41st BACKGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
\nJuly 26-31, 2016; Monte Carlo, Monaco<\/p>\n
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (144): 1-J\u00f6rgen Granstedt (Sweden), 2-Joseph Russell (USA), 3-Tatsuya Tanaka (Japan), 4\/5-Ed O’Laughlin (USA) \/ Victor Petersen (Norway), 6\/8-Conny Ericksson (Sweden) \/ Philippe Lecomte (France) \/ Slava Pryadkin (Ukraine); 1C-Arkadiy Tsinis (USA), 2C-Lawrence Powell (England), 3C\/4C-Ary Nogueira (Brazil) \/ Felix Ziva (Israel); 1LC-Alain Babillon (France), 2LC-Stepan Nuniyants (USA).<\/p>\n
INTERMEDIATE (47): 1-Stephen Chidwick (England), 2-Lasse Danielsen (Denmark), 3-Walter Thesing (Germany), 4\/5-Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) \/ Tim Lawless (USA); 1C-Marianne Husum (Norway), 2C-Laura Monaco (Italy), 3C\/4C-Helmut Jeske (Germany) \/ Halil Tulan (Turkey\/Switzerland); 1LC-Lise Nielsen (Denmark), 2LC-Farokh Moazed (Sweden).<\/p>\n
BEGINNERS (15): 1-Joan Grunwald (USA), 2-Michael Bang (Denmark); 1C-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2C-Shanee Bor (USA); 1LC-Philip Jameson (Australia), 2LC-Lucinda Holland (England).<\/p>\n
SUPER JACKPOT (42): 1-Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark), 2-G\u00f6tz Hildsberg (Germany), 3\/4-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan) \/ Kimon Papachristopoulos (Greece\/Germany).<\/p>\n
SPEEDGAMMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (64): 1-Stepan Nuniyants (USA), 2-Mikael Vardanyan (Russia), 3\/4-Didier Assaraf (France) \/ Sergey Erokhin (Russia).<\/p>\n
SENIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (128): 1-Johan Moazed (Sweden), 2-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 3\/4-David Brown (England) \/ Stepan Nuniyants (USA).<\/p>\n
DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (32 teams): 1-J\u00fcrgen Orlowski (Germany) & Bernhard Winkelhaus (Germany), 2-Annalisa Agosti (Italy) & Laura Monaco (Italy), 3\/4-Halil Tulan (Turkey\/Switzerland) & Ulrich Tamm (Germany) \/ Alex Lehmann (USA) & Peter Jes Thomsen (Denmark).<\/p>\n
LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (16): 1-Cecilia Sparke (England), 2-Yulia Gromenkova (Russia).<\/p>\n
MONTE CARLO WORLD FEDERATION CUP (16): 1-Robert Lindbom (Sweden), 2-Alan Grunwald (USA).<\/p>\n
JUNIORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (11): 1-David Broomfield (England), 2-Evan Sarno (USA).<\/p>\n
1-POINT WORLD VICTIMS MEMORIAL (128): 1-Vaibhav Saxena (India), 2-Roman Korber (Austria). 1800 euros were raised for the victims of the attack in Nice.<\/p>\n
BELAIR TEAM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (34 teams): 1-Swimmers: Sergey Erokhin (Russia) \/ Yulia Gromenkova (Russia) \/ J\u00fcrgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Evolution: Cihangir \u00c7etinel (Turkey) \/ Yan Kit Chan (England) \/ Michihito Kageyama (Japan).<\/p>\n
SHOGI TOURNAMENT: 1-Kota Fujiwara (Japan), 2-Toshiya Nishii (Japan).<\/p>\n
MOCHY’S PROFICIENCY EXAM (22): 1-Falafel Natazon (Israel\/USA) – 40, 2-Steen Gr\u00f8nbech (Denmark) – 37, 3-J\u00f6rgen Granstedt (Sweden) – 35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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