Winning Women - May/June

Women are increasingly placing in American Backgammon Tour and international events. In May/June they include:

16th GERMAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP

May 17-20, 2024; Niedernhausen, Germany

CHAMPIONSHIP (107): 2-Katalin Veszeli (Hungary)

INTERMEDIATE (83): 1-Marianne Husum (Norway),

BEGINNERS (29): 13/4-Andrea Dörnemann ; 1LC-Toni Wiegand.

CONSULTATION DOUBLES CHAMPIONS (42 teams): 1-Kimon & Regine Papachristopoulos,

LIMITED DOUBLES INTERMEDIATE (24 teams): 2-Sabine Hildebrand & Ingrid Sonnabend.

LIMITED JACKPOT II (16): 2-Rene Poulsen (Denmark).

LADIES CUP (29): 1-Ingrid Sonnabend, 2-Sabine Brinkmann.

ABT - 42nd CHICAGO OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT

May 22-27, 2024; Rosemont, Illinois

WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP (32): 1-Wendy Kaplan (IL), 2-Elena Evans (IA); 1C-Marcy Kossar (MD), 2C-Paulette Duong (IL).

ABT INTERMEDIATE (72): 10/13- Lynn Ehrlich (FL) / Kazuko Numazawa (Japan).

NOVICE (9): 2/4-Melanie Hamblin (VA) / Rhonda Woodbury (IL).

UNLUCKY DICE LAST CHANCE (27): 1-Karen Davis (FL), 2-Leslie Lockett (IL).

BMAB PLAYER'S CUP ILLINOIS (44): 2/10- Karen Davis (FL)

ABT - 47th LOS ANGELES OPEN BACKGAMMON TOURNAMENT

June 5-9, 2024; Los Angeles, California

WONDER WOMAN 'S JACKPOT (13): 1-Tatiana Infinity (Australia), 2-Molly Anderson (WA).

ABT OPEN (64+38 rebuys): 4/5- Kara Schultz (CA)

ABT INTERMEDIATES (23): 2-Yumi Iwago (Japan); 2C-Goldie Devalon (CO).2C-Goldie Devalon (CO).

DOUBLES I (16 teams): 2-Ghada & Karam Ashoo (CA).