[from prior to 2006.]
2005 TOP-25 & PLAYER-of-the-YEAR
Top-25 Players for 2005
Left to Right: PatrickG,SaulM,JimW,PaulM,JudyC,CeciP,JohnR,DavidT,MikeU,BruceD,SteveS,NormW,HaykH,
JohnP,FrankL,DanConstantin,BobG,MickeyL,ZevV,MaeisP,JonaA,RudyC,AzzamM,J.P.Deleurme,MichaelS
G/A "Player of the Year for 2005" -- Jim Wark
Tournament-of-2005-Champions (Jan. 2006)
Winner __ Patrick Gibson
Click on the title to see one of the following albums
G/A 56th CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DEC. 2005 -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
SEPT. 2005 VIETOR CUP -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
G/A 55th LOS ANGELES OPEN JUNE 2005 -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
Top-23 Players for 2004
Left to Right: MikeS,Mickey,PatM,JudyC,JohnR,SaulM,MioriO,ZevV,FrankL,BruceD,DavidT,
DougM,CeciP,SteveS,J.P.D,JimW,AzzamM,NormW,JohnP,PatrickG,CharlesT,PaulM,RudyC.
G/A "Player of the Year for 2004" -- Frank Ley
Tournament-of-2004-Champions (Feb. 2005)
Winner __ Paul Mangone
G/A 54th CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DEC. 2004 -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
SEPT. 2004 VIETOR CUP -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
G/A 53rd INVITATIONAL JUNE 2004 -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
G/A 52nd DEC. 2003 -f (choose SLIDESHOW)
NOV. 2003 Riviera Vegas Pro/Am & OPEN -f
SEPT. 2003 VIETOR CUP -f
JULY 2003 Michigan Summer Championships -f
G/A 51st Invitational JUNE 2003 -f
Armbruster Fri 13th JUNE 2003 -f
Armbruster Fri 13th DEC. 2002 -f
G/A 50th Invitational DEC. 2002 -f
Sept. 2002 VIETOR CUP -f
G/A 49th Invitational APR. 2002 -f
NOV. 2001 Harrah's Vegas -f
Dec. 2001 Cancun, Mexico -Ritz-Carlton -f
G/A 48th Invitational NOV. 2001 -f
Sept. 2001 VIETOR CUP -f
G/A 47th Invitational APR. 2001 -f
G/A 46th ABT Invitational NOV. 2000 -f
G/A 45th Invitational APR. 2000 -f
SEPT. 2000 VIETOR CUP -f
MAR. 2000 Pro/Am-Desert Inn -f
FEB.1999 Pro/Am at the RIO Hotel in Vegas -f
APR.1999 Four Queens Las Vegas -f
OCT.1999 Harrah's Las Vegas -f
G/A 44th Invitational DEC. 1999 -f
G/A 43rd Invitational DEC. 1999 -f
G/A 42nd Invitational DEC. 1998 -f
G/A 41st Invitational MAY 1998 -f
G/A 40th Invitational DEC. 1997 -f
G/A 39th Invitational AUG. 1997 -f
G/A 38th Invitational APR. 1997 -f
Top-16 Players for 1996
At Mo's: L-to-R: John Prato, Patrick Gibson, Reza Daryabegi, Gregg Smith, Mike Thunstrom,
Ceci Pedroza, Mike Ungerleider, Azzam Masarani, Ray Fogerlund, Joe Russell, Jerry Hays,
Art Benjamin, Bob Glass, Norm Wiggins, Jona Alexander, & Paul Gedigian
G/A 37th ABT Invitational DEC. 1996 -f
G/A 36th ABT Invitational-ABT MAR. 1996 -f
Top-16 Players for 1995
At Hampton's Kitchen: L-th-R: Norm Wiggins, Ceci Pedroza, Patrick Gibson, Dave Williams,
Jona Alexander, Jerry Hays, Art Benjamin, Joe Russell, Ray Fogerlund, Paul Gedigian,
Todd Crosner, Ron Bruns, Mike Ungerleider, Azzam Masarani, Bob Glass, Gus Contos.
G/A "Player of the Year for 1995" -- Jona Alexander
G/A 35th ABT Invitational DEC. 1995 -f
G/A 34th Invitational AUG. 1995 -f
1994 TOP-16 & PLAYER-of-the-YEAR
Top-16 Players for 1994 ((missing Paul Gedigian)
Row-1: Gus Contos, Mike Ungerleider, Jerry Hays, Peter Zacks, Art Benjamin, Dave Williams
Row-2: Ceci Pedroza, Paul Ladanyi, Azzam Masarani, Rudy Citrom, Larry Deckel, John Prato
Row-3: Ray Fogerlund, Bob Glass, Patrick Gibson
G/A "Player of the Year for 1994" -- Azzam Masarani
G/A 33rd ABT Invitational MAR. 1995-f
G/A 32nd ABT Invitational OCT. 1994-f
G/A 31st ABT Invitational MAR. 1994-f
G/A 30th ABT Invitational AUG. 1993-f
G/A 29th ABT Invitational FEB. 1993-f
G/A 28th Invitational SEP. 1992-f
G/A 27th Invitational MAR. 1992-f
G/A 26th Invitational AUG. 1991-f
G/A 25th Invitational JUN. 1991-f
Top-16 Players for 1992 (missing Paul Gedigian)
Richard Cartozian, Peter Zacks, Norik N.(hidden), Clarine, Rudy Citrom, Ray Baker,
Jerry Hays, Ray Fogerlund, Jona Alexander, Patrick Gibson, Norm Wiggins, Azzam Masarani
Jeff Grundy, Art Benjamin, & John Prato.
G/A 24th Invitational MAR. 1991-f
G/A 23rd Invitational SEP. 1990-f
G/A 22nd Invitational MAY 1990-f
G/A 21st Invitational MAR. 1990-f
G/A 20th Invitational NOV. 1989-f
G/A 19th Invitational MAR. 1989-f
G/A 18th Invitational DEC. 1988-f
G/A 17th Invitational AUG. 1988-f
G/A 16th Invitational MAR. 1988-f
G/A 15th Invitational NOV. 1987-f
G/A 14th Invitational JUL. 1987-f
G/A 13th Invitational MAR. 1987-f
G/A 12th Invitational NOV. 1986-f
G/A 11th Invitational MAR. 1986-f
G/A 10th Invitational JUN. 1985-f
G/A 9th Invitational MAR. 1985-f
G/A 8th Invitational OCT. 1984-f
G/A 7th Invitational APR. 1984-f
G/A 1st-6th Invitationals 1981-1983-f
VIETOR CUP 2006, September in La Jolla, CA
VIETOR CUP September 23-24, 2006:
We had 22 players travel to La Jolla, California to play in the 27th edition of the VIETOR CUP at
Jon Vietor's beautiful home across the street form the La Jolla Cove park and beach. We again played
the CUP using the INDY Swiss Movement (created by Butch Meese and his team from the
Hoosier Backgammon Club in Indianapolis, Indiana). Swiss movement for 6 rounds, players playing
opponents of "like records" (e.g. 2-0 vs 2-0 and 1-1 vs 1-1). After the 6th round, we then converted
to an elimination format to determine the final two money winners in both a MAIN and CONSOLATION bracket.
The results of the VIETOR CUP:
MAIN: Steve Sax besting Tom Fahland in the finals.
CONSOLATION: Nick Maffeo besting Ron Bruns in the finals.
We used Digital Clocks throughout all the matches (9-points) in order to keep the event to a reasonable
time schedule (only two days to play 11 rounds of matches).
To see the Photo Album, click on the following URL.
VIETOR CUP Sept. 2006-f (choose SLIDESHOW)
Photo Album of the VIETOR CUP Sept. 2006
"(testing thumbnail approach, click on it to see full pict)"
"(then right click on "back" or BACK on tool bar)"
American Backgammon Tour
2002 ABT 1st Place -- Steve Sax
the "mfic" himself
Backgammon set (gif)
