- January 10, 2023
This is one I got badly wrong over the board. I played 20/10(2).
This gives Red a ten-pip lead in the race but leaves White fifteen hitting numbers to at least equalise the position. Red
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- January 3, 2023
The key here is to understand the game plan.
Should Red be trying to prime White’s rear checker or mounting a blitz attack against it?
Red’s structure is geared towards priming rather
- December 20, 2022
Double twos are known as quacks – one of Paul Magriel’s favourite numbers.
Normally when we roll doubles, we move our checkers in pairs to build new points. In this position clearly
- December 13, 2022
Bar/22/16 is the weakest move because the 22-pt is somewhere Red might want to build an anchor and it is more useful if the rear checkers stay in communication, i.e. within six pips of
- December 6, 2022
As usual one should look at the unlimited games variation first and then adjust for the match score.
Clearly Red is a huge favourite. In addition, Red will win a high percentage of gammons
- November 29, 2022
24/14 gives Red a very disconnected position and puts no real pressure on White.
Theory says that because White has an advanced anchor Red should try to obtain his own high anchor.
The
- November 22, 2022
I think many would choose 24/23, 13/11 here but that is not quite the best move.
White has ten checkers in the attack zone and also owns the 5-pt. Red’s best game plan is to equalise the
- November 15, 2022
There are multiple choices but following the basic rules of playing backgammon openings leads one to the correct answer quite quickly.
It is far too early to make an anchor on the 23-pt