Robertie: Modern Backgammon
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Has anyone read Modern Backgammon by Robertie, and if so, do you recomend
it? Thanks for answering, Mattias.
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Neil Kazaross writes:
This is the best book written on backgammon for the advanced player in
quite a while.
..neilkaz..
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David Levy writes:
I agree with Neil. I think it is the most advanced book on checker play
ever written. I learned a ton from it and could immediately see a
difference in my play. Add the well-commented, engaging Ballard/Grandell
match and you have two great books in one. A fabulous, must-read book for
the advancing/advanced player.
I wonder if other readers had the same puzzlement as I did. Robertie
classifies the differences between the bots and expert pre-bot play into
four themes -- efficiency, connectedness, non-commitment and robustness.
The classification left me scratching my head. I think you could slice
and dice the problems many other ways and come up with different themes
that would be equally valid.
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Frank Mazza writes:
I agree that the book is excellent, especially re. checker play.
Robertie's Advanced Backgammon volumes are heavily loaded on cube play,
and Modern Backgammon (except for the Grandell/Ballard annotation), is
almost exclusively checker play oriented. So I think Robertie gave us a
nice balance with these major efforts.
Because of its length, conceptual ambition, and its inclusion of a fine
mix of analysis, problems, and a lengthy annotated match, Modern
Backgammon is the best backgammon book to come out in a long time.
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Maurits Pino writes:
It's the best I've read on checker play, I think. The "efficiency,
connectedness, non-commitment and robustness" approach may not be the
complete or superior way of conceptualising moves, but it sure is a
refreshing way to look at BG. I like the fact that doubling barely plays
a role in the book - more specialisation is needed in BG literature.
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