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Marc Olsen
- CEO, Backgammon Galaxy
- UBC 2026 Istanbul Winner
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Every game starts with one roll. See how a Grandmaster plays it.
Everything on Galaxy
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From your first roll to your first tournament win, every tool is built with fun and improvement in mind.
- TournamentsDaily tournaments for every level, from freerolls to major qualifiers.
- AnalysisReview every move with a world-class engine and see where games are won and lost.
- LessonsMaster backgammon rules and strategy with our lessons. Perfect for beginners learning the board or pros honing their skills.
- Practice vs AIBots from beginner to expert, ready whenever you are.
- StatsTrack your rating, error rate, luck and biggest rivals over time.
- BoardsCollect and play on dozens of boards, from Common to Legendary.
Championships
The home of championship backgammon
Backgammon Galaxy organizes the game’s two most prestigious titles, and streams them to the world.
Monte Carlo · Since 1967Backgammon World ChampionshipThe game’s oldest and most storied title. Monte Carlo has hosted it every summer since 1979.Visit the World Championship
Est. 2019Ultimate Backgammon ChampionshipThe most prestigious skill-based title. Every match is worth two points: one for the win, one for the lower error rate.Explore the UBC
Our players
The World's Best Play on Galaxy
Grandmasters and world champions play here, analyze their matches and create the lessons and content you learn from.
Super Grandmaster
Masayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki
- 2x Backgammon World Champion
- 4x UBC Champion
Grandmaster
Zdenek Zizka
- WSOP Bracelet Winner
- 2x UBC Champion
Grandmaster
Sander Lylloff
- 1x Backgammon World Champion
- 1x UBC Champion
History
5,000 years in the making
The oldest race on the board, from royal tombs to neural networks.
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c. 2600 BCE · Mesopotamia
The Royal Game of Ur
Race games with pyramid dice were buried in the royal tombs of Ur. Backgammon’s family tree starts here.
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1st–5th century · Rome
Tabula
Roman players raced fifteen checkers across twenty-four points, just as we do today.
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6th century · Persia
Nard
Legend credits the sage Bozorgmehr: the board is the earth, the dice are the turning stars.
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1743 · England
It gets a name
Edmond Hoyle’s treatise set down the rules of backgammon we still play.
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1920s · New York
The doubling cube
One cube turned every position into a question of risk. Strategy was never the same.
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1967 · Las Vegas
The first World Championship
The best players meet to crown a champion. From 1979, Monte Carlo becomes its home.
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1992 · IBM
The machines learn
TD-Gammon taught itself the game and found plays the experts had missed.
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2019 · UBC
A title decided by skill
The Ultimate Backgammon Championship scores error rates as well as wins.
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2020 · Backgammon Galaxy
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