EBGT - 4th EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS & 6th FRENCH OPEN

October 28-November 2, 2008; Enghien-les-Bains, France

EUROPEAN DOUBLES (13 teams + 3 rebuys): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (USA) & Sasan Taherzadeh (Iran), 2-Ron Reinhard (Austria) & Rainer Witt (Germany), 3/4-Peter Heitmüller (Germany) & Götz Hildsberg (Germany) / Stefan Kostov (Bulgaria) & Dobromir Kyurkchiev (Bulgaria).

FRENCH OPEN (52+12 rebuys): 1-Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy), 2-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 3/4-Götz Hildsberg (Germany) / Mario Sequeira (Portugal); 1C-Dobromir Kyurkchiev (Bulgaria), 2C-Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan); 1LC-Dario de Toffoli (Italy).

ADVANCED (22): 1-Bülent Bahar (Turkey), 2-Stefan Kostov (Bulgaria), 3/4-Marian Manaila (Romania) / Sasan Taherzadeh (Iran); 1C-Alexander Veshkurtsev (Russia), 2C-Zeki Özgül (Turkey); 1LC-Paul Kalina (Peru).

INTERMEDIATE (7): 1-Boris Kaplivsky (Peru), 2-Jerome Pierrat (France), 3-Timofey Zimin (Russia).

AMATEURS (9): 1-Antoine Delamarre (France), 2-Jean Mocaut (France), 3-Renaud Perez (France).

SUPERJACKPOT #1 (8): 1-Vyacheslav Pryadkin (Ukraine), 2-Leonid Riskin (Ukraine/Germany).

SUPERJACKPOT #2 (8): 1-Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel), 2-Ed O'Laughlin (USA).

PRO/AM DOUBLES #1 (16): 1-Iancho Hristov (Bulgaria) & Svetlana Kostova (Bulgaria), 2-Artur Muradian (Armenia) & Chiva Tafazzoli (Iran).

PRO/AM DOUBLES #2 (8): 1-Michael Michael (England) & Antonia Schultze (Germany).

SASSANGAMMON #1 (98): 1-Carter Mattig (USA).

SASSANGAMMON #2 (98): 1-Isabelle Bonvalot (France).

LADIES TOURNAMENT (8): 1-Scarlett Serrero (France).

MEMBERS OF HONOUR: Jean-François Panin (Casino Barrière d'Enghien-les-Bains), Ali Zehpour (South Africa), Jose Antonio Torres (Peru), Fuat Erdag (Turkey).

ELEGANCE TROPHY: Ira (Russia).

ENCOURAGEMENT PRIZE: Steffi Peschke (Germany).

SPECIAL PLAYERS: Anthony Patz (South Africa), Filomila Karantzali (Greece), Christina Pfeifer Mattig (USA), Cécile Wolf (France).

BEST FRENCH PLAYER: Thierry Manouck.