Livestream of The WBIF Online Women's World Championship featuring Leyla Zaloutskaya & Kara Schultz
After a grueling dozen rounds of play, three women—Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria), Kara Schultz (USA), and Leyla Zaloutskaya (USA)—have reached...
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Christine Merser
- Dec 14, 2023
- 1 min
Backgammon's Grandmaster Zdeněk "ZZ" Žižka Presentation on Cube Action
Want to know when the potential reward justifies taking a cube in dangerous situations? Check out this YouTube video by Zdeněk Žižka, the...
Christine Merser
- Dec 14, 2023
- 1 min
Analyzing Your XG Match Files: Part 2 -- Improving Your Checker Play
Want to make a giant leap in your backgammon game? Check out this video where Julius High shares tools he developed to help Intermediate...
Christine Merser
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
Backgammon of Northwest Connecticut
How does a successful backgammon club get started? It takes enthusiastic backgammon club directors who make everyone feel welcome, a...
Christine Merser
- Dec 12, 2023
- 3 min
Books for the Backgammon Player in Your Life
For the Backgammon player in your life some suggested book gifts for the holidays. Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple,...
Karen Davis & Christine Merser
- Nov 16, 2023
- 12 min
BWW November Newsletter
A New Peer Coaching Program from Backgammon. Winning. Women. Adam Grant, a great thinker, has just released his latest book, Hidden...
Christine Merser
- Nov 13, 2023
- 2 min
Analyzing Your XG Matches Part 1: Improving Your Cube Decisions
Julius High showed up at an enlightening and lively zoom presentation around Analyzing Your eXtreme Gammon (XG) Match Files. Who knew?...
Karen Davis
- Nov 13, 2023
- 1 min
10th Merit Open International Ladies Tournament
Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus - November 2023 Forty-seven women competed in the Ladies Tournament at the 10th Merit Open International held...
Karen Davis & Christine Merser
- Oct 31, 2023
- 3 min
A New Peer Coaching Program
Adam Grant, a great thinker, has just released his latest book, Hidden Potential:The Science of Achieving Greater Things. In a recent...
Karen Davis
- Oct 25, 2023
- 2 min
Women Play Their Hearts Out in the Heartland
Women turned out for the St. Louis Gateway Backgammon Tournament, October 19-22, 2023, accounting for 14 out of 82 ABT entrants (17% of...
Christine Merser
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
Understanding the BMAB with Roberto Litzenberger
Understanding the BMAB. The Backgammon Masters Awarding Body. In layman's terms? It's the ranking body that determines where you stand in...
Karen Davis & Christine Merser
- Oct 17, 2023
- 8 min
BWW October Newsletter
What a month it's been for women. We are playing in greater numbers, and the attendance at our events online is growing, growing,...
Karen Davis
- Oct 14, 2023
- 3 min
Women Earn Their Spurs at Denver Wild West
Women were out in force at the Wild West Shootout American Backgammon Tour (ABT) tournament held in Denver October 4-9, 2023! Twenty-two...
Christine Merser
- Sep 21, 2023
- 1 min
Backgammon Winning Books: Joe Urso Discussing Walter Trice's Backgammon Boot Camp
A big BWW thank you to Joe Urso, for giving forty-five packed minutes around the Walter Trice spellbinder, Backgammon Boot Camp. All...
Christine Merser
- Sep 19, 2023
- 1 min
Backgammon Clubs; The New 20s & 30s Club in New York City
Remy started the NYC Backgammon Club 4 months ago, which serves women and men in their 20's and 30's in New York City and Brooklyn. When...
Karen Davis & Christine Merser
- Sep 15, 2023
- 7 min
BWW September Newsletter
It's an exciting time for women who seek to play backgammon for enjoyment and competitive excellence. When we started Backgammon....
Christine Merser
- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 min
Women Shine in Sunny Florida
Women were in the spotlight in the Sunny Florida Backgammon Championships held August 16-20, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale. The tournament,...
Karen Davis & Christine Merser
- Aug 21, 2023
- 12 min
BWW August Newsletter
Women’s Backgammon Tournaments/Events The Backgammon News Facebook page in early August published a comment: “Why Do We Have Women's...
Christine Merser
- Aug 16, 2023
- 7 min
Women’s Backgammon Tournaments/Events
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
- Aug 8, 2023
- 3 min
Kick-off to WBIF Online Women’s World Championship
--Karen Davis & Joe Russell The World Backgammon Internet Federation (WBIF) is hosting the second Online Women’s World Championship. It...
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