The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to all winners listed below.  Complete results can be viewed on the Chicago Point website.

(L)TD Chiva Tafazzoli w/Winner Neil Kazaross

CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Perry Gartner (FL), 3/4-Mike Corbett (FL), Alex Gerding (FL); 1LC-Gregg Cattanach (GA).  INTERMEDIATE (5): 1-Dan Gruby (FL).  BEGINNER (4): 1-Dimitur Alipiev, 2-Doreen Saccardo (FL), 3-Sonia Delima (FL).  FLORIDA MASTERS (8): 1-Mike Corbett (FL), 2-Gregg Cattanach (GA).MICROBLITZ: 1-Neil Rosensweig (FL) 
DMP TOURNAMENT: 1-Phil Simborg(IL) GARTNER-SIMBORG QUIZ: Stuart Katz (NY), Open winner; Brian Sooy (FL), Intermediate winner.

2012 Atlanta Champion Stacy Turner with Brian Ross

The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to all the winners named below, as published by the Chicago Point.  Complete results can be viewed on the Chicago Point website.  CHAMPIONSHIP (22): 1-Stacy Turner (FL); 2-Lee Genud (FL); 1C-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2C-Barry Silliman; 1LC-Bill Riles (TX).  ADVANCED (27): 1-Alan Epstein (GA), 2-Ben Elliott; 1C-Sandra Sha, 2C-LEW Webber; 1LC-Craig Anderson  NOVICE (2): 1-Katherine Hochberg (GA)  GEORGIA MASTERS (11): 1-Stuart Thomson (GA), 2-Bill Robertie (MA)  ATLANTA CUP JACKPOT (11): 1-Joe Nolan (TN), 2-Marv Porten (CA)  DOUBLES (15 teams): 1-Jerry Godsey (GA) & Harry Georgio, 2-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & Lee Genud (FL)  MINI-MATCH (64): Finals: Neal Weiner (FL) vs. Craig Anderson  THURSDAY WARM-UP (20): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-Tim Brown; 1C-LEW Webber

Neil Kazaross

The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to all the winners below. Complete   results can be viewed on the ChicagoPoint website.  CHAMPIONSHIP (45+13 rebuys): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Gary Bauer (NJ), 3/4-Carter Mattig (IL) / Tom Zarrinnam (CA); 1C-Justin Nunez (CA), 2C-Dorn Bishop; 1LC-Ed O’Laughlin, 2LC-Larry Liebster. INTERMEDIATE (45+19 rebuys): 1-David Escoffery (CA). 2-Richard Weaver (TX); 3/4-Claudia Imatt (CA) / David Presser (IL); 1C-Robert Tansi (MA), 2C-Larry Arnold (MN); 1LC-Abby Biss, 2LC-Patty Geoffroy.  BEGINNER (5): 1-Max Crosner (CA), 2-Erwin Hom (CA).  SUPER JACKPOT (13 at $2000): 1-Paul Weaver (AL), 2-Drew Giovanis (NV).  LIMITED JACKPOT (9 at $1000): 1-Art Moore (CA), 2-Damon Singer (NV).  SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Neil Kazaross (IL), 2-Tristan Bettencourt (CA).  DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (8 teams): 1-Todd Crosner (AZ) & Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Bob Glass (CA) & Alan Grunwald (NJ).

The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to the following winners, as published on the Chicago Point website.

Ohio State Champion Stick Rice

OPEN: (24): 1-Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI); 1C-Emil Mortuk (MI), 2C-Carol Joy Cole (MI)  ADVANCED: (280: 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada); 1C-Lorenzo Morales (MI), 2C-Steve Grund (PA)  NOVICE: (6): 1-Brian DiMatt (OH), 2-Stephen Collins (OH)  OHIO MASTERS: (4): 1-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI)  AMATEUR JACKPOT: (16): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ben Friesen (MI)   DOUBLES: (15 teams): 1-Mary Hickey (OH) & Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dale Berlin (OH) & Mike Rezai (OH)  2-POINT QUICKIES: (16): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI), 2-Cengiz Yakut (PA)  MINI-BLITZ: (8): 1-Mike Rezai (OH)

Jeb Horton CSI Championship winner with Bill Davis, tourney Director. (Photo courtesy of the ABT)

The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to all winners!  These  results are from the Chicago Point.  Complete results can be found at the  Chicago Point website. CHAMPIONSHIP: (49): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Keene Marin (WI); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Rachel Rhodes (England); 1LC-Tobias Hellwag (Germany)  ADVANCED (43): 1-Oleg Raygorodsky (IL), 2-Rob Farmer (IL), 3/4-Dan Cramer (MN) / Sue Will (IL); 1C-Vadim Nuniyants (WI), 2C-Jim Opre (IL); 1LC-Don Marek (IL) LIMITED (10): 1-Steven O’Connor (IL), 2-Rich Hallbeck (IL); 1LC-Ken Brown (MO)  GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XIV (16): 1-Carter Mattig (IL), 2-Harvey Gillis (WA) ADVANCED JACKPOT (10): 1-Prince Barlow (MI), 2-Ed Zell (IL) 11th BATTLE OF THE SEXES: (32 Men & 8 Women): 1-Steve Hast (PA), 2-Claudia Brown (TX), 3/4-Nora Luna Righter (IL) / Jim Opre (IL) MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Steve Brown (MN) LIAR’S DICE: 1-Ray Fogerlund (NV) DIRECTOR’S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED WOMAN: Nora Luna Righter (IL) DIRECTOR’S TROPHY FOR BEST-DRESSED MAN: Steve Blanchard (IL) MIKE WEINBERGER BOARD FUNDRAISER (8): 1-Don Marek (IL)  TAKI BAKELITE BOARD FUNDRAISER (16): 1-Efim Liberman (IL), 2-Nora Luna Righter (IL).

**$2,000 was raised for the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago! **

Photo courtesy of the ABT

The USBGF extends congratulations to all winners listed in these partial preliminary results from the Chicago Point. Complete results can be found on the Chicago Point website.

OPEN (49): 1-Grant Schneider (VA) 2-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon (Israel/USA), 5/8-Paul Berg (MI) / Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Tim Mabee (IL) / Mark Gordon (MD), 9/12-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Ray Fogerlund (NV) / Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD).  ADVANCED (44): 1-Phyllis Shapiro (MO), 2-Neal Weiner (FL), 3/4-Richard Catalano (PA) / Arthur Sutton (NJ); 1C-LEW Webber (VA), 2C-Cengiz Yakut (PA), 3C/4C-Marcy Kossar (CT) /David Settles; 1LC-Roger Abbey (NY).  NOVICE (10): 1-Pam Dodsworth (PA), 2-Stephen Collins (OH); 1C-Joe Davidson (PA), 2C-Robert Hartley (PA).  PITTSBURGH MASTERS (18): 1-Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon (Israel/USA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3/4-Harvey Gillis (WA) / Bob Koca (MD).  ADVANCED JACKPOT (10): 1-Jason Lee (MD), 2-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 3/4-Farhad Forudi (OH) / Peggy Neubig (NJ).  THURSDAY 500 (8): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV).

Ted Chee and Tournament Director Chiva Tafazzoli, Photo by Ken Bame

 The USBGF extends congratulations to all winners listed in these partial results from the Chicago Point. Complete results can be found on the Chicago Point website.

 CHAMPIONSHIP (39): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Patrick Gibson (CA), 3/4-Odis Chenault (CA) / Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon (Israel/USA); 1LC-Jeremy Bagai (CA).  INTERMEDIATE (29): 1-Marv Porten (CA), 2-Mario Savan (CA), 3/4-Mark James (CA) / Dale Rose (CA); 1LC-Jesse Jestadt (CA).  BEGINNER (6): 1-Erwin Hom (CA), 2-Maria Heiner (Brazil/USA).  US MASTERS JACKPOT (16): 1-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2-Justin Nunez (CA). LIMITED JACKPOT (11): 1-Mario Savan (CA), 2-David Dows (CA).  SPEEDGAMMON (32): 1-Ted Chee (CA), 2-Cathal Murray (CA), 3/4-Bill Davis(IL) / Josh Racko (CA).  DMP-KNOCKOUT (16): 1-Stephen Mead (OR).  WBA-BOARD CHALLENGES: CHALLENGE #1 (8): 1-Alberto Marti(Mexico).  CHALLENGE #2 (8): 1-Christian Stoddard (CA).  CHALLENGE #3 (8): 1-Nicholas Dale (OR).  CHALLENGE #4 (8): 1-Greg Merriman (MI).  DOUBLES PRO/AM (12 teams): 1-Eddie Sant’Ana (Brazil/NJ) & Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Penina Meisels (NM) & Ed Rosenblum (NM).  SPECIAL PLAYER AWARD: Christian Stoddard (CA).  To view other photos from the tournament, visit Ken Bame’s album here:4th SF US OPEN/. Enjoy!

These partial results are from the Chicago Point.  Complete results can be found at the Chicago Point website.

CHAMPIONSHIP (55+15 rebuys): 1-Victor Ashkenazi, 2-Bill Phipps, 3/4-Arkadiy Tsinis / Antonio Ortega (Costa Rica); 1C-Jeff Acierno, 2C-Mike Senkiewicz, 3C/4C-Donny Lomuto (NY) / Alfred Mamlet (MD); 1LC-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV), 2LC-Petko Kostadinov.  INTERMEDIATE (50+10 rebuys): 1-Arthur Sutton (NJ), 2-Cloyd Laporte (NY), 3/4-Donald Gabbai (VA) / Milton Gonzalez (Costa Rica); 1C-Keith Gershenson (NY), 2C-Ruben Martirosyan (NY), 3C/4C-Branden Macklin (MD) / Jim Ryan (NY); 1LC-Rick Wolf, 2LC-Jim Kennis.  BEGINNER (14): 1-Joan Grunwald (NJ), 2-Julia Sommer (NY); 1C-Nick Retzkin (NY).  USBGF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (192): , 1-Ed O’Laughlin; Finalist-Arkadiy Tsinis (NV)  LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (25+7 rebuys): 1-Bill Phipps, 2-Dion Hogan (MI).  LIMITED JACKPOT (26+6 rebuys): 1-Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Brandon Macklin (MD), 3/4-Leon Marini (NJ) / Arman Karaminian (NY)  NEW YORK DOUBLES (32 teams): 1- Jeff Acierno (NY) & Steven Keats (NY), 2-Falafel Natanzon (ISR/USA) & Victor Ashkenazi (NJ).  SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Brent Cohen (PA), 2-Alex Gerding (FL).  PETER KASTURAS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (2): 1-Stephen Collins, 2-Jamie Rosen (NY).  The USBGF extends congratulations to all winners!

These partial results are from the Chicago Point.  Complete results can be found at the Chicago Point website.  OPEN (13): 1-Bill Davis (IL), 2-Walt Swan (NJ).  ADVANCED (16): 1-Rick Wolf (FL), 2-Marc Grutka (FL).  NOVICE (8): 1-Moty Bernstein (FL), 2-Rosanne Rutnik (FL).  MASTERS (8): 1-Stacy Turner (FL), 2-Jeff Burdsall (FL).  MICROBLITZ (32): 1-Stacy Turner (FL).