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A Happy New Year to You All; And Another Strategy Session

I love talking backgammon strategy.

For one thing, whenever I do a posting like this, people respond … often by saying I am full of crap.

It is cool when people give me their opinions on how to play.

Look, backgammon is a fluid game where success can be achieved via a variety of means.

Given that, there are many ways to tailor your strategy.

Backgammon is basically a race and given the backgammon rules you can decide to get your men home as quickly as possible or try to trap the back-men of your opponent so they can’t get out.

Your strategy will dictate your decision.

The dice will play a large part in affecting what you do.

But whether you want to attack or play defense will largely influence things.

So with that in mind what should you try to focus on regarding your backgammon strategy when you are playing.

If you are behind you need to keep your holding point or anchor as long as you can.

Don’t bury your checkers by taking them out of them game.

The 1 and 2 points are worthless to you.This is the equivalent of online backgammon suicide.

You want to try and make as many points as you can in your home board. This will trap your opponent if he still has pieces there or will make it very hard for him to come off the bar if you hit him

The points that you really want to get are the five, four and seven points. These are golden backgammon rules.

If you want to separate your back men it is best to do it at the start of the game before your opponent has had a chance to settle. Backgammon strategy is split on what the right decision is in this instance

Furthermore if you can separate them and only to be able to build a point in your opponent’s home board that will benefit.

As important as the five point is to you, the ability to anchor on the five point in the opponent’s home board is a great move.

Be aggressive and create builders in the hope of building points.

If you are hit you can turn your focus to the back-game.

Don’t hit if it is going to put you in a vulnerable position.

If you are going to leave more than one blot try to make it the same number needed to hit both. This is known as duplication. That minimizes your opponent’s chance of hitting and also leaves him in a bind as to which to hit. Of course the merit of this plan goes out the window if he gets doubles.

So…any thoughts?

Look…it’s New Year’s Eve where I am in the world….

Happy New Year, and see you all in 2010.