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By Stick: Having already covered Double Match Point and Gammon Go the next logical step is the flip side of the gammon go coin commonly known as Gammon Save or GS.
By Douglas Zare: Douglas Zare's encounter with the largest EMG checker play blunder he's ever seen reminds him of some advanced plays involving casual players in live backgammon clubs.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 11-game backgammon match analysis, the 18th in his series, continues with game 4.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 11-game backgammon match analysis, the 18th in his series, continues with game 3.
By Steve Sax: When I suggested to "Stick" Rice that he come out to L.A. to compete in the Los Angeles Backgammon Open and Super 32, I knew there was a fair chance I would have to play him at some point in the tournament.
By Walter Trice: A common backgammon checker play decision is whether to split a pair of back men, intending to relink them later, or to run one of them into the opponent's outfield. We examine some factors that influence this choice, and introduce a third possibility.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 11-game backgammon match analysis, the 18th in his series, continues with game 2.
By Tournament Director Mike Main: Tournament Director Mike Main reports from the 2009 Backgammon In London Open, held in London, England from May 29 to May 31, 2009.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 11-game backgammon match analysis, the 18th in his series, begins with game 1.
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By Stick: Stick annotates his own match from the Consolation Finals of the 2009 Las Vegas American Backgammon Tour (ABT) event, which he played against Ray Fogerlund.
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By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, concludes with detailed statistics.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, concludes with game 8.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 7.
By Steve Sax: This month, we will take a look at the player who won the World Backgammon Championship in Monte Carlo 20 years ago this summer. I remember it quite well as it was my first time there.
By Phil Simborg: I am not a bot. I am not Snowie, nor GNUBG, nor any other backgammon computer program. Fortunately, most of my opponents are not as good as the bots either.
By Stick: Stick annotates his own match from the Semi-Finals of the Championship Division of the 2009 Ohio State American Backgammon Tour (ABT) event, which he played against Mary Hickey.
By Walter Trice: This month's column is a continuation of last month's discussion of the common dilemma of 13/7 or 24/18. The old school told us, especially in the opening, to "forget the race and play for position." What is the modern way?
By Jake Jacobs: Jake Jacobs spins a backgammon tale containing the three important literary elements: a brilliant play, a stupid play, and incredible luck.
By Phil Simborg: This is a great backgammon quiz that illustrates why you have to apply match equity and take points, the price of gammons and maybe even some mysticism when you are considering the cube at different scores.
By Phil Simborg: This quiz contains six key backgammon positions that you can reference to improve your game. I have shown these to several top and world class players, and most get 4-5 right. See how you do.
By Mary Hickey: Mary Hickey reports from the Atlanta Spring Classic Backgammon Championships, held in Atlanta, Georgia from May 1 to May 3, 2009.
By Douglas Zare: Gnu Backgammon and Snowie are both very strong, but in about 15% of responses to the opening roll, they disagree with each other, or with rollouts. Let's continue our survey, using long Gnu Backgammon rollouts as the referee.
By Steve Sax: Steve Sax presents twelve interesting backgammon positions he encountered during his play at the 2009 Nevada State Backgammon Tournament.
By Phil Simborg: Phil Simborg reports from the innovative 3-Man Team Backgammon event held Saturday, April 11th in Northbrook IL. See if you would make the same plays.
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By Stick: This month we continue our journey through match play with another score usually found near the end of the match: gammon go, otherwise known as GG.
By Phil Simborg: Today's backgammon quiz by Phil Simborg contains cube play problems he encountered at the 2009 American Backgammon Tour event in Ohio.
By Phil Simborg: Today backgammon tournament player and teacher Phil Simborg offers another tricky quiz containing 6 difficult bear-off positions. See how many you can get correct!
By Walter Trice: A common backgammon checker play choice, especially in the opening phase of the game, is whether to use a six to slot the player's own bar point (13/7) or the opponent's (24/18). Experts play many of these sixes differently now than 20 years ago as a result of strategic insights.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 6.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 5.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 4.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 3.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, continues with game 2.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 8-game backgammon match analysis, the 17th in his series, begins with game 1.
By Snowie 4 Pro: Snowie 4 Pro analyzes the final 11-point match from the 2009 Ohio State ABT Backgammon Championships played between Neil Garvie and Mary Hickey. *UPDATED WITH NEW ROLLOUTS*
By Tournament Director Michael Crane: Michael Crane, Director of the British Isles Backgammon Association (BIBA) reports on the 2009 British Open held in the United Kingdom on April 3, 4 and 5, 2009.
By Mary Hickey: Mary Hickey reports from the Ohio State Backgammon Championships, held in Cleveland, Ohio from April 3 to April 5, 2009.
By Jake Jacobs: Easter is just around the corner, and digging around in my mailbox I have found some Backgammon Easter eggs for all of you. These all came from the Easter Bunny himself. Almost.
By Phil Simborg: Here's a neat little backgammon quiz with some excellent reference positions that are great to keep in mind in future money games and matches.
By Douglas Zare: Gnu Backgammon and Snowie are both extremely strong backgammon players. Some types of positions are better understood by one bot than the other. Which bot understands the opening better?
By Snowie 4 Pro: Snowie 4 Pro analyzes the final 15-point match from the 2009 Midwest ABT Backgammon Championships played between Julius High and Adam Bennett.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 7-game backgammon match analysis, the 16th in his series, concludes with detailed statistics.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 7-game backgammon match analysis, the 16th in his series, concludes with game 7.
By Jay Bidal: Canadian backgammon expert Jay Bidal continues his column delving into the checker and cube intricacies of match play. This 7-game backgammon match analysis, the 16th in his series, continues with games 5 and 6.



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