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Florian Ruf

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Dec 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/1/97
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Hi everybody,

I am looking for a good book on doubling strategy in money games. Any
recommendations?

Thank you

Florian

Dan Frank

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Dec 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/4/97
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Subject: Doubling in money game
Flori...@munich.netsurf.de (Florian Ruf) wrote:

> I am looking for a good book on doubling strategy in money games. Any
> recommendations?

Of course "100 Doubling Positions/ Dopplungs Positionen"
the 1st Special of Essential Backgammon!

Dan Frank

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*** Essential Backgammon ***
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copyright, 1995, 1996, 1997

Robert Scibelli

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Dec 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/5/97
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Flori...@munich.netsurf.de (Florian Ruf) wrote:

>Hi everybody,

>I am looking for a good book on doubling strategy in money games. Any
>recommendations?

>Thank you

>Florian
Having just read Gammon Press' latest release "Backgammon: Winning
with the Doubling Cube" I am reminded that for such an important part
of the game, cube strategy is rarely the subject of a dedicated book.

The first part of this tome is a rehashing of essential information,
information that you will already possess if you have been playing for
a while and been doing some research. My problem with past treatises
on the cube is that they will say "X is 72% in this position...."
without explaining how the hell they got to this figure. (When I
started I was happy to estimate whether I was a favorite or not) This
book does cover methods for evaluating a position, which is the
essence of cube strategy. There are some, (many very basic) benchmark
positions given. I would have liked to have seen more benchmark
positions analyzed first with application of the evaluation techniques
presented and then compared with in depth roll outs of the positions.
But hey, there are never enough positions in any one book, that’s why
I have ten ;).

I enjoyed the book, I thought it was very useful, but I hesitate to
recommend it because I do not know what else is out there. I have not
read Jeff Ward's book "The Doubling Cube in Backgammon", but you can
read a review at Stephen Turner's (?) web page
http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/backgammon/main.html

The other method to learning cube strategy is to read many of the fine
general backgammon books available (Magriel, Advanced Backgammon,
etc.) most of which address cube handling, at least peripherally. Good
luck.


Robert Scibelli
xav...@pipeline.com


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