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05JulJuly 5, 2020

The History of Backgammon

By Joy Lee Barnhart From the online manual for Bob's Backgammon Backgammon has its origins in the early board games developed in Ur of Mesopotamia 5000 years ago. Boards bearing a resemblance to backgammon have been unearthed in excavations along with matching dice and inlaid playing pieces. The game appears to have moved from there to ancient India where it and Parcheesi developed from a common ancestor. A variant called Sennet was played by the ancient Egyptians. By the time of Plato...

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29JunJune 29, 2020

Basics for Beginners

Backgammon is a very easy game to learn; its very simplicity is, paradoxically, one of the main reasons for its relative lack of broad-based popularity over the years. Most people know it as “the game with all the points on the back of the checkerboard.” The instructions on how to play accompanying these boards are equally simplistic — if you can understand them at all. Thus, if one is so inclined, or possibly merely inquisitive, the board may be set...

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29JunJune 29, 2020

Online Chouettes

Introduction to Chouettes A chouette is a fun, social, multiplayer form of backgammon. It can be a tremendous amount of fun, with lots of cube turns, players taking different points of view, getting to rotate and play as a teammate of another player one game and against him the next. However, if they are not done right, especially online, chouettes can get boring quickly. This page will give you an outline of what a chouette is and how to play. I...

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22JunJune 22, 2020

Art Benjamin, a Player You Can Count On

Art Benjamin, a Player You Can Count On Professor Art Benjamin serves on the U.S. Backgammon Federation Board of Directors and chairs its Education Committee. He is a Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. As an internationally famous "mathemagician," he has over 12 million views of his three TED talks, an appearance on The Colbert Report, and a book on the New York Times Bestseller list. Because of his family, book writing, and performing, he doesn't get to travel...

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22JunJune 22, 2020

Clocks in Backgammon

Clocks in Backgammon There has been much discussion about the use of clocks at backgammon tournaments on the bulletin board, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a full article discussing clocks. This will consist of several things which been written in the past, as well as my own discussion. I would like to thank Carol Cole, editor of The Flint Area Backgammon Newsletter and Bill Robertie, editor of the late Inside Backgammon, for giving me...

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22JunJune 22, 2020

Starting a Backgammon Club

Starting a Backgammon Club Where should we meet? It's very hard starting a backgammon club, and you will need patience, at least two backgammon players, and a lot of help. First of all find a venue to play at, preferably with a bar for light refreshments! Most pubs have a spare room especially midweek. Lincoln Backgammon Club meets each Tuesday night at the Liberal Club right in the centre of Lincoln. As members of The Liberal Club we get to use...

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21JunJune 21, 2020

With Backgammon Player’s-Jess Danielsen

With Backgammon Player's-Jess Danielsen I was born in 1974 in Denmark, and I started playing online backgammon in 1998. I heard about the cafe tournaments in Copenhagen, I attended, and I was completely hooked. When I had kids I had a 4.5-year break from the game, but I returned in 2011 eager to retain knowledge. During my break, DBgF had introduced a norm system with titles like chess, and that just motivated me even more. Over the years I have...

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10JunJune 10, 2020

The European Split

The European Split The question of what to do with a lone back checker can be very tricky. Ideally you would like to get it out and safely home. But is it worth moving the checker up partway in the opponent's home board, subjecting it to attack? That can be a difficult problem. Several years ago European players were much more prone to make this sort of play than American players. For this reason American writers dubbed it the European split....

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10JunJune 10, 2020

World Champion Philip Vischjager

Exclusive First Interview with New World Champion Philip Vischjager GammonLife.com is honoured to publish this very first interview with Mr. Philip Vischjager of The Netherlands who just won the 2006 World Championship of Backgammon in Monte Carlo last month. GammonLife - Hi Philip, congratulations for winning the World Championship in Monte Carlo last month and thank you for accepting this exclusive first interview with GammonLife.com. Could you please tell us a little about yourself? Philip Vischjager - I am 47 years old and married since...

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