Re: Recommended backgammon resources?


"Brad Beyenhof" <bbeyenhof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1178370982.103692.36940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've played backgammon casually for more than 5 years, but I'm
interested in getting more into strategy and analysis of the game.
What books / websites / etc. should I consult to learn more about
"proper" play?

Thanks for any and all help.

--
Brad Beyenhof
my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com
If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. It it were
merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the
morning
torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the
world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~E.B.
White


Hi Brad,

Here's what I have to offer.

There is a good selection of strategy articles to read in the GammonLife.com Writers section at this link:
http://www.gammonlife.com/writers/index.htm

All of these are written by well-known experts. There is no fee, registration or login required.

Paul Money's excellent "Beginners Please" series gets more advanced as he goes along in 13 articles here:
http://www.gammonlife.com/paulmoney.htm

Walter Trice covers some important concepts in 10 articles here:
http://www.gammonlife.com/writers/waltertrice.htm

Mary Hickey's series of "Game Plan Selection" articles are brief but instructive and there are 13 of them here:
http://www.gammonlife.com/writers/maryhickey.htm

François Tardieu, Backgammon Giant #3, has written the "The Aggression Coefficient Formula":
http://www.gammonlife.com/06tardieuart1.htm

For those who speak French, François also has a website with some articles and video tutorials here:
http://www.backgammon-academie.com/

If you do not already have it, get the GNUbg program, which you can play against and analyze yourself with, a tutorial by Robert-Jan Veldhuizen on how to download and use it starts here:
http://www.gammonlife.com/gnu/index.htm

1994 World Champion Frank Frigo has a couple of interesting articles here:
http://www.gammonlife.com/writers/frankfrigo.htm

If you want to learn a method to record your live games so you can analyze yourself later with GNUbg or another bot, expert Jay Bidal has written "Towards a Better Method of Recording Backgammon Games" found here: http://www.gammonlife.com/06bidal1.htm

Also check out the new GammonLife Forums at this link http://www.gammonlife.com/glforum/ specifically the "Backgammon Strategy" for problem position discussion and and the one called "Early Game Play" moderator by Stick, who also has another forum here: http://www.bgonline.org/forums/

Tom Keith's Backgammon Galore website is a gold mine. Read strategy articles here:
http://www.bkgm.com/articles.html

Or, check out topics you are interested in Tom's Newsgroup and Forum Archive:
http://www.bkgm.com/archive.html

Finally, the Master of Gammon Links, Mel Leifer, points to a gazillion other resources to backgammon where you can find more material to study:
http://www.chicagopoint.com/links.html

That should keep you busy for a while.

Best regards,

Michael Strato
Editor - GammonLife.com







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