Nardy Backgammon

Description

Nardy is also known as Long Nardy or Nardi, and is a variant of Backgammon that originates from the Soviet Union.

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and a player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board before his opponent. Backgammon is a member of the tables family, one of the oldest classes of board games in the world. Although luck is involved and factors into the outcome, strategy plays a more important role in the long run. With each roll of the dice, players must choose from numerous options for moving their checkers and anticipate possible counter-moves by the opponent. In variants that originate from early 20th century New York, players may raise the stakes during the game.

The rules of Nardy can be found here

Tournament Format
Time Control – Bronstein timing – 5 mins per player + 12 secs per move.
Rounds – 6 round Swiss where the winner of each game is the first to bear off all pieces (no doubling cube, i.e. 1pt games).
Ruleset – Draws possible: if the second player (Black) manages to bear off all pieces in the final turn after White has already done so, the game is drawn with both players scoring 1/2 point in the tournament. The winner of the game will receive 1 tournament point regardless of the win outcome of the game.