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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)
 

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