Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 4-game backgammon match analysis, the 10th in his series, continues with game 2.
Mary Hickey reports from the 2008 Florida State Backgammon Championships, held at the Mariott North Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Florida, from August 14 to August 17, 2008.
The useful and familiar practice of analyzing Snowie's top plays before testing them with a rollout hopefully exposes enough information to evaluate similar backgammon positions independently.
In March of this year we looked at two expert level players and how they fared against me in two different matches. This time we will look at how expert level backgammon players fare against each other.
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 4-game backgammon match analysis, the 10th in his series, begins with game 1.
GNU Backgammon analyzes an 11-point, 1st Consolation Round Match from the 2008 World Backgammon Championship played between Jakob Garal and Bob Wachtel.
Sixes must be played from the outfield before the bearoff, so rolls with a six are most likely to be troublesome. Most backgammon players pay attention to spare outfield checkers that can be used to play sixes safely. Is this always a good strategy?
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. The ninth backgammon match analysis concludes with detailed game statistics.
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. The ninth 7-game backgammon match analysis concludes with game 7.
The 3rd "Davis Doubles" of the Gogi Bukia Memorial Georgian Backgammon Open was played between Leonid Riskin and Dr. Jakob Garal vs. Morten Holm and Sander Lilloff. This match is from round 1, featuring Jakob Garal vs. Sander Lilloff.
As the Olympics gets under way we are off to the races. As the race gets longer the number of total pips you can overcome increases, but the percentage of total pips goes down. Jake Jacobs looks at which backgammon racing formula gets the gold.
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. The ninth 7-game backgammon match analysis continues with game 6.
Backgammon's doubling cube means you don't have to bear off all of your checkers to win. The virtual end zone tells you the game winning chances you need to plan to reach to win the game with the doubling cube.
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. The ninth 7-game backgammon match analysis continues with game 5.
Here's a good example of how complex backgammon can be. There are two positions in this article where Black holds a 2-cube and is on roll. See if you can guess the proper cube action for both positions. Be prepared to be surprised.
Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. The ninth 7-game backgammon match analysis continues with game 4.
Steve Sax provides interesting backgammon positions and commentary on a hard-fought backgammon match against Neil Kazaross during the recent Michigan Summer Championships.
Snowie 4 Pro analyzes the 13-point Open Finals Match from the 2008 Michigan Summer Backgammon Championships played between Neil Kazaross and Stick Rice.
Mary Hickey reports from the 2008 Michigan Summer Backgammon Championships, held at the Sheraton Detroit-Novi Hotel in Novi Michigan, from July 3 to July 6, 2008.
The two things that excite me most about backgammon are: watching my opponent open his wallet, and rolling a set of doubles. But there's a downside to rolling doubles: every time you roll them, you double the chances of making an error!
Backgammon, as some sage noted, is a race. Writing backgammon articles can be a race, too. Jake Jacobs presents this quiz with a racing flavour. How quickly and accurately can you complete it?
The "Art of Reconciliation" Exhibition at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington DC features sixty backgammon boards incorporated into individual works of art. The exhibition runs until May 18, 2008.
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