On Friday & Saturday (July 17/18) for a clash of backgammon’s best with live commentary from several members of Team USA!
As a warmup to the WBGF World Team Championship in London this August, team USA and team Iran, have arranged a series of friendly matches to be conducted on Backgammon Studio Heroes. Join the fun on YouTube to see two teams stacked with Grandmasters face off!
Each 13 point match will take place shortly after the prior match. The below schedule is an estimate of start times.
🔸Friday 17th
1. G0 Gerry Tansey Vs G1 Edris Ashhadi @ 14:00 EDT
2. M1 Roberto Litzenberger Vs M1 Kaveh Farahani @ 15:00 EDT
3. G2 Steve Sax Vs G2 Hossein Aghili @ 16:00 EDT
🔸 Saturday 18th
4. G3 Joe Urso Vs G2 Behrad Ahmadi @ 10:00 EDT
5. G2 Petko Kostadinov Vs G2 Amir Eshraghi @ 11:30 EDT
6. G3 Thomas Keisler Vs G3 Roohi Andi @ 13:00 EDT
7. G2 John O’Hagan Vs G2 Mehdi Asdaghi @ 14:30 EDT
8. G2 Dmitriy Obukhov Vs G2 Amirali Tavakoli @ 16:00 EDT
Matches will be streamed on BackgammonCafe & Dmitriy Obukhov’s YouTube channels.
Day 1: Friday, July 17, 2026
Day 2: July 18, 2026
Team USA wins the friendly 6-2
- Match 1: Gerry Tansey defeats Edris Ashhadi 13-4
- Match 2: Kaveh Farahani defeats Roberto Litzenberger 13-8
- Match 3: Hossein Aghili defeats Steve Sax 13-1
- Match 4. Joe Urso defeats Behrad Ahmadi 13-7
- Match 5: Petko Kostadinov (USA) defeats Amir Eshraghi 13-9
- Match 6: Thomas Keisler (USA) defeats Roohi Andi 13-0
- Match 7: John O’Hagan (USA) defeats Mehdi Asdaghi 13-7
- Match 8: Dmitriy Obukhov (USA) defeats Amirali Tavakoli 13-4
