What's WBA

World
Backgammon
Association

The World Backgammon Association (WBA) was founded in 2001 in Beverly Hills / California by Chiva K. Tafazzoli and operates from its Headquarters in Malta. World Backgammon Association is dedicated to the game of Backgammon and has become the leading authority of the game.

WBA not only has close personal contact to the best players in the world, but also provides with an excellent network within the backgammon circuit and related medias.

We love the Game

Backgammon
Events & News

Changes have been made to the yearly tournament on the beautiful and sunny Spanish island of Mallorca.

New dates: The tournament has been moved to May 2025, from 13th  to 18th, during the orange blosso...

The number of breaks during a match has been changed.

Breaks are now added to the time bank of each player when a clock is in use. Clocks are NOT to be stopped during the breaks and the time will be ru...

WBA Events in 2016 are in accordance with BMAB Partnership Program.

Recording is allowed. Matches of the players wanting to be rated and ranked for BMAB will be accepted as such in accordance with the ...

Axel Reichert, a software programmer and analytic backgammon player from Munich, has analyzed several pip-counting methods and developed a few of them for a more simple but efficient use during matche...

So everyone knows backgammon, played with 2 dice. But who knows and enjoys SassanGammon, the variation played with 3 dice?

One die is rolled by each player for the toss. The winner of the toss plays th...

In order to meet Falafel, the highest ranked backgammon player in the world, I took a Greyhound bus to Atlantic City, and then hopped a jitney to the Borgata Hotel. Falafel’s real name is Matvey Natan...

While the passing of Matvey Mike Natanzon aka "Falafel" has got the entire backgammon community mourning, his Japanese friend and backgammon Giant Michihito Michi" Kageyama has written a wonderful tri...

The Anniversary Tournament of ISTAVDER in Istanbul (Turkey) is a must attend in terms of space, equipment, organisation and format. It has been attracting more and more players in the history of is ex...

A new variation of modern backgammon has been invented: ChivaGammon.

It can be played with or without clocks with the regular time settings. It´s modern backgammon with cube played as a match to 5 poin...

21st March is "World Backgammon Day"

For over 10 years, we have been encouraging the backgammon community to celebrate the World Backgammon Day by gathering, playing, organizing tournaments and enjoyin...