Calendar of Events
EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, START of play at 6:00 PM
DENNY's Restaurant
5525 N. Sepulveda Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91411
(818)787-0700
Optional masks at the table.
5 & 7 point matches. CASH only for
entry fees. No Reservations required.
$10.00 entry fee with re-buys at $5 & $10.
We accept late players until 7:45 PM, if not maxed out prior.
NON-PLAYING DARK DATES: (2024)
We are not playing Wednesday 12-11-24 (Calif.State at the HILTON)
We are not playing Wednesday 12-25-24 (XMAS)
We are not playing Wednesday 1-1-2025 (New Year's Day)
EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, START of play at 5:00 PM
El Mariachi Mexican Grill
15627 Ventura Blvd,
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 380-0160
Optional masks at the table.
5 & 7 point matches, CASH only for
entry fees. Reservations not required.
$10.00 entry fee with re-buys at $5 & $10.
We accept late players until 6:30 PM, if not maxed out prior.
NON-PLAYING DARK DATES: (2024)
We are not playing Sunday 12-15-24 (Calif.State at the HILTON)
Gammon Associates large events
2024 schedule:
JUNE 6-9, 2024 LOS ANGELES OPEN L.A., CA; 818/901-0464 --ABT event at the HILTON hotel at LAX.
SEP. 14-15, 2024 VIETOR CUP (Invitational); Carlsbad, CA; 818/901-0464
DEC. 12-15 2024 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP; L.A., CA; 818/901-0464 --ABT event at the HILTON hotel at LAX
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CALIFORNIA STATE
DEC. 12-15, 2024
Venue: The HILTON Hotel Los Angeles Airport
5711 West Century Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Reservations: 1.800.HILTONS or 310.410.4000
GAMMON ASSOCIATES (93rd Invitational)
Previous "OPEN division" Winners
1st Jay Frydman (1981)
2nd Dimitrios Kontopides(1982)
3rd Faramarz Borna
4th Gaby Horowitz (1983)
5th Faramarz Borna
6th Bijan Ashkan
7th Steve Goldman (1984)
8th Grigore Harutunian
9th Mike Thunstrom (1985)
10th Bahman Fathi
11th Bob Glass (1986)
12th Norm Wiggins
13th Joe Russell (1987)
14th Ron Bruns
15th Elli Nache
16th Sean Howard (1988)
17th Peter Zacks
18th Rageb Shadallah
19th Farzan Garmroodi (1989)
20th Bob Glass
21st Neil Kazaross (1990)
22nd Steve Sax
23rd Ray Baker
24th Ebby Mossanen (1991)
25th Paul Gedigian
26th Gene Chait
27th Al Demirjian (1992)
28th Scott McKenzie
29th Woody Woodson (1993)
30th Joe Harris
31st Dave Williams (1994)
32nd Rudy Citrom
33rd Odis Chenault (1995)
34th Dave Williams
35th Joe Russell
36th Ernest Ho (1996)
37th Odis Chenault
38th Doug Mayfield (1997)
39th Norm Wiggins
40th Steve Sax
41st Doug Mayfield (1998)
42nd Tom Zarrinnam
43rd Jeff Burdsall (1999)
44th Odis Chenault
45th Mike Ungerleider (2000)
46th Mike Sharp
47th Bob Wachtel (2001)
48th Sho Sengoku
49th Ray Fogerlund (2002)
50th Norm Wiggins
51st Mike Ungerleider (2003)
52nd Art Grater
53rd Wayne Jeffcoat (2004)
54th Jona Alexander (2004)(California State Championship)
55th Jason Lee (2005)(Los Angeles OPEN)
56th Stepan Nuniyants (2005)(California State Championship)
57th Bob Glass (2006)(Los Angeles OPEN)
58th Ken Fischer (2006)(California State Championship)
59th Bart Brooks (2007)(Los Angeles OPEN)
60th Adrian Costa (2007)(California State Championship)
61st Ray Fogerlund (2008)(Los Angeles OPEN)
62nd Hugh Sconyers (2008)(California State Championship)
63rd Ray Fogerlund (2009)(Los Angeles OPEN)
64th Joe Russell (2009)(California State Championship)
65th Richard Munitz (2010)(Los Angeles OPEN)
66th Malcolm Davis (2010)(California State Championship)
67th Harvey Gillis (2011)(Los Angeles OPEN)
68th Todd Crosner (2011)(California State Championship)
69th Howard Markowitz (2012)(Los Angeles OPEN)
70th Steve Sax (2012)(California State Championship)
71st Ed O'Laughlin (2013)(Los Angeles OPEN)
72nd Ray Fogerlund (2013)(California State Championship)
73rd Ray Fogerlund (2014)(Los Angeles OPEN)
74th Odis Chenault (2014)(California State Championship)
75th Cliff Pappas (2015)(Los Angeles OPEN)
76th Al Hodis (2015)(California State Championship)
77th Paul Baraz (2016)(Los Angeles OPEN)
78th Steve Sax (2016)(California State Championship)
79th Steve Sax (2017)(California State Championship)
80th Ernest Ho (2018)(Los Angeles OPEN)
81st Farhad Kamani (2018)(California State Championship)
82nd Bob Glass (2019)(Los Angeles OPEN)
83rd Ergin Bayrak (2019)(California State Championship)
84th Tim Cross (2020)(ON-LINE) (LAO-OPEN)
85th Charlie Raichle (2020)(ON-LINE) (CA ST CHMP)
86th Alex Toth (2021)(ON-LINE) (LAO-OPEN)
87th Ed O'Laughlin (2021)(CA ST CHMP)
88th Neil Kazaross (2022)(L.A.OPEN)
89th Ted Chee (2022)(CA ST CHMP)
90th Marty Storer (2023)(L.A.OPEN)
91st Fernando Braconi (2023)(CA ST CHMP)
92nd Neil Kazaross (2024)(L.A.OPEN)
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Gammon Associates' is a group of backgammon players that
compete weekly for prizes and master points. The weekly tournaments
are randomly drawn matches of 5 or 7-points in length. They
are single elimination events that accommodate re-entries into the
first and second rounds.
We use the U.S.Backgammon Tournament Rules including
the "doubling cube". The game of backgammon is several thousand
years old, with its origins in several civilizations (Persian, Egyp-
tian and Indian archaeological evidence). The Persians call it
"shesh besh", the Turkish and Farsi words for "6-5".
"Master points" are accumulated all year long, with the
top-16 highest point winners being invited to compete in the
"Tournament of Champions". Please come visit us to either observe
or to join in --our "face to face" competitions allow for the
skill of strategies and the luck of the dice.
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VIETOR CUP Invitational SEPTEMBER 2024 (Carlsbad, CA)
Go to the MENU item "The 2024 VIETOR CUP .....details"
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Previous Winners
1962 Juan de Sanz
1963 Barclay Cooke
1964 Gordon Leib
1965 Richard Osborne
1966 Barclay Cooke
1967 Paul A. Miller
1968 John A. Vietor
1969 Theodore Bassett III
1970 Juan de Sanz
1971 Claude Beer
1972 John Lucan
1973 Nicolos Toumanov
1974 Barclay Cooke
1975 Porter Ijams
1976 Alfred Dupont Dent
1977 Porter Ijams
1978 Alfred Dupont Dent
1979 Barclay Cooke
1980 Barclay Cooke
1981 Barclay Cooke
-------resurrected in 2000-------
2000 Odis Chenault
2001 Sho Sengoku
2002 Bob Glass
2003 Bob Glass
2004 Eliot Bean
2005 John Rockwell
2006 Steve Sax
2007 Dennis Rutkowski
2008 Simon Reeves
2009 Jason Lee
2010 Mark Andrus
2011 Ray Fogerlund
2012 Ernest Ho
2013 Steve Sax
2014 Bob Glass
2015 Ray Fogerlund
2016 Michael Ungerleider
2017 Odis Chenault
2018 Robert Wachtel
2019 Karam Ashoo
2020 Joe Russell (On-Line)
2021 Allen Hodis
2022 Allen Hodis
2023 Karam Ashoo
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Backgammon Tournament by invitation 'only'. Continue the
tradition started in 1962 by Jon's father. The winner's name
will be added to the perpetual "CUP".