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Backgammon for Serious Players
by Bill Robertie "Winning at backgammon requires mastering two phases of the game: dynamic checker play (using your checkers as weapons to pin your opponent in awkward positions)..." (more)
SIPs: advanced anchor, his home board, pip count, point next turn, back checkers (more)
CAPs: World Cup, World Championship, Monte Carlo, Paul Magriel

 
 
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First Sentence:
Winning at backgammon requires mastering two phases of the game: dynamic checker play (using your checkers as weapons to pin your opponent in awkward positions) and aggressive cube action (using the doubling cube to maximize you wins in good positions and minimize your losses in bad positions). Read the first page
 

Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
advanced anchor, his home board, pip count, point next turn, back checkers, second checker, inner board, your checkers, two checkers, one checker, bold play, blocking points, turn the cube, winning chances, doubling cube, excellent play, actual play, bar point, back game, board points

 

Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Cup, World Championship, Monte Carlo, Paul Magriel

 

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

easy to read, fast progress results, February 10, 2001
 

Reviewer: "zeroplus" (NYC, NY United States) - See all my reviews

I didn't know anything about backgammon: notation, strategy, etc. I read this book and found it was easy to follow the games and his annotations. Then I started beating people who previously would easily beat me. 'Nuff said.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Increased my rating on FIBS by 100, May 14, 2003
 

Reviewer: mojo (Mandeville, LA United States) - See all my reviews

I had been stuck below 1500 on FIBS internet backgammon server for over a year. After studying this book for about a month, my rating increased by 100 points. I have since read Bill Robertie's other books, and I am now at 1650 on FIBS. The basic tips highlighted in this book are worth the cost of this book alone. To get the most out of this book, you need to use a backgammon board and play along with the diagrams, and compare what you would usually do compared to what an expert would do in the same situation. Great for beginners and intermediates!

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4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

As the title suggests, best for serious players, February 19, 2002
 

Reviewer: Bob Matthews "Dr. Bob" (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews

Dr. Robertie presents over 100 problems in this book, all with serious analysis. Not for the novice, but if you're a backgammon hound, it's worth the read.

His analysis of the end game is especially good.

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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Good lessions for medium level players, November 28, 2000
 

Reviewer: ANDRE LUIS QUADROS AMOEDO (Salvador, Bahia Brazil) - See all my reviews

Don't wait to find here great secrets or crunch positions to study, in this this book, Bill Robertie reviews 5 whole games, between top flight players. There are good tricks on then, as he chose particular matches with diferent points of strategy.You will find basic rules of the modern way to play backgammon, by reading Robertie's reviews, but if you already mastered basic strategies and want something more instigating, look for Kit Woolsey's New Ideas in Backgammon.

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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

CHANGE, July 13, 2000
 

Reviewer: "danilofernandes" (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil) - See all my reviews

This one was my first book in my backgammon studies and it becames my turning point into a serious player in the netgammon site.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

OK, but not Robertie's best, December 4, 1999
Reviewer: A reader
I'm glad I read it, but it's not Robertie's best work. The author chose good games for analysis, each interesting in a different way and all illustrating common problems. There are typos everywhere, though, both in the text and the diagrams.

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