What's Happening in
the Women's World of Backgammon?

Women were in the spotlight in the Sunny Florida Backgammon Championships held August 16-20, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale. The tournament,...

The Backgammon News Facebook page in early August published a comment: “Why Do We Have Women's Tournaments in Backgammon.” It generated...

--Karen Davis & Joe Russell The World Backgammon Internet Federation (WBIF) is hosting the second Online Women’s World Championship. It...

Maggie Diamantidis, the first winner of the newly renamed Women’s World Championship in Monte Carlo, Monaco, is a relative unknown in...

What an exciting 54th Backgammon World Championships (BWC) held in Monaco, July 22-30. For the first time, it featured a Women’s World...

World champions Joe Russell (winner of Backgammon World Championship in 1989) and Antoinette-Marie Williams (winner of the Ladies event...

The fireworks inside and outside the Michigan Summer Championships held in the suburbs of Detroit from June 29 to July 3 were a spectacle...

This video has been put together as a tribute by Zdenek "ZZ" Zizka and the backgammon community for Matvey Natanzon, aka Falafel the King...

Women starred at the 46th Los Angeles Backgammon Open held June 7-11 at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton. Candace Mayeron produced the...

After Round 3 of the Women in Backgammon Mixed Doubles Tournament, we had Grandmaster Zdeněk "ZZ" Žižka review one of our matches. He...

Women flourished at the Cherry Blossom Backgammon Championship, held April 18-23, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Dulles in Herndon, VA in the...

We just finished our second annual Women In Backgammon Palm Beach ‘Classic,’ and what a day it was. Thanks to our benefactor, Jason...

After Round 2 of the Women in Backgammon Mixed Doubles Tournament, we had Grandmaster Zdeněk "ZZ" Žižka review one of our matches. He...

After Round 1 of the Women in Backgammon Mixed Doubles Tournament, we had Grandmaster Zdeněk "ZZ" Žižka review one of our matches. He...

Round 3 of the Women in Backgammon Mixed Doubles tournament on May 9 will determine the teams qualifying for the finals! You will find...

The 13th Atlanta Spring Backgammon Classic, held March 2-5, 2023, attracted players looking forward to the end of a long, cold winter and...

The February installment of the Women in Backgammon Learning Series featured a doubles match between two leading UK women players,...

I play backgammon. I want to compete in tournaments at my highest potential, so I work with one of the grandmasters of the world, Zdenek...

The first of the 2023 Expertise Learning Series events, featuring a rousing and educational doubles match featuring Zdeněk Žižka (ZZ) and...

Carol Joy Cole, the widely acknowledged Queen of Backgammon and the tournament director of the Michigan Summer Championship, won the Lady...