Backgammon Tournament Results

The past few months have proved exciting for backgammon enthusiasts the world over with many live tournaments across Europe and America. Although all were equally outstanding, the Middle Europe Backgammon Championship seemed to be a crowd favourite. Please find below the results from these tournaments.

PGT - PARTOUCHEGAMMON TOUR 2007 GRAND FINALE & DIVONNE OPEN PGT 2008
September 6-9, 2007; Divonne-les-Bains, France
PARTOUCHEGAMMON TOUR 2007 GRAND FINALE (29): 1-Götz Hildberg (Germany), 2-Morten Holm (Denmark), 3/4-Thierry Manouck (France) / Chris Ternel (England).

DIVONNE OPEN PGT 2008 (39): 1-Zoran Maric (Bosnia/France), 2-Morten Holm (Denmark), 3/4-Alain Babillon (France) / Andreas Humke (Germany); 1C-François Tardieu (France), 2C-Frank Brinkmann (Germany), 3C/4C-Emmanuel Pantin de la Guère (France) / David Todd (USA); 1LC-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2LC-Miki Suzuki (France).

ABT - WISCONSIN STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
August 31-September 3, 2007; Madison, Wisconsin

CHAMPIONSHIP (51): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2-David Rockwell (IL), 3-Ray Fogerlund (CA); 1C-Stick Rice (OH), 2C-Paul Weaver (AL).

ADVANCED (47): 1-Steve Maas (MN), 2-Ray Bills (MN), 3/4-Bachan Khosa (MN) / Dave Settles (IL); 1C-Ernie McCombs (TX), 2C-John Baron (OH).

LIMITED (5): 1-Susan Simpkins (IN), 2-Cherie Owens (AZ).

BADGER CLASSIC (32): 1-Steve Sax (CA), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 3/4-Fred Kalantari (MN) / David Todd (MO).

AMATEUR JACKPOT (16): 1-Bachan Khosa (MN), 2-Jeff Barrows (MN).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Mark Donaldson (MN) & Elayne Feinstein (FL), 2-Scott Day (IN) & Sean Garber (IN), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 3/4-Steve Maas (MN) & Dave Wetzell (MN).

EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Art Moore (CA).

CANCELGAMMON (16): 1-Joe Freedman (VA), 2-Lee Pflugrad (WI).

$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA).

BLITZ (32): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Herb Roman (IL).

$20 QUICKIE #1 (8): 1-Howard Markowitz (NV).
$20 QUICKIE #2 (4): 1-Bruce Russell (WI).

16th MITTELEUROPA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP & 20th ITALIAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
August 31-September 2, 2007; Nova Gorica, Slovenia

MASTER FLIGHT (30): 1-Christos Groutsos (Greece), 2-Claus Weissbarth (Germany), 3/4-Peter Bennet (England) / Nino Di Bella (Italy); 1C-Walter Jarc (Canada/Spain), 2C-Federico Toledo (Italy), 3C/4C-Andrea Riebler (Austria) / Werner Schmuck (Austria); 1LC-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 2LC-Jakob Garal (Ukraine/Germany). Ladies Prize: Andrea Riebler (Austria).

CHAMPION FLIGHT (36): 1-Vicenzo Di Clemente (Italy), 2-Riccardo Percacciolo (Italy), 3/4-Thomas Leitner (Austria) / Giuseppe Ricciardi (Italy); 1C-Alfredo Maccallini (Italy), 2C-Roberto Piccioni (Italy); 1LC-Marco Tamigi (Italy), 2LC-Yannis Vallianos Greece). Ladies Prize: Laura Monaco (Italy).

INTERMEDIATE (36): 1-Massimo Trovò (Italy), 2-Maria Grigis (Italy), 3/4-Fabio Gergolet (Italy) / Vittorio Molé (Italy); 1C-Charilaos Ladis (Greece), 2C-Andrea Marfori (Italy); 1LC-Alessandro Stradiotti (Italy), 2LC-Adriana Del Fabbro (Italy). Ladies Prize: Maria Grigis (Italy).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Meltem Gücer (Turkey).

WARM-UP HEINER HAUSSLEITER MEMORIAL (53): 1-Walter Jarc (Canada/Spain), 2-Roland Klein (Germany).

ONE-POINT TORNEO DEL PRESIDENTE #1 (64): 1-Federico Toledo (Italy).
ONE-POINT TORNEO DEL PRESIDENTE #2 (64): 1-Adriana Del Fabbro (Italy).

SPERTI TROPHY (58): 1-Silvina Curros (Argentina), 2-Adam Prager (Israel).

20th ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - MASTER: Nino Di Bella.
20th ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - CHAMPION: Vincenzo Di Clemente.
20th ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP - INTERMEDIATE: Massimo Trovò.

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