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Backgammon Books
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But Only the Hogs Win Backgammons
"The bulls sometimes win, and the bears sometimes win ..."
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AUTHOR:
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Danny Kleinman
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YEAR:
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2002 (1991)
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PUBLISHER:
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Larry Strommen
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CITY:
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Los Angeles, CA
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BINDING:
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Softcover, spiral-bound
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PAGES:
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v+250 (244)
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SIZE:
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28 cm high, 22 cm wide
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WEBSITE:
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http://dannykleinman.com/backgammonbooks.aspx
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CONTENTS:
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CONTACT
The Triple-Blot Mirage
Yahweh, Adonai and El Shaddai
The Quiet Move
Closed Board Bear-Ins and Bear-Offs
Closed Board Aces Against One Man on the Bar
Double Jeopardy Reconsidered
Applying Gammon Threats to Match Cubes
Paul's Prime-Versus-Prime Paradigms
Pual's Paradox
Golden Point, Golden Anchor, Golden Mean
Only Shades of Gray
A Priming and Timing Problem
The Stubborn Partner Exercise
The Map of Israel
Themes Versus Details
The Third Builder Theme
The Muench Formula
The Run-or-Stay Dilemma
The Burial and Killing Fields and No-Man's Land
Back to Basics: Anchors, Timing, Objectives
Pluses and Minuses
Gammon-Threat Thresholds
The Scope of the Proof
The Long March
The Kicking Game
"Experiment" and Innovation
CHICAGOLAND BACKGAMMON NEWSLETTER PROBLEMS
#113: Hit or Run in Prime-Versus-Prime
#115
#116
#118
#120
#121
#122
#123
#128: A Double-Dose of Gammon Threat
#128: Following Robertie's Lead
LETTERS TO MISS LONELYBLOTS
from Eagle Eye
from Gammoned in the Box
from Freddie Fiveroller
from Easy Edna
from Baby Seal
from Tristan Freulich
from Junior Joe
from Cyma Sixroller
from Fast Eddie
RACES and BEAR-OFFS
Arthur's Approximations
One-on-One Races
The Point of Fenultimate Take
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains the Cube for You
Bean's Law
Benjamin's Benchmarks
Home Runs
The Bull-and-Bear Hybrid
Walter's Wonderful Formula
How We Went Wrong
Two Cubes Beyond
In the Grizzly's Den
Backgammon in the Real World
Semi-Symmetry
To Which Doublets Shall We Cater?
Futile Willie
The Difference of Two Cube
Distance from the Benchmark
Positioning Your Last Three Men
The Four Precepts of Smoothing
Things Invisible to See
An Ace in the Bear-Off
The Taxonomy and Anatomy of Smoothies
A Smoothing Paradox
The Pip-and-Man Paradox
The Rough and Ready Position
Distribution in the Bear-Off
Smoothing Versus Taking Men Off
Smoothness, Smoothness, Give Me More Smoothness
7 Pips of a Shake's Tail
Quantifying the 4-Hole
Variations in the Value of the 4-Hole
Quantifying the Other Holes
How Many Rolls Is a Pip Worth?
The Magriel Mistake and the Meunch Correction
MATCHES
How Good Is the "Expert"?
Match #7
RULES AND PROCEDURES
Madison Backgammon Club Tournament Rules and Procedures
The Crawford Rule
The Wrong Target Rule
Scoring Errors
Triple-Elimination Backgammon Tournaments
A 32-Player Quadruple-Elimination Tournament
Troikas
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Backgammon: Costa Rica 1994
Final Match: Mike Senkiewicz vs. Mike Svobodny from the Third Tournament of the Americas
Antonio Ortega, Mario Madrigal, Danny Kleinman
1996: Editorama, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Vision Laughs at Counting, Volume 1
With Advice to the Dicelorn
Danny Kleinman
1996: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Vision Laughs at Counting, Volume 2
With Advice to the Dicelorn
Danny Kleinman
1996: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Meanwhile, Back at the Chouette
Danny Kleinman
1996: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Wonderful World of Backgammon
Danny Kleinman
1996: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Cubes and Gammons Near the End of a Match
Antonio Ortega, Danny Kleinman
1997: Editorama, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Is There Life After Backgammon?
Danny Kleinman
1997: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Jerry Grandell: His most important matches
Antonio Ortega, Danny Kleinman
1999: Editorama, S.A., San Jose, Costa Rica
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Double-Sixes from the Bar
Danny Kleinman
1999: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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How Can I Keep From Dancing
Danny Kleinman
1999: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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The Dice Conquer All
Danny Kleinman
1999: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Backgammon With the Giants: Neil Kazaross
Antonio Ortega, Danny Kleinman
2001: Editorama, S.A., San Jose, Costa Rica
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How Little We Know About Backgammon
Danny Kleinman
2001: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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The Other Side of Midnight
Danny Kleinman
2002: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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A Backgammon Book for Gabriel
Danny Kleinman
2003: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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Long Road to Gammon
Danny Kleinman
2003: Larry Strommen, Los Angeles, CA
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