World Backgammon Internet Federation (WBIF)

The World Backgammon Internet Federation (WBIF) is an internet based organisation which provides a framework to participating Nations to organise and manage online National Championship backgammon tournaments. Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Italy, Georgia, Iran, Greece, North Mazedonia, Bosnia& Herzegowina, United Kingdom and Turkey organise National Championships through the WBIF, and other countries are expected to participate soon.

In addition to National Championships, the WBIF also hosts and organises (with the assistance of participating Nations) the following World international events:

• WBIF World Nations Team Tournament: World Team Championship
• Champions Cup: (for the three best Players of national championships)
• World Cup: (for fourth, fifth and sixth places in the National Championships)
• Open tournaments: for participants from all World Countries registered with the WBIF.

Backgammon Masters Awarding Body (BMAB)

The Backgammon Masters Awarding Body (BMAB) confers mastership titles and proficiency level certificates based on calculated error rate performance (using eXtremeGammon) in live clocked matches in tournament conditions. It is the central hub of the Backgammon Masters Series Group whose fundamental goal is to promote backgammon as a leading international mind-sport.

This centralised awarding and moderating body within the Group receives videos and transcribed matches from the various affiliated tournament organising bodies, then analyses, checks and moderates where necessary. The results will be published for all participating players. Results tables will be provided, including average PR, average win-rate, and Elo rating. Using agreed criteria, mastership titles will be awarded and proficiency levels will be certified where appropriate.

These lifetime awards will be reported both by inclusion in the published results and within the content of periodic newsletters. The newsletters will also contain reports from completed tournaments and details of forthcoming tournaments (also covered in an events calendar). The body will have a committee structure representing both the interests of the participating bodies and the participating players.

In addition to the primary role of reporting BMS tournament results, the body will be able to accept individual applications for awards, where applicants are able to demonstrate that matches forming the submission are either pre-designated or continuous and played in accordance with the specific requirements/rules of the body.