Chuck Bower
Nov 2012
Learning--Study plan
Nov 2012
Match Play--3-away/4-away: racing cube
Sep 2012
Terminology--"Bronstein" clock setting
Jan 2012
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jun 2011
Equipment--Buying a tournament board
Mar 2011
Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?
Feb 2011
Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage
Oct 2010
Cube Handling--Endgame closeout: win percentages
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Stop pots"
Sep 2010
Tournaments--"Fighter's bracket"
Jun 2010
Match Equities--ME Table: Rockwell-Kazaross
Feb 2010
Equipment--Moderately priced boards
Oct 2009
Etiquette--Listening to music while playing
Aug 2009
Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon
Mar 2008
Strategy--Checker play--Avoiding major oversights
Mar 2008
Cube Handling--Woolsey's law
Dec 2007
Terminology--"Zone" of attack
Dec 2007
Rulings--Clock rules end of turn
Nov 2007
Book Suggestions--Best books from the bot era
Oct 2007
Tournaments--Avoiding disputes
Oct 2007
Rulings--Repositioning dice without notice
Oct 2007
Rulings--Opening roll loser picks up his die
Aug 2007
Books--Robertie: Reno 1986
May 2007
Tournaments--First backgammon tournament
May 2007
Learning--Most efficient way to learn
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Manually recording a match
Apr 2007
Tournaments--Playing-off 3 remaining players
Apr 2007
Terminology--"Cube provocation play"
Feb 2007
Rules--Rolling too soon
Nov 2006
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Sep 2006
Cube Handling--Robertie's rule
Jun 2006
Miscellaneous--Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?
Apr 2006
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube
Apr 2006
Rulings--Misplacing a checker off the board
Mar 2006
Rulings--Moving checkers before you roll
Mar 2006
Ratings--FIBS vs. GamesGrid ratings
Feb 2006
Tournaments--Clocks--Common arguments against
Feb 2006
Chouettes--Fish-hunt rules
Jan 2006
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Jan 2006
Rollouts--Truncated rollouts: pros and cons
Jan 2006
Opening Rolls--Opening 43: Pros and cons
Dec 2005
Book Suggestions--Informal book survey
Oct 2005
Snowie--Snowie vs GNU
Sep 2005
Rulings--Rolling wrong dice
May 2005
History--The effect of bots on the game
Mar 2005
Rulings--Playing to wrong match length
Dec 2004
Books--Magriel: Backgammon--2004 Edition
Dec 2004
Books--Brooks: Backgammon's Best Openings and Replies
Sep 2004
Books--Cooke: Paradoxes and Probabilities
Aug 2004
Rules--Rolling on wrong side of board
May 2004
Rules--"Illegal moves" rule
May 2004
Rulings--Crawford game double
May 2004
Rulings--Disagreement on final cube
Mar 2004
Books--Wiggins: Boards, Blots, and Double Shots
Feb 2004
Equipment--Board design
Jan 2004
Tournaments--Clocks--Pros and cons
Jan 2004
Programming--How to count plies?
Jan 2004
Terminology--"Gammon-go" (GG)
Jan 2004
Books--Lortz: Double ... now: An Authentic Cube Remedy
Dec 2003
History--Doubling in the 17th Century?
Oct 2003
Learning--The best way to learn
Oct 2003
Tournaments--Clock rules--Digital clocks
Sep 2003
Rulings--Crawford game double
Sep 2003
Rulings--Checker knocked off bar
Sep 2003
Tournaments--Recording matches
Aug 2003
Books--Munchkin: Gambling Wizards
Jul 2003
Rulings--Cocked dice
Apr 2003
Equipment--What finish to use on a cork board?
Jan 2003
Tournaments--Hedging
Sep 2001
Match Equities--Does it matter which match equity table you use?
Mar 2000
Rulings--Disputed roll
Feb 2000
Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point?
Dec 1999
Equipment--Leather boards
Nov 1999
Books--Magriel: Backgammon
Sep 1999
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count questions
Aug 1999
Tournaments--Recording matches
Jul 1999
Learning--Reference positions
Jul 1999
Equipment--What is "tournament size"?
Jun 1999
Miscellaneous--Money management and the Kelly Criterion
Feb 1999
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0 level 6
Dec 1998
Strategy--Backgames--Play for a backgame from the start?
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Seeding
Dec 1998
Tournaments--Calcutta auctions
Nov 1998
Tournaments--Skill level
Nov 1998
Rulings--Doubling to wrong value
Oct 1998
Opening Rolls--Average advantage of winning opening roll
Oct 1998
Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Double immediately?
Oct 1998
Cube Handling--Volatility
Sep 1998
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon
Aug 1998
Books--Cooke & Bradshaw: Backgammon--The Cruelest Game
May 1998
Match Play--Crawford rule
Apr 1998
Rulings--Touching the doubling cube
Mar 1998
Cube Handling in Races--Kleinman count
Mar 1998
Jellyfish--JF tackles New Ideas in Backgammon
Feb 1998
Book Suggestions--Buyer's guide
Feb 1998
Equipment--Precision dice
Jan 1998
Match Play--When to free drop
Dec 1997
Ratings--Ratings and rankings
Dec 1997
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff
Nov 1997
Cube Handling--References
Nov 1997
Equipment--Checkers
Oct 1997
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon
Oct 1997
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book--Five problems
Sep 1997
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0
Aug 1997
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts
Jul 1997
Jellyfish--Showdown in Texas
Jul 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Bower's modified Thorp count
May 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Split, run, or slot?
Apr 1997
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar
Feb 1997
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube
Jan 1997
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count
Jan 1997
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?
Jan 1997
Cube Handling--Too good to double--Janowski's formula
Jan 1997
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Computer rankings
Oct 1996
Rollouts--Systematic error
Oct 1996
Terminology--"Equity"
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