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December 1995

Dec 23   Variations--Acey-deucy  (John David Galt)
Dec 22   Opening Rolls--Mloner vs Jellyfish  (Kit Woolsey)

November 1995

Nov 29   Play Sites--FIBS--Your worst fears  (Richard Greenberg)
Nov 27   Terminology--"Kauder paradox"  (Carl Tait)
Nov 21   Rules--Illegal plays  (Marc Gray)
Nov 21   Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best?  (Marc Gray)
Nov 06   Computer Dice--Does BG by George cheat?  (George Sutty)
Nov 05   Ratings--ELO system  (seeker)
Nov 04   Learning--Practice/study plan  (Marcus Brooks)
Nov 02   Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon  (Allen R. Adams)

October 1995

Oct 02   Match Archives--Big Brother  (Mark Damish)

September 1995

Sep 24   Rollouts--Cautionary tale  (Kit Woolsey)
Sep 12   Ratings--Why high ratings for one-point matches?  (David Montgomery)
Sep 12   Probability and Statistics--Distribution of points per game  (Stig Eide)

August 1995

Aug 16   Ratings--Table of win rates  (William C. Bitting)
Aug 14   Cube Handling--Cube concepts  (Peter Bell)
Aug 13   Cheating--Collusion in Monte Carlo  (Kit Woolsey)
Aug 11   Match Play--1-away/1-away: and similar scores  (Lou Poppler)

July 1995

Jul 31   Rules--Is stalemate possible?  (Jan Andrew Bloxham)
Jul 31   Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy  (Walter Trice)
Jul 29   Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Ever too good to double?  (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 14   Match Play--1-away/1-away: advice from Bernhard Kaiser  (Darse Billings)
Jul 10   Miscellaneous--Notation  (Kit Woolsey)
Jul 08   Jellyfish--Cube strategy  (Fredrik Dahl)

June 1995

Jun 23   Strategy--Checker play--Splitting your back men  (David Montgomery)
Jun 14   Tournaments--Clocks--Should they be part of the game?  (Kit Woolsey)
Jun 14   Rollouts--Reporting results of rollouts  (David Montgomery)
Jun 13   Terminology--"Gammon rate", "gammon price"  (David Montgomery)
Jun 11   Chouettes--Order of succession  (Albert Steg)
Jun 09   Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Split to 20?  (Peter Bell)
Jun 08   Opening Rolls--Opening 6's: Slot the bar point?  (David Montgomery)
Jun 05   Terminology--"Equity", "volatility", "claim", "market"  (Erik Gravgaard)

May 1995

May 31   Strategy--Backgames--When to double  (David Montgomery)
May 22   Strategy--Backgames--Checker problem  (David Montgomery)
May 04   Variations--Fevga (or Moultezim)  (Igor Sheyn)
May 04   Variations--Plakoto  (Ed Dengler)
May 01   Strategy--Checker play--Playing when opponent has one man back  (Kit Woolsey)

April 1995

Apr 27   Variations--Misere (backgammon to lose)  (Jason Lee)
Apr 24   Variations--Acey-deucy  (James Eibisch)
Apr 17   Puzzles--Zero equity positions  (Kit Woolsey)
Apr 17   Rules--Repairing an illegal play  (Michael J. Zehr)
Apr 06   Ratings--What are rating points?  (Lou Poppler)
Apr 04   Opening Rolls--Opening 52: Merits of splitting  (Peter Bell)
Apr 01   Match Play--Going for gammon when opp has free drop  (Kit Woolsey)

March 1995

Mar 19   Opening Rolls--How computers play  (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 14   History--The name "backgammon"  (Albert Steg)
Mar 13   Chouettes--Extras  (Anthony R Wuersch)

February 1995

Feb 28   Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Practical strategy  (Albert Steg)
Feb 26   Match Play at 2-away/2-away--Basic strategy  (Darse Billings)
Feb 23   Terminology--"Vigorish"  (Anthony R Wuersch)
Feb 07   Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Make the two point?  (Darse Billings)
Feb 01   Jellyfish--Review of JF Tutor 1.0  (John Bazigos)

January 1995

Jan 31   Puzzles--Cube ownership determines correct play  (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 30   Cube Handling in Races--Doubling formulas  (Michael J. Zehr)
Jan 14   Cheating--Dice manipulation  (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 10   Computer Dice--Testing for bias  (Kit Woolsey)
Jan 09   Strategy--Checker play--Defending against a blitz  (Michael J. Zehr)
Jan 08   Strategy--Backgames--Defending against a backgame  (Michael J. Zehr)
 

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