Latest Tournament Results

Autumn proved a busy time in the world of backgammon. There were major tournaments played in both Europe and the USA - namely the Illinois and Colorado States, and the Backgammon Cup and the Austrian Open in Europe. Below are the results of these tournaments.

ABT - ILLINOIS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 10-12, 2008; Peoria, Illinois

CHAMPIONSHIP (43): 1-Tim Mabee (IL), 2-Steve Brown (MN); 1C-Faddoul Khoury (IL), 2C-Sean Garber (IN); 1LC-Chris Knapp (Canada).

INTERMEDIATE (32): 1-Michael Flohr (IL), 2-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL); 1C-Steve Maas (MN), 2C-John Bare (IL); 1LC-Cliff Mayoh (IL).

NOVICE (9): 1-Tim Johnson (IL), 2-Jacki Singleton (WI); 1C-Casey Sheedy (IN); 1LC-Lyle Rubin (IL).

LAND OF LINCOLN MASTERS (14): 1-John Jennings (IL), 2-Ray Fogerlund (CA).

PRAIRIE CLASSIC (32): 1-Ramez Abi-Akar (IL), 2-Michael Flohr (IL).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Chuck Bower (IN) & Ilia Guzei (WI), 2-Carter Mattig (IL) & David Rockwell (IL).

PEORIA QUICKIES (32): 1-Sean Garber (IN), 2-Joe Potts (TX).

AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (7): 1-Joe Potts (TX), 2-Fouad Malouf (IL).


11th AUSTRIAN OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 1-5, 2008; Seefeld, Austria

MASTERS (27): 1-Giorgio Castellano (Italy), 2-Ronald Reinhardt (Austria), 3/4-Juan Bautista Liriano (Santo Domingo) / Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy); 1C-Manfred Hollederer (Germany), 2C-Harald Johanni (Germany); 1LC-Stefan Bobenhausen (Germany), 2LC-Neculai Draganuta (Romania). Ladies Prize: Andrea Riebler (Austria).

CHAMPIONS (38): 1-Christian Liebe-Harkort (Germany), 2-Giuseppe Ricciardi (Italy), 3/4-Horst Ernst (Germany) / Roland Klein (Germany); 1C-Cristian Matei (Romania/Italy), 2C-Bartolomeo Migliore (Italy), 3C/4C-Jürgen Lenz (Germany / Renato Sovani (Italy); 1LC-Giuseppe Rigon (Italy), 2LC-Florian Haussleiter (Germany). Ladies Prize: Fatima Simonsen (Brazil).

INTERMEDIATE (21): 1-Christian Derichs (Germany), 2-Stephen Taylor (England), 3/4-Rudolf Prohaska (Austria) / Alessandro Stradiotti (Italy); 1C-Alfredo Sperti (Italy), 2C-Fritz Winkler (Austria); 1LC-Emil Benattar (Italy), 2LC-Susanne Lederer (Austria). Ladies Prize: Fritz Winkler (Austria).

CONSULTING DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Walter Jarc (Canada) & Damian Plesec (Slovenia), 2-Marian Manaila (Romania) & Marian Popescu (Romania).

WARM-UP (44): 1-Dorin Vianu (Romania), 2-Renato Sovani (Italy).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (11): 1-Laura Monaco (Italy), 2-Petra Jobst (Germany).

SPERTI TROPHY (34): 1-Ronald Reinhardt (Austria), 2-Neculai Draganuta (Romania).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Ronald Reinhardt (Austria).
PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT #1 (64): 1-Kemal Aksu (Turkey).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT #2 (64): 1-Andrea Riebler (Austria).

PRESIDENT'S 1-POINT TOURNAMENT #3 (64): 1-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland).


ABT - COLORADO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
September 26-28, 2008; Aurora, Colorado

OPEN (32): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Rich Siebold (CO); 1LC-Neil Kazaross (IL).

ADVANCED (19): 1-Lawrence Wilson (CO), 2-Marc Emrich (CO); 1C-Neville Kerr (Australia/CO), 2C-Mark Stone (CO); 1LC-Ed Gazvoda (CO).

NOVICE (8): 1-Jerry Golley (CO), 2-Gloria McCracken (CO); 1C-Bart Guim (CO).

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MASTERS (13+3 rebuys): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC).

ROYAL GORGE AMATEUR JACKPOT (17): 1-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 2-Julius High (NY).

DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA) & Bob Koca (MD), 2-Tami Jones (ID) & Bill Riles (TX).

DOUBLES OVERFLOW (8 teams): 1-Lynn Lusk (CO) & Norm Wiggins (CA).

BLITZ (32): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2-Dave Settles (IL).

QUICKIES (32): 1-Jim Allen (NV).


PGT - AIX-EN-PROVENCE PARTOUCHE BACKGAMMON CUP
September 18-21, 2008; Aix-en-Provence, France

PARTOUCHEGAMMON TOUR OPEN (42+11 rebuys): 1-Hans-Uli Koch (Germany), 2-Piergiorgio D'Ancona (Italy), 3/4-Frank Brinkmann (Germany) / Thierry Manouck (France); 1C-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2C-Minh Nguyen (France), 3C/4C-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) / Peter Van de Bruck (The Netherlands); 1LC-Rassoul Rasti (Switzerland), 2LC-Frédéric Andrieu (France).

BEGINNERS (16): 1-Raphael Brun (France), 2-Laurent Pascal (France).

WARM-UP (38): 1-Tassilo Rzymann (Austria).

CONSULTATION DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Gary Bauer (USA) & Michel Hileyan (France), 2-Hans-Uli Koch (Germany) & Ed O'Laughlin (USA).

FAIR PLAY PRIZE: Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy).

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