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Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash
Dan Harrington WON the Backgammon World Cup in Dallas years ago - certainly the most prestigious BG event.
False, unfortunately. Dan won a tournament in Washington DC in 1980 which was called the "World Cup" by its organizer. There were some problems with the tournament and he never organized a follow-up.
Kent Goulding and I organized a Master's Invitational which we called the World Cup of Backgammon in 1988 in Boston. It went well and we organized five more events, held at two-year intervals, the 1990 event being in Boston, and the 1992 through 1998 events in Dallas. Danny never played in those events. He was busy with his poker career and had less time for backgammon.