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More On How To Win In Chouette

As promised, here are more of Phil Simborg’s tips on how to win in choutte.
Tip #3: Read your opponents.
This could very well be a tip for poker or any other card game that has a similar game play.  You have to be a good reader of people in order to excel in chouette.  You have [...]

How To Win In Chouette According To Phil Simborg

Phil Simborg is known to many of us.  He has been in the spotlight when it comes to a lot of games, backgammon being one of them.  Actually, it was from one of his articles that I got interested in choutte backgammon.  According to him, chouette is one of the most exciting games he has [...]

The Basics Of Chouette Backgammon

We had an introductory post on chouette backgammon in the previous post but I felt that there was not enough detail to satisfy the more curious players.  I attempted to come up with a detailed guide but I found a very comprehensive guide on Gammoned.com, which I thought would be better to share.  Here is [...]

Backgammon For Blood

Only in Russia.
Some people take backgammon way too seriously.   Read this news story about a guy in Russia who staked his life on a game of backgammon.  Unfortunately, he lost both the game and his life.
The person who won the game and did the murder is named Smirnitsky, and when he was arrested he [...]

Chouette Backgammon

One of the fascinating things about backgammon is that it has a lot of variations.  Once you learn the basic game – and master it, I must add – you should really try the other variations.  This will not only increase your passion for the game but keep your mind and skills sharper than ever.  [...]

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