ABT – 15th NEW YORK METROPOLITAN BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 6-9, 2022; Jersey City, New Jersey
Results courtesy of Chicago Point
ABT CHAMPIONSHIP (61+27 rebuys): 1-Mike Ireland (England), 2-Vladimir Grishpan (NY), 3/4-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) / Carter Mattig (IL); 1C-Rory Pascar (IL), 2C-Joseph Urso (NY), 3C/4C-Albert Steg (MA) / Ron Weinstock (NY); 1LC-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 2LC-Roberto Litzenberger (VA).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (39+13 rebuys): 1-Kristi Christman (WA), 2-Victor Weinblatt (NY), 3/4-Jean Guy Roy (Canada) / Jerry Shea (NY); 1C-Ralph D’Onofrio (NY), 2C-Daniel Adler (NY), 3C/4C-Oliver Israel (NY) / Richard Ruggirello (NY); 1LC-Konstantin Keresteliev (NY), 2LC-Jorge Ofarril (FL).
ADVANCED BEGINNER (19): 1-Jacob Garmaise (NY), 2-Sabrina Pines (NY); 1C-Kyle Fram (NY), 2C-Sava Kalafatides (NJ); 1LC-Aaron Balleisen (NY).
BEGINNER (7): 1-Adrienne Star (NY); 1C-Kathy Licursi (NY); 1LC-Jayne Herrick (NY).
SUPER JACKPOT (16): 1-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ), 2-Nevzat Dogan (Denmark), 3/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) / Platon Tserliagkos (Greece).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (32): 1-Matt Reklaitis (MA), 2-Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/4-Roberto Litzenberger (VA) / Chris Trencher (NY).
LADY LIBERTY CUP (32): 1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Kristi Christman (WA).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Kara Schultz (CA), 2-Simon Chama (MN), 3/4-Alec Izzo (FL) / Howard Linnemann-Schmitt (NY).
BLITZ (96): 1-Jorge Ofarril (FL), 2-Konstantin Keresteliev (NY).
PATTI RUBIN “FOREVER YOUNG” MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT MINI-MATCH (64): 1-Ed O’Laughlin (VA), 2-David Shadi (NJ), 3/4-Ufuk Doganay (NY) / Arda Findikoglu (Turkey).
YOUNG & RESTLESS (32): 1-Christos Krisilas (NY), 2-Herman Arzuman (NJ).
NEW YORK DOUBLES TOURNAMENT (32 teams): 1-Simon Barget (England) & Jason Pack (NJ), 2-Victor Ashkenazi (NJ) & Manny Olszynko (Canada).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Ray Zamani (MD), 2-Feliks Goykhman (NJ).
SUPER SENIORS (8): 1-Doug Huch (NJ), 2-Samuel Cohen (NY).