Founded in 2008, Istanbul Backgammon Club is now proud to invite you to celebrate its 14th anniversary with an international backgammon festival with more than 500 participants. The tournament will be held at WOW Istanbul Hotel’s amazing 3000 m2 hall with high-end backgammon equipment of FMGAMMON and The FTBGSYSTEM triple elimination system.
We are looking forward to see all backgammon lovers at this festival, one of the biggest backgammon events in the world, where a total prize of € 47.000 will be awarded.
Anniversary Main Event Starts: 22nd April 12.00 (Last registration: 21st April 19.00)
We kindly request to all players make your preregistration via ftbgsysyem app.
GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL:
WINNER AWARDS: Special Design Championship Trophy + FMGAMMON TALAT Premium Board + Free entry to Cyprus Pasha Open + 5.000 € Sponsored Cash.
FINALIST AWARDS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Orlowski Board + 2.000 € Sponsored Cash.
3rd & 4th PLACE AWARDS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Orlowski Board + 1.000 € Sponsored Cash.
5th & 6th PLACE AWARDS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Orlowski Board + 500 € Sponsored Cash.
7th, 8th, 9th & 10th PLACE AWARDS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Handan Board.
CONSOLATION & LAST CHANCE FINALISTS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Handan Board.
CONSOLATION & LAST CHANCE WINNERS: Trophy + FMGAMMON Handan Board + 500 € Sponsored Cash.
ALL PLAYERS WHO REACHED TO 4TH ROUND IN “THE LAST CHANCE” WILL BE AWARDED (Estimated 50 players): FMGAMMON A111 Model Tournament Board.
10 Free Entry ONE POINT (DMP) WINNERS (64 PLAYERED): FMGAMMON Yaldız Board.
Consultation Doubles Organization Fee: 60 €/Team
Event Starts: 21st April 14.00
WINNER TEAM AWARDS: Trophies + FMGAMMON Handan Boards + 3.000 € Sponsored Cash.
FINALIST TEAM AWARDS: Trophies + FMGAMMON Handan Boards + 1.000 € Sponsored Cash.
SEMI-FINALIST TEAM AWARDS: Trophies + FMGAMMON Orlowski Boards.
QUARTER-FINALIST TEAM AWARDS: FMGAMMON Yaldız Boards
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
21st April 2022 Thursday
11.00 – Free Entry One Point (DMP) Tournament Starts
13.00 – Last Call for The Consultation Doubles Tournament
14.00 – 14th Anniversary Consultation Doubles Tournament 1stRound (All 7 point matches, 14min+12sec)
*5 rounds will be played on the first day of The Consultation Doubles.
18.00 – Team Challenge Starts (5 playered teams, Entryfee: 100 €/Team, All 5 point matches, 5min+12sec)
19.00 – Last Call for The 14th Anniversary Main Event
19.45 – Dinner Break
21.00 – One Point (DMP) Tournaments Continues
22nd April 2022 Friday
10.30 – Consultation Doubles Continues
12.30 – Istavder’s 14th Anniversary Tournament Starts 1stRound (All 9 point matches, 14min+12sec)
*5 roundswill be played on Day 1.
19.00 – Free Entry One Point (DMP) Tournaments Continues
19.45 – Dinner Break
21.00 – Consultation Doubles Continues
23rd April 2022 Saturday
10.30 – Istavder’s 14th Anniversary Tournament 6thRound
*7 rounds will be played on Day 2.
11.00 – “Consolation” Tournament Starts (All 7 point matches, 10min+12sec)
*Only for the players who got eliminated from the main event on Day 1.
12.00 – Free Entry One Point (DMP) Tournaments Continues
15.00 – SpeedGammon Starts (All 5 point matches, 2min+10sec) Entry Fee: 10 €
19.45 – Dinner Break
21.00 – Istavder’s 14th Anniversary Tournament Continues
24th April 2022 Sunday
11.00 – Istavder’s 14th Anniversary Tournament 13thRound
11.30 – “The Last Chance” Starts (Speedgammon, All 5 point matches, 2min+10sec)
14.00 – Free Entry One Point (DMP) Tournaments Continues
17.00 – All Finals Start
19.00 – Award Ceremony
ACCOMODATION: E-Mail: reservation@wowairporthotel.com
ReservationCode: BackgammonTournament
Tel: +90 212 444 0 969
www.wowhotelsistanbul.com
Prices:
SingleRoom: 50 € DoubleRoom: 60 €
(Open Buffet Breakfast&Dinner Included.)
Address: Yesilkoy / Istanbul
WOW IstanbulHotels&Convention Center is next to Istanbul World Trade Center, CNR Expo.
Hotel Transfer Fees:
From Istanbul Airport: 35 € (1-5 person)
From Sabiha Gokcen Airport: 40 € (1-5 person)
From Istanbul Airport: 45 € (5-10 person)
From Sabiha Gokcen Airport: 50 € (5-10person)
For information about the tournament: anniversary@fmgammon.com
Pre-registration: We kindly request to all players make your preregistration via ftbgsysyem app.
Anniversary Tournaments Legends:
12th 1-Dinçer Güneş, 2-Samet Kurtulmuş,
11th 1-Umur Aras, 2-Mihai CatalinArmania (Romania),
10th 1-Juergen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Mehmet Ali Akpolat,
9th 1/3-Ali Cihangir Çetinel / Dinçer Günes / Bülent Karabulut,
8th 1-AminShahvalizade (Iran), 2-Hüseyin Özdag,
7th 1-Amir Eshraghi (Iran), 2-Cihangir Cetinel,
6th 1-Burhan Yilmazer, 2-Murat Cengiz,
5th 1-Parviz Rokh (Iran), 2-Erhan Yenisen,
4th 1-Hisar Uyar, 2-Ilhan Koç,
3rd 1-Talat Papatya, 2-Gökay Güleç,
2nd 1-Jürgen Orlowski (Germany), 2-Dursun Çetin,
1st 1-Cem Duran, 2-Hakan Ertekin,
