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December 2009

Dec 24   Rulings--Cocked dice  (Ed Rosenblum)
Dec 16   Extreme Gammon--Extra elements in a MAT file  (eXtreme Gammon)

October 2009

Oct 17   Tournaments--Tournament rules links  (Daniel Murphy)
Oct 15   Tournaments--Links to tournament rules  (Daniel Murphy)
Oct 13   Etiquette--Listening to music while playing  (Max Urban)
Oct 11   Rules--Moving checkers unambiguously  (Timothy Chow)
Oct 11   Etiquette--Moving hit checker first  (Timothy Chow)
Oct 10   Opening Rolls--Nactation overview  (Nack Ballard)
Oct 06   Strategy--Checker play--When you can't decide  (John O'Hagan)
Oct 05   Match Play--Match play 101  (Max Urban)
Oct 05   Strategy--Checker play--Common errors  (David Levy)
Oct 05   Strategy--Checker play--Saving gammon  (Bill Riles)
Oct 05   Strategy--Bearing Off--Rules of thumb  (Rich Munitz)
Oct 04   Tournaments--Factors that affect attendance  (Stick)
Oct 01   Terminology--"MCV"  (Mislav Radica)

September 2009

Sep 12   Chouettes--Dream chouette  (Phil Simborg)

August 2009

Aug 29   Puzzles--13 blots  (Timothy Chow)
Aug 28   Learning--Zen in the art of backgammon  (Robban)
Aug 22   Terminology--"Thematic"  (Beauregard)
Aug 01   Cheating--With a baffle box  (Joe Russell)

July 2009

Jul 22   Ratings--Error rates  (David Levy)
Jul 21   Theory--Error rates--Repeated ND errors  (Joe Russell)
Jul 21   Ratings--Cube error rates  (Joe Russell)
Jul 08   History--Changes in backgammon over the years  (Joe Russell)
Jul 08   History--Recent changes  (Joe Russell)

June 2009

Jun 11   Variations--SassanGammon  (Chiva Tafazzoli)
Jun 11   Variations--BluffGammon  (Christian Munk-Christensen)

May 2009

May 05   Tournaments--Recording matches  (Robert Maier)

April 2009

Apr 28   Theory--Error rate--Why count forced moves?  (Ian Shaw)
Apr 23   Learning--Missing candidate plays  (Klaus Evers)
Apr 23   Learning--Lowering your error rate  (Stick Rice)
Apr 20   Tournaments--Hedging  (Jason Lee)

March 2009

Mar 20   Chouettes--When box takes a partner  (Dan Pelton)
Mar 15   Play Sites--Free online tournaments  (Ricardo Hui)
Mar 06   Equipment--Care of backgammon boards  (Ken Bame)
Mar 01   Tournaments--Clock ethics  (Patrick Gibson)

February 2009

Feb 28   Opening Rolls--Early game rule of thumb  (Rich Munitz)
Feb 26   Tournaments--Hedging  (Marv Porten)
Feb 10   Puzzles--All-time worst roll  (Tim Chow)
Feb 08   Variations--Best-of-n variant of match play  (Tim Chow)

January 2009

Jan 26   Strategy--Checker play--When to run the last checker  (Stick Rice)
Jan 15   Miscellaneous--Money management  (Carly Robson)
Jan 06   Cube Handling in Races--EPC example: stack and straggler  (neilkaz)
Jan 03   Cube Handling--Closed board cube decisions  (Dan Pelton)
Jan 03   Match Play--Doubling window with gammons  (Jason Lee)
 

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