New York Metropolitan Backgammon Open 2026

2-point Mini Match — Open Field

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Al Hodis	Nevada	United States
2	Vlad Eydelman	WI	United States

Abt Championship — ABT Division 1

178 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Vlad Eydelman	WI	United States
2	Dirk Schiemann		Germany
3/4	Doron Claxton		South Africa
3/4	Josh Findley	TX	United States
5/8	Steve Sax	California	United States
5/8	Julian Schulman	NY	United States
5/8	Blake Sorem	WA	United States
5/8	Marty Storer	New Hampshire	United States
1C	Chris Trencher	NY	United States
1LC	Jonah Seewald	Colorado	United States
2C	Richard Munitz	NY	United States
2LC	Dennis Culpepper	VA	United States
3C/4C	Gary Koscielny	Florida	United States
3C/4C	Petko Kostadinov	SC	United States
3LC/4LC	Mariano De Osma		Peru
3LC/4LC	Grant Schneider	VA	United States
5C/8C	Jeff Acierno	NJ	United States
5C/8C	Martin Barkwill		England
5C/8C	Brandon Macklin	MD	United States
5C/8C	Charles Raichle	Colorado	United States

Abt Intermediate — ABT Division 2

156 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Eric Sosna	NY	United States
2	Daniel Bluestone	VA	United States
3/4	Gene Eydelman	IL	United States
3/4	David Tuminaro	DE	United States
5/8	Daniel Adler	NY	United States
5/8	Monty Haskins	NY	United States
5/8	Babak Hosseini		Canada
5/8	Douglas Ljungkvist	NY	United States
1C	Argyris "Eddie" Argitakos	NY	United States
1LC	Tom Kennedy	VA	United States
2C	Ryan Jarvis	New Mexico	United States
2LC	Scott Salisbury	CT	United States
3C/4C	Robert Lum	CA	United States
3C/4C	Atti Riazi	NY	United States
3LC/4LC	Elliot Howard	NY	United States
3LC/4LC	Nicholas Vlamis	NY	United States

Advanced Beginner — Division 3

71 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Joseph Barello	NY	United States
2	Alanna Curet	NY	United States
3/4	James Iademarco	NC	United States
3/4	Leda Rosenthal	NY	United States
1C	Grace Zweig	CT	United States
1LC	Ender Ozturk	NJ	United States
2C	Neal Bergman	NY	United States
2LC	Karen Janowsky	NY	United States
3C/4C	Christopher Kashuba	MD	United States
3C/4C	Taylor Wald	NY	United States

Advanced Beginner — ABT Division 3

71 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Joseph Barello	NY	United States
2	Alanna Curet	NY	United States
3/4	James Iademarco	NC	United States
3/4	Leda Rosenthal	NY	United States
1C	Grace Zweig	CT	United States
1LC	Ender Ozturk	NJ	United States
2C	Neal Bergman	NY	United States
2LC	Karen Janowsky	NY	United States
3C/4C	Christopher Kashuba	MD	United States
3C/4C	Taylor Wald	NY	United States

Beginner — Division 4

37 registrants

Place	Player	Country
1	Otto Hibbett
2	Zachary Landzberg
1C	Jonathan Corbblah
1LC	Jennifer Evans
2C	Dennis Berk

Cancelgammon — Open Field

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Gregory Swinehart
2	John Klein	MD	United States
3/4	Michael Levi		England
3/4	Paul Linderman	NC	United States

High Roller Doubles — Doubles

11 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Alberto Showaki	FL	United States
1	Ethan Wen	NY	United States
2	Blake Fleetwood	NY	United States
2	Mario Kühl		Germany

Lady Liberty Cup – Championship — Women's Event

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Karen Davis	FL	United States
2	Maggie Diamantidis (Greece

Lady Liberty Cup – Intermediate — Women's Event

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Liz Granstedt		Sweden
2	Dina Laksiouer
3/4	Karen Janowsky	NY	United States
3/4	Anastacia Shimek	PA	United States

Liberty Cup Masters — Open Field

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Alexander Handin	CA	United States
2	David Habib		Canada
3/4	Johannes Levermann		Germany
3/4	Melissa Shin	California	United States

Limited Jackpot — Open Field

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Dan Whitney	CT	United States
2	Howard Markowitz	NV	United States
3/4	Alex Brill	NY	United States
3/4	Josh Findley	TX	United States

New York Doubles Tournament — Doubles

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Alfred Kohan
2	Doron Claxton		South Africa
2	Sarah Upbin	NY	United States
3/4	Brian Cohen	NY	United States
3/4	Debra Solomon	NY	United States
3/4	Fred Levin
3/4	Frank Talbot	MI	United States

New York Doubles Tournament Ii — Doubles

24 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	David Shadi	NJ	United States
1	Ray Zamani	FL	United States
2	Karen Davis	FL	United States
2	Tony Wuersch	RI	United States
3	Anca Morar	RI	United States
3	Joseph Syta	NY	United States

New York Players Cup Bmab — BMAB

48 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	David Wu	NY	United States
2	David Wu	NY	United States
2/9	Karen Davis	FL	United States
2/9	Kent Goulding	MD	United States
2/9	Garry Kallos		Canada
2/9	Hooman Masoumi Rad		Canada
2/9	Dan Minardi	CO	United States
2/9	Michael Rosen	IL	United States
2/9	David Stein	IL	United States
2/9	Tony Wuersch	RI	United States
3	Catalin Bucur		England
4	David Stein	IL	United States
5	Kent Goulding	MD	United States
6	John O'Hagan	Indiana	United States
7	Alan Steffen	FL	United States
8	Marty Storer	New Hampshire	United States
9	Karen Davis	FL	United States

P-40 Board Tournament — Open Field

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Michael Paleos
2	Eli Rosenblith	NY	United States

Seniors Overflow — Open Field

24 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1/3	Carol Joy Cole	Michigan	United States
1/3	John O'Hagan	Indiana	United States
1/3	Marty Storer	New Hampshire	United States

Seniors Tournament — Open Field

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Molly Anderson	New Mexico	United States
2	David Shadi	NJ	United States
3/4	Art Benjamin	CA	United States
3/4	Selwyn Scarborough	NY	United States

Super Jackpot — Open Field

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Mario Kühl		Germany
2	Gary Bauer	NJ	United States
3/4	Doron Claxton		South Africa
3/4	John Veltri	FL	United States

Young & Restless — Open Field

64 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Herman Arzuman	NJ	United States
2	Jamie Weinstein	NY	United States
3/4	Manny Olszynko		Canada
3/4	Sean Payne

Young & Restless Overflow — Open Field

24 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1/3	Lina Laksiouer		Canada
1/3	Jason Lee	MD	United States
1/3	Carter McLean	NY	United States