Merit International Open Backgammon Tournament 2025

1000€ Super Jackpot 1

32 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Dagfinn Snarheim	Norway
2	Atsamaz Arsagov	Russia
2	Roby Giorgi	Italy
3/4	Alexandra Knupfer	Switzerland
3/4	Akiko Yazawa	Japan
3/4	Hakan Çinal	Türkiye
3/4	Burak Çulhaci	Türkiye
3/4	Ali Al Daftari	United Kingdom
3/4	Serkan Koç	Türkiye

2000€ Mega Jackpot

29 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Thomas Myhr	Denmark
2	Christoph Wagener	Germany
3/4	Hossein Aghili	Iran
3/4	Enis Yuda	Türkiye

250€ Limited Jackpot

32 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Manfred Sierke	Portugal
2	Ismail Karakaya	Türkiye
3/4	Ibrahim Demiröz	Germany
3/4	Gülderen Gücavli	Türkiye

BMAB — BMAB

16 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Thomas Myhr	Denmark
2	Sergey Erokhin (Russia) at 3.17 PR	Russia

Emil Mortuk Memorial Seniors Tournament — Seniors

128 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Konrad Fröschl	Sweden
2	Bakar Matikashvili	Georgia
3/4	Ali Al Daftari	United Kingdom
3/4	Leonidas Goulandris	Greece

Intermediates — Division 2

116 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Ingrid Sonnabend	Germany
2	Narsir Mirnasab	Iran
3	Yalçin Inanç Serin	Türkiye
4/5	Hamed Azimpour	Iran
4/5	Fred Brendler	Germany
6/9	Natia Arjevanidze	Georgia
6/9	Aidin Mehtar	Iran
6/9	Inja Myhr	Denmark
6/9	Aleksandr Volfovskiy	Ukraine
1LC	Sergyi Zhytnyk	Ukraine
2LC	Can Gümüs	Türkiye
3LC/4LC	Ruslan Mialeshka	Belarus
3LC/4LC	Leni Zrnceva	North Macedonia

Masters — Division 1

210 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Thomas Myhr		Denmark
2	Arash Afroozian		Iran
3	Baris Koçak		Türkiye
4/5	Vaidas Budrys		Lithuania
4/5	Kenan Hasanzade		Azerbaijan
6/9	Omid Badiei		Sweden
6/9	Tobias Hellwag		Germany
6/9	Johannes Mårlöv		Sweden
6/9	Simon Pankvelashvili		Georgia
10/16	Shahram Aala		Iran
10/16	Rune Færvåg		Norway
10/16	Mario Kühl		Germany
10/16	Geir Pedersen		Norway
10/16	John Rockwell	CA	United States
10/16	Dagfinn Snarheim		Norway
10/16	Aleksei Tokarev		Russia
1LC	Pavel Shirokov		Russia
2LC	Bakar Matikashvili		Georgia
3LC/4LC	Hamidreza Alangi		Iran
3LC/4LC	Nuri Çoban		Türkiye

Merit Ion Ressu Memorial Doubles — Doubles

128 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Ahmad Dehyadegari	Iran
1	Ahmad Erfanian	Iran
2	Masoud Farvareshi	Iran
2	Akbar Pourhaji	Iran
3/4	Berkan Kalender	Türkiye
3/4	Baris Koçak	Türkiye
3/4	Diana Merlusca	Romania
3/4	Artur Petrosyan	Russia

Mochy's Quiz

62 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Bakar Matikashvili	Georgia
2	Mohammad Molazem	Iran

Overflow Seniors — Seniors

32 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Nodar Gagua	Georgia
2	Atsamaz Arsagov	Russia
3/4	Mojtaba Akhavan	Iran
3/4	Georges Grünbaum	Switzerland

President's Cup - 1 Pointers

256 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Mohammad Ali Ghahraman	Iran
2	Shahin Abbasi	Iran
3/4	Jon Kristian Røyset	Norway
3/4	Eric Stoppa	Germany

Ray Tannen Memorial Ladies Tournament — Women's Event

44 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Marina Pirveli	Georgia
2	Meltem Sahtiyanci Hazir	Türkiye
3/4	Seda Koç	Türkiye
3/4	Zlatina Petrova	Bulgaria

Speedgammon

128 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Jrui Alper	Germany
2	Parviz Khalili	Iran
3/4	Shahram Aala	Iran
3/4	Meisam Pourtaghi	Iran

Super Speedgammon

64 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Bakar Matikashvili	Georgia
2	Ofir Balali	Israel
3/4	Hossein Aghili	Iran
3/4	Akbar Pourtaghi	Iran

Wetgammon Underwater Event

12 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Alexandr Abushkevich	Russia
2	Nesrin Hikmet	TRNC
3	Shahram Aala	Iran