Backgammon London  

Hall of Fame
Players Championship 2024

Main 1st: Saravanan Sathyanandha, 2nd Dan Rovira

Consolation 1st: Noah Bernstein, 2nd: Alexander Pelling-Bruce

Last Chance 1st: Sean Clennell, 2nd: Andy Hart

Lucky Loser 1 1st: Sean Clennell, 2nd: Adrian Farthing

Lucky Loser 2 1st: Catherine Seale, 2nd: Michele de Havilland

UKON 2024 - 160 players (Online)

1st: Neil Dobbs, 2nd: Adrian Jones, 3rd: Pete Heskett

London Open 2024 - 150 players (live)

Masters
Main 1st: David Brown (Undefeated), 2nd: Ehsan Sahami, 3rd: Bek Barbaros

Consolation 1st: Marius Marin, 2nd: Steven Atkinson

Last Chance 1st: Kevin Bailey, 2nd: Ovidiu Mihail Popa

Lucky Loser 1 1st: Roger Phillips, 2nd: Michael Flesch

Lucky Loser 2 1st: Richard Halvorsen, 2nd: Tad Collins

Intermediates

Main 1st: Neil Taylor, 2nd: Ben Owen

Consolation 1st: Michael Bishop, 2nd: Jimmy Ishac

Last Chance 1st: Sarah Jolliff, 2nd: Jean King

London Masters 2024 - 62 players (live)

Main 1st Martin Sher, 2nd Peter Bennet

Last Chance 1st Jost Mueller-Kreth, 2nd Saravanan Sathyanandha

London Intermediates 2024 - 62 players (live)

Main 1st John Bass, 2nd Chris Filby

Consolation 1st Guy Levi, 2nd Tim Line

Last Chance 1st Pavlos Hatzinikolaou, 2nd Simon Mouradian

Memorial Tournament 2024 - 64 players (live)

Main 1st Lawrence Powell, 2nd Jason Pack

Consolation 1st Peter Bennet 2nd Becca Bell

Last Chance 1st Darryl Artt 2nd Larry Smyth

London ArtGammon Championships 2023 - 43 players (live)

• 1st Jerry White

• 2nd Andrew Selby

London BMAB Jan 2024 - 32 players

• • 1st Chris Rodgers

  • 2nd Andy Darby / Anna Price / David Potter / Peter Bennet / Roni Sofroniou

London Players Championships 2023 - 64 players (live)

• Main 

  • 1st Julia Hayward

  • 2nd Tad Collins

• Consolation 

  • 1st Mike Ireland

  • 2nd Romolo Mudu

• Last Chance

  • 1st Can Cag

  • 2nd Anna Parker

• DMP

  • 1st Robert Breen

  • 2nd Yas Turan

UK Online National Championships (UKON's) (183 players on line)

Masters

• 1st James Newman

• 2nd Jacob Atie

2023 Support the Juniors (on line)

Masters

• 1st Tiberiu Bostan

• 2nd Marius Marin

Intermediates

• 1st Etan Ilfeld

• 2nd Tyson Barber

Sunday 28th May

UKBGF Clubs Tournament 2023 - 130 players in 26 teams (live)

Main

• 1st  East Kent Backgammon Club "The Peasants Revolt" (Peter Finnimore(c), Martin Taylor, Larry Smyth, David Tingey, Gary Brooker)

• 2nd  Bristol "A" (Andy Boysan(c), Stuart Mann, Safi Tracey, Ian Hedges, Neil Young) 

Consolation

• 1st  Clissold Arms, North London B (Martin Sher(c), Aydin Kolcak, Ivan Scheer, Guy Levi, Harvey Kass) 

• 2nd  Birmingham Bulls (Richard Carter(c), Rob Perry, Matthew Fisher, Peter Hodson, Steve Moxley) 

Saturday 27th May

London Intermediates 2023 - 64 players (live)

Main

• 1st  David Tulip 

• 2nd  Becca Bell

Consolation

• 1st  Paul Moulton 

• 2nd  Paul Ryb

Last Chance

• 1st  Hannah Parente

• 2nd  Aniel Ciobanu

Open flight - 48 players (live)

• 1st  Danny De Meester (undefeated)

• 2nd  David Brown

• 3rd  Reza Aghdam 

Friday - Sunday 26-28th February

RAC London Open 2023 - 161 players (live)

Masters

Main (60 players)

• 1st Radu Ciortan

• 2nd Len Brown

• 3rd Afshin Foulad

Consolation

• 1st Will Cockerell

• 2nd Steven Nelson

• 3rd Steve Bibby / Romolo Mudu

Last Chance

• 1st Aref Alipour

• 2nd Kazuhiro Shino

• 3rd Reece Hodges / Chris O'Connor

Super Jackpot (32 players)

• 1st Cat Bucur

• 2nd Pete Heskett

• 3rd Paul Moulton / Aref Alipour

Invitational

Main (96 players)

• 1st Danny Demeester

• 2nd Ehsaw Sahami

• 3rd Liviu Ionescu / Mike Ireland

Consolation

• 1st Michael Flech

• 2nd Andrew Ankaran

• 3rd Yas Thran / Sion Edwards

Last Chance

• 1st Chris Filby

• 2nd Cato Fordham

Friday Swiss (50 players)

• 1st Gabriel George

• 2nd Sam Rich / Marin Ciobanu / Dan Feeny / Merrin Rose / Mike Ireland

Magreil Cup

• 1st Dan Rovira

• 2nd Michael Pitaluga

Consultation Doubles

• 1st Len Brown / Eric Maillebiau

• 2nd Afsaneh Koohestani / Mike Ireland

Wednesday 1st January

Clissold Arms New Year Bash 2023 - 57 players (live)

Main

• • 1st Roni Sofroniou

  • 2nd Alex Leighton

Consolation

• • 1st Michael Flesch

  • 2nd Richard Halvorsen

3rd Chance

• • 1st Ilke Tuna

  • 2nd Bek Barbaros

Last Chance

• • 1st Annie Craig

  • 2nd David Brown

London Players Championships 2022 - 64 players (live)

• Main 

  • 1st David Lazarus

  • 2nd Chris O'Connor

• Consolation 

  • 1st Jysen Quah

  • 2nd Jon Barnes

• Last Chance

  • 1st Lewis Potter

  • 2nd Can Cag

Players Championship 

London Masters 2022 - 61 players (live)

• Main 

  • 1st Paul White (P-40 board)

  • 2nd David Chapman

• Consolation 

  • 1st Fabricio Cardoso (Wycliff board)

  • 2nd Mitch Connolly

UK National Online Championships 2022 - 142 players (on line)

• • 1st James Newman (Golden Gammon board)

  • 2nd Neil Clarke

  • 3rd David Potter

https://backgammonhub.com/tournament/uknat-1

Support the Juniors 2022 - 108 players (on line)

• • 1st Simon Morecroft (Entry to UK Online worth £400)

  • 2nd David Chapman

  • 3rd Mike Shewry

https://backgammonhub.com/tournament/BGLDN-3

• 26th/27th February 2022 - London Memorial 100 players (Live)

Main

• 1st Steve Bibby (P-40 board)

• 2nd Cat Bucur (£400 Fortnum & Mason hamper)

• 3rd Tim Line & Anna Price

Consolation

• 1st Georgi Cholakov

• 2nd Larry Smyth

• 3rd Alexandru Pascu & Roni Sofroniou

Last Chance

• 1st Tom O'Connor

• 2nd Roger Phillips

• 3rd Bevin Bailey & Cristian Cozos

Super Jackpot

• 1st Lawrence Powell

• 2nd Alexandru Pascu

Intermediates

• Sunday  Liviu Ionescu

• Sunday Merrin Rose

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/memorial

• 11th/12th December 2021: Players Championship 81 players (Live)

First Place Second Place

Main Araf  Alipour Cecilia Rogers 

Consolation 1 Anna Clarke Danny DeMeester 

Consolation 2 Julian Minwalla Saravanan Sathyanandha 

Consolation 3 Stuart Mann Tim Line

Consolation 4 Larry Smyth Michael Kamintzi

Last Chance Radu Ciortan 

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/players-championship

• 27/28th November 2021: Backgammon Hub Challenge (online) 96 players

Main

1st Martyn Hamer

2nd Danny DeMeester

3rd Neil Webb

4th David Potter

Consolation

1st Mutlu Ustan

2nd David Gallagher

3rd Sean Jones

4th Gaz Owen

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/HubChallenge

• 29th/30th/31st May 2021: London Open Online 164 players

Main

Winner: Pete Heskett

Second: Franco Tosin

Third: Jysen Quah Last Undefeated

Fourth : Afshin Fould

Fourth : David Lazarus

Consolation

Winner: Volker Sonnabend

Second: Neil Clarke Last Undefeated

Third: Cato Fordham

Fourth : Andy Boysan

Fourth : Jon Barnes

Last Chance

Winner: Paul Plumptre

Second: Lawrence Powell

Third: Richard McQuillan

Third: Damien Ricaud

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/london-open-2021

• 27th/28th February 2021: Memorial Online 128 players

First Place Second Place

Main: Gaz Owen Steen Oernvig

Consolation 1: Barry Gittleman Marius Marin

Consolation 2: Cato Fordham Steve Fitton

Consolation 3: Simon Gasquoine Chris O'Connor

Last Chance: Dave Pritchard Martyn Hamer

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/memorial-2021

• 12th/13th December 2020: Players Championships Online 128 players

First Place Second Place

Main:  Terje Pedersen   Lawrence Powell 

Consolation 1:  Martyn Hamer   Len Brown

Consolation 2:  Neil Webb Steve Carder 

https://www.backgammonlondon.com/past-events/players-championship

• 29th/30th/31st May 2020: London Open Online 191 players

Main 113 players

Winner: Charles Hill

Second: Franco Tosin

Third: Steve Bibby

Fourth : Chris Hamilton

Fourth : Brian Lever

Consolation 78 players

Winner: Zigi Fibert

Second: Roger Salmon

Third: Steve Fitton

Fourth : Bill Williamson

Legends Invitational 44 players

Winner: Michael Neagu

Second: Volker Schneider

Third: Lawrence Powell

https://sites.google.com/view/davidsbackgammon/uk-open-2020