List of world backgammon champions

The following is a list of world backgammon champions:[1][2][3]

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