ABT: 10th VIKING BACKGAMMON CLASSIC 

September 2-7, 2026; Bloomington, Minnesota

ABT ODIN OPEN (49): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ray Fogerlund (NV), 3-Steve Waller (MN), 4/5-Karam Ashoo (CA) / Dan Minardi (CO), 6/7-Kurt Peterson (MN) / Eric Sosna (NY).

ABT THOR ADVANCED/INTERMEDIATE (38): 1-Dan Friedman-Shedlov (MN), 2-Jerome Kressin (MN), 3/4-Gary Fletcher (MN) / Ryan Jarvis (NM), 5/6-Tom Jayne (VA) / Kirk McCamish (MN).

ABT VIKING BEGINNER (14): 1-Jennifer Zorek-Pressman (CT); 1C-Cindy Shelley (IA); 1LC-Dominic Moss (MN).

PLAYERS CUP MINNESOTA BMAB (30): 1/2-Marianne Bowen (VA) / Jeff Spencer (MN), 3/9-Gabriel Abikzer (NV) / Gershon Distenfeld (FL) / Mark Ferrin (TX) / Ryan Jarvis (NM) / Neil Kazaross (IL) / Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Gregg Trunnell (MN).  PR winners: 1-Kit Woolsey (CA) at 4.27, 2-Neil Kazaross (IL) at 4.39, 3-Corey Smith (MN) at 4.60, 4-Bob Kamp (IL) at 5.38, 5-Mark Ferrin (TX) at 5.79, 6-Ben Friesen (MI) at 5.87, 7-Phil Perelmuter (MA) at 5.98.  Unlucky Dice Award: Kevin Ahtou (MN) at -19.38.

LONGSHIP JACKPOT (8): 1-Jack Edelson (MN), 2-Todd Obadal (IA).

GRAND CRYSTAL BEAVER XXVII (16): 1-Mark Ferrin (TX), 2-Kit Woolsey (CA).

BERSERKER LIMITED (16): 1-Mark Danbury-Wyld (WA), 2-Efim Liberman (IL).

RAINBOW DOUBLES (26 teams): 1-Jack Edelson (MN) & Christina Elias (MN), 2-Jim Glover (FL) & Gary Koscielny (FL), 3/4-Andrew Lundeen (MN) & Matthew Lundeen (MN) / Corey Smith (MN) & Jean Surko (MN).

EARLY RAVEN – OPEN (19): 1-Rick Davis (MN), 2-Todd Obadal (IA).

EARLY RAVEN – ADVANCED (17): 1-Dan Friedman-Shedlov (MN), 2-Brad Burtnett (IA).

FRIDAY FRIGGA (16): 1-David Kettler (TX), 2-Ryan Jarvis (NM).

SHIELDMAIDEN CHALLENGE (8): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI).

CASH MONEY POKERGAMMON (10): 1/2-Gabriel Abikzer (NV) / Joe Briggs (MN).