Alvaro Savio of Brazil - Runner-Up  of the 2007 World Championships.

 Jorge Pan of Argentina - the new 2007 World Champion of Backgammon.

 Some of the many players attending from Japan.

Richard Munitz chats with Rachel Rhodes.  

Later that night, after the ceremony, more than 50 players sat watching a documentary about Backgammon featuring Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon of Israel. It was mostly in Hebrew with English sub-titles and very, very entertaining. GammonLife will soon upload a copy Falafel

gave us so you can watch right here on our site.