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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
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
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
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
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
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centuries before being superseded by its derivative, the "faster paced" backgammon.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)
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)
International governing body of association football
football/soccer) Others WEKAF (arnis) AFI (Australian rules football) WBGF (backgammon) ISBHF (ball hockey) IBA (bodyboarding) WB (bowls) IBA1,2 (boxing) SJJIF
FIFA
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
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
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 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
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
French board game
Jacquet is a tables game played on a backgammon-like board and which was once very popular in France and several other parts of Europe. It probably emerged
Jacquet_(game)
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
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
Motorsport championship held worldwide
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Formula_One
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
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
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
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
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
Men's football tournament
straight pool ten-ball Snooker men women team amateurs six-red Mind sports Backgammon Bridge Chess open women team Draughts men women checkers draughts-64 draughts-64
FIFA_Club_World_Cup
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
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)
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
Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket World Cup
straight pool ten-ball Snooker men women team amateurs six-red Mind sports Backgammon Bridge Chess open women team Draughts men women checkers draughts-64 draughts-64
Women's_T20_World_Cup
Work from the 13th century
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
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
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
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
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
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
British actor
March 2009. Russell, Jamie (22 August 2003). "Emotional Backgammon (2003)". BBC. "Emotional Backgammon Overview". The Guardian. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 6 May
Leon_Herbert
1898 novel by J. Meade Falkner
feature of the narrative is a continuing reference to the boardgame of backgammon which is played by the patrons of the Why Not? on an antique board which
Moonfleet_(novel)
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 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
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
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)
Reality microkernel Gnu Panorama – 3D framework, ray tracing 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
Women's international association football competition
straight pool ten-ball Snooker men women team amateurs six-red Mind sports Backgammon Bridge Chess open women team Draughts men women checkers draughts-64 draughts-64
FIFA_Women's_World_Cup
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
Organisation
as well as fitness facilities and a gymnasium. Games such as bridge, backgammon and chess are popular indoor pursuits. The club has also hosted the Grand
The_Hurlingham_Club
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Form of bet
horse race or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in backgammon, the Melbourne Cup and college basketball pools during March Madness.
Calcutta_auction
Japanese backgammon player
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
American backgammon player (1915–1986)
socialite, real estate broker and celebrated backgammon player, dubbed the "Father of Modern Backgammon". A member of the house of Obolensky, part of
Alexis_Obolensky
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
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
Tabletop social game
board to the other in a similar way to backgammon, with the central squares being used for fortune telling. Backgammon also originated in ancient Mesopotamia
Board_game
Basketball tournament
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FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup
Historical tables game
was played by two players on a tables board of the same type as used in backgammon, but the direction and rules of play were quite different from that game
Verquere
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
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
Canadian British television personality, journalist, and poker player
first televised backgammon series with Paul Magriel and John Clark, High Stakes Backgammon, produced from the 2005 World Backgammon Championships for
Kara_Scott
27 BC–476/1453 AD state and civilization
referred to as alea (dice) or tabula (the board) may have been similar to backgammon. Dicing as a form of gambling was disapproved of, but was a popular pastime
Roman_Empire
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
Football tournament
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FIFA_World_Cup
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
Germany) is a filmmaker, journalist and artist. She has directed films like Backgammon, The Treewoman and Burning Man. Born as Ziri Barbara Wagner in Esslingen/Germany
Ziri_Rideaux
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
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
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
captured pieces against opponent Chess Sugoroku (双六) 6th Century Traditional ? Race game, two variants Backgammon (variant), Snakes and Ladders (variant)
List_of_Japanese_board_games
Topics referred to by the same term
semiconductor company Tabula (game), a game thought to be the predecessor to backgammon Tabula (magazine), a magazine published in Tbilisi, Georgia Tabula ansata
Tabula
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
Topics referred to by the same term
(1880–1960) Irish (game), historical tables game that was the predecessor of backgammon London Irish, a rugby union club in London, sometimes called just "Irish"
Irish
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
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
File format for recording board games
integration of text and graphics. Games currently supported are Amazons, Ataxx, Backgammon, Blokus, Byte, Chase, Chess, DVONN, Exxit, Focus, Gess, GIPF, Go, Gobblet
Smart_Game_Format
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
Lebanese former art dealer
Safra, son of the late Brazilian banker Moise Safra. He is the 1996 Backgammon World Champion and is known for betting large amounts of money on the
David_Nahmad
BACKGAMMON
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Auspicious
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name RATANA means "crystal."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil
Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from the personal name Jean, French form of
John.English : variant of Jayne.A Vivien Jean, recorded in Canada in 1681, was also known as
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Ganesh (Son of Lord Shiva & Parvati)
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Zakiya, ZAKIYYA means "pure."
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu
King
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sripad | à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â பதÂ
Feet pad of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Peaceful
Boy/Male
Hindu
Love, Pit, Fondness, Fancy
BACKGAMMON
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n.
The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
n.
A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
n.
One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table.
n.
The games of backgammon and of draughts.
v. i.
In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".
v. t.
To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
n.
A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India.
a.
A game somewhat like backgammon.
n.
One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
n.
A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.
n.
An old game resembling backgammon.
n.
A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
n.
Backgammon.
n. sing. & pl.
An old game resembling backgammon.
n.
A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.