31st World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo Sponsored by TrueMoneygames



The 31st World Backgammon Championship has begun today at the Fairmont Monte Carlo with the first round of matches and will run until Sunday July 16th when the World Champion will get his share of a prize pool over to 's8364;240's8217;000 during the Final match starting at 2 p.m.

For the 31st edition of the Championship, 335 players are taking part in the main Event which includes the Championship (Expert), Intermediate and Beginner flights. Among the 211 experts who will battle it out in the Championship flight, former World Champions and Backgammon legends such as Paul Magriel, Mike Svobodny, Luigi Villa have all made it to Monte Carlo for the best, most prestigious Backgammon event of the year and the ultimate title of World Champion.

The Fairmont Monte Carlo, ideally located in the heart of the Principality on the outstanding seafront the 4 star deluxe Hotel has hosted the event for over 30 years, giving it a unique charm and prestige. With a gala dinner at the Sporting Club on Wednesday night and a closing awards ceremony on Sunday at 9 p.m. at the Fairmont with many distinguished special guests attending.

The Championship will also be televised. IEC in Sports (http://www.iec.se), the well-established Swedish-based TV distribution agency will produce and distribute worldwide a four hour Highlight Show of the Event to capture and share the excitement, emotions and best moments of the ultimate World Backgammon Tournament.

As proud sponsors of the Event and to spice up the competition, world class online Backgammon server TrueMoneygames (http://www.truemoneygames.com) is bringing many additions to the Tournament.
With its latest technology, TMG has the capability to broadcast the World Championship live on the internet and will be transmitting key matches of the Tournament, including semi-finals and finals on its software with automated real time match analysis by SNOWIE (http://www.bgsnowie.com), the unique world class Backgammon software powered by Artificial Intelligence (http://www.snowiegroup.com).

Following a series of online qualifier tournaments on its software, TrueMoneygames (TMG) has sent 11 players to Monte Carlo offering them a full entry package to the tournament, bringing newcomers to the circuit and boost general interest for this fascinating game.

With the popularity of Backgammon and online Backgammon increasing rapidly over the last few years with over one million online players, internet gambling experts to see one of the world's8217;s oldest and best known games as 's8220;the next big thing's8221; after Poker.

And TrueMoneygames is bringing it to you live online's8230; and on television. So don's8217;t miss it.

For more information please contact:
Anna Whelpdale
SnowieGroup SA
Tel: 0041 21 802 3230
Mob: 0041 79 612 9773

Press contact:
IEC in Sports
Daniel Franck
Tel: 0046 8 666 04 02

About TrueMoneygames
TrueMoneygames was founded in 2001 and is based in Curacao. The company offers the internet's8217;s most authentic backgammon and poker playing environment.

The company is dedicated to maintaining that all their online backgammon games are played with 100% fairplay and security by daily analysing every backgammon match played using Snowie software. (http://www.truemoneygames.com)

About SnowieGroup SA
SnowieGroup SA is a stock corporation located in Switzerland. Founded in 1997 it specialises in Artificial Intelligence with neural network technology. First product Backgammon Snowie hit the market in 1998. SnowieGroup immediately became the worldwide market leaser for intelligent Backgammon software and released the SNOWIE versions 1 through to 4 so far. SNOWIE 4, a great learning tool, is widely recognised as the strongest playing engine in the world. Visit us at http://www.bgsnowie.com to download a free trial version.

About IEC in Sports
IEC in Sports is a Swedish based sport marketing agency who represents clients on all continents and distributes television rights world-wide to TV-stations and media companies. The IEC programme list for upcoming events consists of more than 200 titles and the total volume represents some 2 000 hours of unique sports programming per year.





31st World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo Sponsored by TrueMoneygames