WBA to stage a company incentive for Japanese IT-company Zuken in Munich.

On 11th of September 2024, there will be a traditional backgammon tournament for 40 employees of Zuken to take plac ...

The yearly event for speed lovers is on once again on sunny Majorca.

Save the dates: 02 to 06 of October 2024. There will be 1.300 € Added Prize Money. 

The hi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

21st March is "World Backgammon Day"

For 10 years, we have been encouraging the backgammon community to celebrate the World Backgammon Day by gathering, playing, organizing tournaments and ...