Backgammon For Serious Players (Paperback)

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Product Description

There are million and millions of backgammon players looking to take their game to the next level and this is the book - from the world's best player - that will show them how to win for fun or for profit! Players learn what it takes to win the big games and crush opponents at the table, plus the all-important opening strategies and replies, middle, end and back game techniques, tournament strategies, advanced doubling cube play, and fascinating strategy moves. Includes basic backgammon probabilities and odds, unusual plays, priming strategy, essential bearoff play and lots more. Features five games by champions with move by move insights, 113 diagrams and the secret dynamics of playing boldly and like a champion. An audience of 75 million casual and serious players learn the advanced strategies and winning secrets of play from the world's best backgammon player and only two-time champion. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Bill Robertie is the world's best backgammon player, the only two-time Monte Carlo World Championship winner, and author of six backgammon books. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Cardoza; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 094068568X
• ISBN-13: 978-0940685680
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,306,971 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very instructional, but terrible editing, March 22, 1999

By	Reuben Sivan (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found the book very instructional for an intermediate player. On the negative side, I was annoyed by the incredibly large amount of typos, from the "about the author" page througout the book, there is a typo or a diagram error almost on every 2-3 pages.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Increased my rating on FIBS by 100, May 13, 2003

By	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!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but not Robertie's best, December 4, 1999

By A Customer

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.