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2020 INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Events in reverse chronological order compiled by Carol Joy Cole

1993    1994    1995    1996    1997   1998    1999    2000    2001    2002 
2003    2004    2005    2006    2007   2008    2009    2010    2011    2012 
2013    2014    2015    2016    2017   2018    2019    2020    2021    2022 
2023   2024

ABT ONLINE! - CHICAGO CLASSIC ABT ONLINE
December 17-20, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (54): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2/5-Kristian Mills (England) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Michael Showkati (CA), Ronald Wertheim (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Michael Mesich (MN), 2/4-Michael Clapsadle (MI) / Mark Malueg (IL) / Franco Tosin (Italy).

GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OPEN JACKPOT (24): 1-Bob Zavoral (NV), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Ergin Bayrak (CA).

WINDY CITY SENIORS (16): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV), 2-Ronald Wertheim (NV).

CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).

CHICAGO STYLE SPEEDGAMMON OVERFLOW (4): 1-Dorn Bishop (CA).

DEEP DISH SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Alex Toth (WA).

THIN CRUST LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL).

AL CAPONE AFTER TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Craig Anderson (IL), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).


UKBT: THE PLAYERS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 ONLINE
December 12-13, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Terje Pedersen (Norway), 2-Lawrence Powell (UK); 1st Consolation: 1C-Martyn Hamer (UK), 2C-Len Brown (UK); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Neil Webb (UK), 2C-Steve Carder.


ABT ONLINE! - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
December 3-6, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN (52): 1-Charlie Raichle (CO), 2-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 3-Christopher Rogers (England), 4-Art Benjamin (CA), 5/6-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Bob Glass (CA); 1LC-Karen Davis (FL), 2LC-Rune Færevåg (Norway).

ADVANCED (28): 1-Joseph Guichebarou (NV), 2-David Gillett (CA), 3-Patty Johnson (CA); 1LC-Michael Kay (MA), 2LC-Ali Shamsian (AZ).

MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Ergin Bayrak (CA) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Bill Arkin (CA), 2-Richard Stubbe (TX).

WARM-UP JACKPOT (8): 1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).

CRAFT SERVICE DINNER JACKPOT (16): 1-Frank Ley (CA), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).

IT'S A WRAP JACKPOT (8): 1-Nick Maffeo (CA), 2-Jacques Stambouli (CA).

FREE ROLL #1 (24): 1-Frank Talbot (MI).
FREE ROLL #2 (50): 1-Stephen Hassman (MA).


ABT ONLINE! - LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN
November 18-22, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (55+27): 1-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3-Ronald Wertheim (NV); 1C-Thomas Rebelo (Canada), 2C-Steve Sax (CA), 3C/4C-Armin Soltani (Canada) / Richard Stubbe (TX); 1LC-Bob Stringer (CA), 2LC-Gus Contos (CA).

INTERMEDIATE (30+16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3-Steve Douglas (MA); 1C-Tom Christner (CO), 2C-Howard Linnemann-Schmidt (NY); 1LC-Mark Malueg (IL).

SENIORS (32): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Gus Contos (CA) / Marc Emrich (CO).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dorn Bishop (CA), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3/4-Gary Koscielny (FL) / Joe Russell (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Mark Danburg-Wyld (OR), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 3/4-Larry Brown (VA) / Steve Reichelt (MN).

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3/4-Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Eli Karp (LA).

SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Maeis Petrosian (CA).

SATURDAY NIGHT SENIORS (16): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

AFTER TOURNEY (32): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Allen Hodis (NV), 3/4-Steve Reichelt (MN) / Steve Sax (CA).


ABT ONLINE! - BEALE STREET BLUES BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 4-8, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (42): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 3/7-Bruce Finstad (TX) / Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Brian Lonergan (LA) / Andrew Selby (England) / Ronald Wertheim (NV).

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Brion Brooks (IL) / Barry Gittleman (UT) / Igor Moraes (Brazil) / Richard Stubbe (TX).

THURSDAY NIGHT ROCK N' ROLL OFF (32): 1/2-Maeis Petrosian (CA) / Joe Russell (CA), 3/4-Bruce Finstad (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).

ELVIS & B.B.'S BATTLE OF THE KINGS (34): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 3-Bob Zavoral (IL), 4-Maeis Petrosian (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO), 3/4-Eli Karp (LA) / Mario Savan (CA).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12): 1-Maeis Petrosian (CA), 2-Barry Gittleman (UT), 3-Zachary Fusco (TN).

SUNDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Ergin Bayrak (CA).


ABT ONLINE! - ST. LOUIS GATEWAY BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
October 16-25, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (44): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA), 3/6-Herman Arzuman (NY) / Jeremy Bagai (CA) / Art Benjamin (CA) / Brian Lonergan (LA).

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / Kate Elmore (GA) / Vlad Eydelman (IL).

CARDINAL CLASSIC OPEN (20): 1-Bob Zavoral (IL), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada).

MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Bruce Finsted (TX), 3/4-Sean Garber (IN) / Gary Koscielny (FL).

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (12): 1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-Kurt Peterson (MN), 3-Gary Schachtschneider (AZ).

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (24): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 3-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).

THURSDAY NIGHT DELIGHT (16): 1-Long Nguyen (CA), 2-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

FRIDAY NIGHT FREE ROLL (38): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Joe Urso (NY).

SATURDAY NIGHT SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-John Gamalielson (WA), 2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong).

LAST TRAIN HOME AFTER TOURNEY (16): 1-David Klausa (CO), 2-Mario Savan (CA).


ABT ONLINE! - SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 8-11, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com, Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

ABT ONLINE! CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Tim Cross (England), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY); 1C-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2C-David Klausa (CO); 1LC-Art Benjamin (CA).

ABT ONLINE! ADVANCED (32): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Larry Brown (VA); 1C-Rick Wolf (FL), 2C-Laura Granger (FL); 1LC-Scott Salisbury (CT).

ABT ONLINE! ROOKIE (8): 1-Steve Peck (MD); 1C-James Ross (NY); 1LC-Lisa Speer (FL).

MIAMI MASTERS (16): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Stuart Hosen (TX).

ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Patrick Enright (WA), 2-David Klausa (CO).

LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (12): 1-Ted Cetola (FL), 2-Juan Rospigliosi (FL), 3-Anthony White (OH).

ROOKIE JACKPOT (8): 1-James Ross (NY), 2-Steve Peck (MD).

DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Marc Emrich (CO) & Pat Fusco (TN), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ).

FRIDAY BASH (12): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Edward Onny (CO).

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (25): 1-Kate Elmore (GA), 2-Odis Chenault (CA), 3-Michael Neagu (Canada), 4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).

SENIORS EVENT (4): 1-Rick Wolf (FL).

WOMEN'S EVENT (8): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Loretta Bernards (CA).

SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (14): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada); 1C-Long Nguyen (CA), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).

THURSDAY $50 WARM-UP (11): 1-Ronald Loero (Venezuela), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada).
THURSDAY $20 WARM-UP (6): 1-Matt Brown (MD), 2-Janet Phoenix (VA).

THURSDAY ROOKIE FREEROLL (6): 1-Ted Cetola (FL).

FTH SUNNY FLORIDA BOARD EVENT: (16): 1-Sam Mizutani (Japan), 2-Steve Peck (MD).


USBGF WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & TEAM QUALIFIER
October 3-4, 2020; GridGammon.com

WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Kara Schultz (CA) [5-0], 2/5-Rain Ackerman (Canada/USA) [4-1] / Karen Davis (FL) [4-1] / Laura Granger Hoarty (FL) [4-1] / Patty Johnson (CA) [4-1]. Kate Elmore (GA) [3-2] & Antoinette Williams (NY) [3-2] join the US Team based on PR scores.


ABT ONLINE! - WILD WEST SHOOTOUT BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (58): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/9-Cary Hoarty (OH) / David Kettler (TX) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada) / Joe Russell (CA) / Kara Schultz (CA) / Richard Siebold (CO).

ADVANCED GUNSLINGER ABT ONLINE (31): 1-James Fleming (NV), 2/5-Tom Christner (CO) / Cristian Frisk (Romania) / April Mesich (MN) / Michael Mesich (CO).

GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Rich Sweetman (NH), 3/4-Marty Storer (NH) / Odis Chenault (CA).

WARRIOR JACKPOT (16): 1-Laura Granger (FL), 2-Marjie Harbrecht (CO), 3/4-Avi Cohen (FL) / April Mesich (MN).

FTH QUICK DRAW BOARD EVENT (32): 1-Al Hodis (NV), 2-Michael Mesich (MN), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / John Gamalielson (WA).

EARLY SHOOTOUT (21): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Lynda Clay (CO).

DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (12 teams): 1-Joe Russell (CA) & Steve Sax (CA), 2-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

LAST STAND AFTER TOURNEY (23): 1-Cem Aslan (TX), 2-Mario Savan (CA); 1C-Edward Onny (CO), 2C-Odis Chenault (CA).


CNB - 20th CITY OF JESOLO BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
September 24-27, 2020; Jesolo Lido, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (43): 1-Fabio Cultrera, 2-Andrea de Zandonati, 3/4-Stefano Selvi / Massimo Trovò, 5/8-Paola Aiello / Lorenzo Laganà / Andres Staedeli (Switzerland) / Rainer Witt (Germany).

ADVANCED (26): 1-Matthew Charlesworth (Slovenia), 2-Helmut Jenske (Germany), 3/7-Franco Candeo / Luigi De Lazzari / Carlo Mazzinghi / Francesco Oliva / Franco Tosin.

OPEN CNB (55): 1-Edmond Mezini, 2-Rainer Witt (Germany), Paola Aiello / Radu Ciortan (Romania).

ATLANTICO HOTEL (28): 1-Radu Ciortan (Romania), 2-Claudio Pagano, 3/4-Sergio Frangiacomo / Michael Urban (Germany).

DOUBLE CONSULTING (11 teams): 1-Franceso Mauri & Dario Zaccariotto, 2-Recan Ercan (Romania) & Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).

SWING (36): 1-Andrea de Zandonati, 2-Claudio Pagano, 3-Heribert Lindner (Germany).

SPEEDGAMMON: 1-Stefano Selvi.

WARM-UP (16): 1-Gerald Stoll, 2-Lorenzo Rusconi.


ABT ONLINE! - USBGF BACKGAMMON SUMMER FINALE
September 11-13, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com, GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (28): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2/4-cgh31/Cary Hoarty (OH) / plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA) / TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA); 1LC-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).

ADVANCED (16): 1-makoto/Makoto Nozaki (NY), 2/3-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England) / brspunky/Bonnie Rogoff (OH); 1LC-SkipAugur/Wayland Augur (CA).

MASTERS JACKPOT (12): 1-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-amamlet/Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3-HumanFactor/Odis Chenault (CA).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (4): 1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).

SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Benjie1023/Ben Friesen (MI), 2-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

FRIDAY NIGHT KNOCKOUT (15): 1-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 2-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada).

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (16): 1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO); 1C-Bazooka/Bob Glass (CA).

SUNDAY GRAND FINALE (16): 1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-cjc/Carol Joy Cole (MI), 3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).


ABT ONLINE! - VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC
September 2-7, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXI (20): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada).

EARLY RAVEN (25): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Joe Urso (NY).

FRIDAY FRIGGA (56): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Rick Silberman (WA) / Rich Sweetman (NH).

ODIN OPEN (51): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Jeff Willis (MN), 3-Sean Garber (IN), 4-Art Benjamin (CA); 1C-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).

THOR ADVANCED (43): 1-David Parks (CA), 2-James Fleming (NV), 3-Michael Farrugia (NY), 4-Edward Onny (CO); 1C-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2C-Steve Waller (MN).

VALHALLA OPEN (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).

VALHALLA ADVANCED (14): 1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-David Hanold (IL).

RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (33): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2- Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Bill Finneran (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).


UKBT: 7th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN ONLINE
August 29-31, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

MASTERS FLIGHT (113): 1-Charles Hill (UK), 2-Steve Bibby (UK), 3-Chris Hamilton (UK), 4-Brian Lever (UK). UKBGF Members Special Award: Charles Hill (UK).

INTERMEDIATES FLIGHT (78): 1-Zigi Fibert (UK), 2-Roger Salmon (UK), 3-Bill Williamson (UK), 4-Steve Fitton (UK). UKBGF Members Special Award: Zigi Fibert (UK).


8th BACKGAMMON DEUTSCHLAND LIONS CUP
August 27-30, 2020; Bad Dürkheim, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Fazli Güclü, 2-Marcel Büker, 3/4-Werner Frey / Georges Grünbaum (Switzerland); 1C-Julian Becker, 2C-Juri Alper; 1LC-Nesip Temizkan.

INTERMEDIATE (28+4): 1-Gerhard Lingnau, 2-Helmut Jeske; 1C-Markus Krawietz, 2C-Andreas Stædeli (Switzerland); 1LC-Felix Wagner.

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dankwart Plattner, 2-Jimmy Anywar.
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Michael Larsen (Denmark), 2-Rolf Schüler.

CONSULTING DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Marcel Büker & Marcus Reinhardt, 2-Peter Bauer & Thomas Kazemieh, 3/4-Juri Alper & Gerhard Lingnau / Andreas Hofmann & Torsten Lux.

LOSER'S JACKPOT (68): 1-Nesip Temizkan, 2-Veit Netz.


ABT ONLINE! - USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS
August 14-16, 2020; GridGammon.com, BackgammonGalaxy.com

TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Perry Gartner (FL) & Christian Briggs (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH) & David Kettler (TX), 3-Tim Cross (England) & Ed Corey (CT). Side Pool winner: Dennis Lutz (GA).

WARM-UP (16): 1-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-GaryZ/Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV) / JRUS/Joe Russell (CA).

SATURDAY EVENING "DANCE" (25): 1-FoolishBear/Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD), 3/4-TEXBG31/Rudy Langenbach (TX) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA).

SUNDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION JACKPOT (16): 1-Einsteinny/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Americanjam/Dan Minardi (CO), 3-LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela).


UKBT: UK BACKGAMMON LEGENDS INVITATIONAL ONLINE
August 13-31, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

UK LEGENDS INVITATIONAL (44): 1-Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada), 2-Volker Schneider (Germany), 3-Lawrence Powell (England), 4-Elias Kritikos (Norway). Last Undefeated Player Award: Michael Neagu (Romania/Canada).


ABT ONLINE! - OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 16-19, 2020; GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/8-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England) / Douli/Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD) / LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).

ADVANCED (26): 1-Technosis/Jasper Watertor (Netherlands), 2-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England), 3/4-Patty/Patty Johnson (CA) / Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA).

WARM-UP (16): 1-bazooka/Bob Glass (CA), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX).

MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-juice2403/Ricky Griggs (MI), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX), 3-Ladi/Loretta Bernards (CA).

ADVANCED JACKPOT (11): 1-letsplaydice/Larry Brown (VA), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).

LEAP YEAR JACKPOT (30): 1-SayLaVee/David Rennie (CA), 2-MonsterVal/Val Ovsepyan (CA), 3-aurachbeikitz/Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 4-TarsTarkus/John Gamalielson (WA).

SUNDAY SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-bor742/Boris Dekhtyar (NY).


ABT ONLINE! - MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 5-6, 2020; GridGammon.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-vegasman/Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV) / V1/Rambiz Khalili (Iran/South Africa); 1C-dave56/David Staggs (IN), 2C-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 3C/4C-Simborg/Phil Simborg (FL) / SweetRolls/Richard Sweetman (NH).

INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-rxbum/Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-jokrjo/Joe Miller (OH) / igormoraes/Igor Moraes (Brazil); 1C-plata/Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV), 3C/4C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA) / fabymel/Fabian Melnik (FL).


ABT ONLINE! - BUFFALO/NIAGARA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
June 28, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

OPEN (27): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1C-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2C-KarenDavis/Karen Davis (FL).

ADVANCED (19): 1-antanggioalo/Alec Izzo (FL), 2-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV); 1C-Limoncello/Joe Calvaruso (OH), 2C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III (CA).


ABT ONLINE! - USBGF SPRING FLING
June 15-22, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (58): 1-SweetRolls/Rich Sweetman (NH), 2-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 3/8-herman/Herman Arzuman (NY) / Lancs/Tim Cross (England) / RayF/Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Glazer/Giorgis Lazaris (Greece) / FDR/David Rennie (CA) / Selbs/Andrew Selby (England).

ADVANCED (36): 1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-edmaciel/Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 3/6-retsguod/Douglas DeWitte (NV) / TeamZiba/Kate Elmore (GA) / JimmyG/Jim Glover (FL) / RetUSAF/Edward Onny (CO).

$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA), 2-Mae/Maeis Petrosian (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-Frisk/Cristian Frisk (Romania).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-Frankthetank/Frank Farjood (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-arminsoltani/Armin Soltani (Canada).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-bluffingU/Alex Toth (WA).

$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL), 2-MarcGru24/Marc Grutka (FL).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).


ABT ONLINE! - LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON
June 4-7, 2020; GridGammon.com

OPEN (51): 1-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England), 2-SongScout/Gus Contos (CA), 3-barkin/Bill Arkin (CA), 4-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 5/6-Vengeance526/Brian Lonergan (LA) / minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy); 1LC-wockadoo/Bob Wachtel (CA), 2LC-mapacho/Michael Miller (CA).

ADVANCED (38): 1-Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA), 2-wavesinair/Paul Armbruster (CA), 3-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 4-BradRose/Brad Rosenberg (AZ); 1LC-JimmyGofPC/Jim Glover (FL), 2LC-eonny1/Edward Onny (CO).

LAST GASP JACKPOT (18): 1-capitalcarl/Alex Toth (WA), 2-karendavis/Karen Davis (FL).

DINNER BRAWL (11): 1-Lulu2/Lynda Clay (CO), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).

EARLYBIRD TOURNAMENT (9): 1-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 2-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO).

WARM-UP (23): 1-alamofo/Mark Ferrin (TX), 2-95682/Terry Stigall (CA), 3/4-Khyar/Michael Ramsey (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).


ABT ONLINE! - CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON
May 18-24, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (68): 1-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-NeilKaz/Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-bor742 /Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 4/10-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / karendavis/Karen Davis (FL) / Switch/Geoff Hall (England) / Hillsralive/Steve Hills (DC) / hksteve/Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / arynog/Ary Nogueira (Brazil) / Jonah/Jonah Seewald (CO).

ADVANCED (56): 1-daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-stewartp/Stewart Pemberton (FL), 3/6-RayC/Ray Cifani (OH) / PeteK/Peter Kasturas (NJ) / MaxLev/Max Levenstein (CA) / Howard/Howard Linnemann (NY).

$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-ctrencher/Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Talbot/Frank Talbot (MI).
$100 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Ozzie/Mark Osborne (NY), 2-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-LVN/Long Nguyen (CA).
$100 KNOCKOUT (4): 1-brucefin/Bruce Finstad (TX).

$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-caspianhero/John Shakory (TX), 2-BenjaminHugon/Benjamin Hugon (TX).
$50 KNOCKOUT (8): 1-Vegasvillain/Aaron Foust (NV), 2-cscotty1972/Chris Scott (IL).


ABT ONLINE! - CHERRY BLOSSOM BACKGAMMON
April 25-26, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (50): 1-Minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy), 2-dorado11 /Mario Savan (CA), 3-finnerab/Bill Finneran (MD), 4-VikingCafe/Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 5/6-darren/Ronald Rubin (CA) / dave56/David Staggs (IN).

ADVANCED (47): gasparcan/Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-RyanRebel /Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 3-Withano/Brion Brooks (IL), 4-LuckyLarry/Larry Brown (VA).


TBT - 10th KOCAELI BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF
March 14-15, 2020; Kocaeli, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (71): 1-Ümit Bata, 2-Mehmet Millioglu, 3-Berken Kalender, 4-Mustafa Dikgöz.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (40): 1-Berkan Kalender, 2-Mustafa Dikgöz.

TRADITIONAL (48): 1-Yasin Özergil, 2-Güral Bulut, 3-Tolga Özkale, 4-Ercan Kandemir.

LADIES PRIZE (9): 1-Dilara Aras, 2-Gülderen Gücavli.

"HAZAN OZKALE MEMORIAL" DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ahmet Ayan & Tolga Özkale, 2-Güral Bulut & Mustafa Sen, 3/4-Burak Çulhaci & Cesur Kaya / Ahmet Coskun & Gültekin Uygur.

"FERDI ERYENER MEMORIAL" SWING (31): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-Gökhan Çelik, 3-Osman Erkol, 4-Gamze Koç.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Suat Karadag, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3/4-Cesur Kaya / Ömer Aykut Sorgüven.

MERIT SATELLITE (8): 1-Abdullah Sorgüven, 2-Umur Aras.

TBT-2020 SATELLITES (4x8 players): Winners – Gültekin Uygur, Cumhur Bektüre, Hasret Bekar, Sakir Kemik.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8 players): Winners – Gökhan Çelik (twice), Hasret Bekar, Kemal Met, Gülderen Gücavli.


ABT - 2nd SACRAMENTO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
March 6-8, 2020; Sacramento, California

OPEN (17): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Terry Stigall (CA); 1C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

ADVANCED (16): 1-Tom Tseng (CA), 2-Richard Loomer (CA); 1C-David Parks (CA); 1LC-Ely Johnson (CA).

NOVICE (3): 1-Robert Alvord (CA), 2-Trevor Dahl (CA).

MASTERS (18): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ken Bame (CA).

BMAB (USA) #13 (10): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Carl Blumenstein (CA) / David Parks (CA).

DMP QUICKIES (8): 1-Ted Hwa (CA).

SPEEDGAMMON I (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON II (8): 1-Ted Chee (CA).


TBGT: ISTAVDER 12th ANNIVERSARY BACKGAMMON FESTIVITY
February 27-March 1, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (360): 1-Dinçer Günes, 2-Samet Kurtulmus, 3-Cüneyt Argun Genç, 4-Shay Asraff (Israel), 5-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 6-Argun Erkaya, 7-Ercan Akin, 8-Ahmet Kurtulmus, 9-Sertaç Avnioglu, 10-Mete Topçuoglu, 11-Meral Yilmaz, 12-Hakan Ergüç; 1C-Ismail Güçlü, 2C-Faysal Sabuncuoglu; 1LC-Gabi Forster (Germany), 2LC-Okan Koçak.

SKODA CUP FINAL (128): 1-Fuat Erdag, 2-Burak Çulhacı, 3/4-Hakan Ergüç / Erkan Nayir.

12th ANNIVERSARY CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim, 2-Murat Isin & Himself, 3/4 Marcel Büker (Germany) & Dietmar Mönch (Germany) / Ricardo Malas (Spain) & Himself.

WORLD TEAM vs TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM (2): 1-Turkish National Team: Ali Çetin Belene, Erhan Yenisen, Cihangir Çetinel, Cüneyt Argun Genç, Ibrahim Karaca, 2-World Team: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Diana Merlusca (Romania), 2-Ayla Ercan.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Michael Weidner (Germany), 2-Cengiz Dindar.

ONE POINT #1 (64): 1-Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran). 
ONE POINT #2 (64): 1-Karmen Acun.
ONE POINT #3 (64): 1-Cesur Kaya.
ONE POINT #4 (64): 1-Ilyas Yavuz.
ONE POINT #5 (64): 1-Gökay Güleç.

TEAM CHALLENGE (16 teams): 1-Team Göztepe: Adnan Kuzu, Erkul Sen, Gökay Güleç, Serdar Güray, Muhsin Yayintas, 2-Team Germany: Bernd Schmidt, Michael Weidner, Marcel Geist, Bernd Galke, Mehmet Ali Erten.

SUPER JACKPOT #1 (16): 1-Ozan Gündogdu.
SUPER JACKPOT #2 (16): 1-Aykut Uzel.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Hossein Paknahad (Iran), Abdullah Ser, Marcel Büker (Germany), Kadir Orhan (France), Loridas Evangelas (Greece), Burak Hakki, Tutku Beyit (North Cyprus).

HONORARY MEMBER AWARDS: Ricardo Malas (Spain), Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), Michihito Kageyama (Japan), Marc B. Olsen (Denmark), Juergen R. Orlowski (Germany), Eli Roymi (Israel), Chiva K. Tafazzoli (Iran).

THANKS AWARDS: Murat Murat (Greece), Sinan Sütçüoglu, Engin Ozartan, Sefik Gedikoglu, Ali Olgun, Ali Alçelik, Ali Yaldiz.


CNR: STAR BACKGAMMON OPEN PITESTI
February 21-23, 2020; Bascov, Romania

MASTERS (58): 1-Denis Constantin, 2-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy), 3/4-Adrian Staicu / Costel Ilie, 5/6-Iulian Chirita / Cristinel Dragomir.

SUPERJACKPOT (18): 1-Iulian Chirita, 2-Viorel Gheorghiu.

DOUBLE CONSULTING (32 teams): 1-Florin Popa (Romania/Italy) & Daniel Tudose (Romania/Italy), 2-Marian Manaila & Raducu Toma.

SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Ionut Cocica, 2-Mihai Folea.

QUIZ STAR: 1-Ciprian Sdrobis.


TBT - 12th BURSA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - WBF
February 15-16, 2020; Bursa, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP (83): 1-Sedat Sorgüven, 2-Tunç Sökmener, 3-Ekrem Baskaya, 4-Sükrü Yurttekin.

ELTE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (32): 1-Tunç Sökmener, 2-Mehmet Emistekin.

LADIES PRIZE (6): 1-Gamze Koç, 2-Ece Tamer.

TRADITIONAL (39): 1-Gültekin Uygur, 2-Neser Korkmaz, 3-Sakir Kemik, 4-Nesat Coskun.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams): 1-Suat Karadag & Yasin Özergil, 2-Abdullah Sorgüven & Nahit Sorgüven, 3/4-Ümit Bata & Mehmet Pektezcan / Güral Bulut & Burak Culhaçi.

SWING (54): 1-Guven Ok), 2-Idil Adigüzelzade, 3-Tolga Gümüsoglu, 4-Kenan Karakaya.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Gülderen Gücavli, 2-EceTamer, 3/4-Güven Ok / Ahmet Coskun.

MERIT SATELLITE (16): 1-Talat Bagibala, 2-Umur Aras.

TBT-2020 SATELLITES (5x8): Winners: Ahmet Coskun, Altug Burdurlu, Gültekin Uygur, Hasret Bekar, Suat Karadag.

BG4BG JACKPOTS (5x8): Winners: Gülderen Gücavli, Hakan Tanisik (twice), Hüseyin Varisli, Nesat Coskun.


ABT - 4th BOSTON OPEN - MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 13-16, 2020; Boston, Massachusetts

OPEN (40): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Stephen Hassman (MA), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Clement McNally (FL), 2LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).

ADVANCED (32): 1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Bill Barrows (MA); 1LC-Stephen Douglas (MA).

NOVICE (6): 1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Scout Jones (CT), 3-Mykuhl Henderson (MA).

ACE OF HEARTS SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Bill Robertie (MA).

HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Marty Storer (NH).

SWEETHEART DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) & Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Allen Tish (CA).

QUIET QUICKY (8): 1-Albert Steg (MA).

SASSY SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Allen Tish (CA).

SEDUCTIVE SENIORS (16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-John Pirner (MN).

JEALOUS JUNIORS (16): 1-Vinson Blanton (VA), 2-Carl Blumenstein (CA).

OPTIMISTIC OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).

LOVEABLE LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Tom Rebelo (Canada), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).

NUTTY NOVICE JACKPOT (4): 1-Dan Whitney (CT).

KING OF HEARTS (4): 1-Patrick Enright (WA). QUEEN OF HEARTS (4): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA). Patrick Enright won the Playoff Trophy.

USBGF FREE ROLL (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).

PASSION PRE-TOURNEY (16): 1-Donny Lomuto (NY); 1C-Frank DiMaggio (NY).


5th GIBRALTAR BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
February 5-9, 2020; Catalan Bay, Gibraltar

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Christian Munk-Christensen (Denmark), 3/4-Ralf Jonas (Germany) / Michael Urban (Germany), 5/8-Afshin Foulad (England) / Nodar Gagua (Georgia) / Thomas Myrh (Denmark) / Zdenek Zizka (Czech Republic).

INTERMEDIATE (62): 1-Alex Polden (England), 2-Finn Bahn (Denmark, 3/4-Rene Thor Poulsen (Denmark) / Emil Sirakov (Italy), 5/8-Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) / Inja Myhr (Denmark) / Ann Pocknell (England) / Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (37): 1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Giorgio Castellano (Italy) / Michael Nielsen (Denmark).

DMP (64): 1-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic), 2-Victoria Ondis (USA).

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Luca Martino (Italy), 2-Thomas Myhr (Denmark), 3/4-Mark Ferrin (USA) / Volker Sonnabend (Germany), 5/8-Michael Larsen (Denmark) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Chris Rogers (England) / Sebastian Wilkinson (England).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (15): 1-Ola Serhan (Switzerland), 2-Analisa Agosti (Italy).

DOUBLES CONSULTATION (37 teams): 1-Michihito Kageyama (Japan) & Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/USA), 2-Rune Færevåg (Norway) & Hans Liby (Norway).

MIXED DOUBLES (28 teams): 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) & Ingrid Sonnabend (Germany), 2-Anne Hyttel (Denmark) & Peter Lygteskov (Denmark).

WARM-UP (16): 1-Axel Stemark (Denmark), 2-Gary Bauer (USA).

FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Marianne Husum (Norway) & Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON CHALLENGE (26): 1-Hideaki Ueda (Japan), 2-Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3/4-Hans Liby (Norway) / Thomas Kristensen (Denmark).


TBGT: BURSA BACKGAMMON OPEN
February 1-2, 2020; Bursa, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (170): 1-Hakan Ergüç, 2-Ergun Sen, 3-Adnan Kuzu, 4-Erhan Yenisen, 5-Bülent Bahar, 6-Vedat Altuglu.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16): 1-Umur Aras & Murat Hazir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16): 1-Tamer Aydogan & Yakup Aydogan.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16): 1-Dinçer Günes & M. Hulusi Tümer.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16): 1-Eyüp Durmus & Irfan Mizrakçi.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16): 1-Erkan Nayir & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16): 1-Merve Çalisir & Serkan Çalisir.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16): 1-Ismail A. Mesta & Erkul Sen.

SPEEDGAMMON (128): 1-Erdogan Kiliç, 2-Hüseyin Özdag.

DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64): 1-Sait Acar.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64): 1-Servet Demir.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64): 1-Gökay Güleç.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64): 1-Erdogan Kiliç.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Refik Vural, Gamze Koç, Umut Gökgöz.


ABT - TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
January 30-February 2, 2020; San Antonio, Texas

GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (77+31 rebuys): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-David Winn (TX) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Frank Farjood (CA) / Mark Ferrin (TX); 1LC-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2LC-John Shakoori (TX).

ADVANCED (42+14 rebuys): 1-Randi Sachar (NY), 2-Ben Weinstein (NY); 1C-Tony Elliot (AZ), 2C-Ross Gordon (CT), 3C/4C-Scott Neal (TX) / Mattias Stahberg (Sweden); 1LC-Kara Schultz (CA).

NOVICE (12): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX), 3-Michelle Hearn (TX), 4-Robert Gonzalez (TX).

MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Kit Woolsey (CA).

ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-John Bird (TX), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / Ami Ben-Ari (CO).

TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (29): 1-Mike Snow (TX), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 3/4-Scott Neal (TX) / Joe Potts (TX).

SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (FL), 2-Marc Emrich (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Mangone (CA) & Kara Schultz (CA).

SENIORS (128): 1/2-split–Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / Bahman Zandi (MD), 3/4-Dianne Grossman (NM) / Irina Litzenberger (VA).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Mark Ferrin (TX), 3/4-Rudy Langenbach (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO).

FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

USBGF DMP PRIME TOURNAMENT (96): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3-Don Marek (IL).

AWARDS NIGHT FREEROLL TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH).

ULTIMATE BACKGAMMON PACKAGE (4): 1-Frank Ramia (TX), 2-John Savio (NY).

TEXAS SHOWDOWN POINTS POOL (11): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO).

$100 JACKPOT #1 (4): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (4): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (4): 1-Jose Farca (Mexico).

AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2020 Inductee – Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Phil Simborg (FL).


CNB: 8TH VENICE BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 30-February 2, 2020; Venice, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (37): 1-Giorgio Castellano, 2-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France), 3/4-Antonio Anelli / Claudio Pagano, 5/8-Adrian Daizi (Albania) / Francesco Mauri / Ioannis Mathioudakis (Greece) / Pavel Shirokov (Russia).

ADVANCED (28): 1-Diego Balgera, 2-Gerhard Stoll, 3/5-Marco Conte / Carlo Mazzinghi / Giuseppe Ricciardi.

OPEN CNB (50): 1-Boris Martinello, 2-Sergio Fragiacomo, 3/4-Veronique Chomaz Dehon (France) / Stelian Iancu (Romania).

BOLOGNA HOTEL (28): 1-Laura Monaco, 2-Marco Solazzo, 3/4-Marco Benetti (Switzerland) / Marco Bonetti.

DOUBLES (14 teams): 1-Roberto Agirmo & Boris Martinello, 2-Massimo Trovò & Antonio Varisco.

MESTRE JACKPOT CHAMPION (16): 1-Minh Nguyen (France), 2-Tal Sade (Israel).

MESTRE JACKPOT ADVANCED (16): 1-Gianfranca Pasciu.

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Marco Bonetti.

WARM-UP (8): 1-Gianlazzaro Sanna, 2-Lorenzo Rinaldo.


MELBOURNE BACKGAMMON INTERNATIONAL
January 23-30, 2020; Melbourne, Australia

$5K AUD EVENT (22+10): 1-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 2-Maurice Mosseri (USA), 3/4-Alex Lehmann (USA/Portugal) / Roberto Litzenberger (USA).

$1K AUD EVENT (40+24): 1-Tino Lechich (Australia), 2-Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 3/4-Lev Rosenfeld (Israel) / Hideaki Ueda (Japan); 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Julius High (USA).

MOCHY MILLION FREEROLL (37): 1-Frédéric Andrieu (France) / 209 chips, 2-Gaz Owen (England) / 79 chips, 3-Hideaki Ueda (Japan) / 8 chips.


WBF - INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP - TBT
January 17-19, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

"GIORGOS KLEITSAS MEMORIAL" CHAMPIONSHIP (121): 1-John Broomfield (England), 2-Babür Eren, 3/4-Bülent Bahar / Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon); 1C-Ayla Karmen Acun (Turkey), 2C-Ingo Mohr (Germany), 3C/4C-Catalin Bucur (Romania/England) / Boris Martinello (Italy); 1LC-Mykhailo Yuzhnyi (Ukraine), 2LC-Aytug Yigit (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Ömer Mert Gülaçti (Turkey) / Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan).

LADIES PRIZE (13): 1-Ayla Karmen Acun, 2-Seda Koç.

ELITE CLUB SPECIAL PRIZE (27): 1-Babür Eren, 2-Ömer Mert Gülaçti.

"AFFAN BASAK MEMORIAL" DOUBLES CONSULTATION (46 teams): 1-Ismail Bilgili & Ömer Mert Gülaçti, 2-Hasan Gemici & Hikmet Kizilca, 3/4-Orhan Bitlisli & Zafer Tas / Hasret Bekar & Zafer Karadag.

"RICHARD LUKAS MEMORIAL" WARM-UP (80): 1-Boris Martinello (Italy), 2-Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu, 3/4-Mahmoud Taha (Egypt/Austria) / Cemalettin Yüksel.

"ERHAN DOGRUSOZ MEMORIAL" 869BG SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Andrii Nesterov (Ukraine), 2-Aleksander Krasov (Ukraine), 3/4-Hasan Gemici / Niyazi Yaman.

SWING (48): 1-Ömer Aykut Sorgüven, 2-Ümit Özbay, 3-Zafer Karadag, 4-Güral Bulut.

BGTV PROFICIENCY TEST (24): 1-Sabri Büyüksoy, 2-Berkant Bilgi, 3-Zafer Tas, 4-Martin Barkwill (England).

"MERIT MASTER" SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), 2-Güral Bulut, 2-Dinçer Günes, 4-Gülderen Gücavli.

1-POINTER (128): 1-Kenan Hasanzade (Azerbaijan), 2-Svetlana Mohr (Ukraine), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu / Patrick Gebelli (France / UAE).

BG4BG JACKPOTS (10 groups of 8): Winners: Nesrin Becerici, Jean Abi Haidar (Lebanon), Emrah Guzeldere, Saleh Farjallah (Lebanon), Hasret Bekar, Sergii Olienikov, Güral Bulut, Ricardo Malas (Lebanon), Özkan Erbelgin, Konstantin Osovskiy (Ukraine).


PANAMA CANAL BACKGAMMON & POKER CARIBBEAN CRUISE TOURNEY
January 13-23, 2020; Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cayman Islands, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica

CARIBBEAN BLITZ (40): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Butch Meese (IN).

LIMITED CARIBBEAN BLITZ (32): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Joe Miller (OH).

SWORDFISH JACKPOT (4): 1-Lee Genud (FL).

DOLPHIN DASH AMATEUR JACKPOT (8): 1-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 2-Sarah Saltus (CT).

CAPTAIN'S TOURNEY (20): 1-Steve Hast (PA).

SHARK TANK POKER TOURNAMENT (24): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Fran Miller (OH).


ABT - 13th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 9-12, 2020; Jersey City, New Jersey

CHAMPIONSHIP (100+40 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Ron Rubin (NV), 3/4-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL); 1C-Peter Naguib (Germany), 2C-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3C/4C-John Klein (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (77+31 rebuys): 1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Shahrooz Moreh (NY), 3/4-P.J. Macali (OH) / Tara Mendicino (TX); 1C-Daniel Adler (NY), 2C-Murat Kemahlioglu (NY), 3C/4C-Scott Douglas (Canada) / Tom Rebelo (Douglas); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Aurélien Cardoso (France).

ADVANCED BEGINNER (54): 1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Ralph D'Onofrio (NY), 2C-Jonathan Berkowitz (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Nick Paleos (NY).

BEGINNER (26): 1-Jordan McCollom (CT), 2-José Ward (NJ); 1C-Jamie Rosen (NJ), 2C-Makoto Nozaki (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY), 2LC-Sheryl Glenn.

SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL), 2/3-Blake Fleetwood (NY) / Atakhan Ismailov (NY).

LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Ioannis Rizos (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2/3-Igor Baburov (NY) / Joe Freedman (NM), 4/6-Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-Eli Karp [West Champion] (LA), 2-Jack Edelson [East Champion] (MN).

USBGF 2-POINT MINI-MATCH: Final Four split: Garry Kallos (Canada) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Nick Paleos (NY) or Andrew Swanson (NJ).

NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & John Klein (MD), 2-David Brown (England) & Trudi Seely (England).

NEW YORK DOUBLES OVERFLOW (16 teams): 1-George Garami (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY).

YOUNG & RESTLESS (48): 1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/6-Robert Caldwell (Canada) / Kristi Christman (WA) / Cary Hoarty (OH) / Jay Karns (NY).

SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Paul Polatov (NY), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / P.J. Macali (OH).

USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER PLAYOFF: 1-Howard Linnemann (NY), 2-Robert Loveless (Canada).

SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT I (8): 1-Phil Simborg (FL).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT II (4): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Howard Markowitz (NV).

FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-David Shadi (NJ), 2-Jordan Cohn (NJ).

$200 JACKPOT (8): 1-Jim Stutz (CT).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / Philippe Salnave (FL).

$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mark Megalli (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-David Tuminaro (DE).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Julian Minwalla (England).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Cornel Paltinisanu (Romania).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Rodney Workman (IL).


WORLD TEAM BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & WBGF CHAMPIONSHIP 2020
January 6-12, 2020; Forges-les-Eaux, France

WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (17 nations): 1-DENMARK (Steen Grønbech, Thomas Kristensen, Christian Munk-Christensen, Thomas Myhr, Freddie Noer, Lars Trabolt), 2-GREECE (Michail Proukakis, Ioannis Atmatzidis, Takis Chatzelis, Platon Tserliakos, Stavros Tsolakos), 3-FRANCE (Stéphane Chenevière, Alain Babillon, Aurélien Bonnet, Olivier Croisille, Olivier Décultot, Eric Maillebiau, Raphael Rosalba).

WBGF 2020 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP (125): 1-Ralf Jonas (Germany), 2-Michel Lamote (Belgium), 3/4-Leon Dorel (Romania) / Lawrence Powell (England), 5/8-Patrick Didisheim (Switzerland) / Thorsten Lux (Germany) / Laurent Michelet (France) / Eva Zizkova (Czech Republic); 1LC-Gerhard Lingnau (Germany), 2LC-Heribert Lindner (Germany).

SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Dagfinn Snarheim (Norway), 2-Stephan Hartmann (Germany).

ULTIMATE JACKPOT (16): 1-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey), 2-Almir Vajzovic (Switzerland).

DOUBLE CONSULTATION (41 teams): 1-Chris Rogers (England) & Sebastian Wilkinson (England), 2-Stelian Iancu (Romania) & Joachim Lindgren (Sweden).

SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Michail Proukakis (Greece), 2-Honza Cerny (Czech Republic).

DMP CHALLENGE (128): 1-Jiri Vala (Czech Republic), 2-Andres Staedeli (Switzerland).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (10): 1-Natalie Passano (Gibraltar).

DAILY TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Jürgen Schettler (Germany), 2-Gerard Duruz (Switzerland).

WARM-UP TEAM EVENT (8): 1-UK Team (Chris Bray, Raj Jansari, Chris Rogers).


TBGT: 25th ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 4-5, 2020; Istanbul, Turkey

CHAMPIONSHIP SWISS (199): 1-Ismail Güçlü, 2-Metin Ates, 3-Yasin Okal, 4-Sinan Sütçüoglu, 5-Samet Kurtulmus, 6-Serdar Önen.

DOUBLES CONSULTATION #1 (16): 1-Sefik Gedikoglu & Umut Sari.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #2 (16): 1-Hakan Ertekin & Asur Yildirim.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #3 (16): 1-Faysal Sabuncuoglu & Self.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #4 (16): 1-Ercan Akin & Tayfun Mataraci.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #5 (16): 1-Alp Yilmaz & Self. DOUBLES CONSULTATION #6 (16): 1-Dinçer Günes & Ilyas Yavuz.
DOUBLES CONSULTATION #7 (16): 1-Hakan Iplik & F. Hakan Uncuoglu.

DMP CHALLENGE #1 (64): 1-Erkan Nayir.
DMP CHALLENGE #2 (64): 1-Nedim Dagasan.
DMP CHALLENGE #3 (64): 1-Gürsel Dinçbilek.
DMP CHALLENGE #4 (64): 1-Ahmet K. Baykalogullari.
DMP CHALLENGE #5 (64): 1-Okan Koçak.
DMP CHALLENGE #6 (64): 1-Tunç Çelik.

SPECIAL PLAYER AWARDS: Celal Akarsu, Ali Olgun, Tayfun Mataraci.