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Books for advanced players

From:   Edward D. Collins
Address:   edwardcollins@yahoo.com
Date:   28 June 2003
Subject:   Re: Backgammon and Poker?
Forum:   rec.games.backgammon
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> What do you think are the top 5 books in your collection for the
> advanced player?

I would go with these:
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"Backgammon" by Paul Magriel
"Backgammon - Learning to Win" by Lewis Deyong
"Backgammon For Serious Players" by Bill Robertie
"The Backgammon Handbook" by Enno Heyken and Martin B. Fisher
"Paradoxes and Probabilities - 168 Backgammon Problems" by Barclay Cooke

I've included the last title even though I've read that many of his Cooke's
problems have now been proven incorrect by today's backgammon software.
However, with this book that's not the point.  This book helps one to think
of new ideas and to use one's imigination when playing.

I've also gotten a lot of mileage from "The Backgammon Quiz Book" by Prince
Joli Kansil.  This book contains 112 challenging quizzes.  In each one,
you're presented with a board and three different dice rolls (thus, there
are actually 336 different problems) and asked to pick the best move for
each board.  I picked this book up at a garage sale for .25 many years ago.

Ed Collins
 
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