Does the study and analysis of backgammon destroy the fun of playing the game? If you ask Nakamura Junko, 2008 Japan Open winner and the first female backgammon champion in the land of the rising sun, the answer is yes. "I’m sorry to say", she said in an exclusive interview with Play65 blog, "but as […]

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Gil Galperin is the winner in Play65partners February promotion, taking home a brand new Wii console for bringing Play65 backgammon room the largest number of new members in February. In the following interview, Gil talks about his thriving affiliate businesses, the upsides and downsides of being an affiliate and provides some tips for beginners.  
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Everybody is talking about the 1970s as the heydays of backgammon. But if you missed those times, you can only imagine the luxurious yachts and exotic locations that accommodated the high stake backgammon tournaments, the lascivious groupies that surrounded backgammon stars and the stacks of cash piled at the end of the match.
In 1979, […]

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