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Posted By: Klaus Evers
Date: Friday, 1 January 2010, at 9:19 p.m.

In Response To: Any tips to improve cube handling in matches? (Lucky Jim)

d) Any general tips for improving cube handling?

If you can, get the book Cube and Gammons near the End of a Match (Ortega)

Get the book The Backgammon Encyclopedia Cube Reference Positions (Woolseys)

www.GammonVillage.com Steve SAX: Score Sways Cube Action

The Five Point Match By Kit Woolsey http://www.bkgm.com/articles/GOL/Aug99/fivept.htm

Also read everything on the forum that John O'Hagan posts: His postings are pretty accurate, instructive and easy to follow. I wish this guy would even write a book about match strategy!

Collect all the positions where you made a big cube mistake. You will find systematic errors on a regular basis (for me: tons of missed doubles when I trail in a match!)

These are the things that helped me, and I hope you will find them helpful as well!

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• Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
  Lucky Jim -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 8:12 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    Petter Bengtsson -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 8:20 p.m.
    • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
      Stick -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 8:22 p.m.
      • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
        Lucky Jim -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 8:43 p.m.
        • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
          Andreas -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 11:18 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    David Rockwell -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 9:10 p.m.
  • some ideas...
    Klaus Evers -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 9:19 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    Klaus Evers -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 9:27 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    David Levy -- Friday, 1 January 2010, at 10:19 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    Matt Ryder -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 7:56 a.m.
    • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 2:41 p.m.
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        Matt Ryder -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 5:30 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 6:08 p.m.
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            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 10:27 p.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:26 a.m.
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                Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:38 a.m.
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                  Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 5:46 a.m.
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              Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:47 a.m.
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                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 11:32 a.m.
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          Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:55 a.m.
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            Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 6:03 a.m.
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              Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 6:20 a.m.
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                Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 6:46 a.m.
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              Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 2:44 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 1:13 p.m.
    • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
      Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 6:05 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
    Stick -- Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 9:09 p.m.
    • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
      Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:09 a.m.
      • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:15 a.m.
        • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
          Matt Ryder -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 4:28 a.m.
          • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
            Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 6:01 a.m.
            • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
              Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 1:32 p.m.
            • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?
              Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 5:13 p.m.
  • Any tips to improve cube handling in matches? - Thanks all
    Lucky Jim -- Sunday, 3 January 2010, at 10:04 a.m.