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Board and dice game for two players
Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables
Backgammon
Topics referred to by the same term
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games. Backgammon may also refer to: Backgammon (1979 video game), an Atari 2600 video game Backgammon (1988 video
Backgammon_(disambiguation)
Class of board game
Tables games are a class of board game that includes backgammon and which are played on a tables board, typically with two rows of 12 vertical markings
Tables_game
Initial moves strategy of a backgammon game
moves of a backgammon game are the opening moves, collectively referred to as the opening, and studied in the backgammon opening theory. Backgammon opening
Backgammon_opening_theory
Methods for describing backgammon moves and/or positions
Backgammon notation is a means for recording backgammon games, developed by Paul Magriel in the 1970s. The common way of describing the movement of checkers
Backgammon_notation
Annual international backgammon tournament
The World Backgammon Championship is the most prestigious annual competition in backgammon. It was first held in 1967 in Las Vegas, United States. Since
World_Backgammon_Championship
A rollout is an analysis technique for backgammon positions and moves. A rollout consists of playing the same position many times (with different dice
Rollout_(backgammon)
1979 video game
ABPA Backgammon is a backgammon video game for Intellivision (ABPA stands for American Backgammon Players Association). This was one of the original four
ABPA_Backgammon
Structured form of play
c. 1353 BCE) survives intact. Both were race games and precursors to backgammon. Senet had religious significance with the board representing the pathway
Game
World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) is a major televised live tour. The television shows capture the match action, jeopardy and background around some of
World_Series_of_Backgammon
Tables game in Britain
centuries before being superseded by its derivative, the "faster paced" backgammon. In its day, Irish was "esteemed among the best games at Tables." Its
Irish_(game)
Type of backgammon
The backgammon chouette is a variant of backgammon for three or more players. Traditionally played in person, today, the internet allows this form of backgammon
Backgammon_chouette
Type of backgammon strategy
In backgammon, there are a number of strategies that are distinct to match play as opposed to money play. These differences are most apparent when a player
Backgammon_match_strategy
games played on a Backgammon-type board. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to a single game like Backgammon or Acey-deucey)
Glossary_of_tables_game_terms
2015 American film
Backgammon is an erotic mystery film, directed and co-written by Francisco Orvañanos. Young couple Lucian and Elizabeth arrive at their college friend
Backgammon_(film)
Greek tables game
Turkish: Tavla, Tabla, Latin: Tabula), sometimes called Greek backgammon or Iraqi backgammon in English, is the most popular way of playing tables games
Tavli
American backgammon player (1931–2010)
world-champion backgammon player, highly paid teacher of the game, author of four backgammon books and successful gambler who won more major backgammon tournaments
Tim_Holland_(backgammon)
world class backgammon player from Memphis, Tennessee. He is a founding sponsor and the chairman of the board of directors of the U.S. Backgammon Federation
Joe_Russell_(backgammon)
2003 film by Leon Herbert
Emotional Backgammon is a 2003 British independent comedy-drama about couples strategizing to repair relationships, with unexpected results. The film was
Emotional_Backgammon
Tables-style board game for two players
tables game for two players that is sometimes considered ancestral to backgammon. It is still played today, albeit in a different form. As in other tables
Nard_(game)
Topics referred to by the same term
1979 publication of Alexandre Astruc Other uses Backgammon chouette, a variant of the game of backgammon for three or more players Chouette Records, a US
Chouette
2009 backgammon software
eXtreme Gammon is backgammon software written by Xavier Dufaure de Citres and released in 2009. It is available for Microsoft Windows and mobile platforms
EXtreme_Gammon
Greek tables game
along with two other variants, Févga and Pórtes (the latter is similar to backgammon). Together these three games are called Távli, and are played in sequence
Plakoto
Turkish tables game
Tavla is a Turkish tables game. It often refers to the western game of Backgammon and to tables games in general. However, it also refers to the more traditional
Tavla
Video game series
randomized questions. King Graham's Board Game Challenge: Checkers & Backgammon: A board game collection starring King Graham. Quest for Daventry is a
King's_Quest
British actor
(2008). Herbert made his directorial debut with the 2003 film Emotional Backgammon. He also appeared on the television series Come Dine with Me, as well
Leon_Herbert
Turkish tables game
once popular in Asia Minor and Egypt. It is sometimes called Turkish backgammon in English; however, this is misleading, as there are fundamental differences;
Tawula
Two Japanese board games
(盤双六, 'board-sugoroku') which is similar to western tables games like backgammon. With ban-sugoroku being obsolete, today the word sugoroku almost always
Sugoroku
Ancient Greco-Roman board game
players that has given its name to the tables family of games of which backgammon is a member. According to the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville, tabula
Tabula_(game)
Marked objects for finding random numbers
form of dice. Possibly the oldest known dice were excavated as part of a backgammon-like game set at the Burnt City, an archeological site in south-eastern
Dice
1976 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Backgammon (also released as Blues March) is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1976 and released on the Roulette label
Backgammon_(album)
2008 video game
Chess and Backgammon Classics, retitled Chess Classics a week after release, is a video game by Gameloft for the iPod Nano (3rd and 4th generation), the
Chess_and_Backgammon_Classics
Greek tables game
Oxford History of Board Games. Oxford: OUP. Tzannes, Nicolaos and Basil Tzannes (1977). Backgammon Games and Strategies. Backgammon Galore - Fevga rules
Fevga
American computer scientist (1936–2001)
retired early in 1994. His hobbies included hiking, and he was an avid backgammon player: We once were stuck at the Chicago O'Hare airport for hours, waiting
Robert_W._Floyd
13th-century Spanish chess treatise
the information from Arabic works on this same topic, dice and tables (backgammon forebears) games, commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile, Galicia and León
Libro_de_los_juegos
Motorsport championship held worldwide
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Formula_One
Danish poker player (born 1974)
playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was already a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. Hansen started playing poker at the
Gus_Hansen
Brazilian actress
barrier. Lavender appeared in the low budget independent film Emotional Backgammon (2003) and was awarded "Best Actress" at the Denver Film Festival. She
Daniela_Lavender
International sport governing body
The World Backgammon Federation (WBGF), formerly the European Backgammon Federation (EUBGF) until 2018, is the international body established to support
World_Backgammon_Federation
American computer scientist
scientist and a researcher at IBM, known for his development of TD-Gammon, a backgammon program that taught itself to play at a world-championship level through
Gerald_Tesauro
American video game composer (born 1968)
Tallarico participated in a number of backgammon tournaments, sometimes under the name Sammy Salazar. He won the 2024 Backgammon Intermediate Championship in Monte
Tommy_Tallarico
Game similar to backgammon
Acey-deucey is a table game, a family of board games that includes backgammon. Since World War I, it has been a favorite game of the United States Navy
Acey-deucey
Board game
distinguish it from backgammon, which is called "Short Nardy" in Russian. English sources sometimes mistranslate Nardy as backgammon, leading to the incorrect
Long_Nardy
French board game
Jacquet or jaquet is a tables game of parallel movement played on a backgammon-like board, very similar or identical to Fevga. It is distinct from other
Jacquet_(game)
framework, ray tracing GNU Radio - Software radio framework GNU Backgammon – backgammon game GNUbik – implementation of the Rubik's Cube puzzle GNU Chess
List_of_GNU_packages
Ancient Mesopotamian board game
antiquity. One theory holds that it evolved into backgammon; whereas another holds that early forms of backgammon eclipsed the Game of Ur in popularity, causing
Royal_Game_of_Ur
Solitaire IV (iOS, Android, Nook, Kindle, PC, Mac, AppleTV) Hardwood Backgammon (Xbox 360, iOS, Android, Nook, Kindle, PC, Mac, AppleTV) Hardwood Hearts
Silver_Creek_Entertainment
Topics referred to by the same term
or more live dealers Tables game, a class of board game that includes backgammon Tabletop game, games that are normally played on a table or other flat
Table_game
Japanese backgammon player
Japanese professional backgammon player from Tokyo. Widely regarded as one of the best in the game, he is a two-time Backgammon World Champion and is
Masayuki_Mochizuki
American backgammon and poker player (1946–2018)
Ma-grill) (July 1, 1946 – March 5, 2018) was an American professional backgammon player, poker player, and author based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Magriel became
Paul_Magriel
Backgammon variant
Hypergammon is a variant of backgammon. Each player begins with three pieces, rather than fifteen. At the start of the game, each player begins with one
Hypergammon
Mediterranean tables game
ancient genre of board games that includes Backgammon, Trictrac and Nard. It is also called Rosespring Backgammon or Crazy Narde. The aim of the game is to
Gul_bara
Ancient Roman board game
be a descendant of this game, and both are tables games as is modern backgammon. XII scripta was likely played by people from many walks of Roman life
Ludus_duodecim_scriptorum
Casual gaming web site
with a handful of card and board games like Hearts, Spades, Checkers, Backgammon, and Bridge. Over the next five years, the Internet Gaming Zone would
MSN_Games
or central component, usually as a random device. Astronomical chess Backgammon Balut Bar dice Bầu cua cá cọp Beer die Beetle Bidou Biscuit Bo Bing (Pua
List_of_dice_games
1988 video game
Backgammon is a 1988 computer version of the strategy board game published by Atari UK. Backgammon is a game in which backgammon is played on the Atari
Backgammon_(1988_video_game)
1898 novel by J. Meade Falkner
beloved Moonfleet ever again. The narrative features multiple references to backgammon, which is played by the patrons of the Why Not? on an antique board bearing
Moonfleet_(novel)
1979 video game
Backgammon is a video game adaptation of the board-game backgammon, developed by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600)
Backgammon_(1979_video_game)
Danish footballer (born 1986)
15 January 1986) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player and Backgammon Grandmaster. Olsen plays as an attacking midfielder. He has played professionally
Marc_Olsen
Canadian actress (born 1986)
professional relationship. In 2015, Allen starred in the psychological thriller Backgammon and contributed to the writing of the story for the independent comedy-drama
Brittany_Allen
International wrestling event
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World_Wrestling_Championships
American backgammon and bridge player
Crawford (August 4, 1915 – February 14, 1976) was an American bridge and backgammon player. In bridge, he was a member of United States teams that won the
John_R._Crawford
Liechtensteiner princess
as an event manager in London. She founded AvL Backgammon, a boardgame company that makes backgammon sets. Her company donates a portion of their profits
Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein
Princess_Marie-Astrid_of_Liechtenstein
Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
category 22 event and one of the highest rated tournaments of all time. Backgammon also plays a major role in Azerbaijani culture. The game is very popular
Azerbaijan
Israeli backgammon player (1968–2020)
Falafel) (July 5, 1968 – February 14, 2020) was a Russian-born Israeli backgammon player. Natanzon was born in Soviet Russia and moved with his mother to
Matvey_Natanzon
American backgammon and bridge player
Woolsey (born Christopher Robin Woolsey in 1943) is an American bridge and backgammon player. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2005. Woolsey was
Kit_Woolsey
Mental skill based games
concealed information. Furthermore, some games with elements of chance, like backgammon and pachisi, may also be considered abstract strategy games, though there
Abstract_strategy_game
Topics referred to by the same term
Soviet anti-ship missile Paul Magriel (1946–2018), American professional backgammon and poker player TGOJ X22, a Swedish electric multiple unit ThinkPad X22
X22
Traditional board game for two players
European countries. A famous 13th-century Spanish manuscript covering chess, backgammon, and dice is known as the Libro de los juegos, which is the earliest European
Chess
Maze Craze.} Videocart-11 is a video game based on the board games of backgammon and acey-deucey. It was released in December 1977 by Fairchild. Brett
Fairchild Channel F Videocarts
Fairchild_Channel_F_Videocarts
British online gambling operator
Financial betting Poker (Paradise Poker) Casino (Paradise Casino) Games Backgammon Revenue £1,577.2 million (2009) Operating income £21.9 million (2009)
Sportingbet
Historical region of West Asia
rather than on horses. They also played a board game similar to senet and backgammon, now known as the "Royal Game of Ur". Mesopotamia, as shown by successive
Mesopotamia
Computer backgammon program (1992)
TD-Gammon is a computer backgammon program developed in the 1990s by Gerald Tesauro at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Its name comes from the
TD-Gammon
14th-century English tables game
tables game for two players using a board similar to that used today for Backgammon and other games. It is a "strategic game for serious game-players" and
Ludus_Anglicorum
Japanese backgammon player (born 1980)
professional backgammon player from Tokyo. She became World Backgammon champion in 2014 and 2018. Akiko is ranked 3rd on Giants of Backgammon in 2015, becoming
Akiko_Yazawa
Israeli residents after military service
A reserve artillery crew plays backgammon during the 1982 Lebanon War
Reserve_duty_(Israel)
British maker of miniature wargames
Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go. It later became an importer of the
Games_Workshop
Major international sports competitions
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List of world sports championships
List_of_world_sports_championships
Game whose outcome is determined primarily through skill
skill and chance include: poker, collectible card games, contract bridge, backgammon and mahjong. Most games of skill also involve a degree of chance, due
Game_of_skill
British peer and missing murder suspect
Germany from 1953 to 1955. He developed a taste for gambling, playing backgammon and bridge, and became an early member of the exclusive group of wealthy
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
John_Bingham,_7th_Earl_of_Lucan
British business executive and competitive backgammon player
Zoe Cunningham is a British business executive and competitive backgammon player. Cunningham serves as the Managing Director of Softwire. She is an advocate
Zoe_Cunningham
Canadian gambler
Canadian magician and high-stakes gambler specializing in blackjack and backgammon. In the late 1990s, he became famed as "a man who would do anything to
Brian_Zembic
Social activity played on a flat surface
Game category Examples Board Adventure board games, adventure gamebooks, backgammon, chess, German-style board games, go, reversi, Mancala, Shogi, Gomoku
Tabletop_game
American actress and poker player (born 1981)
in the 2010 horror film Let Me In. Barrese began playing draw poker, backgammon, gin and chess at an early age, saying "I'm Russian, so I've been playing
Sasha_Barrese
Form of backgammon
played with dice on a game board similar, but not identical, to that of backgammon (the difference being that the edges of a true trictrac board are perforated
Trictrac
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
hopelessly, the court jester takes refuge beneath the dinner table. The backgammon board and the playing cards have been scattered, while a skeleton thinly
The_Triumph_of_Death
Gambling done through the internet
the attorney general ordered all online gambling operations, online backgammon included, to close their businesses and at the same time commanded credit
Online_gambling
Game of skill based on intellectual ability
games, including traditional board games such as chess, Go, draughts, backgammon, Mahjong, Shogi, Xiangqi, and Renju. These games require deep concentration
Mind_sport
1988 novel by Graham Greene
learns the secrets and intelligence of the Captain. "Father Lost Me in a Backgammon Game". The New York Times. Greene, Graham (1988). The captain and the
The_Captain_and_the_Enemy
International rugby league football tournament
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Rugby_League_World_Cup
Heuristic search algorithm for evaluating game trees
and has been used in multiple board games like Chess, Shogi, Checkers, Backgammon, Contract Bridge, Go, Scrabble, and Clobber as well as in turn-based-strategy
Monte_Carlo_tree_search
International kabaddi competition
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Kabaddi World Cup (World Kabaddi)
Kabaddi_World_Cup_(World_Kabaddi)
Series of board games and card games
published. The line consisted of republished classics such as Go, chess and backgammon as well as original games. The Bookshelf games were originally in large
3M_bookshelf_game_series
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
(Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon. Other activities included chariot races, and musical and theatrical performances
Roman_Republic
Tables game
board similar to that now used for backgammon, it is a simple game of chance bearing little resemblance to backgammon. Very similar games were played in
Doublets_(tables_game)
counters for the game tabula, a tables game and possible predecessor of backgammon. Dating from the 11th or early 12th century, it is an example of Romanesque
Gloucester_tabula_set
tourne-case is an historical French tables game in the same family as Backgammon. Lalanne recommends it as a children's game. Some sources suggested that
Tourne_case
American mathematician (born 1961)
demonstrations and lessons by Benjamin in mental math and Mathemagics. American Backgammon Tour Player of the Year, 1997 and 2020 (online) Fellow of the Institute
Arthur_T._Benjamin
Topics referred to by the same term
United States In poker strategy, a player's expected share of the pot In backgammon, the average expected value that will be won or lost Brand equity, in
Equity
Topics referred to by the same term
Out", a song by Labelle from Back to Now Rollout (backgammon), an analysis technique for backgammon positions and moves Rollout, a play in American football
Rollout
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