New Ideas in Backgammon (Paperback)

~ Kit Woolsey (Author), Hal Heinrich (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Gammon Pr (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880604086
• ISBN-13: 978-1880604083
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,240,595 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding work, July 7, 1999

By A Customer

This book will take its place on my bookshelf next to Magriel's Backgammon and Robertie's two-volume Advanced Backgammon. The material is exceptional in all respects. First of all, this is a book of 104 problems that have been systematically selected to give experts fits. In fact, in every case a majority of 11 experts (the game's actual player, the two authors, plus a panel of 8) failed to find the correct move. Additionally, the correct moves have been validated by extensive human and computer analysis, so this book doesn't have the "error rate" that other books have. The authors are world-class players and world-class teachers of backgammon, so the writing is clear and crisp. A fantastic book.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to think about backgammon, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This is a fantastic book for the intermediate and advanced player. The authors skillfully dissect 104 difficult positions, pointing out even the most subtle aspects. It is this careful observing and weighing, done out-loud, that makes this book so valuable. In the end, you learn much more than the solutions to these specific problems -- you learn how to reason about all future postions you encounter.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Info But Too Many Unexplained Terms, June 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Backgammon: Winning With the Doubling Cube (Paperback)

This is a terrific book, full of insightful and thought provoking information that will surely improve anyone's game. However, the authors have chosen a very conversational writing style that presupposes their readers are familiar with advanced "Backgammon Speak". I for one was not up to speed on this and find the use of unknown and unexplained terms both frustrating and annoying! Clearly anyone purchasing this book is interested in learning and in most cases is probably playing at an intermediate level. To assume that readers at such a level would already be fluent in advanced "Backgammon Speak" is short sided and makes comprehending the wonderful information presented unnecessarily confusing. I have since found an online glossary of backgammon terminology and reference it often while reading this book. At the very least a glossary should have been included or an even better approach would have been to explain some of the more obscure terms the first time they are used.