey Rybiy (NY).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (114+48 rebuys): 1-Ali Rende (Turkey), 2-Michael Robinson (IL), 3/4-Alex Adams (PA) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ), 5/8-Jim Glover (FL) / Brad Mielke (NY) / Brian Ross (FL) / John Warden (MD); 1C-Lina Laksiouer (Canada), 2C-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 3C/4C-Tyler Hathaway (NY) / Michael Kay (IL); 1LC-Bernard Pollara (NY), 2C-Debra Solomon (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (82): 1-Andrea Nishi (NY), 2-Jaime Felber (NY), 3/4-Kyle Reich (NY) / Daniel Rockoff (NJ); 1C-Kristen Butler (NY), 2C-Rebecca Rau (NY), 3C/4C-Michael Arendt (FL) / John Shea (NY); 1LC-Michael Pucci (NJ), 2LC-Sabrina Kraus (NY).

BEGINNER (32): 1-Kinga Kruszewska (NY), 2-Susan Keyloun (NY); 1C-Carter McLean (NY), 2C-Evan Clune (NY); 1LC-Sophia Marinkovich (WA), 2LC-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 3/4-Alexander Handin (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (54): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Al Hodis (NV), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL).

LIMITED JACKPOT (58): 1-Howard Linneman-Schmidt (NY), 2-Jason Aingorn (NY), 3/4-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / James Ross (RI).

PLAYERS CUP BMAB-NEW YORK (42): 1/3-Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH) / David Wu (NY), 4/10-Julius High (FL) / Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) / Jeff Schwarz (NJ) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / David Stein (IL) / Anthony Wuersch (MA). Unlucky Dice Award: Tom Keisler (CA). PR winners: 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France) at 2.54, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 3.14, 3-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.44, 4-Thomas Keisler (CA) at 4.04, 5-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) at 4.13, 6-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.32, 7-Joe Urso (NY) 4.36, 8-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.48.

LADY LIBERTY CUP: 1-Melanie Hughes (Caribbean), 2-Ma Lang (NY), 3-Dina Laks (NY).

2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Vlad Eydelman (IL), 2-Azim Rashidimalekshah (Canada).

CANCELGAMMON (48): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Jeremy Ly (NY), 3-Jack Edelson (MN).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-Mark Osborne (NY), 2-Babak Ourian (CA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (96): 1/3 split-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada) / Marty Storer (NH) / Tony Wuersch (MA).

P-40 BOARD TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Michael Rosen (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (64 teams): 1-Alan Steffen (FL) & Rosemary Steffen (FL), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY) & Michael Vena (NY), 3/4-Jim Glover (FL) & Scotty Kelland (CT) / Nick Ricciardi (CT) & Joe Urso (NY).

PRO-AM DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Michael Friedrich (Germany) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany).

2025 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS