BackGammon Clubs in Colorado

Boulder County BackGammon Club
Contact: Lynda Clay. 303/791-0271
Venue: C. B. & Potts Restaurant; 555 Zang Street; Broomfield, Colorado
Meeting: 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 7:00 PM.

Colorado BackGammon Association
Contact: Lynda Clay. 303/791-0271
Venue: La Loma Restaurant; 2527 W. 26th Avenue; Denver, Colorado
Meeting: 4th Sunday except September and December at 1:00 PM.

Denver BackGammon Club
Contact: Lynda Clay. 303/791-0271
Venue: Bennigan's; 1699 S. Colorado Blvd.; Denver, Colorado
Meeting: 2nd & 4th Thursdays at 7:00 PM

BackGammon Clubs in California

Gammon Associates
Contact: Patrick Gibson. 818/901-0464
Venue: Acapulco Cantina; 3113 W. Olive Street; Burbank, California
Meeting: Tuesday at 6:00 PM

Venue: A.R. Private Club; 8471 Beverly Blvd., Suite 201; Los Angeles, California
Meeting: Sunday at 2:00 PM

BackGammon Club of San Diego
Contact: Tom Fahland. 858/472-1516
Venue: Coast Cafe in the Embassy Suites Hotel; 4550 La Jolla Village Drive; La Jolla, California
Meeting: Tuesday at 6:00 PM

BackGammon By The Bay
Contact: Ted Chee. 831/688-9722
Venue: Peking Express Restaurant; 2068 Center Street.; Berkeley, California
Meeting: 2nd Saturday monthly at 12:00 PM

Venue: Britannia Arms Pub & Restaurant; 1087 De Anza Boulevard; Cupertino, California
Meeting: 4th Saturday monthly at 1:00 PM

Restaurant Roy BackGammon
Contact: Roy Gandy. 805/966-5636
Venue: Restaurant Roy; 7 West Carrilo Street; Santa Barbara, California
Meeting: First Monday monthly at 7:00 PM

BackGammon Clubs in Arizona

Arizona BackGammon Club
Contact: Pete Campbell. 602/279-0215
Venue: Rosie McCaffrey's Irish Pub; 906 E. Camelback, Phoenix, Arizona
Meeting: 1st Monday monthly at 7:00 PM

Phoenix BackGammon Club - USBL
Contact: Dan Pelton. 602/296-4307
Venue: Glendale Gaslight Inn; 5747 W. Glendale Avenue; Glendale, Arizona
Meeting 3rd Saturday monthly at 12:00 Noon (United States Backgammon League affiliate. FREE entry)

Jorge Pan of Argentina Wins 2007 Backgammon World Championship

Jorge Pan of Argentina is the 2007 Backgammon World Champion!

Jorge Pan has been crowned the 2007 World Champion after defeating Alvaro Savio of Brazil.

The final score was 26 - 23 in a 25 point match that took just under 4 hours.

An unbelievable situation occurred in the final game: the score was 2 away, 3 away in favor of Savio.

Savio reached a position of advantage and he cubed, however according to Falafel, the match commentator, the cube was incorrect due to the match score.

Savio offered the cube to Pan who immediately re-cubed to 4 thus creating DMP.

The crowd cheered!

During this final game, Savio rolled a 6-3 in the following position, which was a very awkward roll to play. In the process of moving back and forth with the checkers to figure out his play, he knocked the dice to 5-3 and Pan didn't notice.

Savio played 10-7 and 8-3 * which played incredibly better than the initial roll of 6-3. Pan didn't notice or say anything, therefore, the play stood. There was a referee in the match, however, he cannot speak up unless asked by a player.

Pan subsequently missed the shot and the position seemed pretty hopeless, as Savio subsequently built a six-prime.

However, a few rolls later, with Savio looking to bring home his final checkers and close out the win, he threw a dreadful double 3 - his only play was to break his prime and in doing so, give Pan new life. Savio dominated until Pan chose to break his 6 point in a desperate attempt to make a hit, and it paid off HUGE! Savio danced endlessly on the 4 point board allowing Pan to scramble 3 checkers around the board for the win.

The crowd was yelling and enjoying every second of this thrilling game!

Pan pulled it off and, deservedly won this amazing World Championship final!

More results and pictures from tonight's Award Banquets to come.