Backgammon Links

Official Tournament Rules

Selected Major Upcoming Tournaments on the West Coast

David Escoffery hosts: The FIBS 2005 Spring tournament. Enter by April 2, 2005 to guarantee eligibility for byes. All matches to be played on FIBS.
The Nevada Backgammon Association hosts:
- 21st Nevada State Championship -- April 27 - May 1, 2005 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Gammon Associates hosts:
- Los Angeles Open: 17-19 June 2005 in Van Nuys, CA. No tournament web page yet.

Other Major Upcoming Tournaments

BG magazines

Strategy Forums

Bravenet Strategy Forum (Free!)
Kinchan's Study BBS (Free! In Japanese -- if you can't read Japanese you should still be able to see the diagrams)

Computer software

GNU Backgammon for Windows FREE! This is the software used to analyze all of the problems in our weekly newsletter.
- All About GNU Backgammon. This is an excellent tutorial for the Windows version of GNU.
Snowie
Jellyfish

Internet backgammon

Servers for live play:
- GamesGrid (Membership required for rated play, but unrated play is Free! Club discount available for membership -- see Jason Lee for details.)
- First Internet Backgammon Server (Free!)
- MSN Games by Zone.com (Free!)
- True Money Games (Generally for money play, but free play available too.)
Servers for offline play:
- Daily Gammon (Free!)
- Play by email at gamerz.net (Free!)

Other BG clubs

Other California clubs with web sites:
- In Los Angeles: Gammon Associates.
- In San Francisco: Backgammon by the Bay.
- In San Rafael: Redwood Empire Backgammon.
For a fairly comprehensive list of USA Backgammon Clubs, go to Chicago Point's List of USA Backgammon Clubs.

General resources

Backgammon pages maintained by BCSD members

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