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On his blog, Robertie publishes set and equipment reviews, creates quiz contests and provides free lessons. He would be remiss not to include his Robertie’s Rules! He also educates readers of the Gammon Press blog on the history of the game, offers backgammon instruction and more.
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In this position Black has established a solid grip on the position. He’s escaped all his back checkers, built his 4-point and his 7-point, and leads the race by 68 pips (122-190) before rolling.
A couple of months ago I asked readers of this blog to send in their suggestions as to what would make an ideal tournament in their view. I received many responses, some brief and to the point, others long and thoughtful. Rather than try to summarize all the various responses, I’m going to discuss tournament structures in general and how they might be changed or improved, working in some readers’ comments along the way.
