2010 University of Thessaloniki Tavli Tournament (05/14/2010)

The World Tavli Championship Challenge (WTCC) organization was once again a major sponsor of the 2010 University of Thessaloniki Tavli Tournament.  The tournament was held between May 5th and May 12th.  There were 186 registered players.  The winner was Nikos Boudouris - a student at the Electrical Engineering Faculty, Dimokrito University, Xanthi GR. 

Special Announcement (3/31/2010)

The World Tavli Championship Challenge (WTCC) organization has been selected, again this year, as the exclusive sponsor of the University of Thessaloniki Tavli Tournament.  The games will be played May 5th through May 12th during the student week festival.  Last year's champion was Vaggelis Kanellopoulos.  One hundred and fifty students registered and competed in that tournament.  The contest was organized by AGAPE student Satiris Striftolras.  The WTCC considers this tournament to be the premier Tavli event in the World, and is proud to have been selected as its sponsor.

An Open Letter to Tavli Players

Subject: A World Champion

Greetings,

My name is Nicholas G. Alexiou.  I am a retired physician and I have undertaken a mission to promote and elevate the game of Tavli to a world class status.  I began this effort in 2006 in Macedonia, Greece when I was asked to sponsor a Tavli contest.  It was a success and since then the village has conducted two more annual contests to everyone's satisfaction.

The first question that arose was: "Who is the World Champion?"  No one knew!  I said that I would find out…  I turned to the computer and did exhaustive searches on Google and Yahoo.  I have not found anyone who knows of a World Champion, so I decided to develop such a status position for the world to know about Tavli, the game of kings and nobles.

I surveyed my community to find Tavli players and to sponsor Tavli Tournaments to find a champion.  I prepared a directory of places that welcome Tavli players and distributed that directory throughout the community.

Next, I published on my website (www.worldtavli.com) an invitation to anyone in the world to help me develop a world Tavli directory.  So if you read this, and wish to be included as a Tavli playing center for your country or community, please send me your information to (alexiounicholas@yahoo.com).  I will begin a World Wide Directory for Tavli players and contests.