What I consider one of the most irritating things in backgammon: You are rolling the dice and playing along and having a really nice time, and then all of a sudden your opponent does something extremely irritating and rude. He doubles you!
4.29
03 Mar 2008 - by Phil Simborg
What I consider one of the most irritating things in backgammon: You are rolling the dice and playing along and having a really nice time, and then all of a sudden your opponent does something extremely irritating and rude. He doubles you!
4.29
21 Jan 2008 - by Phil Simborg
One of the many differences between a good backgammon player and a great player is knowing when to play on for the gammon and knowing when to turn the cube. Playing for the gammon also affects checker play.
3.86
21 Dec 2007 - by Phil Simborg
I happen to believe that backgammon is a great game, just the way it is. From time to time, however, it is fun to change the game up a bit. Here are some "alternative ways to play that you not only will enjoy, but you will find them to be interesting learning exercises as well.
4.40
14 Dec 2007 - by Phil Simborg
Some people say that backgammon is now fully in the computer age. I think these people are right - but they are only right about 97 percent of the time. I believe there are still many plays that the bots simply do not fully understand.
4.20
09 Oct 2007 - by Phil Simborg
Phil reveals a backgammon position he uses to teach match equity to his students. Take the quiz and see where you rate.
4.58
20 Sep 2007 - by Phil Simborg
Great backgammon players have a huge library, in their head, of "reference positions." In this article, I will attempt to give you some insights into the importance and use of key reference positions.
4.38
13 Jul 2007 - by Phil Simborg
Phil Simborg discovers why his play in a common backgammon problem was wrong, and gets help from his good friend and mentor, Perry Gartner.
4.25
06 Oct 2006 - by Phil Simborg
Chouette is a variation of backgammon in which one player plays against two or more opponents in one game. These are the rules which I believe are the fairest AND keep the game moving along at a reasonable pace.
3.75
14 Mar 2005 - by Perry Gartner
Double Match Point play is not only decisive. The play and the very thinking about strategy and tactics is unique compared to usual match play. This comes about because now neither side can use the cube and gammons or backgammons don't count.
4.77
10 Feb 2002 - by Michael Strato
A match equity chart can help you know the chances of winning a match from different scores and can influence your double/take cube decisions.
5.00
10 Feb 2002 - by Michael Strato
A match equity chart can help you know the chances of winning a match from different scores and can influence your double/take cube decisions.
4.75
22 Nov 2000 - by Paul Lamford
Surely you can all get one-roll positions correct? After all it's easy enough to work out the winning chances and what the double and take points are? Wrong. British Backgammon Champion and book author Paul Lamford tells us why.
4.40
13 Nov 2000 - by Dorn Bishop
Many of us watch the top players in action yet fail to comprehend the reasons for some of moves. In this strategy article, Editor Michael Strato asks expert Dorn Bishop about his tactics in three positions from online matches.
4.27
13 Oct 2000 - by Mary Hickey
You have two men anchored on your opponent's Golden Point. He has already cleared his 6 point, but still has one outer board point left to clear. You roll an ace. Should you split? Expert Mary Hickey provides the solution.
4.50
09 Oct 2000 - by Kit Woolsey
In this tutorial, Kit Woolsey, Editor of GammOnLine magazine, gives us some important tips on when and why the scenario on the other side of the board should influence our checker play and doubling decisions.
5.00
05 Oct 2000 - by Michael Strato
Here are the results of last month's Tutorial Match and Win Quiz on GammonVillage. Congratulations to Martin Short of Canada who wins a MasterGammon CD and a Backpacker Backgammon Board for coming in first with a perfect score of 18.
5.00
15 Sep 2000 - by The Spiralist
We picked six instructive board positions from the books of six different authors along with the quotations for each lesson and mixed them on a page. Do your best at matching them up and score points to win. The top three scorers get prizes!
5.00
08 Sep 2000 - by Hugh McNeil
Hugh McNeil analyses a crucial position in his 9-point match against Jeremy Bagai at the 48th Indiana Open. Hugh believes that this shows us that much study is still needed in understanding cube and checker play in such situations.
4.43
23 Aug 2000 - by Douglas Zare
Backgammon is a game of luck and skill. To a casual observer, it may appear to be all luck. As one gains more skill and familiarity with the game, the depth of skill required to play well becomes increasingly clear.
4.29
14 Jun 2000 - by Douglas Zare
The exact pipcount is extremely useful to guide one's doubling strategy in some situations. In this tutorial, mathematician Douglas Zare teaches us a new and very precise method he recently developed.
5.00
30 Apr 2000 - by Tom Suzanski
A Canadian Backgammon teacher presents us with a situation that many of us could play wrong. Sometimes a move that looks very obvious can be far from what your real objective should be.
4.31
22 Mar 2000 - by Claes Thornberg
Analysis of an early game situation from a Paul Magriel quiz posted by Donald Kahn at the backgammon newsgroup.
4.50
23 Feb 2000 - by Kit Woolsey
Backgammon is a race. When do you go for it? When do you hold back? Kit Woolsey, Editor of GammOnLine magazine and one of the most respected analysts of the game provides the answers.
4.63
18 Jan 2000 - by Stein Kulseth
This tutorial explains proper doubling strategy when one player is 2 points away from winning the match. For all scores up to 2-away, 8-away the doubling windows are calculated both for gammonless and gammonish positions.
4.33
15 Jan 2000 - by Chris Bray
Chris Bray is the author of "Backgammon - An Independent View", an anthology of his early articles as a columnist for the Independent, a U.K. publication. Here is another of his stories about a tight chouette situation.
3.57
11 Jan 2000 - by Chris Bray
Chris Bray is the author of "Backgammon - An Independent View", an anthology of his early articles as a columinst for the Independent, a U.K. publication. Here is an article he wrote on a chouette situation.
4.00
06 Jan 2000 - by Tom Suzanski
Tom Suzanski is the highest rated Canadian player at the GameGrid backgammon server where he plays as TomFromHalifax. He recently held the no. 6 position there. He also gives backgammon private lessons.
3.25
27 Dec 1999 - by Stein Kulseth
Stein Kulseth is the Editor of Norpunkt, the quarterly newsletter from The Norwegian Backgammon Federation. This funny story was translated from Norwegian for all of us to enjoy.
4.33
17 Dec 1999 - by Bob Zavoral
When you play a game of backgammon, clearly you are not playing each game as if it were a completely new situation. As you progress as players you form certain paradigms by which you evaluate the positions and make moves accordingly.
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