Aaron W.
Feb 2011
Computer Dice--Error rates with computer dice
abc
Jul 2004
Terminology--"Latto paradox"
Mar 2004
Strategy--Checker play--Breaking anchor
Achim
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Jul 2007
Tournaments--Playing at Monte Carlo
Jul 2006
GNU Backgammon--Importing PartyGammon matches
Achim Müller
Feb 1999
Probability and Statistics--Expected variation in points after a series of games
Aug 1998
Snowie--Hints and questions
Jul 1997
Match Archives--Database software
Achim Mueller
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Dec 2003
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
adambulldog
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Order of succession
Jan 2011
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example
Jul 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube issues
Aug 2009
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon
Adam Stocks
Sep 2004
Terminology--"Banana split"
Jan 2004
Equipment--Boards--Dal Negro
May 2003
Tournaments--Tournament formats
Feb 2003
Match Equities--Worth memorizing?
Jan 2003
Miscellaneous--Money management
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Golden point
Jul 2002
Equipment--Board design
Jul 2002
Terminology--"Technical play"
Jun 2002
Match Play--Gammonless takepoint formula
May 2002
GNU Backgammon--Luck rate
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Apr 2002
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Adam Tansley
Oct 2007
Rulings--Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start
Aug 2007
Strategy--Checker play--Late loose hits
Jan 2007
Terminology--"PRaT"
Aug 2006
Programming--BKG 9.8 vs. Villa
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
May 2006
Play Sites--Link to review of play sites
May 2006
Opening Rolls--Magriel's Chapter 5
Mar 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Oct 2005
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download
Adam V
Nov 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
adrianov wrties
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Adrian Wright
Feb 2005
GNU Backgammon--Interpreting JSD's
Jan 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
AH
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
ah_chem
Apr 2013
Match Play--Slotting when opponent has free drop
ah_clem
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
AJ
Jul 2012
Terminology--"Short play"
Alan Cairns
Apr 2002
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)
Mar 2002
Variations--Middle Eastern backgammon
Alan Laverty
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Alan Pruce
Dec 2012
Puzzles--Pruce's paradox
Alan Webb
Feb 2001
Cube Handling--PRAT--Position, Race, and Threats
Dec 2000
Variations--Hyper backgammon
Dec 2000
Book Suggestions--What's a good second book?
May 2000
Terminology--"Weaver"
Jan 2000
Fun and frustration--New Year's resolutions
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Oct 1999
Strategy--Checker play--Breaking contact
Feb 1999
Fun and frustration--Characters we all know
Jan 1999
Play Sites--Overview
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Holding game"
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Albert
Mar 2000
Chouettes--When is consulting allowed?
Albert Silver
Aug 2006
Strategy--Checker play--Prime versus prime
Dec 2003
GNU Backgammon--Setting up and saving a rollout
Dec 2003
GNU Backgammon--Entering an annotated match
Sep 2003
Rulings--Crawford game double
Sep 2003
Magazines & E-zines--GammonVillage vs. GammOnLine
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Jul 2003
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing technique
Jun 2003
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.13 vs. Snowie 4
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Nov 2002
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems
Albert Steg
Jul 2004
Rules--Legal roll
Nov 1998
Equipment--Bakelite checkers
Nov 1998
Etiquette--When to quit
Sep 1998
Chouettes--Money management
Aug 1998
History--Books on the history of backgammon
Aug 1998
Books--Steed: Backgammon: The Meanest Game
Aug 1998
Books--Cooke & Bradshaw: Backgammon--The Cruelest Game
Jan 1998
Equipment--Board design
Nov 1996
Books--Martyn: Phillip Martyn on Backgammon
Jul 1996
Chouettes--Extras
Feb 1996
Variations--Duplicate backgammon
Feb 1996
Learning--How to improve
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Nov 1995
Learning--Practice/study plan
Jun 1995
Chouettes--Order of succession
Mar 1995
History--The name "backgammon"
Feb 1995
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy
May 1994
Cheating--Gamesmanship vs. cheating
May 1994
Books--Ball: Alpha Backgammon
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
May 1994
Books--Tzannes brothers: Backgammon Games and Strategies
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Alef Rosenbaum
May 2003
Books--Lamford: Improve Your Backgammon
Feb 2003
Match Equities--Worth memorizing?
Alexander Nitschke
Sep 1998
Snowie--Terminology
Dec 1997
Rollouts--Settlement limit in races
Oct 1997
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of opening 21 and replies
Feb 1997
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts
Alexander Zamanian
Jan 1999
Chouettes--Automatic doubles with carryover
Alexandre Charitopoulos
Aug 2003
Variations--Greek backgammon
Alexandre Sierra
Nov 2000
Luck versus Skill--How much skill versus luck?
Alexandros Chatzipetros
Jun 1997
Variations--Greek backgammon
Alex Zamanian
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Split to 21?
Alison Wylie
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Allen R. Adams
Nov 1995
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Al Mirpuri
Sep 2011
Books--Reese & Brinig: Backgammon: The Modern Game
Amir Shahroudy
Mar 2003
Variations--Takhteh
Andreas Graf
Nov 2005
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--Manually entering first roll
Andreas Schneider
Jul 1992
Play Sites--FIBS--Original announcement
Jun 1992
Programming--BKG 9.8 vs. Villa
Andrew B.
Jan 2008
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice
André Nicoulin
Nov 2000
Tournaments--Videotaping matches
Oct 2000
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Dec 1999
Software--Windows: Snowie 3 (player, analyzer)
Sep 1998
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count
Sep 1998
Computer Dice--Does Snowie cheat?
Aug 1998
Snowie--Hints and questions
Andy M
Feb 2001
Cheating--How to tell when somebody's cheating
Andy Rudnitsky
Sep 2002
Software--Windows CE: BGLightCE
Angela
Sep 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Review
Anon
Sep 2003
Miscellaneous--Backgammon's popularity
Anthony R Wuersch
Mar 1995
Chouettes--Extras
Feb 1995
Terminology--"Vigorish"
Oct 1994
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions
Arda Findikoglu
Nov 2004
Variations--Tavla
Art Grater
Jul 2011
Tournaments--Variable side pools
Dec 1999
Equipment--Leather boards
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Arthur
Apr 2005
Propositions--Tino Road Position
Apr 2005
Opening Rolls--Opening rolls ranked
Ashton Haze
Sep 2005
Play Sites--Club Games
May 2005
Play Sites--Club Games
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Athansios Vagias
Feb 2005
Variations--Plakoto express
Austefjord
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
az-willie
Mar 2003
Luck versus Skill--Strange result
Backgame
Feb 2011
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage
Backgammon Man
May 2004
Ratings--Fastest way to improve your rating
Baldo
Mar 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Baldo wrties
Mar 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
BaronGossettEulerPhD
Jun 2012
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play
Barry Murphy
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
Beauregard
Aug 2009
Terminology--"Thematic"
benf
Jan 2012
Luck versus Skill--Is there really luck in backgammon?
Benf
Feb 2013
Puzzles--Is this position reachable?
Ben Fairbank
Apr 1999
Books--Kennedy & Papazian: Backgammon Master Games
May 1998
Equipment--Boards--Hardwood Creations
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Bert Van Kerckhove
Aug 2002
Equipment--Boards
bg@chicagopoint.com
Feb 2009
Puzzles--All-time worst roll
Bill
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Bill Calton
Nov 2012
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube
Bill Davis
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules and gin positions
Dec 2007
Rulings--Dice sliding
Dec 2007
Rulings--Premature roll
Bill Hickey
Mar 2010
Variations--LongRun
Bill Hill
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Dec 1998
Etiquette--Dealing with droppers
Billie Patterson
Feb 2003
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Bill Patterson
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Kamikaze play"
Bill Piland
Nov 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Bill Riles
Dec 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Feb 2010
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles
Oct 2009
Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Jan 2008
Books--Corbett: Backgammon Problems
Bill Robertie
Apr 2012
Puzzles--Lowest probability of winning
Sep 2011
Books--Reese & Brinig: Backgammon: The Modern Game
Feb 2011
Computer Dice--Error rates with computer dice
Apr 2010
Rollouts--Rollout settings
Bill Taylor
Jun 1998
Programming--Anticomputer positions
Dec 1997
Theory--Under-doubling dice
Bob
Aug 2002
Rules--Illegal plays
Bob Bishop
May 1994
Books--Ball: Alpha Backgammon
Bob Bowman
Jul 2001
Chouettes--Waiting for teammate to double
Bob Ebbeler
May 2004
Ratings--Fastest way to improve your rating
Jan 2003
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
Jul 2002
Book Suggestions--Best next step
Mar 2002
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver
Aug 1999
Propositions--Opening 11 vs. Owning the cube
Bob Glass
Dec 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it
Mar 2010
Tournaments--Hitting clock instead of rolling
Feb 2010
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles
Bob Hoey
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Apr 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Apr 1998
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Apr 1998
Pip Counting--Counting half rolls
Bob Johnson
Jul 1995
Rules--Is stalemate possible?
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
Bob Koca
Dec 2012
Variations--Bluff Cube
Nov 2012
Learning--Study plan
May 2011
Variations--Joker cube
Apr 2011
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Nov 2010
Rollouts--Confidence intervals
Jun 2010
Opening Rolls--Nactation
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Apr 2009
Learning--Lowering your error rate
Jan 2009
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler
Jan 2009
Match Play--Doubling window with gammons
Oct 2007
Rulings--Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start
Mar 2006
Terminology--"Swing tournament"
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas
Aug 1997
Theory--Undefined equity
Bob Koka
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Bob Lancaster
Oct 2002
Variations--International backgammon
Bob Lang
Aug 2002
Rules--Resigning
Bob Meixner
Oct 2000
Strategy--Backgames--But they're so much fun!
Bob Newell
Aug 2004
Etiquette--Under resigning
Apr 2004
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
Apr 2004
Ratings--On different sites
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Mar 2004
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Bob Sisselman
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Bob Stringer
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Golden point
Sep 2002
Books--Dwek: Backgammon for Profit
Dec 2000
Rules--Talking during play
Dec 2000
Book Suggestions--What's a good second book?
May 2000
Play Sites--FIBS vs. GamesGrid
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Bob Sweeney
Oct 2002
Luck versus Skill--Why are stronger players luckier?
Bonehenge
Jan 2008
Equipment--Woodworking--Finishing a board
Brad Davis
Sep 2002
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Brandon Wiant
Feb 2003
Equipment--Checkers
Brendan Burgess
Feb 2000
Tournaments--Clock rules--Illegal move
Brett Meyer
Dec 2010
Computer Dice--Randomness testing
Brett Meyers
Jul 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube issues
Brian Sheppard
Mar 1999
Programming--Neural net questions
Feb 1999
Programming--Blockading feature
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Holding game"
Dec 1998
Programming--Variance reduction in races
Aug 1998
Programming--Building and training a neural-net player
Aug 1998
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts
Jul 1998
Strategy--Checker play--Containment positions
Feb 1998
Cube Handling in Races--Doubling in a long race
Aug 1997
Theory--Undefined equity
Aug 1997
Terminology--"Suicide play"
Jul 1997
Strategy--Backgames--How many men back?
Jul 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Three choices
Jul 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Magriel's recommendation
Jul 1997
Terminology--"Wash"
Jul 1997
Programming--Adjusting to a weaker opponent
May 1997
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchor to break
Feb 1997
Programming--Board encoding for neural network
Feb 1997
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play"
Feb 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Trap play problem
Feb 1997
Programming--Ideas on computer players
Feb 1997
Jellyfish--Backgame play
Jan 1997
Pip Counting--Symmetry method, Grouping men
Brice
Oct 2007
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD
Bruce
Oct 2007
Play Sites--BG Room
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background
Bruce Regittko
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Bruce Scott
Mar 2003
Variations--Takhteh
Brus
Apr 2011
Variations--Tavli question
Bucko
Mar 2004
Terminology--"Bot"
Buhbuh Ray
Jul 2000
Play Sites--Yahoo Games--Ratings
bustedchucks
Jun 2005
Etiquette--Doubling opponent out
Butch Meese
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Mar 1998
Tournaments--Swiss format
Nov 1997
Rules--U.S. backgammon tournament rules
Feb 1993
Software--Mac: Expert Backgammon (player)
Jan 1984
Book Suggestions--Recommended Backgammon Books
camelx
May 2005
Pip Counting--Cluster counting
Camelx
May 2005
Pip Counting--Cluster counting
Carem Wiklicm
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Carla
Feb 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames
Carlo Melzi
Oct 2010
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Dec 2008
Cube Handling in Races--EPC examples: stack and straggler
Mar 2006
Terminology--"Swing tournament"
Sep 2002
Terminology--"Table stakes"
Jul 2001
Tournaments--Clock rules--End of turn
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Compensating for byes
Carl Tait
Apr 2000
Book Suggestions--Bibliography
Aug 1998
Books--Robertie: Backgammon for Winners
Nov 1995
Terminology--"Kauder paradox"
Carly Robson
Jan 2009
Miscellaneous--Money management
Carter Mattig
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Stop pots"
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Fighter's bracket"
Caryl
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
Casey Forrest
Feb 1996
Terminology--"Pure play"
Casper van der Tak
Mar 2013
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jan 2012
Luck versus Skill--Is there really luck in backgammon?
Aug 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Playing for gammon
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Kamikaze play"
Apr 2011
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt
Mar 2011
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Nov 2010
Strategy--Checker play--Kamikaze plays
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Apr 2010
Terminology--"Anchor and guard" position
Aug 2008
Variations--Slot backgammon
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
Mar 2007
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Stick
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Nov 2005
Miscellaneous--Copying positions from books
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Mar 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165
Jan 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Oct 2003
Learning--The best way to learn
Jan 2003
Tournaments--Hedging
Casual_Observer
Jan 1999
Strategy--Checker play--Holding games
CCSlsbry
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Charles Russell
May 2000
Terminology--"Weaver"
Chase
Apr 2010
Terminology--"Anchor and guard" position
Apr 2007
Books--Storer: Backgammon Praxis
Mar 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
Jun 2006
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Apr 2002
Match Equities--ME Table: Snowie
Mar 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Slot the four point?
Feb 2001
Cube Handling--When to accept a double
Check Bower
Apr 2011
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt
chinaski
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Chiva Tafazzoli
May 2012
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner)
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Stop pots"
Sep 2010
Variations--Khachapuri
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Jun 2009
Variations--SassanGammon
Chris Bray
Aug 2012
Books--Bray: Backgammon to Win, second edition
Jul 2012
Book Suggestions--Which book by Chris Bray should I buy?
Sep 2007
Books--Bray: Backgammon for Blood
Jun 2007
Books--Bray: Backgammon to Win
May 2007
Books--Bray: Second Wind
Sep 2006
Books--Bray: What Colour is the Wind?--Rerelease
Jan 2005
Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View Revisited
Jun 2002
Books--Bray: What Colour is the Wind?
Jun 1999
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon R.I.P.
Jun 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine announcement
May 1998
Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View
Chris C.
Dec 2003
Cube Handling--Words of wisdom
Chris Knapp
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Chris Moellering
Dec 2002
Variations--Exact bearoff
Chris ray
Jul 2012
Book Suggestions--Which book by Chris Bray should I buy?
Christain Anthon
Apr 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollout results from command-line interface
Chris Ternel
Jan 2008
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Christian Munk-Christensen
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Banana split"
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Jun 2009
Variations--BluffGammon
Jan 2009
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler
christian munk-christensen
Nov 2010
Strategy--Checker play--Kamikaze plays
Christopher Alvino
Mar 2003
Etiquette--Rude conduct
Christopher D. Yep
Jun 2001
Snowie--Checker-play-according-to-score bug
Christopher Yep
Apr 2000
Chouettes--Variable stakes
Mar 2000
Chouettes--When is consulting allowed?
Oct 1998
Ratings--Possible adjustments
May 1994
Theory--Proof that backgammon terminates
Jan 1994
Puzzles--Worst takable position
Chris Yep
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules and gin positions
Dec 2007
Rulings--Dice sliding
Dec 2007
Rulings--Premature roll
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of openings
Dec 2004
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
Chuck Bower
Nov 2012
Learning--Study plan
Nov 2012
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube
Sep 2012
Terminology--"Bronstein" clock setting
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jun 2011
Equipment--Buying a tournament board
Mar 2011
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?
Feb 2011
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage
Oct 2010
Cube Handling--Endgame closeout: win percentages
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Stop pots"
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Fighter's bracket"
Jun 2010
Match Equities--ME Table: Rockwell-Kazaross
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Aug 2009
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Nov 2007
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era
Oct 2007
Tournaments--Avoiding disputes
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Oct 2007
Rulings--Opening roll loser picks up his die
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
May 2007
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Sep 2006
Cube Handling--Robertie's rule
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?
Apr 2006
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Mar 2006
Rulings--Moving checkers before you roll
Mar 2006
Ratings--FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Clocks--Common arguments against
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Jan 2006
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Pros and cons
Dec 2005
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey
Oct 2005
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
May 2005
History--The effect of bots on the game
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Dec 2004
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies
Sep 2004
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
May 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
May 2004
Rulings--Disagreement on final cube
Mar 2004
Books--Wiggins: Boards, Blots, and Double Shots
Feb 2004
Equipment--Board design
Jan 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Jan 2004
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG)
Jan 2004
Books--Lortz: Double ... now: An Authentic Cube Remedy
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
Oct 2003
Learning--The best way to learn
Oct 2003
Tournaments--Clock rules--Digital clocks
Sep 2003
Rulings--Crawford game double
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Aug 2003
Books--Munchkin: Gambling Wizards
Jul 2003
Rulings--Cocked dice
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
Jan 2003
Tournaments--Hedging
Sep 2001
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Mar 2000
Rulings--Disputed roll
Feb 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point?
Dec 1999
Equipment--Leather boards
Nov 1999
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Sep 1999
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count questions
Aug 1999
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jul 1999
Learning--Reference positions
Jul 1999
Equipment--What is "tournament size"?
Jun 1999
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion
Feb 1999
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0 level 6
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Seeding
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Oct 1998
Opening Rolls--Average advantage of winning opening roll
Oct 1998
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Double immediately?
Oct 1998
Cube Handling--Volatility
Sep 1998
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon
Aug 1998
Books--Cooke & Bradshaw: Backgammon--The Cruelest Game
May 1998
Match Play--Crawford rule
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Mar 1998
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count
Mar 1998
Jellyfish--JF tackles New Ideas in Backgammon
Feb 1998
Book Suggestions--Buyer's guide
Feb 1998
Equipment--Precision dice
Jan 1998
Match Play--When to free drop
Dec 1997
Ratings--Ratings and rankings
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Nov 1997
Cube Handling--References
Nov 1997
Equipment--Checkers
Oct 1997
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon
Oct 1997
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book--Five problems
Sep 1997
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0
Aug 1997
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts
Jul 1997
Jellyfish--Showdown in Texas
Jul 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Bower's modified Thorp count
May 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Split, run, or slot?
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar
Feb 1997
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube
Jan 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count
Jan 1997
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jan 1997
Cube Handling--Too good to double--Janowski's formula
Jan 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Computer rankings
Oct 1996
Rollouts--Systematic error
Oct 1996
Terminology--"Equity"
cindybel
May 2006
Play Sites--Link to review of play sites
Cindy Stauffer
Feb 1996
Variations--Backwards play
CKT
May 2005
Play Sites--Club Games
Jul 2004
Equipment--Suppliers--Backgammon boards
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
Claes Thornberg
Apr 1998
Rulings--Crawford game double
Sep 1996
Source Code--Match equity calculator
Cliff Kilt
May 2004
Variations--No hit
Cloyd Laporte
Nov 2006
Rulings--Cocked die on first roll
Colin B.
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Colin Bell
Feb 1996
Variations--Backwards play
Colin Owen
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
Colin Wiel
Jul 2000
Rules--Bearing off question
Coolrey
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Courtney S Foster
Apr 2004
Strategy--Checker play--Play versus a novice
Craig E. Groeschel
Sep 1998
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon
Craig Patchett
Dec 1998
Equipment--Board design
cruelshoes
Jun 1997
Etiquette--Etiquette for online play
C. T. McMullen
May 1994
Theory--Proof that backgammon terminates
CW
Aug 2002
Learning--Taking your game up a level
CyberArts Inc.
Jun 1996
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Announcement
Daavid Turnbull
Aug 1991
Variations--Russian backgammon
Daithi
Mar 2011
Probability and Statistics--Visualizing odds
Mar 2011
Pip Counting--Modified direct count
Dale
Sep 2000
Miscellaneous--Posted diagrams are scrunched up
Dan Frank
Mar 1998
Magazines & E-zines--Essential Backgammon
Dan Hollis
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Dani
May 2006
Rules--Must a hit checker be placed on the bar?
Daniel
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Sep 2005
Rules--Gentleman's previlege
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
Aug 2005
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Aug 2005
Chouettes--Jacoby rule
Daniel Hollis
Apr 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Middle Eastern split?
May 2000
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems
Daniel Murphy
Dec 2012
Puzzles--Pruce's paradox
Sep 2012
Terminology--"In the box"
Jul 2012
Terminology--"Short play"
Sep 2011
Computer Dice--GridGammon: Are the dice random?
Aug 2011
Fun and frustration--Some learning humor
Feb 2011
Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned
Oct 2010
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling?
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Stop pots"
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Fighter's bracket"
Oct 2009
Tournaments--Tournament rules links
Oct 2009
Tournaments--Links to tournament rules
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Oct 2009
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Moving hit checker first
Jul 2008
Tournaments--Major tournament attendance 1998-2008
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Jun 2007
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine--Sold to Play65
Apr 2007
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Feb 2006
Propositions--Monte Carlo 1998
Feb 2006
Rulings--Video dispute resolution
Feb 2006
Ratings--KG rating list
Feb 2006
Propositions--Up in the air
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
May 2005
History--The effect of bots on the game
Jan 2005
GNU Backgammon--JSD's and confidence intervals
Dec 2004
Terminology--"Golden point"
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Dec 2004
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Nov 2004
Fun and frustration--Danish Championship semifinal match
Mar 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Mar 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Losing on time
Mar 2004
Rulings--Misplaced cube
Mar 2004
Rulings--Incorrect setup
Feb 2004
Rulings--Equipment changes
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jul 2001
Match Archives--Monte Carlo 2001 Final
Jul 2001
Tournaments--Clock rules--End of turn
Jun 2001
Opening Rolls--Choosing a strategy
Apr 2001
Tournaments--Tournament rules
Apr 2001
Rules--Overview
Apr 2001
Strategy--Backgames--What is a backgame?
Apr 2001
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus slotting
Mar 2001
Equipment--What is "standard size"?
Feb 2001
Cube Handling--When to accept a double
Feb 2001
Cube Handling--Evaluating the position
Dec 2000
Rules--Talking during play
Nov 2000
Terminology--"Pure play"
Nov 2000
Tournaments--Videotaping matches
Oct 2000
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Sep 2000
Tournaments--What is a "Monrad format"?
Sep 2000
Chouettes--Captain drops and others take
Jun 2000
Ratings--Field size and ratings spread
Jun 2000
Rules--Checker shuffling
Mar 2000
Cube Handling--Evaluating the position
Feb 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point?
Aug 1999
Play Sites--Ratings comparison
Aug 1999
Propositions--Opening 11 vs. Owning the cube
Aug 1999
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Jul 1999
Probability and Statistics--Losing after bearing off 14 checkers
Jul 1999
Equipment--What is "tournament size"?
Jun 1999
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Mar 1999
Miscellaneous--Board orientation
Mar 1998
Miscellaneous--rec.games.backgammon mini-FAQ
Mar 1998
Strategy--Checker play--Bearing off with contact
Mar 1998
Tournaments--Swiss format
Mar 1998
Computer Dice--Winning and losing streaks
Jan 1998
Jellyfish--Strengths and weaknesses
Dec 1997
Rules--Jacoby rule
Nov 1997
Tournaments--What is a "side pool"?
Nov 1997
Learning--The backgammon cake
Nov 1997
Tournaments--Types of events
Sep 1997
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus slotting
Jul 1997
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Jul 1997
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book
Jul 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Magriel's recommendation
Jun 1997
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
Apr 1997
Strategy--Backgames--After an early blitz attempt
Mar 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game
Feb 1997
Chouettes--Extras
Jan 1997
Chouettes--When does player retain the box?
Jan 1997
Variations--Duplicate backgammon
Feb 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Why make the three point?
Dan Pelton
Mar 2009
Chouettes--When box takes a partner
Mar 2009
Equipment--Care of backgammon boards
Jan 2009
Cube Handling--Closed board cube decisions
Oct 2006
Match Play--When to free drop
Dan Scones
Jan 1997
Variations--Duplicate backgammon
Dan Scoones
Mar 2000
Miscellaneous--Backgammon in famous paintings
Dan Wittkopp
Jul 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
da playa
Feb 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames
Darse Billings
Mar 2004
Theory--Number of no-contact positions
Jul 1995
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Bernhard Kaiser
Feb 1995
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Basic strategy
Feb 1995
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Dave
Mar 2000
Chouettes--When is consulting allowed?
Dave Brotherton
Jul 1998
Variations--Freeze-out match
Dave Flaks
Jan 2001
Strategy--Bearing Off--Winning the bearoff race
Dave Hart
Dec 1997
Etiquette--How long to wait?
Dave Slayton
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus building
Jul 2000
Rules--Bearing off question
David Alexander
May 2007
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms
David Allen Sorensen
Sep 1997
Terminology--International phrase dictionary
David B. Sandler
Jun 1996
Fun and frustration--The square thing
David C. Oshel
Aug 1997
Miscellaneous--What is backgammon?
David C. Ullrich
Sep 2005
Miscellaneous--Why do people play for money?
David desJardins
Jul 2000
Puzzles--Legal but not likely
Jun 1999
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion
Dec 1998
Ratings--Unbounded rating theorem
Dec 1998
Ratings--No limit to ratings
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Seeding
David D. Wright
Jun 1998
Play Sites--Best value
David Escoffery
Jun 1992
Programming--TD-Gammon vs. Robertie
Nov 1991
Match Equities--ME Table: Escoffery
David Kinston
Dec 2000
Play Sites--melBG--Announcement
David Levy
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
Oct 2009
Strategy--Checker play--Common errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Error rates
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Jan 2008
Chouettes--Interlocking chouette
Dec 2005
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
May 2003
Software--Windows: Soumille, The First Trictrac Program
Apr 2003
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
May 1998
Variations--Trictrac
David Moeser
Mar 2005
Miscellaneous--Backgammon computers
Nov 2001
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions
Dec 2000
Variations--Duodecagammon
Nov 2000
Tournaments--Videotaping matches
David Montgomery
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Jan 2007
Terminology--"PRaT"
Oct 2003
Tournaments--Clock rules--Digital clocks
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Nov 1999
Equipment--Dice cups
Aug 1999
Tournaments--Recording matches
Aug 1999
Rollouts--How reliable are rollouts?
Jun 1999
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion
May 1999
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Jan 1999
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Holding game"
Dec 1998
Snowie--Questions and answers
Dec 1998
Programming--Variance reduction in races
Aug 1998
Ratings--Converting to points-per-game
Jul 1998
Learning--Three steps to better play
Jun 1998
Programming--Anticomputer positions
Jun 1998
Rollouts--Duplicate dice
Jun 1998
Programming--Backgames
May 1998
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Apr 1998
Rulings--Crawford game double
Jan 1998
Miscellaneous--Checker play versus cube play
Jan 1998
Fun and frustration--"Good roll!"
Dec 1997
Match Play--Doubling when opponent is 2-away
Aug 1997
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
May 1997
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon
Feb 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game
Apr 1996
Strategy--Bearing Off--Wastage
Apr 1996
Rollouts--Advice
Sep 1995
Ratings--Why high ratings for one-point matches?
Jun 1995
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men
Jun 1995
Rollouts--Reporting results of rollouts
Jun 1995
Terminology--"Gammon rate", "gammon price"
Jun 1995
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point?
May 1995
Strategy--Backgames--When to double
May 1995
Strategy--Backgames--Checker problem
Feb 1994
Programming--Ideas for improving computer play
Feb 1994
Programming--Pruning the list of moves
David Muscat
Mar 1998
Play Sites--Yahoo Games
David Rockwell
Nov 2012
Learning--Study plan
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
Aug 2011
Learning--How to excel in backgammon
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
Oct 2009
Match Play--Match play 101
Apr 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Nov 2007
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford)
David Rubin
Oct 2010
Cube Handling--Endgame closeout: win percentages
Apr 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Jul 2008
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
David Shively
May 1994
Cheating--Gamesmanship vs. cheating
David Startin
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Jan 2001
Equipment--Precision dice
David Ullrich
Jan 2005
Rules--Pick and pass and bearing off
Aug 2001
Etiquette--Direction of play
David Warmind
May 2007
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms
DD Wright
Mar 2002
Terminology--"Chouette"
DeaconBlue
May 2005
Rulings--Disagreement over cocked dice
Dean Ayer
Jun 1997
Etiquette--Etiquette for online play
Dean Gay
Jul 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey: The Backgammon Encyclopedia Vol 1
Jan 2004
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jun 2001
Snowie--Checker-play-according-to-score bug
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Feb 2000
Miscellaneous--Notation
Sep 1999
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Jan 1997
Variations--Duplicate backgammon
Dean Jameson
Apr 2002
History--Murray's "History of Boardgames Other than Chess"
May 1995
Variations--Fevga (or Moultezim)
May 1995
Variations--Plakoto
Dennis Cartwright
Mar 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Slot the four point?
Derek Ray
May 2006
Cheating--Dealing with live-play cheating
Diane
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
Dick Adams
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot?
Dick King
Oct 1994
Match Play--Free drop
May 1994
Theory--Proof that backgammon terminates
Donald Kahn
Jan 2001
Strategy--Bearing Off--Winning the bearoff race
Nov 1999
Cheating--Advantages of online play
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Oct 1999
Tournaments--Newbie questions
Oct 1999
Opening Rolls--Slotting the four point
Jun 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine announcement
Jun 1999
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Apr 1999
Miscellaneous--Free lesson
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Holding game"
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Dec 1998
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Apr 1998
Pip Counting--Opposing sums and differences
Dec 1997
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Doni
Jan 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Don Rae
Jun 1997
Etiquette--Etiquette for online play
Don Ruby
Dec 1995
Variations--Acey-deucy
Don Zaemon
Aug 2007
Cube Handling--The take/pass decision
DoubleDouble1984
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Doug Doub
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Oct 2005
Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away?
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Aug 2005
Chouettes--Jacoby rule
Jul 2004
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Doug Gitlin
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background
Douglas Zare
Aug 2007
Strategy--Checker play--Late loose hits
Jul 2007
Probability and Statistics--Chance of rolling x doubles in y rolls
Jul 2006
Ratings--Rating versus error rate
Feb 2005
Variations--Simborg Rule
Feb 2005
Match Play--Take points
Dec 2004
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Jul 2004
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas
Apr 2004
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
Apr 2004
Ratings--On different sites
Mar 2004
Learning--Practice and preparation
Mar 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Feb 2004
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey: The Backgammon Encyclopedia Vol 1
Feb 2004
Match Play--Leading 2-away with good gammon chances
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Jan 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Effective pipcount and type of position
Dec 2003
Cheating--How to tell you're playing a computer
Dec 2003
Miscellaneous--What is Zbot?
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 1's: Split or slot?
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot?
Oct 2003
Learning--The best way to learn
Oct 2003
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best?
Sep 2003
Cube Handling in Races--Effective pipcount
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jun 2003
Software--Windows: Sconyers's bearoff database
Mar 2003
Luck versus Skill--Strange result
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Mar 2003
Programming--Bot weaknesses
Mar 2003
Fun and frustration--What are the chances?
Mar 2003
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon
Mar 2003
Tournaments--Uniform rules and procedures?
Feb 2003
Book Suggestions--Books for serious players
Feb 2003
Luck versus Skill--Are luck and skill related?
Jan 2003
Tournaments--Hedging
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Dec 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Nov 2002
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule
Nov 2002
Ratings--Experience required for accurate rating
Nov 2002
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar
Oct 2002
Rollouts--Positions with inaccurate rollouts
Oct 2002
Luck versus Skill--Why are stronger players luckier?
Sep 2002
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Sep 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Jul 2002
Terminology--"Technical play"
Jun 2002
Rollouts--Tips for doing rollouts
May 2002
Puzzles--Most possible plays
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Mar 2002
Pip Counting--Half-crossover method
Mar 2002
Match Play--Comparing 2-away/3-away and 2-away/4-away
Jan 2002
Cube Handling--Playing your opponent
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Sep 2001
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Aug 2001
Etiquette--Doubling to end a game early
Jul 2001
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof of doubling with market losers
May 2001
Tournaments--Swiss format
Mar 2001
Etiquette--Commenting on dice
Feb 2001
Cube Handling--When to accept a double
Jan 2001
Strategy--Bearing Off--Winning the bearoff race
Dec 2000
Book Suggestions--What's a good second book?
Nov 2000
Etiquette--Going for backgammon in a one-point match
Sep 2000
Luck versus Skill--Are good players just luckier?
Jul 2000
Play Sites--Yahoo Games--Ratings
Jun 2000
Strategy--Checker play--Hitting loose in your home board
Jun 2000
Probability and Statistics--Calculating winning chances
May 2000
Terminology--"Weaver"
Feb 2000
Variations--Other variations
Doug Zare
Jul 2006
GNU Backgammon--Importing PartyGammon matches
D.U.G.
Nov 2002
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG
Durf Freund
Oct 1994
Match Equities--Match equities--an alternate view
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Ed Collins
Dec 2006
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Ed Dengler
May 1995
Variations--Plakoto
EdmondT
Dec 2000
Rules--Talking during play
Ed Rosenblum
Dec 2009
Rulings--Cocked dice
Ed Rybak
Sep 1994
Ratings--Ratings variation
Edward D. Collins
Jun 2003
Book Suggestions--Books for advanced players
Oct 1999
Books--Obolensky & James: Backgammon the Action Game
Oct 1997
Variations--Roll-over
Ed Zell
Jan 1999
Equipment--Boards--Tak Morioka
Einar Tryggvason
Apr 1996
Fun and frustration--Hard luck story contest
Elliott C Winslow
Oct 1991
Match Equities--ME Table: Friedman
Elliott Winslow
Aug 1991
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Becker on lover's leap
Erik Gravgaard
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Jun 1995
Terminology--"Equity", "volatility", "claim", "market"
Erik M Sørensen
May 2000
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems
Erik Sorensen
Apr 2007
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms
Erin
Jan 2004
Equipment--Boards--Dal Negro
Erin Osneller
Dec 1995
Variations--Acey-deucy
Eskimo
Feb 2003
Luck versus Skill--Are luck and skill related?
Aug 2002
Rules--Resigning
Evan
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
eXtreme Gammon
Jan 2012
Extreme Gammon--Rollout settings
Jan 2011
Programming--N-ply algorithm
Dec 2009
Extreme Gammon--Extra elements in a MAT file
Fabrice Liardet
May 2010
Variations--Kleinman's tandem backgammon
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Aug 2008
Variations--Slot backgammon
Nov 2007
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford)
Aug 2007
Strategy--Checker play--Late loose hits
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Mar 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
Fergus
Jan 2005
Rules--Pick and pass and bearing off
fiore
Feb 2005
Match Play--Take points
Jan 2004
Equipment--Boards--Dal Negro
flash
Aug 1998
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
FLMaster39
Aug 1997
Ratings--Ratings variation
Fotis
Apr 2005
Propositions--Tino Road Position
Francois Hochede
Jan 2004
Miscellaneous--Position cards
May 2002
Match Archives--LittleSister
Frank Berger
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Apr 2006
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--Version 2.0
Dec 2005
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey
Jun 2005
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?
Mar 2005
Miscellaneous--Backgammon computers
Mar 2004
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Jun 2002
Books--Bray: What Colour is the Wind?
Sep 1998
Software--Java: BG-Blitz (player, analyzer)
Frank Mazza
Jan 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Apr 2003
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men
Nov 2002
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG
May 2002
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Frank N Stein
Mar 2009
Equipment--Care of backgammon boards
Fredrik Dahl
May 1998
Jellyfish--Bearoff database bug
Jul 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy
Jun 1997
Computer Dice--Does Jellyfish cheat?
Jun 1997
Software--Windows: Jellyfish 3.0 (player, analyzer)
Jan 1997
Variations--Sudden death, Woodpecker, Gerhardsen
Dec 1996
Jellyfish--Why the name?
Jul 1995
Jellyfish--Cube strategy
Gamer Cafe Software
Jun 1998
Software--Windows: Monte Carlo (player)
Mar 1998
Software--Windows: Backgammon-To-Lose
Jun 1997
Software--Java: Chouette calculator
GameSite 2000
Jan 2000
Play Sites--GameSite2000--Announcment
gammonus
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
gandydancer
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
GandyDancer
May 2003
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)
Aug 2002
Learning--Taking your game up a level
Gareth McCaughan
Oct 1994
Programming--Introduction
garyo
Mar 2009
Chouettes--When box takes a partner
Oct 2005
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings
Mar 2005
Terminology--"Baffle box"
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Gary O
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Jan 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Mar 2004
Variations--Cancelgammon
GaryO
Jun 2006
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Dec 2005
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey
Gary Wong
Dec 2002
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect
Nov 2001
Chouettes--California rule
Oct 2001
GNU Backgammon--What's GNU?
Jan 2001
Programming--Methods of encoding positions
Nov 2000
Ratings--FIBS rating distribution
Jun 2000
Ratings--Field size and ratings spread
Dec 1999
Programming--Source code
Jul 1999
GNU Backgammon--How rollouts work
Jun 1999
Theory--Double/take/drop rates
Feb 1999
Programming--Blockading feature
Feb 1999
Probability and Statistics--Expected variation in points after a series of games
Jan 1999
Programming--Writing a backgammon program
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Equity"
Oct 1998
Ratings--Emperical analysis
Oct 1998
Puzzles--Replace the missing checkers
Oct 1998
Programming--What is a "neural net"?
Oct 1998
Source Code--Move generator
Oct 1998
Probability and Statistics--How often is too often?
Sep 1998
Probability and Statistics--Clumping of random numbers
Aug 1998
Luck versus Skill--The Bower Luck-O-Meter
Jul 1998
Theory--Drop rate on initial doubles
Jul 1998
Computer Dice--Jellyfish: Proof it doesn't cheat
Jul 1998
Theory--Optimal strategy?
Jun 1998
Theory--Solvability of backgammon
Jun 1998
Programming--Anticomputer positions
Jun 1998
Computer Dice--Official complaint form
Feb 1998
Ratings--Effect of droppers on ratings
Jan 1998
Book Suggestions--How to read backgammon books
Jan 1998
Books--Clay: Backgammon Winning Strategies
Jan 1998
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?
Dec 1997
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule
Oct 1997
Match Play--4-away/4-away: take/drop point
Sep 1997
Source Code--GamesGrid .CBG viewer in flex
Sep 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Could running be best?
Aug 1997
Theory--Undefined equity
Gavin Anderson
Oct 1998
Match Play--5-away/11-away: redouble to 8
Genghis
May 2000
Terminology--"Weaver"
Geoff Arnold
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
geoff arnold
Apr 2007
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Geoff Oliver
Apr 1997
Jellyfish--Review of JF Player 3.0
George
Sep 2004
Variations--Fevga
Sep 2004
Variations--Portes
George Morse
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
George Parker
Jul 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Magriel's recommendation
George Savdar
May 2004
Learning--Getting better than "awful"
George Sutty
Nov 1995
Computer Dice--Does BG by George cheat?
Jul 1991
Software--Windows: BG by George (player)
George Vetoulis
Feb 1994
Variations--Greek backgammon
Gerald E Mortensen
Oct 1994
Match Play--Free drop
Gerald Mortensen
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Gern Blanston
Jan 1997
Variations--Acey-deucy
Gerry Tesauro
Feb 1997
Computer Dice--Does TD-Gammon cheat?
Feb 1996
Programming--Training for different gammon values
Feb 1994
Programming--Pruning the list of moves
Feb 1994
Rollouts--Confidence intervals
Oct 1993
Books--Robertie: Backgammon for Winners
Feb 1993
Source Code--Benchmark player "pubeval.c"
Gilles Baudrillard
May 1997
Learning--Matchqiz and Jellyfish
Dec 1996
Match Play--Playing when opponent has free drop
Giorgos Kouseras
Feb 1994
Variations--Greek backgammon
Glenn
Feb 2000
Play Sites--VOG
G. Lock
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Gnoh Mon
Jul 2004
Miscellaneous--Money management
Goto Informatique
Aug 1996
Computer Dice--Does Cybergammon cheat?
GPC
Jul 2005
Etiquette--Premature shaking
Grafix8888
Sep 2000
Chouettes--Captain drops and others take
Graham Bayne
Mar 2005
Miscellaneous--Backgammon computers
Greg
Jun 2010
Computer Dice--Does Backgammon NJ cheat?
Gregg Cattanach
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Feb 2010
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Dec 2009
Rulings--Cocked dice
Oct 2009
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Dec 2008
Cube Handling in Races--EPC examples: stack and straggler
Aug 2008
Variations--Slot backgammon
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
Feb 2008
Rulings--Premature actions
Jan 2008
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice
Dec 2007
Rulings--Error in setup
Dec 2007
Rulings--Taking photos of positions
Dec 2007
Tournaments--New U.S. Rules
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Oct 2007
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Oct 2007
Tournaments--Avoiding disputes
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Oct 2007
Rulings--Opening roll loser picks up his die
Aug 2007
Cube Handling--The take/pass decision
Jun 2007
Tournaments--Keeping score during a match
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Dec 2006
Strategy--Checker play--Coup Classique
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rolling when opponent is closed out
Nov 2006
Rulings--Cocked die on first roll
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Oct 2006
Match Play--When to free drop
Jun 2006
Variations--Opening slot rule
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
May 2006
Play Sites--Where to play for money
May 2006
Cheating--Dealing with live-play cheating
Apr 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Mar 2006
Rulings--Moving checkers before you roll
Mar 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Feb 2006
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube?
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
Jan 2006
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Jan 2006
Rulings--Writing down positions
Jan 2006
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Pros and cons
Jul 2005
Snowie--Snowie 4.3 update
Jul 2005
Match Play--When to free drop
May 2005
Puzzles--Priming puzzle
May 2005
Tournaments--Vegas trip report (spring 2005)
May 2005
Pip Counting--Cluster counting
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Feb 2005
Variations--Simborg Rule
Feb 2005
Match Play--Take points
Jan 2005
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Dec 2004
Match Play--When to free drop
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Dec 2004
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies
Nov 2004
Tournaments--Vegas trip report (fall 2004)
Oct 2004
Miscellaneous--Checker play versus cube play
Oct 2004
Snowie--Running in low priority
Sep 2004
Terminology--"Wash"
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Jul 2004
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Jul 2004
Rules--Legal roll
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
Jul 2004
Miscellaneous--Money management
Jul 2004
Equipment--Dice
Jun 2004
Terminology--"Speed board"
Jun 2004
Puzzles--Worst possible checker play
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Jun 2004
Puzzles--Worst possible opening move
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
Apr 2004
Strategy--Checker play--Play versus a novice
Mar 2004
Rulings--Disputed roll
Mar 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Losing on time
Feb 2004
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: In GOL online match
Jan 2004
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers
Dec 2003
Rollouts--Combining rollouts
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot?
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Mar 2003
Fun and frustration--What are the chances?
Feb 2003
Equipment--Checkers
Feb 2003
Match Equities--Turner formula
Dec 2002
Variations--Exact bearoff
Nov 2002
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Oct 2002
Tournaments--Clock rules--How do they work?
Oct 2002
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts
Oct 2002
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Sep 2002
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Aug 2002
GNU Backgammon--How luck factor is calculated
Aug 2002
Equipment--Boards
Jul 2002
Book Suggestions--Best next step
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Feb 2002
Equipment--Boards--Tak Morioka
Feb 2002
Variations--Nackgammon opening moves
Feb 2002
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited
Dec 2001
Ratings--Ratings on Gamesgrid
Dec 2001
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best?
Oct 2001
Rules--Legal roll
Sep 2001
Computer Dice--GamesGrid: Too many jokers?
Aug 2001
Fun and frustration--Lonely checker's lament
Aug 2001
Chouettes--Legal plays only
Aug 2001
Etiquette--Direction of play
Jul 2001
Chouettes--Waiting for teammate to double
Jul 2001
Tournaments--Clock rules--End of turn
Feb 2001
Cube Handling in Races--Pip count percentage
Dec 2000
Variations--Hyper backgammon
Dec 2000
Equipment--Board design
Oct 2000
Snowie--Error rates
Sep 2000
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Sep 2000
Variations--Tri-gammon
Sep 2000
Chouettes--Captain drops and others take
Aug 2000
Book Suggestions--After Magriel
Aug 2000
Terminology--"Equity"
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Jun 2000
Cheating--Avoiding loaded dice
May 2000
Book Suggestions--Magriel, Robertie, and Kleinman
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Apr 2000
Chouettes--Variable stakes
Mar 2000
Chouettes--When is consulting allowed?
Feb 2000
Tournaments--Clock rules--Illegal move
Feb 2000
Play Sites--VOG
Dec 1999
Rollouts--What is a rollout?
Dec 1999
Snowie--Luck calculation
Dec 1998
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Thoughts
Gregory Nicholas Christakos
Feb 1994
Variations--Greek backgammon
Greg Shackleford
Mar 2001
Etiquette--Commenting on dice
Greycat Sharpclaw
Sep 2000
Miscellaneous--Posted diagrams are scrunched up
Oct 1997
History--Origin of backgammon
gruntingdwarf
Mar 2009
Play Sites--Free online tournaments
Grunty
Aug 2009
Terminology--"Thematic"
Jan 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Playing doublets
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
May 2006
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Oct 2005
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Sep 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Review
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
G.S.
May 2003
Variations--Shesh Besh
Gus
Mar 2003
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Sep 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Hank Youngerman
Oct 2005
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Oct 2005
Rulings--Playing wrong opponent
Sep 2005
Miscellaneous--Why do people play for money?
Feb 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames
May 2004
Ratings--MSN Zone ratings flaw
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
May 2002
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Mar 2002
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver
Nov 2001
Tournaments--Round robins
Aug 2001
Etiquette--Direction of play
Jul 2001
Computer Dice--Dice on backgammon servers
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Compensating for byes
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Sep 1998
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or play later?
Aug 1998
Miscellaneous--General tips
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Mar 1998
Tournaments--Swiss format
happyjuggler0
Jan 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception
Nov 2005
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Oct 2004
GNU Backgammon--Which player is player 0?
Jun 2004
Computer Dice--MSN Zone: Security flaw
May 2004
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Happyjuggler
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
HappyJuggler0
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--MWC versus Equity (EMG)
Happy Juggler
Aug 2004
Etiquette--Under resigning
Mar 2004
Variations--Cancelgammon
HappyJuggler
May 2004
Puzzles--Highest possible gammon rate
happyjuggler
Apr 2004
Ratings--On different sites
Happyjuggler0
Apr 2004
Strategy--Checker play--Play versus a novice
happyjuggler0 writes
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Harald Retter
Aug 1998
Match Equities--ME Table: Snowie
Hardy Hübener
Nov 2005
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #75
Oct 2005
Puzzles--Back to Nack
Nov 2004
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--Errata
Sep 2004
Terminology--"Wash"
Apr 2004
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
Harold Simon
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Havard Raddum
Mar 2013
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Mar 2011
Probability and Statistics--Number of rolls to enter x checkers from bar
Hayden Alfano
May 2006
Opening Rolls--Magriel's Chapter 5
Hbrennan
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Henrik Bukkjaer
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
Henry Logan
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Golden point
HGM
Dec 1999
Equipment--Leather boards
hi
Feb 2001
Cube Handling in Races--Pip count percentage
Feb 2001
Cheating--How to tell when somebody's cheating
Hobbyish
Dec 1999
Snowie--Luck calculation
Hristov
Aug 2005
Learning--How to learn and improve
Hugh Sconyers
Jan 1998
Software--Windows: Database interface
Hugh Sconyers
Jun 2003
Software--Windows: Sconyers's bearoff database
Feb 1998
Cube Handling in Races--One checker model
Iancho
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Ian Dunstan
Jun 2006
Cube Handling--Value of an ace-point game
Apr 2006
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--Version 2.0
Feb 2006
Play Sites--Friendly play site
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Nov 2005
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Mar 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165
Aug 2004
Match Equities--ME Table: Dunstan
Jan 2004
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers
Aug 2003
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Dec 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Ian Shaw
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Apr 2009
Theory--Error rate--Why count forced moves?
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
May 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollouts
Apr 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollout results from command-line interface
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Nov 2004
Fun and frustration--Danish Championship semifinal match
Nov 2004
Fun and frustration--Don't come looking for sympathy ...
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Apr 2004
Equipment--How much to spend on a board?
Mar 2004
Learning--Practice and preparation
Mar 2004
GNU Backgammon--Quasi-random dice in rollouts
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey & Jones: Understanding Backgammon
Apr 2003
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford)
Jun 2002
Equipment--Suppliers--Backgammon boards
May 2002
Puzzles--Most possible plays
Feb 2002
Cheating--Premature roll and late pick-up
Dec 2001
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best?
May 1999
Match Play--Free drop
Igor Schein
Mar 2003
Etiquette--Rude conduct
Igor Sheyn
May 1995
Variations--Fevga (or Moultezim)
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
Ilia Guzei
Feb 2006
Rulings--When are the dice "up"?
Feb 2006
Rulings--Kibitzing
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
Mar 2004
Variations--Cancelgammon
Mar 2004
Books--Wiggins: Boards, Blots, and Double Shots
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Jun 2003
Chouettes--Cube proxy
Ilya Vinogradsky
May 1994
Etiquette--Under resigning
info
May 2006
Play Sites--Fair Backgammon
Info Team
Apr 2004
Play Sites--Games4Dollars
Ivar Roynstrand
Mar 2004
Variations--Bad advice
Ivo Lima Brasil Junior
Sep 1996
Rules--Rolling too soon
Jacques Torrione
Feb 1998
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Jakob Garal
Jun 2007
Books--Garal: Fair Backgammon Tournament Rules
James Eibisch
Jul 1998
Learning--Advancing beyond intermediate
Feb 1998
Fun and frustration--Translation fun
Jan 1998
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Jan 1997
Variations--Trigammon
Apr 1995
Variations--Acey-deucy
James Grenier
Sep 1996
Rules--Rolling too soon
James Johnson
Jun 2000
Rules--Checker shuffling
James Takahashi
May 1994
Books--Ball: Alpha Backgammon
Jan Andrew Bloxham
Jul 1995
Rules--Is stalemate possible?
Jan Spitzkowsky
Aug 1994
Source Code--Rfibs and sfibs recorder and replayer
Jason Darling
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Jason Lee
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Jan 2012
Learning--Study method
Aug 2011
Computer Dice--Safe Harbor Games dice
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Mar 2010
Tournaments--Hitting clock instead of rolling
Oct 2009
Strategy--Bearing Off--Rules of thumb
Apr 2009
Theory--Error rate--Why count forced moves?
Apr 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Jan 2009
Match Play--Doubling window with gammons
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Apr 2006
Miscellaneous--Typesetting backgammon
Feb 2006
Rulings--Video dispute resolution
Jan 2006
Terminology--"Polish prime"
Jan 2006
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons
Jul 2005
Rulings--Two cubes on the board
Jan 2005
Probability and Statistics--Number of games per match
Jul 2004
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Mar 2004
Variations--Bad advice
Mar 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Losing on time
Mar 2004
Rulings--Incorrect setup
Feb 2004
Rulings--Equipment changes
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Apr 1995
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Jason Mellinger
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Jay Meilstrup
Feb 1998
Equipment--Precision dice
JC
Apr 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
jckz
Oct 2005
Variations--Gabgammon
jdg
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Jean-Pierre Seiman
Jul 2004
Terminology--"Latto paradox"
Jeb Horton
Dec 2002
Rulings--Misplacing a checker on the bar
Jeff Mogath
Feb 2001
Cube Handling in Races--Pip count percentage
Jeffrey Spiegler
Aug 1991
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Becker on lover's leap
Jens Göring
Apr 2006
Magazines & E-zines--BlotBlog
Jens Larsen
Jul 1997
Variations--Tavli (Portes, Plakoto, and Fevga)
Jeremy Bagai
Nov 2007
Theory--Inconsistencies in how EMG equity is calculated
Jun 2007
Books--Trice: Backgammon Boot Camp--2nd edition
Apr 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollout results from command-line interface
Apr 2005
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited--Errata
Jan 2004
Books--Lortz: Double ... now: An Authentic Cube Remedy
Nov 1995
Terminology--"Kauder paradox"
Jerry
Nov 2004
Play Sites--Gammon Empire--Announcement
Jerry Donavan
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Jerry Weaver
Apr 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jan 1998
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?
jfk
Jan 1998
Fun and frustration--"Good roll!"
Jim Allen
Jan 2008
Books--Corbett: Backgammon Problems
Jim Cochrane
Jan 1999
Play Sites--GamesGrid vs FIBS
Jim Hurley
Sep 1991
Computer Dice--Does Gammontool cheat?
Jim Peplow
Jul 1998
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Jim Segrave
Jul 2005
GNU Backgammon--Question marks in game list
Jun 2005
Etiquette--Doubling opponent out
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--Restarting a rollout with different settings
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
May 2004
Learning--Getting better than "awful"
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Setting skill level
Jan 2003
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers
Jim Stutz
Jun 2010
Opening Rolls--Nactation
Jim Wallace
Feb 1998
Books--Tremaine: Amazing Book of Backgammon
Nov 1997
Ratings--Ratings and rankings
Nov 1995
Learning--Practice/study plan
Jim Williams
Oct 1998
Ratings--Different length matches
Mar 1998
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Counterexample?
Jun 1997
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts
Jive Dadson
May 2006
Cheating--Dealing with live-play cheating
Dec 2002
History--The name "backgammon"
Sep 2002
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Aug 2001
Chouettes--Legal plays only
Jul 2001
Tournaments--Clock rules--End of turn
Mar 2001
Etiquette--Commenting on dice
J. Nagel
Dec 2004
Variations--Acey-deucy
Joe
May 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Joe Gangsta
Sep 2004
Terminology--"Banana split"
Sep 2004
Terminology--"Wash"
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
Joe Loria
Oct 1999
Opening Rolls--Slotting the four point
Joern Thyssen
Aug 2000
Theory--Janowski's formulas
Joe Russell
Apr 2013
Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules
Dec 2012
Puzzles--Pruce's paradox
Nov 2012
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules
May 2011
Variations--Joker cube
Dec 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it
Aug 2009
Cheating--With a baffle box
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Jul 2009
History--Changes in backgammon over the years
Jul 2009
History--Recent changes
Johan Richter
Oct 1998
Match Play--Matches to a set number of games
John Bazigos
Feb 1995
Jellyfish--Review of JF Tutor 1.0
Oct 1994
Books--Woolsey: How to Play Tournament Backgammon
Jun 1994
Miscellaneous--World Champions
John David Galt
Dec 1995
Variations--Acey-deucy
John Goodwin
May 1998
Computer Dice--Jellyfish: How to check the dice
John Graas
Jul 2003
Chouettes--Online chouette rules
John Jackson
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
John Little
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Mar 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
John Maley
May 2000
Terminology--"Weaver"
John O'Hagan
Nov 2012
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube
Jan 2011
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Oct 2009
Strategy--Checker play--When you can't decide
Jan 2009
Match Play--Doubling window with gammons
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Feb 2004
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: In GOL online match
John Quinnelly
Dec 1996
Match Play--Playing when opponent has free drop
John Robson
Feb 2005
Programming--Measuring Difficulty
John S Mamoun
Jan 1998
Software--Windows: Cybergammon (player)
Dec 1996
Jellyfish--What is a Jellyfish?
Jon
Jun 2008
Books--Williams: Backgammon Live in London
Mar 2008
GNU Backgammon--Playing two computers against each other
Jon Brown
Nov 2002
Ratings--Experience required for accurate rating
Jon Nall
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey & Jones: Understanding Backgammon
Jordan Lampe
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Feb 2005
Programming--Measuring Difficulty
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Jan 2004
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers
Dec 2003
Rollouts--Combining rollouts
Joseph B. Calderone
Jun 1998
Computer Dice--Does David's Backgammon cheat?
J Peplow
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
JP White
Jun 2003
Chouettes--Cube proxy
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
Apr 2003
Equipment--Replacing cork on backgammon boards
Sep 2001
GNU Backgammon--Setting GnuBG's playing strength
Dec 2000
Probability and Statistics--Average game and match length
Dec 2000
Equipment--Boards--Features to look for
Aug 2000
Luck versus Skill--How much skill versus luck?
May 2000
Rules--When is a move over?
Apr 2000
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Jørn Thyssen
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background
Mar 2004
Match Equities--ME Table: Zadeh
Feb 2004
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Feb 2004
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Jan 2003
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers
Aug 2002
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers
Jukka Pajuniemi
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Julian Haley
Jun 2000
Rules--Checker shuffling
Julian Hayward
Aug 2001
Chouettes--Legal plays only
Dec 2000
Rules--Talking during play
Mar 2000
Rulings--Disputed roll
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Dec 1998
Terminology--"Holding game"
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Apr 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Apr 1998
Rulings--Crawford game double
Feb 1998
Rules--Changing dice
Mar 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Julius Selbach
Jul 2005
Etiquette--Rolling the dice
Justin N
Aug 2011
Learning--How to excel in backgammon
Justin N.
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Justin Nunez
Feb 2011
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
KaRaNLiK
Oct 2005
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download
KDP
Mar 2009
Play Sites--Free online tournaments
Keene
Mar 2009
Chouettes--When box takes a partner
Dec 2008
Cube Handling in Races--EPC examples: stack and straggler
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Keene Marin
Feb 2006
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube?
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Kees van den Doel
Jun 2005
Etiquette--Doubling opponent out
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Mar 2003
Variations--Takhteh
May 2002
Puzzles--Most possible plays
May 2002
GNU Backgammon--Luck rate
Ken
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--MWC versus Equity (EMG)
Mar 2005
Terminology--"Baffle box"
Mar 2004
Rulings--Incorrect setup
Ken Arnold
Mar 2006
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
May 1998
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Mar 1998
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Update
May 1997
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Comparison to FIBS
Sep 1996
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Second version
Jul 1996
Variations--Nackgammon
Ken Bame
Sep 2012
Terminology--"In the box"
Mar 2012
Tournaments--Baffle box to roll dice
Feb 2010
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles
Mar 2009
Equipment--Care of backgammon boards
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Feb 2006
Play Sites--Friendly play site
Jun 2004
Terminology--"Root number"
Ken Bronstein
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Ken Meng
Jun 2012
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play
Kenneth M. Arnold
May 1998
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Kenny Lee Smith
Jun 1998
Play Sites--Best value
Kevin Bastian
Feb 1999
Ratings--Ratings variation
Dec 1997
Fun and frustration--Choking under pressure
Nov 1997
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience
Nov 1997
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Kevin D. McLeaster
Sep 1997
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling?
Kevin P
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Kirk J. Rupnik
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Kirk Rupnik
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Kit Woolsey
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Oct 2007
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips
Oct 2007
Tournaments--Avoiding disputes
Sep 2007
Snowie--Snowie cube evaluation
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Jul 2004
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Jan 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons
Jan 2004
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers
Nov 2003
Cube Handling--Tells
Jul 2003
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing technique
Jul 2003
Rulings--Cocked dice
Apr 2003
Strategy--Checker play--Cube-influenced checker play
Sep 2001
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Jun 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine announcement
Feb 1999
Match Equities--Why use a match equity table?
Jan 1999
Match Play--Doubling when facing a gammon loss
Jan 1999
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Sep 1998
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Mar 1998
Jellyfish--JF tackles New Ideas in Backgammon
Mar 1998
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Counterexample?
Feb 1998
Cube Handling in Races--One checker model
Feb 1998
Match Play--When to free drop
Jan 1998
Match Play--Going for gammon when opp has free drop
Jan 1998
Miscellaneous--Calculation versus instinct
Dec 1997
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Dec 1997
Puzzles--All-time best roll
Dec 1997
Rollouts--Settlement limit
Aug 1997
Play Sites--FIBS--Financial support
May 1997
Match Play--7-away/11-away: volatile recube decision
Apr 1997
Cube Handling--Liveliness of the cube
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar
Mar 1997
Puzzles--Not-so-greedy bearoff
Mar 1997
Match Play--Crawford rule
Mar 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Estimating in volatile situations
Feb 1997
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube
Feb 1997
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play"
Dec 1996
Match Play--Playing when opponent has free drop
Oct 1996
Computer Dice--FIBS: Are the dice biased?
Sep 1996
Cube Handling--Volatility
Sep 1996
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Sep 1996
Rules--Rolling too soon
Jul 1996
Strategy--Checker play--Coming under the gun
Jul 1996
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchor is best?
Apr 1996
Rollouts--Some guidelines
Apr 1996
Strategy--Checker play--Cube ownership considerations
Mar 1996
Strategy--Bearing Off--Which gaps to fill
Feb 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Why make the three point?
Jan 1996
Match Play--2-away/4-away: trailer's initial double
Jan 1996
Puzzles--Shortest game
Dec 1995
Opening Rolls--Mloner vs Jellyfish
Sep 1995
Rollouts--Cautionary tale
Sep 1995
Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game
Aug 1995
Cheating--Collusion in Monte Carlo
Jul 1995
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Ever too good to double?
Jul 1995
Miscellaneous--Notation
Jun 1995
Tournaments--Clocks--Should they be part of the game?
May 1995
Strategy--Checker play--Playing when opponent has one man back
Apr 1995
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)
Apr 1995
Puzzles--Zero equity positions
Apr 1995
Match Play--Going for gammon when opp has free drop
Mar 1995
Opening Rolls--How computers play
Feb 1995
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy
Jan 1995
Puzzles--Cube ownership determines correct play
Jan 1995
Cheating--Dice manipulation
Jan 1995
Computer Dice--Testing for bias
Dec 1994
Match Play--Holland rule
Nov 1994
Cube Handling--When to double
Oct 1994
Match Play--Free drop
Oct 1994
Match Equities--Neil's numbers
Jul 1994
Opening Rolls--Factors to consider
Jul 1994
Cube Handling--Against a weaker opponent
Jul 1994
Match Play--3-away/4-away: tricky cube decision
May 1994
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey
May 1994
Etiquette--Under resigning
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
Mar 1994
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double-roll
Klaus Evers
May 2012
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner)
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
Apr 2009
Learning--Missing candidate plays
Mar 2006
Miscellaneous--Giants of Backgammon list
Jan 2006
Rulings--Writing down positions
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Nov 2005
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
KL Gerber
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men
Nov 2002
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule
Nov 2002
Variations--Nardi
Koyunbaba
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
Jun 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
kruidenbuiltje
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Mar 2011
Pip Counting--The 51/21 count
Jan 2011
Cube Handling--Early game blitzes
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Larry Deckel
Jan 1997
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double roll
Larry Hunter
May 1992
Book Suggestions--Marty Storer's reading list
Larry Strommen
Feb 1998
Equipment--Precision dice
Lars Soezueer
Mar 1997
Terminology--Turkish names for rolls
Lasse Hjorth Madsen
Jan 2005
Probability and Statistics--Number of games per match
Lasse H. Madsen
Mar 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Laury Chizlett
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Oct 2000
Strategy--Backgames--But they're so much fun!
Apr 2000
Book Suggestions--Ideal book on backgammon
Sep 1999
Variations--Domino backgammon
Lee
Jan 1997
Variations--Acey-deucy
leemo
Jun 2012
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
leobueno
Mar 2013
Terminology--"Russian Bridges"
Sep 2011
Computer Dice--GridGammon: Are the dice random?
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Order of succession
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?
Leo Bueno
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Feb 1998
Equipment--Dice cups
Leonardo Jerkovic
Aug 2012
Tournaments--Skill levels
Linda Lampe
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
lmfback
Oct 2004
Snowie--Running in low priority
Lokicol
Apr 2010
Rollouts--Rollout settings
Louis Nardy Pillards
Sep 2002
GNU Backgammon--Personal reflections
Jul 2002
Opening Rolls--At different match scores
Lou Poppler
Aug 1996
Play Sites--NOBS
Aug 1995
Match Play--1-away/1-away: and similar scores
Apr 1995
Ratings--What are rating points?
Lucky
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Lucky Jim
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
luckyplayer
Jun 2008
Books--Williams: Backgammon Live in London
Luc Palmans
Oct 2010
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling?
Luvrhino
Aug 2001
Fun and frustration--Lonely checker's lament
Lymph
May 2003
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)
maareyes
Oct 2001
GNU Backgammon--Installing on Windows
Maciej Mróz
Sep 2004
Play Sites--GameDesire
Maik Stiebler
Dec 2012
Variations--Bluff Cube
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Apr 2009
Theory--Error rate--Why count forced moves?
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Feb 2005
GNU Backgammon--Interpreting JSD's
Dec 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Malcolm
Sep 2000
Chouettes--Captain drops and others take
mamabear
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Splot"
MandM1951
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Marc Gray
Nov 1995
Rules--Illegal plays
Nov 1995
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Marc Jacobs
Feb 1994
Variations--Greek backgammon
Marc Ringuette
Dec 1993
Source Code--race4.c
Dec 1993
Source Code--race2.c
Marcus Brooks
Nov 1995
Learning--Practice/study plan
Marina Smith
Feb 1998
Books--Heyken & Fischer: The Backgammon Handbook
Jan 1998
History--The name "backgammon"
Sep 1996
Rules--Rolling too soon
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Mario Kühl
Apr 2002
Magazines & E-zines--Backgammon Today
Mark
Apr 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Middle Eastern split?
Mark Betz
Oct 1996
Computer Dice--Does MVP Backgammon cheat?
Mark Damish
Jan 1996
Match Play--2-away/4-away: practical issues
Oct 1995
Match Archives--Big Brother
Oct 1994
Match Archives--Standard notation/archive format
Mark Denihan
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Oct 1996
Pip Counting--Casting out crossovers
Mark Driver
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Jul 2001
Books--Tzannes brothers: How Good Are You at Backgammon?
Jul 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Jun 2001
Variations--Jacquet
May 2001
Books--Stern: Backgammon: The Quick Course to Winning Play
Apr 2001
Books--Tzannes brothers: Backgammon Games and Strategies
Apr 2001
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Jan 2001
Equipment--Precision dice
Jan 2001
History--Backgammon in China
Dec 2000
Equipment--Boards--Features to look for
Mark Ferrante
Nov 1997
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience
Mark Haley
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Mark Higgins
Mar 2012
Theory--Jump Model for money game cube decisions
Marsha Wisniski
Dec 1997
Etiquette--How long to wait?
Martin Daniels
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Martin Fischer
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Sep 1998
Books--Heyken & Fischer: The Backgammon Handbook
Martin Krainer
Oct 2003
Puzzles--Quiz
Oct 2003
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best?
Martin Short
Mar 2002
Terminology--"Chouette"
Marty Storer
May 2010
Terminology--"Phantom double hit"
Jul 2009
History--Recent changes
Jan 2008
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Aug 2007
Strategy--Checker play--Late loose hits
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
Apr 2007
Books--Storer: Backgammon Praxis
Aug 2006
Strategy--Checker play--Prime versus prime
Jun 2006
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Nov 2005
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Oct 2005
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Sep 2004
Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon
May 2004
Books--Storer: Backgammon Praxis
Feb 2004
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: In GOL online match
Jan 2004
Terminology--"Back game"
Dec 2002
Tournaments--Calcutta problems
Oct 2002
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS)
Feb 1996
Books--Barr: Barr on Backgammon
Apr 1992
Terminology--"Time," "timing," "checker," "dancing"
Feb 1992
Opening Rolls--Trice's rankings
Jan 1992
Cube Handling in Races--Ward's racing formula
Sep 1991
Programming--BKG beats world champion
Aug 1991
Terminology--"Lose your market"
Marv Porten
Apr 2011
Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Mary Hickey
Jan 2006
Terminology--"Polish prime"
Jul 2005
Fun and frustration--Backgammon at 50
Jul 2005
Terminology--"Blunder", "whopper"
Feb 2004
Miscellaneous--Handicapping--Rerolling 5-4
Feb 2004
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS)
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jul 2003
Book Suggestions--Three underrated books
Jun 2003
Chouettes--Cube proxy
Mar 2001
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Nov 2000
Puzzles--Janowski Paradox
masque de Z
Apr 2012
Puzzles--Lowest probability of winning
Matt
Aug 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Are they the same?
Feb 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames
Matt Cohn-Geier
Sep 2012
Terminology--"Bronstein" clock setting
Feb 2011
Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Oct 2009
Match Play--Match play 101
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Jan 2009
Strategy--Checker play--When to run the last checker
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Nov 2007
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era
Oct 2007
Rulings--Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Matt-Cohn Geier
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Matt Cohn Geier
Jan 2011
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example
Matthew J. Reklaitis
Jul 1997
Cheating--Taking advantage of computer players
Matthew Mueller
Dec 2000
Equipment--Boards--Features to look for
Matthias Nilsson
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Mattias
Apr 2003
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Matti Rinta-Nikkola
Nov 2000
Ratings--Improving the rating system
Dec 1998
Ratings--Constructing a ratings system
Matt Reklaitis
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Jul 2009
Ratings--Cube error rates
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Jan 2004
Variations--Hit man
Jun 1998
Computer Dice--Does MonteCarlo cheat?
Matt Ryder
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
Matt Senecal
Nov 2004
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--Errata
Maureen
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Maurits Pino
Apr 2003
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
max
Jul 2005
Play Sites--MoneyGaming.com
Max Levenstein
Aug 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Playing for gammon
Aug 2011
Learning--How to excel in backgammon
Max Urban
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Oct 2009
Match Play--Match play 101
mccm1976
May 2006
Play Sites--Ladbrokes.com
ME
Mar 2003
Variations--Takhteh
Mel Leifer
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Jun 2002
Equipment--Suppliers--Backgammon boards
MelRae
Aug 1997
Fun and frustration--Backgammon by mail
mginat
May 2006
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Michael
Jun 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine announcement
Michael A Urban
Oct 1993
Variations--Hyper backgammon
Michael Bo Hansen
May 1998
Jellyfish--Doubling at 2-away, 2-away
Feb 1998
Cube Handling--Endgame close out: Michael's 432 rule
Michael Crane
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Order of succession
Jul 2011
Tournaments--Variable side pools
Oct 2005
Rulings--Playing wrong opponent
Jul 2005
Play Sites--MoneyGaming.com
Jul 2005
Rules--When do you give up your chance to double?
May 2005
Rulings--Disagreement over cocked dice
May 2003
Tournaments--Tournament formats
Mar 2003
Tournaments--Uniform rules and procedures?
Aug 2002
Equipment--Boards
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Nov 2001
Play Sites--Playmaker World--Announcement
May 2001
Tournaments--Swiss format
Nov 2000
Tournaments--Videotaping matches
Jun 2000
Rules--Checker shuffling
Jun 2000
Rules--Moving checkers with two hands
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
Feb 2000
Tournaments--Clock rules--Illegal move
Michael Depreli
Mar 2011
Probability and Statistics--Number of rolls to enter x checkers from bar
Oct 2005
GNU Backgammon--Gnu versus Snowie and Jellyfish
Michael Fuhrmann
Aug 1997
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Michael Gilbert
Dec 2003
Play Sites--HigherGames--Announcement
Michael Halpenny
Feb 2001
Cheating--How to tell when somebody's cheating
Michael Herder
Aug 2002
Equipment--Boards
Michael Howard
Jul 2003
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.14 vs. Jellyfish
Sep 2000
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Michael J. Zehr
Oct 1998
Snowie--Using rollouts
Sep 1998
Chouettes--Strategy
Aug 1998
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts
Jun 1998
Terminology--"Volatility"
Jun 1998
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts
May 1998
Jellyfish--Bearoff database bug
Apr 1998
Theory--Derivation of drop points
Apr 1998
Rollouts--Settlement limit
Jan 1998
Puzzles--All-time worst roll
Dec 1997
Miscellaneous--Handicapping--Pass or pick a roll
Jul 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy
May 1997
Cube Handling--Too good to double
Mar 1996
Strategy--Checker play--Prime versus prime
Mar 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Mar 1996
Terminology--"Equity"
Feb 1996
Variations--Tracy turn around
Feb 1996
Fun and frustration--A game brings you money
Apr 1995
Rules--Repairing an illegal play
Jan 1995
Cube Handling in Races--Doubling formulas
Jan 1995
Strategy--Checker play--Defending against a blitz
Jan 1995
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Dec 1993
Cube Handling--Rough guidelines
Nov 1993
Cube Handling--How to use the doubling cube
Jun 1992
Match Equities--Using a match equity table
Michael J Zehr
Feb 1996
Terminology--"Pure play"
Michael Manolios
Aug 2000
Luck versus Skill--How much skill versus luck?
Nov 1999
Strategy--Checker play--Gammonish positions
Michael Nelson
Jan 2002
Equipment--Suppliers--BG Shop
Michael Petch
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Aug 2011
Computer Dice--Safe Harbor Games dice
Jan 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception
Sep 2010
Variations--Khachapuri
Jan 2008
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice
Michael Plog
Mar 2004
Rulings--Disputed roll
Jan 2002
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player)
Michael Poche
Dec 1998
Equipment--Board design
Michael Quinn
Feb 1996
Software--Windows: MVP Backgammon (player)
Michael Schell
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles--Snowie analysis
Aug 2001
Cube Handling in Races--Lamford's race forumla
Michael Strato
Jul 2006
Magazines & E-zines--GammonLife
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Jan 2005
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Jan 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons
Oct 2003
Learning--The best way to learn
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Jan 2001
Match Play--Crawford rule--history
Dec 2000
Variations--Longgammon
Sep 2000
Miscellaneous--Posted diagrams are scrunched up
Jun 2000
Rules--Moving checkers with two hands
Apr 2000
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Jan 2000
Rules--Hit and run
Dec 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammonVillage announcement
Nov 1999
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Nov 1999
Books--Clay: Backgammon Winning Strategies
Michael Sullivan
Jul 2004
Miscellaneous--Money management
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas
May 2004
Ratings--Fastest way to improve your rating
May 2004
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Apr 2004
Computer Dice--The dice sure seem unfair!
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Feb 2004
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot?
Sep 2003
Miscellaneous--Backgammon's popularity
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Nov 2002
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar
Michael Volpatt
Oct 2003
Play Sites--Arkadium
Michel Grimminck
Dec 1999
Software--Windows: Exact Bearoff (analyzer)
Michel Tarragnat
Apr 2005
Fun and frustration--Wishing good luck
Midas
Sep 1997
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0
Mika Johnsson
Sep 1993
Magazines & E-zines--List of articles
Jul 1993
Book Suggestions--John Bazigos's suggestions
MikeMadMonk
May 2003
Tournaments--Tournament formats
Mike O.
Feb 2003
Equipment--Checkers
Mike Petch
Mar 2013
Terminology--"Russian Bridges"
Mike Rudman
Dec 2001
Software--Windows: Blowfish (analyser)
Misja
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Nov 2005
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?
Oct 2005
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Misja Alma
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Mislav Kovacic
Feb 2012
Variations--Tandem Backgammon
Mislav Radica
Oct 2009
Terminology--"MCV"
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Nov 2007
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Nov 2007
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era
Oct 2007
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips
May 2007
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
May 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollouts
M Moore
Jan 2008
Equipment--Woodworking--Finishing a board
Mochy
Feb 2013
Books--Shiina: Cube Action 1000
Moishe Steigmann
May 1995
Strategy--Backgames--Checker problem
Monty
May 2006
Play Sites--Where to play for money
montygram
Nov 2005
Terminology--"Freeroll"
Jun 2005
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?
Montygram
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Morph
May 2004
Learning--Getting better than "awful"
Morris Pearl
Jan 2002
Cube Handling--Playing your opponent
Morten Daugbjerg
Aug 1997
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Morten Wang
Nov 1997
Fun and frustration--Ten commandments of backgammon
Motiv4u
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Mr Majestyk
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Order of succession
Mr Nabutovsky
Jun 2000
Computer Dice--Does Agushak Backgammon cheat?
MuffinHead
Mar 2004
Terminology--"Bot"
Murat Kalinyaprak
Oct 2002
Propositions--No ones
Nov 1996
Puzzles--Returning to the start
MW Book Review
Jul 1999
Books--Leet: Winning Backgammon
nabla
Sep 2007
Match Play--Both too good and not good enough to double
Nack Ballard
Sep 2011
Puzzles--Three-cube position
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactating a whole game
May 2010
Puzzles--Returning to the start
Apr 2010
Puzzles--Mirror puzzle
Oct 2009
Opening Rolls--Nactation overview
Jun 2007
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings--Volunteers needed
narde
Nov 2006
Variations--Narde
Nardy Pillards
May 2003
Tournaments--Tournament formats
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Nathaniel Gibson
Dec 2003
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot?
Ned Cross
Dec 2004
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies
Mar 2004
Books--Wiggins: Boards, Blots, and Double Shots
Mar 2004
Rulings--Misplaced cube
Mar 2004
GNU Backgammon--Cache size
Neil GoBlu
Jul 2000
Play Sites--Yahoo Games--Ratings
neilkaz
Aug 2011
Match Equities--ME Table: Kazaross-XG2
Aug 2011
Match Equities--Neil's new numbers
Jun 2011
Fun and frustration--"I resign"
Sep 2010
Tournaments--Clock rules--Why forfeit instead of penalty points?
Sep 2010
Pip Counting--Tips for counting pips
Jan 2009
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler
Aug 2008
Fun and frustration--A story from my youth
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
Neil Kazaross
Aug 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Playing for gammon
Dec 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Apr 2010
Match Play--Holland rule
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Moving hit checker first
Jan 2009
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler
Jan 2009
Cube Handling--Closed board cube decisions
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rolling when opponent is closed out
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rerolling cocked dice too quickly
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
Feb 2006
Play Sites--Friendly play site
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of openings
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
Aug 2005
Chouettes--Jacoby rule
Mar 2005
Terminology--"Baffle box"
Mar 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165
Jan 2005
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Oct 2004
GNU Backgammon--Which player is player 0?
Sep 2004
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Jul 2004
Match Equities--On calculating match equity tables
Jun 2004
Match Play--2-away/4-away: Neil's rule of 80
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Mar 2004
Rulings--Incorrect setup
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey: The Backgammon Encyclopedia Vol 1
Jan 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons
Jan 2004
Books--Lortz: Double ... now: An Authentic Cube Remedy
Dec 2003
Match Equities--ME Table: Kazaross
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jul 2003
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Jun 2003
Chouettes--Split cube actions
Apr 2003
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford)
Apr 2003
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon
Oct 2002
Match Equities--Value of free drop
Neil Robins
Jul 2009
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors
Feb 2009
Variations--Best-of-n variant of match play
Nick Kravitz
Dec 2010
Computer Dice--Randomness testing
Nick Wedd
Feb 1996
Variations--Old English
Nigel Gibbions
Mar 1998
Jellyfish--JF tackles New Ideas in Backgammon
Nikos Albanopoulos
Sep 2002
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Aug 2000
Book Suggestions--After Magriel
Nis Jorgensen
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Nis Jørgensen
Jun 2000
Ratings--Field size and ratings spread
NJ
Jun 2010
Computer Dice--Does Backgammon NJ cheat?
N Merrigan
Jan 2007
Learning--How to improve
Mar 2003
Equipment--Boards--Custom-made
Nobody
Nov 2002
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar
NoChinDeluxe
Feb 2011
Computer Dice--Error rates with computer dice
Nunez
Apr 2000
Learning--What more can I do?
NYCGuy
Jun 1997
Fun and frustration--Simborg's laws of backgammon
Obgkenobee
May 2005
Play Sites--Club Games
Oliver Riordan
Jul 2003
Theory--Variance reduction
Olivier Egger
Apr 1998
Snowie--Announcement
oneprime
Feb 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames
onur alan
Apr 2013
Match Play--Slotting when opponent has free drop
Onur Alan
Apr 2013
Match Play--Slotting when opponent has free drop
OpenWheel
Nov 2005
Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances
Oct 2005
Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away?
Osman Guner
Jul 2003
Play Sites--FIBS--Top Tournament Performers
May 2001
Tournaments--Swiss format
Oct 1998
Tournaments--Swiss format
Otis
Aug 2007
Cube Handling--The take/pass decision
Øystein Johansen
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
May 2005
Puzzles--Priming puzzle
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--Manually entering first roll
Feb 2005
Programming--Measuring Difficulty
Nov 2004
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--Errata
Nov 2004
GNU Backgammon--Python scripting
Oct 2004
GNU Backgammon--Logging rollouts
Oct 2004
GNU Backgammon--Which player is player 0?
Jun 2004
GNU Backgammon--Batch analysis tool
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Aug 2003
GNU Backgammon--How to enter an illegal move
May 2003
GNU Backgammon--Edit mode removing checker from bar
Jan 2002
GNU Backgammon--Compiling for Windows
Jul 2001
Chouettes--Waiting for teammate to double
Jun 2001
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts
Feb 2001
Strategy--Checker play--Kleinman Count for bringing checkers home
Feb 2001
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count
Aug 2000
Cube Handling--Value of an ace-point game
Aug 2000
Theory--Janowski's formulas
PAR
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Pasteel M.
Feb 1994
Variations--Plakoto
Patrick Gibson
Oct 2009
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously
Mar 2009
Tournaments--Clock ethics
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Patrick Wilken
Aug 1991
Books--Jacoby & Crawford: The Backgammon Book
Patti Beadles
Dec 2007
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips
Jan 2004
Equipment--Boards--Dal Negro
Dec 2003
Ratings--FIBS rating formula
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Mar 2003
Tournaments--Uniform rules and procedures?
Jan 2003
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
Jan 2001
Equipment--Precision dice
Jul 1999
Equipment--What is "tournament size"?
Apr 1998
Pip Counting--Running pip count
Jan 1998
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?
Nov 1997
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience
Mar 1996
Etiquette--Dealing with droppers
Dec 1994
Pip Counting--Tips
Aug 1994
Ratings--Table of ratings changes
Paul Epstein
Dec 2007
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips
Sep 2007
Match Play--Both too good and not good enough to double
Dec 2006
Strategy--Checker play--Coup Classique
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
Mar 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Nov 2005
Cheating--Dice manipulation
Oct 2005
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Sep 2005
Cube Handling--How does rake affect cube actions?
Jul 2005
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems
Jul 2005
Etiquette--Premature shaking
Jul 2005
Rules--When do you give up your chance to double?
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Mar 2004
Rulings--Disputed roll
Dec 1997
Puzzles--All-time best roll
Paul Ferguson
Feb 1997
Software--Mac: Play-O-Matic (game replayer)
Paul Money
Oct 1994
Match Equities--Neil's numbers
Paul Stephens
Mar 2005
Software--Html/Php: BG Replay (match replayer)
Paul Tanenbaum
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Aug 1999
Propositions--Opening 11 vs. Owning the cube
May 1999
Fun and frustration--Beginner's luck
Feb 1998
Books--Mabardi & Luce: Vanity Fair's Backgammon to Win
Aug 1997
Theory--Undefined equity
Paul Vianna
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Paul Weaver
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Jul 2010
Cheating--Dice magicians
Jul 2006
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
Perry Gartner
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Jul 2005
Terminology--"Blunder", "whopper"
PersianLord
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Pete
Mar 2003
Fun and frustration--What are the chances?
Nov 2002
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar
Peter Anderson
Nov 2001
Chouettes--California rule
Peter Backgren
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Peter Bell
Aug 1998
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Mar 1996
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Feb 1996
Terminology--"Pure play"
Aug 1995
Cube Handling--Cube concepts
Jun 1995
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Split to 20?
Apr 1995
Opening Rolls--Opening 52: Merits of splitting
Peter Bennet
May 2012
Books--Kershaw: Backgammon Funfair
Jun 2008
Books--Williams: Backgammon Live in London
Peter Fankhauser
Jul 1996
Match Equities--ME Table: Big Brother
Jan 1996
Match Archives--Big Brother Statistics
Jan 1996
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts
Peter Grotrian
May 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollouts
Apr 2006
Miscellaneous--Typesetting backgammon
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Rollout
Nov 2005
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Mar 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165
Feb 2005
Programming--Measuring Difficulty
Peter Hallberg
Apr 2010
Rollouts--Rollout settings
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Backgammon versus poker
Peter Schneider
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Aug 2004
Etiquette--Under resigning
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
May 2004
Learning--Getting better than "awful"
Jan 2003
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
Nov 2002
Ratings--Experience required for accurate rating
Jun 2001
Snowie--Checker-play-according-to-score bug
Peter van Arkel
Sep 2002
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Peter van Campen
Mar 1996
Software--Windows: Backgammon Varia (player)
Philippe Michel
Jul 2008
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Nov 2007
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era
Feb 1997
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play"
Phillippe Michel
Mar 2013
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Phill Skelton
Aug 2001
Chouettes--Legal plays only
Aug 2000
Theory--Janowski's formulas
Phil Simborg
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Dec 2012
Learning--Study Methodology
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
Jan 2012
Luck versus Skill--Is there really luck in backgammon?
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Mar 2010
Miscellaneous--How bots rate you
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Oct 2009
Terminology--"MCV"
Sep 2009
Chouettes--Dream chouette
Aug 2009
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon
Jul 2004
Fun and frustration--Backgammon haikus
Mar 2004
Etiquette--Why I never complain about the dice
Phil Vanicek
May 2001
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Pino
Apr 2013
Match Play--Slotting when opponent has free drop
pip_panther
May 2000
Software--Palm OS: Agushka (player)
Piranha
Dec 2007
Play Sites--PiranhaGammon
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
Pit Bull
Mar 2004
Terminology--"Bot"
playBunny
Mar 2013
Terminology--"Russian Bridges"
pmg
Feb 2000
Play Sites--VOG
Pojchara Jatupoj
Sep 2003
Software--Windows: Penguin backgammon (player)
Pollax
Jul 2000
Rules--Bearing off question
pontiac
Jan 2012
Extreme Gammon--Rollout settings
poseidon
Apr 2011
Variations--Tavli question
Prince Barlow
Jul 2012
Terminology--"Short play"
professorpaul
Jan 2008
Equipment--Woodworking--Finishing a board
PTaber
Jun 1999
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Raccoon
Feb 2008
Rulings--Premature actions
Jan 2008
Luck versus Skill--Does backgammon need less luck?
Jan 2008
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Nov 2007
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford)
Oct 2007
Rulings--Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start
Jul 2007
Probability and Statistics--Chance of rolling x doubles in y rolls
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
May 2007
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
Apr 2007
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Mar 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Jan 2007
Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances
Jan 2007
Terminology--"PRaT"
Dec 2006
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rolling when opponent is closed out
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rerolling cocked dice too quickly
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Aug 2006
Programming--BKG 9.8 vs. Villa
Jul 2006
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?
Jun 2006
Cube Handling--Value of an ace-point game
May 2006
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad?
May 2006
Opening Rolls--Magriel's Chapter 5
May 2006
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollouts
Apr 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Apr 2006
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Apr 2006
Miscellaneous--Typesetting backgammon
Mar 2006
Miscellaneous--Giants of Backgammon list
Mar 2006
GNU Backgammon--Error rates: Gnu vs. Snowie
Mar 2006
Rules--Can a beaver be dropped?
Mar 2006
Miscellaneous--Initiatives by local clubs
Mar 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Mar 2006
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play
Mar 2006
Ratings--FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings
Feb 2006
Propositions--Eight checkers vs. fifteen
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play
Jan 2006
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Nov 2005
Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances
Nov 2005
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #75
Oct 2005
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes
Oct 2005
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download
Oct 2005
Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away?
Oct 2005
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings
Oct 2005
Rulings--Playing wrong opponent
Sep 2005
Cube Handling--How does rake affect cube actions?
Jul 2005
Terminology--"Blunder", "whopper"
Jul 2005
Rulings--Two cubes on the board
Jul 2005
GNU Backgammon--Match equity tables
Jul 2005
Etiquette--Premature shaking
Jul 2005
Rules--When do you give up your chance to double?
Nov 2004
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect
Nov 2004
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited #100
Jun 2004
Puzzles--Worst possible checker play
Feb 2004
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: In GOL online match
Sep 2003
Rulings--Crawford game double
Aug 2003
History--Backgammon variants
Rafy Marootians
Mar 1994
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double-roll
rambiz
Feb 2011
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD
Randy
Jul 2008
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--GnuBG evaluations
Randy Pals
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
Rascha
Feb 1997
Variations--Tavla
Ray Fogerlund
Sep 2004
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Ray Karmo
Feb 2002
Computer Dice--Synopsis of "cheating" postings
Raymond Kershaw
Dec 1998
Puzzles--Least shots on a blot within direct range
rcerutti
Feb 1999
Opening Rolls--Snowie's openers and replies
RealNick
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Rechtsanwalt Martin Fischer
Apr 1999
Books--Kennedy & Papazian: Backgammon Master Games
RedTop
May 2004
Variations--No hit
Rene Cerutti
Apr 2004
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Snowie 4.1
rew
Sep 2012
Terminology--"Bronstein" clock setting
Mar 2007
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Stick
Jul 2006
GNU Backgammon--Importing PartyGammon matches
Oct 2005
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings
Oct 2005
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU
Mar 2005
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background
Oct 1994
Match Equities--Neil's numbers
Rew
Nov 2006
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Rew Francis
Apr 2003
Strategy--Checker play--Cube-influenced checker play
Ricardo Hui
Mar 2009
Play Sites--Free online tournaments
Ric Gerace
Jul 2004
Rules--Legal roll
Sep 2003
Miscellaneous--Backgammon's popularity
Aug 2001
Etiquette--Direction of play
Rich
Mar 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Jan 2000
Rules--Hit and run
Richard Divdesman
Sep 1998
Terminology--"Joker"
Richard Greenberg
Nov 1995
Play Sites--FIBS--Your worst fears
Richard McIntosh
Aug 2002
Rules--Resigning
Richard Munich
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Richard Munitz
Dec 2009
Rulings--Cocked dice
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Moving hit checker first
Aug 2009
Puzzles--13 blots
Jun 2009
Variations--SassanGammon
Apr 2009
Learning--Missing candidate plays
Mar 2009
Tournaments--Clock ethics
Jan 2009
Miscellaneous--Money management
Richard P. Reasin
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Richard Rognlie
May 1997
Play Sites--Richard's Play-by-E-mail Server
Rich Munitz
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Kamikaze play"
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Banana split"
Mar 2011
Chouettes--Chouette cube strategy
Jan 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?
Dec 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it
Oct 2010
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Jul 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube issues
Mar 2010
Tournaments--Hitting clock instead of rolling
Oct 2009
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously
Oct 2009
Strategy--Bearing Off--Rules of thumb
Feb 2009
Opening Rolls--Early game rule of thumb
Rich Reasin
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Rick Janowski
Mar 2012
Theory--Jump Model for money game cube decisions
Rick Kiesau
Mar 2004
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Rob Adams
Oct 2007
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Sep 2007
Match Play--Post-crawford mistakes
Mar 2006
Ratings--FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings
Feb 2006
Play Sites--Friendly play site
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Mar 2004
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Robban
Aug 2009
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon
Robert A. Meese, Jr.
May 1993
Magazines & E-zines--Available newsletters
Robert D. Johnson
Oct 1996
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Sep 1996
Terminology--"Dropper"
RobertFontaine
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Robert Fontaine
Oct 2007
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A
Robert Hyerle
Dec 1998
Equipment--Board design
Robert-Jan Veldhuizen
Mar 2006
Rules--Can a beaver be dropped?
Jan 2006
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite?
Jan 2006
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons
Nov 2005
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong?
Apr 2005
Learning--Maintaining your game
Apr 2005
GNU Backgammon--MWC versus Equity (EMG)
Feb 2005
GNU Backgammon--Interpreting JSD's
Nov 2004
GNU Backgammon--Filter settings
Aug 2004
Match Equities--ME Table: Dunstan
Jul 2004
Match Play--Post-crawford/2-away: too good to double
Jun 2004
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings for the impatient
May 2004
Puzzles--Highest possible gammon rate
Apr 2004
GNU Backgammon--Restarting a rollout with different settings
Apr 2004
Strategy--Checker play--Play versus a novice
Mar 2004
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Mar 2004
GNU Backgammon--Cache size
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Dec 2003
Match Equities--ME Table: Zorba
Dec 2003
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Nov 2002
Computer Dice--Does GNU Backgammon cheat?
Nov 2000
Luck versus Skill--How often to win with perfect play?
Nov 2000
Puzzles--Janowski Paradox
Aug 2000
Book Suggestions--After Magriel
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus building
Aug 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better?
Robert Koca
Jul 1994
Match Play--3-away/4-away: tricky cube decision
May 1994
Theory--Proof that backgammon terminates
May 1994
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately
Robert Loggins
Oct 2005
Rulings--Playing wrong opponent
Robert Maier
Feb 2011
Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned
May 2009
Tournaments--Recording matches
Robert Scibelli
Dec 1997
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Robert Zavoral
Oct 1999
Equipment--Boards--Zavoral
Robi
May 2006
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Rodney Lighton
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
Rodrigo Andrade
Jul 1999
Equipment--What is "tournament size"?
Jun 1998
Play Sites--Best value
Apr 1998
Pip Counting--Running pip count
Roger Gabrielson
Feb 2004
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Roland Scheicher
Sep 2005
Rules--Gentleman's previlege
Mar 2005
Terminology--"Baffle box"
Mar 2004
Rulings--Disputed roll
Mar 2002
Terminology--"Chouette"
Mar 2002
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver
Dec 2001
Terminology--"Calcutta auction"
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Seeding
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions
Roland Sutter
Jun 1999
Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game
RolldUpTrips
Apr 2011
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt
Ronald van Tiggelen
Nov 2002
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar
Ron Barry
Nov 2002
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG
Mar 2001
Etiquette--Commenting on dice
Ron Karr
Dec 1997
Rollouts--Cubeless vs centered-cube rollouts
Dec 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon
Feb 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game
Dec 1996
Strategy--Checker play--Mutual holding game
Dec 1996
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Sample game
Dec 1996
Match Play--Playing when opponent has free drop
Nov 1996
Strategy--Checker play--Jacoby rule consideration
Aug 1996
Terminology--"Gammon price"
Aug 1996
Learning--Taking your game up a level
May 1996
Ratings--Strange behavior with large rating difference
Roy Passfield
Dec 2001
GNU Backgammon--Analyzing GamesGrid matches
Rudy Fr
Dec 2002
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play
Ryan Long
Nov 2002
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG
Sep 2002
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
Apr 2002
Books--Leet: Winning Backgammon
Apr 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Middle Eastern split?
Mar 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Slot the four point?
Sam Pottle
Dec 2012
Puzzles--Pruce's paradox
Mar 2011
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?
Apr 2009
Learning--Missing candidate plays
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Nov 2006
Rulings--Rerolling cocked dice too quickly
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Jan 2006
Terminology--"Polish prime"
Apr 2005
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited--Errata
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
Mar 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Feb 1999
Programming--Blockading feature
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Sam Sloan
Jul 2012
Books--Thorne's Backgammon Tactics (Reprint)
Sander van Rijnswou
May 1999
Terminology--"Beavers"
Sanoma Products
Jan 2008
Equipment--Woodworking--Finishing a board
Sassan
Jun 2009
Variations--SassanGammon
Scott
Feb 2005
Variations--Simborg Rule
Scott Steiner
Apr 2004
Play Sites--DailyGammon
Feb 2004
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling
May 2003
GNU Backgammon--Edit mode removing checker from bar
Jan 2003
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers
Dec 2002
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect
Sep 2002
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon
Aug 2002
Learning--Taking your game up a level
scuba
Jan 2007
Fun and frustration--One-liners
Sean Dakin
Aug 1999
Tournaments--Recording matches
Sean Williams
Jun 2008
Books--Williams: Backgammon Live in London
sebalotek
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Sebastiaan kuijs
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
seeker
Nov 1995
Ratings--ELO system
Seth
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Seth Tapper
Mar 1997
Play Sites--Playsite--Announcement
sevenout
May 2004
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine
Apr 2004
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
SGokmen
May 1994
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood
Shuman Lloyd Lee
Aug 1991
Terminology--"Lose your market"
Aug 1991
Terminology--"Beavers"
Aug 1991
Books--Deyong: The Playboy Book of Backgammon
SilverFox
Jan 2003
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame
Nov 2002
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men
Nov 2002
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG
Aug 2002
Learning--Taking your game up a level
Aug 2002
Rules--Illegal plays
Simon Larsen
Sep 1999
Cube Handling--Endgame close out: Spleischft formula
SimonW
Jan 2005
Rules--Pick and pass and bearing off
Simon Woodhead
Dec 2007
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips
Nov 1991
Terminology--"Duplication" and "diversification"
Sep 1991
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count
sirkaber
May 2006
Play Sites--Gammon11
SnowieGroup Info
Oct 2002
Snowie--Snowie 4.0
Socks
Jul 2004
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette
Apr 2004
Fun and frustration--Backgammon hustler
Somebody
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
Stanley E. Richards
Mar 2011
Chouettes--Chouette cube strategy
Mar 2008
GNU Backgammon--Playing two computers against each other
Oct 2007
Play Sites--BG Room
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Jun 2006
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?
Apr 2006
Pip Counting--Live play versus online
Oct 2005
Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away?
Oct 2005
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings
Oct 2005
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU
Sep 2005
Book Suggestions--Books on match play
Stanley Richards
Oct 2010
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Jun 2008
Play Sites--Overview
Mar 2008
GNU Backgammon--Playing two computers against each other
Steen Ladelund
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Compensating for byes
Stein Kulseth
Jan 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception
Feb 2010
Equipment--Luxury boards
Feb 2008
Rulings--Premature actions
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Nov 2005
Miscellaneous--Copying positions from books
May 2000
Rules--Can a beaver be dropped?
Oct 1999
Strategy--Checker play--Breaking contact
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Sep 1998
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or play later?
Dec 1997
Match Play--Doubling when you're an underdog
Jan 1997
Variations--Misere, Chase, Skewed dice
Stephen Hubbard
Sep 1997
Learning--Using Jellyfish tutor
Stephen Turner
Jan 2002
Etiquette--Am I too slow?
Feb 1998
Rules--Rolling too soon
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Analysis of 10 million rolls
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar
Mar 1997
Probability and Statistics--How many games to decide who's better?
Mar 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later?
Mar 1997
Variations--One roll lookahead
Oct 1996
Pip Counting--Mental shift
Jun 1996
Terminology--"Thorp count"
Apr 1996
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Jan 1996
Puzzles--Shortest game
Jun 1994
Match Equities--Turner formula
May 1994
Etiquette--Under resigning
Mar 1994
Computer Dice--Too many repeated rolls?
steve
May 2012
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner)
Steve Brorens
Nov 1996
Books--Martyn: Phillip Martyn on Backgammon
Steve Ewert
Jun 1998
Variations--Acey-deucy
Steve Fiete
Mar 1998
Play Sites--Yahoo Games
Steve Flanagan
Jul 2003
Rulings--Cocked dice
Steve Mellen
May 2011
Variations--Joker cube
Mar 2011
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?
Mar 2011
Chouettes--Chouette cube strategy
Feb 2008
Rulings--Premature actions
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Feb 2006
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube?
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
Sep 2003
Rulings--Crawford game double
Feb 1998
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Steve Mellon
Feb 2010
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles
Steven Keats
Feb 2011
Terminology--"Raccoon"
Steven Turner
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Steve Pickard
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Stick
Aug 2012
Cube Handling in Races--What's your favorite formula?
Jul 2012
Rulings--Cocked dice
May 2012
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner)
Jan 2012
Learning--Study method
Sep 2011
Variations--Nackgammon Shuffle
Aug 2011
Learning--How to excel in backgammon
Jun 2011
Terminology--"Kamikaze play"
Apr 2011
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt
Feb 2011
Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned
Feb 2011
Learning--Committing to memory
Jan 2011
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception
Jan 2011
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example
Jan 2011
Rulings--Moving with two hands
Jan 2011
Tournaments--Clocks--Why use them
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Oct 2010
Cube Handling--Endgame closeout: win percentages
Jul 2010
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube issues
Jul 2010
Tournaments--Clocks and older players
Jun 2010
Opening Rolls--Nactation
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Jan 2010
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Oct 2009
Match Play--Match play 101
Oct 2009
Tournaments--Factors that affect attendance
Oct 2009
Terminology--"MCV"
Sep 2009
Chouettes--Dream chouette
Jun 2009
Variations--SassanGammon
Feb 2009
Tournaments--Hedging
Aug 2008
Tournaments--Making notes during play
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Jan 2008
Books--Corbett: Backgammon Problems
Dec 2007
Rulings--Error in setup
Dec 2007
Rulings--Taking photos of positions
Oct 2007
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Oct 2007
Rulings--Opening roll loser picks up his die
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
Jun 2007
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Mar 2007
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Stick
May 2006
Opening Rolls--Magriel's Chapter 5
Apr 2006
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download
Mar 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Rollout
Feb 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 32: Rollout
Feb 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 51: Rollout
Feb 2006
Play Sites--Friendly play site
Feb 2006
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube?
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Pros and cons
Nov 2005
Miscellaneous--Copying positions from books
Nov 2005
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings
Stick Rice
Apr 2009
Learning--Lowering your error rate
Jan 2009
Strategy--Checker play--When to run the last checker
Stig Eide
Sep 1999
Theory--Janowski's formulas
Feb 1999
Probability and Statistics--Expected variation in points after a series of games
Apr 1996
Strategy--Bearing Off--Wastage--Positions that minimize
Sep 1995
Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game
Strato
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Stuart Cracraft
Jul 1991
Software--Windows: BG by George (player)
Stuart Katz, MD
Nov 1997
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later?
Stuart Thomson
Jun 1999
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion
Sture Lifh
Jul 2004
Rules--Legal roll
stw
Jan 2009
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler
Tad Bright
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
Nov 2003
Cube Handling--Tells
Jan 2003
Tournaments--Hedging
Tami
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
tanglebear
Mar 2003
Programming--How to count plies?
Taper_Mike
Aug 2012
Cube Handling in Races--What's your favorite formula?
Taper Mike
Jun 2012
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play
Tapio Palmroth
Mar 2003
Tournaments--Uniform rules and procedures?
Oct 2002
Ratings--KG rating list
Apr 1998
Rulings--Crawford game double
TarHeelFan
May 2012
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner)
Aug 2011
Chouettes--Order of succession
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Jul 2006
GNU Backgammon--Importing PartyGammon matches
Mar 2006
Rulings--Moving checkers before you roll
Feb 2006
Rulings--Video dispute resolution
Feb 2006
Rulings--When are the dice "up"?
Feb 2006
Rulings--Kibitzing
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
May 2005
Puzzles--Priming puzzle
Jun 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
May 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
May 2004
Rulings--Disagreement on final cube
Feb 2004
Rulings--Equipment changes
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
TarHeelFan (Jeb)
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
TC Hathaway
Apr 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Ted Hwa
May 2006
Rules--Must a hit checker be placed on the bar?
tem_sat
Oct 2010
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double
Tenland
Nov 2012
Learning--Study plan
T.H.
Jul 2004
Rules--Legal roll
Thomas
May 2002
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon?
Thomas Hauk
Feb 2004
Programming--Search in Trees with Chance Nodes
Thomas Koch
Jan 2008
Chouettes--Interlocking chouette
Dec 2006
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
Thomas W. Hansen
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Tim Chow
Aug 2009
Terminology--"Thematic"
Feb 2009
Puzzles--All-time worst roll
Feb 2009
Variations--Best-of-n variant of match play
Tim Ewall
Feb 2004
Books--Woolsey & Jones: Understanding Backgammon
Tim N
Oct 1999
Opening Rolls--Slotting the four point
Timothy Chow
Mar 2013
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
Mar 2013
Puzzles--Infinite loops
Feb 2013
Puzzles--Is this position reachable?
Dec 2012
Terminology--"Bagai position"
Dec 2012
Variations--Bluff Cube
Aug 2012
Cube Handling in Races--What's your favorite formula?
Jul 2012
Book Suggestions--Which book by Chris Bray should I buy?
Jul 2012
Books--Kershaw: Backgammon Funfair
Jun 2012
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play
Sep 2011
Puzzles--Three-cube position
May 2011
Books--Hickey & Storer: What's Your Game Plan?
Apr 2011
Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon
Jan 2011
Tournaments--Clocks--Arguments against them
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Jun 2010
Opening Rolls--Nactation
May 2010
Rollouts--Confidence intervals
Apr 2010
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor
Apr 2010
Terminology--"Anchor and guard" position
Oct 2009
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Moving hit checker first
Aug 2009
Puzzles--13 blots
Tino Lechich
Apr 2005
Propositions--Tino Road Position
Tom
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Tomawaky
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
May 2005
Play Sites--Club Games
Tom Buhrman
Sep 1999
Play Sites--ItsYourTurn--Announcement
TomCowley
Apr 2012
Puzzles--Lowest probability of winning
Tom Ewall
Mar 2004
Variations--Cancelgammon
Tom Fahland
May 2011
Variations--Joker cube
Aug 1994
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Expert Backgammon
Tom Henry
Apr 1997
Variations--Mexican
Tom Keith
Dec 2012
Play Sites--Play site wish list
Jul 2012
Books--Kershaw: Backgammon Funfair
Jul 2012
Terminology--"Short play"
Feb 2011
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD
Jan 2011
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?
Jun 2010
Match Equities--ME Table: Rockwell-Kazaross
May 2010
Variations--Kleinman's tandem backgammon
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Feb 2008
Rulings--Premature actions
Dec 2007
Tournaments--New U.S. Rules
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of openings
Sep 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Review
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
Sep 2005
Cube Handling--How does rake affect cube actions?
Jul 2005
Match Play--When to free drop
Jul 2005
Etiquette--Rolling the dice
Jul 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire
Jun 2005
Etiquette--Doubling opponent out
May 2005
Pip Counting--Cluster counting
Apr 2005
Opening Rolls--Opening rolls ranked
Jan 2005
GNU Backgammon--JSD's and confidence intervals
Jan 2005
Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View Revisited
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Value of a pip
Jun 2004
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas
May 2004
Puzzles--Highest possible gammon rate
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
Apr 2004
Terminology--Alphabet soup
Mar 2004
Theory--Number of no-contact positions
Mar 2004
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat?
Feb 2004
Probability and Statistics--Chance of rolling x or more pips in y rolls
Oct 2003
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect
Sep 2003
Cube Handling--Early-late ratio
Aug 2003
Miscellaneous--Handicapping
Feb 1999
Ratings--Ratings variation
Dec 1998
Ratings--Unbounded rating theorem
Dec 1998
Ratings--No limit to ratings
Oct 1998
Match Play--Matches to a set number of games
Oct 1998
Ratings--Different length matches
Oct 1998
Ratings--Possible adjustments
May 1998
Ratings--Different length matches
Apr 1998
Ratings--Opponent's strength
Apr 1998
Rulings--Crawford game double
Feb 1998
Ratings--Effect of droppers on ratings
Dec 1997
Etiquette--How long to wait?
Sep 1997
Match Play--3-away/4-away: what's the correct equity?
Aug 1997
Ratings--Ratings variation
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar
Dec 1996
Match Play--2-away/4-away: cube strategy
Nov 1996
Puzzles--Returning to the start
Feb 1996
Match Play--2-away/3-away: playing for gammon
Sep 1994
Ratings--Ratings variation
Tommy
Dec 2000
Book Suggestions--What's a good second book?
Tommy K.
May 1997
Puzzles--Most checkers on the bar
Tony Lezard
Oct 2002
Software--Windows: Dueller (bot-vs-bot intermediary)
Jan 2002
Match Archives--Dueller: Jellyfish vs. Snowie
TonyM
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Tony Meadors
Dec 2002
Variations--Exact bearoff
Tony Yarwood
Aug 2005
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Are they the same?
Tore Fredriksen
Nov 2006
Miscellaneous--Top women players
Jul 2002
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems
Oct 2001
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles
Torsten Schoop
Aug 2003
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.13 versus Jellyfish and Snowie
tptron
Feb 1997
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play"
TrueMoneygames
Jun 2002
Variations--Tablestakes betting
TrueMoneygames Info
Apr 2002
Play Sites--TrueMoneygames--Announcement
Tyger
Oct 2002
Variations--International backgammon
uberkuber
Apr 2012
Puzzles--Lowest probability of winning
ucc02cx
Feb 1997
Variations--Tavla
Vasilios Papakonstantinou
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Vic Morawski
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
Victor Zanfer
Apr 2005
Play Sites--Where to play for money
Vince Mounts
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Jun 1998
Match Archives--Big Brother file viewer
May 1998
Jellyfish--Bearoff database bug
Vivek Mittal
May 2003
Tournaments--Tournament formats
Vladimir Kuznetsov
Nov 2002
Variations--Nardi
Wai Mun Yoon
Jan 1998
Luck versus Skill--How much of backgammon is luck?
Walt
Feb 2009
Variations--Best-of-n variant of match play
Jul 2007
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn
Walt Askier
Aug 2009
Terminology--"Thematic"
Walter Swan
Feb 1996
Books--Barr: Barr on Backgammon
Walter Trice
Dec 2008
Cube Handling in Races--EPC examples: stack and straggler
Jun 2007
Books--Trice: Backgammon Boot Camp--2nd edition
Feb 2006
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube?
Mar 2005
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165
Feb 2005
Variations--Simborg Rule
Dec 2004
Luck versus Skill--Recognizing luck
Dec 2002
Variations--Exact bearoff
Mar 2002
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Slot the four point?
Jul 2001
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof of doubling with market losers
Nov 2000
Programming--Training neural nets
Apr 2000
Match Equities--Constructing a match equity table
Jan 2000
Match Play--Crawford rule--Why just one game?
Jan 2000
Book Suggestions--Annotated matches
Dec 1999
Strategy--Checker play--Bearing off with contact
Dec 1999
Equipment--Leather boards
Dec 1999
Puzzles--Small chance of ending in doubles
Nov 1999
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks
Oct 1999
Books--Obolensky & James: Backgammon the Action Game
Aug 1999
Cube Handling--When to beaver
Mar 1999
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Minimum game winning chances to double
Dec 1998
Puzzles--Trivia question
Jun 1997
Theory--Number of distinct positions
Jan 1997
Variations--Low number first, fixed dice, others.
Jul 1995
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy
Dec 1994
Puzzles--Not-so-greedy bearoff
Walt Swan
Jun 2000
Etiquette--Dice cup
Dec 1999
Fun and frustration--Backgammon laws
Nov 1999
Learning--Beginners' mistakes
Apr 1997
Variations--Nuclear backgammon
Wamy Einehouse
Jan 2011
Learning--How to improve cube handling
Warwick
Feb 2002
Variations--Nackgammon opening moves
Wayne Crookes
Jan 1999
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish
Wilcox Snellings
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Will Edison
Dec 2001
Play Sites--Backgammon4Money--Announcement
William C. Bitting
Feb 1997
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube
Aug 1995
Ratings--Table of win rates
William Hill
Apr 1998
Ratings--Opponent's strength
Jan 1998
Book Suggestions--Survey of some available books
Jan 1998
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?
William R. Tallmadge
May 1998
Terminology--"Dance"
Jan 1994
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey
William Womack
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Willis Elias
Oct 1994
Match Play--Free drop
Will Womack
Aug 2011
Computer Dice--Safe Harbor Games dice
wintom
Jan 2008
Chouettes--Interlocking chouette
Xavier
Mar 2013
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll
yenigun
Sep 2005
Equipment--Suppliers--Yenigun
Øystein Johansen
Apr 2006
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Zorba
Oct 2005
Puzzles--Back to Nack
Oct 2005
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download
ZZyzx
Jun 1996
Computer Dice--Does Hyper-Gammon cheat?
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