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Phil Simborg's Video Lessons
Teaching pro Phil Simborg, along with other visiting top players, helps us demystify the complex as well the basic.
Phil Simborg is a full-time backgammon-playing and teaching professional. He is the lifeblood of the Backgammon Learning Center and volunteers much of his time to bringing new, young players into the game.
Explore over 200 Phil Simborg Video Lessons, one of the great benefits of a USBGF membership.
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Phil teaches us how to properly bear off after hitting our opponent's last checker.
Phil teaches us the best ways to practice early game checker play.
Phil shares the key factors to consider when deciding if we should break our anchor.
Morten Holm joins Phil for a study in bearing off where there is still contact.
Phil gives a lesson in bringing home the win after a late game hit.
Phil re-visits a 4-2 checker play, and explains why backgammon is a game of skill.
Phil shows us why backgammon is not just a game of luck.
Matt Cohn-Geier joins Phil to evaluate a 5-1 checker play.
Phil teaches us a useful tool, the Most Common Variation Approach.