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The Experts' Guide to Winning Backgammon
This fourth edition of The Experts' Guide to Winning Backgammon will improve your backgammon skills whether you are a Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced player. The heavy-duty laminate design can be folded repeatedly without wear and fits nicely in your backgammon board. This “Amazon’s Choice” Guide is a stand out stand-alone product that is also compatible with both editions of Conquering Backgammon. Moreover, this fourth edition adds an innovative reference system corresponding to the book.
Provides the most critical backgammon information in a single 6 panel heavy duty laminated guide. Crisp clean graphics and text provide key information that has been sourced from more than 20 noted players and authors including: Paul Magriel, Bill Robertie, Phil Simborg, Neil Kazaross, Kit Woolsey, John O'Hagan, Stephen Turner, Tom Keith, Joe Sylvester, Jack Kissane, Paul Lamford, and many more.
Use a dry erase pen to circle important concepts for later review.
New to the fourth edition are the following sections: Safe Play vs. Bold Play Strategies, Probability for Entering Your Opponent’s Home Board, Free Drop Evaluation, Visual guide for the eXtreme Gammon Equity Table, Improved Keith Count Adjustment Presentation, Revised Opening Roll plays for Normal, Gammon Go, Gammon Save, & DMP scores.
The guide still contains sections on: Hit Probabilities, Effective Checker Play, Replies to Opening Moves, Cluster Counting, Mental Shifting to simplify counting, Key Reference Positions, Effective Doubling Tools, The Doubling TRAP, Racing Doubles, The Best Bear-Off Positions, The Turner Match Equity Formula, The Rockwell-Kazaross Match Equity Table, Neil’s Numbers, Take Points and Gammon Price Table.
The Experts' Guide to Winning Backgammon - Version 3 is produced on a heavy-duty laminate that can be folded repeatedly with confidence. Version 3 is greatly improved. All tables have been updated with the most accurate information using the latest version of eXtreme Gammon (2.19).. Improvements have been made in usability and aesthetics throughout the product.
The Experts' Guide to Winning Backgammon adds the following: Improved ease of use and updating of the 720 Replies to the Opening Moves (Advanced) Added The Best Bear-in Positions for unimpeded bear-off, bearing off with opponent on bar, bearing off against an ace point game, and bearing off against common backgame positions (Intermediate) Improved Keith Count Adjustment Presentation (Advanced)
In addition, The Experts' Guide to Winning Backgammon still includes: Opening Moves including correct plays for Gammon Go, Gammon Save, and Double Match Point (Intermediate) Hit Probabilities (Novice) Mental Shifting to simplify counting (Intermediate) Effective Checker Play (Novice) Cluster Counting (Intermediate) Key Reference Positions (Intermediate) Effective Doubling Tools (Intermediate) The Doubling TRAP (Intermediate) Racing Doubles (Intermediate) Turner Match Equity Formula (Advanced) Rockwell-Kazaross Match Equity Table (Advanced) Neil's Numbers (Advanced) Take Points and Gammon Price Table (Advanced)
This Essential product is by far the easiest way to learn much of what the experts already know and will significantly improve your luck.