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Chiotinis Wins Thessaloniki BG
Tournament Sponsored by Play65
5 October 2008 - by Director Manos Mastorakis |
The first tournament of the Greek Backgammon Federation’s second season took place September 13-14, 2008 in Thessaloniki and was sponsored with €1,000 added prize money by the Play65.com backgammon server. Kostas Chiotinis of Athens emerged victorious in the field of 33 players defeating Iancho Hristov of Bulgaria in the Final.
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Falafel Natanzon to Give Seminar
at Thessaloniki BG Tournament
5 September 2008 - by Michael Strato |
After the break for summer, the Greek Backgammon Federation (GBgF) gets back into action with their monthly tournaments in Greece. There will be a two-day event in the city of Thessaloniki from September 13-14, which will be attended by the top player in the world, Matvey “Falafel” Natanzon of Israel, the #1 Giant of Backgammon:
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Experience in Play65.com's New Unrated & Anonymous Dark Room
23 August 2008 - by Michael Strato
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The Play65.com online backgammon server recently came up with a great idea and implemented a new area on their server called the “Dark Room”, where one can play unrated and anonymously, and with significantly lower rakes when considering extra commissions are not charged in this room for ratings differences:
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WORLDWIDE BACKGAMMON FEDERATION CONFIRMS
DATES FOR THREE MORE 2008 TOURNAMENTS |
The Worldwide Backgammon Federation (WBF) has just confirmed dates for three forthcoming tournaments - Nice, France in September, Seefeld, Austria in October and Nova Gorica, Slovenia in November. Flyers for each of these three events, with recommended hotels, full schedule and other details are available in PDF format at the following links:
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| LARS TRABOLT OF DENMARK
2008 WORLD BACKGAMMON CHAMPION
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Lars Trabolt has won the 2008 World Backgammon Championship defeating Mario Sequeira of Portugal 25-12 in the 25-point final match played on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco. "Trabi", as friends call him, is the current #16 Giant of Backgammon and becomes the fourth Danish player to win this most prestigious world title. |
The Team of Giorgos Kleitsas, Christos Groutsos and Alexandros Kolonias, representing Greece, won first place in the Fortis World Team Championship of the Monte Carlo World Championship. The team bested 65 other teams in the annual event and received a beautiful trophy and a Fortis watch each, valued at €1,000. |
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New Humour with Phil Simborg:
A Silly Game of Luck?
25 June 2008 - by Phil Simborg |
The other night an old friend came over to my house. Joe walked in, sat down, and noticed a few of my backgammon trophies. (Don’t know how he happened to see them on the mantle with the spotlight on them!):
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Israel's Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon Elected #1 Giant of Backgammon
3 April 2008 - by Michael Strato |
Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon of Israel has been chosen as the #1 player in the world according to Yamin Yamin's biennial Giants of Backgammon poll for 2007. Click on the link below to see the new list of the top 32 Giants of Backgammon along with a photo of each of the players:
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GammonLife Partners with Online Backgammon Giant Play65.com
12 December 2007 - by Michael Strato |
GammonLife announces it has partnered with Play65.com, the largest backgammon server on the Internet. Read Editor Michael Strato's comments on this new development in the following article:
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