Yes, backgammon’s closest “competitors” – like chess – probably have more celebrity fans. But backgammon is loved (and loved) by very different, and sometimes even unexpected stars!

* Yuri Nikulin liked to play a game or two in between filming.

* Iosif Kobzon not only participated in backgammon tournaments, but also organized them!

* Jacqueline Kennedy fell in love with backgammon after she got married for the second time – after all, in the family of her new husband, the Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis, this game was simply adored!

* And the charming actress Charlize Theron was also “caught” by the paparazzi during an enthusiastic game of backgammon.