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23 Jul 2006
As online casinos become more and more popular, so does backgammon – the newest game to hit the online casinos industry with a bang! And because this game has gathered such a strong following in such a short period of time, an online casinos backgammon champion has been crowned. The 31st World Backgammon Championship, which took place at the Fairmont Luxury Resort, Monte Carlo, finished with quite the final on Sunday, July 16th, 2006. The two finalists – Luigi Villa from Italy and Philip Vischjager from the Netherlands, battled it out to the very end, with Vischjager emerging victorious.
Although Villa was the first ever World Backgammon Champion in 1979, Vischjager was not going to let this legend win again. Vischjager was leading the match, until the tension mounted when Villa caught up in 19-19/25 after reaching 4 hours of match play. But Vischjager didn’t give up. He finally won the ultimate 2006 World Backgammon Championship title when he took Luigi by 23-25/25. Along with the title, he took home over 75,000 Euros from the total prize pool of 240,000 Euros. Online casinos backgammon fans can look to Vischjager for true inspiration when playing their favorite game at the online casinos.
So to all of you who love to play backgammon at online casinos, or simply enjoy the board game among family and friends, this competition is definitely the epitome of backgammon. If you haven’t played backgammon, it is a very old game with a contemporary flare that keeps online casinos fans and other backgammon lovers always coming back for more.
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