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September 2011

Sep 26   Variations--Nackgammon Shuffle  (Stick)
Sep 15   Puzzles--Three-cube position  (Timothy Chow)
Sep 13   Books--Reese & Brinig: Backgammon: The Modern Game  (Al Mirpuri)
Sep 10   Computer Dice--GridGammon: Are the dice random?  (leobueno)

August 2011

Aug 25   Match Equities--ME Table: Kazaross-XG2  (neilkaz)
Aug 23   Match Equities--Neil's new numbers  (neilkaz)
Aug 19   Computer Dice--Safe Harbor Games dice  (Michael Petch)
Aug 13   Strategy--Bearing Off--Playing for gammon  (Max Levenstein)
Aug 12   Chouettes--Los Angeles Rules  (Justin N.)
Aug 12   Fun and frustration--Some learning humor  (Daniel Murphy)
Aug 11   Chouettes--Order of succession  (leobueno)
Aug 03   Learning--How to excel in backgammon  (Max Levenstein)

July 2011

Jul 28   Tournaments--Variable side pools  (Art Grater)

June 2011

Jun 22   Fun and frustration--"I resign"  (neilkaz)
Jun 05   Equipment--Buying a tournament board  (Chuck Bower)
Jun 03   Terminology--"Kamikaze play"  (Bill Patterson)
Jun 03   Terminology--"Banana split"  (Rich Munitz)

May 2011

May 03   Books--Hickey & Storer: What's Your Game Plan?  (Timothy Chow)
May 02   Variations--Joker cube  (Joe Russell)

April 2011

Apr 28   Variations--Tavli question  (Brus)
Apr 28   Strategy--Checker play--When in doubt  (Stick)
Apr 04   Books--Cooke & Orléan: Championship Backgammon  (Timothy Chow)

March 2011

Mar 22   Probability and Statistics--Visualizing odds  (Daithi)
Mar 12   Probability and Statistics--Number of rolls to enter x checkers from bar  (Michael Depreli)
Mar 08   Rules--Jacoby rule ambiguity?  (Chuck Bower)
Mar 07   Chouettes--Chouette cube strategy  (Stanley E. Richards)
Mar 05   Pip Counting--The 51/21 count  (kruidenbuiltje)
Mar 04   Pip Counting--Modified direct count  (Daithi)

February 2011

Feb 22   Rules--Illegal plays that can't be condoned  (Matt Cohn-Geier)
Feb 22   Equipment--Meyer Dice Tube usage  (Justin Nunez)
Feb 17   Computer Dice--Error rates with computer dice  (NoChinDeluxe)
Feb 14   Learning--Committing to memory  (RobertFontaine)
Feb 09   Terminology--"Raccoon"  (Steven Keats)
Feb 03   Rollouts--Standard error and JSD  (rambiz)

January 2011

Jan 31   Strategy--Bearing Off--Greedy bearoff exception  (Stick)
Jan 23   Cube Handling in Races--EPC example  (adambulldog)
Jan 23   Programming--N-ply algorithm  (eXtreme Gammon)
Jan 22   Rulings--Moving with two hands  (Jason Lee)
Jan 19   Opening Rolls--Nactating a whole game  (Nack Ballard)
Jan 19   Tournaments--Clocks--Arguments against them  (Timothy Chow)
Jan 18   Tournaments--Clocks--Why use them  (Stick)
Jan 16   Opening Rolls--Nactation--Why use it?  (leobueno)
Jan 11   Cube Handling--Early game blitzes  (kruidenbuiltje)
Jan 11   Learning--How to improve cube handling  (RealNick)
 

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