Marco Fornasir

Marco Fornasir

WBF - Worldwide Backgammon Federation General Secretary since 1991
WBF Italy General Secretary since 1991
WBF recognized International tournament Director
Director since 1988 of the Italian Championship
Director from 1991 till 2011 of the Mitteleuropa Championship
Director of Backgammon Olympiad 1992 (Venice – Italy) 
Director since 1993 of the European Championship
Director since 2013 of the Merit Open in Kyrenia/Girne (North Cyprus), the most important Backgammon tournament in the world
Director of various tournaments during 33 years

 

Dissemination activities:
 
*Author of several articles about Backgammon for many Italian magazines, in particular Giochi Magazine (1987 and 1988) and Capital(1992 / 1995)
*Author of the Backgammon section for the book "Il Grande Manuale dei Giochi da Tavolo" (Xenia Edizioni - 1996) of Giuseppe Meroni and Aldo Spinelli
*Teacher at ACTL stage for organizers of cultural, sports and entertainment events – supported by the European Social Fund
*Author of the Backgammon section (n. 10 and n. 11) of the encyclopaedia IL MONDO DEI GIOCHI, the greatest book realized about the table and parlour games. This encyclopaedia was published by Fratelli Fabbri and was divided in 70 issues.
*Author of the Backgammon corner for Burda (2004 / 2005 – Italian edition)
*Producer (in cooperation with Video Master – Andras Kocsis i.T.i.) of various videos about International Backgammon tournaments, as Istanbul Open 2011, European Backgammon Championship 2011, Antalya 2011, Mitteleuropa Backgammon Championship 2011, Ludica 2012, European Backgammon Championship 2012