35th WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP

35th WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11-18, 2010; Monte Carlo, Monaco
CHAMPIONSHIP (158): 1-Lars "Buster" Bentzon (Denmark), 2-Ricardo Malas (Lebanon/Spain), 3/4-Olivier Décultot (France) / Pia Jeppesen (Denmark); 1st Consolation: 1C-Kari Jokinen (Finland), 2C-Kenji Shimodaira (Japan), 3C/4C-Fausto Pescini (Italy) / Lorenzo Rinaldo (Italy); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Tobias Hellwag (Germany), 2C-Johnny Tønnesen (Norway), 3C/4C-Masayuki "Mochy" Mochizuki (Japan) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel); 1LC-Ary Nogueira (Brazil), 2LC-Leonid Riskin (Germany).
INTERMEDIATE (40): 1-Sam Ahmed (Egypt), 2-Alain De Foucher (France), 3/4-Torben Krogh (Denmark) / Lise Nielsen (Denmark); 1st Consolation: 1C-Ilhan Koç (Turkey), 2C-Rolf Vetsch (Switzerland); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Myke Wignall (England), 2C-Håvard Hafskjold (Norway); 1LC-Vasyl Kavun (Ukraine), 2LC-Carsten Simonsen (Denmark).
BEGINNERS (23): 1-Sergey Vartanyants (Russia), 2-Jacques Ravier (France), 3/4-Michael Zuitwinsky (Israel) / Shadi Azizian (Iran/Italy); 1st Consolation: 1C-Thorben Nielsen (Denmark), 2C-Levan Kipiani (Georgia); 2nd Consolation: 1C-Edouard Comment (Switzerland), 2C-Fay Danielsen (Norway); 1LC-Bianca Phillips (USA/SP), 2LC-Ibrahim Guendogan (Turkey).
SUPER JACKPOT (32): 1-Lars Trabolt (Denmark), 2-Daisuke Katagami (Japan), 3/4-Shimon Kagan (Israel) / Marc Olsen (Denmark).
500-euro JACKPOT (8): 1-Michel Serrero (France), 2-Marc Olsen (Denmark).
DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Fuat Erdag (Turkey) & Ilhan Koç (Turkey), 2-Takis Chatzelis (Greece) & Charis Christidis (Greece), 3/4-Arda Findikoglu (Turkey) & Abdullah Sorgüven (Turkey) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Eli Roymi (Israel).
LADIES TOURNAMENT (16): 1-Zoe Cunningham (England), 2-Joan Grunwald (USA).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (64): 1-Omari Dvali (Georgia), 2-Masahiko Nasu (Japan), 3/4-Ed Baars (The Netherlands) / Jakob Garal (Germany).
CHILDREN'S TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Frederico Riceputi (Italy), 2-Mary Rachel Garal (Germany), 3/4-David Broomfield (England) / Thomas Décultot (France).
FORTIS WORLD TEAM TOURNAMENT (46 teams): 1-Speak to Birds: Alain Babillon (France) / Olivier Décultot (France) / Olivier Lafon (France), 2-Z3 Blue Boar Court Dream Team: Zoe Cunningham (England) / Sean Williams (England) / Gary Bauer (USA).
500-euro AFTER TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT (4): 1-Frank Simon (Germany).