News
Changing of the Guard: March-April 2012 Issue of PrimeTime Backgammon
Matt Cohn-Geier and Justin Nunez, two of the younger stars on the backgammon circuit, … [Read More...]
Stick Rice Doubling Cube Lesson Recording
Stick Rice has donated proceeds of payments for a recorded lesson on the Doubling … [Read More...]
MARCH 2012 lecture is now available!
This month USBGF teaching pro Phil Simborg provides some excellent tips on bearing … [Read More...]
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Facelift for USBGF Facebook Page
Have you been to the USBGF Facebook page lately? If not, you are missing out on … [Read More...]
Backgammon 24/7: January-February 2012 Issue of PrimeTime Backgammon
The USBGF National Internet Championship brought new options for playing competitive … [Read More...]
Let the Fun Begin: 2012 USBGF National Club Team Championship
Last year 33 teams competed for the inaugural 2011 USBGF National Club Team Championship. … [Read More...]
USBGF Online Match
OLM Demonstration
Please excuse this demonstration post. We are working hard to give all members a very exciting online match feature, which will be coming soon.
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COMING SOON! USBGF Online Match Series!
The U.S. Backgammon Federation is pleased to announce the coming launch of a new feature on the USBGF website – an online match pitting USBGF members against the All-Time American Backgammon Tour leader, Neil Kazaross. Jason Lee, a Ph.D. mathematician and regular tournament backgammon player, will serve as Online Match Editor.
[Read More...]Backgammon Problems
Visitors and Members! How Do You Stack Up Against The Giants?
HOW DO YOU STACK UP AGAINST THE GIANTS? By Phil Simborg and analysis by Stick In recent years, I have heard the argument that high-level backgammon is nowhere near as interesting as it once was, because now that we have bots like eXtremeGammon, GNU and Snowie to clearly show the best plays, “all … [Read More...]
USBGF Ohio State Quiz
By John O’Hagan and Phil Simborg You can view the problems and answers below, and see how well you do. The Problems: Problem 1: View the answer to Problem 1 … [Read More...]
Results
Results: 18th Annual OHIO STATE BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Cleveland, Ohio, March 23-25, 2012)
The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to the following winners, as published on the Chicago Point website. OPEN: (24): 1-Stick Rice (OH), 2-Dmitriy Obukhov (MI); 1C-Emil Mortuk (MI), 2C-Carol Joy Cole (MI) ADVANCED: (280: 1-Chen-Fu Yu (MD), 2-Robert Lessard (Canada); 1C-Lorenzo Morales (MI), … [Read More...]
Results: CENTRAL STATES INVITATIONAL (Rosemont, Illinois, March 9-11, 2012)
The USBGF extends hearty congratulations to all winners! These results are from the Chicago Point. Complete results can be found at the Chicago Point website. CHAMPIONSHIP: (49): 1-Jeb Horton (NC), 2-Bill Calton (MI), 3/4-Matt Cohn-Geier (NV) / Keene Marin (WI); 1C-Carter Mattig (IL), 2C-Rachel … [Read More...]
Results: 34th Pittsburgh Backgammon Championships, (Pittsburgh, Pa, February 16-19, 2012)
The USBGF extends congratulations to all winners listed in these partial preliminary results from the Chicago Point. Complete results can be found on the Chicago Point website. OPEN (49): 1-Grant Schneider (VA) 2-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 3/4-Steve Hast (PA) / Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel/USA), 5/8-Paul … [Read More...]
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