Social and competitive play
Backgammon clubs have been formed by people that like the game. Local backgammon clubs may hold gatherings at coffe shops and bars to get togeather play. Some clubs provide additional services such as teaching new players, computer analysis and more. Online backgammon games have increaced the interests in backgammon clubs in general, as any club leaders will tell you.
A backgammon chouette allows for more than two players to take part in a single backgammon game. Some time this games are for money. One player competes against a team of all the other participants, and positions rotate after each game. Chouette play often permits the use of multiple doubling cubes.
Backgammon clubs may also organize tournaments. Large club tournaments sometimes draw competitors from other regions, with final matches viewed by hundreds of spectators. The top players at regional tournaments often compete in major national and international championships. Many of those tournaments give out prizes of tens of thousands of dollars to the top players and winers.
World backgammon tournament
. Since 1979, the World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo has been widely acknowledged as the top international tournament. The Monte Carlo tournament draws thousands of players and spectators, and is played over the course of a week.
By the 21st century, the largest international tournaments had established the basis of a tour for top professional players. Major tournaments are held yearly in St. Tropez, Rio de Janiero, Dallas, and Venice. A tournament in the Bahamas in January 2007 with a prize pool of one million dollars, the largest for any tournament to date.
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