Paris Masters & Open II
Paris, France
12-18 February
Click here for Full Results. A full report by Harald Johanni with photos can be found here.
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5th Warsteiner Cup
Brakel, Germany
16-18 February
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Principe Leopoldo Cup
Lugano, Switzerland
27-30 January
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Older News From 9 January 2001:
Thai Open 2001
January 2000
Pattaya
Full report. Click here for the winners and results.
Source: Goran Hasselquist, via Michael Crane
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Older News From 2 October 2000:
Third Humlebæk Open
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Grand Prix De Lugano 2000
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Older News From 2 August 2000:
DBgF WINS!
SAS Radisson has thrown in the towel, and it is finally determined that the Danish Backgammon Federation was not at fault when the prize money was stolen at the Nordic Open in 1998. We were awarded almost complete compensation which, together with interest from December 1998, is enough to cover the remainder along with most of the related expenses we have had in the interim. This means that all the players who won prize money at the 1998 Nordic Open will be paid in full; we will be informing them by mail this week.
Unfortunately it appears that as one battle has been won, another has begun. The law firm of Dragsted Schlüter Aros, which represented us in the case, has submitted an outrageous invoice for about 100,000 crowns more than we had reason to expect. We have disputed the invoice, and if we don't obtain the desired reduction, we will be obliged to bring the case before the Attorney Review Board.
Click here for the original press release with the background information (text file).
- Henrik Bodholdt
Chairman, DBgF
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Older News From 11th July 2000:
12th City of Venice International Backgammon Tournament
Arthur Muradyan from Armenia won this tournament held from the 6th to the 9th of July in the glamorous setting of the Casino at the Lido of Venice. Muradyan (who was attending the City of Venice for the 1st time) defeated the valiant Michel Serrero, from France, in an exiting 21-points final. The Armenian team "Yan" (Muradyan-Atoyan-Rostomyan) also won the Team Tournament, defeating in an exciting final the local team "Go Venice" (De Zandonati-Fragiacomo-Ballarin).
There were 220 players from 26 countries and 5 continents; over 2,000 official matches were played. 40 trophies were assigned in a festive prize-giving ceremony. The event was organised by studiogiochi on behalf of the Casino of Venice. All participants could try out Snowie 3, the world's most advanced backgammon software.
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Marbella Open 2000 tournament
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Older News From 25 June 2000:
HEINER HAUSSLEITER
Heiner Haussleiter, the strong Backgammon player from Munich in Bavaria, passed away at the end of April. He was only 62.
Known worldwide, he took part along with his wife Ingeborg in the most important international tournaments, the last of which was at Seefeld last autumn.
Magistrate and WBF supporter, he won the first Mitteleuropa Backgammon Tournament at the end of summer in 1991 defeating Roberto Caprio in the final.
In his memory and for celebrating his victory in the first tournament, it was decided that the Warm-up tournament of the European Championships and the International Mitteleuropa Tournament would be called MEMORIAL HEINER HAUSSLEITER.
- Marco Fornasir
WBF General Secretary
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INTERNATIONAL BACKGAMMON ARRIVES IN SPAIN
With a minimum guaranteed money prize of 4 million pesetas, sponsored by the Casino Marbella, it is the richest backgammon tournament ever organized in Spain.
Tournament Direction will be under the WBF WorldWide Backgammon Federation. Information is available at the website www.wbf.net.
3 categories will be admitted: Master (first round to 13 points), Champion (first round to 11 points)and Intermediate (first round to 7 points).
The minimum guaranteed money prize will be 4 million pesetas (~£14,970), a pot that should guarantee the participation of the best players, who should arrive from all over the world, particularly from Argentina, Brasil, Canada, players from Denmark, Germany, England, Italy, Portugal.
There is a lot of interest in this tournament along the Costa del Sol too, as many world-reknowned backgammon players reside there. Among those who have already said they will participate in the contest are the famous Catherine Bladh-Risselin, winner twice of the large Mitteleuropa Backgammon Tournament, valid since 1996 for the European Title too.
- Marco Fornasir
WBF General Secretary
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Older News From 13 June 2000:
Copenhagen Open 2000 tournament
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Older News From 18 May 2000:
1st Torneo Internacional de Backgammon
6th EBN May Tournament
Sala de Fiestas, Casino San Roque
7-14 May 2000
The First International Backgammon Tournament held in the Sala de Fiestas of the beautiful Casino Nuevo de San Roque, was truly a great success. This extraordinary Casino is located in the Campo de Gibraltar, near the port city of Algecieras. The tournament was organized by Bambi & Martin de Bruin, publishers of the international backgammon newsletter, "European Backgammon News".
World class Backgammon players from sixteen countries, (Austria, Holland, Sweden, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Denmark, England, Israel, Canada, France, Portugal, Lebanon and the USA), converged on the small pueblo of San Roque, to participate.
The winner of the tournament was English real-estate promoter Colin Martin who is a long time resident of the Costa de Sol. Colin and his lovely wife Linda, both ardent backgammon players, have been living at La Cañada, near Estepona for many years. Although Colin does not play in many tournaments, this is the second EBN win for him in Spain. He also won the 2nd EBN Tournament in 1996.
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