As the Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship ended, the first event in the third season of the World Series of Backgammon began with the WSOB Cannes, held at the Palm Beach Casino from July 23 until yesterday, when anonymous Najibulla Salamzy of Afghanistan/Germany has surprisingly defeated the favorite, backgammon giant and WSOB team member Falafel Natanzon in the best out of three 7-point matches. Salamzy took home the first €18,000 prize and he will continue to WSOB next event, the European Championships in Prague, the Czech Republic on September 16-20, 2009.

It’s not the winning that counts

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