The following is a list of world backgammon champions:[1][2][3]
| Year | Open Champion | Female Champion | Tournament Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Tim Holland
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1968 | Tim Holland
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1969 | no championship | |||
| 1970 | no championship | |||
| 1971 | Tim Holland
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1972 | Oswald Jacoby
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1973 | Carol Crawford
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1974 | Claude Beer
|
Las Vegas | ||
| 1975 | Billy Eisenberg
|
Bahamas | ||
| 1976 | Baron Vernon Ball
|
Bahamas | ||
| 1977 | Ken Goodman
|
Bahamas | ||
| 1978 | Paul Magriel
|
Bahamas | ||
| 1979 |  Luigi Villa
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1980 |  Walter Coratella
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1981 | Lee Genud
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1982 |  Jacques Michel
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1983 | Bill Robertie
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1984 | Mike Svobodny
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1985 | Charles-Henri Sabet
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1986 | Clement Palacci
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1987 | Bill Robertie
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1988 |  Phillip Marmorstein
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1989 | Joe Russell
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1990 |  Hal Heinrich
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1991 | Michael Meyburg
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1992 | Ion Ressu
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1993 |  Peter Jes Thomsen
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1994 | Frank Frigo
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1995 |  David Ben-Zion
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1996 |  David Nahmad
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1997 |  Jerry Grandell
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1998 | Michael Meyburg
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 1999 | Jörgen Granstedt
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2000 | Katie Scalamandre
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2001 | Jörgen Granstedt
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2002 | Mads Andersen
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2003 |  Jon Kristian Røyset
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2004 | Peter Hallberg
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2005 | Dennis Carlston
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2006 |  Philip Vischjager
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2007 |  Jorge Pan
|
Monte Carlo | ||
| 2008 | Lars Trabolt
|
 Scarlett Serrero
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2009 |  Masayuki Mochizuki
|
Sara Utku
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2010 | Lars Bentzon
|
 Zoe Cunningham
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2011 | Takumitsu Suzuki
|
Lynn Ehrlich
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2012 | Nevzat Dogan
|
Laura Monaco
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2013 |  Vyacheslav Pryadkin
|
Laura Monaco
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2014 | Akiko Yazawa
|
Laura Monaco
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2015 |  Ali Cihangir Çetinel
|
Laura Monaco
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2016 | Jörgen Granstedt
|
Cecilia Sparke
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2017 | Didier Assaraf
|
Anna Clarke
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2018 | Akiko Yazawa
|
 Alexandra Knupfer
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2019 | Eli Roymi
|
Antoinette Williams
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2020 | no championship | |||
| 2021 | Masayuki Mochizuki
|
Annalisa Agosti
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2022 | Sander Lylloff
|
Annalisa Agosti[4]
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2023 | Frank Frigo
|
Maggie Diamantidis
|
Monte Carlo | |
| 2024 | Johan Moazed
|
Miho Macleod
|
Monte Carlo | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Overview of World Champions Backgammon on Mindzine". Archived from the original on 7 September 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Backgammon Hall of Fame". www.bkgm.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "International Backgammon Tournament Results". www.chicagopoint.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Backgammon World Championship Ladies Event". Women in Backgammoon. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2023-06-28.