The 2007 edition of the Backgammon World Championship has already crowned the new best backgammon player in the world. After a tight match, Jorge Pan, from Argentina, defeated Brazilian player Alvaro Savio to become this year’s winner.
The match went on for almost 4 hours and the final score was 26-23. During the final backgammon game, attendants witnessed an amazing situation. The score was 3 away in favor of Savio and he cubed and then gave Pan the cube. The Argentinean player re-cubed to 4 and created a Double Match Point.
Later in the game, Savio rolled a 6-3, quite a problematic roll to play. However, while moving the checkers back and forth thinking about his next move, he changed the dice to 5-3. Pan did not become aware of it and the game continued since the referee cannot speak unless he is requested to by a player.
Despite the Brazilian player’s maneuver, Pan made a risky move by choosing to break his 6-point in an attempt to make a hit and managed to recover. The Argentinean finally defeated Savio and deservedly became the best backgammon player of the year.
The 2007 edition of the Backgammon World Championship has already crowned the new best backgammon player in the world. After a tight match, Jorge Pan, from Argentina, defeated Brazilian player Alvaro Savio to become this year’s winner.