ABT – 2nd MIAMI OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
(Results organized courtesy of ChicagoPoint)
November 18-24, 2025; Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
ABT OPEN (97+37 rebuys): 1-Petko Kostadinov (SC), 2-David Wells (CA), 3-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany), 4/5-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Steve Sax (CA), 6/8-Carlos Azcarate (FL) / Herb Roman (IL) / Lev Rosenfeld (Israel); 1LC-Lynda Clay (CO), 2LC-David Winn (TX), 3LC/4LC-Richard Munitz (NY) / Chris Spieldenner (FL).
ABT ADVANCED (41+15 rebuys): 1-Jim Glover (FL), 2-Daniel Bluestone (VA), 3-Oliver Borin (Sweden), 4/5-Shahrooz Moreh (NY) / Tiffany Van (TX); 1LC-Fabian Melnik (FL), 2LC-David Lippe (NY).
ABT INTERMEDIATE (35+13 rebuys): 1-Miguel Testino (Peru), 2-Philippa Lightbourn (Bahamas), 3-Augusta Lorber (FL), 4/5-Atti Riazi (NY) / Lilli Zander; 1LC-Moschico Levy (Peru), 2LC-Elliott Howard (NY).
TBT (NO CUBE) CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Bob Kamp (IL), 2-Dave Kamp (MI).
MEGA JACKPOT (16): 1-Steve Sharokh (NY), 2-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan).
SUPER JACKPOT (48): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ethan Wen (NY), 3-G.L. Harvie (VT), 4/6-Alexander Handin (CA) / Anthony Niakiani (CA) / Tom Pace.
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Willy Vitale (Argentina), 2-Hristo Ainovski (Macedonia), 3/4-Mark Flannery (MO) / Steven Waller (MN).
PLAYERS CUP MIAMI BMAB (54): 1/2-Geoff Hall (England) / Joe Russell (CA), 3/10-Bob Kamp (IL) / Petko Kostadinov (SC) / Irina Litzenberger (VA) / Howard Maurer (FL) / Adrian Nedelcu (IL) / Miguel Testino (Peru) / John Veltri (NY) / Kit Woolsey (CA). PR winners: 1-Kimon Papachristopoulos (Germany) at 3.54, 2-Petko Kostadinov (SC) at 4.12, 3-Joe Urso (NY) at 4.15, 4-Geoff Hall (England) at 4.24, 5-Alan Steffen (FL) at 4.31, 6-Joe Russell (CA) at 4.33, 7-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.57, 8-Paul Swain (WA) at 4.62, 9-Irina Litzenberger (VA) at 5.05, 10-Turker Eflanli (FL) at 5.06. Unlucky Dice Award: Ron Szlaifer (FL) at -17.98.
MIAMI BEACH DOUBLES (76 teams): 1-Steve Sax (CA) & Morgan Simpson (FL), 2-Ray Zamani (FL) & Bahman Zandi (MD), 3/4-Shay Abutbul (FL) & Moshe Levi / Gary Koscielny (FL) & Mark Moskowitz (FL).
WOMEN’S WORLD OF BACKGAMMON CUP (24): 1-Amber Callahan (NY), 2-Jeanna Kish (TX), 3/4-Dina Laks (NY) / Tiffany Van (TX).
SPEEDGAMMON (48): 1-Avi Cohen (FL), 2-David Habib (Canada), 3-Ronald Amorim (Brazil).
DMP CHALLENGE (64): 1-Tommy Tallarico (CA), 2-Roland Leutert (FL), 3/4-Craig Anderson (FL) / Rosemary Steffen (FL).
LOIS MERRIMAN MEMORIAL SENIORS TOURNAMENT (48): 1-Jim Ross (RI), 2-Geoff Hall (England), 3-Fernando Arce (Peru).
JUNIORS – UNDER 55 (16): 1-David Habib (Canada), 2-Akiko Yazawa (Japan).
U.S. YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP (3): 1-Hannah DeRosier (LA), 2-Alonzo Izzo (FL), 3-Samantha Wells.
NOVICE TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Michael Vaz (Canada), 2-Gabriel Rolim (FL), 3/4-Nasarah McKinney (FL) / Alan Sasson.
FREE ARTGAMMON BOARD TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Elliott Howard (NY), 2-Peter Albury (Bahamas).
AFTER TOURNAMENT (15): 1-Paul Swain #1 (WA), 2-Paul Swain #2 (WA).
AFTER TOURNAMENT BOARD EVENT (8): 1-Rick Wolfe (FL), 2-Chau “Justin” Tran (TX).
