Backgammon Tournaments are Popular around the World

Here is a list of a few Backgammon Tournaments aroud the world.

• World Backgammon Championship is the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo, Monaco and is a week-long long event has been held every July since 1978.
• Danish Backgammon Federation runs their annual Nordic Open Backgammon tournament during the week of Easter. The event has been held for the past 20 years, in recent years it has been at the Hotel Marienlyst in Elsinore, Denmark.
• Worldwide Backgammon Federation holds their annual four-day European Backgammon Championships in Velden, Austria in either April or May. The WBF has also organized four or five other major annual events since 1986.

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See how long Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, and Mah Jong have been Played.

Checkout when these popular board games began. It is amazing how long these games have been played.
* Backgammon began around 1st Century A.D. It was first called Tabula.
* Checkers began around 3000 B.C. It was called Droughts.
* Chess began 4000 years ago. It was called Chaturanga.
* Mah Jong began 4000 years ago.
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Mah Jong - How do You Pronounce It

The dictionary has any of the following pronunciations: maa zhóng or maa jóng.
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