California State Backgammon Championship 2025

Abt Advanced — ABT Division 2

58 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Jeremy Ly	NY	United States
2	Wayland Augur	CA	United States
3	Alain Azoulay	CA	United States
4/5	David Cohen	CA	United States
4/5	Pedram Sooferi	CA	United States
1C	John Bakovic	CA	United States
2C	Stuart Steene-Connolly	CA	United States
3C/4C	Lynn Ehrlich	FL	United States
3C/4C	Tyler Hathaway	NY	United States

Abt Open — ABT Division 1

85 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Robert Virnig	CA	United States
3	Arnold Freeman	CA	United States
4/5	Alex Farzan	CA	United States
4/5	Phil Simborg	FL	United States
1C	Frank Frigo	CA	United States
2C	Anthony Niakiani	CA	United States
3C/4C	Jack Edelson	MN	United States
3C/4C	Max Mowzoon	FL	United States

Amateur Jackpot — Open Field

58 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Gershon Distenfeld	FL	United States
2	Tyler Hathaway	NY	United States
3/4	Tristan Bettencourt	CA	United States
3/4	Louis Epstein	NY	United States
5/8	Alain Azoulay	CA	United States
5/8	Enrique Gomez		Mexico
5/8	Teri Harmon	CA	United States
5/8	Melissa Shin	California	United States

Blitz — Open Field

88 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Mark Antranikian	CA	United States
2	Hristo Ainovski		North Macedonia
3/4	Allen Tish	CA	United States
3/4	Brian Vance	MI	United States

Dmp — Open Field

128 registrants

No placings entered yet.

Doubles #1 — Doubles

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Deb Comisac	SC	United States
1	Michael Comisac	SC	United States
2	Harutyun Ablabutyan	CA	United States
2	Harutyun Tadevosyan		Armenia

Doubles #2 — Doubles

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Ted Chee	CA	United States
1	Gary Knox	CA	United States
2	Bill Chibnik	IL	United States
2	Gershon Distenfeld	FL	United States

Hollywood Stars I — Open Field

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	David Vakil	CA	United States
2	Al Hodis	Nevada	United States
3/4	Hristo Ainovski		North Macedonia
3/4	Tommy Tallarico	CA	United States

Hollywood Stars Ii — Open Field

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Michael Comisac	SC	United States
2	Ken Lavigna	CA	United States
3/4	Lynda Clay	CO	United States
3/4	Todd Obadal	IA	United States

Hollywood Stars Iii — Open Field

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Maggie Diamantidis	CA	United States
2	Tony Diamantidis (Greece

Intermediate — Division 3

25 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Stephen Braun	CA	United States
2	Gregory Wilson CA)
3	Kenneth Lavigna	CA	United States
1C	Harutyun Tadevosyan		Armenia
2C	Jay Levy	FL	United States

Masters Jackpot — Open Field

45 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Nick Maffeo	CA	United States
2	Bob Wachtel	CA	United States
3/4	Dana Nazarian	CA	United States
3/4	Kara Schultz	CA	United States
5/6	Blake Fleetwood	NY	United States
5/6	Frank Frigo	CA	United States

Players Cup California Bmab — BMAB

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1/2	Melissa Shin	California	United States
1/2	Dave Simpson	CA	United States
3/6	Tony Diamantidis (Greece
3/6	Julius High	FL	United States
3/6	Jeremy Ly	NY	United States
3/6	Todd Obadal	IA	United States
1-PR at 3.71	Thomas Keisler	California	United States
2-PR at 4.15	Frank Frigo	CA	United States
3-PR at 4.78	David Winn	TX	United States
4-PR at 5.39	Michael Vosgueritchian	CA	United States
5-PR at 5.79	Tony Diamantidis		Greece

Speedgammon — Open Field

32 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Tony Diamantidis (Greece
2	Jamshid Khahjavi	CA	United States

Super Jackpot — Open Field

12 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Dana Nazarian	CA	United States
2	Long Nguyen	CA	United States
3	Akiko Yazawa		Japan

Warmup — Open Field

16 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Amin Mufti	CA	United States
2	Thomas Keisler	California	United States

Wonder Woman Jackpot — Women's Event

14 registrants

Place	Player	State/Province	Country
1	Lynda Clay	CO	United States
2	Halle Hedayat	CA	United States