Need book info on bg books
rudyfr
15 plus years old. Any suggestions for newer books for advanced
strategy, etc. Thanks.
moorg
I like Baggai's book "Classic BG Revisited"
as well as Robertie's "501 Essential BG Problems".
Both of these are in the "problem/answer format."
If you want more advanced books, Robertie's
"Advanced BG" series is good.
This website has a good selection of BG books: www.acepointclub.com
and offers free shipping... Good luck & good reading :)
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gandydancer
> Am an intermediate player just getting back to game. All my books are
> 15 plus years old. Any suggestions for newer books for advanced
> strategy, etc. Thanks.
It seems the consensus that the "best" book is still Magriel's
"Backgammon". Do you have a copy? If not you can purchase the book
at http://homepage.interaccess.com/~chipoint/Boutique.html. There
are many other books for sale there also. The 2 volume set by
Robertie is considered very good for the player who has advanced
beyond Magriel.
gandydancer
Albert Silver
> Hi there,
>
> I like Baggai's book "Classic BG Revisited"
>
> as well as Robertie's "501 Essential BG Problems".
I wholeheartedly agree with this. I have been reading 501 for the last
month or so, and think it excellent. Each area of the game is headed
by a chapter which provides some general guidelines. In the chapter
you will find a series of problems to solve, but the meat of the book
is in the solutions where you not only find the reasons supporting the
author's choice, but sometimes even advice for similar situations. Ex:
Position 41 (excerpt from solution)
"A lot of players get panicky when they are holding the 18-point
anchor, and look for a chance to run off it as soon as possible. They
remember all the games where they held that anchor too long, and lost
by getting trapped off it at an awkward moment. (...) The trick is to
grab the 18-point, then try to build a good home board. When your
board is at maximum strength, then you run from the 18-point."
I think the book is a colossal value for the money spent. Mind you, as
he explains the reasoning behind the moves, I don't just write my
solutions down in a notebook, but all my reasoning as well. This way I
can compare notes and see which part of my approach was correct, and
which wasn't. It takes far longer to go through the problems, but I
think it is a better approach than simply writing one's moves and
seeing if one got it right.
Albert Silver
tbl...@cfl.rr.com
AN INTRODUCTION TO BACKGAMMON
An Introduction to
BACKGAMMON
A Step-by-Step GuidePAUL MAGRIEL
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Pip Count
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