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Cube Handling

Against a weaker opponent  (Kit Woolsey, July 1994) 

Cube concepts  (Peter Bell, Aug 1995) 

Early-late ratio  (Tom Keith, Sept 2003) 

Endgame close out: Michael's 432 rule  (Michael Bo Hansen+, Feb 1998) 

Endgame close out: Spleischft formula  (Simon Larsen, Sept 1999) 

Evaluating the position  (Daniel Murphy, Feb 2001) 

Evaluating the position  (Daniel Murphy, Mar 2000) 

How does rake affect cube actions?  (Paul Epstein+, Sept 2005) 

How to use the doubling cube  (Michael J. Zehr, Nov 1993) 

Liveliness of the cube  (Kit Woolsey, Apr 1997) 

PRAT--Position, Race, and Threats  (Alan Webb, Feb 2001) 

Playing your opponent  (Morris Pearl+, Jan 2002) 

References  (Chuck Bower, Nov 1997) 

Robertie's rule  (Chuck Bower, Sept 2006) 

Rough guidelines  (Michael J. Zehr, Dec 1993) 

Tells  (Tad Bright+, Nov 2003) 

The take/pass decision  (Otis+, Aug 2007) 

Too good to double  (Michael J. Zehr, May 1997) 

Too good to double--Janowski's formula  (Chuck Bower, Jan 1997) 

Value of an ace-point game  (Raccoon+, June 2006) 

Value of an ace-point game  (Øystein Johansen, Aug 2000) 

Volatility  (Chuck Bower, Oct 1998) 

Volatility  (Kit Woolsey, Sept 1996) 

When to accept a double  (Daniel Murphy+, Feb 2001) 

When to beaver  (Walter Trice, Aug 1999) 

When to double  (Kit Woolsey, Nov 1994) 

With the Jacoby rule  (KL Gerber+, Nov 2002) 

With the Jacoby rule  (Gary Wong, Dec 1997) 

Woolsey's law  (PersianLord+, Mar 2008) 

Woolsey's law  (Kit Woolsey, Sept 1996) 

Words of wisdom  (Chris C., Dec 2003) 

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