International Backgammon Tournament Results

ABT: ACE POINT HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
December 26-28, 1997; New York, New York

OPEN (14): 1-Julian Schulman (NJ); 1C-Phil Laak (NY), 2C-Antoinette Williams (NY).

INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Walt Swan (NJ); 1C-Mat Ozbek (NY), 2C-Brian Scorben (NJ).

CHOUETTE TOURNEY: 1-Walt Swan (NJ), 2-EIIiott Winslow (CA), 3-Marc Freman (NY).

TURKEY TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE: Phil Laak, Mike Natanzon, Lonnie Linderbaum.

ABT: 40TH GAMMON ASSOCIATES INVITATIONAL
December 5-7, 1997; Woodland Hills, California

OPEN (31): 1-Steve Sax, 2-Art Benjamin; 1C-Peter Zacks, 2C-Paul Gedigian.

ADVANCED (18): 1-Ron Coffin, 2-Dave Hart; 1C-Jerry Hays, 2C-Jobey Calitri.

LIMITED (8): 1-Andreh Anderson, 2-Larry Burkhart; 1C-Michael Nash.

SUPER-32 (23): 1-Norm Wiggins, 2-0dis Chenault, 3/4-Jarry Hays / Wendy Kaplan (IL).

DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Barry Corchnoy & Cecilia Pedroza, 2-Paul Gedigian & Azzam Masarani.

1-POINT BLITZ (48): 1-Tad Bright, 2-Leon Weiner (TX).

NATIONAL DANISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 29-30, 1997; Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Thomas Bræmer-Jensen, 2-Karsten Bredahl, 3/4-Finn Mølgaard / Chris Ternel; 1C-Kurt Klifoth, 2C-Marcelo Zagal, 3C/4C-Freddie Noer / Michael Schou.

UNDER 21 CHAMPIONSHIP (14): 1-Nanna Ibsen , 2-Louisa Dahlin, 3-Karsten Nielsen, 4-Peter Switon.

ABT: NORTHERN OHIO THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT
November 28-30, 1997; Canton, Ohio

OPEN (22): 1-Don Sloan (OH), 2-David Haddad (AL); 1C-Jan Carlstrom (PA), 2C-Alex Caraplis (NJ).

ADVANCED (14): 1-Donna Fisher, 2-Mike Vasilatos, 3-Wally Wolf (MI). NOVICE (11): 1-Mark Larios (IN), 2-Carol Gonda (CT).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mary Hickey (OH) & Jon Stephens (OH).

ADVANCED DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Bruce King & Marty Kohler.

BLITZ (16): 1-Mike Rezai.

1-POINT EVENT (28): 1-Jon Stephens (OH).

FIRST MOSCOW OPEN
November 12-16, 1997; Moscow, Russia

MASTERS (49 + 6 reentries): 1-Carsten Joh (GER), 2-Leonid Riskin (GER), 3/4-Rasmus Nohr (DEN) / Mario Sequeira (POR); 1C-Dirk Schiemann (GER), 2C-Ronald Reinhardt (GER), 3C/4C-Emzar Laitadze (GEO) / A. Muradyan (ARM); 1LC-Harald Johanni (GER), 2LC-Johannes Levermann (GER).

CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-W. Kalantryan (ARM), 2-E. Maibritt (DEN); 1C-K. Karagezyan (ARM), 2C-S. Kotov (RUS); 1LC-Luisa Sequeira (POR).

INTERMEDIATE (28): 1-Z. Gugulashvili (GEO), 2-V. Andrianov (RUS); 1C-G. Melya (GEO), 2C-A. Buhtiyarov (RUS); 1LC-Ingrid Weiss (AUS).

TEAM TOURNAMENT (10 teams): 1-“Jerevan”: Muradian, Kalantarian, Karagezian, 2-“Fishcake”: Joh, Mortuk, Michel.

DOUBLES: 1- Matthias Korner & Ronald Reinhardt (GER), 2-Johannes Levermann & Dirk Schiemann (GER).

SPONSOR'S TOURNEY: 1-Paul Magriel (USA).

LAS VEGAS OPEN
November 11-15, 1997; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (91): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Doug Mayfield (CA), 3/4-Harry Brown (MI) / Elliott Winslow (CA); 1C-Christian Toth (Brazil), 2C-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3C/4C Gadi Carmeli (NV) / Julian Schulman; 1LC-Mike Fujita (HI), 2LC-Andy Glazer (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (109): 1-Jay Giuttari (RI), 2-Jim Bowman (FL), 3/4-Fred Gehlhoff (WI) / Samra Hadden (GA); 1C-Bert Burkholder (NV), 2C-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3C/4C-Saul Meir (CA) / Joao Alfredo Mendonca (BRZ); 1LC-Bobbie Shifrin (IL), 2LC-Yahudah Gruenfeld (ISR).

BEGINNER (32): 1-Les Robbins (WA), 2-Gideon Laniado, 3/4-Kirke Lashelle / Mohammad Shah; 1C-Bob Schumacher, 2C-Gary Tong (MI); 1LC-Theresa Stanley (FL), 2LC-Gilles Blais (CAN).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Ray Glaeser (MI).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Bob Black (TX), 2-Mark Ferrin (OR).
$500 JACKPOT (16): 1-Herb Gurland (MA), 2-Christian Toth (BRZ).

BLITZ (408): 1-Steve Clark (CA), 2-Ron Karr (CA).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Maureen Wasley (CA), 2-Judy Collins (CA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-John Gdowik (FL), 2-Bob Sahagian (NJ).

ONLINE TOURNAMENT-LIVE (32): 1-Steve Sax/steamsax (CA), 2-Mike Fujita/fujita (HI).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ray Baker (CA) & Azzam Masarani (CA), 2-Judy Collins (CA) & Paul Gedigian (CA), 3/4-Tom Schmitz (TX) & Ron Williamson (TX) / Norma Shyer (IL) & Marty Tatosian (IL).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Kati Pratt (TX) & Lois Richards (AZ), 2-Ary Noguiera (BRZ) & Carlos Pinto (BRZ).

$50 AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-EIIiott Winslow (CA), 2-Pedro Brunsizian (BRZ).

$20 AFTER-TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Paul Strasberg (MI), 2-Vergine Kouleyan (CA).

ABT: NORTHEAST REGIONAL/4TH NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 31-November 2, 1997; South Lee, Massachusetts

OPEN (28): 1-John Mansey, 2-Jack Kissane (NY); 1C-Dan Shapiro, 2C-Doug Roberts.

ADVANCED (23): 1-Rich Munitz, 2-Bob Lumbra; 1C-Marc Gray (NY), 2C-Wally Wolf (MI).

INTERMEDIATE (7): 1-Ralph Balser, 2-Hank Antonelli.

NOVICE (13): 1-Yoav Elinevsky, 2-Ruth Solomon; 1C-Al Mason.

17TH SWEDISH OPEN
October 30-November 2, 1997; Stockholm, Sweden

CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Johan Moazed, 2-Petter Bengtsson, 3/4-Henrik Hartman / Jan Helander; 1C-Tomas Welin, 2C-Michael Löfblad.

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Einar Tryggvason, 2-Jan Bergström, 3/4-0la Hamring / Lak Praerttham; 1C-Ciaes Melin, 2C-David Asplund.

RE-BUY BLITZ (34): 1-Lak Praerttham, 2/3-Anders Brenner / Dan Sandberg.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Johnny Backlund & Conny Eriksson, 2-Jörgen Granstedt & Rita Lönnroth.

GRAN PRIX DE SUISS
October 29-November 2, 1997; Lugano, Switzerland

CHAMPIONSHIP (54): 1-Ronald Reinhardt (GER), 2-Mario Sequeira (POR), 3/4-Andrea Sirch (ITA) / Giovanni Saladino (ITA); 1C-Jacques Torrione (SWZ), 2C-Carsten Joh (GER), 3C/4C-Leonid Riskin (RUS) / Dirk Schiemann (GER); 1LC-Giorgio Falcomer (ITA), 2LC-Sandro Mazza (ITA).

INTERMEDIATE (23): 1-Luisa Sequiera (POR), 2-Stephan Ackermann (SWZ), 31 4-Bambi De Bruin (SPA) I Rolf Vetsch (SWZ); 1 C-Demi Plesec (SLOV), 2C-Reto Arrigoni (SWZ); 1 LC-Roberto Gobbo (ITA), 2LC-Richard Klein (GER).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Hendrik Muyers (GER), 2-Dirk Schiemann (GER). CONSULTING DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-R. Klein & K. Weissbarth (GER), 2-H. Muysers & C. Leibe-Harkort (GER).

TEAM EVENT (8 teams): 1-"Sharazade" ( V. Castro & C. Facchetti & Y. Akopov), 2-"Bambi" (R. Michel & M. De Bruin & B. De Bruin).

VITO VIAGGI (32): 1-0livier Egger (SWZ), 2-Sandro Mazza (ITA).

SWAROVSKY (23): 1-Christian Liebe-Harkort (GER), 2-Rolf Vetsch (SWZ).

1ST MOSCOW OPEN WARM-UP (32): 1-Gianmichele D'Onofrio (ITA).

ABT: FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
October 17-19, 1997; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

OPEN (21): 1-Steve Flam (FL), 2-Aiex Caraplis (NJ), 3-Jim Pascoe (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Michael Bureau (FL), 2-Wally Swan (NY), 3-Ed Felton (FL).

DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-AI Tesoro (FL), 2-Katherine Willoughby (FL).

ABT: NATION’S CAPITAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 10-12, 1997; Bethesda, Maryland

OPEN (20): 1-William Counts, 2-David Montgomery, 1C-Bruce Hall, 4-Peter Kalba (IL), 5-Dennis Culpepper (VA); 1LC-Paul Weaver.

JACKPOT TOURNEY (11 ): 1-Dr. Bob Hill (NY), 2-Barry Steinberg (MD); 1C-Roy Dixon.

DOUBLES (7 teams): 1-David & Laura Montgomery, 2-Dennis Culpepper & Greg Lilley.

SUNDAY OPEN TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Barry Steinberg (MD), 2-Ron Bernstein; 1C-Peter Kalba (IL); 1LC-Ed Maslansky.

5TH IRISH OPEN
October 4-5, 1997; Dublin, Ireland

OPEN (82): 1-Tim Cross, 2-Julian Hayhurst, 3/4-Dave Coyne / Brian Lever.

CONSOLATION (64): 1-Rick Janowski, 2-Dave McNair, 3/4-Jeff Ellis / Paul Money.

TEAM EVENT (16 teams): 1-Roy Hollands & Jackie Reed & Clement Byrne, 2-Dan O'Farrell & Gerry Robinson & Peter Chan.

ABT: ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS & AMERICA CUP
October 2-5, 1997; Rolling Meadows, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (41): 1-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 2-Richard Del Furia (MN), 3/4-EIIiott Winslow (CA) / David Rockwell (IL); 1C-Leslie Lockett (IL), 2C-Kurt Schurecht (IL); 1LC-Jake Jacobs (IL); High Performance: Noubar Tcheurekdjian (WI).

ADVANCED (33): 1-Milad Doueihi (IL), 2-George Barr (IL), 3/4-Ed Buerger (IL) / Jim Bowman (FL); 1C-Mary Franks (IL), 2C-Aiice Gerard (FL); 1 LC-Sam Pottle (WI); High Performance: Curtis Lucas.

LIMITED (10): 1-Michael Plog (IL), 1C-Sonja Peacock (WI); 1LC-Lee Pflugrad (WI).

AMERICA CUP (13): 1-Hugh Sconyers (TX), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

MASTERS (16): 1-Fred Kalantari (MN).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Steve Mellen & Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Paul Klein (IL) & Laila Leonhardt (Denmark).

BLITZ (32): 1-Steve McCormick (KS).

PARLAY FROM HELL (64): 1-Steve Mellen (IL).

KICKOFF (32): 1-Hugh Sconyers (TX), 2-John Ritchie (KS).

ABT: TOWPATH INN TOURNAMENT
September 26-28, 1997; Turin, New York

OPEN (14): 1-Aian Fenster (NY), 2-Eden Windish (Canada), 3-Matt Reklaitis (PA).

DOUBLES (5): 1-Marty Storer (NH) & Ed Johnson (NY).

SCANDINAVIAN NEW HAIR CLINIC OPEN
September 25-28, 1997; Malmö, Sweden

CHAMPIONSHIP (40): 1-Ray Tannen (UK), 2-Jörgen Granstedt (SWE), 3/4-Jes Bondo (DK) / Asger Kring (DK); 1 C-Navidi Afshar (DK), 2C-Karsten Bredahl (DK); 1 LC-Mikael Lofblad (SWE), 2LC-Jerry Grandell (SWE).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Johan Nilsson (SWE), 2-Karsten Schmidt (DK); 1 C-Karsten Nilsen (DK), 2C-Hannu Lyysynen (FIN).

BEGINNER: 1-Lennart Staarup (DK), 2-Claus Steensgard (DK); 1C-Jannika Tornquist (SWE); 2C-Marianne Jonsson (SWE); 1LC-Christen Johanson (SWE).

SUPER JACKPOT: 1-Jan Clementsson (SWE), 2-Thomas Ribohn (SWE).

ABT: MINNESOTA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 19-21, 1997; Minneapolis, Minnesota

CHAMPIONSHIP (19): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2-Tim Lawless (MN); 1C-Fred Kalantari (MN).

INTERMEDIATE (11): 1-Tom Penney (MN), 2-Harold Roberson (MN); 1C-Steve Maas (MN).

AUTUMN JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Gienn Dowd (MN).

DOUBLES (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA) & Glenn Dowd (MN), 2-Bill Davis & Peter Kalba (IL).

MINI-MATCH 1-POINT (16): 1-Fred Kalantari (MN).
MINI-MATCH 2-POINT (32): 1-Gienn Dowd (MN).

$25 SUNDAY JACKPOT (12): 1-Sam Pottle (WI).

7TH MITTELEUROPA TOURNAMENT
September 5-7, 1997; Nova Gorica, Slovenia

MASTER (51): 1-Michael Ltifblad (SWE), 2-Matthias Korner (GER), 3/4-Christian Liebe-Harkort (GER) / Jochen Lucke (GER); 1C-Wiater Jarc (CAN), 2C-Mario Sequeira (POR); 1LC-Thomas Lumper (GER), 2LC-Andrea Sirch (ITA); Ladies: Cathrin Bladh-Riesselin (SWE).

CHAMPION (41): 1-Beatrice Zondler (GER), 2-Luisa Sequeira (POR), 3/4-Beppe Coli (ITA) / Piero Gallo (ITA); 1C-Gerhard Hofer (AUS), 2C-Andrea Simonetta (ITA); 1LC-Stefan Parlow (AUS), 2LC-Ewald Etmayer (AUS); Ladies: Beatrice Zondler (GER).

INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Mihai Raducanu (ROM), 2-Fabio Cultrera (ITA), 3/4-Raviv Shevach (ISR) / Andrea Sgardi (ITA); 1C-Luis Andrada (ARG), 2C-Amina Domeniconi (SWZ); 1LC-Aiberto Bertot (ARG), 2LC-John Slattery (SCO); La-dies: Amina Domeniconi (SWZ).

WARM-UP (69): 1-Giuseppe Ricciardi (ITA), 2-Svilen Todorov (BUL).

1-POINT TOURNEY WINNERS: Helmut Zelenka (AUS), Giuseppe Rigon (ITA), Wolfgang Kargl (AUS).

SPERTI TROPHY: 1-Maria Grigis (ITA), 2-Giuseppe Rigon (AUS).

ABT: 45TH INDIANA OPEN
August 29-September 1, 1997; Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAMPIONSHIP (56): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Peter Kalba (IL), 3/4-Tim Mabee (IL) / John O'Hagan (IN); 1C-Steve Hast (PA), 2C-Frank Frigo (KY). ADVANCED (43): 1-Wally Kuester (IL), 2-Richard Heinz (IN); 1C-Chester Warzel (IN), 2C-Denny Leatherman (PA).

INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Wanda de Ia Barre (MA), 2-Mark Larios (IN); 1C-Bob Hubby (IN).

NOVICE (6): 1-Rudy Langenbach (WI), 2-Sonja Peacock (WI).

MASTERS JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Frank Frigo (KY), 2-Jon Stephens (OH).
MASTERS JACKPOT #2 (10): 1-Dave Williams (CA).

AMATEUR JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Peter Kalba (IL), 2-Randall Witt (TN).
AMATEUR JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-John Ritchie (KS).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Hersel Namdar & Dr. Bob Hill (NY), 2-Steve Hast & Abbas Zattash (PA).

EARLY START THURSDAY (21): 1-Mary Ann Meese (IN), 2-Luke Clippinger (IN).

$80 KICK-OFF (8): 1-Bob Glass (CA).

$40 KICK-OFF (8): 1-Larry Liebster (NJ).

$10 KICK-OFF (8): 1-Wanda de Ia Barre (MA).

MICROBLITZ EVENT (64): 1-Mike Rezai (OH).

QUICKIE EVENT #1 (64): 1-Denny Leatherman (PA).
QUICKIE EVENT #2 (32): 1-Mark Murray (IL).

BIBA STUDIO ANNE CARLTON TROPHY
August 23-24, 1997; East Midlands, England

OPEN (76): 1-David Gallagher, 2-Simon K. Jones, 3-Marc Steyvers.

TOP LADY: Angela Dell.

FRIDAY NIGHT KO (17): 1-Dan O'Farrell, 2-Nick Check.

DOUBLES KO (13 teams): 1/2-Taylor Maid / Nine Millimetres.

BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME: Bob Atkins.

23RD ST. MORITZ SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP
August 14-17, 1997; St. Moritz, Switzerland

CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Roland Ekström (SWE), 2-Mario Sequeira POR), 3/4-Jaques Torrione (SWZ) / Marcus Rindesbacher (SWZ); 1C-Michael Higatsberger (AUS), 2C-Ralf Ludwig (GER); 1LC-Gianmichele D'Ofrio (ITA), 2LC-Paul Magriel (USA).

INTERMEDIATE: 1-Rolf Vetsch (SWITZ), 2-Simon Barge! (ENG); 1C-Knoll (SWITZ), 2C-M del Monego (ITA); 1LC-Bambi de Bruin (GER/ SPN), 2LC-Stefan Ackerman (SWITZ)

5TH TOURNAMENT OF THE AMÉRICAS.
August 13-17, 1997; San José, Costa Rica

OPEN (18): 1-Antonio Ortega (CR), 2-Stu Hosen (TX); 1C-Peter Heitmüller (GER); 1LC-Wilcox Snellings (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Gayle Wolf (MI), 2-Wally Wolf (MI); 1C-Jorge Tsao (CR); 1LC-Mario Lizano (CR).

NOVICE (6): 1-Danielle Bastarache (FL), 2-Dianne Lehrer (FL); 1C-Adriana Chavarria (CR); 1LC-Matt Armbruster (CA).

CARIARI MASTERS (4): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Stu Hosen (TX).

CARIARI LIMITED (10): 1-Diane Haley (TX). 2-Mike Fujita (HI).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Antonio Ortega & Jorge Tsao (CR), 2-Peter Kalba (IL) & Ray Fogerlund (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Lee Genud (FL). 2-Jorge Tsao (CR).

PIG-ROLLING: 1-Milton Gonzalez (CR).

ABT: THOUSAND ISLANDS TOURNAMENT
August 1-3, 1997; Alexandria Bay, New York

OPEN (31): 1-Aiex Caraplis (NJ), 2-Reza Nowbar (NY), 3-Marty Storer (NH).

NOVICE (4): 1-Rick Leger (CAN).

DOUBLES (6 teams): 1-Anne Dickson (NY) & Eden Windish (CAN), 2-Dawn McDermott & Walter Trice (MA).

MONTE CARLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
July 7-13, 1997; Monte Carlo, Monaco

CHAMPIONSHIP (213): 1-Jerry Grandell (Sweden), 2-Frédéric Banjout (France), 3/4-Neville Eber (South Africa) / Philip Marmorstein (Germany); 1Cons.1st.-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 1Cons.2nd-Christian Lieb-Harkort (Germany), 1Cons.3/4-Ken Bond (USA) / Alberto Rusca (Switzerland); 2Cons.1st-Chuck Papazian (USA), 2Cons.2nd-Perry Gartner (USA), 2Cons.3/4-John Sjølin (Denmark) / Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland); 1LC-Engin Ongel (Turkey/UK), 2LC-Markus Rindisbacher (Switzerland); Ladies' Prize: Anna Binder (Sweden).

INTERMEDIATE (80): 1-Marc Werner (Germany), 2-Freddy Edwards (Denmark), 3/4-Robin Clay (United Kingdom) / Kirsten Schmidt (Germany); 1Cons.1st-Andreas BugI (Germany), 1Cons.2nd-lzady Baxtadge (Georgia), 1Cons.3/4-Steffen Gerke (Germany) / Demyzi Maglakelidze (Georgia); 2Cons.1st-Arrin Daroudi (Iran), 2Cons.2nd-Michel Loughman (Ireland), 2Cons.3/4-Danny Fogel (Denmark) / Michel Schou (Denmark); 1LC-Ira Siegler (USA), 2LC-Patty Donner-Rubin (USA/UK); Ladies' Prize: Cecilia Pedroza (USA).

BEGINNER (65): 1-Matthias Boekenkamp (Germany), 2-Mehdi Hassani (Iran), 3/4-Roland Michel (Switzerland) / G. Barragan-Herrera (Mexico); 1Cons.1st-Rasmus G. Hansen (Denmark), 1Cons.2nd-Willibert Kirfel (Germany), 1Cons.3/4-Amber Carlston (USA) / Hayley Eber (South Africa); 2Cons.1st-Aretis Rostomian (Armenia), 2Cons.2nd-Monika Schneider (Germany), 2Cons.3/4-Lars Bentson (Denmark) / Jannica Tornquist (Sweden); 1LC-Henrik Gwinner (Denmark), 2LC-Nima Moghaddam (Iran).

FRED WORLD TEAM EVENT: 1-CASCAIS (José Salema, Miguel D’Aimeida, Leo Fernandez (Portugal/Argentina), 2-NIPPON B (Seiichi Nagai, Inoue Yutaka, Higuchi Yasuko (Japan).

SPECIAL PRIZES: Courtesy Trophy-Frank Gonsenhauser (South Africa), Travel Trophy-Leo Fernandez (Argentina), Fidelity Trophy-Robert Willems (Holland), Chairman's Trophy-Les & Sue Boyd (USA), Elegance Trophy for Men-Juri Akopov (Russia), Elegance Trophy for Women-Linda George (USA).

TENNIS TOURNAMENTS: Men’s Doubles–1-Mike Corbett (USA) & Kuhle, 2-Hakim & Moazed; Mixed Doubles–1-Narboni & Narboni, 2-Kuhle & Lehto.

GOLF TOURNAMENT: 1-Henrik Gwinner (Denmark), 2-Jacob Jorgensen (Denmark).

ABT: MICHIGAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 3-6, 1997; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (93): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Mike Giordano (MI), 3-Hal Heinrich (Canada), 4/5-Dr. Bob Hill (NY) / Andy Rubien (NY); 1C-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2C-Stuart Hasen (TX), 3C/4C-Emil Mortuk (MI) / Rick Barabino (NY).
INTERMEDIATE (70): 1-Harry Tokatlian (MI), 2-Ed King (OH), 3-Ron Bruns (CA), 4/5-Mike Rezai (OH) / Larry Yudin (Canada); 1C-Sam Pottle (WI), 2C-Ron Genter (PA).

NOVICE (24): 1-Sonja Peacock (WI), 2-Peaches Stewart (IL); 1C-Kim Starbuck (OH), 2C-Gary Marchenia (MI).

$1,000 BOSSANOVA WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (8): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Frank Talbot (MI).

$50 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (30): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Laila Leonhardt (Denmark).
$30 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (16): 1-Bobbie Shifrin (IL), 2-Dave Pink (MI).
$20 WEDNESDAY WARM-UP (24): 1-Abdul Alchalabi (MI), 2. Sal Chehayeb (MI).

EARLYBIRD OPEN (16): 1-Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-Ray Baker (CA).
EARLYBIRD LIMITED (16): 1-Ron Genter (PA), 2-Arline Levy (IL).

FLINT $500 #1 (16): 1-Ray Glaeser (MI), 2-Bob Glass (CA).
FLINT $500 #2 (16): 1-Dean Muench (IL), 2-Jake Jacobs (IL).

OPEN DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Maurice Barie & Jack Takala (MI), 2-Max Esquivel & Antonio Ortega (Costa Rica), 3/4-Bob Glass & Steve Sax (CA) / Don & Florrie Smolen (PA).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mike Cyrkiel (IN) & Rhonda Monro (MI). LIMITED DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Sal Chehayeb & Dan Mowczan (MI), 2-Dan Loughren & Gary Marchenia (MI).

SUMMER FREEZE-OUT (32): 1-Ray Baker (CA), 2-Lisa Brooks (OK).

$1,000 HIGH-ROLLERS (8): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

$300 LOW-ROLLERS #1 (16): 1-Jan Carlstrom (PA), 2-Andreas Born (Germany).
$300 LOW-ROLLERS #2 (16): 1-Ray Glaeser (MI), 2-Dean Muench (IL).

$100 LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-John Bashian (OH), 2-Ted Harrington (MI).

MICHIGAN BLITZ (128): 1-Abbas Zaltash (PA), 2-Steve Mellen (MI).

$20 DETROIT QUICKIES #1 (64): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).
$20 DETROIT QUICKIES #2 (32): 1-Andy Palumbo (NY).

$10 DETROIT QUICKIES (64): 1-Sean Garber.

ABT: 1997 GEORGIA CHAMPIONSHIPS & PEACH CUP
June 20-22, 1997; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-John Brussel (IL), 2-Phil Simborg (IL), 3-Rick Bieniak (IL); 1C-Rob Maier (IN), 2C-Homer Hector (GA).

ADVANCED (20): 1-David Haddad (AL), 2-Bobbie Shifrin (IL), 2-George Parker (TN); 1C-Curtis Lucas (TX), 2C-Art Grater (CA).

LIMITED (12): 1-Mike McGill (GA), 2-Simon Kennedy-Rose (GA).

PEACH CUP (4): 1-Ken Arnold.

SUPERBLITZ (32): 1-John O'Hagan, 2-Anadette Almeida (BRZ).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Paul Franks & Bobbie Shifrin (IL), 2-Rick Bieniak (IL) & Alan Epstein (GA).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Artie Kamien (MS) & Dave Williams (CA), 2-John Brussel & Peter Kalba (IL).

LAST CHANCE JACKPOT (32): 1-Bob Wilensky (GA), 2-Ray Kershaw (ENG).

9TH CITY OF VENICE INTERNATIONAL
June 19-22, 1997; Venice, Italy

MASTERS (64): 1-Markus Eek (SWE), 2-Michael Higatsberger (AUS), 3/4-Christian Lieb-Harkort (GER) / Salo Teppo (FIN); 1C-Nicola Pagano, 2C-Peter Heitmuller (GER); 1LC-Jan Clementsson (SWE}, 2LC-Sandro Mazza.

CHAMPION (59): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi, 2-Eduardo Mendia (POR), 3/4-Eiena Grigore / Ivana Zanenghi; 1C-Heiner Haussleiter (GER), 2C-Rida Hassan (HOL); 1 LC-Günther Holzinnger (GER), 2LC-George Volejnic (SWZ).

INTERMEDIATE (41): 1-Fabrizio Meli, 2-Andrea Marfori, 3/4-Fabio Farina / Enrico Colangiuolo; 1C-Ciaudio Delvai, 2C-Gianni Pallotti; 1LC-Paolo Martin, 2LC-Maria Croce.

WARM-UP (128): 1-Hendrik Muysers (GER), 2-Manfred Hamal (AUS).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-“PERSIA”-Iran (Hadji Hussein & Feri Rassouli, 2-“BIK CORP.”-Germany (Rainer Altmann & Cordula Thiess).

1-POINT TOURNAMENT (256): 1-Daniel Bruni (SWZ), 2-Marcel Liechti (SWZ)

DAL NEGRO BACKGAMMON CUP: Masters: 1-Dario De Toffoli, 2-Sandro Mazza; Champion: 1-Michele Muratori; Intermediate: 1-Giorgio Tomba

ABT: NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
June 6-8, 1997; New York, NY

MASTERS (7): 1-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2-Rick Barabino (NY);

CHAMPIONSHIP (19): 1-Stuart Hosen (TX), 2-EIIiott Winslow (CA); 1C-Perry Gartner (NJ}, 2C-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

ADVANCED (8): 1-Mel Handelsman, 2-Patrick Lewis; 1C-Eric Haber, 2C-Hans Gibson.

NOVICE (8): 1-Carl Walker, 2-Sean Cowen; 1C-Manuel Ugarte, 2C-Josh Korff. DOUBLES (4 teams): 1-Steve Manning & Seth Wolkoff (NY).

ABT: 18TH CHICAGO OPEN
May 23-26, 1997; Itasca, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (54): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-David Wells (IL), 3-Joe Freedman (DC); 1C-Rob Maier (IN), 2C-Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

INTERMEDIATE (50): 1-Joann Feinstein (IL), 2-Ed Zell (IL), 3/4-Bruce Russell (WI) I Jolie Rubin (IL); 1 G-Alice Kay (IL), 2C-Phyllis Smolinski (IL).

BEGINNER (8): 1-Janet Starn (MN), 2-Tony Garcia (NC).

MEMORIAL DAY MASTERS (32): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Harry Cohn (IL), 3-Ken Arnold , 4-Mike Ungerleider (CA)

OPEN DOUBLES (16 Teams): 1-Phyllis Smolinski & Bob Zavoral, 2-Fred Kalantari & David Wells.

BLITZ (32): 1-Frankie Farjood (IL).

MINI-MATCH (128):EIIiott Winslow (CA).

WORLDWIDE TWIN CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 22-27, 1997; Las Vegas, Nevada

Nevada State Tournament
CHAMPIONSHIP (87): 1-Emzar Laitadze (GEORGIA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX), 3/4-Mark Adkins (ENG) / Bob Glass (CA); 1C-Mike Senkiewicz (NY), 2C-Jim Painter (MO), 3C/4C-Neil Young (FL) / Richard del Furia (MN); 1LC-Drew Giovanis (FL), 2LC-Don Jayhan (IL).

ADVANCED (88): 1-Peter Kalba (IL), 2-Paul Friedman (IL), 3/4-Dante Baines (CA) / Paul Tanenbaum; 1C-George Barr (IL), 2C-Jay Guittari (RI), 3C/4C-Samra Hadden (GA) / Steve Mellen (MI); 1LC-Dan Chicoine (MA), 2LC-Diego Lewi (CA).

BEGINNER (42): 1-Morris Fox (NV), 2-Susie Staples (NY), 3/4-Matthew Maguire (IL) / Bert Zamanigian (CA); 1C-Lisa Brooks (OK), 2C-Ron Bernstein (VA); 1LC-Amir Noorishad (CA), 2LC-Karsten Busch (GER).

International Cup
CHAMPIONSHIP: 1-Mike Corbett (FL), 2-Ian MacFarlane (BRZ), 3/4-Nack Ballard (CA) / Jake Jacobs (IL)

ADVANCED: 1-Azzam Masarani (CA), 2-Nicholas Check (ENG), 3/4-Brendan Burgess (IRE) / Jacques Trividic (CAN).

BEGINNER: 1-Randall Zandstra (NJ), 2-Karsten Busch (GER), 3/4-Bob Schumacher (MN) / Jim Mason (CA).

MASTERS INVITATIONAL (16): 1-Wilcox Snellings (NV), 2-Kent Goulding (MD), 3/4-Nack Ballard (NV) / Stu Hosen (TX).

LIMITED JACKPOT A: 1-Abe Mosseri (NY), 2-Bob Glass (CA).
LIMITED JACKPOT B: Neil Young (FL), 2-Norm Wiggins (CA).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Abe Mosseri and Tony Golubchik (NY), 2-Mike Corbett and Danielle Bastarachi (FL).

BLITZ (51 Rounds-of-8): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Frank Talbot (MI).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Thelma Randall (FL), 2-Judy Collins (CA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Andy Palumbo (NY), 2-Bob Sahagian (NJ).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Aram Kouleyan (CA), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (22): 1-Wally Wolf (MI), 2-Karsten Busch (GER).

BRITISH OPEN TOURNAMENT
April 12-13, 1997; East Midlands Airport, England

OPEN (97): 1-David McNair, 2-Richard Granville; 1C-Alistair Hogg, 2C-John Wright; 1LC-Jeff Ellis, 2LC-Mark Leah.

SUICIDE! (60): 1-Dave Coyne, 2-Martha Littlehailes.

ABT: SOUTH FLORIDA SPRING TOURNAMENT
April 11-13, 1997; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

OPEN (19): 1-Jim McGirr, 2-Lee Genud, 3-Neil Young, 4-Brian Menkes.

INTERMEDIATE (16): 1-Michael Rayner, 2-Luisa Sequeira (Portugal), 3-Steve Deeter.

OPEN DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Jon Vietor (CA) & Brian Menkes, 2-Mario & Luisa Sequeira (Portugal)

ABT: 38TH GAMMON ASSOCIATES INVITATIONAL
April 4-6, 1997; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (32): 1-Doug Mayfield, 2-Eiiot Bean; 1C-Garo Tchalabian, 2C-Bill Phipps (WA).

ADVANCED (21): 1-Carlos Hamon, 2-N. Laaly; 1 C-Paul Stokes, 2C-Randy Douthat.

LIMITED (4): 1-Dave Hart.

SUPER-32 (26): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund / Joe Russell, 3/4-Marianne Rosenblatt / Jon Vietor.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Phil Simborg (IL) & Dan Simborg, 2-Norm Wiggins & Ron Coffin.

1-POINT BLITZ (96): 1-Ray Fogerlund.

NORDIC “WIDE” OPEN
March 28-31, 1997; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (107): 1-Tommy Westerlund (SWE), 2-Thierry Manouck (FRA), 3/4-Perry Gartner (US) / Michael Lofblad (SWE); 1C-Andreas Humke (GER), 2C-Marcus Ryndysbacher (SWIZ), 3C/4C-Peter Heitmüller (GER) / Peter Schneider (GER); 1LC-Michael Meyburg (GER), 2LC-Harald Johanni (GER).

ADVANCED (119): 1-Hans Liby (NOR), 2-Karsten Schmidt, 3/4-Roger Porter (UK) / Alan Herskind ; 1C-Kasper Anderson, 2C-Pawel Bielewicz (SWE), 3C/4C-AIIistair Hogg (UK) / Danny Fogel; 1LC-Lars Klammer, 2LC-Rolf Anderson.

INTERMEDIATE (199): 1-Rasmus G. Hansen, 2-Martin Reeh, 3/4-Mikkel Hartvig / Magnus Persson (SWE), 5/8-Fleming Pagh / Peter B. Larsen / Sune Skafte / Bjarne Tolstrup ; 1C-Bjarne Riboe, 2C-Karsten Beige, 3C/4C-Thomas Fuglheim I Daniel Granholm; 1LC-Michael Hansen, 2LC-Karsten Nielsen.

BEGINNER (64): 1-Nicolas Rohrmann, 2-Simon Drejer, 3/4-lngrid Øhlenschlaeger / Janek Mistowski; 1C-Lennart Straarup, 2C-Thomas Lund, 3C/4C-Anni Bech Nielsen I Peter Lyng ; 1LC-Hanne Bengaard, 2LC-Lars B. Anderson.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (70 teams): 1-Tony Hauboff & Ole Schnor, 2-Rasmus G. Hansen & Bjørn Fagerstrand.

TEAM EVENT (34 3-player teams): 1-Venice (ITA), 2-Hustlers (DK).

FIBS TOURNEY (37): 1-“stefanp” Stefan Paliwoda (UK), 2-“gulris” (GER).

$1000 JACKPOTS (8 players each): #1-Armando Balbi (BRZ), #2-Jorgen Granstedt (SWE), #3-Kazuhiro Shino (UK).

DENMARK VS. SWEDEN: 1-Denmark.

ABT: 1997 MIDWEST BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 21-23, 1997; Oak Brook, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Fred Kalantari (MN), 2-Jon Stephens (OH), 3/4-John Jennings (IL) / Frank Talbot (MI); 1C-Harvey Huie (TX), 2C-Hal Heinrich (Canada); 1 LC-Andy Palumbo (NY).

$125 OPEN (24): 1-Nack Ballard (CA), 2-Richard Del Furia (MN), 3-Fred Badagnani (MN).

ADVANCED (64): 1-Steve Klesker (IL), 2-Hunter Jones (MD); 3/4-Judy Field (MI) / Janice Newman (IN); 1C-Ray Bills (WI), 2C-Paul Friedman (IL); 1LC-Jay Ward (IL).

LIMITED (43): 1-John Bryant (IN), 2-Bruce Russell (WI), 3/4-Larry Hochman (MI) / Fran Miller (OH); 1C-Jason Mucklow, 2C-Diane Cyrkiel (IN), 1LC-Sam Pottle (WI).

CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Gary Kay & Paul Klein.

INTERMEDIATE DOUBLES (16): 1-Ken Bruck & Greg Varbanov (IN), 2-A. John Ward (FL) & Jay Ward (IL).

BLITZ (128): 1-Fred Kalantari (MN).

NACKGAMMON (32): 1-Laila Azoulay (Denmark), 2-Elayne Feinstein (FL), 3/4-Gary Tong (MI) / Andy Palumbo (NY).

SPEED-GAMMON (16): 1-Ed Zell (IL), 2-Jon Stephens (OH).

HITMAN GAMMON: 1-Georgina Flanagan (IL),

PIG-ROLLING: 1-Neil Kazaross.

GAMMON SCRAMBLE: 1-John Stryker (IL).

BG TOSS-ACROSS; 1-Kurt Schurecht (IL).

BG WHEEL OF FORTUNE: 1-Steve Mellen (MI).

GRAND PRIX DE LUGANO
March 5-9, 1997; Lugano, Switzerland

CHAMPIONSHIP (33): 1-Hendrik Muyers (GER), 2-Giorgio Falcomer (ITA), 3/4-Vittorio Balestrieri (SWIZ) / José Salema (POR); 1C-Vittorio Castro, 2C-Horst Weissig (GER); 1LC-Torsten Dreke (GER).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Navid Haghighat (ITA), 2-Andre Nicoulin (SWIZ), 3/4-Rainer Witt (GER) / Marcel Liechti (SWIZ); 1C-George Volejnik (SWIZ), 2C-Richard Menger (FRA); 1LC-Marc Werner (GER). Ladies: Luisa Sequiera (POR).

BEGINNER (9): 1-Alfredo Sperti (ITA), 2-Helge Keller (GER); 1C-Maria Croce (ITA); 1LC-Fabiano Ceresa (SWIZ).

MOET & CHANDON SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Matthias Körner (GER), 2-Vittorio Castro (ITA).

RAYMOND WElL DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-“R.R.” (M. Korner & R. Reinhardt), 2-“Terminators” (R. Gatti & R. Witt).

KURSAAL TEAM EVENT (11 teams): 1-“Mercenaires” (F. Narboni, M. Sequiera, Y. Tomazos), 2-“Die Sir” (M. Körner, R. Reinhardt, R. Witt).

FRANCO ROSSO (37): 1-Yannis Tomazos (GRE), 2-Nathalie Virag (SWIZ). SWAROVSKI (18): 1-Yannis Tomazos (GRE), 2-Rainer Witt (GER).

HOTEL EDEN WARM-UP (31): 1-Mario Sequeira (POR), 2-Aiberto Rusca (SWZ).

ABT: 19TH PITTSBURGH CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 14-16, 1997; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Mike Friedman (Canada), 3/4-Drew Giovanis (FL) / Abbas Zaltash (PA); 1C-Steve Sax (CA), 2C-Jon Stephens (OH); 1LC-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2LC-Marty Storer (NH).

OPEN OVERFLOW (4): 1-Jim Muirhead (MI).

ADVANCED (64): 1-Rich Catalano (PA) , 2-AIIen Levien (PA), 3/4-David Levine / Nayan Shah (PA); 1C-Terry Kayser (OH), 2C-Gary Stern (OH); 1LC-Ed King (OH), 2LC-Pete Townsend (PA).

NOVICE (25): 1-Reza Zaltash (PA), 2-Joe Davidson (PA); 1C-Gary Marchenia (MI), 2C-Bill Versaw (PA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (30): 1-Drew Giovanis (FL), 2-Neal Young (NY), 3/4-Jeff Acierno (NY) / Bob Bishop (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Richard Del Furia (MN), 2-Marc Gray (NY).
LIMITED JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Laila Azoulay (Denmark).

OPEN DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Sam Orandle & Dave Orandle (MD).

LIMITED DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Troy Longman (MI) & Janice Newman (IN). MICROBLITZ #1 (64): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA); #2 (32): 1-Peter Kalba (IL).

WORLD CUP CHALLENGE III
January 10-19, 1997; Istanbul, Turkey

$5000 GIANT JACKPOT (24): 1-Jerry Grandell (SWE), 2-Leo Fernández (ARG), 3-Ekrem Basdas (GER), 4-Georg Steinherr (GER).

CHAMPIONSHIP (139): 1-Hamid Kaarratian (GER), 2-Amschel Nadjar (FR), 3-Sergio Gelabert (ARG), 4-Georg Steinherr (GER); 1C-Leonid Riskin (UKR), 2C-Mike Senkiewicz (USA), 3C-Nack Ballard (USA), 4C-Gerhard Maurer (GER); 1 LC-Odis Chenault (USA), 2LC-Mario Sacchi (IT); Ladies: Antoinette Marie Williams (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (51): 1-Ronen lticovici (ISR), 2-Marc Anders (GER), 3-Hendrik Muysers (GER), 4-Thomas Roenn (SWE); 1C-Hans Liby (NOR), 2C-Simon ltucovici (ISR), 3C-Jabri Bozkus (TUR), 4C-Matthias Wagner (GER); 1 LC-Andreas Humke (GER), 2LC-Soren Bejder (DEN); Ladies: Bai-Ling Nelson (HK).

BEGINNER (36): 1-John Tonnessen (NOR), 2-Kajik Gasparyan (ARM), 3-Levon Kamalyan (ARM), 4-Vedat Ózcan (TUR); 1 C-Bernhard Grau (GER), 2C-Dami Plesec (SLO), 3C-Pierre Brochard (FR), 4C-Tobias Müller (GER); 1 LC-Mordo Eskinazi (TUR), 2LC-Josephine Baker (USA); Ladies: Josephine Baker (USA/SPN).

WARM-UP (256): 1-Mr. Moti (ISR), 2-Emil Mortuk (USA).

SUPER JACKPOT: #1 -Nack Ballard (USA), #2-Morris Ben-David (ISR), #3 -Stuart Hosen (USA), #4-Christian Toth (BRZ).

AMATEURS (40): 1-Erfran Sentürk (TUR), 2-Feridan Özen (TUR), 3-Hasan Safoglu (TUR), 4-Beyazit Tür (TUR).

DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Jacob Omrad & Joel Schiff (ISR), 2-Jes Bondo-Andersen & Peter Jes Thomsen (DEN), 3-EmilMortuk & Joe Sylvester (USA), 4-Johannes Levermann & Dirk Schiemann (GER).

TEAM (31 3-player teams): 1-Michael Meyburg (GER) & Bai-ling Nelson (HK) & Kazuhiro Shino (JPN/UK), 2-Phillip Marmorstein (GER) & Barry Pitt (UK) & Robert Prager (GER), 3-Howard Markowitz (USA) & Steve Nelson (HK) & Antoinette Williams (USA), 4-Emzaz Laitadze & two fellow countrymen (GEO/RUS).

1997 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS