The official FT Backgammon Tournament System has published the Consulting Doubles standings for the 25th Cyprus Open international backgammon tournament, featuring 82 entries. In the reviewed version of the standings, 16 entries include at least one Iranian player. Eight have recorded one win, while the other eight have recorded one loss.
This division uses a Double Elimination format, meaning that a single loss does not eliminate a team. A team exits the competition after its second defeat. The statistics below reflect the standings in the supplied snapshot, not the tournament's final results.
Iranian Teams and Players With One Win
Six entries competing under the Iranian flag and two mixed Iranian–Turkish teams have recorded one win and no losses. The six entries under the Iranian flag are:
- Ali Oskuii & Mehrdad Goodarzi: one win, no losses
- Hossein Aghili & Reza Barmayehvar: one win, no losses
- Jalil Khalili & Parviz Khalili: one win, no losses
- Rambiz Khalili-Yazdi: one win, no losses
- Amir Golegolab & Pouya Rajabi: one win, no losses
- Hooman Khatami & Farhad Heydari: one win, no losses
Two mixed teams featuring Iranian players have also secured one victory:
- Yousef Abdollahnezhad (Iran) & Seda Erkalayci (Turkey): one win, no losses
- Selin Kurt (Turkey) & Amirali Tavakoli (Iran): one win, no losses
Iranian Teams and Players With One Loss
Seven entries competing under the Iranian flag have recorded one loss and no wins so far:
- Amanj Khandani & Masoud Aghdam: one loss, no wins
- Yashar Farnam & Bahman Sadeghi: one loss, no wins
- Shahin Nejat & Arash Afrooziyan: one loss, no wins
- Amir Eshraghi & Hamidreza Shahrokhi: one loss, no wins
- Amirhossein Motarjemi & Mohammad Javad Shams: one loss, no wins
- Hamid Esmaeili & Amin Shahvalizadeh: one loss, no wins
- Milad Momeni & Behrad Ahmadi: one loss, no wins
Among the mixed teams, the following pairing has also recorded one defeat:
- Aykut Keskin (Turkey) & Atena Zakizadeh (Iran): one loss, no wins
Current Status of the 82-Entry Standings
In the reviewed standings, 41 entries have one win and no losses, while the other 41 have one loss and no wins. The order of names in the Ranking column does not necessarily represent the final tournament rankings. The main standings list also does not identify each team's opponent or provide the individual match scores. For this reason, no victories or defeats have been attributed to specific opponents.
In Consulting Doubles, teammates are allowed to discuss their decisions, including checker moves and the use of the Doubling Cube. As the competition continues, teams that have suffered one defeat still have an opportunity to remain in contention.
For the latest results and official standings of the 25th Cyprus Open Consulting Doubles:
View the official tournament standings on FT Backgammon Tournament System