Bray's Learning Curve
Each week, author Chris Bray lends his sharp insight and easy-to-understand analysis to help you improve your game.
Chris is the author of multiple backgammon books, including Backgammon for Dummies, and is the backgammon columnist for The Times of London.
A New Puzzle Every Week
Every Monday Chris posts an interesting backgammon position on our Facebook page. We encourage you to join in the lively discussion and return here to our website on Tuesdays to read his extended analysis.
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- July 11, 2021
The age-old saying in backgammon is, “when in doubt, hit”.
- June 22, 2021
Over the board Red chose the very safe bar/21(2)*. This was a blunder.
- June 15, 2021
Red is playing a perfectly timed 2-3 back game. Unexpectedly White has left him an early shot. Should Red hit that shot or should he bide his time?
- June 1, 2021
A fairly common type of problem. Do you blitz or not?
- May 25, 2021
There are a huge number of possible moves with Red’s double threes as there often are with small doubles.
- May 18, 2021
Red could play safe with 6/1, 4/1 but what will he do next time and meanwhile he has trashed his board.
- May 11, 2021
Always having a game plan is a key to winning backgammon. This is not a difficult problem if you follow that idea. Should Red be blitzing or priming here?