Not to be missed... The richest tournament of the circuit !!!!

Up to 50,000 € added prize money at the classic of the circuit, the "5th European Doubles Championships & 7th French Backgammon Open", in Enghien-les-Bains (Paris) from October 28th to November 1st.

This event will be preceded by the "Barriere Poker Tournament" with a guaranteed prize-pool of 300,000 € !!!

This tournament will count for the prestigious "European Backgammon Tour" (EBGT 2009). Collect valuable masterpoints and secure your free seat at the next stop of the Tour by winning the main event.

Come and join the gaming world for a full week of action and big bucks.Take part at the unmatched gala-dinner and awards ceremony.

Download your personal brochure here .

Everything about the game of online backgammon can be found on backgammontips.org, a site dedicated to the internet version of this game.

Read useful backgammon tips for internet players.

The first edition of the "US Backgammon Open 2009" took place in Arlington, VA from 4th to 7th of June.

The winners:

US Champion: Carol Joy Cole
Finalist: Joe Russell
Consolation Winner: Brian B. Smith
Consolation Finalist: Kent Goulding
Last Chance Winner: Richard Munitz

Intermediates:

Winner: Eric Johnson
Finalist: Scott Kelland
Consolation Winner: Bruce Whitaker
Consolation Finalist: Devika Patel
Last Chance Winner: Frank Raposa

Beginners:

Winner: Joan Grunwald
Finalist: Genna Cowan

US Masters Jackpot:

Winner: Bill Finnerann
Finalist: Rod Covlin

Limited Jackpot:

WInner: Chiva Tafazzoli
Finalist: Brandon Macklin


DMP-Knockout:

Winner: Donald Gabbai
Finalist: Rod Covlin


SassanGammon Freeroll:

Winner: Steve Sax
Finalist: Michael Auer 

Double Pro/Am:

Winners: Ed O´Laughlin (Lightning Ed) & Kristina Vig
Finalists: Bob Glass & Brandon Macklin

Pictures of the US Open 2009 to be viewed on Facebook (thanks to Bill Davis and Carol Joy Cole).

Congrats to all the winners and hope to see youin 2010 for the next edition of the event.

Interested in reviewing the brochure? Download your personal brochure here .

Standings after the first stop in Portugal are uploaded.

To view results, please click here .

Portugal 2009... what a grest fun !

A delegation of 18 Danish players joined 15 British players and representatives of 19 other nations to start the challenge in Portugal for a weekend of backgammon and great fun with party and heavy drinking.

Among the big names, Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon, Bob Wachtel, Masayuki "Mochi" Mochizuki, Fabrizio Lo Surdo, Piergiorgio D´Ancona, Götz Hildsberg, Frederic Andrieu, Tassilo Rzymann, Carter Mattig, Karsten Bredahl, Steen Gronbech.....

In spite of the lack of added money, the numbers were maintained compared to 2008. Portugal is THE spot to be for a combined vacation, fun and backgammon.

Everybody is looking forward to the next edition in 2010....

Many thanks to all the participants and the sponsors and congratulations to the winners.

The brackets of the main event can be viewed here .

The complete and detailed results are here .

See you hopefully next year in sunny Portugal....

A report in French on backgammon in general and the WBA tournament in Enghien-les-Bains.

The WORLD BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION (WBA) together with the COLONY SHOPPING MALL are hosting a Backgammon Tournament in support of REACH FOR RECOVERY , the breast cancer support group.

"Reach for Recovery" is a voluntary organization run by women who have themselves survived breast cancer and are now after training able to provide support and comfort to women as well as men who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Backgammon Tournament which is called the COLONY CUP will take place on Sunday, 8 June 2008 at the Colony Shopping Mall, 345 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall.

One of the countries where backgammon enjoys enormous popularity, Israel, is celebrating its 60th birthday. On this occasion, a special exhibition has been kicked off at the "Martin Luther King jr. Memorial Library" in Wasghinton DC.

"The Reconciliation Exhibition" presents 60 creations where backgammon boards have been turned into artistic objects dealing with the meaning of reconciliation as a starting point for the process of understanding and patience towards fellow man.

The exhibition of artistic backgammon boards presents a fascinating cross-section of present-day Israeli artists and is constructed as a “suitcase exhibition” designed especially for mobility. Each box contains additional photographs and material about the artists and their creation and in fact, the backgammon box acts as a “pocket exhibition” for each artist.

May the prayers of the artists for peace come true and this sign of reconciliation will prophesize peace and tranquility among all nations worldwide.

Please visit the web pages of the exhibition here . 

WBA is proud to announce the successful registration of SassanGammon (c), a new and interesting variation of backgammon.

The rules are the same. To start, each player rolls one die to decide who starts. The higher number has to play the combination of both dice as starting move. After the initial roll, each player rolls 3 dice instead of 2, but his opponent takes away 1 die, leaving him the combination of 2 dice to play. He completes his roll by lifting the dice after his play and putting them in the dice-cup of his opponent ,who now, has to roll with 3 dice. All other rules remain. This game can be played with the doubling cube, the Jacoby and Crawford rule. 

More for intermediate and advanced players, this game has a faster pace than the regular form of it and needs to think more ahead than backgammon. Opening rolls are much more different than in regular backgammon. Gammons and backgammons are much harder to achieve.

This new variation of the game will be offered as side-event on future tournaments of WBA.

Try it out - you´ll like it... 

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