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Charis Christidis Triumphs at
Anthony Maltezopoulos Cup
17 November 2009 - by Director Giorgos Klitsas |
The third tournament of the Greek Backgammon Federation’s (GBgF) Third Season was held at the fantastic Plastira Lake Resort in Central Greece the weekend of November 7-8 and was entitled the "Anthony Maltezopoulos Cup" in honour of the founder and first President of GBgF:
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Backgammon High Rollers to Vie
for the Game’s Biggest Purse
13 November 2009 - by WSOB Press Release |
Details of WSOB Championship – the ”Shootout” Announced:
World Series of Backgammon Season 3 will reach its climax in London in February 2010, when up to 48 players compete head-to-head for the biggest prize in Backgammon – the WSOB Championship, with a guaranteed prize pool of U.S. $480,000.
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Thomas Jespersen Victorious at WSOB’s UK Masters in London
26 October 2009 - by Will Cockerell |
The World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) UK Masters and Play-offs. Twenty-four boil down to four in thrilling shoot-out. A real marathon of a day this, but one that proceeded fairly smoothly and gave us several dollops of spine-tingling drama:
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A Brief History of the WSOB:
World Series of Backgammon
21 October 2009 - by Will Cockerell |
With the main tournament of World Series of Backgammon's UK Masters starting October 22 in London, Will Cockerell takes a look back at the history of the WSOB and their accomplishments over the past few years:
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Michalis Manolios Wins GBgF's
October Backgammon Event
19 October 2009 - by Director Giorgos Klitsas |
Thirty two players participated in the Greek Backgammon Federation’s monthly event in Athens with Michalis Manolios going all the way to become the Champion for October 2009. Full results in this article, as well as the schedule for the next Greek backgammon event to be held at Lake Plastira on November 7 and 8, 2009:
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GNUBG Tutorial Returns to GammonLife.com
14 September 2009 - by Michael Strato |
The GNU backgammon tutorial by Robert-Jan Veldhuizen is back up on GammonLife. The three-part article on how to use this free world-class software had been removed due to maintenance of the GNUbg.org site. Read the tutorial, download the software and start improving your game today at the following link:
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Backgammon Great Walter Trice
Passes Away at 60
23 August 2009 - by Michael Strato |
Walter Trice of the USA, a Backgammon Giant and the #8 player on the All-Time Standings of the American Backgammon Tour passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at his home in Massachusetts - he was 60.
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Masayuki Mochizuki Wins 2009 World Backgammon Championship Title
19 July 2009 - by Michael Strato |
Masayuki Mochizuki of Japan bested Lars Trabolt of Denmark 25-20 in the World Championship Final in Monte Carlo, Monaco played on Sunday, July 19, 2009.
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Grand Duke Dmitri was Likely
Inventor of
Doubling in Backgammon
16 November 2008 - by Michael Strato |
Who invented doubling in Backgammon? For many decades backgammon enthusiasts have sought the answer to this question. Well, it could be that the mystery has been solved! It was most probably Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia!
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Israel's Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon Elected #1 Giant of Backgammon
3 April 2008 - by Michael Strato |
Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon of Israel has been chosen as the #1 player in the world according to Yamin Yamin's biennial Giants of Backgammon poll for 2007. Click on the link below to see the new list of the top 32 Giants of Backgammon along with a photo of each of the players:
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