April 2013
Apr 28
Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules (Joe Russell)
Apr 16
Match Play--Slotting when opponent has free drop (onur alan)
March 2013
Mar 31
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll (Timothy Chow)
Mar 05
Terminology--"Russian Bridges" (leobueno)
Mar 02
Puzzles--Infinite loops (Timothy Chow)
February 2013
Feb 24
Puzzles--Is this position reachable? (Timothy Chow)
Feb 23
Books--Shiina: Cube Action 1000 (Mochy)
December 2012
Dec 26
Terminology--"Bagai position" (Timothy Chow)
Dec 22
Play Sites--Play site wish list (Perry Gartner)
Dec 21
Puzzles--Pruce's paradox (Alan Pruce)
Dec 20
Learning--Study Methodology (Phil Simborg)
Dec 14
Variations--Bluff Cube (Timothy Chow)
November 2012
Nov 19
Learning--Study plan (Tenland)
Nov 10
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube (Bill Calton)
September 2012
Sep 23
Terminology--"Bronstein" clock setting (rew)
Sep 22
Terminology--"In the box" (Ken Bame)
August 2012
Aug 25
Tournaments--Skill levels (Leonardo Jerkovic)
Aug 09
Books--Bray: Backgammon to Win, second edition (Chris Bray)
Aug 02
Cube Handling in Races--What's your favorite formula? (Timothy Chow)
July 2012
Jul 30
Books--Thorne's Backgammon Tactics (Reprint) (Sam Sloan)
Jul 12
Rulings--Cocked dice (Rodney Lighton)
Jul 09
Book Suggestions--Which book by Chris Bray should I buy? (Timothy Chow)
Jul 09
Books--Kershaw: Backgammon Funfair (Tom Keith)
Jul 01
Terminology--"Short play" (AJ)
June 2012
Jun 21
Books--Euler: Everyday Errors in Checker Play (BaronGossettEulerPhD)
May 2012
May 23
Books--Kershaw: Backgammon Funfair (Peter Bennet)
May 16
Tournaments--Rules for doubles play (with a partner) (steve)
April 2012
Apr 12
Puzzles--Lowest probability of winning (masque de Z)
March 2012
Mar 27
Theory--Jump Model for money game cube decisions (Mark Higgins)
Mar 11
Tournaments--Baffle box to roll dice (Ken Bame)
February 2012
Feb 09
Variations--Tandem Backgammon (Mislav Kovacic)
January 2012
Jan 19
Learning--Study method (Jason Lee)
Jan 13
Extreme Gammon--Rollout settings (pontiac)
Jan 12
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (sebalotek)
Jan 10
Luck versus Skill--Is there really luck in backgammon? (benf)
September 2011
Sep 26
Variations--Nackgammon Shuffle (Stick)
Sep 15
Puzzles--Three-cube position (Timothy Chow)
Sep 13
Books--Reese & Brinig: Backgammon: The Modern Game (Al Mirpuri)
Sep 10
Computer Dice--GridGammon: Are the dice random? (leobueno)
August 2011
Aug 25
Match Equities--ME Table: Kazaross-XG2 (neilkaz)
Aug 23
Match Equities--Neil's new numbers (neilkaz)
Aug 19
Computer Dice--Safe Harbor Games dice (Michael Petch)
Aug 13
Strategy--Bearing Off--Playing for gammon (Max Levenstein)
Aug 12
Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules (Justin N.)
Aug 12
Fun and frustration--Some learning humor (Daniel Murphy)
Aug 11
Chouettes--Order of succession (leobueno)
Aug 03
Learning--How to excel in backgammon (Max Levenstein)
July 2011
Jul 28
Tournaments--Variable side pools (Art Grater)
June 2011
Jun 22
Fun and frustration--"I resign" (neilkaz)
Jun 05
Equipment--Buying a tournament board (Chuck Bower)
Jun 03
Terminology--"Kamikaze play" (Bill Patterson)
Jun 03
Terminology--"Banana split" (Rich Munitz)
May 2011
May 03
Books--Hickey & Storer: What's Your Game Plan? (Timothy Chow)
May 02
Variations--Joker cube (Joe Russell)
April 2011
Apr 28
Variations--Tavli question (Brus)
Apr 28
Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt (Stick)
Apr 04
Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon (Timothy Chow)
March 2011
Mar 22
Probability and Statistics--Visualizing odds (Daithi)
Mar 12
Probability and Statistics--Number of rolls to enter x checkers from bar (Michael Depreli)
Mar 08
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity? (Chuck Bower)
Mar 07
Chouettes--Chouette cube strategy (Stanley E. Richards)
Mar 05
Pip Counting--The 51/21 count (kruidenbuiltje)
Mar 04
Pip Counting--Modified direct count (Daithi)
February 2011
Feb 22
Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned (Matt Cohn-Geier)
Feb 22
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage (Justin Nunez)
Feb 17
Computer Dice--Error rates with computer dice (NoChinDeluxe)
Feb 14
Learning--Committing to memory (RobertFontaine)
Feb 09
Terminology--"Raccoon" (Steven Keats)
Feb 03
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD (rambiz)
January 2011
Jan 31
Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception (Stick)
Jan 23
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example (adambulldog)
Jan 23
Programming--N-ply algorithm (eXtreme Gammon)
Jan 22
Rulings--Moving with two hands (Jason Lee)
Jan 19
Opening Rolls--Nactating a whole game (Nack Ballard)
Jan 19
Tournaments--Clocks--Arguments against them (Timothy Chow)
Jan 18
Tournaments--Clocks--Why use them (Stick)
Jan 16
Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it? (leobueno)
Jan 11
Cube Handling--Early game blitzes (kruidenbuiltje)
Jan 11
Learning--How to improve cube handling (RealNick)
December 2010
Dec 12
Computer Dice--Randomness testing (Brett Meyer)
Dec 06
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube--Why I hate it (Bob Glass)
November 2010
Nov 20
Rollouts--Confidence intervals (Bob Koca)
Nov 12
Strategy--Checker play--Kamikaze plays (christian munk-christensen)
October 2010
Oct 13
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double (tem_sat)
Oct 08
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling? (Luc Palmans)
Oct 07
Cube Handling--Endgame closeout: win percentages (David Rubin)
September 2010
Sep 30
Tournaments--"Stop pots" (Chuck Bower)
Sep 30
Tournaments--"Fighter's bracket" (Chuck Bower)
Sep 11
Tournaments--Clock rules--Why forfeit instead of penalty points? (neilkaz)
Sep 11
Pip Counting--Tips for counting pips (neilkaz)
Sep 11
Variations--Khachapuri (Michael Petch)
July 2010
Jul 30
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube issues (Stick)
Jul 30
Tournaments--Clocks and older players (Stick)
Jul 30
Cheating--Dice magicians (Paul Weaver)
June 2010
Jun 20
Computer Dice--Does Backgammon NJ cheat? (Greg)
Jun 18
Opening Rolls--Nactation (Jim Stutz)
Jun 16
Match Equities--ME Table: Rockwell-Kazaross (Chuck Bower)
May 2010
May 26
Variations--Kleinman's tandem backgammon (Fabrice Liardet)
May 24
Rollouts--Confidence intervals (Timothy Chow)
May 10
Terminology--"Phantom double hit" (Marty Storer)
May 03
Puzzles--Returning to the start (Nack Ballard)
April 2010
Apr 27
Strategy--Checker play--How to trap an anchor (Timothy Chow)
Apr 27
Puzzles--Mirror puzzle (Nack Ballard)
Apr 14
Terminology--"Anchor and guard" position (Chase)
Apr 12
Rollouts--Rollout settings (Lokicol)
Apr 04
Match Play--Holland rule (Neil Kazaross)
March 2010
Mar 16
Variations--LongRun (Bill Hickey)
Mar 02
Tournaments--Hitting clock instead of rolling (Bob Glass)
Mar 02
Miscellaneous--How bots rate you (Phil Simborg)
February 2010
Feb 14
Equipment--Moderately priced boards (William Womack)
Feb 10
Chouettes--Procedure when captain doubles (Bill Riles)
Feb 01
Equipment--Luxury boards (Paul Vianna)
January 2010
Jan 01
Match Play--Tips to improve cube handling (Lucky Jim)
December 2009
Dec 24
Rulings--Cocked dice (Ed Rosenblum)
Dec 16
Extreme Gammon--Extra elements in a MAT file (eXtreme Gammon)
October 2009
Oct 17
Tournaments--Tournament rules links (Daniel Murphy)
Oct 15
Tournaments--Links to tournament rules (Daniel Murphy)
Oct 13
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing (Max Urban)
Oct 11
Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously (Timothy Chow)
Oct 11
Etiquette--Moving hit checker first (Timothy Chow)
Oct 10
Opening Rolls--Nactation overview (Nack Ballard)
Oct 06
Strategy--Checker play--When you can't decide (John O'Hagan)
Oct 05
Match Play--Match play 101 (Max Urban)
Oct 05
Strategy--Checker play--Common errors (David Levy)
Oct 05
Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon (Bill Riles)
Oct 05
Strategy--Bearing Off--Rules of thumb (Rich Munitz)
Oct 04
Tournaments--Factors that affect attendance (Stick)
Oct 01
Terminology--"MCV" (Mislav Radica)
September 2009
Sep 12
Chouettes--Dream chouette (Phil Simborg)
August 2009
Aug 29
Puzzles--13 blots (Timothy Chow)
Aug 28
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon (Robban)
Aug 22
Terminology--"Thematic" (Beauregard)
Aug 01
Cheating--With a baffle box (Joe Russell)
July 2009
Jul 22
Ratings--Error rates (David Levy)
Jul 21
Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors (Joe Russell)
Jul 21
Ratings--Cube error rates (Joe Russell)
Jul 08
History--Changes in backgammon over the years (Joe Russell)
Jul 08
History--Recent changes (Joe Russell)
June 2009
Jun 11
Variations--SassanGammon (Chiva Tafazzoli)
Jun 11
Variations--BluffGammon (Christian Munk-Christensen)
May 2009
May 05
Tournaments--Recording matches (Robert Maier)
April 2009
Apr 28
Theory--Error rate--Why count forced moves? (Ian Shaw)
Apr 23
Learning--Missing candidate plays (Klaus Evers)
Apr 23
Learning--Lowering your error rate (Stick Rice)
Apr 20
Tournaments--Hedging (Jason Lee)
March 2009
Mar 20
Chouettes--When box takes a partner (Dan Pelton)
Mar 15
Play Sites--Free online tournaments (Ricardo Hui)
Mar 06
Equipment--Care of backgammon boards (Ken Bame)
Mar 01
Tournaments--Clock ethics (Patrick Gibson)
February 2009
Feb 28
Opening Rolls--Early game rule of thumb (Rich Munitz)
Feb 26
Tournaments--Hedging (Marv Porten)
Feb 10
Puzzles--All-time worst roll (Tim Chow)
Feb 08
Variations--Best-of-n variant of match play (Tim Chow)
January 2009
Jan 26
Strategy--Checker play--When to run the last checker (Stick Rice)
Jan 15
Miscellaneous--Money management (Carly Robson)
Jan 06
Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler (neilkaz)
Jan 03
Cube Handling--Closed board cube decisions (Dan Pelton)
Jan 03
Match Play--Doubling window with gammons (Jason Lee)
December 2008
Dec 15
Cube Handling in Races--EPC examples: stack and straggler (Carlo Melzi)
August 2008
Aug 23
Fun and frustration--A story from my youth (neilkaz)
Aug 07
Variations--Slot backgammon (Fabrice Liardet)
Aug 04
Tournaments--Making notes during play (Randy Pals)
July 2008
Jul 25
Tournaments--Major tournament attendance 1998-2008 (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 25
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff (David Rubin)
Jul 20
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--GnuBG evaluations (Randy)
June 2008
Jun 03
Books--Williams: Backgammon Live in London (Sean Williams)
Jun 02
Play Sites--Overview (chinaski)
March 2008
Mar 26
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights (Chuck Bower)
Mar 12
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law (PersianLord)
Mar 11
GNU Backgammon--Playing two computers against each other (Stanley E. Richards)
February 2008
Feb 29
Rulings--Premature actions (Raccoon)
January 2008
Jan 24
Luck versus Skill--Does backgammon need less luck? (Raccoon)
Jan 22
Books--Corbett: Backgammon Problems (Stick)
Jan 16
Equipment--Suppliers--Where to buy dice (Andrew B.)
Jan 11
Chouettes--Interlocking chouette (wintom)
Jan 09
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A (Marty Storer)
Jan 06
Equipment--Woodworking--Finishing a board (M Moore)
Jan 05
Strategy--Checker play--Playing doublets (Grunty)
December 2007
Dec 21
Play Sites--PiranhaGammon (Piranha)
Dec 20
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips (Paul Epstein)
Dec 11
Terminology--"Zone" of attack (Matt Reklaitis)
Dec 07
Rulings--Clock rules and gin positions (Chris Yep)
Dec 07
Rulings--Dice sliding (Chris Yep)
Dec 07
Rulings--Premature roll (Chris Yep)
Dec 05
Rulings--Error in setup (Stick)
Dec 05
Rulings--Taking photos of positions (Stick)
Dec 05
Tournaments--New U.S. Rules (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 03
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn (Jason Lee)
November 2007
Nov 26
Theory--Inconsistencies in how EMG equity is calculated (Jeremy Bagai)
Nov 22
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A (Mislav Radica)
Nov 19
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford) (Fabrice Liardet)
Nov 06
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era (Chuck Bower)
October 2007
Oct 18
Books--Woolsey & Beadles: 52 Great Backgammon Tips (Mislav Radica)
Oct 17
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A (Rob Adams)
Oct 15
Rollouts--Standard error and JSD (Stick)
Oct 12
Play Sites--BG Room (Stanley E. Richards)
Oct 10
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 07
Tournaments--Avoiding disputes (Kit Woolsey)
Oct 06
Rulings--Rolling 2 dice instead of 1 to start (Bob Koca)
Oct 05
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice (Chuck Bower)
Oct 05
Rulings--Opening roll loser picks up his die (Chuck Bower)
September 2007
Sep 28
Books--Bray: Backgammon for Blood (Chris Bray)
Sep 16
Match Play--Both too good and not good enough to double (Paul Epstein)
Sep 04
Match Play--Post-crawford mistakes (Rob Adams)
Sep 04
Snowie--Snowie cube evaluation (Kit Woolsey)
August 2007
Aug 31
Cube Handling--The take/pass decision (Otis)
Aug 31
Strategy--Checker play--Late loose hits (Douglas Zare)
Aug 21
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986 (AH)
July 2007
Jul 17
Tournaments--Playing at Monte Carlo (Achim)
Jul 15
Probability and Statistics--Chance of rolling x doubles in y rolls (Raccoon)
Jul 09
Learning--Best way for a beginner to learn (Koyunbaba)
June 2007
Jun 25
Tournaments--Keeping score during a match (Gregg Cattanach)
Jun 14
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots (Koyunbaba)
Jun 13
Books--Garal: Fair Backgammon Tournament Rules (Jakob Garal)
Jun 09
Books--Trice: Backgammon Boot Camp--2nd edition (Jeremy Bagai)
Jun 08
Books--Bray: Backgammon to Win (Chris Bray)
Jun 04
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings--Volunteers needed (Nack Ballard)
Jun 03
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine--Sold to Play65 (Daniel Murphy)
May 2007
May 16
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament (Mislav Radica)
May 15
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms (David Warmind)
May 10
Learning--Most efficient way to learn (Stick)
May 05
Books--Bray: Second Wind (Chris Bray)
April 2007
Apr 26
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Withdrawal symptoms (Erik Sorensen)
Apr 24
Tournaments--Manually recording a match (Kevin P)
Apr 23
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players (Gregg Cattanach)
Apr 20
Books--Storer: Backgammon Praxis (Chase)
Apr 17
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings (geoff arnold)
Apr 13
Terminology--"Cube provocation play" (Chuck Bower)
Apr 03
Terminology--"Splot" (mamabear)
March 2007
Mar 09
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Stick (Stick)
Mar 09
Probability and Statistics--Counting shots (John Little)
February 2007
Feb 07
Rules--Rolling too soon (TonyM)
January 2007
Jan 31
Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances (Raccoon)
Jan 27
Terminology--"PRaT" (Raccoon)
Jan 20
Learning--How to improve (N Merrigan)
Jan 16
Fun and frustration--One-liners (scuba)
December 2006
Dec 30
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes (Raccoon)
Dec 10
Strategy--Checker play--Coup Classique (Paul Epstein)
Dec 04
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament (Ed Collins)
November 2006
Nov 26
Rulings--Rolling when opponent is closed out (Raccoon)
Nov 26
Rulings--Rerolling cocked dice too quickly (Raccoon)
Nov 23
Variations--Narde (narde)
Nov 12
Miscellaneous--Top women players (Tami)
Nov 09
Rulings--Cocked die on first roll (Cloyd Laporte)
Nov 07
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon? (Ken Bame)
Nov 05
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube (Ken Bame)
October 2006
Oct 17
Match Play--When to free drop (Dan Pelton)
September 2006
Sep 27
Books--Bray: What Colour is the Wind?--Rerelease (Chris Bray)
Sep 07
Cube Handling--Robertie's rule (Chuck Bower)
August 2006
Aug 31
Strategy--Checker play--Prime versus prime (Albert Silver)
Aug 03
Programming--BKG 9.8 vs. Villa (Raccoon)
July 2006
Jul 27
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play (Paul Weaver)
Jul 19
GNU Backgammon--Importing PartyGammon matches (rew)
Jul 09
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes (Raccoon)
Jul 04
Magazines & E-zines--GammonLife (Michael Strato)
Jul 03
Ratings--Rating versus error rate (Douglas Zare)
June 2006
Jun 27
Miscellaneous--Backgammon versus poker (Peter Hallberg)
Jun 20
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks (Stanley E. Richards)
Jun 15
Variations--Opening slot rule (Gregg Cattanach)
Jun 13
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.? (Chuck Bower)
Jun 06
Cube Handling--Value of an ace-point game (Raccoon)
May 2006
May 29
Rules--Jacoby rule--Good or bad? (neilkaz)
May 26
Play Sites--Ladbrokes.com (mccm1976)
May 24
Play Sites--Fair Backgammon (info)
May 23
Play Sites--Where to play for money (mginat)
May 20
Play Sites--Link to review of play sites (cindybel)
May 13
Play Sites--Gammon11 (sirkaber)
May 10
Opening Rolls--Magriel's Chapter 5 (Hayden Alfano)
May 05
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollouts (Mislav Radica)
May 03
Cheating--Dealing with live-play cheating (Gregg Cattanach)
May 01
Rules--Must a hit checker be placed on the bar? (Dani)
April 2006
Apr 27
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (&Atilda;˜ystein Johansen)
Apr 25
Magazines & E-zines--BlotBlog (Jens Göring)
Apr 24
GNU Backgammon--Saving rollout results from command-line interface (Jeremy Bagai)
Apr 18
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--Version 2.0 (Frank Berger)
Apr 17
Pip Counting--Live play versus online (Stanley E. Richards)
Apr 15
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey (Raccoon)
Apr 13
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board (Sam Pottle)
Apr 10
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download (Stick)
Apr 09
Miscellaneous--Typesetting backgammon (Jason Lee)
March 2006
Mar 27
Miscellaneous--Giants of Backgammon list (Raccoon)
Mar 26
GNU Backgammon--Error rates: Gnu vs. Snowie (Raccoon)
Mar 21
Rulings--Moving checkers before you roll (Gregg Cattanach)
Mar 21
Rules--Can a beaver be dropped? (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Mar 14
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Rollout (Stick)
Mar 10
Miscellaneous--Initiatives by local clubs (Raccoon)
Mar 09
Terminology--"Swing tournament" (Carlo Melzi)
Mar 08
Pip Counting--Live play versus online (Rich)
Mar 04
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play (Ken Arnold)
Mar 04
Ratings--FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings (Raccoon)
February 2006
Feb 28
Propositions--Eight checkers vs. fifteen (Raccoon)
Feb 28
Propositions--Monte Carlo 1998 (Daniel Murphy)
Feb 28
Rulings--Video dispute resolution (Jason Lee)
Feb 28
Ratings--KG rating list (Daniel Murphy)
Feb 27
Opening Rolls--Opening 32: Rollout (Stick)
Feb 27
Propositions--Up in the air (Daniel Murphy)
Feb 26
Opening Rolls--Opening 51: Rollout (Stick)
Feb 24
Play Sites--Friendly play site (Ian Dunstan)
Feb 22
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play (Paul Epstein)
Feb 22
Tournaments--Clocks--Common arguments against (Chuck Bower)
Feb 15
Tournaments--Manually recording a match (gammonus)
Feb 10
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Do you need an advantage to cube? (Keene Marin)
Feb 04
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules (Chuck Bower)
Feb 01
Rulings--When are the dice "up"? (Ilia Guzei)
Feb 01
Rulings--Kibitzing (Ilia Guzei)
January 2006
Jan 26
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine (Raccoon)
Jan 26
Match Play--Which format most favors the favorite? (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 20
Rulings--Writing down positions (Klaus Evers)
Jan 20
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length (Klaus Evers)
Jan 19
Terminology--"Polish prime" (Jason Lee)
Jan 16
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of openings (Tom Keith)
Jan 12
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Rollout (Peter Grotrian)
Jan 11
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons (Jason Lee)
Jan 08
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Pros and cons (Stick)
December 2005
Dec 28
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey (Chuck Bower)
November 2005
Nov 30
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong? (Misja)
Nov 29
Cube Handling in Races--Calculating winning chances (OpenWheel)
Nov 28
Miscellaneous--Copying positions from books (Stick)
Nov 25
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings (Stick)
Nov 23
Terminology--"Freeroll" (montygram)
Nov 20
Cheating--Dice manipulation (Paul Epstein)
Nov 15
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use? (Klaus Evers)
Nov 05
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems #75 (Hardy Hübener)
October 2005
Oct 27
Variations--Gabgammon (jckz)
Oct 23
Puzzles--Back to Nack (Zorba)
Oct 18
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes (Hank Youngerman)
Oct 15
Match Archives--Where to get matches to download (KaRaNLiK)
Oct 11
Rules--Play cubeless at 2away/2away? (Raccoon)
Oct 11
GNU Backgammon--Gnu versus Snowie and Jellyfish (Michael Depreli)
Oct 10
Miscellaneous--Maximizing earnings (Stanley E. Richards)
Oct 03
Rulings--Playing wrong opponent (Hank Youngerman)
Oct 03
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU (Stanley E. Richards)
September 2005
Sep 23
Miscellaneous--Why do people play for money? (Hank Youngerman)
Sep 21
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Review (Tom Keith)
Sep 17
Play Sites--Club Games (Ashton Haze)
Sep 14
Rules--Gentleman's previlege (Daniel)
Sep 14
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice (TarHeelFan)
Sep 13
Book Suggestions--Books on match play (Keene Marin)
Sep 12
Cube Handling--How does rake affect cube actions? (Paul Epstein)
Sep 03
Equipment--Suppliers--Yenigun (yenigun)
August 2005
Aug 29
Play Sites--Comparison of rakes (Daniel)
Aug 26
Chouettes--Jacoby rule (Doug Doub)
Aug 19
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire--Are they the same? (Tony Yarwood)
Aug 13
Learning--How to learn and improve (Hristov)
July 2005
Jul 31
Fun and frustration--Backgammon at 50 (Mary Hickey)
Jul 30
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems (Paul Epstein)
Jul 30
Terminology--"Blunder", "whopper" (Raccoon)
Jul 28
Rulings--Two cubes on the board (Jason Lee)
Jul 27
Play Sites--MoneyGaming.com (max)
Jul 27
GNU Backgammon--Match equity tables (Raccoon)
Jul 27
Snowie--Snowie 4.3 update (Gregg Cattanach)
Jul 26
Match Play--When to free drop (Tom Keith)
Jul 25
Etiquette--Premature shaking (Paul Epstein)
Jul 22
Etiquette--Rolling the dice (Julius Selbach)
Jul 21
Rules--When do you give up your chance to double? (Paul Epstein)
Jul 08
GNU Backgammon--Question marks in game list (Jim Segrave)
Jul 05
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire (Butch Meese)
June 2005
Jun 28
Software--Java: BG-Blitz--How strong? (montygram)
Jun 10
Etiquette--Doubling opponent out (bustedchucks)
May 2005
May 31
Rulings--Disagreement over cocked dice (DeaconBlue)
May 30
Play Sites--Club Games (Tomawaky)
May 09
Puzzles--Priming puzzle (Gregg Cattanach)
May 05
History--The effect of bots on the game (Daniel Murphy)
May 04
Tournaments--Vegas trip report (spring 2005) (Gregg Cattanach)
May 02
Pip Counting--Cluster counting (camelx)
April 2005
Apr 28
Learning--Maintaining your game (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Apr 24
Propositions--Tino Road Position (Arthur)
Apr 24
GNU Backgammon--MWC versus Equity (EMG) (Ken)
Apr 21
GNU Backgammon--Restarting a rollout with different settings (Jim Segrave)
Apr 17
GNU Backgammon--Manually entering first roll (Andreas Graf)
Apr 16
Opening Rolls--Opening rolls ranked (Arthur)
Apr 06
Fun and frustration--Wishing good luck (Michel Tarragnat)
Apr 04
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited--Errata (Jeremy Bagai)
Apr 01
Play Sites--Where to play for money (Victor Zanfer)
March 2005
Mar 27
Terminology--"Baffle box" (garyo)
Mar 24
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length (Marty Storer)
Mar 18
Software--Html/Php: BG Replay (match replayer) (Paul Stephens)
Mar 18
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon #165 (Peter Grotrian)
Mar 14
Miscellaneous--Backgammon computers (Graham Bayne)
Mar 07
GNU Backgammon--Importing .gam files (PAR)
February 2005
Feb 19
GNU Backgammon--Interpreting JSD's (Adrian Wright)
Feb 15
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire vs. TrueMoneyGames (oneprime)
Feb 15
Variations--Simborg Rule (Scott)
Feb 14
Match Play--Take points (fiore)
Feb 14
Programming--Measuring Difficulty (John Robson)
Feb 09
Variations--Plakoto express (Athansios Vagias)
January 2005
Jan 30
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon (Doni)
Jan 28
Probability and Statistics--Number of games per match (Jason Lee)
Jan 27
Books--Ballard & Weaver: Backgammon Openings Book A (Neil Kazaross)
Jan 09
GNU Backgammon--JSD's and confidence intervals (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 07
Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View Revisited (Chris Bray)
Jan 02
Rules--Pick and pass and bearing off (SimonW)
December 2004
Dec 31
Luck versus Skill--Recognizing luck (Walter Trice)
Dec 31
Match Play--When to free drop (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 29
Terminology--"Golden point" (Daniel Murphy)
Dec 29
Variations--Acey-deucy (J. Nagel)
Dec 28
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition (Tom Keith)
Dec 11
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies (Chuck Bower)
Dec 07
Play Sites--Play65/GammonEmpire (Daniel Murphy)
November 2004
Nov 26
Play Sites--Gammon Empire--Announcement (Jerry)
Nov 25
Fun and frustration--Danish Championship semifinal match (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 20
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect (Raccoon)
Nov 19
Fun and frustration--Don't come looking for sympathy ... (Ian Shaw)
Nov 18
Tournaments--Vegas trip report (fall 2004) (Gregg Cattanach)
Nov 18
GNU Backgammon--Filter settings (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Nov 17
Variations--Tavla (Arda Findikoglu)
Nov 17
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited #100 (Raccoon)
Nov 03
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--Errata (Matt Senecal)
Nov 03
GNU Backgammon--Python scripting (Øystein Johansen)
October 2004
Oct 20
GNU Backgammon--Logging rollouts (Øystein Johansen)
Oct 13
Miscellaneous--Checker play versus cube play (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 08
Snowie--Running in low priority (lmfback)
Oct 06
GNU Backgammon--Which player is player 0? (Neil Kazaross)
September 2004
Sep 29
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities (Neil Kazaross)
Sep 29
Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon (Marty Storer)
Sep 20
Play Sites--GameDesire (Maciej Mróz)
Sep 16
Terminology--"Banana split" (Adam Stocks)
Sep 13
Terminology--"Wash" (Hardy Hübener)
Sep 13
Variations--Fevga (George)
Sep 13
Variations--Portes (George)
August 2004
Aug 31
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board (Ian Shaw)
Aug 27
Match Equities--ME Table: Dunstan (Ian Dunstan)
Aug 10
Etiquette--Under resigning (Bob Newell)
July 2004
Jul 29
Fun and frustration--Backgammon haikus (Phil Simborg)
Jul 27
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose) (Jason Lee)
Jul 16
Rules--Legal roll (Sture Lifh)
Jul 15
Equipment--Suppliers--Backgammon boards (CKT)
Jul 12
Terminology--"Latto paradox" (Jean-Pierre Seiman)
Jul 12
Chouettes--Lure of the chouette (Bob Koca)
Jul 09
Miscellaneous--Money management (Gnoh Mon)
Jul 09
Equipment--Dice (Gregg Cattanach)
Jul 08
Play Sites--DailyGammon (Dan Wittkopp)
Jul 05
Match Equities--On calculating match equity tables (Neil Kazaross)
Jul 03
Match Play--Post-crawford/2-away: too good to double (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
June 2004
Jun 30
Match Play--2-away/4-away: Neil's rule of 80 (Neil Kazaross)
Jun 26
Cube Handling in Races--Value of a pip (Tom Keith)
Jun 26
Terminology--"Speed board" (Gregg Cattanach)
Jun 25
Terminology--"Root number" (Ken Bame)
Jun 23
GNU Backgammon--Batch analysis tool (Øystein Johansen)
Jun 21
Cube Handling in Races--Pip-count formulas (Tom Keith)
Jun 21
Computer Dice--MSN Zone: Security flaw (happyjuggler0)
Jun 09
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings for the impatient (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Jun 08
Puzzles--Worst possible checker play (Gregg Cattanach)
Jun 08
Rulings--Crawford game double (Øystein Johansen)
Jun 07
Puzzles--Worst possible opening move (Gregg Cattanach)
May 2004
May 27
Books--Storer: Backgammon Praxis (Marty Storer)
May 21
Learning--Getting better than "awful" (Morph)
May 17
Puzzles--Highest possible gammon rate (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
May 16
Ratings--MSN Zone ratings flaw (Hank Youngerman)
May 14
Ratings--Fastest way to improve your rating (Backgammon Man)
May 12
Variations--No hit (RedTop)
May 11
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule (Chuck Bower)
May 10
Rulings--Crawford game double (Joe)
May 07
Rulings--Disagreement on final cube (Chuck Bower)
May 02
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine (sevenout)
April 2004
Apr 29
GNU Backgammon--Setting skill level (Jim Segrave)
Apr 27
GNU Backgammon--Running rollouts in background (Bruce)
Apr 27
Equipment--How much to spend on a board? (Ian Shaw)
Apr 26
Play Sites--Games4Dollars (Info Team)
Apr 19
Terminology--Alphabet soup (Tom Keith)
Apr 15
GNU Backgammon--Restarting a rollout with different settings (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Apr 15
Etiquette--Am I too slow? (sevenout)
Apr 15
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Snowie 4.1 (Rene Cerutti)
Apr 06
Strategy--Checker play--Play versus a novice (Courtney S Foster)
Apr 05
Ratings--On different sites (Bob Newell)
Apr 05
Computer Dice--The dice sure seem unfair! (Michael Sullivan)
Apr 04
Play Sites--DailyGammon (Scott Steiner)
Apr 01
Fun and frustration--Backgammon hustler (Socks)
March 2004
Mar 31
Variations--Cancelgammon (Ilia Guzei)
Mar 28
Match Equities--ME Table: Zadeh (Jørn Thyssen)
Mar 27
Strategy--Checker play--Breaking anchor (abc)
Mar 27
Etiquette--Why I never complain about the dice (Phil Simborg)
Mar 25
Terminology--"Bot" (Pit Bull)
Mar 23
Theory--Number of no-contact positions (Darse Billings)
Mar 18
Learning--Practice and preparation (Ian Shaw)
Mar 18
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (Baldo)
Mar 17
Variations--Bad advice (Jason Lee)
Mar 16
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat? (Rick Kiesau)
Mar 16
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Mar 12
Rulings--Disputed roll (Roland Scheicher)
Mar 11
Tournaments--Clocks--Losing on time (Jason Lee)
Mar 09
Books--Wiggins: Boards, Blots, and Double Shots (Ned Cross)
Mar 04
Rulings--Misplaced cube (Ned Cross)
Mar 04
GNU Backgammon--Cache size (Ned Cross)
Mar 03
GNU Backgammon--Quasi-random dice in rollouts (Ian Shaw)
Mar 01
Rulings--Incorrect setup (Ken)
February 2004
Feb 29
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling (Scott Steiner)
Feb 26
Programming--Search in Trees with Chance Nodes (Thomas Hauk)
Feb 24
Books--Woolsey & Jones: Understanding Backgammon (Jon Nall)
Feb 23
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: In GOL online match (Raccoon)
Feb 20
Books--Woolsey: The Backgammon Encyclopedia Vol 1 (Dean Gay)
Feb 17
Miscellaneous--Handicapping--Rerolling 5-4 (Mary Hickey)
Feb 14
Probability and Statistics--Average luck of each roll (Jørn Thyssen)
Feb 14
Match Play--Leading 2-away with good gammon chances (Douglas Zare)
Feb 09
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS) (Mary Hickey)
Feb 09
Probability and Statistics--Chance of rolling x or more pips in y rolls (Tom Keith)
Feb 05
Rulings--Equipment changes (Jason Lee)
Feb 04
Equipment--Board design (Chuck Bower)
January 2004
Jan 29
Terminology--"Back game" (Marty Storer)
Jan 28
Variations--Hit man (Matt Reklaitis)
Jan 24
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons (Michael Strato)
Jan 16
Miscellaneous--Position cards (Francois Hochede)
Jan 14
Equipment--Boards--Dal Negro (Erin)
Jan 11
Programming--How to count plies? (Chuck Bower)
Jan 06
Puzzles--Worst symmetric bearoff of 8 checkers (Gregg Cattanach)
Jan 04
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG) (Chuck Bower)
Jan 02
Books--Lortz: Double ... now: An Authentic Cube Remedy (Chuck Bower)
Jan 02
Cube Handling in Races--Effective pipcount and type of position (Douglas Zare)
December 2003
Dec 31
Cheating--How to tell you're playing a computer (Douglas Zare)
Dec 26
GNU Backgammon--Setting up and saving a rollout (Albert Silver)
Dec 24
Miscellaneous--What is Zbot? (Douglas Zare)
Dec 23
GNU Backgammon--Entering an annotated match (Albert Silver)
Dec 20
Match Equities--ME Table: Zorba (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Dec 19
History--Doubling in the 17th Century? (David Levy)
Dec 18
Ratings--FIBS rating formula (Patti Beadles)
Dec 14
Cube Handling--Words of wisdom (Chris C.)
Dec 14
Match Equities--ME Table: Kazaross (Neil Kazaross)
Dec 12
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use? (Achim Mueller)
Dec 04
Play Sites--HigherGames--Announcement (Michael Gilbert)
Dec 03
Opening Rolls--Opening 1's: Split or slot? (Douglas Zare)
Dec 03
Rollouts--Combining rollouts (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 01
Opening Rolls--Opening 21: Split or slot? (Dick Adams)
November 2003
Nov 26
Cube Handling--Tells (Tad Bright)
October 2003
Oct 28
Learning--The best way to learn (Chuck Bower)
Oct 17
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect (Tom Keith)
Oct 16
Puzzles--Quiz (Martin Krainer)
Oct 14
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best? (Martin Krainer)
Oct 02
Tournaments--Clock rules--Digital clocks (Chuck Bower)
Oct 01
Play Sites--Arkadium (Michael Volpatt)
September 2003
Sep 30
Rulings--Crawford game double (Raccoon)
Sep 29
Miscellaneous--Backgammon's popularity (Anon)
Sep 26
Magazines & E-zines--GammonVillage vs. GammOnLine (Albert Silver)
Sep 25
Cube Handling--Early-late ratio (Tom Keith)
Sep 22
Cube Handling in Races--Effective pipcount (Douglas Zare)
Sep 18
Software--Windows: Penguin backgammon (player) (Pojchara Jatupoj)
Sep 15
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar (Chuck Bower)
Sep 15
Tournaments--Recording matches (Chuck Bower)
August 2003
Aug 25
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.13 versus Jellyfish and Snowie (Torsten Schoop)
Aug 22
Miscellaneous--Handicapping (Kees van den Doel)
Aug 22
History--Backgammon variants (Raccoon)
Aug 21
Books--Munchkin: Gambling Wizards (Chuck Bower)
Aug 19
GNU Backgammon--How to enter an illegal move (Øystein Johansen)
Aug 18
Variations--Greek backgammon (Alexandre Charitopoulos)
Aug 06
GNU Backgammon--Rollout settings (Ian Dunstan)
July 2003
Jul 30
Chouettes--Online chouette rules (John Graas)
Jul 24
Book Suggestions--Three underrated books (Mary Hickey)
Jul 23
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (Neil Kazaross)
Jul 21
Play Sites--FIBS--Top Tournament Performers (Osman Guner)
Jul 21
Theory--Variance reduction (Oliver Riordan)
Jul 14
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing technique (Albert Silver)
Jul 10
Rulings--Cocked dice (Chuck Bower)
Jul 08
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.14 vs. Jellyfish (Michael Howard)
June 2003
Jun 28
Book Suggestions--Books for advanced players (Edward D. Collins)
Jun 25
Software--Windows: Sconyers's bearoff database (Hugh Sconyers)
Jun 22
Chouettes--Split cube actions (Neil Kazaross)
Jun 13
Chouettes--Cube proxy (Ilia Guzei)
Jun 09
GNU Backgammon--Gnu 0.13 vs. Snowie 4 (Albert Silver)
May 2003
May 29
Tournaments--Tournament formats (MikeMadMonk)
May 28
Variations--Shesh Besh (G.S.)
May 27
Books--Lamford: Improve Your Backgammon (Alef Rosenbaum)
May 13
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player) (GandyDancer)
May 09
GNU Backgammon--Edit mode removing checker from bar (Scott Steiner)
May 06
Software--Windows: Soumille, The First Trictrac Program (David Levy)
April 2003
Apr 30
Match Equities--ME at 1-away/2-away (crawford) (Ian Shaw)
Apr 22
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board? (JP White)
Apr 22
Equipment--Replacing cork on backgammon boards (JP White)
Apr 11
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon (Mattias)
Apr 09
Strategy--Checker play--Cube-influenced checker play (Rew Francis)
March 2003
Mar 26
Luck versus Skill--Strange result (az-willie)
Mar 24
Programming--How to count plies? (tanglebear)
Mar 23
Etiquette--Rude conduct (Igor Schein)
Mar 16
Equipment--Boards--Custom-made (N Merrigan)
Mar 16
Programming--Bot weaknesses (Douglas Zare)
Mar 13
Variations--Takhteh (Bruce Scott)
Mar 08
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Gus)
Mar 06
Fun and frustration--What are the chances? (Pete)
Mar 05
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon (Douglas Zare)
Mar 01
Tournaments--Uniform rules and procedures? (Michael Crane)
February 2003
Feb 27
Equipment--Checkers (Mike O.)
Feb 26
Book Suggestions--Books for serious players (Douglas Zare)
Feb 25
Luck versus Skill--Are luck and skill related? (Eskimo)
Feb 24
Match Equities--Turner formula (Gregg Cattanach)
Feb 23
Match Equities--Worth memorizing? (Alef Rosenbaum)
Feb 15
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat? (Billie Patterson)
January 2003
Jan 31
Tournaments--Hedging (Tad Bright)
Jan 27
Cheating--Using computer to aid online play (Patti Beadles)
Jan 21
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame (KL Gerber)
Jan 16
Miscellaneous--Money management (Adam Stocks)
Jan 15
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers (Jim Segrave)
December 2002
Dec 24
Variations--Exact bearoff (Chris Moellering)
Dec 22
History--The name "backgammon" (Jive Dadson)
Dec 19
Tournaments--Calcutta problems (Marty Storer)
Dec 18
Rulings--Misplacing a checker on the bar (Jeb Horton)
Dec 13
GNU Backgammon--Even-ply/odd-ply effect (Scott Steiner)
Dec 03
Miscellaneous--Famous people who play (Carem Wiklicm)
Dec 02
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling (Maik Stiebler)
November 2002
Nov 28
Computer Dice--Does GNU Backgammon cheat? (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Nov 21
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men (KL Gerber)
Nov 20
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule (KL Gerber)
Nov 14
Ratings--Experience required for accurate rating (Jon Brown)
Nov 14
Variations--Nardi (KL Gerber)
Nov 11
Propositions--Fifteen on the bar (Pete)
Nov 11
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff (Gregg Cattanach)
Nov 10
Strategy--Checker play--Golden point (Henry Logan)
Nov 05
GNU Backgammon--Improving your game using GnuBG (D.U.G.)
Nov 02
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems (Albert Silver)
October 2002
Oct 31
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG) and "gammon-save" (GS) (Marty Storer)
Oct 28
Match Equities--Value of free drop (Neil Kazaross)
Oct 24
Propositions--No ones (Murat Kalinyaprak)
Oct 23
Variations--International backgammon (Bob Lancaster)
Oct 19
Tournaments--Clock rules--How do they work? (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 17
Software--Windows: Dueller (bot-vs-bot intermediary) (Tony Lezard)
Oct 15
Ratings--KG rating list (Tapio Palmroth)
Oct 14
Rollouts--Positions with inaccurate rollouts (Douglas Zare)
Oct 13
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 10
Luck versus Skill--Why are stronger players luckier? (Bob Sweeney)
Oct 03
Snowie--Snowie 4.0 (SnowieGroup Info)
Oct 02
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon (Gregg Cattanach)
September 2002
Sep 29
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities (Peter van Arkel)
Sep 27
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon (Scott Steiner)
Sep 27
Books--Dwek: Backgammon for Profit (Bob Stringer)
Sep 26
Match Play--Post-crawford doubling (Gus)
Sep 19
Terminology--"Table stakes" (Carlo Melzi)
Sep 13
Software--Windows CE: BGLightCE (Andy Rudnitsky)
Sep 10
GNU Backgammon--Personal reflections (Louis Nardy Pillards)
August 2002
Aug 30
Rules--Resigning (Bob Lang)
Aug 28
Learning--Taking your game up a level (CW)
Aug 13
GNU Backgammon--How luck factor is calculated (Gregg Cattanach)
Aug 12
Rules--Illegal plays (Bob)
Aug 08
Equipment--Boards (Bert Van Kerckhove)
Aug 05
GNU Backgammon--Questions and answers (Jørn Thyssen)
July 2002
Jul 30
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems (Tore Fredriksen)
Jul 30
Book Suggestions--Best next step (Gregg Cattanach)
Jul 28
Opening Rolls--At different match scores (Louis Nardy Pillards)
Jul 13
Equipment--Board design (Adam Stocks)
Jul 10
Terminology--"Technical play" (Adam Stocks)
June 2002
Jun 26
Rollouts--Tips for doing rollouts (Douglas Zare)
Jun 25
Equipment--Suppliers--Backgammon boards (Ian Shaw)
Jun 19
Match Play--Gammonless takepoint formula (Adam Stocks)
Jun 15
Variations--Tablestakes betting (TrueMoneygames)
Jun 08
Books--Bray: What Colour is the Wind? (Chris Bray)
May 2002
May 27
Puzzles--Most possible plays (Kees van den Doel)
May 23
Match Archives--LittleSister (Francois Hochede)
May 20
GNU Backgammon--Luck rate (Kees van den Doel)
May 18
Rules--Touch-move rule in backgammon? (Austefjord)
May 07
Books--Robertie: Modern Backgammon (Frank Mazza)
April 2002
Apr 19
Magazines & E-zines--Backgammon Today (Mario Kühl)
Apr 18
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Adam Stocks)
Apr 12
Books--Leet: Winning Backgammon (Ryan Long)
Apr 11
Play Sites--TrueMoneygames--Announcement (TrueMoneygames Info)
Apr 10
Match Equities--ME Table: Snowie (Chase)
Apr 03
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player) (Alan Cairns)
Apr 02
History--Murray's "History of Boardgames Other than Chess" (Dean Jameson)
Apr 01
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Middle Eastern split? (Mark)
March 2002
Mar 31
Opening Rolls--Opening 63: Slot the four point? (Dennis Cartwright)
Mar 22
Pip Counting--Half-crossover method (Douglas Zare)
Mar 19
Terminology--"Chouette" (Roland Scheicher)
Mar 18
Variations--Middle Eastern backgammon (Alan Cairns)
Mar 16
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver (Roland Scheicher)
Mar 13
Match Play--Comparing 2-away/3-away and 2-away/4-away (Douglas Zare)
February 2002
Feb 25
Cheating--Premature roll and late pick-up (Ian Shaw)
Feb 20
Equipment--Boards--Tak Morioka (Gregg Cattanach)
Feb 17
Computer Dice--Synopsis of "cheating" postings (Ray Karmo)
Feb 16
Variations--Nackgammon opening moves (Warwick)
Feb 04
Books--Bagai: Classic Backgammon Revisited (Gregg Cattanach)
January 2002
Jan 23
Equipment--Suppliers--BG Shop (Michael Nelson)
Jan 21
Etiquette--Am I too slow? (Stephen Turner)
Jan 17
Match Archives--Dueller: Jellyfish vs. Snowie (Tony Lezard)
Jan 15
Cube Handling--Playing your opponent (Morris Pearl)
Jan 04
Software--Palm OS: SlapGammon (player) (Michael Plog)
Jan 03
GNU Backgammon--Compiling for Windows (Øystein Johansen)
December 2001
Dec 30
Play Sites--Backgammon4Money--Announcement (Will Edison)
Dec 27
GNU Backgammon--Analyzing GamesGrid matches (Roy Passfield)
Dec 25
Terminology--"Calcutta auction" (Roland Scheicher)
Dec 24
Ratings--Ratings on Gamesgrid (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 24
Software--Windows: Blowfish (analyser) (Mike Rudman)
Dec 07
Match Equities--Which match equity table is best? (Ian Shaw)
November 2001
Nov 30
Play Sites--Playmaker World--Announcement (Michael Crane)
Nov 27
Chouettes--California rule (Peter Anderson)
Nov 26
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions (David Moeser)
Nov 03
Tournaments--Round robins (Hank Youngerman)
October 2001
Oct 26
GNU Backgammon--What's GNU? (Gary Wong)
Oct 25
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles--Snowie analysis (Michael Schell)
Oct 23
GNU Backgammon--Installing on Windows (maareyes)
Oct 21
Rules--Legal roll (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 19
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles (Harold Simon)
September 2001
Sep 09
GNU Backgammon--Setting GnuBG's playing strength (JP White)
Sep 07
Computer Dice--GamesGrid: Too many jokers? (Gregg Cattanach)
Sep 01
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use? (Chuck Bower)
August 2001
Aug 27
Fun and frustration--Lonely checker's lament (Luvrhino)
Aug 19
Cube Handling in Races--Lamford's race forumla (Michael Schell)
Aug 14
Chouettes--Legal plays only (Gregg Cattanach)
Aug 12
Etiquette--Direction of play (Ric Gerace)
Aug 01
Etiquette--Doubling to end a game early (Douglas Zare)
July 2001
Jul 31
Computer Dice--Dice on backgammon servers (Hank Youngerman)
Jul 26
Chouettes--Waiting for teammate to double (Øystein Johansen)
Jul 26
Match Archives--Monte Carlo 2001 Final (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 24
Tournaments--Clock rules--End of turn (Carlo Melzi)
Jul 18
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof of doubling with market losers (Walter Trice)
Jul 09
Books--Tzannes brothers: How Good Are You at Backgammon? (Mark Driver)
Jul 09
Books--Lamford: 100 Backgammon Puzzles (Mark Driver)
June 2001
Jun 23
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts (Øystein Johansen)
Jun 23
Opening Rolls--Choosing a strategy (Daniel Murphy)
Jun 20
Variations--Jacquet (Mark Driver)
Jun 05
Snowie--Checker-play-according-to-score bug (Peter Schneider)
May 2001
May 24
Tournaments--Swiss format (Osman Guner)
May 21
Play Sites--DailyGammon (Phil Vanicek)
May 17
Books--Stern: Backgammon: The Quick Course to Winning Play (Mark Driver)
April 2001
Apr 30
Tournaments--Tournament rules (Daniel Murphy)
Apr 30
Rules--Overview (Daniel Murphy)
Apr 18
Strategy--Backgames--What is a backgame? (Daniel Murphy)
Apr 11
Books--Tzannes brothers: Backgammon Games and Strategies (Mark Driver)
Apr 01
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish (Mark Driver)
Apr 01
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus slotting (Daniel Murphy)
March 2001
Mar 28
Etiquette--Commenting on dice (Ron Barry)
Mar 15
Equipment--What is "standard size"? (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 02
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Mary Hickey)
February 2001
Feb 25
Cube Handling in Races--Pip count percentage (Jeff Mogath)
Feb 25
Cheating--How to tell when somebody's cheating (Michael Halpenny)
Feb 23
Strategy--Checker play--Kleinman Count for bringing checkers home (Øystein Johansen)
Feb 22
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count (Øystein Johansen)
Feb 06
Cube Handling--PRAT--Position, Race, and Threats (Alan Webb)
Feb 03
Cube Handling--When to accept a double (Daniel Murphy)
Feb 03
Cube Handling--Evaluating the position (Daniel Murphy)
January 2001
Jan 30
Equipment--Precision dice (Patti Beadles)
Jan 23
Programming--Methods of encoding positions (Gary Wong)
Jan 20
Match Play--Crawford rule--history (Michael Strato)
Jan 03
History--Backgammon in China (Mark Driver)
Jan 03
Strategy--Bearing Off--Winning the bearoff race (Dave Flaks)
December 2000
Dec 30
Variations--Hyper backgammon (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 28
Probability and Statistics--Average game and match length (JP White)
Dec 23
Rules--Talking during play (EdmondT)
Dec 19
Variations--Duodecagammon (David Moeser)
Dec 15
Variations--Longgammon (Michael Strato)
Dec 12
Play Sites--melBG--Announcement (David Kinston)
Dec 08
Equipment--Board design (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 03
Equipment--Boards--Features to look for (Matthew Mueller)
Dec 03
Book Suggestions--What's a good second book? (Tommy)
November 2000
Nov 22
Luck versus Skill--How much skill versus luck? (Alexandre Sierra)
Nov 21
Terminology--"Pure play" (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 18
Programming--Training neural nets (Walter Trice)
Nov 13
Tournaments--Videotaping matches (André Nicoulin)
Nov 09
Etiquette--Going for backgammon in a one-point match (Douglas Zare)
Nov 07
Luck versus Skill--How often to win with perfect play? (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Nov 06
Ratings--Improving the rating system (Matti Rinta-Nikkola)
Nov 03
Puzzles--Janowski Paradox (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Nov 02
Ratings--FIBS rating distribution (Gary Wong)
October 2000
Oct 22
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish (Daniel Murphy)
Oct 19
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (André Nicoulin)
Oct 08
Snowie--Error rates (Gregg Cattanach)
Oct 04
Strategy--Backgames--But they're so much fun! (Laury Chizlett)
September 2000
Sep 26
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish (Gregg Cattanach)
Sep 14
Tournaments--What is a "Monrad format"? (Daniel Murphy)
Sep 09
Miscellaneous--Posted diagrams are scrunched up (Dale)
Sep 07
Luck versus Skill--Are good players just luckier? (Douglas Zare)
Sep 07
Variations--Tri-gammon (Gregg Cattanach)
Sep 07
Chouettes--Captain drops and others take (Grafix8888)
August 2000
Aug 29
Luck versus Skill--How much skill versus luck? (JP White)
Aug 29
Cube Handling--Value of an ace-point game (Øystein Johansen)
Aug 22
Book Suggestions--After Magriel (Robert-Jan Veldhuizen)
Aug 10
Terminology--"Equity" (Gregg Cattanach)
Aug 08
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus building (Dave Slayton)
Aug 04
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Split to 21? (Alex Zamanian)
Aug 04
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better? (Peter Backgren)
Aug 02
Theory--Janowski's formulas (Joern Thyssen)
July 2000
Jul 25
Puzzles--Legal but not likely (David desJardins)
Jul 12
Rules--Bearing off question (Colin Wiel)
Jul 01
Play Sites--Yahoo Games--Ratings (Neil GoBlu)
June 2000
Jun 30
Ratings--Field size and ratings spread (Daniel Murphy)
Jun 23
Strategy--Checker play--Hitting loose in your home board (Douglas Zare)
Jun 23
Probability and Statistics--Calculating winning chances (Douglas Zare)
Jun 21
Rules--Checker shuffling (James Johnson)
Jun 18
Computer Dice--Does Agushak Backgammon cheat? (Mr Nabutovsky)
Jun 14
Etiquette--Dice cup (Walt Swan)
Jun 07
Rules--Moving checkers with two hands (Michael Strato)
Jun 06
Cheating--Avoiding loaded dice (Gregg Cattanach)
May 2000
May 31
Terminology--"Weaver" (Alan Webb)
May 31
Software--Palm OS: Agushka (player) (pip_panther)
May 29
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems (Erik M Sørensen)
May 13
Books--Robertie: 501 Essential Backgammon Problems (Daniel Hollis)
May 13
Book Suggestions--Magriel, Robertie, and Kleinman (Gregg Cattanach)
May 12
Play Sites--FIBS vs. GamesGrid (Bob Stringer)
May 09
Rules--Can a beaver be dropped? (Stein Kulseth)
May 01
Rules--When is a move over? (JP White)
April 2000
Apr 29
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine (JP White)
Apr 20
Match Equities--Constructing a match equity table (Walter Trice)
Apr 12
Book Suggestions--Ideal book on backgammon (Laury Chizlett)
Apr 06
Book Suggestions--Bibliography (Carl Tait)
Apr 03
Learning--What more can I do? (Alison Wylie)
Apr 01
Chouettes--Variable stakes (Christopher Yep)
March 2000
Mar 31
Chouettes--When is consulting allowed? (Dave)
Mar 16
Miscellaneous--Backgammon in famous paintings (Dan Scoones)
Mar 12
Cube Handling--Evaluating the position (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 01
Rulings--Disputed roll (Chuck Bower)
February 2000
Feb 26
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point? (Chuck Bower)
Feb 24
Miscellaneous--Notation (Dean Gay)
Feb 23
Variations--Other variations (Douglas Zare)
Feb 15
Tournaments--Clock rules--Illegal move (Brendan Burgess)
Feb 08
Play Sites--VOG (Glenn)
January 2000
Jan 30
Rules--Hit and run (Rich)
Jan 21
Play Sites--GameSite2000--Announcment (GameSite 2000)
Jan 18
Match Play--Crawford rule--Why just one game? (Walter Trice)
Jan 06
Book Suggestions--Annotated matches (Walter Trice)
Jan 03
Fun and frustration--New Year's resolutions (Alan Webb)
December 1999
Dec 22
Strategy--Checker play--Bearing off with contact (Walter Trice)
Dec 20
Software--Windows: Exact Bearoff (analyzer) (Michel Grimminck)
Dec 18
Equipment--Leather boards (HGM)
Dec 17
Rollouts--What is a rollout? (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 17
Puzzles--Small chance of ending in doubles (Walter Trice)
Dec 10
Magazines & E-zines--GammonVillage announcement (Michael Strato)
Dec 07
Software--Windows: Snowie 3 (player, analyzer) (André Nicoulin)
Dec 07
Fun and frustration--Backgammon laws (Walt Swan)
Dec 03
Programming--Source code (Gary Wong)
Dec 01
Snowie--Luck calculation (Gregg Cattanach)
November 1999
Nov 26
Strategy--Checker play--Gammonish positions (Michael Manolios)
Nov 13
Cheating--Advantages of online play (Donald Kahn)
Nov 08
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (Chuck Bower)
Nov 03
Learning--Beginners' mistakes (Alan Webb)
Nov 03
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine (Adam V)
Nov 03
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks (Leo Bueno)
Nov 02
Books--Clay: Backgammon Winning Strategies (Michael Strato)
Nov 01
Equipment--Dice cups (David Montgomery)
October 1999
Oct 31
Strategy--Checker play--Breaking contact (Alan Webb)
Oct 29
Tournaments--Newbie questions (Donald Kahn)
Oct 26
Equipment--Boards--Zavoral (Robert Zavoral)
Oct 24
Opening Rolls--Slotting the four point (Joe Loria)
Oct 21
Books--Obolensky & James: Backgammon the Action Game (Edward D. Collins)
September 1999
Sep 23
Variations--Domino backgammon (Laury Chizlett)
Sep 21
Play Sites--ItsYourTurn--Announcement (Tom Buhrman)
Sep 16
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count questions (Chuck Bower)
Sep 11
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (Dean Gay)
Sep 08
Cube Handling--Endgame close out: Spleischft formula (Simon Larsen)
Sep 02
Theory--Janowski's formulas (Stig Eide)
August 1999
Aug 30
Cube Handling--When to beaver (Walter Trice)
Aug 23
Play Sites--Ratings comparison (Daniel Murphy)
Aug 20
Propositions--Opening 11 vs. Owning the cube (Bob Ebbeler)
Aug 15
Tournaments--Manually recording a match (Daniel Murphy)
Aug 10
Tournaments--Recording matches (Sean Dakin)
Aug 02
Rollouts--How reliable are rollouts? (David Montgomery)
July 1999
Jul 28
GNU Backgammon--How rollouts work (Gary Wong)
Jul 27
Probability and Statistics--Losing after bearing off 14 checkers (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 11
Learning--Reference positions (Chuck Bower)
Jul 05
Equipment--What is "tournament size"? (Rodrigo Andrade)
Jul 02
Books--Leet: Winning Backgammon (MW Book Review)
June 1999
Jun 26
Tournaments--Adjusting to face-to-face play (Daniel Murphy)
Jun 20
Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game (Roland Sutter)
Jun 20
Theory--Double/take/drop rates (Gary Wong)
Jun 13
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon R.I.P. (Chris Bray)
Jun 11
Magazines & E-zines--GammOnLine announcement (Kit Woolsey)
Jun 08
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (PTaber)
Jun 04
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion (Stuart Thomson)
May 1999
May 28
Terminology--"Beavers" (Sander van Rijnswou)
May 19
Match Play--Free drop (Ian Shaw)
May 04
Fun and frustration--Beginner's luck (Paul Tanenbaum)
May 03
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (David Montgomery)
April 1999
Apr 11
Miscellaneous--Free lesson (Donald Kahn)
Apr 01
Books--Kennedy & Papazian: Backgammon Master Games (Ben Fairbank)
March 1999
Mar 22
Miscellaneous--Board orientation (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 04
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Minimum game winning chances to double (Walter Trice)
Mar 01
Programming--Neural net questions (Brian Sheppard)
February 1999
Feb 27
Programming--Blockading feature (Sam Pottle)
Feb 21
Opening Rolls--Snowie's openers and replies (rcerutti)
Feb 20
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0 level 6 (Chuck Bower)
Feb 19
Match Equities--Why use a match equity table? (Kit Woolsey)
Feb 18
Probability and Statistics--Expected variation in points after a series of games (Achim Müller)
Feb 14
Ratings--Ratings variation (Kevin Bastian)
Feb 02
Fun and frustration--Characters we all know (Alan Webb)
January 1999
Jan 31
Match Play--Doubling when facing a gammon loss (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 29
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 26
Equipment--Boards--Tak Morioka (Ed Zell)
Jan 24
Play Sites--GamesGrid vs FIBS (Jim Cochrane)
Jan 20
Programming--Writing a backgammon program (Gary Wong)
Jan 18
Play Sites--Overview (Alan Webb)
Jan 15
Chouettes--Mandatory beaver (David Montgomery)
Jan 14
Chouettes--Automatic doubles with carryover (Alexander Zamanian)
Jan 14
Strategy--Checker play--Holding games (Casual_Observer)
Jan 11
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish (Wayne Crookes)
December 1998
Dec 30
Puzzles--Least shots on a blot within direct range (Raymond Kershaw)
Dec 25
Terminology--"Equity" (Gary Wong)
Dec 22
Ratings--Unbounded rating theorem (David desJardins)
Dec 21
Terminology--"Holding game" (Alan Webb)
Dec 19
Ratings--No limit to ratings (David desJardins)
Dec 14
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start? (Alan Webb)
Dec 12
Puzzles--Trivia question (Walter Trice)
Dec 08
Snowie--Questions and answers (David Montgomery)
Dec 07
Etiquette--Dealing with droppers (Bill Hill)
Dec 06
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Thoughts (Gregg Cattanach)
Dec 02
Tournaments--Seeding (Roland Scheicher)
Dec 02
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions (Roland Scheicher)
Dec 02
Equipment--Board design (Michael Poche)
Dec 02
Tournaments--Compensating for byes (Hank Youngerman)
Dec 01
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities (Donald Kahn)
Dec 01
Ratings--Constructing a ratings system (Matti Rinta-Nikkola)
Dec 01
Programming--Variance reduction in races (David Montgomery)
November 1998
Nov 28
Equipment--Bakelite checkers (Albert Steg)
Nov 21
Tournaments--Skill level (Kirk J. Rupnik)
Nov 09
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value (Stein Kulseth)
Nov 01
Etiquette--When to quit (Albert Steg)
October 1998
Oct 26
Match Play--Matches to a set number of games (Tom Keith)
Oct 22
Opening Rolls--Average advantage of winning opening roll (Chuck Bower)
Oct 21
Ratings--Different length matches (Jim Williams)
Oct 21
Match Play--5-away/11-away: redouble to 8 (Gavin Anderson)
Oct 20
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Double immediately? (Chuck Bower)
Oct 20
Ratings--Emperical analysis (Gary Wong)
Oct 14
Snowie--Using rollouts (Michael J. Zehr)
Oct 11
Cube Handling--Volatility (Chuck Bower)
Oct 11
Tournaments--Swiss format (Osman Guner)
Oct 10
Ratings--Possible adjustments (Christopher Yep)
Oct 09
Puzzles--Replace the missing checkers (Gary Wong)
Oct 07
Programming--What is a "neural net"? (Gary Wong)
Oct 05
Source Code--Move generator (Gary Wong)
Oct 02
Probability and Statistics--How often is too often? (Gary Wong)
September 1998
Sep 30
Probability and Statistics--Clumping of random numbers (Gary Wong)
Sep 23
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon (Craig E. Groeschel)
Sep 22
Books--Heyken & Fischer: The Backgammon Handbook (Martin Fischer)
Sep 21
Snowie--Terminology (Alexander Nitschke)
Sep 20
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board (Kit Woolsey)
Sep 19
Software--Java: BG-Blitz (player, analyzer) (Frank Berger)
Sep 14
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or play later? (Hank Youngerman)
Sep 12
Chouettes--Money management (Albert Steg)
Sep 09
Chouettes--Strategy (Michael J. Zehr)
Sep 04
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count (André Nicoulin)
Sep 04
Computer Dice--Does Snowie cheat? (André Nicoulin)
Sep 02
Terminology--"Joker" (Richard Divdesman)
August 1998
Aug 31
History--Books on the history of backgammon (Albert Steg)
Aug 27
Programming--Building and training a neural-net player (Brian Sheppard)
Aug 26
Books--Steed: Backgammon: The Meanest Game (Albert Steg)
Aug 25
Miscellaneous--General tips (Hank Youngerman)
Aug 24
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts (Michael J. Zehr)
Aug 24
Ratings--Converting to points-per-game (David Montgomery)
Aug 23
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Peter Bell)
Aug 20
Match Equities--ME Table: Snowie (Harald Retter)
Aug 19
Books--Cooke & Bradshaw: Backgammon--The Cruelest Game (Chuck Bower)
Aug 18
Books--Robertie: Backgammon for Winners (Carl Tait)
Aug 15
Snowie--Hints and questions (Achim Müller)
Aug 12
Luck versus Skill--The Bower Luck-O-Meter (Gary Wong)
Aug 01
Miscellaneous--Handicapping (flash)
July 1998
Jul 29
Theory--Drop rate on initial doubles (Gary Wong)
Jul 22
Computer Dice--Jellyfish: Proof it doesn't cheat (Gary Wong)
Jul 21
Fun and frustration--Losing streaks (Jim Peplow)
Jul 21
Learning--Advancing beyond intermediate (James Eibisch)
Jul 15
Strategy--Checker play--Containment positions (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 06
Learning--Three steps to better play (David Montgomery)
Jul 04
Variations--Freeze-out match (Dave Brotherton)
Jul 02
Theory--Optimal strategy? (Gary Wong)
June 1998
Jun 30
Theory--Solvability of backgammon (Gary Wong)
Jun 26
Programming--Anticomputer positions (Bill Taylor)
Jun 26
Match Archives--Big Brother file viewer (Vince Mounts)
Jun 24
Computer Dice--Official complaint form (Gary Wong)
Jun 21
Play Sites--Best value (Kenny Lee Smith)
Jun 21
Software--Windows: Monte Carlo (player) (Gamer Cafe Software)
Jun 21
Rollouts--Duplicate dice (David Montgomery)
Jun 17
Computer Dice--Does David's Backgammon cheat? (Joseph B. Calderone)
Jun 17
Variations--Acey-deucy (Steve Ewert)
Jun 15
Terminology--"Volatility" (Michael J. Zehr)
Jun 12
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts (Michael J. Zehr)
Jun 02
Programming--Backgames (David Montgomery)
Jun 01
Computer Dice--Does MonteCarlo cheat? (Matt Reklaitis)
May 1998
May 30
Snowie--Snowie vs. Jellyfish (Kenneth M. Arnold)
May 30
Books--Bray: Backgammon--An Independent View (Chris Bray)
May 27
Computer Dice--Jellyfish: How to check the dice (John Goodwin)
May 25
Jellyfish--Doubling at 2-away, 2-away (Michael Bo Hansen)
May 19
Jellyfish--Bearoff database bug (Vince Mounts)
May 18
Equipment--Boards--Hardwood Creations (Ben Fairbank)
May 11
Match Play--Crawford rule (Chuck Bower)
May 10
Variations--Trictrac (David Levy)
May 06
Ratings--Different length matches (Tom Keith)
May 04
Terminology--"Dance" (William R. Tallmadge)
April 1998
Apr 29
Theory--Derivation of drop points (Michael J. Zehr)
Apr 28
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Jerry Weaver)
Apr 26
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board (Bob Hoey)
Apr 25
Pip Counting--Counting half rolls (Bob Hoey)
Apr 25
Pip Counting--Running pip count (Rodrigo Andrade)
Apr 20
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube (Chuck Bower)
Apr 16
Pip Counting--Opposing sums and differences (Donald Kahn)
Apr 09
Snowie--Announcement (Olivier Egger)
Apr 08
Ratings--Opponent's strength (William Hill)
Apr 06
Rulings--Crawford game double (Claes Thornberg)
Apr 02
Rollouts--Settlement limit (Michael J. Zehr)
March 1998
Mar 29
Miscellaneous--rec.games.backgammon mini-FAQ (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 25
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Update (Ken Arnold)
Mar 25
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count (Chuck Bower)
Mar 25
Strategy--Checker play--Bearing off with contact (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 19
Play Sites--Yahoo Games (Steve Fiete)
Mar 15
Tournaments--Swiss format (Hank Youngerman)
Mar 10
Computer Dice--Winning and losing streaks (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 09
Software--Windows: Backgammon-To-Lose (Gamer Cafe Software)
Mar 07
Jellyfish--JF tackles New Ideas in Backgammon (Nigel Gibbions)
Mar 03
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Counterexample? (Jim Williams)
Mar 02
Magazines & E-zines--Essential Backgammon (Dan Frank)
February 1998
Feb 27
Cube Handling--Endgame close out: Michael's 432 rule (Michael Bo Hansen)
Feb 24
Cube Handling in Races--One checker model (Kit Woolsey)
Feb 23
Book Suggestions--Buyer's guide (Chuck Bower)
Feb 23
Cube Handling in Races--Doubling in a long race (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 22
Equipment--Precision dice (Larry Strommen)
Feb 22
Equipment--Dice cups (Leo Bueno)
Feb 19
Equipment--Precision dice (Chuck Bower)
Feb 19
Books--Mabardi & Luce: Vanity Fair's Backgammon to Win (Paul Tanenbaum)
Feb 15
Rules--Changing dice (Julian Hayward)
Feb 13
Fun and frustration--Translation fun (James Eibisch)
Feb 11
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Jacques Torrione)
Feb 10
Match Play--When to free drop (Kit Woolsey)
Feb 06
Books--Tremaine: Amazing Book of Backgammon (Jim Wallace)
Feb 04
Ratings--Effect of droppers on ratings (Gary Wong)
Feb 04
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length (Steve Mellen)
Feb 02
Rules--Rolling too soon (Stephen Turner)
Feb 01
Books--Heyken & Fischer: The Backgammon Handbook (Marina Smith)
January 1998
Jan 31
Equipment--Board design (Albert Steg)
Jan 20
Book Suggestions--How to read backgammon books (Gary Wong)
Jan 20
Books--Clay: Backgammon Winning Strategies (Gary Wong)
Jan 20
Match Play--Going for gammon when opp has free drop (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 19
Miscellaneous--Calculation versus instinct (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 19
Book Suggestions--Survey of some available books (William Hill)
Jan 18
Puzzles--All-time worst roll (Michael J. Zehr)
Jan 15
Match Play--When to free drop (Chuck Bower)
Jan 14
Miscellaneous--Checker play versus cube play (David Montgomery)
Jan 14
Jellyfish--Strengths and weaknesses (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 14
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon (James Eibisch)
Jan 13
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point? (William Hill)
Jan 13
Software--Windows: Cybergammon (player) (John S Mamoun)
Jan 11
Fun and frustration--"Good roll!" (jfk)
Jan 08
History--The name "backgammon" (Marina Smith)
Jan 04
Luck versus Skill--How much of backgammon is luck? (Wai Mun Yoon)
Jan 02
Software--Windows: Database interface (Hugh Sconyers)
December 1997
Dec 24
Fun and frustration--Choking under pressure (Kevin Bastian)
Dec 24
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double (Donald Kahn)
Dec 23
Ratings--Ratings and rankings (Chuck Bower)
Dec 22
Rollouts--Cubeless vs centered-cube rollouts (Ron Karr)
Dec 20
Puzzles--All-time best roll (Kit Woolsey)
Dec 19
Etiquette--How long to wait? (Marsha Wisniski)
Dec 18
Theory--Under-doubling dice (Bill Taylor)
Dec 18
Rollouts--Settlement limit in races (Alexander Nitschke)
Dec 18
Match Play--Doubling when you're an underdog (Stein Kulseth)
Dec 16
Rollouts--Settlement limit (Kit Woolsey)
Dec 15
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff (Chuck Bower)
Dec 13
Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon (Ron Karr)
Dec 12
Miscellaneous--Handicapping--Pass or pick a roll (Michael J. Zehr)
Dec 08
Match Play--Doubling when opponent is 2-away (David Montgomery)
Dec 05
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Robert Scibelli)
Dec 05
Rules--Jacoby rule (Daniel Murphy)
Dec 04
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule (Gary Wong)
November 1997
Nov 27
Cube Handling--References (Chuck Bower)
Nov 25
Ratings--Ratings and rankings (Jim Wallace)
Nov 16
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience (Mark Ferrante)
Nov 13
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later? (Stuart Katz, MD)
Nov 11
Equipment--Checkers (Chuck Bower)
Nov 10
Rules--U.S. backgammon tournament rules (Butch Meese)
Nov 10
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Kevin Bastian)
Nov 09
Fun and frustration--Ten commandments of backgammon (Morten Wang)
Nov 06
Tournaments--What is a "side pool"? (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 05
Learning--The backgammon cake (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 04
Tournaments--Types of events (Daniel Murphy)
October 1997
Oct 26
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon (Chuck Bower)
Oct 21
Match Play--4-away/4-away: take/drop point (Gary Wong)
Oct 17
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of opening 21 and replies (Alexander Nitschke)
Oct 14
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book--Five problems (Chuck Bower)
Oct 07
History--Origin of backgammon (Greycat Sharpclaw)
Oct 02
Variations--Roll-over (Edward D. Collins)
September 1997
Sep 28
Source Code--GamesGrid .CBG viewer in flex (Gary Wong)
Sep 24
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Could running be best? (Gary Wong)
Sep 23
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0 (Midas)
Sep 21
Match Play--3-away/4-away: what's the correct equity? (Tom Keith)
Sep 14
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling? (Kevin D. McLeaster)
Sep 11
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus slotting (Daniel Murphy)
Sep 04
Learning--Using Jellyfish tutor (Stephen Hubbard)
Sep 03
Terminology--International phrase dictionary (David Allen Sorensen)
August 1997
Aug 29
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Michael Fuhrmann)
Aug 20
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts (Chuck Bower)
Aug 18
Miscellaneous--What is backgammon? (David C. Oshel)
Aug 15
Theory--Undefined equity (Paul Tanenbaum)
Aug 14
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (David Montgomery)
Aug 13
Ratings--Ratings variation (FLMaster39)
Aug 13
Terminology--"Suicide play" (Brian Sheppard)
Aug 10
Fun and frustration--Backgammon by mail (MelRae)
Aug 06
Play Sites--FIBS--Financial support (Kit Woolsey)
July 1997
Jul 29
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 26
Jellyfish--Showdown in Texas (Chuck Bower)
Jul 25
Variations--Tavli (Portes, Plakoto, and Fevga) (Jens Larsen)
Jul 21
Cheating--Taking advantage of computer players (Matthew J. Reklaitis)
Jul 18
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy (Michael J. Zehr)
Jul 18
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 15
Strategy--Backgames--How many men back? (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 12
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy (Fredrik Dahl)
Jul 10
Match Archives--Database software (Achim Müller)
Jul 09
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Three choices (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 08
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Magriel's recommendation (George Parker)
Jul 08
Cube Handling in Races--Bower's modified Thorp count (Chuck Bower)
Jul 07
Terminology--"Wash" (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 03
Programming--Adjusting to a weaker opponent (Brian Sheppard)
June 1997
Jun 27
Fun and frustration--Simborg's laws of backgammon (NYCGuy)
Jun 23
Etiquette--Am I too slow? (Daniel Murphy)
Jun 22
Etiquette--Etiquette for online play (Dean Ayer)
Jun 17
Theory--Number of distinct positions (Walter Trice)
Jun 17
Variations--Greek backgammon (Alexandros Chatzipetros)
Jun 11
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts (Jim Williams)
Jun 06
Computer Dice--Does Jellyfish cheat? (Fredrik Dahl)
Jun 05
Software--Java: Chouette calculator (Gamer Cafe Software)
Jun 01
Software--Windows: Jellyfish 3.0 (player, analyzer) (Fredrik Dahl)
May 1997
May 30
Puzzles--Most checkers on the bar (Tommy K.)
May 28
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Comparison to FIBS (Ken Arnold)
May 19
Cube Handling--Too good to double (Michael J. Zehr)
May 19
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchor to break (Brian Sheppard)
May 16
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon (David Montgomery)
May 07
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Split, run, or slot? (Chuck Bower)
May 02
Match Play--7-away/11-away: volatile recube decision (Kit Woolsey)
May 01
Play Sites--Richard's Play-by-E-mail Server (Richard Rognlie)
May 01
Learning--Matchqiz and Jellyfish (Gilles Baudrillard)
April 1997
Apr 29
Jellyfish--Review of JF Player 3.0 (Geoff Oliver)
Apr 23
Variations--Mexican (Tom Henry)
Apr 19
Variations--Nuclear backgammon (Walt Swan)
Apr 07
Cube Handling--Liveliness of the cube (Kit Woolsey)
Apr 07
Strategy--Backgames--After an early blitz attempt (Daniel Murphy)
Apr 05
Computer Dice--FIBS: Analysis of 10 million rolls (Stephen Turner)
Apr 03
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar (Tom Keith)
March 1997
Mar 26
Puzzles--Not-so-greedy bearoff (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 21
Probability and Statistics--How many games to decide who's better? (Stephen Turner)
Mar 20
Play Sites--Playsite--Announcement (Seth Tapper)
Mar 19
Match Play--Crawford rule (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 18
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later? (Stephen Turner)
Mar 06
Strategy--Checker play--Estimating in volatile situations (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 06
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 05
Terminology--Turkish names for rolls (Lars Soezueer)
Mar 04
Variations--One roll lookahead (Stephen Turner)
February 1997
Feb 28
Variations--Tavla (ucc02cx)
Feb 26
Software--Mac: Play-O-Matic (game replayer) (Paul Ferguson)
Feb 26
Programming--Board encoding for neural network (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 25
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube (William C. Bitting)
Feb 22
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (David Montgomery)
Feb 22
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (Ron Karr)
Feb 21
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play" (Philippe Michel)
Feb 21
Strategy--Checker play--Trap play problem (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 21
Programming--Ideas on computer players (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 19
Jellyfish--Backgame play (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 19
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts (Alexander Nitschke)
Feb 13
Computer Dice--Does TD-Gammon cheat? (Gerry Tesauro)
Feb 05
Chouettes--Extras (Daniel Murphy)
January 1997
Jan 31
Chouettes--When does player retain the box? (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 23
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count (Chuck Bower)
Jan 21
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Chuck Bower)
Jan 17
Pip Counting--Symmetry method, Grouping men (Brian Sheppard)
Jan 07
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double roll (Larry Deckel)
Jan 05
Cube Handling--Too good to double--Janowski's formula (Chuck Bower)
Jan 04
Variations--Acey-deucy (Lee)
Jan 04
Variations--Duplicate backgammon (Dean Gay)
Jan 04
Variations--Misere, Chase, Skewed dice (Stein Kulseth)
Jan 03
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Computer rankings (Chuck Bower)
Jan 03
Variations--Trigammon (James Eibisch)
Jan 02
Variations--Low number first, fixed dice, others. (Walter Trice)
Jan 02
Variations--Sudden death, Woodpecker, Gerhardsen (Fredrik Dahl)
December 1996
Dec 19
Jellyfish--Why the name? (Fredrik Dahl)
Dec 17
Jellyfish--What is a Jellyfish? (John S Mamoun)
Dec 09
Strategy--Checker play--Mutual holding game (Ron Karr)
Dec 09
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Sample game (Ron Karr)
Dec 02
Match Play--Playing when opponent has free drop (Gilles Baudrillard)
Dec 01
Match Play--2-away/4-away: cube strategy (Tom Keith)
November 1996
Nov 19
Strategy--Checker play--Jacoby rule consideration (Ron Karr)
Nov 17
Books--Martyn: Phillip Martyn on Backgammon (Steve Brorens)
Nov 05
Puzzles--Returning to the start (Tom Keith)
October 1996
Oct 28
Computer Dice--Does MVP Backgammon cheat? (Mark Betz)
Oct 24
Computer Dice--FIBS: Are the dice biased? (Kit Woolsey)
Oct 12
Computer Dice--Does Motif cheat? (Robert D. Johnson)
Oct 07
Pip Counting--Casting out crossovers (Mark Denihan)
Oct 03
Pip Counting--Mental shift (Stephen Turner)
Oct 03
Rollouts--Systematic error (Chuck Bower)
Oct 01
Terminology--"Equity" (Chuck Bower)
September 1996
Sep 23
Source Code--Match equity calculator (Claes Thornberg)
Sep 23
Cube Handling--Volatility (Kit Woolsey)
Sep 21
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law (Kit Woolsey)
Sep 21
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Second version (Ken Arnold)
Sep 04
Terminology--"Dropper" (Robert D. Johnson)
Sep 02
Rules--Rolling too soon (James Grenier)
August 1996
Aug 26
Terminology--"Gammon price" (Ron Karr)
Aug 12
Play Sites--NOBS (Lou Poppler)
Aug 08
Learning--Taking your game up a level (Ron Karr)
Aug 02
Computer Dice--Does Cybergammon cheat? (Goto Informatique)
July 1996
Jul 24
Strategy--Checker play--Coming under the gun (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 18
Match Equities--ME Table: Big Brother (Peter Fankhauser)
Jul 14
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchor is best? (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 12
Chouettes--Extras (Albert Steg)
Jul 04
Variations--Nackgammon (Ken Arnold)
June 1996
Jun 29
Computer Dice--Does Hyper-Gammon cheat? (ZZyzx)
Jun 29
Fun and frustration--The square thing (David B. Sandler)
Jun 21
Terminology--"Thorp count" (Stephen Turner)
Jun 07
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Announcement (CyberArts Inc.)
May 1996
May 26
Ratings--Strange behavior with large rating difference (Ron Karr)
April 1996
Apr 30
Strategy--Bearing Off--Wastage--Positions that minimize (Stig Eide)
Apr 25
Strategy--Bearing Off--Wastage (David Montgomery)
Apr 18
Fun and frustration--Hard luck story contest (Einar Tryggvason)
Apr 15
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities (Stephen Turner)
Apr 07
Rollouts--Some guidelines (Kit Woolsey)
Apr 07
Rollouts--Advice (David Montgomery)
Apr 02
Strategy--Checker play--Cube ownership considerations (Kit Woolsey)
March 1996
Mar 26
Strategy--Bearing Off--Which gaps to fill (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 20
Etiquette--Dealing with droppers (Patti Beadles)
Mar 19
Software--Windows: Backgammon Varia (player) (Peter van Campen)
Mar 19
Strategy--Checker play--Prime versus prime (Michael J. Zehr)
Mar 17
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Which split is better? (Michael J. Zehr)
Mar 01
Terminology--"Equity" (Michael J. Zehr)
February 1996
Feb 27
Match Play--2-away/3-away: playing for gammon (Tom Keith)
Feb 23
Variations--Backwards play (Colin Bell)
Feb 20
Variations--Tracy turn around (Michael J. Zehr)
Feb 19
Variations--Duplicate backgammon (Albert Steg)
Feb 16
Learning--How to improve (Albert Steg)
Feb 15
Terminology--"Pure play" (Casey Forrest)
Feb 15
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Why make the three point? (Kit Woolsey)
Feb 15
Software--Windows: MVP Backgammon (player) (Michael Quinn)
Feb 11
Variations--Old English (Nick Wedd)
Feb 08
Fun and frustration--A game brings you money (Michael J. Zehr)
Feb 02
Programming--Training for different gammon values (Gerry Tesauro)
Feb 01
Books--Barr: Barr on Backgammon (Walter Swan)
January 1996
Jan 31
Match Play--2-away/4-away: trailer's initial double (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 23
Puzzles--Shortest game (Stephen Turner)
Jan 23
Match Play--2-away/4-away: practical issues (Mark Damish)
Jan 19
Match Archives--Big Brother Statistics (Peter Fankhauser)
Jan 19
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts (Peter Fankhauser)
December 1995
Dec 23
Variations--Acey-deucy (John David Galt)
Dec 22
Opening Rolls--Mloner vs Jellyfish (Kit Woolsey)
November 1995
Nov 29
Play Sites--FIBS--Your worst fears (Richard Greenberg)
Nov 27
Terminology--"Kauder paradox" (Carl Tait)
Nov 21
Rules--Illegal plays (Marc Gray)
Nov 21
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Marc Gray)
Nov 06
Computer Dice--Does BG by George cheat? (George Sutty)
Nov 05
Ratings--ELO system (seeker)
Nov 04
Learning--Practice/study plan (Marcus Brooks)
Nov 02
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon (Allen R. Adams)
October 1995
Oct 02
Match Archives--Big Brother (Mark Damish)
September 1995
Sep 24
Rollouts--Cautionary tale (Kit Woolsey)
Sep 12
Ratings--Why high ratings for one-point matches? (David Montgomery)
Sep 12
Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game (Stig Eide)
August 1995
Aug 16
Ratings--Table of win rates (William C. Bitting)
Aug 14
Cube Handling--Cube concepts (Peter Bell)
Aug 13
Cheating--Collusion in Monte Carlo (Kit Woolsey)
Aug 11
Match Play--1-away/1-away: and similar scores (Lou Poppler)
July 1995
Jul 31
Rules--Is stalemate possible? (Jan Andrew Bloxham)
Jul 31
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy (Walter Trice)
Jul 29
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Ever too good to double? (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 14
Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Bernhard Kaiser (Darse Billings)
Jul 10
Miscellaneous--Notation (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 08
Jellyfish--Cube strategy (Fredrik Dahl)
June 1995
Jun 23
Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men (David Montgomery)
Jun 14
Tournaments--Clocks--Should they be part of the game? (Kit Woolsey)
Jun 14
Rollouts--Reporting results of rollouts (David Montgomery)
Jun 13
Terminology--"Gammon rate", "gammon price" (David Montgomery)
Jun 11
Chouettes--Order of succession (Albert Steg)
Jun 09
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Split to 20? (Peter Bell)
Jun 08
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point? (David Montgomery)
Jun 05
Terminology--"Equity", "volatility", "claim", "market" (Erik Gravgaard)
May 1995
May 31
Strategy--Backgames--When to double (David Montgomery)
May 22
Strategy--Backgames--Checker problem (David Montgomery)
May 04
Variations--Fevga (or Moultezim) (Igor Sheyn)
May 04
Variations--Plakoto (Ed Dengler)
May 01
Strategy--Checker play--Playing when opponent has one man back (Kit Woolsey)
April 1995
Apr 27
Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose) (Jason Lee)
Apr 24
Variations--Acey-deucy (James Eibisch)
Apr 17
Puzzles--Zero equity positions (Kit Woolsey)
Apr 17
Rules--Repairing an illegal play (Michael J. Zehr)
Apr 06
Ratings--What are rating points? (Lou Poppler)
Apr 04
Opening Rolls--Opening 52: Merits of splitting (Peter Bell)
Apr 01
Match Play--Going for gammon when opp has free drop (Kit Woolsey)
March 1995
Mar 19
Opening Rolls--How computers play (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 14
History--The name "backgammon" (Albert Steg)
Mar 13
Chouettes--Extras (Anthony R Wuersch)
February 1995
Feb 28
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy (Albert Steg)
Feb 26
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Basic strategy (Darse Billings)
Feb 23
Terminology--"Vigorish" (Anthony R Wuersch)
Feb 07
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point? (Darse Billings)
Feb 01
Jellyfish--Review of JF Tutor 1.0 (John Bazigos)
January 1995
Jan 31
Puzzles--Cube ownership determines correct play (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 30
Cube Handling in Races--Doubling formulas (Michael J. Zehr)
Jan 14
Cheating--Dice manipulation (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 10
Computer Dice--Testing for bias (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 09
Strategy--Checker play--Defending against a blitz (Michael J. Zehr)
Jan 08
Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame (Michael J. Zehr)
December 1994
Dec 28
Puzzles--Not-so-greedy bearoff (Walter Trice)
Dec 22
Pip Counting--Tips (Patti Beadles)
Dec 20
Match Play--Holland rule (Kit Woolsey)
November 1994
Nov 29
Cube Handling--When to double (Kit Woolsey)
October 1994
Oct 31
Match Archives--Standard notation/archive format (Mark Damish)
Oct 26
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions (Anthony R Wuersch)
Oct 11
Books--Woolsey: How to Play Tournament Backgammon (John Bazigos)
Oct 11
Programming--Introduction (Gareth McCaughan)
Oct 10
Match Play--Free drop (Willis Elias)
Oct 09
Match Equities--Neil's numbers (Kit Woolsey)
Oct 08
Match Equities--Match equities--an alternate view (Durf Freund)
September 1994
Sep 27
Ratings--Ratings variation (Ed Rybak)
August 1994
Aug 31
Source Code--Rfibs and sfibs recorder and replayer (Jan Spitzkowsky)
Aug 22
Ratings--Table of ratings changes (Patti Beadles)
Aug 03
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Expert Backgammon (Tom Fahland)
July 1994
Jul 27
Opening Rolls--Factors to consider (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 26
Cube Handling--Against a weaker opponent (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 18
Match Play--3-away/4-away: tricky cube decision (Kit Woolsey)
June 1994
Jun 30
Miscellaneous--World Champions (John Bazigos)
Jun 22
Match Equities--Turner formula (Stephen Turner)
May 1994
May 24
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey (Kit Woolsey)
May 23
Theory--Proof that backgammon terminates (Robert Koca)
May 15
Cheating--Gamesmanship vs. cheating (Albert Steg)
May 13
Etiquette--Under resigning (Ilya Vinogradsky)
May 09
Books--Ball: Alpha Backgammon (James Takahashi)
May 08
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Proof for doubling immediately (Robert Koca)
May 05
Books--Tzannes brothers: Backgammon Games and Strategies (Albert Steg)
May 03
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Durf Freund)
March 1994
Mar 18
Computer Dice--Too many repeated rolls? (Stephen Turner)
Mar 07
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double-roll (Rafy Marootians)
February 1994
Feb 28
Variations--Greek backgammon (Marc Jacobs)
Feb 16
Programming--Ideas for improving computer play (David Montgomery)
Feb 09
Programming--Pruning the list of moves (David Montgomery)
Feb 07
Variations--Plakoto (Pasteel M.)
Feb 02
Rollouts--Confidence intervals (Gerry Tesauro)
January 1994
Jan 10
Puzzles--Worst takable position (Christopher Yep)
Jan 08
Match Equities--ME Table: Woolsey (William R. Tallmadge)
December 1993
Dec 10
Source Code--race4.c (Marc Ringuette)
Dec 10
Source Code--race2.c (Marc Ringuette)
Dec 01
Cube Handling--Rough guidelines (Michael J. Zehr)
November 1993
Nov 18
Cube Handling--How to use the doubling cube (Michael J. Zehr)
October 1993
Oct 14
Variations--Hyper backgammon (Michael A Urban)
Oct 04
Books--Robertie: Backgammon for Winners (Gerry Tesauro)
September 1993
Sep 24
Magazines & E-zines--List of articles (Mika Johnsson)
July 1993
Jul 01
Book Suggestions--John Bazigos's suggestions (Mika Johnsson)
May 1993
May 28
Magazines & E-zines--Available newsletters (Robert A. Meese, Jr.)
February 1993
Feb 11
Source Code--Benchmark player "pubeval.c" (Gerry Tesauro)
Feb 02
Software--Mac: Expert Backgammon (player) (Butch Meese)
July 1992
Jul 19
Play Sites--FIBS--Original announcement (Andreas Schneider)
June 1992
Jun 29
Programming--TD-Gammon vs. Robertie (David Escoffery)
Jun 25
Programming--BKG 9.8 vs. Villa (Andreas Schneider)
Jun 11
Match Equities--Using a match equity table (Michael J. Zehr)
May 1992
May 21
Book Suggestions--Marty Storer's reading list (Larry Hunter)
April 1992
Apr 13
Terminology--"Time," "timing," "checker," "dancing" (Marty Storer)
February 1992
Feb 27
Opening Rolls--Trice's rankings (Marty Storer)
January 1992
Jan 24
Cube Handling in Races--Ward's racing formula (Marty Storer)
November 1991
Nov 20
Terminology--"Duplication" and "diversification" (Simon Woodhead)
Nov 01
Match Equities--ME Table: Escoffery (David Escoffery)
October 1991
Oct 23
Match Equities--ME Table: Friedman (Elliott C Winslow)
September 1991
Sep 24
Computer Dice--Does Gammontool cheat? (Jim Hurley)
Sep 11
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count (Simon Woodhead)
Sep 10
Programming--BKG beats world champion (Marty Storer)
August 1991
Aug 29
Terminology--"Lose your market" (Shuman Lloyd Lee)
Aug 29
Terminology--"Beavers" (Shuman Lloyd Lee)
Aug 15
Books--Deyong: The Playboy Book of Backgammon (Shuman Lloyd Lee)
Aug 06
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Becker on lover's leap (Jeffrey Spiegler)
Aug 05
Books--Jacoby & Crawford: The Backgammon Book (Patrick Wilken)
Aug 01
Variations--Russian backgammon (Daavid Turnbull)
July 1991
Jul 29
Software--Windows: BG by George (player) (Stuart Cracraft)
January 1984
Jan 22
Book Suggestions--Recommended Backgammon Books (Butch Meese)
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