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Links to tournament rules

From:   Daniel Murphy
Address:   racgammon@yahoo.com
Date:   15 October 2009
Subject:   Tournament backgammon rules: links
Forum:   BGonline.org Forums

American Backgammon Tour (ABT):
    http://chicagopoint.com/usrules.html (English),
    http://chicagopoint.com/bgclockrules.html (English)

British Isles Backgammon Association (BIBA):
    http://www.backgammon-biba.co.uk/RulesTournaments.htm (English)

Dansk Backgammon Forbund (Danish Backgammon Federation) (DBgF):
    http://www.dbgf.dk/regler/turneringsregler.php (Danish),
    http://www.nordicopen.dk/index.php?id=4 (English)

Japanese Backgammon League (JBL):
    http://www.backgammon.gr.jp/rule/JBLofficialrule.html (Japanese)

Norges Backgammonforbund (Norwegian Backgammon Federation) (NBGF):
    http://nbgf.no/nbgf_files/turneringsregler.pdf (Norwegian)

Svenska Backgammonförbundet (Swedish Backgammon Federation) (SBGF):
    http://sbgf.se/sbgf_regler.htm (Swedish),
    http://www.sbgf.se/sbgf_rules.htm (English)

World Backgammon Association (WBA):
    http://www.world-backgammon-association.com/index.php?option=
    com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 (English)

World Backgammon Federation (WBF).
    http://www.wbfonline.com/wbfrules/wbfrules.html (English)
 
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