November: Live Tournament Results

November was full of exciting live tournament action. One of Europe's biggest tournaments was the Venice International, part of the European Backgammon Tour (EBGT). Local backgammon player, Sergio Fragiacomo took the championship title. Another EBGT stop was the French Open & European Doubles. This time another Itailan Fabrizio Lo Surdo claimed the victory.

On the other side of Atlantic, the American Backgammon Tour (ABT) hosted the Las Vegas Open where star player Stacy Turner emerged victorious.

Here are all the results:
EBGT - 20th VENICE INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 28-November 30, 2008; Venice, Italy

CHAMPIONSHIP (34): 1-Sergio Fragiacomo (Italy), 2-John Hurst (England), 3/4-Adrian Jones (England) / Mario Lazzer (Austria); 1C-Piergiorgio D'Ancona (Italy), 2C-Giuseppe Rigon (Italy); 1LC-Nodar Gagua (Georgia/Russia).

INTERMEDIATE (27): 1-Stefano Chiosi (Italy ), 2-Fabio Cappelletti (Italy), 3/4-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany) / Federico Toledo (Italy); 1C-Stefano Selvi (Italy), 2C-Antonio Iaquinta (Italy); 1LC-Massimiliano Calusio (Italy).

AMATEURS (22): 1-Stefano Battain (Italy), 2-Viorel Popa (Romania/Italy); 1C-Francesco Russo (Italy), 2C-Maurizio Maver (Italy); 1LC-Fanika Petkovska (England).

DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Piergiorgio D'Ancona (Italy) & Andrea Sterling (Ireland), 2-Massimiliano Calusio (Italy) & Riccardo Bernascone Percacciolo (Italy), 3/4-Michael Grabarczyk & self (Germany) / Francesco Grimaldi (Italy) & Giuseppe Rigon (Italy).

KICK-OFF (64): 1-Maurizio Maver (Italy), 2-Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran/Germany), 3/4-Sergio Fragiacomo (Italy) / Malcolm Robertson (England).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Fanika Petkovska (England).

SUPERJACKPOT (8): 1-Hamza Nar (Turkey).

ESTORIL QUALIFIER (32): 1-Hamza Nar (Turkey), 2-Mario Sequeira (Portugal).

SWING TOURNAMENT (28): 1-Carlo Melzi (Italy), 2-Michael Michael (England), 3-Stefano Sinopoli (Italy).

UISP - NO MONEY EVENT (48): 1st board: 1-Peter Chan (England), 2-Stefano Sinopoli (Italy); 2nd board: 1-Andrea Sandi (Italy), 2-Richard Coburn (England); 3rd board: 1-Michele Danesin (Italy), 2-Giovanna La Falce (Italy).

LUCKY DRAW for Romagnoli Board: Stefano Selvi (Italy).

ABT - LAS VEGAS OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT
November 12-16, 2008; LasVegas, Nevada

CHAMPIONSHIP (98+22 rebuys): 1-Stacy Turner (GA), 2-Matt Cohn-Geier (CA), 3/4-Perry Gartner (FL) / Alvaro Savio (Brazil); 1C-Richard Munitz (NY), 2C-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3C/4C-Pia Jeppesen (Denmark) / Zoran Maric (France); 1LC-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2LC-Malcolm Davis (TX).

INTERMEDIATE (88+28 rebuys): 1-Jonathan Bennetts (Canada), 2-Larry Taylor (GA), 3/4-Elli Nache (CA) / Bob Sahagian (NV); 1C-David Olson (TX), 2C-Evan Etter (FL), 3C/4C-Fred Dardashti (CA) / Julius High (NY); 1LC-Tom Duggan (England), 2LC-Michael Derylo (CA).

BEGINNERS (21+5 rebuys): 1-Louis Gordon (CA), 2-Yehuda Hodara (NY), 3/4-Susan Lee (AZ) / Don Thompson Sr. (NV); 1C-Dale Kerr (Australia), 2C-Adam Lusk (CO); 1LC-Vergine Kouleyan (CA), 2LC-Cherie Owens (AZ).

SUPER JACKPOT (16 @ $2,000): 1-Ian Macfarlane (Brazil), 2-Jeremy Bagai (CA).

LIMITED JACKPOT (16 @ $1,000): 1-Jeff Acierno (NJ), 2-Ken Bame (CA).

OPEN JACKPOT (16 @ $400): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA), 2-Steven Keats (NY).

SENIORS (128): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Steven Keats (NY), 3/4-Wolfgang Griese (Germany) / Marc Steyvers (Spain).

BLITZ EVENT (256): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Gary Tong (MI).

MINI-MATCH EVENT (64): 1-Walter Trice (MA), 2-Alex Katchikian (NY).

DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Susan Randall (FL) & Stacy Turner (GA), 2-Pedro Carvalho (Brazil) & Alberto Chreem (Brazil).

OVERFLOW DOUBLES (8 teams): 1-Mark Antranikian (CA) & Ted Chee (CA), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Arkadiy Tsinis (NV).

SATURDAY $300 JACKPOT (10): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Mike Corbett (FL).

SATURDAY $100 JACKPOT (34): 1-Art Grater (CA), 2-Akiko Abe (Japan).

SATURDAY $50 BEGINNERS JACKPOT (8): 1-Cherie Owens (AZ), 2-Michael Groff (CA).

$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (25): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Tom Wheeler (TX).

$20 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (14): 1-Dale Kerr (Australia), 2-Jonathan Bennetts (Canada).

Play65.com DANISH BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS
November 1-2, 2008; Valby, Denmark

CHAMPIONSHIP (180): 1-Inge Christoffersen, 2-Jonas Moehrdel, 3-Kasper N. Nielsen, 4-Carsten Simonsen.

SUNDAY SHOOTOUT (72): 1-Karsten Bredahl, 2-Jim Skougård Rasmussen, 3/4-Asger Kjeldsen / Michael Larsen.

DMP CHAMPIONSHIP (23): 1-Torben Sørensen, 2-Peter S. H. Jensen.

GAMMON GO! TOURNAMENT: 1-Erik Hansen.

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), 2-Steffi Peschke (Germany).

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.

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