An innovative force in the game, Kent Goulding is esteemed as a backgammon player, publisher, director/organizer, witty auctioneer, and raconteur extraordinaire. He introduced the first U.S. backgammon rating system, and as director of the World Cup, he instituted the use of clocks and recorded matches.
NOTABLE AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Winner, Tournament of Champions, Paradise Island, Bahamas, 1978.
- Publisher of Backgammon with the Champions (12 issues of annotated matches, 1981-1982) and Inside Backgammon magazine with Bill Robertie (1991 to 1998).
- Organizer/director, with Bill Robertie, of the World Cup (known as the U.S. Invitational in early years) from 1984 through 1998.
- He was voted to the 32 Giants of Backgammon six consecutive times from its inception.