World Backgammon Association (WBA)

WBA Logo The WBA (WORLD BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION) was founded in 2001 in Beverly Hills / California by Chiva K. Tafazzoli. WBA - WORLD BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION is dedicated to the game of Backgammon and has become the leading authority of the game.

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The Play65/EBGT season will bring together both online and offline worlds, as well as exceptional value to our players.

WELCOME

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Welcome to the relaunched site of the World Backgammon Association.

After 10 years of activity, we now LEAD the game that we LOVE.

You´ll find exciting new features such as live-brackets from tournaments and a lot of communities. You can now log in with your Facebook account, invite friends and interact with them, upload pictures and video clips, discuss positions and backgammon-related topics.

Most importantly, you will continue to be informed on our activities and tournaments around the world.

Take a little time to browse and discover the new site.

Enjoy and stay tuned !

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End of 2011 / Outlook 2012

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wba_logo It was an exciting backgammon year 2011 that comes to an end and WBA finished all its activities for this season.

The prestigious "European Backgammon Tour 2011" ended very successfully, bigger, better and richer than ever. Mario Sequeira (Portugal) won the title, Jürgen Orlowski (Germany) came in second and Konstantinos Mitrelis (Greece) was third.

Many thanks to all sponsors, partners, staff members, players, and friends for their support in 2011.

Happy Holidays and see you all in 2012 for more live backgammon action in the USA and a new season of the European Backgammon Tour with some changes. Details to be announced soon.

Selected Matches from the EUROPEAN PRO CHAMPIONSHIPS

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ebgt_logo We have recorded 5 matches, including the final match. You can download them as .txt files and analyze them with ExtremeGammon or GNU or Snowie.

The final match between Tobias Hellwag (Germany) and Michihito "michi" Kageyama (Japan) can be downloaded here.

The match between Fuat Erdag (Turkey) and Michihito "michi" Kageyama (Japan) can be downloaded here.

The match between Fuat Erdag (Turkey) and Eli Roymi (Israel) can be downloaded here.

The final match of the European Doubles Championships between Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) & Burak Gören (Turkey) vs. Oguz User (Turkey) & Hilmi Göchan (Turkey) can be downloaded here.

The match between Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel) and Engin Öngel (Turkey/UK) can be downloaded here.

Many thanks to Fuat Erdag and Yancho Hristov for providing the files.

Enjoy the study !

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General Rules updated - January 2011

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Match recording is now allowed, if equipment is approved by TD and/or Ruling Committee. Please check §3.8 of the General Rules section for the updates.

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Selected Matches from French Open 2011

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Download and View O´Laughlin sr./ O´Laughlin jr. vs. Stick Rice / Mochy here.

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New Backgammon Social Network Launched

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A new Social Network for Backgammon players and afficionados has recently launched. Please visit the website, sign up and start making friends.

www.BackgammonWorldWide.com

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Updated General Rules

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WBA has updated the General Rules in accordance with the Danish Backgammon Federation, The Swedish Backgammon Federation, Backgammon in London, the Japanese Backgammon League.

The new rules will be in effect from March 2010 and will apply on all tournaments of WBA, EBGT (European Backgammon Tour) and WBGT (World Backgammon Tour).

Download and view them here.

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Survey

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Here is a survey for all backgammon players that will help us to improve our services.
Please take the survey and pass it on to your backgammon friends.

To start, please click here

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Backgammon Lessons by Phil Simborg

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Phil Simborg´s new website is up. Phil not only gives online lessons to beginners, intermediates and advanced players but has put up a website with daily positions, explanation and other topics on backgammon.