Jadestone Networks recently announced that they have completed the online qualifiers in backgammon for the Japan Open. Jadestone has partnered with the World Series of Backgammon to hold the qualifiers on their gaming networks.

September 5th through the 12th saw the online backgammon qualifiers taking place for the Japan Open. Seats were up for grabs for the offline event which is set to run on the 20th to the 22nd. Japanese players who registered to play through the WSOB site and contacted the host of the event, Mochy Mochizuki, were able to compete.

Mochizuki is the reigning Backgammon World Champion and a Team WSOB member. After confirming with him, players were able to participate in the tournaments at the new backgammon network that is run by Jadestone.

Andrew Pegler, the UK Director for Jadestone, commented: “We’ve already seen that backgammon is a highly popular game around the world. With our partnership with the WSOB we are growing the online backgammon base significantly and in Japan we have an excellent figurehead in the current World Champion who plays exclusively in our network.”

Andy Bell, Managing Director of the WSOB, said that: "We launched online qualifiers for the main WSOB tour at the event in Cannes at the end of July and we have already seen terrific interest in qualification for our upcoming events in Prague and London. To add the Japan Open now shows our dedication to the game and underlines the flexibility of Jadestone's backgammon product. The WSOB is proud to work with Jadestone and to sponsor the Japan Open and our Team WSOB member Mochy."




- 2009-09-17