December 1997
Dec 24
Fun and frustration--Choking under pressure (Kevin Bastian)
Dec 24
Match Play--Delayed mandatory double (Donald Kahn)
Dec 23
Ratings--Ratings and rankings (Chuck Bower)
Dec 22
Rollouts--Cubeless vs centered-cube rollouts (Ron Karr)
Dec 20
Puzzles--All-time best roll (Kit Woolsey)
Dec 19
Etiquette--How long to wait? (Marsha Wisniski)
Dec 18
Theory--Under-doubling dice (Bill Taylor)
Dec 18
Rollouts--Settlement limit in races (Alexander Nitschke)
Dec 18
Match Play--Doubling when you're an underdog (Stein Kulseth)
Dec 16
Rollouts--Settlement limit (Kit Woolsey)
Dec 15
Cube Handling in Races--N-roll vs n-roll bearoff (Chuck Bower)
Dec 13
Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon (Ron Karr)
Dec 12
Miscellaneous--Handicapping--Pass or pick a roll (Michael J. Zehr)
Dec 08
Match Play--Doubling when opponent is 2-away (David Montgomery)
Dec 05
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Robert Scibelli)
Dec 05
Rules--Jacoby rule (Daniel Murphy)
Dec 04
Cube Handling--With the Jacoby rule (Gary Wong)
November 1997
Nov 27
Cube Handling--References (Chuck Bower)
Nov 25
Ratings--Ratings and rankings (Jim Wallace)
Nov 16
Play Sites--MSN Gaming Zone--Overall experience (Mark Ferrante)
Nov 13
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later? (Stuart Katz, MD)
Nov 11
Equipment--Checkers (Chuck Bower)
Nov 10
Rules--U.S. backgammon tournament rules (Butch Meese)
Nov 10
Books--Bell: Winning with the Doubling Cube (Kevin Bastian)
Nov 09
Fun and frustration--Ten commandments of backgammon (Morten Wang)
Nov 06
Tournaments--What is a "side pool"? (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 05
Learning--The backgammon cake (Daniel Murphy)
Nov 04
Tournaments--Types of events (Daniel Murphy)
October 1997
Oct 26
Magazines & E-zines--Inside Backgammon (Chuck Bower)
Oct 21
Match Play--4-away/4-away: take/drop point (Gary Wong)
Oct 17
Opening Rolls--Rollouts of opening 21 and replies (Alexander Nitschke)
Oct 14
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book--Five problems (Chuck Bower)
Oct 07
History--Origin of backgammon (Greycat Sharpclaw)
Oct 02
Variations--Roll-over (Edward D. Collins)
September 1997
Sep 28
Source Code--GamesGrid .CBG viewer in flex (Gary Wong)
Sep 24
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Could running be best? (Gary Wong)
Sep 23
Opening Rolls--Rollouts: Jellyfish 3.0 (Midas)
Sep 21
Match Play--3-away/4-away: what's the correct equity? (Tom Keith)
Sep 14
Luck versus Skill--Is backgammon gambling? (Kevin D. McLeaster)
Sep 11
Opening Rolls--Splitting versus slotting (Daniel Murphy)
Sep 04
Learning--Using Jellyfish tutor (Stephen Hubbard)
Sep 03
Terminology--International phrase dictionary (David Allen Sorensen)
August 1997
Aug 29
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Michael Fuhrmann)
Aug 20
Rollouts--Level-5 versus level-6 rollouts (Chuck Bower)
Aug 18
Miscellaneous--What is backgammon? (David C. Oshel)
Aug 15
Theory--Undefined equity (Paul Tanenbaum)
Aug 14
Books--Magriel: Backgammon (David Montgomery)
Aug 13
Ratings--Ratings variation (FLMaster39)
Aug 13
Terminology--"Suicide play" (Brian Sheppard)
Aug 10
Fun and frustration--Backgammon by mail (MelRae)
Aug 06
Play Sites--FIBS--Financial support (Kit Woolsey)
July 1997
Jul 29
Books--Becker: Backgammon for Blood (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 26
Jellyfish--Showdown in Texas (Chuck Bower)
Jul 25
Variations--Tavli (Portes, Plakoto, and Fevga) (Jens Larsen)
Jul 21
Cheating--Taking advantage of computer players (Matthew J. Reklaitis)
Jul 18
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy (Michael J. Zehr)
Jul 18
Books--Kansil: The Backgammon Quiz Book (Daniel Murphy)
Jul 15
Strategy--Backgames--How many men back? (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 12
Strategy--Checker play--Blitzing strategy (Fredrik Dahl)
Jul 10
Match Archives--Database software (Achim Müller)
Jul 09
Opening Rolls--Opening 64: Three choices (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 08
Opening Rolls--Opening 53: Magriel's recommendation (George Parker)
Jul 08
Cube Handling in Races--Bower's modified Thorp count (Chuck Bower)
Jul 07
Terminology--"Wash" (Brian Sheppard)
Jul 03
Programming--Adjusting to a weaker opponent (Brian Sheppard)
June 1997
Jun 27
Fun and frustration--Simborg's laws of backgammon (NYCGuy)
Jun 23
Etiquette--Am I too slow? (Daniel Murphy)
Jun 22
Etiquette--Etiquette for online play (Dean Ayer)
Jun 17
Theory--Number of distinct positions (Walter Trice)
Jun 17
Variations--Greek backgammon (Alexandros Chatzipetros)
Jun 11
Programming--Variance reduction of rollouts (Jim Williams)
Jun 06
Computer Dice--Does Jellyfish cheat? (Fredrik Dahl)
Jun 05
Software--Java: Chouette calculator (Gamer Cafe Software)
Jun 01
Software--Windows: Jellyfish 3.0 (player, analyzer) (Fredrik Dahl)
May 1997
May 30
Puzzles--Most checkers on the bar (Tommy K.)
May 28
Play Sites--GamesGrid--Comparison to FIBS (Ken Arnold)
May 19
Cube Handling--Too good to double (Michael J. Zehr)
May 19
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchor to break (Brian Sheppard)
May 16
Books--Heinrich & Woolsey: New Ideas in Backgammon (David Montgomery)
May 07
Opening Rolls--Opening 62: Split, run, or slot? (Chuck Bower)
May 02
Match Play--7-away/11-away: volatile recube decision (Kit Woolsey)
May 01
Play Sites--Richard's Play-by-E-mail Server (Richard Rognlie)
May 01
Learning--Matchqiz and Jellyfish (Gilles Baudrillard)
April 1997
Apr 29
Jellyfish--Review of JF Player 3.0 (Geoff Oliver)
Apr 23
Variations--Mexican (Tom Henry)
Apr 19
Variations--Nuclear backgammon (Walt Swan)
Apr 07
Cube Handling--Liveliness of the cube (Kit Woolsey)
Apr 07
Strategy--Backgames--After an early blitz attempt (Daniel Murphy)
Apr 05
Computer Dice--FIBS: Analysis of 10 million rolls (Stephen Turner)
Apr 03
Computer Dice--FIBS: Entering from the bar (Tom Keith)
March 1997
Mar 26
Puzzles--Not-so-greedy bearoff (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 21
Probability and Statistics--How many games to decide who's better? (Stephen Turner)
Mar 20
Play Sites--Playsite--Announcement (Seth Tapper)
Mar 19
Match Play--Crawford rule (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 18
Strategy--Checker play--Pay now or pay later? (Stephen Turner)
Mar 06
Strategy--Checker play--Estimating in volatile situations (Kit Woolsey)
Mar 06
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (Daniel Murphy)
Mar 05
Terminology--Turkish names for rolls (Lars Soezueer)
Mar 04
Variations--One roll lookahead (Stephen Turner)
February 1997
Feb 28
Variations--Tavla (ucc02cx)
Feb 26
Software--Mac: Play-O-Matic (game replayer) (Paul Ferguson)
Feb 26
Programming--Board encoding for neural network (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 25
Match Play--3-away/4-away: opponent's recube (William C. Bitting)
Feb 22
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (David Montgomery)
Feb 22
Cube Handling in Races--Near end of game (Ron Karr)
Feb 21
Terminology--"Squeeze", "trap play" (Philippe Michel)
Feb 21
Strategy--Checker play--Trap play problem (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 21
Programming--Ideas on computer players (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 19
Jellyfish--Backgame play (Brian Sheppard)
Feb 19
Books--Robertie: Advanced Backgammon--JF rollouts (Alexander Nitschke)
Feb 13
Computer Dice--Does TD-Gammon cheat? (Gerry Tesauro)
Feb 05
Chouettes--Extras (Daniel Murphy)
January 1997
Jan 31
Chouettes--When does player retain the box? (Daniel Murphy)
Jan 23
Cube Handling in Races--Thorp count (Chuck Bower)
Jan 21
Strategy--Backgames--Which anchors are best? (Chuck Bower)
Jan 17
Pip Counting--Symmetry method, Grouping men (Brian Sheppard)
Jan 07
Propositions--Choose roll vs. double roll (Larry Deckel)
Jan 05
Cube Handling--Too good to double--Janowski's formula (Chuck Bower)
Jan 04
Variations--Acey-deucy (Lee)
Jan 04
Variations--Duplicate backgammon (Dean Gay)
Jan 04
Variations--Misere, Chase, Skewed dice (Stein Kulseth)
Jan 03
Opening Rolls--Opening 65: Computer rankings (Chuck Bower)
Jan 03
Variations--Trigammon (James Eibisch)
Jan 02
Variations--Low number first, fixed dice, others. (Walter Trice)
Jan 02
Variations--Sudden death, Woodpecker, Gerhardsen (Fredrik Dahl)
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