ALL THE RESULTS of the Arabian Grand Prix💥

Our great tournament came to an end: we learned the names of all the winners and prize-winners, held a vibrant closing ceremony, awarded the stars of the evening, and headed to the Gala Dinner!
📋 All brackets are here: probg.org

🎉 The closing ceremony was hosted by Chief Arbiter Arda Findikoglu, and congratulatory speeches were delivered by Atsamaz Arsagov, Sports Director of the IBF and Patrick Gebeili, the Tournament Director. We congratulated the leader of the Tournament organizing committee Tatiana Komarova on her birthday

And then we proceeded to the awards ceremony!

🎲 Backgammon main tournament (154 players from 36 countries)
🥇 Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan 🇯🇵)
🥈 Tobias Hellwag (Germany 🇩🇪)
🥉 Khachik Melikyan (Armenia 🇦🇲)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-main/standings

🎲 Longgammon main tournament (59 players from 10 countries)
🥇 Sergei Ageev (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Sergey Drmoyan (Armenia 🇦🇲)
🥉 Arthur Muradyan (Armenia 🇦🇲)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-longgammon/standings

😎 Masters Cup (87 players)
🥇 Christoph Wagener (Germany 🇩🇪)
🥈 Mario Kuhl (Germany 🇩🇪)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-masters-cup/standings

⚡️ Backgammon Blitz (128 players )
🥇 Nodar Gagua (Georgia 🇬🇪)
🥈 Fernando Neumark (Argentina 🇦🇷)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-blitz/standings

⚡️ Longgammon Blitz (64 players)
🥇 Grigor Gambarian (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Sergei Ageev (Russia 🇷🇺)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-blitz-longgammon/

🤝 Doubles (64 pairs)
🥇 Aykut Keskin and Umur Aras (Turkey 🇹🇷)
🥈 Arash Afroozian and Mehrdad Goodarzi (Iran 🇮🇷)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-double-teams/standings

🔥 Super Blitz (73 players)
🥇 Oliver Squire (England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
🥈 Gor Gularyan (Armenia 🇦🇲)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-super-blitz/standings

☝️ 1-point backgammon (128 players)
🥇 Konstantin Puchkov (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Raj Jansari (England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-1-pointer/standings

🏎️ Sprint backgammon (64 players)
🥇 Timur Azizov (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Revaz Tskhovrebashvili (Georgia 🇬🇪)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-sprint/standings

😃 Consolation backgammon (141 players)
🥇 Elena Saukova (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Ali Kolbadi (Iran 🇮🇷)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-consolation/standings

💃 Women’s (27 players)
🥇 Tatiana Pram (Russia 🇷🇺)
🥈 Nina Taksanova (Russia 🇷🇺)
📋 Bracket: https://www.probg.org/tournament/arabian-gp-ladies/standings

🏆 TOTAL PRIZE FUND: 251 655 $
Added prize money: 70 000 $

📸 All the photos of the Arabian Grand Prix 2025 are here and here

The International Backgammon Federation warmly congratulates the winners and prize-winners of our tournament! Thank you to all participants for spending these unforgettable five days with us. We are grateful for your feedback and all the kind words about the organization of the event — and we look forward to seeing you again soon ✨

⚡️Arabian Grand Prix video diary

🎥 Let's watch the video and remember this holiday https://youtu.be/OU0d1oYABL0?si=gRTWiI2Ys2gkQrZU

All about our week at the grand International Backgammon Federation tournament in Dubai!
Dive into the world of backgammon and enjoy the atmosphere of our sporting celebration 👏

💥IBF Tournament Calendar 2026💥

Dear players, we are pleased to present the IBF backgammon tournaments for the new year and kindly ask you to plan your participation in advance!

📆 CALENDAR

Asian Grand Prix
🇺🇿 March 1–9 — Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(1st Series: all disciplines)
Georgian Grand Prix
🇬🇪 May 25 – June 1 — Tbilisi, Georgia
(2nd Series: Backgammon, Backgammon Blitz, Doubles, Sprintgammon)
Balkan Grand Prix
🇷🇸 September 3–10 — Belgrade, Serbia
(3rd Series: all disciplines)
China Super Grand Prix
🇨🇳 December 2026 — Macau, China
(FINAL: all disciplines)

World Longgammon Championship
(Longgammon, Longgammon Blitz)
🇬🇪 May 25 – June 1 — Tbilisi, Georgia

World Cadets, Youth & Junior Championships
(all disciplines)
🇹🇷 December 2026 — Istanbul, Turkey

📃 You can see the full calendar on the IBF website

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Dear friends, we look forward to seeing you at every tournament. Join our sport, play backgammon — and with IBF, everything will be organized at the highest level 💯

The International Backgammon Federation wishes you a Happy New Year✨

The year coming to an end has been truly special and historic for IBF — it was our debut year. During this time, we took our first confident steps, held international tournaments, united players from dozens of countries, and laid a solid foundation for the development of backgammon as a modern sport.

We sincerely thank everyone who was with us this year: players, arbiters, organizers, national federations, and fans. It is thanks to you that our journey began so brightly and with such confidence.

Ahead of us are new tournaments, new countries, large-scale competitions, and even more opportunities for growth, victories, and international connection. We invite you to become part of IBF, join our tournaments, and help us write a new chapter in the global history of backgammon.

May the coming 2026 year bring you good health, inspiration, beautiful games, and great victories. See you at the board in the New Year🎄