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

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...

Women in Backgammon recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. We wanted to take stock, talk a bit about what we learned, what we...

The California State tournament producer Candace Mayeron put on a great show at the Los Angeles Hilton December 8-11, 2022! Alice Kay won...

In the second iteration of the Genud Cup, a contest pitting the top women backgammon players of the U.S. against the top players from the...

Kara Schultz’s meteoric rise since coming on the competitive scene in 2018 is already legendary. Christine Merser, Co-Founder of Women in...

Mary Morse (TX) won the 2022 U.S. Online Women’s Championship in the final against Irina Litzenberger (VA) on Tuesday, November 29! Karen...

By Karen Davis & Christine Merser Survey of Backgammon Players Major Findings When we founded Women in Backgammon one year ago, we were...

The world’s largest backgammon tournament, the 9th Merit International Backgammon Open, held November 8-13 in Kyrenia, North Cyprus,...

Mary Morse (TX) won the first semi-final round of the U.S. Online World Women's Championship, playing Karen Davis (FL). Mary Morse will...

Irina Litzenberger (VA) won the first semi-final round of the U.S. Online World Women's Championship, playing Kara Schultz (CA). The...

Maral Tahori from Iran won the World Backgammon Internet Federation (WBIF) World Women’s Championship played on...

You're invited to join us in watching the final of the World Backgammon Internet Federation Online World Women's Championship taking...

The inaugural live Women’s National Championship sponsored by the U.S. Backgammon Federation (USBGF) was held October 10, 2022 in...

Have you ever heard of Edmond Hoyle? The guy who in 1744 wrote about the game of Backgammon? No, you say, you haven’t? Me neither, but...