California State Backgammon Championship 2023

ABT Advanced — ABT Division 2

62 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Andy Plat	CA	United States
2	Doru Chiriac	CA	United States
3	Jeffrey Byerly	WA	United States
1C	Babak Ourian	CA	United States
2C	Daniel Bluestone	VA	United States

ABT Intermediate — ABT Division 3

24 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Connee Cowles	MN	United States
2	Raymond Vartanian	CA	United States
1C	Matthew Soleimani	CA	United States
2C	Noel Schmoeil	CA	United States

ABT Open — ABT Division 1

108 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Fernando Braconi		Italy
2	Frank Ley	CA	United States
3	Scotty Kelland	CT	United States
4/5	Nick Maffeo	CA	United States
4/5	John Skratulia	CA	United States
1C	Phil Simborg	FL	United States
2C	Blake Fleetwood	NY	United States
3C/4C	Carol Joy Cole	Michigan	United States
3C/4C	Peter Wisniewski	CA	United States

Backgame Quiz

15 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1/2	Mark Danberg-Wyld	WA	United States
1/2	Chris Trencher	NY	United States

Blitz

96 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Ted Chee	CA	United States
2	Mario Savan	California	United States
3/4	Al Hodis	Nevada	United States
3/4	Saul Meir	CA	United States

BMAB Los Angeles — BMAB

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1/4	Julius High	FL	United States
1/4	Art Benjamin	CA	United States
1/4	Cody Buchholz	CA	United States
1/4	Frank Ley	CA	United States
1-PR at 3.93	Kit Woolsey	California	United States
2-PR at 4.23	Art Benjamin	CA	United States
3-PR at 4.34	Bob Wachtel	CA	United States
4-PR at 4.97	Dorn Bishop	CA	United States

DMP #1

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Ted Chee	CA	United States

DMP #2

16 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Chris Palmer	United Kingdom

DMP #3

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Vinny Ramirez	CA	United States

DMP #4

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Ted Chee	CA	United States

DMP #5

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Jacques Stambouli	CA	United States

Doubles I — Doubles

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Jörgen Granstedt		Sweden
1	Ricardo Malas		Lebanon
2	Gus Contos	CA	United States
2	Paul Mangone	CA	United States

Doubles Ii — Doubles

8 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Carol Joy Cole	Michigan	United States
1	Jake Jacobs	AZ	United States
2	Connee Cowles	MN	United States
2	Clement McNally	FL	United States

Juniors — Juniors

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Todd Crosner	AZ	United States
2	Jacques Stambouli	CA	United States
3/4	Ted Chee	CA	United States
3/4	Long Nguyen	CA	United States

Masters Jackpot

40 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Jonah Seewald	Colorado	United States
2	Al Hodis	Nevada	United States
3/4	Steve Sax	California	United States
3/4	David Wells	CA	Australia
5	Bob Wachtel	CA	United States

Paul Dingwell Amateur Jackpot

38 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Kara Schultz	CA	United States
2	Paul Mangone	CA	United States
3/4	Pedram Sooferi	CA	United States
3/4	Michael Vosgueritchian	CA	United States
5	Babak Ourian	CA	United States

Seniors I — Seniors

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Alice Kay	CA	United States
2	Phil Simborg	FL	United States
3/4	Carl Blumenstein	CA	United States
3/4	Teri Harmon	CA	United States

Seniors Ii — Seniors

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Rich Siebold	CO	United States
2	Saul Meir	CA	United States

Super Speedgammon

24 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	David Wells	CA	Australia
2	Art Benjamin	CA	United States
3	Patrick Keene	CA	United States

Wonder Woman’s Jackpot — Women's Event

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Marianne Bowen	VA	United States
2	Cameron Stangel	AZ	United States