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A practical way to become a winner at backgammon is to glean instruction from the best players. Some of the backgammon world’s highest awards have written books to assist players both novice and advanced.

A good book by a backgammon expert can provide game-changing information at a reasonable price which players (and would-be players) can absorb at their own pace. The Gammon Press store stocks essential reads by Bill Robertie and Kit Woolsey, along with the works of Bob Wachtel, Peter Bell and others. If you want to improve your backgammon game, this is the place to start.

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The Backgammon Encyclopedia, Volume 2

Jun 7, 2017 |

The Gammon Press is pleased to announce the publication of Kit Woolsey’s new book, The Backgammon Encyclopedia, Volume 2. This new book builds on Kit’s work in Volume 1 by examining new doubling reference positions in these 10 categories:

1) Early Advantage
2) The Semi-Blitz
3) One Man Back
4) On the Bar
5) Containment
6) Hitting a Blot
7) Escape
8) Priming
9) Crunching
10) Racing

The Backgammon Encyclopedia, Volume 2 is available now. You can order it from the Backgammon Books section on this website. The price is $30 plus shipping.

Here’s a brief excerpt from the beginning of Chapter 2.

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Equipment Review – The P-40 Set

May 11, 2017 |

Shopping for a nice backgammon set? Looking for something you’d be happy to take to a tournament or use in your local chouette? Your search just got a lot easier.

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2017 Boston Quiz Contest Part 4

Apr 20, 2017 |

So far we’ve looked at Quiz positions 1 through 15 from the quiz contest at February’s Boston Open. In this post you can test yourself on positions 16 through 20.

Good luck!

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2017 Boston Quiz Contest Part 3

Apr 11, 2017 |

So far we’ve looked at Quiz positions 1 through 10 from the quiz contest at last month’s Boston Open. In this post you can test yourself on positions 11 through 15.

Stay focused!

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Equipment Review: The BoneClub Set

Apr 6, 2017 |

The modern backgammon boom continues apace, with new players, tournaments and clubs appearing on a regular basis. New players require new books and new equipment, and thankfully suppliers are appearing to meet the need.

I recently received for review a set from one of the newest suppliers, Bone.Club. The company is located in the U.K. but sells worldwide through its website, https://www.boneclub.co.uk. I picked a color scheme called ‘A Kind of Blue’ (blue, black, and yellow), but several other color schemes are available, such as Purple Rain (red, blue, and purple), Green Dream (green, black, and orange), and others. The colors are all sharp and vivid, which makes for a very impressive-looking set. Here’s a picture of the board I received, showing the striking colors.

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Boston Quiz Contest, Part 2

Mar 23, 2017 |

Last time we looked at Quiz positions 1 through 5 from the quiz contest at last month’s Boston Open. This week we’ll move on and look at positions 6 through 10.
Good luck!

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