The fifth round of the international backgammon tournament features 25 matches. Nine Iranian and international players will compete against their opponents in this stage. Amin Shahvalizadeh is Iran's representative among the nine undefeated players and is set to face Germany's Jerzy Behnke.
Nine Undefeated Players After Four Rounds
At the end of Round 4, nine players had won all their matches. Their names appear in the tournament standings as follows:
Ali Olgun of Türkiye
Amin Shahvalizadeh of Iran
Aziz Celikkaya of Türkiye
Mislav Kovacic of Croatia
Ibrahim Karaca of Türkiye
Eren Sarikaya of Türkiye
Ralf Jonas of Germany
Mario Wakim of Lebanon
Jerzy Behnke of Germany
All nine players have four wins and no losses on their records.
Iranian Players' Matches in Round 5
Nine Iranian players will face their opponents in this round. The most important match for Iran is the clash between Amin Shahvalizadeh and Jerzy Behnke, as both players have won all four of their previous matches and remain undefeated.
The other matches involving Iranian representatives are as follows:
Shahin Nejat vs. Stepan Nuniyants of the United States
Milad Momeni vs. Soinguli Amirov of Georgia
Arash Afrooziyan vs. Ekrem Basdas of Germany
Masoud Aghdam vs. Diego Heidenreich of Argentina
Sina Azarhoush vs. Kenan Hasanzade of Azerbaijan
Yousef Abdollahnezhad vs. Pete Heskett of England
Hamidreza Ardalani vs. Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu of Türkiye
Amirhossein Motarjemi vs. Hakan Rustem of Northern Cyprus
Complete Round 5 Match Schedule
A total of 25 matches are scheduled for Round 5. The full match schedule, including table numbers, is listed below:
Table T10: Ralf Jonas vs. Ibrahim Karaca
Table T11: Eren Sarikaya vs. Mario Wakim
Table T12: Ali Olgun vs. Aziz Celikkaya
Table T13: Jerzy Behnke vs. Amin Shahvalizadeh
Table T14: Ricardo Malas vs. Mislav Kovacic
Table T15: Katalin Veszeli vs. Mizutani Susumu
Table T16: Selin Kurt vs. Gil Davidovich
Table T17: Volker Sonnabend vs. Thomas Myhr
Table T18: Milad Momeni vs. Soinguli Amirov
Table T19: Shahin Nejat vs. Stepan Nuniyants
Table T20: Kagan Karakaya vs. Shay Asraff
Table T21: Jason Champion vs. Gia Rizinashvili
Table T22: Murat Isin vs. Ali Haydar Bayar
Table T23: Ekrem Basdas vs. Arash Afrooziyan
Table T24: Diego Heidenreich vs. Masoud Aghdam
Table T25: Mario Kuhl vs. Oktay Lokbas
Table T26: Sina Azarhoush vs. Kenan Hasanzade
Table T27: Pete Heskett vs. Yousef Abdollahnezhad
Table T28: Vasily Chemokhonenko vs. Shtrum Joseph
Table T29: Fuat Hakan Uncuoglu vs. Hamidreza Ardalani
Table T30: Amirhossein Motarjemi vs. Hakan Rustem
Table T31: Alexey Askurava vs. Mikael Vardanyan
Table T32: Albert Khodadad vs. Nadjib Kawkab
Table T33: Huseyin Ozdag vs. Kalin Stefanov
Table T34: Marcus Reinhard vs. Tobias Hellwag
Backgammon fans can follow the match schedule, results, and standings updates through the official FTBgsystem tournament platform.