'Backgammon ' by Paul Magriel is not only good , it is must if you want to
do anything
with backgammon .
tapio
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>Can't remember exactly the name of the author(s) but it's
>called "The Backgammon Book" and their names (I think), are
>Jacoby and Crawford. And yes, it,s a cracking game.
>
I have a book some where here. It analyses a match between two
americans vs to british players. I haven't looked at in ages plus it
is buried somewhere and I can't find it. A couple of weeks ago I saw
a book by Robertie. It has 500 different moves to ponder. I think
the book is relatively new. As everyone has mentioned the Magirel
book is good.
Besides books, there are quite a few annotated games on the net.
Those are kind of interesting to look at.
Sanford
<san...@wi.net> wrote in message news:391c7c84...@news.inc.net...
I think it's clear from the thread that Backgammon is the book to buy, can
someone point me towards details, such as ISBN number and that? My
library can order it for me to look at.
Jon Thomson
Backgammon by Paul Magriel
Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co.
ISBN 0-8129-0615-2
steve
Robertie's new book (_501 Essential Backgammon Problems_) is quite good,
and a real bargain at the 20$ list price.
It is different from other books out there now in that the analysis for
each problem is short, but the number of problems is large. I think the
short analysis works because each position is supposed to have a clear
answer. Think of this as the opposite approach to Woolsey's _New
Ideas..._, where the problems are all taken from experts' errors.
The nice thing about _501 Problems_ is that I feel like there aren't any
problems that are beyond my capabilities. Yet, I still manage to get a
fair number of them wrong.
Dan
I've gone through 501 Essential Backgammon Problems, and was not as
impressed. They were interesting problems and well organized into themes,
but somehow the effort he spent in Advanced Backgammon just wasn't there.
It's worth $20 for sure, but Advanced Backgammon is a dramatically better
effort, and a 'text book' I often go back to for reference information.
Also, Danny Kleinman is a very interesting author, who is one of the few
writers that spends a great deal of time writing about chouettes. "Vision
Laughs at Counting, and Advice to the Dicelorn" ($80 for both volumes), is
really a treasure trove of information and humor. I learned a GREAT deal
about how to handle chouette action from Mr. Kleinman.
Good luck in you games and your study!
--
Gregg Cattanach
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