🏆 BULGARIAN RANKING & BULGARIAN LEAGUE 🏆

Welcome, backgammon friends!

It is time to kick off the 7th season of the Bulgarian League and the 5th season of the Bulgarian Ranking.

As always:

• ✅ No entry fee
• 🎁 No material prizes
• 🌍 All Bulgarian players who practice online backgammon are welcome to join

📋 FORMAT

• Players are divided into divisions of 5 players
• Each month represents one round
• During the round, each player plays:
• 4 matches to 9 points
• against the other four players in their group

📊 Initial division placement

• Based on the playing PR from the last 25 matches played on the
  “Traditional Tabla & Backgammon” platform
• If such statistics are not available, the last 25 matches within the WBIF will be considered

🔁 Promotion & relegation

After the monthly matches are completed:

• 🥇 1st and 2nd place → promoted to a higher division
• 🥉 3rd place → remains in the same division
• ⬇️ 4th and 5th place → relegated to a lower division

📌 PR is used only in cases of equal number of wins.

⚖️ Tie-breaking rules

• Within a division → ranking is determined by the PR in the matches played during the month
• In the final standings → the higher position is awarded to the player with the better average PR over the entire season

➕ New participants

• The creation of new divisions during the season is allowed
• New players start from the lowest division
• By exception, the last division may consist of:
• minimum 3
• maximum 7 players

🎯 SCORING

🏆 Bulgarian League

📈 Bulgarian Ranking

Points are distributed in exactly the same way, both for wins and outperformance.

Format:
👉 “win + outperformance”

• The total value of outperformance equals the value of the win
• Outperformance of more than one level → the full value goes to the better-performing player
• Outperformance within one level →
  (PR difference ÷ 2)

📌 Both the temporary and final standings are determined solely by the total number of points won .
This ensures that all competitors, regardless of division, have the opportunity to compete for top positions.

🎲 MATCHES

• Matches are played on the “Heroes” platform
• They must be played in the “Bulgarian Backgammon” room
• Match recordings are generated automatically

The room is available on both servers:

• heroes.backgammonstudio.com
• heroes3.backgammonstudio.com

📥 To avoid missing recordings, winners are advised to:

• download the match file immediately after the match
• keep it until the end of the month

📧 Matches can also be sent to players by email (profile setting in “Heroes”).

🤝 SCHEDULING & COMMUNICATION

• After a message is sent, the opponent has 72 hours to respond
• If there is no response:
1. A second message is sent, copying the organisers
2. After another 72 hours without response → a default win is awarded

⚠️ The two messages must be sent:

• no later than 6 and 3 days before the end of the month

📌 Valid communication channels:

• “My Games” → “Pending”
• Facebook comment (with the opponent tagged)
• Email

❌ Messages sent via the “Heroes” platform do not count when determining default results.

🧠 ANALYSIS

• Matches are analysed using the standard BMAB settings
• Minor differences between computers are possible
• In the event of proven software errors (rare cases), the analysis will be corrected accordingly

📝 REGISTRATION

• 📅 Registration until 31.12.2025 → placement based on performance rating
• 🆕 Registration after the start of the 2026 season → start from the lowest division

🏅 CHAMPIONS OVER THE YEARS

Bulgarian League

• 2020 – Bogidar Iliev
• 2021 – Bogidar Iliev
• 2022 – Bogidar Iliev
• 2023 – Yanko Todorov
• 2024 – Martin Dragoev
• 2025 – Rumen Rasheev

Bulgarian Ranking

• 2022 – Bogidar Iliev
• 2023 – Yanko Todorov
• 2024 – Bogidar Iliev
• 2025 – Bogidar Iliev

🍀 Final note

We wish all participants an exciting and competitive season , with the focus on the joy of the game, mutual respect, and high-quality backgammon