Bray's Learning Curve Tags: Intermediates

Just making moves is never a good idea. You should always have a game plan.

To hit or not to hit? Therein lies the question as Shakespeare would say.

Always remember that backgammon is a like war. An essential element of warfare is communication.

This is a problem about containment- a complex topic about which much could be written.

This is a difficult position that I got wrong in my first analysis.

The question here is whether or not Red should hit White’s blot on his 4-pt?

When should you give up an anchor? My answer is always later than you think!

The key point in this position, which may not be immediately obvious, is the gammon percentage won by Red after each play

This is not a very difficult problem but Red went astray over the board by playing 24/21, 8/4, which is far too big a play.