2025 Chicago Backgammon Championship

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May 21-26, 2025; Chicago, Illinois

Results updated 05/28/25 at 9:00 AM EST

ABT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (106): 1- Jack Edelson 2- Ian Terry; 3/8- Victor Ashkenazi, Steven Blanchard, David Habib, Eduardo Maciel, John O’Hagan, William Phipps; 9/13- Yim Baum, Garry Kallos, Dmitriy Obukhov, Herb Roman, Boris Shafransky

ABT INTERMEDIATE (80): 1- Graham Webb, 2- Nura Awda, 3- Andrew Lundeen, 4/10- Daniel Bluestone, Anatoliy Katsnelson, Jeremy Ly, Mark Malueg, John Railing, Daniel Rockoff, Eric Wazner; 11/15-James DeRosier, Ken Lazar, Scott Martin, Ken Tyszko, Alper Uzunoglu

ABT NOVICE (10): 1- Medhat Tannous, 2/4- Riley Burtnette, George Romanos, Angelina Tomasetti

MARKOWITZ MASTERS (40): 1- Ray Fogerlund, 2- Lev Rosenfeld, 3/4- Mike Horri, Chris Trencher, 5- Victor Ashkenazi

FASTER MASTER (24): 1- Victor Ashkenazi; 2- Ryan Rebelo, 3- Gary Koscielny

LIMITED JACKPOT (40): 1- Tiffany Van, 2- Dan Minardi, 3/4- Melissa Shin, Richard Stubbe, 5- Ami Benari

INTERMEDIATE JACKPOT (32): 1- Daniel Rockoff,  2- Anatoliy Katsnelson, 3/4- James DeRosier, Bodger Millerd

WWB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1- Samra Hadden, 2- Marcy Kossar, 1C- Sabine Brinkmann

DOUBLES (48): 1- Steve Klesker & Jim Zinkhon, 2- Mike Horri & Samra Hadden, 3- David Todd & Bernard Pollara, 4/6 Steve Blanchard & Petko Kostadinov, Ray Fogerlund & Sue Will, Hooman Masoumi Rad & Azim Rashidimalekshah

ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1- Ray Fogerlund

ZAVORAL BOARD TOURNAMENT #2 (16): 1- David Habib

SENIORS (32): 1- James Airgood, 2- Alex Owen, 3/4- Teri Harmon, Steve Shavel

JUNIORS (24): 1- Kimon Papachristopoulos, 2- Bodger Millerd, 3- Joseph Urso

SPEEDGAMMON (16): 1- Alfredo Unes, 2- Chris Trencher

DMP (32): 1- James Feher, 2- Alan Steffen

AFTER TOURNAMENT (24): 1- Kit Woolsey, 2- Alan Steffen, 3- Garry Kallos

PLAYERS CUP BMAB (50): 1- Wendy Kaplan

Top 4: Alan Steffen 3.32 PR; John O’Hagan 3.36 PR; Kit Woolsey 3.69 PR, Oliver Squire 3.71 PR

BMAB title for Alfredo Unes (01517) has changed from none to Master 2 (M2)
BMAB title for Alan Steffen (01257) has changed from Master 2 (M2) to Master 1 (M1)
BMAB title for Robert Kratz (01362) has changed from none to Advanced 2 (A2)

Wendy Kaplan 5-0
Robert Kratz 4-1
Mark Moskowitz 4-1
Paul Moulton 4-1
Garry Kallos 4-1 
Alfredo Unes 4-1
Catalin Bucur 4-1
Steve Hairgrove 4-1
John O'Hagan 4-1

Dan Minardi 3-2
Dennis Culpepper 3-2
Sabine Brinkmann 3-2
Mike Horri 3-2
Leslie Lockett 3-2
Tommy Tallarico 3-2
Melissa Shin 3-2
Quinn Swanger 3-2
Mark Kaye 3-2
Chuck Bower 3-2
Azim Rashidimalakshah 3-2
Ray Fogerlund 3-2
Hooman Masoumi Rad 3-2
David Habib 3-2
Jonathan Yuan 3-2
Oliver Squire 3-2

Gary Koscielny 2-3
Jeb Horton 2-3
Joan Koscielny 2-3
Ami Benari 2-3
Julius High 2-3
Kit Woolsey 2-3
Jeremy Ly 2-3
Faddoul Khoury 2-3
Eduardo Maciel 2-3
Joseph Urso 2-3
Barry Miller 2-3
Marianne Bowen 2-3
Greg Miller 2-3
Babak Hosseini 2-3
Mahdi Soleimani 2-3
Vlad Eydelman 2-3
Alireza Doulabi 1-4
Yvonne Dalpay 1-4
GL Harvie 1-4
Yuji Ogura 1-4
John Patterson 1-4
Alan Steffen 1-4
Terese Flynn 1-4
Roberto Gaui 1-4
Karen Davis 0-5

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