General Rules updated - January 2024
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 tim ...
SassanGammon
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 t ...
New Pipcounting Method Released
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 mat ...
WBA is now BMAB Partner
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 accordan ...
The Chaos of the Dice - Falafel
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 Na ...
Michi´s Tribute to Falafel
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 ...
ChivaGammon - a new variation
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 mat ...
World Backgammon Day - 21st March 2025
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 ...