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Mike Burns wrote:
> I really got a lot out of Barclay Cooke's "Backgammon Probabilities
> and Paradoxes". It's a book of many plausible situations, showing
> you the roll and asking how to move. Answers are provided, with
> analysis of course. Many of the situtations are similar to ones that
> occur every day. The good thing about this book is that many of the
> answers show a move which is slightly better than the obvious one.
> After reading and thinking, you'll probably agree that the suggested
> move is the best. Making moves which are subtlely better than the
> obvious will move you to that next level of gammon.
I haven't read this book, but you might be interested in the following
reviews from my Web page:
168 problems, most of which are very interesting. Current thinking is that
solutions to about a third of them are wrong, but the analysis gives very
good insight into how Cooke, a first-generation world class player, thought
about backgammon.
(Marty Storer, May 1992)
Cooke's Paradoxes & Probabilities is way off the beam, because it purports to
treat more delicate decision-making, but does so erroneously, potentially
causing severe damage to your game.
(Albert Steg, May 1994)
Be careful! Any reasoning from an expert can sound plausible, but may not
be right. Robertie's Advanced Backgammon is probably a better bet.
--
Stephen R. E. Turner
Stochastic Networks Group, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge
e-mail: sret1@cam.ac.uk
WWW: http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/home.html
British Isles Backgammon Association Champion '95;
British Open winner '96.
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