October Tournament Results

October was another month that was filled with a multitude of backgammon tournaments. The most notable of them would be the 4th European Backgammon Doubles Championship and the 6th French Open. This was part of the European Backgammon Tour (EBGT).

Additionally, Asia also hosted some great tournaments including The Japan Open and the Japanese Backammon Championship that ran from October 11-13 in the city of Tokyo.

EBGT - 4th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS & 6th FRENCH OPEN
October 28-November 2, 2008; Enghien-les-Bains, France
EUROPEAN DOUBLES (13 teams + 3 rebuys): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) & Sasan Taherzadeh (Iran), 2-Ron Reinhard (Austria) & Rainer Witt (Germany), 3/4-Peter Heitmüller (Germany) & Götz Hildsberg (Germany) / Stefan Kostov (Bulgaria) & Dobromir Kyurkchiev (Bulgaria).

FRENCH OPEN (52+12 rebuys): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal); 1C-Dobromir Kyurkchiev (Bulgaria), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); 1LC-Dario de Toffoli (Italy).

ADVANCED (22): 1-Bülent Bahar (Turkey), 2-Stefan Kostov (Bulgaria), 3/4-Marian Manaila (Romania) / Sasan Taherzadeh (Iran); 1C-Alexander Veshkurtsev (Russia), 2C-Zeki Özgül (Turkey); 1LC-Paul Kalina (Peru).

INTERMEDIATE (7): 1-Boris Kaplivsky (Peru), 2-Jerome Pierrat (France), 3-Timofey Zimin (Russia).

AMATEURS (9): 1-Antoine Delamarre (France), 2-Jean Mocaut (France), 3-Renaud Perez (France).

SUPERJACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Vyacheslav Pryadkin (Ukraine), 2-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine/Germany).

SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (USA).

PRO/AM DOUBLES #1 (16): 1-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) & Svetlana Kostova (Bulgaria), 2-Artur Muradian (Armenia) & Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran).
PRO/AM DOUBLES #2 (8): 1-Michael Michael (England) & Antonia Schultze (Germany).

SASSANGAMMON #1 (98): 1-Carter Mattig (USA).

SASSANGAMMON #2 (98): 1-Isabelle Bonvalot (France).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France).

MEMBERS OF HONOUR: Jean-François Panin (Casino Barrière d'Enghien-les-Bains), Ali Zehpour (South Africa), Jose Antonio Torres (Peru), Fuat Erdag (Turkey).

ELEGANCE TROPHY: Ira (Russia).

ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE: Steffi Peschke (Germany).

SPECIAL PLAYERS: Anthony Patz (South Africa), Filomila Karantzali (Greece), Christina Pfeifer Mattig (USA), Cécile Wolf (France).

BEST FRENCH PLAYER: Thierry Manouck.

ABT - 1st ANNUAL MID-ATLANTIC BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
October 17-19, 2008; Towson, Maryland

CHAMPIONSHIP (31): 1-Barry Silliman (MD), 2-Bill Versaw (PA); 1C-Rod Covlin (NY), 2C-Mary Hickey (OH); 1LC-Perry Gartner (FL).

ADVANCED (42): 1-Tom Hodous (WV), 2-Ken Collins (VA); 1C-Bob Hathaway (VA), 2C-Wanda Roberts (MA); 1LC-Daniel Peters (VA).

NOVICE (15): 1-Alan Pruce (VA), 2-Stefanie Rodriguez (MD); 1C-Jonathan Munitz (NY); 1LC-Larry Brown (VA).

CHARM CITY CLASSIC (11): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Joe Freedman (VA).

IMPERIAL CRAB CUP (25): 1-Neal Rosensweig (FL), 2-Charlie Silverman (NJ).

DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ) & Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-Murray Bryntesen (FL) & Mike Corbett (FL).

BLITZ (64): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

SUNSHINE CUP (16): 1-Mike Wilkerson (VA). First prize was a Vitor Hollanda backgammon board.

CRAB DIP FREEROLL: 1-Bob Hathaway (VA).

14th JAPAN OPEN & JAPANESE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
October 11-13, 2008; Tokyo, Japan

JAPAN OPEN (52): 1-Junko Nakamura (Japan), 2-Noriaki Hosaka (Japan), 3/4-Jake Jacobs (USA/Singapore) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel); 1st Consolation: 1C-Tomoya Mitsuyoshi (Japan); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

CHAMPIONSHIP (128 with re-entries): 1-Kiyokazu Nishikawa (Japan), 2-Kazuya Nagai (Japan), 3/4-Yusuke Itagaki (Japan) / Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

INTERMEDIATE (112 with re-entries): 1-Mayumi Kanno (Japan), 2-Kazuhito Mukai (Japan).

$1,000 SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Sander Lylloff (Denmark), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).

NORDIC OPEN TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER: Yoshito Takeuchi (Japan).

1-POINT MATCHES: 1-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan).

TEAM MATCH: Europe over Japan, 4-3. 1-Team Europe: Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), Henrik Gwinner (Denmark/Hong Kong), Hans-Uli Koch (Germany), Sander Lylloff (Denmark), Libby Cohen (Israel), Tassilo Rzymann (Austria), Sturla Haugsgjerd (Norway), 2-Team Japan: Robert Harris, Masahiko Nasu, Junko Nakamura, Michihito Kageyama, Atsuki Konishi, Tatsuya Tanaka, Kenji Shimodaira.

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-Jacqueline 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-Chris Knapp (Canada); 1C-Michael Flohr (IL), 2C-Ilia Guzei (WI).

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

KILL PHIL KNOCKOUT #1 (8): 1-Ray Fogerlund (CA), 2-Scott Casty (IL).

KILL PHIL KNOCKOUT #2 (8): 1-Dave Wetzel (MN), 2-Eric Johnson (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-Ron Reinhard (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-Ron Reinhard (Austria), 2-Neculai Draganuta (Romania).

SUPER JACKPOT (8): 1-Mario Sequeira (Portugal), 2-Ron Reinhard (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).

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