- March 2, 2021
Small numbers often cause a problem in backgammon because they give you so much choice.
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- February 23, 2021
One of the fundamental backgammon tactics is this: “attack a lone rear checker, prime an anchor”.
- February 16, 2021
At Double Match Point you cannot win with the doubling cube and gammons are irrelevant.
- February 16, 2021
Is this the time to split our back men or make an inner point?
- February 9, 2021
Put your checkers where they want to go.
- February 2, 2021
This is not an easy problem and finding the best plan, particularly over the board in live play, even more so.
- January 26, 2021
It is easy to get confused by the array of choice that Red has with his double threes.
- January 19, 2021
It is ever so easy to play bar/24, 13/11 here without thinking. Sadly, that move is a blunder.