CATCHING UP

🌸 Cherry Blossom Week-of-Backgammon (17-24 APRIL 2022)
⭐️ Congratulations DC Area Players! wow, great showing by the locals.

• Beltway Backgammon (4/17): Dennis Culpepper won and qualified for a free entry into the DC*Metro OPEN at Cherry Blossom Championship

• Northern Virginia Backgammon (4/18): Ed O’Laughlin⭐️ won and qualified for a free entry into the DC*Metro OPEN at Cherry Blossom Championship

• DC*Metro Backgammon (4/19): Kerim Guneyman won and qualified for a free entry into the DC*Metro OPEN at Cherry Blossom Championship

• DC*Metro OPEN (4/20)

  • Division 1: Dennis Culpepper won, parlaying his free entry into a free ABT Entry!

  • Division 2: Brian Vance won and qualified for a free ABT entry!

• Cherry Blossom Championship (4/20-24)

  • ABT Championship Division: 1- Ed O’Laughlin⭐️, 2- Grant Schneider⭐️

  • ABT Advanced Division: 1- Sharooz Moreh, 2- Larry Brown⭐️

  • ABT Intermediate Division: 1- Bill Chibnik, 2- Steve Valliere⭐️

  • Novice: 1- Fred Leary, 2- Spencer Gay

  • USBGF National Championship: 1- Dennis Culpepper, 2- Neil Berkman⭐️

  • Cherry Blossom Super Jackpot: 1- Michael Urban, 2- Victor Ashkenazi

  • Masters Jackpot: 1- Kit Woolsey, 2- Victor Ashkenaszi

  • Open Jackpot: 1- Jerry Shea, 2- Irina Litzenberger

  • Limited Jackpot: 1- Larry Brown⭐️, 2- Jesse Borg⭐️

RESULTS (past few weeks)

🏆 DC*M: TUESDAY LIVE@BOARDROOM*DC (04-19-2022)
Congratulations Kerim Guneyman! Kerim came all the way from Turkey to win, going 5-0 in the Swiss rounds. Lofti Ali and Greg Merriman had 1-loss.
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🏆 DC*Metro OPEN: Division 1 (04-20-2022)
Congratulations Dennis Culpepper! Dennis was 4-0 in the Swiss rounds. Finishing 3-1 where: Ghazi Al Kinani, Tom Jayne, Nima Sabbaghian, Alec Izzo
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🏆 DC*Metro OPEN: Division 2 (04-20-2022)
Congratulations Brian Vance! Brian was 4-0 in the Swiss rounds. Finishing 3-1 where: Igor Baburov, Behrooz Jamshidi, Bahman Zandi, Stepan Nuniyants, Kent Goulding, Bill Finneran
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🏆 DC*M: TUESDAY LIVE@BOARDROOM*DC (04-26-2022)
Congratulations Frank Raposa! Frank won his 3rd tournament of the year going undefeated in the Swiss rounds. Janet Phoenix and vinson blanton had 1-loss.
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🏆 DC*M: WEDNESDAY ONLINE (04-27-2022)
Congratulations Jason Lee! Capturing his 6th❗️ title of the year, Jason defeated Marianne Bowen in the final.
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🏆 DC*M: TUESDAY LIVE@BOARDROOM*DC (05-03-2022)
Congratulations vinson blanton! vinson won his 4th tournament of the year with a 4-0 record in the Swiss rounds. Frank Raposa was 3-1.
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🏆 DC*M: WEDNESDAY ONLINE (05-04-2022)
Congratulations Adam Brickner! Capturing his 1st title of the year, Adam defeated Wes Farrell in the final.
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SCHEDULE (this week)

🗓 TUESDAY : LIVE @ BOARDROOM*DC TOURNAMENT 🔗[map]
5:30pm : Registration Opens
6:00pm : Play Begins

• Swiss format, everyone plays 4 rounds

• Event Details & RSVP: 🔗[Meetup]

• Winner receives a DC*METRO BACKGAMMON CHAMPION COIN

  

🗓 WEDNESDAY : ONLINE TOURNAMENT (open to all)
5:00pm : 📚 Backgammon Strategy with Jason Lee
5:45pm : Registration Opens
6:00pm : Play Begins

• True Double Elimination format

• Event Details & RSVP: 🔗[Meetup]

• Zoom Link: 🔗[DC*M Zoom]

• free entry; optional side pool

LINKS

• DC*M Website 🔗[link]

• DC*M Meetup Group 🔗[link]

• DC*M Instagram 🔗[link]

• United States Backgammon Federation 🔗[usbgf.org]