Backgammon

General

1. The tournament structure (group and knock out stage) will be determined by the EAG host.

2. Each couple plays the maximum of five games and whoever wins three games is the winner of that party and 3 points are added to his/her account. The points of the loser are also added to the loser’s account.

3. Each game is limited to one time victory – no doubles.

4. To determine who should start, each player throws one dice. The player with the highest number of eyes may begin.

5. The game is played with 2 dice.

6. Any number thrown by each dice is a move.

7. With every move you may move one stone.

8. If a dice lands over a stone, the throw is repeated.

9. If you throw two times the same number of eyes, you have thrown a double. You can now put 4x instead of 2x.

10. In general: If a player rolls the dice before the opponent has finished his or her turn, the roll may only be rerolled if the opponent demands so.

11. Players may not, in an uncontrolled manner, move their stones back and forth across the board in order to test new positions.

12. Both players must keep an ongoing record of the score of the games and announce to each other the score of the games before each game.

13. The winner must report the results of the matches to the tournament director immediately after the end of the matches. The tournament director verifies the result and announces it on the tournament board/sheet. If a faulty result has been announced it can be corrected as long as the correction is made within a reasonable time, and neither of the players has started a subsequent match in the tournament.

14. Non-compliance with the current tournament rules will put the party who failed to follow the rules at a disadvantage in the case of a dispute.

15. Not showing up on time (after 10 minutes) the waiting player receives 3 points and the opponent 0 points.

 

Game Points

3 points for a backgammon victory

2 points for a gammon victory

1 point for a single point victory

0.5 point for a tie game

0 points for each lost game

 

Poule points

2 points for winning a match

1 point for a tie match

0 points for losing a match

 

During the tournament the house rules and general terms and conditions of the Euro Armenian Games are applicable.

 

Rules
For cases where the above rules are not adequate enough, refer to the backgammon of the World Backgammon Association. These can be found at www.world-backgammon-association.com.