Russian Pyramid rules are the same as the Russian Billiards Rules.
The same game is essentially called by two different names, and may even be called by a third; Moscow Pyramid. All three are almost identical with slight variations.
Russian pyramid is a variation of billiards and it has several key differences from Western billiards. The general goal of the game is the same, which is to attempt to pocket balls.
The russian pyramid rules article was posted on 4/4/2007 11:33:38 PM and updated on 4/4/2007 11:34:38 PM. The russian pyramid rules article was edited by Billiards Forum Editor.
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The russian pyramid rules are predominently observed in Moscow.
The governing body for russian pyramid rules is the International Commitee of Pyramid (ICP).
Russian Pyramid Rules belong to the snooker category of cue sports. Snooker is a type of cue sport class of games that are played on a large snooker table.
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There are a lot of kinds of Russian Billiards (Pyramid) games: Free Pyramid, Combined Pyramid, Dynamic Pyramid and so on. And they are quite different. I'll try to find official rules in English to be posted here.
