November Tournament Results

November was an exciting month with various backgammon tournaments including the US State Championships and the Europe National Championships. By far the most popular include the Doubles Championship that took place in Europe and US as well as The French Open tournament. Please find the full list of results below.

ABT - CALIFORNIA STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
November 30-December 2, 2007; Tarzana, California

OPEN (53): 1-Adrian Costa (CA), 2-Michael Schecter (CA), 3-Norm Wiggins (CA); 1C-Azzam Masarani (CA), 2C-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3C/4C-Kourosh Kamali (CA) / Mike Sharp (CA).

ADVANCED (30): 1-Kamyar Hosseinian (CA), 2-Niel Borden (CA); 1C-David Escoffery (CA), 2C-Richard Armbruster (CA), 3C/4C-Douglas DeWitte (CA) / Ernie McCombs (TX).

LIMITED (8): 1-Larry Saltzman (CA), 2-Charles Kabani (CA); 1C-Sid Kamrava (CA).

SUPER 32: 1-Dana Nazarian (CA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD), 3/4-Jason Lee (NV) / Andranik Safarian (Argentina).

PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Saul Meir (CA), 2-Nash Jost (CA).

2-POINT QUICKIES (48): 1-Steve Grund (PA), 2-Dan Pelton (AZ).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ) & Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Steve Sax (CA).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Stick Rice (OH) & Bill Riles (TX), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA) & Paul Stokes (CA).
EBGT - 19th CITY OF VENICE INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT & 1st DAVIS DOUBLES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
November 29-December 2, 2007; Venice, Italy

DAVIS DOUBLES (21 teams): 1-Piero Gallo & Giuseppe Ricciardi (Italy), 2-Hans-Uli Koch & Michael Schmidt (Germany), 3/4-Georgy Balkandjiisky & Andrey Markov (Bulgaria) / Tassilo Rzymann & Werner "Schmucki" (Austria).

CHAMPIONSHIP (54): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Masahito Yamamoto (Japan), 3/4-Georgy Balkandjiisky (Bulgaria) / Giorgio Caldera (Italy); 1C-Carlo Melzi (Italy), 2C-Andrej Markov (Bulgaria), 3C/4C-Michel Lamote (Belgium) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan); 1LC-Badri Tsertsvadze (Georgia), 2LC-Dino Visentin (Italy).

INTERMEDIATE (32): Nicola Spiro (Italy), 2-Udo Geib (Germany), 3/4-Bambi de Bruin (Spain) / Alessandro Rietti (Italy); 1C-Peter Bardehle (Germany), 2C-Gareth Owen (England); 1LC-Thomas Löw (Germany).

AMATEUR (32): 1-Antonio Varisco (Italy), 2-Girolamo Castiglioni (Italy), 3/4-Michele Comerci (Italy) / Alberto Zegna (Italy); 1C-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2C-Delia Popa (Italy); 1LC-Dario Bertola (Italy).

CASINO OF VENICE KICK-OFF (64): 1-Sergio Fragiacomo (Italy), 2-Kazuko Numazawa (Japan), 3/4-Nodar Gagua (Russia) / Kenji Shimodaira (Japan).

SUPERJACKPOT: 1-Nodar Gagua (Russia).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Giovanna La Falce (Italy), 2-Fanika Petrovska (England).

UISP "NO MONEY" (56): 1st Match-Cesare Nanti (Italy); 2nd Match-Matteo Bastagli (Italy); 3rd Match-Azizan Shadi (Italy); 4th Match-Stefano Sinopoli (Italy); Overall winner-Fanika Petrovska (England).

"SWING" TOURNAMENT (26): 1-Dino Visentin (Italy), 2-Sandro Mescola (Italy), 3-Stefano "Musinho"Sinopoli (Italy).

ESTORIL QUALIFIER (64): 1-Piergiorgio D'Ancona (Italy).

JAPAN OPEN QUALIFIER (32): 1-Piergiorgio D'Ancona (Italy).

FRIENDSHIP MATCH: 1-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 2-Giorgio Castellano (Italy).

ITALIAN NATIONAL CIRCUIT 2007: 1-Carlo Melzi (Milan).

WSOB - UK MASTERS™
November 15-18, 2007; London, England

CHAMPIONSHIP (123+5 rebuys): 1-John Hurst (England), 2-Christian Plenz (Germany), 3/4-Kazuhiro Shino (Japan) / Allan Westermann (Denmark); 1C-Rida Hassan (Egypt), 2C-Neil Davidson (England), 3C/4C-Maria Krancheva (Bulgaria) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal); 1LC-Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), 2LC-Andreas Olsen (Denmark), 3LC/4LC-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel).

INTERMEDIATE (26): 1-Alain de Foucher (France), 2-Louise Kortbek (Denmark), 3/4-Felix Vink (Holland/Ireland) / Per Kummervold (Denmark); 1C-Gareth Owen (England), 2C-Regina Dodge (England); 1LC-Chris Rogers (England), 2LC-Richard Biddle (England).

CONSULTING DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Nicky Check (England) & Lawrence Powell (England), 2-Hans-Uli Koch (Germany) & Ed O'Laughlin (USA), 3/4-Karsten Bredahl (Denmark) & Steen Grønbech (Denmark) / Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) & Philip Vischjager (Holland).

ABT - LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT & AMERICAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
November 7-11, 2007; Las Vegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (81+25 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Joe Freedman (VA), 3/4-Jona Alexander (CA) / Stepan Nuniyants (WA); 1C-Stick Rice (OH), 2C-Bob Glass (CA), 3C/4C-Alan Grunwald (NJ) / Sami Sallak (Germany); 1LC-Richard Munitz (NY), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ).

INTERMEDIATE (88+32 rebuys): 1-Mark Donaldson (MN), 2-Robb Rossetti (CA), 3/4-Danielle Bastarache (FL) / Dennis Rutkowski (CA); 1C-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2C-Kamyar Hosseinian (CA), 3C/4C-Cem Aslan (TX) / Justin Nunez (CA); 1LC-Rick Voeller (WA), 2LC-David Taniguchi (CA).

BEGINNER (35+15 rebuys): 1-George Ramia (IL), 2-Proctor Ritchie (AZ), 3/4-Jack Peled (NY) / Joy Zuke (AK); 1C-Don Thompson Sr. (CA), 2C-Eula Lekas (CA); 1LC-Glen Chee (CA), 2LC-Lee Baker (CA).

$2000 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Hugh Sconyers (NV), 3/4-Arkadiy Tsinis (NV) / Brian Zembic (NV).

$1000 LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Dennis Rutkowski (CA), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / Jinelle Girard (Canada).


$400 OPEN JACKPOT (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Art Moore (CA).


AMERICAN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (4 teams): 1-Nack Ballard (CA) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Alan Grunwald (NJ) & Paul Magriel (NV).


$300 DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jeff Acierno (NY) & Steven Keats (NY), 2-Alan Grunwald (NY) & Paul Magriel (NV).


SENIORS TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT #2 (32): 1-Norm Wiggins (CA), 2-Beth Raby (VA).


BLITZ (200): 1-Bob Glass (CA), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).


MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Jack Hagelin (WA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).


SATURDAY $300 JACKPOT (12): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-John O'Hagan (IN).
SATURDAY $100 JACKPOT (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Betty Coppic (FL).
SATURDAY $50 JACKPOT (9): 1-Joy Zuke (AK), 2-Hsiao-Yee Ballard (CA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (21): 1-Kamyar Hosseinian (CA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX).
$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Damjan Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Troy Longman (MI).

EBGT - 3rd EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS & 5th FRENCH OPEN
October 30-November 4, 2007; Enghien-les-Bains, France

EUROPEAN DOUBLES (27+5 rebuys): 1-Piergiorgio D'Ancona & Sandro Mescola (Italy), 2-Georgy Balkandjiisky & Dobromir Kyurkchiev (Bulgaria), 3/4-Claude Marbleu & Marc Santo-Roman (France) / Badri Tsertsvadze & Bakuri Tsertsvadze (Republic of Georgia).

FRENCH OPEN MASTERS (67): 1-Badri Tsertsevadze (Republic of Georgia), 2-Alexis Vincent (France), 3/4-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel); 1C-Thomas Jespersen (Denmark), 2C-Serge Erokhin (Russia); 1LC-Athanasios Lagopatis (Greece/Germany).

ADVANCED (25): 1-David Fall (England), 2-Majken Johansen (Faroe Island), 3/4-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany) / Thomas Löw (Germany); 1C-Frédéric Andrieu (France), 2C-Thomas Löw (Germany); 1LC-Bert Van Kerckhove (Belgium).

BEGINNERS: 1-Antoinette Rodi (USA), 2-Franck Del Rio (France), 3-Frank Zennaro (France).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Thierry Manouck (France) / Ed O'Laughlin (USA).

LADIES EVENT (15): 1-Simonetta Barone Herrera (Italy/England), 2-Nicole Taboury (France).

XcitingGames CHALLENGE: 1-Roland Herrera (England), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan), 3/4-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) / Nicole Taboury (France).

"CITY OF VENICE" QUALIFIER: Frédéric Andrieu (France).

SPECIAL PLAYER REWARDS: Fernando Rocha (Argentina), Julie Thabault (France).

ELEGANCE TROPHY: Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).

BEST FRENCH PLAYER TROPHY: Alexis Vincent.

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