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Backgammon articles galore

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:00 p.m.

I have just completed a new catalog of backgammon articles available for free on the Internet. They are arranged by topic so you can easily find the information you are interested in. Many articles are very good and well worth reading.

The catalog is spread over eight pages. You can start here. Or you can view a list of authors here. Or you can browse through the table of contents I pasted below.

Please let me know if you know of any good backgammon articles not listed, or if you have written an article you would like to have published: tom@bkgm.com.

Thanks, Tom.

Backgammon Articles

1. General Topics (49 articles) Introduction • Rules • Variants • History • Terminology • Equipment 2. Strategy (76 articles) Basic Strategy • Vision • Psychology • Openings • Early Game • Attacking Games • Priming Games • Holding Games • Back Games 3. Tactics (38 articles) General Tactics • Probability • Taking Risks • Duplication • Hitting • Containment • Racing 4. Cube Handling (75 articles) Introduction • Cube Theory • Holding Games • Blitzes • Going for Gammon • Miscellaneous • Pip Counting • Races • Match Play • Match Equities 5. Competing (48 articles) Backgammon Clubs • Luck vs Skill • Etiquette • Chouettes • Ratings • Tournament Rules • Tournaments 6. Studying to Get Better (62 articles) Tips • How to Improve • Book Suggestions • Book Reviews • Book Lists • Quizzes • Annotated Matches • Annotated Positions • Recorded Matches 7. Using Computers (38 articles) Rollouts • Analyzing Positions • Programming • Computer Dice • Gnu Backgammon • Snowie • Other Bots 8. Miscellaneous Topics (32 articles) Humor • Puzzles • Interviews • Stories • Honors • Photos • Theory Articles by Author Crane • Davis • Driver • Hickey • Huebener • Jacobs • Keith • Money • Robertie • Simborg • Trice • Woolsey • Youngerman • Zare

Messages In This Thread

• Backgammon articles galore
  Tom Keith -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:00 p.m.
  • Backgammon articles galore
    Stick -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:08 p.m.
    • Backgammon articles galore
      Caryl Stephanson -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:17 p.m.
      • Backgammon articles galore
        Stick -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:21 p.m.
        • Backgammon articles galore
          Keene -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 4:58 p.m.
        • Backgammon articles galore
          Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 5:57 p.m.
        • Backgammon articles galore
          Tom Keith -- Friday, 29 February 2008, at 8:08 p.m.
  • Backgammon articles galore
    Frank Berger -- Thursday, 28 February 2008, at 9:31 p.m.
    • Backgammon articles galore
      Tom Keith -- Friday, 29 February 2008, at 8:09 p.m.
  • Thx for this very accessible compilation! *NM*
    Peter G. -- Friday, 29 February 2008, at 9:04 a.m.
    • ditto *NM*
      MandM1951 -- Friday, 29 February 2008, at 5:50 p.m.
      • thx! *nm*
        Tom Keith -- Friday, 29 February 2008, at 8:10 p.m.
  • Thanks
    Caryl Stephanson -- Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 6:01 p.m.