- May 25, 2021
There are a huge number of possible moves with Red’s double threes as there often are with small doubles.
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- 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?
- May 4, 2021
This is a demonstration that playing safe in the opening is rarely correct.
- April 27, 2021
This position is taken from Steiger (Red) versus Magriel (White) at Monte Carlo 1985.
- April 20, 2021
This position is taken from Jeff Ward’s 1982 book ‘Winning is More Fun’. Red was Nack Ballard and White was Kent Goulding and this was the final of the Las Vegas Open.
- April 13, 2021
Is the fact that Red has his 5-pt made enough to change his play from the standard 24/18, 13/11?
- April 6, 2021
Prepare to escape or make our five point?