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First International BG Tournament, 1964

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 11:37 p.m.

In Response To: First International BG Tournament, 1964 (Daniel Murphy)

Someone who goes by the name of 'Jelly' shouldn't call anyone an idiot.

I'm not sure what backgammon misses more, someone with Obolensky's vision + promotion capabilities, someone with Edwin Shake's writing abilities, or the age where board games could still capture human intellectual interest.

Here is a (IMO) provocative phrase from the article that takes me back in time:

Having croupiers with Beatle haircuts and British or Continental accents...

This was 1964, when the Beatles' popularity rushed across the Atlantic faster than the (then novel) SST: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_transport#History

Will young backgammon players of today look back on the decade beginning 2010 with such fond memories?

Anyone with a respect for the 20th Century history of the game should read this article. Thanks, Daniel.

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