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Most significant advanced books from bot era ...

Posted By: Mislav Radica
Date: Wednesday, 7 November 2007, at 11:11 a.m.

In Response To: Top 5 books in bot era ... (Mislav Radica)

There is no good short list of books which doesn't suffer from some fault. Maybe list of 40 books can be without them.

I like to make a list of most significant books in bot era for advanced players, or better to say, for serious students of the game once you read introduction books and all those books for intermediate players.

Once again I discuss here only books from bot era. So after 1995 and Jellyfish appearance. It is easier and less danger. Once you get a grasp of good knowledge and become less vulnerable to ruin you game you are invited to study books from prebot era.

Good source you can find here http://www.bkgm.com/books/pictures-by-date.html Here is a list according year of publishing:

Kit Woolsey/Hal Heinrich: New Ideas In Backgammon (1996)

Definitely most advanced practical BG book. Still very accurate nowdays if you know that authors used Jellyfish rollouts. Excellent explanations by Kit. Problems are exceptions of the usual rules of thumbs and they are taken from real matches as errors which world class players made.(7)

Antonio Ortega/Danny Kleinman: Cubes and Gammons Near the End of the Match (1997)

Book completely devoted for cube handling in matches. There is only Kit Woolsey: How to Play Tournament Backgammon book about same topic but it is more shorter. We still wait for great book about cube handling in matches which will increase level of play for many advanced and open players.(8)

Jeremy Paul Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited (2001)

This problem book is significant because it correct the biggest errors from classic books and I recommend it to use together with some bot when have intention to read classics.(6)

Bill Robertie: Modern Backgammon (2001)

Best book by Robertie and the most accurate. It is only about checker play for money. There is also comprehensive annotated match between Grandell and Ballard. It is interesting how Robertie explains the reasons behind modern botlike play.(2)

Kit Woolsey: Backgammon Encyclopedia, Vol I (2002)

This book desperately need Vol II which author announced after publishing. I don't know is this still actual but BG community need more reference cube positions which this book proudly present in it's whole content.(3)

Walter Trice: Backgammon Boot Camp (2004)

While this books can be for intermediate players, there is full agreement that is more advanced so I put it as a first book which one have to read among these eight. You can find everything here. Checker play, many cube reference positions. Especially valuable chapters are those about cube handling in backgames and chapters about match play.(1)

Marty Storer: Backgammon Praxis, Vol I&II (2005)

The best book(s) with world class matches. With great graphic presentation, players comments and extensive rollout. Setup new standards for such books. I like also most Kit Woolsey special annotated 21 point match between Ken Arnold/Kit Woolsey and Nack Ballard/Harvey Huie in 2001 Pro-AM Semi-finals which can be find here: http://www.gammonu.com/members/May01/match/index.html All OLM with Kit's comments and Snowie rollots http://gammonu.com/members/online/snowie are highly recommended, too.(4)

Nack Ballard/Paul Weaver: Backgammon Openings, Book A (2007)

We are waiting a long for this book and with upcoming new from same series it would be inevitable material.(5)

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