e-Book 501 Essential Backgammon Problems download

by Bill Robertie

ISBN: 1580420192
ISBN13: 978-1580420198
Language: English
Publisher: Cardoza; 1st Edition edition (March 1, 2000)
Pages: 360
Category: Puzzles and Games
Subategory: Drollery

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My only major criticism on the book is that in some of the checker play problems Robertie doesn't analyse all the potential choices or rejects one when in fact the equities are quite close. The reasoning behind this maybe that that the merits of that checker play do not fit in with the theme of the chapter or are too complex.

501 Essential Backgammon Problems. AUTHOR: Bill Robertie. This book is aimed at intermediate to expert players. Robertie provides problems covering all aspects of the game from the opening to the bear-off

501 Essential Backgammon Problems. Robertie provides problems covering all aspects of the game from the opening to the bear-off. It would be better if some of the explanations were a little longer, but Robertie has a concise style of writing and gets his points across well. -Chris Bray, in What Colour is the Wind? "I recommend this book. It is cheap (you will find it for less than 20$), detailed, goes through all the parts of the game and will help players from amateur to mid-level a lo. -Nikos Albanopoulos, August 2000.

This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a thinking, aggressive pro-level player.

Books will be free of page markings. Показать все 2 объявления с подержанными товарами. This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a thinking, aggressive pro-level player. Strategies and situation cover every aspect of the game, from playing positions to doubling maneuvers. Everything is carefully explained and illustrated so that the reader understands all the concepts.

501 Essential Backgammon Problems book. This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the.

This massive collection of problems shows you what good backgammon looks like and gives you the tools you need to become a formidable player. Two-time World Champion Bill Robertie breaks backgammon down into 31 chapters, each covering a different phase of the game. Robertie shows how top players think, how they plan their strategy from the opening roll, and how they react to potentially decisive opportunities.

This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a. .I really like Robertie's books. Robertie teaches and explains, he doesn't pontificate

This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a thinking. Robertie teaches and explains, he doesn't pontificate. I have heard the neural nets (and let us not anger them) have found some "errors" in Robertie's analysis, but I have used eXtreme Gammon on many problems, and have never found an error, and only a few cases where there were equal plays. Keep in mind Robertie's examples are chosen to illustrate the particular concept in question. In a few instances there may be other acceptable plays, but his purpose is to teach the pertinent concept, and he succeeds impressively.

501 Essential Backgammon Problems Paperback – 1 Aug 2017. Bill Robertie, author of seven backgammon books, is the world’s best backgammon player and the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship. by Bill Robertie (Author).

Robertie graduated from Harvard. 501 Essential Backgammon Problems; Cardoza Publishing (2000), ISBN 1-58042-019-2. Robertie co-authored a popular series of books on tournament no-limit Texas hold'em with 1995 World Champion Dan Harrington, entitled Harrington on Hold 'em. The books were published by Two Plus Two Publishing. Books by Bill Robertie. Modern Backgammon; The Gammon Press (2001)

This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a thinking, aggressive pro-level player. Strategies and situation cover every aspect of the game, from playing positions to doubling maneuvers. Everything is carefully explained and illustrated so that the reader understands all the concepts.

Comments:

Perongafa

The reviews for this book are good, so I don't want to repeat their analysis. What I will add is why I have given/sold/recommended this book to dozens of struggling backgammon players.

There are only a couple paragraphs before each chapter. You "read" it like you "read" the chess puzzle in a newspaper.

Backgammon is primarily a money game, although tournament play is very popular with strong players. This book is for money play. This book will save you a *lot* of money as you learn. For beginners, the first time through, many of the positions will seem impossibly difficult to understand. The cube decisions may be mystifying. But go through it twice before you judge it. You will see results in your play.

Magriel's book, Backgammon, is still the best starter book for basic strategy and understanding themes in backgammon. There are better (specialized) advanced backgammon books. I have seen no backgammon book, however, which can more quickly get a players' game to improve dramatically. Its fun, and its easy to go through.

For intermediate/advanced players, many of the positions are easy, but also great reminders of the need for understanding transitional positions, especially backgames where you hit a loose checker.

Critiques: there are not enough end game positions, yes, there are many positions where more alternatives should be given, but this is a "bathroom" book, it is not intended to be a critical analysis of every situation. What 501 does is present the game's complexities in a broad range of positional types, and let you solve a maze of problems, leading to a much better understanding of the game.

If you play, or are learning backgammon, get this book and put it in the bathroom. Read it for 5 minutes a day. (12-18 problems is a good average). Supplement this with a good backgammon program, whether the free gnu backgammon, or one of the commercial apps. Within a few months, your game will be dramatically better.

Zorve

Great problem book. Make sure you get the latest edition which has the most accurate up to date computer analysis of the problems. Robertie as always does an excellent job sharing his knowledge of this complex game. This would be great second book for anyone learning the game and advanced players will get many of the problems wrong the first time. Definitely money well spent and and absolute steal at this price.

Delaath

Terrific analysis of backgammon situations that run the gamut. I especially liked the chapter dealing with "races," with astute analysis of when you double, drop, or take.

showtime

I have many backgammon books to compare this one against. The information is great, and the problems and responses are well thought out, but the layout of the information becomes a tiresome excersize in flipping pages back and forth between the image of the board and the question/answer many pages away.
I enjoyed the problems, and learned a good deal of strategy but the book should be more straightforward, with the illustration right at the page of the reading, so it would be easy to refer back to it. A small problem for the amount of information the book contains, but a problem that tends to detract from the learning experience.

Fiarynara

Great book.

Arashitilar

in process of reading. So far, I find it excellent for forcing me to see alternative moves while thinking about best placement. Now I am interested in probability.

Shazel

Excellent Book for all level of Payer ... as expected from an outstanding Author and Accomplished Player.

Great book by one of the best teachers out there.