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Plimpton Cup: from 1978 until when?

Posted By: Roland Scheicher
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2024, at 3:08 p.m.

In 1977 an entrepreneur named Jules Klar planned a $ 1.000.000 amateur tournament but this did no take place. However, soon afterwards Henry Watts planned a "Million Dollar Amateur Backgammon Championship"in 1978, which became the Plimpton Cup - "named after the great all-time amateur George Plimpton" (as one could read in the flyer for the 5th Plimpton Cup held in 1981).

About George Plimpton, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Plimpton.

I have added a line in this article concerning backgammon.

When was the the last Plimpton cup?

 

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