17th ANNUAL WISCONSIN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS, August 15-18, 2019; Madison, Wisconsin –
Preliminary Results from chicagopoint.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (41): 1-Linda Rockwell, 2-Tak Morioka; 1C-David Rockwell, 2C-Phil Simborg; 1LC-Steve Ferguson, 2LC-Frank Talbot.
ADVANCED (31): 1-Bill Lonergan, 2-Christina Elias; 1C-Laura Hoarty, 2C-Brion Brooks; 1LC-Gene Eydelman.
NOVICE (4): 1-Larry Sosna (NY).
BADGER CLASSIC MASTERS (12): 1-Gerry Tansey, 2-Sean Garber.
ZACH TABAK MEMORIAL AMATEUR JACKPOT (16):1-Steve Shavel, 2-Michael Gellings.
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Julius High & Dave McKenzie, 2-Dan Minardi & John Pirner, 3-David & Linda Rockwell.
BLITZ (32):
QUICKIES (32): 1/2 split John O’Hagan / Ed O’Laughlin.
FASHIONABLY EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT ( ): 1-Steve Ferguson, 2-Brad Anderson
EARLY BIRD JACKPOT (16): 1-David McKenzie, 2-Chris Maisa.
$50 AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT ( ):1-Gerry Tansey.

3rd VIKING CLASSIC BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT , August 29-September 2, 2019; Minneapolis, Minnesota – Results from chicagopoint.com

ODIN OPEN (49): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Jack Edelson (MN), 3-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 4/5-Mary Hickey (OH) / Phil Williams (MN); 1C-Nick Blasier (TX), 2C-Yury Millman (MN).
THOR ADVANCED (39): 1-Hugh Morris (MN), 2-Franklin Scott (MN), 3-Kevin Heacox (IN), 4/5-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Joe Briggs (MN); 1C-Jeff Willis (MN), 2C-Bryan Adams (OR).
VIKING INTERMEDIATE (17): 1-Lee Pflugrad (WI), 2-Jon Dowd (MN), 3-Peter Slavenkov (MN); 1C-Phil Biesanz (MN).
NEWCOMER NOVICE (6): 1-Caleb McGuire (MN).
STEVE BROWN MEMORIAL JACKPOT (92): 1-Mary Hickey (OH), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Franklin Scott (MN), 5/8-Ted Chee (CA) / Daniel Friedman-Shedlov (MN) / Jeb Horton (NC) / Bruce Russell (WI).
LONGSHIP SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Nick Blasier (TX).
GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XX (23): 1-Bill Finneran (MD), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3-Allen Tish (CA).
BERSERKER LIMITED JACKPOT (9):11-Gus Contos (CA), 2-Vadim Nuniyants (WA).
WARRIOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (18): 1-David McKenzie (KS), 2-Larry Oman (MN).
EARLY RAVEN 50 (35): 1-Roberto Gaui (Brazil), 2-Phillip Rahm (MN), 3/4-Nick Blasier (TX) / Julius High (KS).
EARLY RAVEN 20 (15): 1-Steve Binenstock (MN), 2-Tom Jayne (VA).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (29): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Lynn Lusk (CO), 3/4-Art Moore (TN) / Gerry Tansey (MO).
SPEEDY SLAUGHTER (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
RAINBOW BRIDGE DOUBLES (29 teams): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (WA) & Rick Silberman (WA), 2-Daniel Friedman-Shedlov (MN) & Corey Smith (MN), 3/4-Nick Blasier (TX) & Jeff Willis (MN) / Tim Lawless (IN) & Art Moore (TN).
BLITZ THE BEAST (64): 1-Jeff Nitschke (MN), 2-Ted Chee (CA).
QUICK 1-POINT RAIDS (16): 1-Corey Smith (MN), 2-Corey Smith (MN).
OPEN VALHALLA (11): 1-John O’Hagan (IN), 2-Steve Reichelt (MN).
ADVANCED VALHALLA (11): Finals – Steve Binenstock (MN) vs. Jeff Kane (WI).
INTERMEDIATE VALHALLA (4): 1-Rina Quarterone (MN).
MIDGARD 3-POINT MATCHES ( ):
GAMMON STUFF BOARD TOURNAMENT (19):1-Joe Briggs (MN), 2-Long Nguyen (CA).
RAGNAROK AFTER TOURNEY (32): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO).

2019 DENVER OPEN: WILD WEST SHOOTOUT, September 19-22, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Results from chicagopoint.com

OPEN GUNSLINGER (45): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL); 1C-Bill Riles (TX), 2C-Jim Stutz (CT); 1LC-Sean Garber (IN), 2LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3LC/4LC-Norm Friedman (CA) / Eric Hiner (MN).
ADVANCED WARRIOR (37): 1-Bill Lonergan (NY), 2-Marcy Kossar (MD); 1C-Marston Hefner (CA), 2C-Patty Knapp (MA); 1LC-Ron Bruns (CA), 2LC-Jim Wark (CA).
NOVICE GREENHORN (15): 1-Will Harris (NM), 2-William Reeves (CO); 1C-Chris Savan (CO), 2C-Jessica Minardi (CO); 1LC-Jesus Ibarra (IL).
EARLY SHOOTOUT (28): David Klausa (CO), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3/4-Vera Holley (CA) / Neil Kazaross (IL).
IRON HORSE JACKPOT (12): 1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Jonah Seewald (CO), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
GUNSLINGER JACKPOT (32): 1-David Todd (MO), 2-Jonah Seewald (CO), 3/4-David Klausa (CO) / Jim Stutz (CT).
WARRIOR JACKPOT (28): 1-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 3/4-Marston Hefner (CA) / Jim Wark (CA).
DOUBLES SHOOTOUT (26 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Sue Will (IL), 2-Frank Farjood (CA) & Allen Tish (CA), 3/4-April Kennedy (MN) & Michael Mesich (MN) / John O’Hagan (IN) & Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
SENIOR GUNSLINGERS (64): 1-Jim Wark (CA), 2-Ed Gazvoda (CO), 3/4-Thomas Dapp (MO) / Greg Kurrell (CO).
WOLF BLITZ (64): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Al Hodis (NV).
GOLD RUSH SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Sam Ahmed (CA).
1-POINT DUEL #1 (32): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-April Kennedy (MN).
1-POINT DUEL #2 (32): 1-Marc Emrich (CO), 2-Julius High (KS).
LAST STAND AFTER TOURNAMENT (12): 1/2-split: Marcy Kossar (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).

SUNNY FLORIDA BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP, October 10-13, 2019; Fort Lauderdale, Florida –
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CHAMPIONSHIP (51): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Cary Hoarty (OH), 3-Philippe Salnave (FL), 4/5-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Stacy Turner (FL); 1C-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2C-Ray Zamani (MD), 3C/4C-Cameron Govonlu (MA) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
ADVANCED (48): 1-Clement McNally (FL), 2-Kevin Jones (FL), 3/4-Daniel Bluestone (VA) / Alec Izzo (FL); 1C-April Kennedy (MN), 2C-Eugen Möbius (FL), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Rick Wolf (FL).
NEWCOMER (12): 1-Katherine Hortenstine (FL), 2-Jamie Cruz (FL); 1C-John Savio (NY), 2C-Monica Talbot (MI).
MIAMI MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Cameron Govonlu (MA), 3-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).
ORLANDO OPEN JACKPOT (20): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
LAUDERDALE LIMITED JACKPOT (16): 1-Jim Glover (FL), 2-Eric Stevens (FL).
PALM BEACH PRO-AM DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Loy Anderson (FL) & Eugen Möbius (FL), 2-Perry Gartner (FL) & Clement McNally (FL), 3/4-Jason Briggs (FL) & Tom Kelly (FL) / Susan Randall (FL) & Stacy Turner (FL).
OLDER AND WISER (32): 1-Kevin Jones (FL), 2-Ray Zamani (MD).
YOUNG AND RESTLESS (16): 1-Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Chris Link (FL).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Robert Christensen (FL), 2-Peter Albury (Bahamas).
GAMMONGUYS BOARD EVENT (8): 1-Allen Tish (CA), 2-Art Benjamin (CA).
USBGF JACKPOT (32): 1-Blake Fleetwood (NY), 2-Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic).
BMAB-USA #12 (20): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2/4-Carlos Azcarate (FL) / Marcy Kossar (MD) / Philippe Salnave (FL). PR results pending: 1/2-Kit Woolsey (CA) / Michihito Kageyama (Japan), 3-Jim Stutz (CT).
$100 Knockout (8): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).$50 WARM-UP (22): 1-Dmitriy Vernitskiy (FL), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA), 3/4-Marcy Kossar (MD) / Roland Leutert (FL).
$20 WARM-UP (8): 1-Jerry Shea (NY), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

CONNECTICUT STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS / NEW ENGLAND NATIONALS, October 24-27, 2019; Springfield, Massachusetts –
Results from chicagopoint.com

HOPE ‘N OPEN (36): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Robert Caldwell (Canada), 3/4-Ben Friesen (MI) / Gary Koscielny (FL); 1C-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY), 2C-Frank Raposa (VA); 1LC-Emil Mortuk (MI).
ENTRANCED ADVANCED (30): 1-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2-Daniel Adler (NY); 1C-Dan Minardi (CO), 2C-Omar Shah (Canada); 1LC-Bill Porter (CT), 2LC-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
NOVEL NOVICE (7): 1-Scott Jones (CT), 2-Anna Popp (CT), 3-Jordan McCollom (CT).
MASTERS (16): 1-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Frank DiMaggio (NY).
OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL), 2-Leon Marini (NJ).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (8): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada), 2-Robert Loveless (Canada).
ELDERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Allen Tish (CA).
GRINCH SPEEDGAMMON (12): 1/3-split: Cary Hoarty (OH) / Dan Minardi (CO / Gary Zelmanovics (NJ).
DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Boris Dekhtyar (NY) & Felix Goykhman (NJ), 2-Daniel Bluestone (VA) & Bahman Zandi (MD), 3-Jay Karns (NY) & Donny Lomuto (NY).
BLITZ #1 (8): 1-Marty Storer (NH), 2-Jerry Shea (NY).
BLITZ #2 (8): 1-Gary Zelmanovics (NY), 2-Al Theriault (CT).
BLITZ #3 (8): 1-Dan Adler (NY), 2-Louis Bedell (PA).
PRE-TOURNEY (16): 1-Jay Karns (NY), 2-Steve Douglas (MA).
WARM-UP (8): 1-Andrew Liebenthal (NJ), 2-Felix Goykhman (NJ).

LAS VEGAS BACKGAMMON OPEN, November 20-24, 2019; Las Vegas, Nevada –
Results from chicagopoint.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (72 +30 rebuys): 1-Joe Feldman (MI), 2-Cary Hoarty (OH), 3/4-Mark Antranikian (CA) / Jonah Seewald (CO); 1C-Takayuki Hino (Japan), 2C-John O’Hagan (IN), 3C/4C-Gary Bauer (NJ) / Guido Weidner (Germany); 1LC-Scott Ward (TX), 2LC-Dennis McFarlin (NV).
INTERMEDIATE (81 + 29 rebuys): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ted Baehman (NV), 3/4-Kristi Christman (WA) / Lynn Ehrlich (NY); 1C-Brad Rosenberg (AZ), 2C-Keiken Cho (Japan), 3C/4C-Larry Arnold (MN) / Kara Schultz (CA); 1LC-Keith Ambrose (AZ), 2LC-Mona Mazza (CA).
BEGINNER (6): 1-Gisell Lopez de Lara (Mexico), 2-Jim Neighbor (NV).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Dana Nazarian (CA) / John Shakory (TX).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Mehrdad Haman (TX), 2-David Taniguchi (CA), 3/4-Steven Blake (AZ) / Gus Contos (CA).
SENIORS (128): 1-Geoff Hall (England), 2-Dan Minardi (CO).
DOUBLES (29 teams): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (FL), 2-George Garami (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL), 3/4-Jim Fleming (NV) & LEW Webber (MD), Drew Giovanis (NV) & Jeff Whitelaw (NV).
BLITZ (120): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Mark Danburg-Wyld (WA).
MINI-MATCH (128): 1-Farhad Forudi (OH), 2-David Klausa (CO).
BEGINNERS FRIDAY JACKPOT (3): 1-Jim Neighbor (NV).
$100 SATURDAY JACKPOT (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Peter Raugust (Germany).
AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (31): 1-Gerry Tansey (MO), 2-Takayuki Hino (Japan).

CALIFORNIA STATE OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP, December 5-8, 2019; Los Angeles, California – Results from chicagopoint.com

OPEN (72+36 rebuys): 1-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Efim Liberman (IL), 4/5-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Ian Macfarlane (Brazil); 1C-Paul Mangone (CA), 2C-Dennis McFarlin (NV), 3C/4C-Cary Hoarty (OH) / Guido Weidner (Germany).
ADVANCED (49+25 rebuys): 1-Eitan Peleg (CA), 2-Tara Mendicino (TX), 3-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 4/5-Bud Lavassani (CA) / Jacques Stambouli (CA); 1C-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 2C-Theodore Hwa (CA).
INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED NOVICE (25):1-Farid Faryab (CA), 2-Ali Shamsian (AZ); 1C-David Vakil (CA), 2C-Lili Iravani (DC).
MASTERS JACKPOT (29): 1-Joe Russell (CA), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI), 3/4-Jonah Seewald (CO) / Pavel Zaoral (Czech Republic).
PAUL DINGWELL AMATEUR JACKPOT (40): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Elli Nache (CA), 3/4-Jack Cohen (NV) / Mario Savan (CA).
DOUBLES I (8 teams): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) & Jim Wark (CA), 2-Alfred Mamlet (MD) & Dana Nazarian (CA).
DOUBLES II (8 teams): 1-April Kennedy (MN) & Michael Mesich (MN), 2-Roberto Gaui (Brazil) & Ian Macfarlane (Brazil).
DOUBLES III (8 teams): 1-Max Crosner (AZ) & Todd Crosner (AZ), 2-Josh Racko (CA) & Michael Showkati (CA).
SENIORS I (32): 1-Abby Biss (New Zealand), 2-John Rockwell (CA), 3/4-Dennis McFarlin (NV) / Ray Zamani (MD).
SENIORS II (32): 1-David Taniguchi (CA), 2-Efim Liberman (IL), 3/4-Blake Fleetwood (NY) / Dennis McFarlin (NV).
BLITZ (80): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Jazz Mishima (Japan).
JUNIORS (32): 1-Patrick Keene (CA), 2-Tom Cerny (CO), 3/4-Ted Chee (CA) / Brian Draper (CA).
DMP (64): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
ARDA SPEEDGAMMON CHALLENGE (24): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Bob Wachtel (CA).
WONDER WOMEN’S JACKPOT (8): 1-Lynda Clay (CO), 2-Irina Litzenberger (VA).

13th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPENT, January 9-12, 2020; Jersey City, New Jersey – Results from chicagopoint.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (100+40 rebuys): 1-Saba Bejanishvili (GA), 2-Ron Rubin (CA), 3/4-Matt Reklaitis (MA) / Arkadiy Tsinis (FL); 1C-Peter Naguib (Germany), 2C-Alan Grunwald (NJ), 3C/4C-John Klein (MD) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA); 1LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (77+31 rebuys): 1-Robert Loveless (Canada), 2-Sharooz Moreh (NY), 3/4-P.J. Macali (OH) / Tara Mendicino (TX); 1C-Daniel Adler (NY), 2C-Murat Kemahlioglu (NY), 3C/4C-Scott Douglas (Canada) / Tom Rebelo (Douglas); 1LC-Rick Wolf (FL), 2LC-Aurélien Cardoso (France).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (51): 1-Kai Demler (NY), 2-Lisa Pelaez (NY); 1C-Ralph D’Onofrio (NY), 2C-Jonathan Berkowitz (NY); 1LC-Andrew Swanson (NJ), 2LC-Nick Paleos (NY).
BEGINNER (26): 1-Jordan McCollom (CT), 2-José Ward (NJ); 1C-Jamie Rosen (NJ), 2C-Makoto Nozaki (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY), 2LC-Sheryl Glenn.
SUPER JACKPOT (24): 1-Arkadiy Tsinis (FL), 2-Blake Fleetwood (NY), 3-Atakhan Ismailov (NY).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Ioannis Rizos (NY), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Kent Goulding (MD) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (48): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2/3-Igor Baburov (NY) / Joe Freedman (NM), 4/6-Felix Goykhman (NJ) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Howard Markowitz (NV).
USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (2): 1-Eli Karp [West Champion] (LA), 2-Jack Edelson [East Champion] (MN).
USBGF 2-POINT MINI-MATCH: Final Four split: Gary Kallos (Canada) / Ed O’Laughlin (VA) / Phil Simborg (FL) / Nick Paleos (NY) or Andrew Swanson (NJ).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Ghazi Al-Kinani (VA) & John Klein (MD), 2-David Brown (England) & Trudi Seely (England).
NEW YORK DOUBLES OVERFLOW (16 teams): 1-George Garami (FL) & Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Kent Goulding (MD) & Mike Senkiewicz (NY).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (48): Semifinals: Robert Caldwell (Canada) vs. Gary Koscielny (FL), Jay Karns (NY) vs. Howard Linnemann (NY), 3/6-Kristi Christman (WA) / Cary Hoarty (OH) / Jay Karns (NY) or Howard Linnemann (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): Semifinals: Robert Loveless (Canada) vs. P.J. Macali (OH), 2-Paul Polatov (NY), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Robert Loveless (Canada) or P.J. Macali (OH).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT I (8): 1-Phil Simborg (FL).
SUPER SENIORS TOURNAMENT II (4): 1/2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) / Howard Markowitz (NV).
FTH BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-David Shadi (NJ), 2-Jonathan Cohn.
$200 JACKPOT (8): 1-Jim Stutz (CT).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1-Herb Roman (IL).
$100 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Steve Nelson (Hong Kong) / Philippe Salnave (FL).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Alexandra Knupfer (Switzerland).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Mark Megalli (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-David Tuminaro (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Julian Minwalla (England).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Cornel Paltinisanu (Switzerland).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1/2-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Rodney Workman (IL).

TEXAS BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS,
January 30-February 2, 2020; San Antonio, Texas –
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GEOFFREY PARKER CHAMPIONSHIP (77+31 rebuys): 1-Scott Ward (TX), 2-Bill Lonergan (NY), 3/4-David Winn (TX) / Salomon Zonana (Mexico); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Richard Munitz (NY), 3C/4C-Frank Farjood (CA) / Mark Ferrin (TX); 1LC-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2LC-John Shakory (TX).
ADVANCED (42+14 rebuys): 1-Randi Sachar (NY), 2-Ben Weinstein (NY); 1C-Tony Elliot (AZ), 2C-Ross Gordon (CT), 3C/4C-Scott Neal (TX) / Mattias Stahberg (Sweden); 1LC-Kara Schultz (CA).
NOVICE (12): 1-Jeremy Krieger (OR), 2-Mary Kay Lively (TX), 3-Michelle Hearn (TX), 4-Robert Gonzalez (TX).
MALCOLM DAVIS LONGHORN MASTERS JACKPOT (32): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 3/4-Chris Trencher (NY) / Kit Woolsey (CA).
ALAMO CLASSIC LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Gary Oleson (TX), 2-John Bird (TX), 3/4-Cem Aslan (TX) / Ami Ben-Ari (CO).
TEXAS CLASSIC ADVANCED JACKPOT (29): 1-Mike Snow (TX), 2-Kevin McDonough (AZ), 3/4-Scott Neal (TX) / Joe Potts (TX).
SAN ANTONIO CINCO DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH) & Laura Hoarty (FL), 2-Marc Emrich (CO) & Dan Minardi (CO), 3/4-Irina & Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Paul Mangone (CA) & Kara Schultz (CA).
SENIORS (128): 1-Bahman Zandi (MD), 2-Faddoul Khoury (CA), 3/4-Dianne Grossman (NM) / Irina Litzenberger (VA).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Rory Pascar (IL), 2-Mark Ferrin (TX), 3/4-Rudy Langenbach (TX) / Jonah Seewald (CO).
FIESTA MIXED BLITZ (64): 1-Doug Mayfield (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
USBGF DMP PRIME TOURNAMENT (96): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3-Don Marek (IL).
AWARDS NIGHT FREEROLL TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Cary Hoarty (OH).
TEXAS SHOWDOWN POINTS POOL (11): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO).
$100 JACKPOT #1 (4): 1-Dana Nazarian (CA).
$100 JACKPOT #2 (4): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).
$100 JACKPOT #3 (4): 1-Jose Farca (Mexico).
AMERICAN BACKGAMMON HALL OF FAME: 2020 Inductee – Ed O’Laughlin (VA).
USBGF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Phil Simborg (FL).

4th BOSTON OPEN – MASSACHUSETTS STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS, February 13-16, 2020; Boston, Massachusetts – Results from chicagopoint.com

Photo credit Karen Davis

OPEN (40): 1-Doug Roberts (MA), 2-Stephen Hassman (MA), 3/4-Frank DiMaggio (NY) / Ray Fogerlund (NV); 1C-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 2C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Clement McNally (FL), 2LC-Leyla Zaloutskaya (NY).
ADVANCED (32): 1-Alia Azamat (NJ), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Bill Barrows (MA); 1LC-Stephen Douglas (MA).
NOVICE (6): 1-Dan Whitney (CT), 2-Scout Jones (CT), 3-Mykul Henderson (CT).
ACE OF HEARTS SUPER JACKPOT (4): 1-Bill Robertie (MA).
HERB GURLAND MEMORIAL MASTERS (16): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Marty Storer (NH)
SWEETHEART DOUBLES (16 teams): 1-Garry Kallos (Canada) & Allen Tish (CA), 2-Ryan Rebelo (Canada) & Tom Rebelo (Canada).
QUIET QUICKY (8): 1-Albert Steg (MA).
SASSY SPEEDGAMMON (8): 1-Allen Tish (CA).
SEDUCTIVE SENIORS (16): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-John Pirner (MN).
JEALOUS JUNIORS (8): 1-Vinson Blanton (VA).
OPTIMISTIC OPEN JACKPOT (8): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Leyla Leonhardt (NY).
LOVEABLE LIMITED JACKPOT (8): 1-Ryan Rebelo (Canada).
NUTTY NOVICE JACKPOT (4): 1-Dan Whitney (CT).
KING OF HEARTS (4): 1-Patrick Elliott (WA).
QUEEN OF HEARTS (4): 1-Irina Litzenberger (VA).
USBGF FREE ROLL (32): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Tom Rebelo (Canada).
PASSION PRE-TOURNEY (16): 1-Donny Lomuto (NY); 1C-Frank DiMaggio (NY).

2nd SACRAMENTO BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP, March 6-8, 2020; Sacramento, California – Results from chicagopoint.com

OPEN (17): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Terry Stigall (CA); 1C-Allen Tish (CA); 1LC-Ray Fogerlund (NV).
ADVANCED (16): 1-Tom Tseng (CA), 2-Richard Loomer (CA); 1C-David Parks (CA); 1LC-Ely Johnson (CA).
NOVICE (3): 1-Robert Alvord (CA), 2-Trevor Dahl (CA).
MASTERS (18): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Ken Bame (CA).
BMAB (USA) #13 (10): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2/4-Art Benjamin (CA) / Carl Blumenstein (CA) / David Parks (CA).
DMP QUICKIES (8): 1-Ted Hwa (CA).
SPEEDGAMMON I (16): 1-Gary Koscielny (FL).
SPEEDGAMMON II (8): 1-Ted Chee (CA).

Ben Friesen, Director; Karen Davis Host, April 25-26, 2020; Backgammon Galaxy

OPEN (50): 1-Fabio Sallusto (IT), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3-Bill Finneran (MD), 4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 5-Ronald Rubin (NV), 6-David Staggs (IN)

ADVANCED (47): 1-Tom Rebelo (CN), 2-Ryan Rebelo (CN), 3-Brion Brooks (IL), 4–Larry Brown (VA)

CHICAGO OPEN – ABT ONLINE, May 18-24, 2020; Backgammon Galaxy; Rory Pascar, Director

OPEN (68): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Neil Kazaross (IL), 3-Boris Dekhtyar (NY), 4-10 Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), Karen Davis (FL), Geoff Hall (England), Steve Hills (DC), Ary Nogueira (Brazil), Steve Nelson (Hong Kong), Jonah Seewald (CO)

ADVANCED (56): 1-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2-Stewart Pemberton (FL); 3-6 Ray Cifani (OH), Peter Kasturas (NJ), Max Levenstein (CA), Howard Linnemann (NY)
KNOCKOUTS:
$100 (4) 1st Long Nguyen
$100 (8) 1st Chris Trencher 2nd Frank Talbot
$50 (8) 1st John Shakory 2nd Benjamin Hugon
$100 (4) 1st Bruce Finstad
$50 (8) 1st Aaron Foust 2nd Chris Scott
$100 (8) 1st Mark Osborne 2nd Bruce Finstad
$50 (4) 1st Jeremy Ly

LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON ABT ONLINE!, June 4 – 7, 2020; GridGammon.com – Results from chicagopoint.com

OPEN (51): 1-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England), 2-SongScout/Gus Contos (CA), 3-barkin/Bill Arkin (CA), 4-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 5/6-Vengeance526/Brian Lonergan (LA) / minollus/Fabio Sallusto (Italy); 1LC-wockadoo/Bob Wachtel (CA), 2LC-mapacho/Michael Miller (CA).
ADVANCED (38): 1-Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA), 2-wavesinair/Paul Armbruster (CA), 3-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 4-BradRose/Brad Rosenberg (AZ); 1LC-JimmyGofPC/Jim Glover (FL), 2LC-eonny1/Edward Onny (CO).
LAST GASP JACKPOT (18): 1-capitalcarl/Alex Toth (WA), 2-karendavis/Karen Davis (FL).
DINNER BRAWL (11): 1-Lulu2/Lynda Clay (CO), 2-PencentricExec/James Fleming (NV).
EARLYBIRD TOURNAMENT (9): 1-dorado11/Mario Savan (CA), 2-cigarsmoker/Jonah Seewald (CO).
WARM-UP (23): 1-alamofo/Mark Ferrin (TX), 2-95682/Terry Stigall (CA), 3/4-Khyar/Michael Ramsey (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).

USBGF SPRING FLING ABT ONLINE!, June 15-20, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com

OPEN (58): 1-Rich Sweetman (NH), 2-Art Benjamin (CA), 3/8-Herman Arzuman (NY) / Tim Cross (England) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Giorgis Lazaris (Greece) / David Rennie (CA) / Andrew Selby (England).

ADVANCED (36): 1-Aaron Foust (NV), 2-Eduardo Maciel Costa (Brazil), 3/6-Douglas DeWitte (NV) / Kate Elmore (GA) / Jim Glover (FL) / Edward Onny (CO).

BUFFALO/NIAGARA BACKGAMMON ABT ONLINE!
June 28, 2020; Heroes.BackgammonStudio.com

OPEN (27): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-akelabg/Victor Ashkenazi (NJ); 1C-TheDaveShow/Brian Lonergan (LA), 2C-KarenDavis/Karen Davis (FL).
ADVANCED (19): 1-antanggioalo/Alec Izzo (FL), 2-VegasVillain/Aaron Foust (NV); 1C-Limoncello/Joe Calvaruso (OH), 2C-Ghost55/Frank Costello III.

MICHIGAN SUMMER BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS ABT ONLINE!
July 5, 2020; GridGammon.com – Preliminary results from chicagopoint.com

Photo credit: Candace Mayeron

CHAMPIONSHIP (76): 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 2-Howard Markowitz (NV), 3/4-Aaron Foust (NV) / Rambiz Khalili (Iran/South Africa).
Conso Semifinals: Phil Simborg (FL) / David Staggs (IN)
Richard Sweetman (NH) vs Art Benjamin (CA).
INTERMEDIATE (44): 1-Andy Fazekas (CT), 2-Cem Aslan (TX), 3/4-Joe Miller (OH) / Igor Moraes (Brazil); 1C-Irina Litzenberger (VA), 2C-Douglas DeWitte (NV), 3C/4C-Frank Costello III (CA) / Fabian Melnik (FL).

OHIO STATE ABT ONLINE! BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS July 16-19, 2020; GRIDGAMMON.com
Results from chicagopoint.com

CHAMPIONSHIP (46): 1-Mathemagics/Art Benjamin (CA), 2-Coolrey/Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/8-timcrazy/Tim Cross (England) / Douli/Faddoul Khoury (AZ) / daddyschips/Marcy Kossar (MD) / LatRonald/Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / STEAMSAX/Steve Sax (CA) / boardmaker/Bob Zavoral (IL).
ADVANCED (26): 1-Technosis/Jasper Watertor (Netherlands), 2-Counsel/Kristian Mills (England), 3/4-Patty/Patty Johnson (CA) / Karasuzy/Kara Schultz (CA).
WARM-UP (16): 1-bazooka/Bob Glass (CA), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX).
MASTERS JACKPOT (24): 1-juice2403/Ricky Griggs (MI), 2-CaLion/Cem Aslan (TX), 3-Ladi/Loretta Bernards (CA).
ADVANCED JACKPOT (11): 1-letsplaydice/Larry Brown (VA), 2-Pencentric Exec/James Fleming (NV).
LEAP YEAR JACKPOT (30): 1-SayLaVee/David Rennie (CA), 2-MonsterVal/Val Ovespyan (CA), 3-aurachbeikitz/Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 4-TarsTarkus/John Gamalielson (WA).
SUNDAY SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1-Sheshbesh/Avi Cohen (FL), 2-bor/742/Boris Dekhtyar (NY).

USBGF TOURNAMENT OF STARS
August 14-16, 2020; GridGammon.com, BackgammonGalaxy.com

TOURNAMENT OF STARS DOUBLES (24 teams): 1-Perry Gartner (FL) & Christian Briggs (FL), 2-Marty Storer (NH) & David Kettler (TX), 3-Tim Cross (England) & Ed Corey (CT). Side Pool winner: Dennis Lutz (GA).
WARM-UP (16): 1-Jonah Seewald (CO), 2-Gary Zelmanovics (NJ), 3/4-Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Joe Russell (CA).
SATURDAY EVENING “DANCE” (25): 1-Michael Neagu (Canada), 2-Bill Finneran (MD), 3/4-Rudy Langenbach (TX) / Steve Sax (CA).
SUNDAY DOUBLE ELIMINATION JACKPOT (16): 1-Chris Trencher (NY), 2-Dan Minardi (CO), 3-Ronald Loero (Venezuela).

VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC, September 2-7, 2020; BackgammonGalaxy.com
Results from chicagopoint.com

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXI (20): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Alex Toth (WA), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Michael Neagu (Canada).
EARLY RAVEN (25): 1-Adrian Nedelcu (Austria/IL), 2-David Hanold (IL), 3/4-Ronald Loero (Venezuela) / Joe Urso (NY).
FRIDAY FRIGGA (56): 1-Jeremy Bagai (CA), 2-Michael Neagu (Canada), 3/4-Rick Silberman (WA) / Rich Sweetman (NH).
ODIN OPEN (51): 1-Brian Lonergan (LA), 2-Jeff Willis (MN), 3-Sean Garber (IN), 4-Art Benjamin (CA); 1C-Ergin Bayrak (CA), 2C-Jonah Seewald (CO).
THOR ADVANCED (43): 1-David Parks (CA), 2-James Fleming (NV), 3-Michael Farrugia (NY), 4-Edward Onny (CO); 1C-Igor Moraes (Brazil), 2C-Steve Waller (MN).
VALHALLA OPEN (12): 1-Roberto Litzenberger (VA), 2-Marc Emrich (CO).
VALHALLA ADVANCED (14): 1-Gregg Trunnell (MN), 2-David Hanold (IL).
RAGNARÖK AFTER TOURNEY (33): 1-Steve Reichelt (MN), 2- Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Bill Finneran (MD) / Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
UKBT: 7th UK BACKGAMMON OPEN ONLINE