If you were looking for a special Christmas present, you might be delighted to read that Braroe Chess is throwing a special 12-days sale.

Braroe Chess is an online shop that specializes in board gaming equipment, especially chess and backgammon boards, checkers and sets. Starting on Monday, December 3rd and until December 15,  each day one item of the online shop’s board game supplies (including chess and backgammon) will be offered in special discount.
In the meantime, a $199.95 chess board was offered for $109.95. You should check it out, it could be worthwhile.

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…

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!