Ultimate Backgammon Championship

The most prestigious skill based GM tournament

Current
Champion

Young backgammon prodigy Zdenek “ZZ” Zizka challenged the best backgammon player in the world and won, after a series of some of the best backgammon matches we’ve seen!

Do you have what it takes to beat Zizka?

UBC Titles are awarded after each UBC Tournament. The rankings are based on the best tournament PR performance for each player.

All performances from UBC Final and Contender Tournament are valid to go to the rankings. Official UBC regional event performances are valid to go to the ranking list, as long as a minimum of twelve 7-point matches has been played.

Finals

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Contender

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UBC On YouTube

All UBC events are streamed on our YouTube channel!

In 1973 Paul Magriel envisioned a backgammon tournament based on skill.
Half a century later in 2019, his vision became reality...

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