Cyprus Backgammon Open Winners from Play65
The three players sent by Play65 to the Cyprus Backgammon Open, which ended yesterday, had a great success at the reputable tournament. Jürgen Orlowski of Germany; finished second at the Masters and Sven Rümcker, also of Germany, won the Main Consolation, and even tournaments’ newbie Israeli David Bar made it to the semifinals of the Consolation, but losing to Rümcker dropped him off the competition.
Play65 team - David Bar vs. Sven Rümcker
Over 80 backgammon players, mostly from neighboring Turkey, have inaugurated the Cyprus Backgammon Open, the fourth stop of the WBA’s European Backgammon Tour for 2009. Other winners include Oguz User of Turkey and Ali Vahabi of Iran, at the Pro/Am Doubles. Haluk Oral of Turkey won the Sassan Gammon event. Special prizes were given to Michihito Kageyama "Michy" of Japan (long distance award), Cemalettin Yüksel and Hilmi Göchan, both of Turkey (presidents’ award).
