Backgammon News

GammOnLine intends to renew its connection with the professional backgammon community. Therefore, we have added a new backgammon news section with the latest updates, including detailed information on upcoming backgammon tournaments, championship results, backgammon players ranking and more.

Read the latest backgammon news from GammOnLine:

May 27, 2010

Velden Backgammon Tournament 2010

Robert Wachtel shares his experiences from the last (and past) WBF Velden Open backgammon tournaments, his unlucky matches and remembers why backgammon is still more rewarding than poker.

November 15, 2009

French Backgammon Open 2009

Robert Wachtel with two backgammon puzzles from his favorite backgammon tournament, the WBA 2009 French Open and Europoean Backgammon Doubles Championships in Enghien-Les-Bains, near Paris.

October 7, 2009

WSOB Prague 2009

Robert Wachtel returns from one of the highest-priced series of events on the backgammon circuit, the WSOB stop in Prague, Czech Republic, where he underwent the dark side of live internet broadcasting.

September 15, 2009

Swedish Backgammon Open Report

Backgammon pro Robert Wachtel reports from the 2009 Swedish Open Backgammon Championship, held on September 11-13 and won by Japanese player Kazuhiro Shino.

August 22, 2009

Walter Trice 1949-2009

Pro backgammon player Walter Trice has died at the age of 60. Walter authored the classic backgammon book Backgammon Boot Camp and developed the effective pip count method.

July 28, 2009

Summer of World Backgammon Events

The Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship and the WSOB Cannes held sequentially in mid July 2009, the two most lucrative international backgammon events of the summer.

July 6, 2009

New Backgammon Bot - eXtreme Gammon

A new neural net based backgammon program, eXtreme Gammon, was released just this week. Is it really that fast, user-friendly and accurate you can throw your Snowie and GNU away?

June 24, 2009

WSOB Cannes Season III Updates

World Series of Backgammon announced the location and schedule of the 1st stop of the WSOB 3rd season in Cannes, France on July 2009.

June 9, 2009

1st US Backgammon Open

The first ever US Open backgammon tournament held last weekend in Washington DC and won by top woman backgammon players Carol Joy Cole.

May 19, 2009

2009 Portuguese Open Results

Winners and special player awardees at the 4th True Money Games Portuguese Open backgammon tournament held last weekend at the Casino Estoril in Portugal.

April 21, 2009

2009 WSOB Schedule Announced

The founders of the World Series of Backgammon Enterprises Ltd revealed the 2009 WSOB tour dates and the WSOB championship format at the 2009 Nordic Open.

April 12, 2009

2009 April Backgammon Tournaments Results

The first weekend of April 2009 was marked with two major backgammon tournaments: the Ohio State Backgammon Championships in the US and the British Open in the UK.

March 26, 2009

2009 Midwest Backgammon Championships Results

Find out who won what at the 2009 ABT Midwest Backgammon Championships and what do the backgammon tournament directors think about 40 years old backgammon players.

March 9, 2009

2009 Nordic Open Backgammon Tournament Announced

The Danish Backgammon Federation announced the Nordic Open schedule, and at the same opportunity, the DBgF chairman, Kenny Nissen agreed to talk with GammonLine about the importance of backgammon in Denmark and other topics.

March 1, 2009

2009 Pittsburgh Backgammon Championship

Bob Glass of California won the ABT 2009 Pittsburgh Backgammon Championship held on the weekend of February 20-22, 2009.

February 17, 2009

Partouche Gammon Tour 2008 Grand Finale Results

Partouche Gammon Tour (PGT) 2008 finally came to its end in a Cannes Grand Finale. The grand 150,000€ prize was shared by the winner Olivier Decultot and the runner up François Tardieu.

January 30, 2009

In Colorado, Poker is a Skill Game

Latest jury decisions in the States of Colorado and Pennsylvania ruled that poker is a game of skill rather than a game of chance; will it have an affect on the federal laws?

January 13, 2009

2009 1st Major Backgammon Tournament

ABT New York Metropolitan Backgammon Open held on January 8-11, 2009 had officially opened 2009 in backgammon.

December 30, 2008

EBGT Top Players for 2008

Who will be the 2008 European Master? European Backgammon Tour (EBGT) is summarizing the passing year.

December 16, 2008

2008 California State Backgammon Championship Results

Results of the final ABT tournament of 2008 plus ABT 25 players and the first backgammon tournament of 2009.

November 18, 2008

Las Vegas Open Backgammon Tournament Results

Stacy Turner of Georgia is the winner of the 2008 Las Vegas Open backgammon tournament .

November 4, 2008

EBGT French Open Results

Winners of the French Open backgammon tournament, the third stop in the 2008 European Backgammon Tour.

September 22, 2008

2008 ABT Player of the Year

Neil Kazaross was named favorite for 2008 ABT (American Backgammon Tour) player of the year, scoring 40.63 points until Sep 2008.

August 19, 2008

Florida State Championship

The weekend of August 15-18 had many of the best backgammon players in the US show up in the very hot Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area for a great tournament.

July 28, 2008

2008 WSOB Final in Cannes Results

The 2007-8 World Series of Backgammon final in Cannes was held on July 21, 2008; The title and 1st prize were taken by Frederick Andrieu

July 16, 2008

2008 Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship Results

The 2008 Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championship was won by Lars Trabolt of Denmark.

July 8, 2008

Michigan Summer Championships - Tournament Report

Phil Simborg reports from the 33rd annual tournament in Novi Michigan, one of the top backgammon tournament in the US.

June 25, 2008

2008 Los Angeles Open Backgammon Tournament

The 2008 Los Angeles Open Backgammon Tournament was held on the weekend of June 6-8 and won by Ray Fogerlund.

June 15, 2008

Greek Backgammon Federation 7th Monthly

The 7th monthly tournament of the Greek Backgammon Federation was won by Andreas Kourouklis, an international player of Athens

May 25, 2008

Backgammon Art Exhibition

Unique exhibition featuring 62 artistic backgammon boards sponsored by the backgammon site Play65.

May 6, 2008

2008 Portuguese Open Results

Falafel wins WBA 2008 Portuguese Open

2008 Las Vegas Tournament

April 21, 2008

Phil Samborg in an exclusive report from the biggest backgammon tournament in the US

2007 Giants of Backgammon Results

April 8, 2008

"Falafel" Natanzon of Israel is the 1st Giant of Backgammon for 2007

WSOB Nordic Open Backgammon Championship

March 30, 2008

Winners of the WSOB Nordic Open Backgammon Championship

European Backgammon Tour Portuguese Open 2008

March 3, 2008

Europe gets ready for the EBT 3rd Portuguese Open 2008

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Nordic Open Live Satellite in London

February 27, 2008

The first WSOB Nordic Open Live Satellite took place on February 24, 2008

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Spanish Backgammon Festival Postponed

February 7, 2008

The Neil Davidson's Festival of Backammon and Games is postponed

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2007 Giants of Backgammon Vote

January 27, 2008

Your last chance to vote for the 2007 Giants of Backgammon

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