WTD: Backgammon books or www sites
Eagle
many of the websites particularly useful, but then perhaps I am lookin in
the wrong place.
Any recommendations?
Anyone got any books they would be interested in selling?
Thanks
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Simon
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Douglas Zare
> I am looking for something to read to help me with my game, I have not found
> many of the websites particularly useful, but then perhaps I am lookin in
> the wrong place.
Well, who are you? A novice, or a former professional player looking to get back
into the game after 20 years of playing chess?
> Any recommendations?
If you are relatively new to the game (e.g., not winning more than 2/3 of the 3
point matches on Yahoo) then I recommend Robertie's introductions _Backgammon
for Winners_ and _Backgammon for Serious Players_. They are short and illustrate
how compentent players view the game. I found them in a small public library,
but they are also cheap.
http://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?menu is the best free collection of articles I
know about. They are selected posts to this newsgroup, and range in level from
very basic to very advanced, or even technical issues that most players don't
need.
If you are serious about the game, you will want much more. There are many good
books and several good backgammon periodicals, including, for example,
gammonline.com . There are many places with bot-analyzed matches.
> Anyone got any books they would be interested in selling?
Yes. But not I.
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~chipoint/Boutique.html
has most good backgammon books, and some that are not so good. I've been very
happy with the books and equipment I have bought from CJC.
You can also find new and used books from the obvious auctions and booksellers.
Douglas Zare
Frank Berger
> I am looking for something to read to help me with my game, I have not found
> many of the websites particularly useful, but then perhaps I am lookin in
> the wrong place.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Anyone got any books they would be interested in selling?
>
It has some position databases (taken from books, partly not available
anymore), which work more or less like a quiz. The solution shows the
winning percentages of the best moves.
For a relative novize the databases "Better Backgammon", "Backgammon
for Profit" and "Paradoxes and Probabilties" are well suited. Maybe
Webby's Quiz fit also. Oslo 1999 and "New Ideas" are for advanced
players. (BTW I regard "New Ideas" as the best BG-Book of the last
decade)
You may also want to replay and watch matches from Expert-player.
There are several matchdatabases with more than 3,000 matches and
10,000 games. So you can see how the pros are playing.
This stuff is the free edition of BGBlitz.
You can also play against BGBlitz and let it eval the Position or give
you the best moves. This features are fully accessible in the player
edition.
A Tutor-mode is coming soon.
You get it at www.bgblitz.com and it runs on Win 9x,ME/NT/2000/XP,
Linux, mac OS 9 and MAc OS X.
ciao
Frank
Eagle
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Nick Lawrence
how hard it was to get hold of Magriel's "Backgammon". Well you're in
luck: I have found a UK web site that has copies in stock. Don't ask me
whether they're reprints or horded copies, but I can tell you that they
deliver very rapidly and have good customer service. (I speak only as a
satisfied customer; I have no other connection with them.) The only catch
is the price: 45 UK pounds (plus p&p) for a book that came with a sticker
on the back pricing it at about $45! Still, I am happy with the purchase
and believe Magriel to be just as good as people say he is.
In case people are interested, the URL is:
http://www.thebigbookshop.co.uk/
nick
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