This entry is for Listing the Events in the 2008 IAGO World Tour. Results of the Tournaments will be on another page.
Go here for information on The IAGO World Tour: http://www.IAGOWorldTour.com
Events:
The American Pool Checkers Association’s 42nd Annual National Tournament:
http://www.hspccc.com/apcachi08.htm http://home.comcast.net/~homansquare/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
Regions of some of the players (team ranking and below):
Bull City: Durham, NC and other NC cities (USA)
Capital: Baltimore-Washington, DC area (USA)
Midwest Ohio: Ohio area clubs (USA)
Flint: Flint, MI Non-affiliated (USA)
Winners:
Blue Ribbon: Joe Davis - Bull City
Master: Arthur McCarr - Bull City
Gold Bar: General Owens - Chicago (USA)
Top Master: Calvin Monroe - Georgia (USA)
Jr. Masters: Kim Williams (48) - Capital
Team Champions: Chicago (USA)
2008 Arimaa World Championship: http://arimaa.com/arimaa/wc/2008/
Winner: Karl Juhnke of USA
Alterniverse Volcano Tournament (Noncon, Poughkeepsie, NY) [Two prizes awarded]
- Winner: Avri Klemer of NYC, NY (USA)
- Second: Marc Hartstein of Somerville, MA (USA)
Alterniverse Connect 4 Tournament (Noncon, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Jeff Cierniak of New Paltz, NY (USA)
Alterniverse Millennium Chess Tournament (Noncon, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Joe Joyce of Yonkers, NY (USA)
Alterniverse Quoridor Tournament (Noncon, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Avri Klemer of NYC, NY (USA)
Alterniverse Penguin Soccer World Cup (Noncon, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Oliver Grech of Port Jervis, NY (USA)
Blokus Tournament (Dreamation 2008, New Jersey, USA)
- Winner: Grant Greffey of Springfield, Virgina (USA)
Blokus Trigon Tournament (Gaming for Hope 2008, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Dave Bedoukian of Poughkeepsie, NY (USA)
Boardspace.net Wildcard: http://boardspace.net/cgi-bin/tournament-signup.cgi?tournamentid=10
- Winner: “Bluedog” James Preen of Dominion, NS (Canada)
Boardspace.net Zertz beginner's tournament:http://boardspace.net/cgi-bin/tournament-signup.cgi?tournamentid=12
- Winner: Karina Hjelmervik (Norway)
Boardspace.net Summer 2008 Hive + Mosquito Tournament:http://boardspace.net/cgi-bin/tournament-signup.cgi?tournamentid=13
Winner: Sean Chong (Malaysia)
Cannon Championship: http://www.pyromythgames.com/products/cannon/Tournament/tournament-cannon-3.htm
ConCarolinas Death Stacks Tournament: http://www.concarolinas.org/cc_gamingfeatures.php?type=board
- 2008 tournament winner: Chris Jarrett (USA)
CV Potluck 2008: http://chessvariants.wikidot.com/cv-potluck-2008
Gipf Cup 2008: http://www.boiteajeux.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=81785#81785
GoldToken Round Robin August 1, 2008 (start date) Internet (GoldToken.com)
Millennium Chess Speed Tournament (Gaming for Hope 2008, Poughkeepsie, NY)
- Winner: Joe Joyce of Yonkers, NY (USA)
NACA 2008 G30/G60 Chess Championships: http://www.nachess.org/g30/ http://www.nachess.org/g60/
US G/30 Winners:
Master/Expert section: IM Emory Tate, IM Kirill Kuderinov, FM Albert Chow
Class A Section: Nathan Wong
Class B Section: Jordan Cohen
Class C Section: Robert Gorodetsky
Class D Section: Matt Holloway and Allen Guo
Class E/F/U Section: Roj Warstler
US G/60 Winners:
Master/Expert section: IM Emory Tate
Class A Section: Nathan Wong
Class B Section: Jeff Britt and Ian Edgerle
Class C Section: Robby Hecht
Class D Section: Matt Holloway
Class E/F/U Section: Roj Warstler
NC-Backgammon Championship in Turkey: http://zarsiztavla.gop.edu.tr/index-e.htm
The Main Event:
Winner: Salih Ogmen
The Student Division:
Winner: Sezai Gungor
All winners are members of Gaziosmanpaşa University, Turkey.
Pacru, Azacru & Shacru Championships August 22-24, 2008 MSO 12, London (England)
Score Four Tournament (Gaming for Hope 2008, Poughkeepsie, NY)
Winner: Dave Bedoukian of Poughkeepsie, NY (USA)
SDG Triathlon 2008 (Amazons, Entropy, Razzle-Dazzle): http://wiki.superdupergames.org/tournaments/13