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The Excalibur tournament is Warp Gammon's annual championship event. The format is a 15 pt series-of-3 elimination event with 11-pt series-of-3 consolation. Finals will be 19 pt series-of-3 and 13 pt series-of-3 respectively. More details here.

The winner of this tournament in 2009 will be invited to participate in an exhibition match against Matvey Natanzon (Falafel).

Matvey is a formidable player with a very distinguished record. He was voted #1 Backgammon Giant in 2007. In 2008 he won the Masters event of the 3rd Portuguese Open and the Masters event of the Paris Master & Partouche Backgammon Open 9. In 2009, he finished second at the WSOB Cannes, the opening event of the World Series of Backgammon.

Previous winners