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The UK Masters, the first event in the 2007-8 World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) tour, took place in 15-18 November in London. John Hurst, an English backgammon player is the winner of the event.
On top of his money prize, Hurst won a €10,000 seat at the WSOB championship. The World Series of Backgammon is one of the most prestigious backgammon tournaments in the world. The WSOB events are broadcast on TV in Europe and North America since 2006.
If you live in Europe, you will be able to watch the UK Masters backgammon tournament from December. The 2007-8 World Series of Backgammon consists of 3 events plus the final championship. The first event was the UK Masters, which took place recently at the Casino at the Empire in London with some of the world’s top backgammon players.
The next backgammon event in the series is the TruemoneyGames Nordic Open, which will take place in Copenhagen, at 20-24 march 2008. Afterwards, the Riviera Cup at the Palm Beach Casino, Cannes, 15-20 july 2008, which will be followed by the WSOB Championship. The first prize in the World Series of Backgammon champion is €100,000.
Will John Hurst become the 2007-8 WSOB champion? Wait for updates on the WSOB upcoming events…
The standard backgammon board is made of wood, but if you are interested in something less typical, check out this unique set of backgammon board and checkers: The Californian product designer Sol Mesz has made an entire backgammon set from clear recycled glass. The fragile backgammon set includes a backgammon board and checkers. The checkers are composed of recycled windows (including remains of the windshields) looks more like glass beads. You’ll have to watch out with those aggressive dice rolls when you are playing on this board! For more details on the recycled glass backgammon set, check out Tree Hugger website.
Petar Pavlov, aka pdpavlov, is the 4th and final winner to fly to Venice, Italy to play at the 19th City of Venice International Backgammon Tournament, organized by Play65 and the World Backgammon Association.
The Final Four are:
Michael Schmidt, Germany
Håkan Jegendal, Sweden
Giuseppe Ricciardi, Italy
Petar Pavlov, Bulgaria
The tournament will take place on November 29. Watch out for updates!
Do you want to appear on play65 desktop calendar and win $100?
Play65 and Play89 are running a photo competition for the upcoming new year.
Top 12 pictures will be displayed on Play65 desk calendar and the photographs will be rewarded with cash prizes ranging from $10 to $100.
Everyone can participate by sending photos to: photos@Play65.com
The photos have to be related to one or all of the following:
1. Play65 brand
2. Backgammon game
3. Pool game
I’m sure you can think of at least one photogenic thing you can do with a backgammon board/pool table. If you don’t, pets and babies rule!
Giuseppe Ricciardi, aka Gandalf, is the newest winner in Play65 “Italy” tournament. Gandalf will be playing at the 19th City of Venice International Backgammon Tournament against some of the best backgammon players in the world including three members of Play65 backgammon community.
Mr. Ricciardi will arrive to this achievement after winning the special backgammon tournament that took place last Saturday. The last tournament in this series, and your last chance to fly to Italy on Play65 expense and get the once in a lifetime chance to compete against pro backgammon players and win larger cash prizes, will take place this Saturday, November 10th. I wouldn’t miss it If I were you!
Recently so much has happened in Play65 (new community feature, huge tournaments, revolutionary football teams and so much more…), that we almost forgot to keep you posted on the latest happenings outside our tiny 3M members online backgammon room. Therefore, this festive post will be dedicated to our colleagues, top backgammon and online gaming bloggers.
Blot Blog analyzes a different position in backgammon almost every week for over year and a half. Currently, there are almost 150 illustrated positions on top of a short backgammon glossary, and dozens of posts on almost every aspect in backgammon including cube decisions, checker play and so on. Backgammon beginners might get lost inside Blot Blog but intermediate to advanced player will probably find it useful. At least I do. The blog is also available in German.
Winning Backgammon is more suitable for backgammon beginners. It includes a crash course in playing online backgammon, plus an extensive introduction to backgammon rules and backgammon notation. Winning backgammon also covers backgammon variants such as Nackgammon and Hypergammon. I hope to write about them too someday.
Real Reviews is, surprisingly, not a review blog, at least not real reviews. Instead, real reviews provides the latest online gaming news with emphasizes on online backgammon.
Enter the Dragon is not all about backgammon; internet backgammon is one of the topics brought up in this blog among Auckland Hotels, Jewish dating, and tummy tucks. So, if you always wanted to find the best backgammon software and the most effective hair loss remedy in one resource, who am I to stop you?
I’ll end this review with a very new backgammon blog Backgammon Gambling, which on its first post offers online backgammon players an opportunity to win a trip to Australia…