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Tournament Roundup, Leading to the Final WSOB Round

Dice Arena, the online backgammon platform, is running qualifiers for the World Series of Backgammon Shootout, the final round of the World Series of Backgammon Season III, to take place on February 6-7, 2009 at the Adam Street Club in London.
The qualifiers for the cheap seats will take place every night; the qualifying event for [...]

Pick Your Strategy: Why Not Play a Holding Game?

We all play backgammon differently and feel comfortable playing certain natural strategies.
But there are some basic time-proven strategies played by experts.
I’m no expert, although I’m trying to be. No, I’m a reporter, so I’ve been looking for ways to up my game.
Here’s an interesting strategy I came across recently.
If it works for you, great. If [...]

Strategy Session: The End Game

I had an email the other day from a new player who said I have been concentrating too much on the starting moves but not enough on the end game.
For him…and thousands like him, here are some thoughts about the Grand Finale.
I hope those of you who read this for tournament news will forgive me [...]

Backgammon for Beginners. Second in a Continuing Series: How the Checkers Move on the Roll of the Dice

Last time, about three weeks ago (when I first started this series), I began with the set up of the board. Really the opening act of a beginner’s series.
I know that some of you thought it was retarded to start REALLY at the beginning, but lookit, there are folks out there who don’t have a [...]

Strategy Session: The Two-One Opening Rolls

The two-one opening roll in backgammon is one very interesting opening roll to talk about.
Much has been said about it and it has been a point of argument among backgammon players.
The two most popular plays for the two-one opening roll are 13/11 – 6/5 and 24/23 – 13/11.
I’ll start with what’s common between these two [...]

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