Backgammon London Open
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Previous Winners

2018
London Open Masters Winner: John Wright
​London Open Masters Runner-Up: Tim Cross

London Open Intermediates Winner: Richard Halvorsen
​London Open Intermediates Runner-Up: Rosalie Johnson

Super Jackpot Winner: Aref Alipour
Super Jackpot Runner-Up: Mann Darzi


2017


London Open Masters Winner: Wayne Felton
​London Open Masters Runner-Up: Raj Jansari

London Open Intermediates Winner: Mike Ireland
​London Open Intermediates Runner-Up: Donna Sherred

Super Jackpot Winner: Raj Jansari
Super Jackpot Runner-Up: Sean Clennell


2016

London Open Winner: Jon Barnes
​London Open Runner-Up: Michael Williams

Professionals Winner: Aref Alipour
​Professionals Runner-Up: Dod Davies

​Super Jackpot Winner: Antonio Sgambato
​Super Jackpot Runner-Up: Vaidas Budrys

2015

London Open Winner: Tim Line
London Open Runner-Up: Kenroy Brown

Professionals' Tournament Winner: Aref Alipour
Professionals' Tournament Runner-Up: Sean Casey

Super Jackpot Winner: Simon Barget
Super Jackpot Runner-Up: Andy Bell

The Hippodrome Cup Winner: James Newman
The Hippodrome Cup Runner-Up: Paul Fredheim

2014

London Open Winner: Hall Skara

London Open Runner-Up: Mark Dixon

Professionals' Tournament Winner: Farzin Aarabi
Professionals' Tournament Runner-Up: Jason Pack

Super Jackpot Winner: Engin Ongel
Super Jackpot Runner-Up: Falafel

The Hippodrome Cup Winner: Mark Calderbank
The Hippodrome Cup Runner-Up: Mochy

2013

London Open Winner: Raj Jansari 
Professionals' Tournament Winner: Fabio Gullotta 

2012

London Open Winner: Marcus Wrinch 
Professionals' Tournament Winner: Fabio Gullotta 
Super Jackpot Winner: Bob Koca

The final of the London Open 2012 is available below.
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2011

London Open Winner: Simon Barget  

Simon won the 2011 final beating Yousef Mahmoud in a nail-biting  climax. Simon went on to represent the UK in the First International Backgammon  Championships where he reached the  finals.

2010

London Open Winner: Arild  Idsoe 

Arild Idsoe came back from being a 300-1 underdog in the  semi-finals to win that match and went on to take the crown beating perpetual  finalist Julian Fetterlein two sets to one. 

2009

London Open Winner: Uli Koch  

Uli is a legend of the backgammon circuit having played at the  top level for nearly 40 years. Check out this Youtube clip showing Uli in the  1970s talking about life as a professional backgammon player:  Watch Video.
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