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2014 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole

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FMT - 8th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
December 11-14, 2014; Nicosia, North Cyprus

OPEN (74): 1-Mehmet Akis (Turkey), 2-Gökay Gülec (Turkey), 3-Erkan Varli (Turkey), 4-Ozan Gündogdu (Turkey), 5-Martin Birkhan (Germany), 6-Dursun Çetin (Turkey); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Bora Candan (Turkey), 3LC-Burhan Yilmazer (Turkey).

BEGINNERS (6): 1-Gülden Kaya (Turkey), 2-Neslihan Acar (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (32 teams): 1-Fevzi Aslıoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Ser (Turkey), 2-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) & Kemal Erdem (Turkey), 3/4-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) & Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey) / Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey) & Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey).

ONE POINTER (64): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Kadri Almaç (Turkey).

JACKPOT WINNERS (4x8): Kemal Erdem (Turkey), Serdar Özkaya (Turkey), Ali Reza Sarabi (Iran), Erkan Varlı (Turkey).

FM GAMMON (8): 1-Umut Sari (Turkey).

AFTER TOURNAMENT(12): 1-Burak Gören (Turkey), 2-Fuat Erdag (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Josefin Bichler (Germany), Oya Günes (Turkey), Ugur Taskan (Turkey).


ABT - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 5-7, 2014; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (64): 1-Odis Chenault (CA), 2-Phil Simborg (IL), 3-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia), 4/5-Jerry Jabagchourian (CA) / Peter Wisniewski (CA); 1C-Justin Nunez (CA), 2C-Art Benjamin (CA), 3C/4C-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Ed Rosenblum (NM).

ADVANCED (40): 1-Michael Showkati (CA), 2-Matt Soomakh (CA); 1C-Michael Derylo (CA), 2C-David Cohen (CA), 3C/4C-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Mark Weiner (CA).

LIMITED (8): 1-Daniel Saltzman (CA), 2-Tom McGraw (CA); 1C-Jerry Nussbaum (CA).

SUPER-32 JACKPOT (32): 1-Norm Wiggins (CA), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Joe Russell (CA).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (22): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA), 3-David Taniguchi (CA).

BLITZ (56): 1-Jon Vietor (CA), 2-Tuvya Felt (TN).

SENIORS (32): 1/2-Ron Bruns (CA) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).
OVERFLOW SENIORS (16): 1/2-Paul Baraz (CA) / John Isaac (CA).

2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Mario Savan (CA).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mark Astemborski (CA) & Alan Martin (CA), 2-Paul Berg (MI) & Jim Slomkoski (MI).


ABT - LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 19-23, 2014; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (88+34 rebuys): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Doug Mayfield (CA) / Matt Reklaitis (MA); 1C-Dennis Culpepper (VA), 2C-Walter Busato (Germany), 3C/4C-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 1LC-Bob Stringer (CA), 2LC-Robert Tansi (MA).

INTERMEDIATE (78+32 rebuys): 1-Lawson He (CA), 2-Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-Len Dangremond (NV) / Tara Mendicino (TX); 1C-Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica), 2C-Jenny Galaugher (Canada), 3C/4C Steve Bowen (MI) / Roz Ferris (IL); 1LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2LC-Doug Johnson (FL).

BEGINNER (13): 1-Pierre Mendicino (TX); 1C-Kaeley Loskutoff (NV); 1LC-Sherril Harlow (ID).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Paul Magriel (NV).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Bob Stringer (CA), 3/4-Ramon Eleazar (NV) / David Kettler (TX).

BEGINNER JACKPOT (8): 1-Susanna Öhman (Sweden), 2-Daniel Raybol (NM).

SENIORS (128): 1-Walter Busato (Germany), 2-Herb Roman (IL), 3/4-Eduardo Maciel (Brazil) / Steve Bowen (MI).

DOUBLES (22 teams): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) & Shohei Noguchi (Japan), 2-Charlie Raichle (CO) & Jonah Seewald (CO).

BLITZ (152): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Gary Fries (VA).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Steve Diano (NV).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (32); 1-Ethan Nissani (NM), 2-Jysen Quah (Singapore/England).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF: 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Mary Hickey (OH).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (37): 1-Paul Baraz (CA), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).


ABT - 2nd CONNECTICUT STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 31-November 2, 2014; Hartford, Connecticut

OYSTER OPEN (23): 1-Matt Reklaitis (MA), 2-Bill Robertie (MA); 1C-Claude Landry (Canada), 2C-Jim Stutz (CT); 1LC-Larry Shiller (CT).

COPPER ADVANCED (21): 1-Phyllis Shapiro (MO), 2-Eric Stevens (CT); 1C-Feliks Goykhman (NJ), 2C-Patty Geoffroy (MA); 1LC-Daniel Bluestone (MA).

NUTMEG NOVICE (10): 1-Gary Koscielny (NY), 2-Jin Hu (CT), 3-Bogdan Ianculescu (MA).

MILFORD MASTERS (8): 1-Jim Stutz (CT), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

DANBURY DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD) & Larry Shiller (CT), 2-Scott Kelland (CT) & Richard Munitz (NY).

WESTPORT WARM-UP (64): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada).

RIDGEFIELD $50 BLITZ (12): 1-Tom Coash (CT), 2-Larry Shiller (CT).

FAIRFIELD $20 BLITZ (28): 1-Phyllis Seidel (MA), 2-Mike Pollack (CT).


WBF - 2nd MERIT OPEN INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 29-November 2, 2014; Kyrenia, North Cyprus

MASTERS (235): 1-Athanasios Katsios (Greece), 2-Henrik Veje (Denmark), 3-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 4/5-Cuneyt Argun Genç (Turkey) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 6/8-Paul Gilbertson (England) / Atila Malçok (Turkey) / Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 9/12-Boris Mamporia (Russia) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil) / Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) / Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland); 1LC-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2LC-Franz Munk Rediin (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Mehmet Ali Akpolat (Turkey) / Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece); Ladies Prize: Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

INTERMEDIATE (71): 1-Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3-Sergey Grinev (Russia), 4/5-Gagik Harutyunyan (Armenia) / Kader Türk (France), 6/8-Franco Candeo (Italy) / Ahmet Sirmaçek (Turkey) / Marc Werner (Germany); 1LC-Cengiz Dindar (Turkey), 2LC-Sigrid Seyrling (Austria); Ladies Prize: Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).

SUPER-JACKPOT (32): 1-Steen Grønbech (Denmark), 2-Shahab Ghodsi (Norway), 3/4-Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (26): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (USA) / Marie Gustafsson (Sweden).

WARM-UP (270): 1-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Dario Bertola (Italy), 3/4-Gagik Harutyunyan (Armenia) / Sami Sallak (Germany).

869BG TROPHY (128): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France), 2-Philippe Vouhé (France), 3/4-Timur Bulekbaev (Russia) / Boris Martinello (Italy).

PRESIDENT'S ONE-POINT MATCH (128): 1-Gökhan Kazandag (Turkey), 2-Kemal Aksu (Turkey), 3/4-Honza Czerny (Czech Republic) / Boris Martinello (Italy).

MERIT "ION RESSU MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (104 teams): 1-Volker Sonnabend (Germany) & Rainer Witt (Germany), 2- Philip Kazemieh (Germany) & Thomas Kazemieh (Germany), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (USA) & Bob Wachtel (USA) / Athanasios Katsios (Greece) & Ioannis Passialias (Greece).

MOCHY'S QUIZ (102): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Honza Czerny (Czech Republic), 3-Michel Serrero (France).


ABT - FLORIDA STATE BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 23-26, 2014; Fort Lauderdale, Florida

SHARK OPEN (25): 1-Harry Brown, 2-Julius High (KS); 1C-Stuart Katz (NY), 2C-Carlos Mendoza; 1LC-Mary Hickey (OH).

PANTHER ADVANCED (18): 1-Doug Kranz, 2-Raul Tabraue; 1C-Alec Izzo, 2C-Dan Gruby; 1LC-Leslie Lockett (NM).

TORTUGA SENIORS (32): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Ed Bennett (NM).

OVERFLOW SENIORS (8): 1-Roland Leutert, 2-Sam Ahmed (CA).

GATOR MASTERS (8): 1-Stacy Turner, 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

FLAMINGO LIMITED JACKPOT (18): 1-Alec Izzo, 2-Eugen Moebius, 3/4-Michael Klein (Cayman Islands) / J. P. McGirr.

WORLD CHOUETTE CHALLENGE (7): 1-Philippe Salnave, 2-Lucky Nelson (IL).

DOLPHIN DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Susan Randall & Stacy Turner, 2-Bob Howayeck & Tim Shane.

PRE-TOURNAMENT (18): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Vladi Gudgenov (NC).

AFTER-TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Kathy Weiner.


24th NORWEGIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 17-19, 2014; Oslo, Norway

CHAMPIONSHIP (56): 1-Tore Eklund Fredriksen, 2-Rune Halvorsen, 3/4-Sondre Rike / Ronny Sandvik; 1C-Silje Mari Engan Tollåll, 2C-Roy Eikseth, 3C/4C-Helge Iversen / Hall Skåra; 1LC-Karl Frogner, 2LC-Tor Magne Undeland.

INTERMEDIATE (14): 1-Tor Sævig, 2-Gulli Marholm, 3/4-Zoran Krogstad / Knut Svendsen; 1LC-Gaute Andersen, 2LC-Lars Killingberg.

TEAM COMPETITION: 1-Hans Liby / Victor Petersen / Hall Skåra, 2-Håvard Hafskjold / Are Karlsen / Geir Skoglund.


20th JAPAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
October 11-13, 2014; Tokyo, Japan

CHAMPIONSHIP (65+8): 1-Robin Swaffield (Hong Kong), 2-Mick Dyett (Australia), 3/4-Naoya Kihara / Kensaku Okatani; 1C-Jysen Quah (Singapore/UK), 2C-Patrick Gibson (USA).

INTERMEDIATE (8x16): 1-Shunichi Ono, 2-Kenichiro Kobayashi, 3/4-Hiroyuki Kawakami / Ryutaro Ozawa.

BEGINNER: Overall winner - Akemi Otobe; Day 1 (48): winner - Akemi Otobe; Day 2 (43): winner - Yuki Hirai; Day 3 (42): winner - Akemi Otobe.

$1,000 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 2-Masahiko Nasu.

$500 JACKPOT (4): 1-Michihito Kageyama.

$200 JACKPOT #1 (4): 1-Susumu Mizutani.
$200 JACKPOT #2 (4): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (USA).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Yuko Jin & Masahito Yamamoto, 2-Kaori Inuzuka & Takeshi Inuzuka.

UNDER 25 "SHIN-EI-SEN" (16): 1-Yuri Nakamura, 2-Kazuki Takahashi.

LAS VEGAS OPEN CUP (16): 1/2-Yusuke Itagaki / Kazuko Numazawa.

1-POINT STREAK CHALLENGE (64): 1-Masahito Yamamoto.

ASO DINNER TICKETS CUP (8): 1-Shinichiro Kaneko.

LADIES TOURNAMENT (15+1): 1-Megumi Ishii, 2-Kazuko Numazawa, 3-Liar Izanami, 4-Masayo Ogasawara.

BACK-GAMMON.TV CUP PIP COUNT CONTEST: 1-Shohei Noguchi.

OTHELLO QUIZ: 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) (9 out of 10 correct).

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENT: 1-Yusora Kanno.


ABT - ILLINOIS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 10-12, 2014; Peoria, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (35): 1-Tak Morioka, 2-Don Marek; 1C-Wendy Kaplan, 2C-Bill Davis; 1LC-Vadim Nuniyants (WI).

ADVANCED (25): 1-Mick Zakrajsek (IN), 2-Georgina Flanagan (WI); 1C-Cinda King, 2C-Eric Barr (KS); 1LC-Larry Whittenburg.

NOVICE (8): 1-Amber McLean (MI), 2-David Zakrajsek (IN); 1LC-Paul Turdik.

PRAIRIE CLASSIC (32): 1-Chuck Bower (IN), 2-Chris Scott; 1C-Lucky Nelson, 2C-Bill Davis.

LAND OF LINCOLN MASTERS (8 qualifiers + 4 full entries): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-David Todd (MO).

LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Beth Martinson (WI) & Bill Minser (WI), 2-Keene Marin (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI).

MIDSTATE MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Faddoul Khoury, 2-Sean Garber (IN).

PEORIA QUICKIES #1 (32): 1-Scott Day (IN).
PEORIA QUICKIES #2 (16): 1-David Zakrajsek (IN).

ZOMBIE ZEROES "LOST CHANCE" FREE ROLL (17): 1-Keene Marin (WI).

More than $1,100 was raised for Mary Ann Meese's Medical Mission to Haiti.


6th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 2-5, 2014; Frankfurt-Sulzbach, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (63): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Stephan Hartmann, 3/4-Werner Frey / Thomas Kazemieh; 1C-Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland), 2C-Hartmut Schuler, 3C/4C-Raj Jansari (England) / Maik Stiebler; 1LC-Norbert Wiebusch, 2LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos.

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Klaus Evers, 2-Andreas Hofmann, 3/4-Stefan Reinspach / Michael Rudolph; 1C-Peter Haßelberg, 2C-Vitali Olchanski; 1LC-Wolfgang Henze.

BEGINNERS (9): 1-Airat Metchin (Russia), 2-Daniel Bentzen (Denmark), 3-Ralf Fischer; 1LC-Hans-Günther Schmitz.

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Frerik Janz.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler, 2-Thomas Kazemieh & Towfiq Razai.

GAMMONER CUP (128): 1-Josefin Bichler.

LADIES CUP (7): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend.

LIONS KICKOFF (44): 1-Wolfgang Kunkel, 2-Werner Frey, 3/4-Lutz Hein / Philip Kazemieh.


TBGT - 18th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 27-28, 2014; Istanbul, Turkey

MASTERS (150): 1-Hilmi Göçhan, 2-Lemi Tu-men, 3-Fuat Erdag, 4-Aykut Uzel; 1LC-Murat Yavuz, 2LC-Veysel Kalfa.

DOUBLES (64 teams): 1-Veysel Kalfa & Irfan Mizrakçi, 2-Kadri Almaç & Bilgehan Giray.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Cihangir Çetinel.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Mustafa Babal.
SUPER JACKPOT #3 (16): 1-Aykut Uzel.

ONE-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Hakan Tosun.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Gunduz Günes, Erkan Varli.


TBT - 9th BODRUM BACKGAMMON OPEN - WBF-TR
September 26-28, 2014; Bodrum, Turkey

OPEN (77): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3-Kemal Aksu, 4-Ilhami Özden, 5/6-Ali Necdet Akbayrak / Serdar Önal.

TAVLA (35): Roman Korber (Austria), 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France), 3-Aysun Utkular, 4-Gültekin Uygur.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (46 teams): 1-Roman Korber (Austria) & Laurence Sinitzky (France), 2-Arda Findikoglu & George Simpson, 3/4-Nevra Erda & Oya Taslardan / Affan Basak & Gültekin Uygur.

SWING (57): 1-Gökhan Kazandag, 2-Tunc Hamarat.

ELITE CUP (19): 1-Emrullah Cosar, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven.

JACKPOT (88): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-George Simpson.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kemal Aksu, 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3/4-Altug Burdurlu / Eva Mujkanovic (Germany).

LADIES EVENT (7): 1-Nevra Erda, 2-Laurence Sinitzky (France).


ABT - 2nd CAPITAL CLASSIC BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 19-21, 2014; Herndon, Virginia

OPEN (36): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Neil Deutsch (NY); 1C-Bob Koca (MD), 2C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 3C/4C-Jeb Horton (NC) / Chris Knapp (Canada).

ADVANCED (31): 1-Brandon Macklin (MD), 2-Bob Hathaway (VA); 1C-Scotty Kelland (CT), 2C-Rich Timmers (MD).

NOVICE (11): 1-Genna Cowan (MD), 2-Sheri Peters (VA), 3/4-Rommy Gadelmoula (VA) / Gary Koscielny (NY).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (8): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1/2-Bob & Eva Koca (MD) / Kathy & Neal Weiner (FL).

USBGF BLITZ (48): 1-Donald Gabbai (VA), 2-Bill Finneran (MD).

DMP TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV).

FREE ROLL TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Lou Bedell (PA), 2-Ken Indart (MD).

$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT #1 (8): 1/2-Larry Brown (VA) / Neal Weiner (FL).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Philippe Salnave (FL), 2-Bill Pow (VA).
$50 SUNDAY JACKPOT #3 (8): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Michael Edge (SC).


UK BACKGAMMON OPEN
September 19-21, 2014; Coventry, England

CHAMPIONSHIP (74): 1-Jason Pack (USA/UK), 2-Martin Birkhahn (Germany), 3/4-Dave "Cracker" McNamara (Ireland) / Tariq Siddiqi (UK); Arena Cup: 1-Chris Hamilton Jeans (UK), 2-Ian Tarr (UK).

INTERMEDIATE (51): 1-Yan Kit Chan (UK), 2-Andreas Sophocleous (UK), 3/4-Lee Gorton (UK) / Donna Sherred (UK); Arena Cup: 1-Alan Beckerson (UK), 2-Mike Murton (UK).

SATURDAY BEGINNERS (14): 1-David Broomfield (UK).

SUNDAY BEGINNERS (7): 1-Flavia Losniceriu (UK).

WARM UP (70): 1-Mike Murton (UK), 2-Eric McAlpine (UK).

£5 ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Chris Hamilton Jeans (UK), 2-Neil Young (UK).

£1 ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Mike Barrett (UK), 2-Adam Stocks (UK).

SUPER DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Farzin Aarabi (Norway) & Shiva Tagizadeh (Norway), 2-Jon Barnes (UK) & Eric McAlpine (UK).

DOUBLES (17 teams): 1-Cynthia Roberts (UK) & Ian Tarr (UK), 2-Steve Morris (UK) & Warner Solomon (UK).

MOCHY/ MICHY BACKGAMMON PROFICIENCY TEST (21): 1-Tim Line (UK) (42 out of 50 correct), 2/3-Chris Bray / Brian Lever (31 correct).

UK/JAPAN TEAM CHALLENGE: 1-Japan Team: Michihito Kageyama / Masayuki Mochizuki / Akiko Yazawa, 2-UK Team: Julian Fetterlein / Raj Jansari / Lawrence Powell.


WBF: 8th GOGI BUKIA MEMORIAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
September 10-14, 2014; Chakvi, Republic of Georgia

MASTERS (49): 1-David Tevdoradze (Georgia), 2-Karen Sarkisyan (Georgia), 3/4-Aleksei Askurava (Russia) / Mamuka Gundishvili (Georgia); 1LC-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia); Ladies Prize-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (30): 1-Yasin Çagri Karaca (Turkey), 2-Anzor Djincharadze (Georgia), 3/4-Roman Gvenetadze (Georgia) / Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine); 1LC-Valico Toreli (Georgia), 2LC-Gela Metskvarishvili (Georgia).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Sergey Erokhin (Russia), 2-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia).

8th GEORGIAN DOUBLES (28 teams): 1-Tobias Hellwag & Self (Germany), 2-Mamuka Gundishvili (Georgia) & David Tevdoradze (Georgia).

WARM-UP (73): 1-Levan Kareli (Georgia), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 3/4-Omari Davlianidze (Georgia) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

869BG TROPHY (55): 1-Kakhaber Skhirtladze (Georgia), 2-Khachik Melikyan (Armenia), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Oleksij Naplyokov (Ukraine).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia), 2-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Yasar Gözel (Turkey).

GEORGIA VS REST OF THE WORLD: 1-Georgia Team: Captain Nodar Gagua / Soinguli Amirov / Boris Danelja / Omari Dvali / Mamuka Gundishvili / Teimuraz Kurtsikidze / Kakhaber Natchkebia / Kakhaber Skhirtladze / David Tevdoradze, 2-World Team.


ABT - 2nd SEATTLE BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 5-7, 2014; Seattle, Washington

OPEN (27): 1-Mark Ferrin (OR), 2-Pete Anderson (WA), 3/4-Patrick Gibson (CA) / Raz Pollakis (Canada); 1C-Josh Findley (WA), 2C-Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1LC-Roberto Kenny Litzenberger (VA), 2LC-Josh Racko (CA).

AL LUNDER MEMORIAL INTERMEDIATE (18): 1-Di Di (WA), 2-Daniel Stroberger (WA), 3/4-Steven Carey (WA) / Jacques Trividic (Canada); 1C-Ruth Robbins (WA), 2C-Katherine Denison (WA).

CSI-SPONSORED NOVICE (4): 1-Brian Andersen (CA), 2-Sharon Link (WA).

SUPER JACKPOT (13): 1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Alex Toth (WA).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Nicholas Dale (OR) & Mark Ferrin (OR), 2-Lee Brooks (WA) & Eduardo Miller (WA), 3/4-Pete Anderson (WA) & John Gamalielson (WA) / Mike Horri (WA) & Rick Silberman (WA).

BLITZ (24): 1-Mehdi "Matt" Shafa (WA), 2-Kristina Vig (WA).


34th SWEDISH BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 29-31, 2014; Stockholm, Sweden

OPEN (30): 1-Conny Eriksson (Sweden), 2-Sampo Niskanen (Finland), 3-Mats Westin (Sweden), 4-Miika Lappalainen (Finland), 5-Mohamad Badiei (Sweden).

INTERMEDIATE (54): 1-Anna Jändel-Holst (Sweden), 2-Robin Neumann (Denmark), 3/4-Patrick Linderoth (Sweden) / Frans Rediin (Denmark); 1LC-Zeljko Mesarek (Croatia), 2LC-Thomas Delbåge (Sweden).

DOUBLES (27 teams): 1-Karl Frogner (Norway) & Manouchehr Parchami-Araghi (Sweden), 2-Thomas Delbåge & Elle Wågström (Sweden).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Pia Sevelin (Sweden), 2-Elle Wågström (Sweden).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Oscar Carlsson (Sweden), 2-Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden).

CRAZYGAMMON (8): 1-Pepe Kettunen (Finland), 2-POM Mickelsson (Sweden).


ABT - 11th CAROLINA INVITATIONAL BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
August 28-September 1, 2014; Charlotte, North Carolina

CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Don Faix (NC), 2/5-Tuvya Felt (TN) / Mary Hickey (OH) / Vadim Musaelyan (NC) / Phil Simborg (IL), 6/8-Michael Edge (SC) / Carter Mattig (IL) / Joe Nolan (TN).

ADVANCED (21): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2/4-Treena Bouque (CA) / David Davis (NC) / LEW Webber (VA), 5-Jeffrey Boak (NC), 6/7-Ben Elliott (NC) / Dan Schmelzinger (MO).

NOVICE (9): 1-Ed Hodges (VA), 2-Stephen Collins (OH); 1C-Bill Horner (NC); 1LC-Rose Marie Holsing (VA).

FASTER MASTERS (8): 1-Bill Riles (TX), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

QUEEN CITY CUP MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

CARDINAL CLASSIC AMATEUR JACKPOT (10): 1-Igor Erovenko (NC), 2-Ben Elliott (NC).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Patty Geoffroy (MA) & Chris Knapp (Canada), 2-Stephen Collins (OH) & Tuvya Felt (TN).

$50 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (4): 1-David Rogers (NC).
$20 EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (8): 1-David Eadie (NC), 2-Peggy Neubig (NJ).

$20 QUICKER QUICKIES (64): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA)
$10 QUICKER QUICKIES - LIMITED (16): 1-Bill Horner (NC), 2-Alia Azamat (NJ).

USBGF/SIMBORG QUIZ: Winners with score of 38: Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & David Presser (IL).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-EAST (88): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Bob Koca (MD).

SKUNK DICE FOR CHARITY: 1-Scott Horton (NC). $1,125 was raised for the American Diabetes Association in memory of Peter Kalba, and in support of all our backgammon players who have diabetes.

AFTER TOURNEY-TOURNEY (16): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Tim Mabee (IL).


39th BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
August 5-10, 2014; Monte Carlo, Monaco

CHAMPIONSHIP (155): 1-Akiko Yazawa (Japan), 2-Doug Mayfield (USA), 3-John Broomfield (England), 4/5-Morten Holm Lassen (Denmark) / Toshiyuki Moriuchi (Japan), 6/8-Dorn Bishop (USA) / Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan); 1C-Olivier Décultot (France), 2C-Eric McAlpine (England), 3C/4C-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Eli Roymi (Israel); 1LC-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil), 2LC-Najib Salamzy (Germany).

INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Thomas Fuglheim (Denmark), 2-Ronald Rubin (USA), 3/4-Lawson He (Canada) / Rassoul Zomorodi (Iran); 1st Consolation: 1C-Nicolas Deloche (Switzerland), 2C-Tim Lawless (USA); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Wolfgang Antweiler (Germany), 2C-Cynthia Belonogoff (Australia); 1LC-Boris Gurov (Russia), 2LC-Arthur Wright (England).

NOVICE (22): 1-Lyova Ghazarian (Armenia), 2-Ernest Wong (Canada); 1C-Eduardo Cojab (Mexico), 2C-Marilyn Roberts (USA); 1LC-Edouard Comment (Switzerland), 2LC-Chris O'Donoghue (England).

SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 2-Philippe Vouhé (France), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Cynthia Belonogoff (Australia).

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Martin-Frédéric Kahn (France).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Didier Assaraf (France), 2-Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 3/4-Alan Grunwald (USA) / Daisuke Katagami (Japan).

WORLD FEDERATION CUP (32): 1-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden) / Ary Nogueira (Brazil).

DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-Sebastian Wilkinson (England) & Jacek Wojciechowski (Poland), 2-Martin Birkhahn (Germany) & Konrad Fröschl (Sweden).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Kenji Shimodaira & Self (Japan), 2-Marcelo Di Filippo (Argentina) & Geronimo Timerman (Argentina).

LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Sunday Montalbano (Italy).

JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Santiago Fornasir (Italy), 2-David Broomfield (England); 1C-Federico Riceputi (Italy).

BELAIR WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (35 teams): 1-Team Fulle (Denmark): Morten Andersen / Robin Neumann / Pernille Rosendal, 2-Brazilian Knights (Brazil): Roberto Almeida / Ian Macfarlane / Carlos Pinto.

MOCHY'S PROFICIENCY TEST (18): 1-Daisuke Katagami (Japan).


2014 MONTE CARLO BACKGAMMON OPEN
August 3-4, 2014; Monte Carlo, Monaco

OPEN (69): 1-Dennis Carlston (USA), 2-Antoinette Williams (USA), 3/4-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil) / Henrik Veje (Denmark); 1C-Frank Frigo (USA), 2C-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (24): 1-Michiko Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (England); 1C-Hicham Khay (Italy), 2C-Myriam Poveda (Argentina).


ABT - 12th WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 1-3, 2014; Madison, Wisconsin

CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Vadim Nuniyants (WI); 1C-Lucky Nelson (IL), 2C-Allen Tish (IL); 1LC-Ben Friesen (MI).

ADVANCED (20): 1-Amy Trudeau (IL), 2-Charles Haley (IN); 1C-Lee Pflugrad (WI), 2C-Judy Field (MI); 1LC-Georgina Flanagan (IL).

NOVICE (2): 1-Riley Bina (WI).

BADGER CLASSIC (8): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-David Presser (IL).

DOUBLES (11 teams): 1-Keene Marin (WI) & Beth Martinson (WI), 2-Gary Hines (WI) & Bruce Russell (WI).

BLITZ (20): 1-Sonya Sidky (WI), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Allen Tish (IL).

QUICKIES (16): 1-Kurt Peterson (MN).

SUPER EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Greg Adamavich (WI).

EARLYBIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Keene Marin (WI), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Jim Slomkoski (MI), 2-Jack Edelson (WI).


3rd CANNES SUMMER BACKGAMMON CUP
July 28-August 2, 2014; Cannes, France

MASTERS (16): 1-Vincenzo Riceputi (Italy), 2-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark); 1LC-Michel Serrero (France).

INTERMEDIATE (10): 1-Sorin Radulescu (Romania), 2-Pierre Gondran (France); 1LC-Tansel Dogan (Turkey).

NOVICE (5): 1-Daniel Bentzen (Denmark).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).

ONE-POINTER (16): 1-Kader Turc (France).

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Tristan Rémille (France).

KILL THE BOSS (32): 1-Kader Turc (France).


ABT - 19th MINNESOTA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 18-20, 2014; Bloomington, Minnesota

OPEN (15): 1-David Rockwell (IL), 2-Vadim Nuniyants (WI); 1C-Julius High (KS), 2C-Bob Schumacher (MN); 1LC-Ralph Stowell (MN).

INTERMEDIATE (12): 1-Hugh Morris (MN), 2-Tom Magne (MN); 1C-Kevin Ahtou (MN), 2C-Steve Binenstock (MN); 1LC-Kevin Heacox (IN).

GOPHER CLASSIC (9): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-David Rockwell (IL); 1C-Bob Schumacher (MN).

MASTERS JACKPOT (8): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Bill Davis (IL).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Myron Goldman (MN) & Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Keene Marin (WI) & Bill Minser (WI).

BLITZ (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Bill Minser (WI).


WBA - 3rd MUNICH BACKGAMMON OPEN / 2013 GRAND FINALE EBGT VII
July 17-23, 2014; Munich, Germany

ELITE GROUP (25): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Thomas Dettler (Germany), 3-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 4-Rune Færevåg (Norway); Ultimate Fight: 1-Hilmi Göchan (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Jan Stastna (Czech Republic).

DMP-CHALLENGE (32): 1-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain) & Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece/Germany), 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

WARM-UP (32): Yasar Gözel (Turkey).

SPECIAL AWARDS: Gentleman Award - Tobias Hellwag (Germany), Youngest Player & Travel Award - Yuki Hiroki (Japan), Loyalty Award - Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

EBGT VII 2013 GRAND FINALE (18): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece), 2-Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 3-Tilman Söhnchen (Germany), 4-Ralf Jonas (Germany).


ABT - 39th MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 3-6, 2014; Novi, Michigan

OPEN (76): 1-Gary Bauer (NJ), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3-Kit Woolsey (CA), 4/5-Patrick Gibson (CA) / Julius High (KS); 1C-Audronis Zunde (CO), 2C-Bruce Russell (WI), 3C/4C-Dean Adamian (MI) / Dion Hogan (MI).

INTERMEDIATE (56): 1-Paul Stebbing (Canada), 2-Prince Barlow (MI), 3-Steve Diano (NV); 1C-Faris Gabbara (MI), 2C-Omar Shah (Canada), 3C/4C-Amy Trudeau (IL) / Rick Wedge (Canada).

NOVICE (10): 1-Norma Lunsford (MI), 2-Fran Miller (OH); 1C-Amber McLean (MI); 1LC-Hunter Haaf (PA).

MICHIGAN MASTERS (32): 1-Dion Hogan (MI), 2-Karen Davis (DC), 3/4-Julius High (KS) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

SANDY KAPLAN'S SENIOR SPECIAL (64): 1-Claude Landry (Canada), 2-Brent Cohen (PA), 3/4-Dean Adamian (MI) / Mike Freeman (NC).

PRINCE BARLOW'S JUNIOR JACKPOT (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Jeb Horton (NC), 3/4-Troy Longman (MI) / John Stryker (IL).

EXTREME FREEZE-OUT (16): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Kevin Heacox (IN).

CHARITY BLITZ (128): 1-Bob Hickey (OH), 2-Keene Marin (WI). $300 was raised for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

FRANK TALBOT'S NEWCOMER FREE ROLL (20): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

OPEN DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Emil Mortuk (MI) & Akemi Ota (MI), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada) & Paul Stebbing (Canada), 3-Ben Friesen (MI) & Jim Slomkoski (MI).

LIMITED DOUBLES (4 teams): 1-Brenda Cohen (PA) & Rick Wedge (Canada).

FIRECRACKER OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Yury Millman (MN), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).
FIRECRACKER LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Peggy Neubig (NJ), 2-Glen DeGuzman (MN).

$20 DETROIT QUICKIE (16): 1-Jeb Horton (NC).
$10 DETROIT QUICKIE (32): 1-Steve Diano (NV), 2-David Zukkoor (MI).

$50 WARM-UP (27): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ben Friesen (MI), 3/4-Chris Knapp (Canada) / Yury Millman (MN).
$30 WARM-UP (29): 1-Carl Bommarito (MI), 2-Bill Toth (MI), 3/4-Reggie Harvel (MI) / Jim Kennis (NY).
$20 WARM-UP (10): 1-Jenna Longman (MI), 2-John Claybourne (MI), 3-Wes Burgar (MI).

SUNDAY TROPHY OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
SUNDAY TROPHY LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2-Patty Geoffroy (MA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (20): 1-Ben Friesen (MI), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3/4-Joe Freedman (NM) / Troy Longman (MI).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1-Jim Kennis (NY), 2/3-Steve Grob (MI) / Marcy Kossar (MD).

SIMBORG/USBGF QUIZ: 1-Chuck Bower (IN) & Mary Hickey (OH).


ABT - LOS ANGELES BACKGAMMON OPEN
June 20-22, 2014; Los Angeles, California

OPEN (58): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3-Odis Chenault (CA), 4/5-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Jonah Seewald (CO); 1C-Saul Meir (CA), 2C-Carter Mattig (IL), 3C/4C-Cheryl Andersen (CA) / Justin Nunez (CA).

ADVANCED (41): 1-Farid Khalili (CA), 2-John Isaac (CA); 1C-David Cohen (GA), 2C-Patrick Keene (CA), 3C/4C-Bill Darrow (CA) / Glen DeGuzman (MN).

LIMITED (11): 1-Cem Yorulmaz (CA), 2-Stephen Furry (CA); 1C-Larry Andersen (CA).

SUPER 32 (30): 1-Odis Chenault (CA), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Tiran Dangor (CA) / John Rockwell (CA).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (32): 1-David Rennie (CA), 2-Adam Prager (Israel), 3/4-Joe Nolan (TN) / Sean Taghani (CA).

BLITZ (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-David Taniguchi (CA).

SENIORS #1 (32): 1-Doug Amenda (AZ), 2-Giora Ben-Horin (AZ).
SENIORS #2 (16): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO), 2-Marv Porten (CA).

2-POINT QUICKIES (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-John Isaac (CA).

L.A. OPEN LOGO BOARD EVENT (4): 1-Sean Taghani (CA).

DOUBLES #1 (8 teams): 1-Carter Mattig (IL) & Lindsay Mattig (CA), 2-Cheryl Andersen (CA) & David Rennie (CA).
DOUBLES #2 (4 teams): 1-Alain Azoulay (CA) & Fara Yousefi (CA).

$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Sam Ahmed (CA).

SIMBORG/USBGF QUIZ: Open winner - Rory Pascar (IL), Advanced winner - John Skratulia (CA).


2nd ANNUAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
May 29-June 1, 2014; Heppenheim, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (34): 1-Christoph Wagener, 2-Thomas Kazemieh, 3/4-Dankwart Plattner / Volker Wenzlaff, 5/8-Ferat Gündogan / Frerik Janz / Mario Kühl / Philip Kazemieh; 1LC-Michael Schoppmeyer, 2LC-Michael Urban.

INTERMEDIATE (25): 1-Michael Rudolph, 2-Wolfgang Kunkel, 3/4-Ulrich Roth / Tihomir Zinic; 1LC-Marcel Jochem, 2LC-Stefan Reinspach.

BEGINNER (5): 1-Patrick Hofer, 2-Susanne Kazemieh; 1LC-Sylvia Wist.

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Can Biyiklioglu.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Philip Kazemieh & Frank Zander, 2-Klaus Evers & Maik Stiebler.

SRI LANKAN CUP (128): 1-Jerzy Behnke.

FAIRNESS PRIZE: Klaus Evers.


ABT - 34th CHICAGO OPEN & 2ND WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
May 22-26, 2014; Rosemont, Illinois

2nd WORLD BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (22): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Gerry Tansey (MO), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Mary Hickey (OH).

OPEN (63): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2/8-Steve Blanchard (IL) / Jack Edelson (WI) / Ben Friesen (MI) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong).

INTERMEDIATE (37): 1-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Leslie Lockett (NM) / Simon Woodhead (Australia), 5-Chris Scott (IL); 1C-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2C-Don Marek (IL); 1LC-Serge Bondar (IL).

NOVICE (5): 1-Kathy Quentan (TX), 2-Jami Tipton (AZ); 1C-Antoinette Marter (IL).

FASTER MASTERS (16): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan), 2-Fred Chamanara (IL).

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (24): 1-Tom Zarrinnam (CA), 2-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3-David Todd (MO).

LIMITED JACKPOT (24): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 3-Frank Dama (FL).

DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-David & Linda Rockwell (IL), 2-Al Moskos (FL) & Takis Sakkalis (Greece), 3-Rachel Bishop (WI) & Carter Mattig (IL).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (11): 1-Karen Davis (DC).

SENIORS (48): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL), 3-Chris Knapp (Canada).

TAKI-BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).

869 BOARD TOURNAMENT #1 (4): 1-Jim Pappas (NV).
869 BOARD TOURNAMENT #2 (4): 1-Kazuhiko Yotsushika (Japan).

THE BLITZ (32): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).

$200 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Stuart Dunkin (FL) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Bill Davis (IL).

MOCHY'S 4th PROFICIENCY TEST (28): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2-David Presser (IL), 3-John O'Hagan (IN).

AFTER TOURNEY TOURNEY (32): 1-Fred Chamanara (IL), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).


BACKGAMMON LONDON OPEN 2014
May 9-11, 2014; London, England

LONDON OPEN (128): 1-Hall Skära (Norway), 2-Mark Dixon (England), 3/4-Chris Purchase (England) / Simon Shamash (England).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Engin Ongel (England), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).

PROFESSIONALS' TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Farzin Aarabi (Norway), 2-Jason Pack (USA/England), 3/4-Andrea de Zandonati (Italy) / Raj Jansari (England).

HIPPODROME CUP (32): 1-Mark Calderbank (England), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Wayne Felton (England) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

LONDON SHIELD (32): 1-Simon Morecroft (England), 2-John Broomfield (England), 3/4-Nils Figenschou (England) / Geoff Oliver (England).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-David Dennis (England) & Ted Schon (England), 2-Michael Kamintzi (England) & Eric Maillebiau (England), 3/4-Elie Bendaly (Lebanon) & Malcolm Johnston (England) / Donna Sherred (England) & Mike Willliams (England).

BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2014:
Player of the Year: Yan Kit Chan
Most Feared Opponent: Raj Jansari
Tournament Director of the Year: John Wright
Board Designer of the Year: Geoffrey Parker
Largest Contributor to the Game: Richard Biddle
Biggest Contributor to International Backgammon: Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan)
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Richard Edgecliffe-Johnson
International Player of the Year: Aref Alipour (Iran/England)
Friendliest Player of the Year: George Jacobs
Lifetime Achievement Award: Mike Main


FMT - 7th CYPRUS BACKGAMMON OPEN
May 1-4, 2014; Nicosia, North Cyprus

OPEN (77): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3-Steen Grønbech (Denmark), 4-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 5-Boris Mampoziya (Russia), 6/8-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Vicenzo Riceputi (Italy); 1LC-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2LC-Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria), 3LC-Umut Sari (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (37 teams+27rebuys): 1-Hamza Nar (Turkey) & Self, 2-Cüneyt Argun Genç (Turkey) & Umut Sari (Turkey), 3/4-Tobias Hellwag (Germany) & Matt Cohn-Geier (USA) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) & Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria).

SUPERJACKPOT (16): 1-Zafer Tas (Turkey), 2-Hamza Nar (Turkey).

ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia), 2-Murat Uzun (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 2-Nedim Yardimci (Turkey).

JACKPOT WINNERS (5x8): Hilmi Göçhan (Turkey), Alaattin Özaltun (Turkey), Serdar Özkaya (Turkey), Talat Papatya (Turkey), Aykut Uzel (Turkey).

FM GAMMON (8): 1-Umut Sari (Turkey).

AFTER TOURNAMENT(10): 1-Handan Erdag (Turkey), 2-Burak Gören (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Gündüz Günes (Turkey), Tobias Hellwag (Germany).


WBF - MEDITERRANEAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
April 25-27, 2014; Antalya, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (63): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Sergey Kolpashchikov (Russia/Turkey) / Tugrul Öngel (Turkey); 1C-Adam Prager (Israel), 2C-Erhan Dogrusöz (Turkey); 1LC-Kakhaber Natchkebia  (Georgia), 2LC-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia) / Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Meral Ceylan (Turkey), 2-Ayse Özkin Gökçeer (Turkey).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Sedat Sorgüven (Turkey).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (26 teams): 1-Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Emrullah Cosar (Turkey) & Kemal Okal (Turkey), 3/4-Peter Ghaussy (Germany) & Ibrahim Gündogan (Turkey/Germany) / Ilker Göçhan (Turkey) & Mehmet K. Küçükyörük (Turkey).

WARM-UP (54): 1-Niyazi Katirci (Turkey), 2-Tunç Hamarat (Turkey), 3/4-Peter Ghaussy (Germany) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

869BG TROPHY (54): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Erhan Dogrusöz (Turkey), 3/4-Nil H. Ergin (Turkey) / Taner Uçarer (Turkey). 

SWING (30): 1-Ümit Bata (Turkey), 2-Soinguli Amirov (Georgia), 3-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey), 4-Aysun Utkular (Turkey).

1-POINTER ACTION (128): 1-Hayri Arslan (Turkey), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 3/4-Niyazi Katirci (Turkey) / Kemal Okal (Turkey).

MERIT OPEN SATELLITE (16): 1-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 2-Ulrich Tamm (Germany/Turkey), 3/4-Kakhaber Natchkebia (Georgia) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

BG4BG JACKPOT (48): 8 Winners: Ferat Gündogan (Turkey/Germany), Kemal Aksu (Turkey), Emrullah Cosar (Turkey), Axel Etten (Germany/Turkey), Mehmet Çil (Turkey), Niyazi Katirci (Turkey). 


ABT - U.S. OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 23-27, 2014; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (47+13 rebuys): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Ethan Nissani (NM), 3/4-Sam Ahmed (CA) / Greg Merriman (MI); 1C-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2C-Steve Sax (CA); 1LC-Ted Chee (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (51+19 rebuys): 1-Tim Lawless (IN), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL), 3/4-Tom Magne (MN) / Kevin McDonough (NM); 1C-Rob Ring (CA), 2C-Abby Biss (New Zealand); 1LC-Michael Derylo (CA).

BEGINNER (4): 1-James Green Jr. (MD), 2-Bill Kraybill (NV).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Malcolm Davis (TX), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jeff Burdsall (NV), 2-Rick Voeller (WA), 3/4-Ramon Eleazar (NV) / John Rockwell (CA).

BEGINNER JACKPOT (4): 1-Rob Ingram (OR).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Ron Bruns (CA), 2-Kenneth Hoppe (NV).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (8 teams): 1-Gary Kay (CA) & David Rockwell (IL), 2-Lucky Nelson (IL) & David Presser (IL).

BLITZ (128): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Bob Schumacher (MN).

MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV).

$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (23): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Bill Riles (TX).

$100 SUNDAY JACKPOT (8): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Ramon Eleazar (NV).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ken Bame (CA), 2-Norm Wiggins (CA).


26th NORDIC BACKGAMMON OPEN
April 16-21, 2014; Copenhagen, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (99): 1-Marc Brockmann Olsen (Denmark), 2-Konrad Fröschl (Sweden), 3/4-Jon Kristian Røyset (Norway) / Norbert Wiebusch (Germany), 5/8-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark) / Eric McAlpine (England) / Sven-Olav Nørén (Sweden) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA); 1LC-Jens Chr. Pedersen (Denmark), 2LC-Robin Neumann (Denmark).

ADVANCED (91): 1-Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Aref Alipour (Iran/England), 3/4-Fredrik Carlsson (Sweden) / Michael Urban (Germany), 5/8-Rasoul Ghasemi (Sweden) / Kevin Jones (Wales) / Jonas Moehrdel (Denmark) / Patrick Toxværd (Denmark); 1LC-Jerker Sandberg (Sweden), 2LC-Morten Marx (Denmark).

INTERMEDIATE (99): 1-Jens Quirin Hansen (Denmark), 2-Jens H. Christensen (Denmark), 3/4-Lennart Kurland (Denmark) / Anni Bech Nielsen (Denmark), 5/8-Morten S. Andersen (Denmark) / Wolfgang Henze (Germany) / Bo Knudsen (Denmark) / Terje Pedersen (Denmark); 1LC-Richard Biddle (England), 2LC-Christian Andresen (Germany).

OPEN (86): 1-Gary Fries (USA), 2-Franck Stepler (France), 3/4-Steen Haff (Denmark) / Sven-Olav Norén (Sweden), 5/8- Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Poul Lindberg Sørensen (Denmark) / Axel Stemark (Denmark) / Akiko Yazawa (Japan).

SPEEDGAMMON (256): 1-Timo Väätäinen (Finland), 2-Tore Fredriksen (Norway), 3/4-Tage Mellgren (Denmark) / Paulus van Rooijen (Holland), 5/8-Taus Bøytler (Denmark) / Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Claus Elken (Denmark) / Michael K. Larsen (Denmark).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (55 teams): 1-Bob Wachtel (USA) & Christian Sorensen (Denmark), 2-Jason Pack (USA) & Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 3/4-Raj Jansari (England) & Simon Barget (England) / Niels Skov Larsen (Denmark) & Kenny Nissen (Denmark).

CONSULTATION MIXED DOUBLES (46 teams): 1-Matt Reklaitis (USA) & Ditte Schnack Martinsen (Denmark), 2-Emma Axling (Sweden) & Robin Neumann (Denmark), 3/4-Pia Sevelin (Sweden) & Thomas Delbåge (Sweden) / Julie Thabault (France) & Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Kagan Karakaya (Turkey), 3/4-Costin Constantinescu (Romania) / Lito Frondoso (Philippines).

CHAMPIONS QUALIFIER (22): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (USA).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (53): 1-Pernille Rosendal (Denmark), 2-Elle Wagstrom (Sweden), 3/4-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Pia Svendsen (Denmark).

TEAM EVENT (24 teams): 1-Svans: Robin Neumann / Lars Nielsen / Saban Simsek (Denmark), 2-Angara: Sabri Büyüksoy / Yasar Gözel / Kagan Karakaya (Turkey).

TOURNAMENT TMP QUALIFIER (15): 1-Mogens Jørgen Dreier (Denmark), 2-Pernille Rosendal (Denmark).

ALL TMP QUALIFIER (7): 1-Kenny Nissen (Denmark).

BEGINNERS (86): 1-John Blem (Denmark), 2-Flemming Larsen (Denmark), 3/4-Gorm Øster (Denmark) / Lars Ravn (Denmark); 1C-Ulrik Pagh (Denmark), 2C-Jette Lavenborg Breitenstein (Denmark).

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Oscar Hartmann (Denmark), 2-Mathias Juul Stage (Denmark).

WARM-UP (90): 1-Gary Fries (USA), 2-Mick Dyett (Australia), 3/4-Ulla Hansen (Denmark) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA).

WORLD TEAM VS. DENMARK: The World Team won 27-10.
1-World Team: Captain Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), Victor Ashkenazi (USA), Matt Cohn-Geier (USA), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Petko Kostadinov (USA), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Bill Phipps (USA), Bob Wachtel (USA), David Wells (USA).
2-Denmark Team: Captain Marc B. Olsen, Nevzat Dogan, Thomas Kristensen, Michael "Mik" Larsen, Sander Lylloff, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt.


ABT - 6th ATLANTA SPRING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
April 4-6, 2014; Atlanta, Georgia

CHAMPIONSHIP (30): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong); 1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY); 1LC-Frank Raposa (VA).

INTERMEDIATE (15): 1-Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Kate Elmore (GA); 1C-Adrian Costa (CA), 2C-LEW Webber (VA); 1LC-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

ROBERT WILENSKY MEMORIAL MASTERS (10): 1-Frank Talbot (MI), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (13): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Samra Hadden (GA), 2-Patty Geoffroy (MA) & Chris Knapp (Canada).

MINI-MATCH (32): 1-Joe Nolan (TN).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Vadim Musaelyan (NC).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (15): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Brian Flanagan (NY); 1C-Philippe Salnave (FL).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Karen Davis (DC), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).


ABT - 20th OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 28-30, 2014; Cleveland, Ohio

OPEN (30): 1-Frank Raposa (VA), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI); 1C-David Rockwell (IL), 2C-John O'Hagan (IN).

ADVANCED (30): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA), 2-Jason Marshall (OH); 1C-Bob Hickey (OH), 2C-Stephen Benjamin (OH).

NOVICE (4): 1-Victor De Oliveira (Canada), 2-Charlene Britton (OH).

OHIO MASTERS (8): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada), 2-Paul Knapp (IL).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-David Rearick (OH), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Bill Calton (MI) & Jack Takala (MI), 2-Palmer Macali (OH) & Phil Simborg (IL).

2-POINT QUICKIES (16): 1-David Todd (MO).

20th OHIO STATE ANNIVERSARY CRISLOID BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Mark Murray (OH).

MINI-BLITZ (28): 1-Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Dion Hogan (MI).

THURSDAY WARM-UP (11): 1-Mike Vasilatos (OH), 2-Connie Tipton (PA).


WBF - 26th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 13th VELDEN OPEN
March 26-30, 2014; Velden, Austria

MASTERS (26): 1-Peter Blachian (Germany), 2-Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 3-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 4/5-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey) / Friedrich Fritz Rattinger (Austria); Ladies Prize: Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic).

INTERMEDIATES (29): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Helmut Tweraser (Austria), 3-Jean Parizon (Germany), 4-Axel Etten (Germany/Turkey); Ladies Prize: Laurence Sinitzky Billard (France).

11th EUROPEAN CONSULTING DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Michael Lamote (Belgium) & Walter Meuwis (Belgium), 2-Heimo Löbler (Austria) & Friedrich Fritz Rattinger (Austria).

WARM-UP (40): 1-Edmond Mezini (Albania/Italy), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 3/4-Walter Meuwis (Belgium) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

869BG TROPHY (36): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany), 3/4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Patrik Vanheyden (Germany).


19th OSAKA BACKGAMMON OPEN
March 15-16, 2014; Osaka, Japan

OPEN (42): 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2-Masaaki Isobe, 3/4-Megumi Ishii / Akiko Yazawa; 1C-Kenji Shimodaira, 2C-Hironobu Yazawa.

INTERMEDIATE: Day 1 (12): 1-Kenji Fujita; 1C-Katsumi Fusamatsu; Day 2 (17): 1-Mr. Takagi; 1C-Masayuki Sakaguchi.

BEGINNER (7): 1-Shinsuke Hara.

NANIWA CUP (16): 1-Kenji Nishizawa.

OKINAWA CUP (16): 1-Kazuya Nagai.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Tatsuya Tanaka.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Yoshiyuki Nakamura.

SPEED GAMMON #1 (8): 1-Kaoruko Kisuno.
SPEED GAMMON #2 (8): 1/2-Masahiko Nasu / Hironobu Yazawa.

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Junko & Maya Nakamura.

LADIES EVENT (6): 1-Mayumi Kanno.

QUIZ CONTEST: 1-Kazuya Nagai, 2/4-Tomoya Mitsuyoshi / Yoshiyuki Nakamura / Kiyokazu Nishikawa.


ABT - CSI: BACKGAMMON / CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL
March 14-16, 2014; Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (36): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-David Presser (IL); 1C-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2C-Allen Tish (IL); 1LC-John O'Hagan (IN).

ADVANCED (40): 1-Alex Owen (IL), 2-Rachel Bishop (WI); 1C-Christopher Shanava (IL), 2C-David Meyer (WI); 1LC-Eric Hiner (MN).

LIMITED (10): 1-Paul Turdik (IL), 2-Scott Martin (IN); 1LC-Steven O'Connor (IL).

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XVI (8): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-David Presser (IL) & Phil Simborg (IL), 2-Jack Edelson (WI) & Vadim Nuniyants (WI).

13th BATTLE OF THE SEXES (32 Men & 16 Women): 1-Tak Morioka (IL), 2-Linda Rockwell (IL), 3/4-Alan Gold (WI) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).

TAKI-BOARD CHARITY FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Paul Turdik (IL), 2-Ed Bennett (NM).

QUICKIE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Frank Raposa (VA).

MICROBLITZ (40): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

LIAR'S DICE: 1-Steve Hast (PA) & Allen Tish (IL).

DIRECTOR'S TROPHY: Jim Opre (IL).

RACCOON RUMBLE OPEN (28): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Alex Owen (IL); 1C/2C-Rory Pascar (IL) / Warner Solomon (England).

RACCOON RUMBLE INTERMEDIATE (9): 1-Tim Carroll (IL), 2-Sue Will (IL); 1C/2C-Amy Trudeau (IL) / Steven O'Connor (IL).

$1,500 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago.


NORTH CYPRUS OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 12-16, 2014; Kyrenia, North Cyprus

CHAMPIONSHIP (102): 1-Michael "Mik" Larsen (Denmark), 2-Rainer Witt (Germany), 3/4-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) / Joel Schiff (Israel); 1C-Erhan Yenisen (Turkey), 2C-Toby Tabet (Lebanon) 3C/4C-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) / Sevdalin Tsvetanov (Bulgaria); 1LC-Avetis Rostomyan (Armenia), 2LC-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark).

INTERMEDIATE (19): 1-Antonis Vamvakaris (Greece), 2-Jean Parizon (Germany), 3/4-Thanassis Makris (Greece) / Dmytro Korneika (Ukraine); 1LC-Carl Bommarito (USA), 2LC-Cemal Gürsel (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark).

DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (44 teams): 1-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) & Petko Kostadinov (Bulgaria/USA), 2-Shahab Ghodsi (Iran/Norway) & Massoud Aghdam (Iran).

TEAM TOURNAMENT (22 teams): 1-Team USA Water Boys: Carl Bommarito / Doug Mayfield / Emil Mortuk, 2-Team Mystery: Michihito Kageyama (Japan) / Stepan Nuniyants (USA) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria).

MERIT PARK CASINO KICK-OFF (256): 1/4-Sabri Büyüksoy (Turkey) / Claus Elken (Denmark) / Nodar Gagua (Russia) / Shimon Kagan (Israel).

MOCHY'S QUIZ: 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).


2nd CANNES WINTER BACKGAMMON CUP
February 26-March 2, 2014; Cannes, France

MASTERS (21): 1-Bruno Plagnol (France), 2-Alexis Vincent (France), 3/4-Dirk Leinberger (Germany) / Tristan Rémille (France); 1LC-Aldo Peretti (France).

CANNES CUP WINNER: Alexis Vincent (France).

INTERMEDIATE (31): 1-Ingrid Söderstjerna (Sweden), 2-Kader Turk (France), 3/4-Laurence Sinitzky (France) / Joel Sundberg (Sweden); 1LC-Jesper Jörgensen (Sweden).

SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Olivier Décultot (France).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey), 2-Sabri & Sebnem Büyüksoy (Turkey).

LADIES CUP (16): 1-Linda Sjörin (Sweden), 2-Sonia Pelledrini (Italy).

TEAM CUP (4 teams): 1-Yves Negre / Michel Serrero / Frédéric Andrieu (France).

KILL THE BOSS (32): 1-Franck Stepler (France), 2-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Frédéric Andrieu (France).

ONE-POINT (16): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey).

BEGINNER #1 (4): 1-Doriane (France).
BEGINNER #2 (4): 1-Michel Mayor (France).

AFTER TOURNAMENT DOUBLES (16 teams): 1/2-Corinna Blaschke (Germany) & Volker Sonnabend (Germany) / Pierre Gondran (France) & Philippe Vouhé (France).


FMT - ISTAVDER 6TH ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
February 21-23, 2014; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (270): 1-Burhan Yilmazer (Turkey), 2-Murat Cengiz (Turkey), 3-Fuat Erdag (Turkey), 4-Mustafa Babal (Turkey), 5-Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey), 6-Aykut Uzel (Turkey), 7-Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey), 8-Hamza Nar (Turkey); 1C-Shahab Ghodsi (Iran/Norway), 2C-Ilker Gochan (Turkey), 3C/4C-Kamil Zafer Akbiyik (Turkey) / Ahmet Kamil Baykalogullari (Turkey).

6th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #1 (64): 1-Roman Guehetadze (Georgia) & Gocha Tchockhoneli (Georgia), 2-Mustafa Altuntas (Turkey) & Ibrahim Karaca (Turkey).
6th TURKISH CONSULTATION DOUBLES #2 (64): 1-Metin Cubuk (Turkey) & Kamil Karaali (Turkey), 2-Selahattin Hacioglu (Turkey) & Salih Yener (Turkey).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Hakan Kahyaoglu (Turkey).

TEAM CHALLENGE (16 Teams): 1-Team Tigers: Cuneyt Argun Genc (Turkey) / Rod Covlin (USA) / Umit Tanoglu (Turkey).

ONE POINT #1: 1-Canan Kirikkaya (Turkey).
ONE POINT #2: 1- Kemal Aksu (Turkey).

SUPER JACKPOT #1: (16): Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #2: (16): Abdullah Ser (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #3: (16): Ufuk Aksak (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT #4: (16): Mustafa Babal (Turkey).

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Can Biyiklioglu (Germany), Sean Williams (England), Sevgi Basaran (Turkey), Erkan Varli (Turkey), Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia).

SPONSOR AWARDS: WOW Istanbul Hotel & Convention Center, Kentplus Kadikoy, Misli.com, Pasha Backgammon, Mys My Company, FMgammon.


ABT - 2nd TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 30-February 2, 2014; San Antonio, Texas

CHAMPIONSHIP (72): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Malcolm Davis (TX), 5-Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1C-Antoinette Williams (NY), 2C-Paul Magriel (NV); 1LC-Karen Davis (DC), 2LC-Carter Mattig (IL).

ADVANCED (52): 1-Mick Zakrajsek (IN), 2-Stewart Pemberton (NJ), 3/4-Bobby Mohammadi (TX) / Vadim Nuniyants (WI); 1C-Brian Flanagan (NY), 2C-John Shakory (TX); 1LC-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2LC-Lynn Lusk (CO).

LIMITED (21): 1-Josh Avery (TX), 2-Kathy Quentan (TX); 1C-Randy Vacek (TX); 1LC-Matt Rogers (TX).

LONGHORN CLASSIC MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 2-Malcolm Davis (TX), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3/4-Brian Flanagan (NY) / Bill Finneran (VA).

DUAL-DUEL (8): 1-(PR winner) Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-(Score winner) Ray Fogerlund (NV).

USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (18 teams): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Justin Nunez (CA) & Mario Savan (CA).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-WEST (128): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Phil Simborg (IL).

DMP SURPRISE FREEROLL (64): 1/2-Bill Finneran (VA) / Lynn Lusk (CO).

SENIORS (128): 1-Joe Freedman (NM), 2-Michael Edge (SC).

DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Treena Bouque (CA) & Marty Brown (TX), 2-Debra Campbell (NC) & Rod Covlin (NY).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON FREEROLL PACKAGE (19): 1-Mustafa Durgut (TX), 2-Fatih Safiturk (TX), 3/4-Claudia Brown (TX) / Jeff Misrahi (NY).

MONTE CARLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SATELLITE JACKPOT (8): 1-Julius High (KS), 2-Rafael Lopez de Lara (Mexico).

MOCHY'S 3rd PROFICIENCY TEST (31): 1-John Klein (MD), 2-Bob Koca (MD).

SIMBORG QUIZ CHALLENGE (4): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).


TBT - 2014 ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF-TR
January 17-19, 2014; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (125): 1-Kenji Nishizawa (Japan), 2-Cengiz Ergin, 3/4-Peter Holenstein (Switzerland) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria); 1C-Roman Korber (Austria), 2C-Cemalettin Yüksel, 3C/4C-Levent Demirel / Nihat Sorgüven; lLC-Giorgos Kleitsas (Greece), 2LC-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 3LC/4LC-Sabri Büyüksoy / Cengiz Özdil.

RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL WARM-UP (92): 1-Atila Malçok, 2-Nedim Yardimci, 3/4-Kemal Aksu / Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (52 teams): 1-Kemal Aksu & Haluk Ekrem Özalp, 2-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) & Rosen Peychev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Cüneyt Argun Genç & Atila Malçok / Neslihan Acar & Mehmet Oymak.

869BG CUP (96): 1-Seda Koç, 2-Sabri Büyüksoy, 3/4-Martin Barkwill (England) / Laurence Sinitzky (France).

SWING (52): 1-Mustafa Babal, 2-Sabri Büyüksoy, 3-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 4-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain).

1-POINTER (128): 1-Rifat Bulut, 2-Ian Hesketh (Scotland), 3/4-Ali Necdet Akbayrak / Marco Fornasir (Italy).

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Cengiz Ergin, 2-Tan Rusan.

LADIES SPECIAL PRIZE (10): 1-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2-Seda Koç.

BGTV PROFICIENCY CONTEST (17): 1-David Presser (Israel/USA), 2-Feza Diyarbekir.


ABT - 7th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 9-12, 2014; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (51+13 rebuys): 1-Matt Reklaitis (MA), 2-Frank Talbot (MI), 3/4-Malcolm Robertson (Hong Kong) / Sasha Bennett (NY); 1C-Bill Phipps (NY), 2C-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3C/4C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Vadim Musaelyan (NC); lLC-Carter Mattig (IL), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (52+16 rebuys): 1-Samuel Wang (NY), 2-Scotty Kelland (CT), 3/4-John Barnett (NY) / Anna Mielech (Poland); 1C-Canan Atkas (Turkey), 2C-Leon Marini (NJ), 3C/4C-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL) / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ); 1LC-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2LC-Debra Campbell (NC).

BEGINNER (27): 1-Sharon Torres (NY), 2-Chuck Young (NJ), 3/4-Lisa Pelaez (NY) / Michael Rosen (NY); 1C-Robert Domaine (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Sasha Bennett (NY), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Bill Phipps (NY).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-David Presser (IL), 2-Artie Sutton (NJ), 3/4-Steven Keats (NY) / Mike Murton (England).

$50 BLITZ (32): 1-Doug Huch (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

$20 BLITZ (64): 1-Majid Jahanbani (VA), 2-Christina Fabijanczuk (PA).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Greg Merriman (MI), 2-Frank Dimaggio (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece) & Natassa Savvidou (Greece), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) & Bill Phipps (NY).

NEW YORK WARM-UP (64): 1-Nicholas Misch (NY), 2-Dan Lewis (NY).

$40 JULIUS JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY).

$50 KALLOS JACKPOT (8): 1-Julius High (KS).

$50 CJC JACKPOT (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

$50 SHADI JACKPOT (8): 1-David Shadi (NJ).