International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 17-21, 2024; Herndon, Virginia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (96): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD), 3/9-Kent Goulding (MD) / John Klein (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Charlie Pipkin (FL) / David Shadi (NJ) / Jerry Shea (NY) / Chris Trencher (NY), 10/14-Alexander Abramenko (VA) / Alec Izzo (FL) / Dana Nazarian (CA) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Brian Vance (MI).

ABT ADVANCED (42): 1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bob Hathaway (VA), 3/6-Samra Hadden (GA) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Candace Mayeron (CA) / Alan Pruce (SC).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Andrew Keller (NC), 2-James Baumeister (WI), 3/4-Lili Iravani (DC) / Nick Saverino (VA).

BMAB PLAYER'S CUP VIRGINIA (34): 1/2-Lynda Clay (CO) / Albert Steg (MA), 3/8-Sean Garber (IN) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Julius High (GA) / Claude Landry (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Marty Storer (NH). PR winners: 1-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.56, 2-Charles Pipkin (FL) at 3.73, 3-John Klein (MD), 4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) at 4.54, 5-Albert Steg (MA) at 4.94, 6-Kent Goulding (MD) at 4.98, 7-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.96, 8-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.98. Unlucky Dice prize: Roberto Litzenberger with a luck factor of -13.43.

CLASSIC SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Michael Urban (Germany).

MARTHA WASHINGTON MASTERS JACKPOT (64): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Dennis Culpepper (VA) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 5/8-Mike Horri (GA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Joe Urso (NY) / David Winn (TX).

SUSAN B. ANTHONY OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Scotty Kelland (CT) / Ray Spehar (FL).

SACAGAWEA ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Robert Ellis (TN), 2-Alec Izzo (FL).

DC*METRO OPEN - CHAMPIONSHIP (24): 1-Phil Simborg (FL), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C/2C-Karen Davis (FL) / Jean-Guy Roy (Canada).

DC*METRO OPEN - ADVANCED (6): 1-Tom Jayne (VA).

NATION'S CAPITAL DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Candace Mayeron (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Nick Ricciardi (MA) / Lina Nuniyants (DC) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA).

2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS (160): 1/5: Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Kit Woolsey (CA) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Farhad Forudi (OH) / Jonah Seewald (CO).

2024 USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Dave Kettler (TX) / Bill Lonergan (NY), 5/8-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Frank Raposa (VA) / Franklin Scott (MN) / Albert Steg (MA).

NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6): 1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (6): 1-Steve Smith (MA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (5): 1-Niko Keresteliev (NY).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (6): 1-Gil Levit (NJ).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #5 (6): 1-Jose Altamirano (NC).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #6 (4): 1-Robert Fairchild (TX).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #7 (4): 1-Steve Smith (MA).

GAMMON GUYS BOARD EVENT (8): 1-Tom Kennedy (VA).

CHERRY BLOSSOM WOMEN'S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (8): 1-Lynn Ehrlich (FL), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA); 1C/2C-Molly Anderson (WA) / Lynda Clay (CO).

SUPER SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Michael Zakrajsek (DC), 2-Alexander Abramenko (VA).

NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 1 (14): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Richard Munitz (NY); 1C-Sean Garber (IN).

NIGHT OWL JACKPOT DIVISION 2 (12): 1-Anatoliy Katsnelson (IL), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR); 1C-Samra Hadden (GA).

NIGHT OWL NOVICE JACKPOT (8): 1-Robert Fairchild (TX).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-P.J. Macali (OH).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH).

$50 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Franklin Scott (MN).
$50 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Narvey Goldman (Canada).

UKBT - WEST YORKSHIRE OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
April 5-7, 2024; Bradford, England

MASTERS (69): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Radu Ciortan; 1C-Jamie MacPherson, 2C-Martyn Hamer; 1LC-Richard Biddle, 2LC-Tim Parfitt. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Plamen Sivrev, 2-Simon Jones.

INTERMEDIATES (43): 1-Tim Line, 2-Becca Bell; 1C-Michele de Havilland, 2C-Warner Solomon; 1LC-CJ Uttley, 2LC-Gregge Madan. 0-2 Side Event: 1-Rikki Blythe, 2-Peter Faughman.

SUPER JACKPOT (22): 1-Oliver Squire, 2-Reece Hodges.

MASTERS DOUBLES: 1-Dave Clifton & Normal Hessler.

INTERMEDIATES DOUBLES: 1-Michele de Havilland & Peter Hodson.

FRIDAY WARM-UP #1 (47): 1-Ian Gwynne, 2-Serban Murgu.
FRIDAY WARM-UP #2 (43): 1-Tom Thorpe, 2-Matthew Fisher.

33rd NORDIC OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 27-31, 2024; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (66): 1-Hans Liby (Norway), 2-Alfredo Unes (Brazil), 3-Elias Kritikos (Norway), 4/5-Armen Khachatryan (Armenia/Russia) / Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 6/9-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden) / Michael Urban (Germany) / Timo Väätäinen (Finland).

ADVANCED (46): 1-Rasmus G. Hansen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK), 3-Lars Nielsen (DK), 4/5-John Blem (DK) / Marianne Husum (Norway).

INTERMEDIATE (57): 1-Kenneth Holt (DK), 2-Ulrik Andersen (DK), 3-Philip Magnussen (DK), 4/5-Thom Espen Brevig (DK) / Christian Skjæran (DK).

UBC DENMARK CONTENDER: 1-Jakob Rasmussen (DK), 2-Justin Nowell (USA).

DOUBLE CONSULTATION (35 teams): 1-Sven Olav-Norén (Sweden) & Ronald Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Elias Kritikos (Norway) & Marc Olsen (DK), 3/4-Tommy Larsen (DK) & Peter Svinding (DK) / Tristan Remille (France) & Alexis Vincent (France).

MIXED DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Andreas Becher (DK) & Pia Jeppesen (DK), 2-Christian Bladt (DK) & Mathilde Schmidt (DK), 3/4-Mads W. Andersen (DK) & Brigitte Nissen (DK) / Shunji Terao (Japan) & Mrs. Terao (Japan).

HIGHROLLER (6): 1-Peter Thomsen (DK).

MINI JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Rene Thor Poulsen (DK), 2-Yan Kit Chan (United Kingdom), 3/4-Flemming Mortensen (DK) / Grethe Welle (Norway).

MINI JACKPOT #2 (7): 1-Christian Skjæran (DK).

REDEMPTION EVENT (20): 1-Matti Tienari (Finland), 2-Martha Gjelseth (Norway), 3/4-Sauli Alho (Finland) / Klaus Switon (DK).

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Marcus Reinhard (Germany), 2-Tristan Remille (France), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Jesper Mølgård (DK).

SPEEDGAMMON (42): 1-Asbjørn Arntzen (Norway), 2-Jens Ostermann-Petersen (DK), 3/4-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom) / Klaus Switon (DK).

WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (25): 1-Barbara Fagone (DK), 2-Linda Wallin (Sweden), 3/4-Anna Sofia Jørgensen (DK) / Mathilde Schmidt (DK).

TEAM EVENT (11 teams): 1-Team NO(r)WAY: Eirik Johansen / Bjørnar Kristoffersen / Marianne Husum (Norway).

BEGINNERS (21): 1-Andreas Boldt (DK), 2-Elias Stokholm (DK).

JUNIORS (5): 1-Frederik Dankelev (DK).

ABT - 29th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 21-24, 2024; Middleburg Heights, Ohio

ABT OPEN (36): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 4/5-Boris Shafransky (MD) / Joe Urso (NY); 1C-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2C-Jeb Horton (NC).

ABT ADVANCED (38): 1-Ray Cifani (OH), 2-Clare Phelps (OH), 3-Gary Payne (MI), 4/5-Jeff Cunningham (OH) / Ken Drees (OH); 1C-Brian Sposit (OH), 2C-Sean O'Donnell (Canada).

BMAB PLAYER'S CUP OHIO (20): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2/5-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jeremy Ly (NY) / P.J. Macali (OH). PR winners: 1-Art Benjamin (CA) at 2.70, 2-Marty Storer (NH) at 2.74, 3-John O'Hagan (IN) at 3.87, 4-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.34, 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 4.95, 6-Tom Rebelo (Canada) at 5.72. Unlucky Dice winner: Marty Storer (NH) with a luck factor of -18.54.

NOVICE/BEGINNERS (4): 1-Don Jena (OH), 2-Ian McGuigan (IN).

OHIO MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Chris Trencher (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT (20): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Victor de Oliveira (Canada), 3/4-Enrique Gomez (Mexico) / Bryan Pedro (Canada), 5-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Laura Granger (CO) & Cary Hoarty (OH), 2-Art Benjamin (CA) & Scotty Kelland (CT).

WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Sean O'Donnell (Canada); 1C-Ed Corey (CT).

AFTER-TOURNEY TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH).

WBF - 6th MERIT OPEN MONTENEGRO GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 19-24, 2024; Budva, Montenegro

MASTERS (88): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 3-Nodar Gagua (Georgia), 4/5-Talat Bagibala (Turkey) / Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 6/9-Ayrat Fatykov (Russia) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Matt Reklaitis (USA) / Roberto Terenziani (Italy); 1LC-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 3LC/4LC-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria) Ingo Mohr (Germany); Ladies Prize - Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

INTERMEDIATES (53): 1-Pero Dimitrovski (North Macedonia), 2-Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia), 3-Anton Dragostinov (Bulgaria), 4/5-Gündüz Günes (Turkey) / Gabriel Haulica (Romania); 1LC-Oliver Schneider (Germany), 2LC-Aleksandar Andreev (Bulgaria), 3LC/4LC-Zoran Kozul (Croatia) / Tamar Pularia (Georgia); Ladies Prize - Gözde Diptas (Turkey).

MERIT ROYAL SPLENDID DOUBLES CONSULTATION (64 teams): 1-Alain Babillon (France) & Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) & Roberto Terenziani (Italy), 3/4-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) & Keyber Söze / Marcus Reinhard (Germany) & Christian Setzpfandt (Germany).

MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #1 (32): 1-Mikayel Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 3/4-Nadjib Kawkab (Germany) / Mikael Westerlund (Sweden).

MERIT INTERNATIONAL 500€ SUPER JACKPOT #2 (32): 1-Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 2-Atanas Georgiev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Ivan Petrov (Bulgaria).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Sandra Ashry (Yemen) / Karmen Aydin (Turkey).

SENIORS (128): 1-Rumen Rikevski (Bulgaria), 2-Warner Solomon (United Kingdom), 3/4-Manouchehr Parchami (Sweden) / Ramaz Ukleba (Georgia).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia), 2-Artur Petrosyan #1 (Armenia), 3/4-Zaqaria Gugulashvili (Georgia) / Artur Petrosyan #2 (Armenia).

1-POINTER PRESIDENT'S CUP (128): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Stefan Sandor (Romania), 3/4-Ahmet Baydar (Turkey) / Zoran Kozul (Croatia).

TBT - 13th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP / WBF
March 8-10, 2024; Kocaeli, Turkey

MAIN (89): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil, 3-Oguz User, 4-Berkan Kalender.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (44): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Yasin Özergil.

LADIES PRIZE (4): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gözde Diptas.

TRADITIONAL (52): 1-Önder Akçabelen, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Adnan Çam, 4-Gültekin Uygur.

"HAZAN ÖZKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (48 teams): 1-Atalay Uluakay & Gözde Uluakay, 2-Burak Kaya & Ismail Köknar, 3/4-Mustafa Resat Çikintas & Tolga Özkale / Mithat Sorgüven & Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.

"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (49): 1-Zeki Gelbal, 2-Hamit Hasbay, 3-Ali Mert Gönenç, 4-Yasin Özergil.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gözde Diptas, 2-Ömer Çakici, 3/4-Mustafa Aydin / Atalay Uluakay.

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Gültekin Uygur, 3/4-Oguz User / Hakan Çinal.

UTT-2024 SATELLITES (9x8 + 1x4): Winners: Serkan Çalisir, Emrullah Cosar, Önder Akçabelen, Nejat Alkap, Haydar Uruçoglu, Hasret Bekar, Ömer Çakici, Hasan Gemici.

BG4BG (2x8): Winners: Ismail Köknar, Berkan Kalender.

CNB - 31st CITTÀ DI TORINO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
March 8-10, 2024; Torino, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Fernando Braconi, 2-Wolf-Dieter Wall, 3/4-Lorenzo Rinaldo / Henri Sharra; 1C-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2C-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo / Antonio Serventi.

ADVANCED (31): 1-Emil Sirakov, 2-Nicolas Dehon (Switzerland), 3/4-Massimiliano Cettolin / Davide Klemenz; 1C-Dario Bertola, 2C-Georgiana Avasiloaei, 3C/4C-David Cornacchini / Kais Zaiem (Switzerland).

OPEN CNB (60): 1-Kais Zaiem (Switzerland), 2-Paolo Chianese, 3/4-Giorgio Castellano / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland).

SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (15 teams): 1-Luca Martino & Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Andrea De Zandonati & Fabio Gullotta.

ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Gianni Pretto, 2-Gianfranca Pasciu.

GOODBYE TORINO (26): 1-Maurizio Eletti, 2-Adriano Botteon.

KAZAN BACKGAMMON ILDAR YAGOFAROV MEMORIAL
March 2-3, 2024; Kazan, Russia

MAIN (43): 1-Alexey Ignarin, 2-Vasily Chemokhonenko, 3-Timur Azizov, 4-Konstantin Pustokhin.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (19 teams): 1-Sergey Chertkov & Alexandr Gomankov, 2-Victor Naumenko & Self, 3/4-Nadezhda Evseeva & Ayrat Metshin / Artem Kozlov & Almaz Salimzyanov.

SUPER JACKPOT (19): 1-Sergey Saprygin, 2-Timur Azizov, 3/4-Dmitry Gurko / Alexey Ignarin.

1-POINT (64): 1-Victor Naumenko, 2-Dmitry Gurko, 3/4-Valery Burlakov / Rustem Khismatullun.

ABT - ATLANTA BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
February 29-March 3, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (47): 1-Joe Urso (NY), 2-Brian Vance (MI), 3/4-Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Ray Spehar (FL); 1C-Stacy Turner (FL), 2C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA); 1LC-Mike Horri (GA).

ABT ADVANCED (49): 1-Jerry Ungar (FL), 2-Bill Kaludis (TN), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Kamran Kheirani (Canada); 1C-Garrett Brown (GA), 2C-Scott Bailey (GA); 1LC-Robert Kratz (NC).

BMAB PLAYER'S CUP (24): Tie 1/6- Rob Crase (OH) / Di Di (GA) / Kent Goulding (MD) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Polatov (NY) / Sammy Wohl (FL). PR winners: 1-Di Di (GA) at 4.62, 2-Avi Cohen (FL) at 5.37, 3-Kent Goulding (MD) at 5.54, 4-Karen Davis (FL) at 5.75, 5-Jeb Horton (NC) at 5.91, 6-Sammy Wohl (FL) at 6.81. Unlucky Dice winner: Marianne Bowen (VA) with a luck factor of -17.61.

SUPER JACKPOT ROUND-ROBIN (4): Tie 1/3-Mike Senkiewicz (NY) (Trophy) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Chris Trencher (NY).

TAYLOR/WILENSKY MASTERS (24): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3-Dan Minardi (CO).

ATLANTA CUP LIMITED JACKPOT (26): 1-Stephen Trundy (TN), 2-Enrique Gomez (Mexico), 3/4-Ted Cetola (FL) / Rob Reynolds (GA).

DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Avi Cohen (FL) & G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marianne Bowen (VA) & Di Di (GA), 3-Ben Friesen (OH) & Dan Minardi (CO).

SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Roland Leutert (FL), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3-Alan Epstein (GA).

SENIORS (64): 1-Chris Palmer (United Kingdom), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-Marlon Aronstam (FL) / Curtis Melville (VA).

DMP (32): 1-Mehmet Agirbas (GA), 2-Scott Bailey (GA).

NOVICE TOURNAMENT #1 (6): 1-Kentaro Abe (GA), 2-Slick McNeil (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #2 (5): 1-Tim Smith (GA), 2-Anne Major (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #3 (7): 1-Hannah Choueke (SC), 2-Ofek Oshri (GA).
NOVICE TOURNAMENT #4 (2): 1-Spencer Petzold (GA), 2-Casey Willett (TN).

WARM-UP TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Boris Shafransky (MD), 2-Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Jeremy Krieger (OR).

$25 JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Bob Ellis (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$25 JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Michael Tobin (TN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

WBF - MERIT MIDDLE EAST GRAND PRIX BACKGAMMON INVITATIONAL
February 28-March 3, 2024; Kyrenia, North Cyprus

OPEN (75): 1-Amir Eshragi (Iran), 2-Hossein Aghili (Iran), 3-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 4/5-Shahin Nejat (Iran) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 6/9-Gülderen Gücavli (Turkey) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Amirali Tavakoli (Iran) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic); 1LC-Razi Bobrov (Israel), 2LC-Cyrus Vafa (Iran/Sweden), 3LC/4LC-Abdallah Jamal Eddine (Lebanon) / Hamza Nar (Turkey).

$7,500 HIGH ROLLER (6): 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3-Tobias Hellwag (Germany).

$2,500 MEGA JACKPOT (32): 1-Amirali Tavakoli (Iran), 2-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 3/4-Mehmet Akis (Turkey) / Maan El Hachem (Lebanon).

$1,250 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-David Presser (Israel), 2-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 3/4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Shahin Nejat (Iran).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Haroutioun Boroudian (Lebanon) & Charbel Salloum (Lebanon), 2-Çaglar Erdogan (Turkey) & Aykut Keskin (Turkey), 3/4-Maan El Hachem (Lebanon) & George Rabahie (Lebanon) / Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

CELEBRITIES 4X4 TEAM EXHIBITION MATCH: 1-Jörgen Granstedt (Sweden) / Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

1st MACAO BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 23-25, 2024; Macao, China

MASTERS / ERUDITIS (39): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Kazuhiro Saito (Japan), 3/4-Herb Roman (USA) / David Wells (USA).

LAST CHANCE #1 (18): 1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany).

LAST CHANCE #2 (35): 1-Hayase Kawashima (Japan).

MAX JACKPOT / SORTITIS MAX (4): 1-Malcolm Hutson (Australia).

BEGINNERS / LAICIS (13): 1-Celine Heuls (France), 2-Sophie Hutson (Australia), 3-Stuart Carroll (England).

DOUBLES / DUPLICIS (16 teams): 1-Fujioka Daisuke (Japan) & Yuji Ogura (Japan), 2-Carter Mattig (USA) & Cynthia Roberts (England).

VON WALDENBLATT DMP TOURNAMENT (82): 1-Bogidar Iliev (Bulgaria).

ABT - MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 23-25, 2024; Boston, Massachusetts

ABT OPEN (29): 1-Brad Mampe (MA), 2-Garrett Duquesne (NY); 1C-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2C-Ilja Tardijn (The Netherlands); 1LC-Doug Roberts (MA).

ABT ADVANCED (13): 1-John Leonard (MA), 2-Stephen Griffin (MA); 1C-Richard Battikha (CT); 1LC-Sharooz Moreh (NY).

MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-G.L. Harvie (VT), 2-Marty Storer (NH).

DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Anca Morar (RI) & Mike Vena (CT), 2-Jon Douglas (NY) & Steve Douglas (NY).

EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Jerry Shea (NY); 1C-John Leonard (MA).

OPEN JACKPOT (4): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-David Habib (Canada).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (4): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Nick Ricciardi (CT).

SENIORS (12): 1-Steve Griffin (MA), 2-Mike Forrester (MA).

JUNIORS (8): 1-Alex Zamanian (MA), 2-Alex Strehl (CA).

NOVICE #1 (4): 1-Regina Dinkes (FL), 2-Diego Rosenfeld (MA).
NOVICE #2 (2): 1-Veronica Bacon (MA), 2-Mary Whitney (MA).
NOVICE #3 (6): 1-Greg Gregovski (Canada), 2-Melissa Poyet Borys (RI).

NCBA - 2nd ARKIN BACKGAMMON OPEN VIP
February 15-18, 2024; Iskele, Famagusta, North Cyprus

MASTERS (90): 1-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 2-Aref Alipour (United Kingdom), 3-Hüseyin Güler (Turkey), 4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 5-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria), 6-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Minh Nguyen (France).

SUPERJACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Nodar Gagua (Georgia).
SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 2-Minh Nguyen (France).

DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) & Yurii Vatsyk (Ukraine), 2-Baris Koçak (Turkey) & Aliekber Vardi (Turkey), 3-Sezai Bayraktar (North Cyprus) & Salih Kayali (North Cyprus).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Mevlit Avcioglu (North Cyprus), 2-Stanislav Stoynov (Bulgaria).

SENIORS (59): 1-Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).

1-POINTER (128): 1-Philippe Vouhe (France), 2-Andac Sevimli (North Cyprus).

SPECIAL PLAYERS (3): 1-Jeremy Sherr (United Kingdom), 2-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 3-Çaglar Ugurel (Turkey).

"ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL" MASTERS

CNB - 8th RICCIONE D'INVERNO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 8-11, 2024; Riccione, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Francesco Oliva; 1C-Michele Muratori, 2C-Richard Biddle (England), 3C/4C-Fabio Cappelletti / Fabrizio Lo Surdo.

ADVANCED (29): 1-Giovanni Francescon, 2-Domenico Miscioscia, 3/4-Marco De Bortoli / Paolo Gruppioni; 1C-Marco Conte, 2C-Diego Balgera, 3C/4C-Giuseppe Ricciardi / Emil Sirakov (Bulgaria).

OPEN CNB (45): 1-Angelo Anav, 2-Fabio Cappalletti, 3/4-Luigi De Lazzari / Jost Müller-Kreth (Germany).

SINGLE & DOUBLE CONSULTING (14 teams): 1-Fernando Braconi & Levan Chilingarashvili (Georgia), 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo & Gianlazzaro Sanna.

JACKPOT ADVANCED (16): 1-Franco Candeo, 2-Paolo Gruppioni.

ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Marco Conte, 2-Antonio Servanti.

WARM-UP (10): 1-Paulus Van Rooijen (Holland), 2-Cesare Nanti.

LAST JACKPOT (16): 1-Francesco Zecchini, 2-Massimiliano Cettolin.

ABT - 11th TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 7-11, 2024; San Antonio, Texas

ABT GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (107+47 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-Neil Kazaross (IL) / Jon Vietor (CA); 1C-Thomas Tenland (Sweden), 2C-David Winn (TX), 3C/4C-Ami Benari (CO) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada); 1LC-David Kettler (TX), 2LC-Steve Sax (CA).

ABT INTERMEDIATE DIVISION (48+26 rebuys): 1-Lena Sahlén (Sweden), 2-Gonzalo Velarde (Peru); 1C-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2C-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 3C/4C-Gene Eydelman (IL) / Vinny Ramirez (CA); 1LC-Greg Zillgitt (MN), 2LC-Jeremy Krieger (OR).

NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP (22): 1-Robert Gonzalez (TX), 2-Troy Messina (TX), 3/4-Tom Davis (TX) / Sophia Hutson (Australia).

UBC USA CHAMPIONSHIP (20): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-John O'Hagan (IN), 3/4-Frank Frigo (CA) / Ryan Rebelo (Canada). PR winners: 1-John O'Hagan (IN) at 2.92, 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) at 3.17, 3-Petko Kostadinov (SC) at 3.23, 4-Frank Frigo (CA) at 3.33, 5-Ronald Sahlén (Sweden) at 3.45, 6-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 3.75, 7-Albert Steg (MA) at 3.94.

$1500 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Alberto Showaki (FL), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Steve Blanchard (IL).

MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (48): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2/3-Ira Hessel (TX) / Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/6-Al Hodis (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO) / Richard Siebold (CO).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Keith Remels (TX), 2/3-Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Richard Stubbe (TX), 4/6-Avi Cohen (FL) / Patrick Keene (CA) / Maeis Petrosian (CA).

TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).

SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Dennis & Peggy Culpepper (VA), 2-Powie French (TX) & Phil Simborg (FL), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Saeed Karimi (TX) & Mike Milligan (TX).

ACE POINT DMP TOURNAMENT (128): 1-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Barry Miller (IL).

SENIORS (128): 1-Herb Roman (IL), 2-Farhad Forudi (OH), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece/United Kingdom).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Oscar Bennetts (Mexico), 2-Avi Cohen (FL), 3/4-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Richard Siebold (CO), 2-Tommy Tallarico (CA).

7th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 31-February 4, 2024; Ocean Village, Marina Bay, Gibraltrar

MASTERS (68): 1-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2-Boghiu Sorin (Romania), 3-Omid Badiei (Sweden), 4/5-Michael Flesch (United Kingdom) / Francisco Kendall (Portugal); 1LC-Dag Ekmark (Norway), 2LC-Armen Khachatryan (Russia), 3LC/4LC-Raj Jansari (United Kingdom) / Lawrence Powell (United Kingdom).

"MARIO FABBRI" SPECIAL AWARD: Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).

INTERMEDIATES (51): 1-Ian Anderson (Scotland), 2-Valerian Toreli (Georgia), 3-Paulo Pinto (Portugal), 4/5-Pedro Sanz (Spain) / Gerald Whitehouse (United Kingdom); 1LC-Beatriz Molinero (Spain), 2LC-Pedro Machado (Portugal), 3LC/4LC-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia) / Ayhan Serin (Turkey).

500£ SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Neculai Axinte (Romania), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (42 teams): 1-Andrew Darby (United Kingdom) & Anna Parker (United Kingdom), 2-Ari Nogueira (Brazil) & Andrea Quadros (Brazil), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) & Alexis Vincent (France) / David Frier (Gibraltar) & Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar).

SENIORS (128): 1-Julian Minwalla (United Kingdom), 2-Felix Ciumasu (Romania), 3/4-David Frier (Gibraltar) / Pedro Fonseca Matos (Portugal).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Nadine Chipolina (Gibraltar), 2-Beverley Phillips (United Kingdom), 3-Andrea Quadros (Brazil).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Virgil Tudose (Romania), 2-Josefin Bichler (Germany), 3/4-Mike Grabsky (United Kingdom) / Mark Manley (United Kingdom).

869BG GIB CHALLENGE (32): 1-Gilbert Licudi (Gibraltar), 2-Stefan Paliwoda (United Kingdom), 3/4-Cristian Cozos (Romania) / Horacio Moreu (Spain).

DMP CHALLENGE – 1-POINTERS (128): 1-Ary Nogueira #1 (Brazil), 2-Ary Nogueira #2 (Brazil), 3/4-Tiberiu Bostan (Romania) / Tim Parfitt (United Kingdom).

WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 12-14, 2024; Istanbul, Turkey

"ANDRII NESTEROV MEMORIAL" MASTERS (108): 1-Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA), 2-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Hakan Çinal (Turkey) / Radostin Damyanov (Bulgaria); 1C-Fady Asmar (Lebanon), 2C-Massimo Trovo (Italy), 3C/4C-Bülent Bahar (Turkey) / Ümit Bata (Turkey); 1LC-Baris Güven Gökçe (Turkey), 2LC-Göksel Kilinç (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / Özdal Kapmaz (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Gülderen Gücavli.

INTERMEDIATES (39): 1-Seyfi Uslubas (Turkey), 2-Gözde Diptas (Turkey), 3/4-Ömer Çakici (Turkey) / Claudio Dordei (Italy); 1C-Mahmut Kamar (Turkey), 2C-Janette Hodgkinson (Soouth Africa), 3C/4C-Okan Koçak (Turkey) / Metin Tatlidil (Turkey); 1LC-M. Gökhan Gücavli (Turkey), 2LC-Serkan Özkaraca (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Eren Merzeci (Turkey) / Fatih Seven (Turkey); Ladies Prize - Gözde Diptas (Turkey).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (21): 1-Kudret Ustaoglu (Turkey), 2-Ümit Bata (Turkey).

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (58 teams): 1-Elaroz Ardalani & Hamidreza Ardalani (Iran), 2-Burak & Doruk Kaya (Turkey), 3/4-Florin & Luca Boboc (Romania) / Damjan & Tina Plesec (Slovenia).

WBGF's "RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (77): 1-Sakir Kemik (Turkey), 2-Andre Abi Haidar (Lebanon), 3/4-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom) / John Broomfield (United Kingdom).

"ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Ümit Bata (Turkey), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 3/4-Karim Abou Absi (Lebanon) / Burak Çulhaci (Turkey).

"GÜR SAKARYA MEMORIAL" SWING (38): 1-Richard Biddle (United Kingdom), 2-Bahar Ergüder (Turkey), 3-Aziz Çelikkaya (Turkey), 4-Oguz User (Turkey).

1-POINTER (128): 1-Oguz User (Turkey), 2-Hüseyin Çetintas (Turkey), 3/4-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA).

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Murat Özyilmaz (Turkey), 2-Erdinç Bayindir (Turkey).

BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8): Winners – Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon) / Simon Kennedy-Rose (United Kingdom/USA) / Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Zeki Gelbal (Turkey) / Gündüz Tezgiden (Turkey).

FMBGT - 1st FMGAMMON OPEN
January 6-7, 2024; Istanbul, Turkey

FMGAMMON OPEN (135): 1-Navid Rohani (Iran) 2-Mehmet Hulusi Tümer, 3-Fatih Gökbua, 4-Asur Yildirim, 5-Ali Haydar Bayar, 6-Yilmaz Kurtay, 7/9-Batuhan Çil / Ozan Gündogdu / Özcan Oranç, 10/15-Barbaros Akyar / Haldun Engin / Hakan Ergüç / Metin Erikler / Murat Özyilmaz / Imran Suncu.

2nd FM PR DIGITAL TOURNAMENT (40): 1-Fatih Bellici, 2-Rosen Atanasov (Bulgaria), 3-Atilla Inanli, 4/12-Erkan Altun / Alexandar Andreev (Bulgaria) / Avni Arslan / Ismail Bilgili / Kemal Güvenkaya / Onur Ihtiyar / Ibrahim Karaca / Yilmaz Kurtay / Serdar Onal. PR Ranking: 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (United Kingdom) 2.24, 2-Ali Çetin Belene 4.02, 3-Hakan Çinal 4.15, 4-Cüneyt Argun Genç 4.32.

DMP ONE-POINT (64): 1-Erol Özsoy.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (16 teams): 1-Erdinç Bayindir & Cemalettin Yüksel, 2-Oktay Lökbas & Hakan Tosun.

ABT - 17th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
January 3-7, 2024; Jersey City, New Jersey

ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (130+52 rebuys): 1-Wilcox Snellings (USA/Costa Rica), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Martin Barkwill (United Kingdom) / Joey Issa (Jamaica); 1C-Marty Storer (NH), 2C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan); 3C/4C-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany) / Mark Osborne (NY); 1LC-Avi Cohen (FL), 2LC-Malcolm Hutson (Australia), 3C/4C-Cato Fordham (United Kingdom) / Claude Landry (Canada).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (93+37 rebuys): 1-David Wu (NY), 2-Jesse Chrismer (NY), 3/4-Claude Boismenu (Canada) / Melanie Hughes (Caribbean); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Alex Brill (NY), 3C/4C-Richard Battikha (CT) / Jerry Smith (NJ); 1LC-Ozgur Aktunc (TX), 2LC-Blake Beber (NY).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (55): 1-Marie Shultz (NY), 2-David Posmantier (NY), 3/4-Michael Pucci (NJ) / Adam Thyberg (NY); 1C-Eric Posmantier (CT), 2C-Lucy Marinkovich (WA), 3C/4C-Jamie Rosen (NY) / Chris Coppa (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Kathy Licursi (NY).

BEGINNER (17): 1-Ralph Tamlyn (NY), 2-Olivia Upton (NY), 3/4-Matthew Preston (MD) / Walker Tuton (NY); 1C-William Tiritilli (NJ), 2C-Mark Kronenberg (CT); 1LC-Joyce Goldstein (NY).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Oliver Squire (United Kingdom), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Brandon Macklin (MD) / David Shadi (NJ).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (48): 1-Jan Jacobowitz (Germany), 2-Joe Urso (NY), 3-Greg Merriman (MI), 4/6-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Lebanon) / Jason Pack (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT (64): 1-Louis Epstein (NY), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-Theo Osborne (NY) / Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 5/8-Garry Kallos (Canada) / Phil Perelmuter (MA) / Boris Shafransky (MD) / Ray Spehar (FL).

BMAB-USA NEW YORK (38): 1-Brian Nielsen (Denmark), 2/8-Julius High (GA) / Andrew Liebenthal (NJ) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Larry Shiller (TX) / Albert Steg (MA) / Massimo Tassan-Solet (NY) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL). PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) 2.76, 2-Jason Pack (NY) 3.90, 3-David Wu (NY) 3.93, 4-Paul Swain (WA) 4.11, 5-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) 4.12, 6-Marty Storer (NH) 4.36, 7-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) 4.80, 8-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL) 4.96. Unlucky Dice winner: Malcolm Hutson (Australia) with a luck factor of -16.16.

LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 1 (32): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/4-Martha Ghio (NY) / Ann Maher (United Kingdom).

LADY LIBERTY CUP Division 2 (8): 1-Tyler Glenn (NY), 2-Chris Coppa (NY).

2-POINT MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR).

BLITZ (192): 1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Curtis Melville (VA).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (64): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 3/4-Bill Lonergan (NY) / Michael Rosen (NY).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Jean-Guy Roy (Canada), 2-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Antoinette Williams (NY).

FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Michael Rosen (NY), 2-Charlie Eisenhood (NY).

NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Jordan Etzig (NY) & Justin Nowell (NY/United Kingdom), 2-Anatoly Katsnelson (IL) & Boris Shafransky (MD).

$1000 BETTING HERO FREEROLL DMP (17): 1-Charlie Eisenhood (NY), 2-Phil Simborg (FL).

2024 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS