Backgammon
[Paul Magriel]

ISBN: 1-59386-027-7

Författare: Paul David Magriel 
                 Renée Magriel Roberts

Utgivare: Clock & Ross Press, 2004

Bindning: Inbunden

Sidor & Mått: xvi + 404 s / 25x18 cm

Detta är ett nytryck av Backgammon av Paul Magriel (1976). Det är den första utgåvan efter tjugoåtta år och dessutom med Renée Magriel Roberts som medförfattare. Boken är förstärkt med 600 klara diagram, en ordlista, samt många tabeller och odds som gör ”Backgammon” av paret Magriel till en oumbärlig guide.

Contents

Forward
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Introduction
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Section I. Basics
1. Rules
2. Notation
3. Basic Checker Play
4. Game I: Running game
5. Opening Rolls
6. Game II: Holding Game
7. Basic Doubling Strategy
8. Game III: Priming Game
9. Game IV: Attacking Game
10. Pip Count
11. Basic Odds
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Section II. Using Men Effectively
12. Builders and Flexibility
13. Duplication and Diversification
14. When You Are Forced to Leave Shots
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Section III. Middle Game Strategy
15. Modern Opening Theory
16. Safe Play vs. Bold Play
17. Slotting
18. Action Play
19. One Man Back
20. Golden Point
21. Splitting
22. Doubling Theory
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Section IV. Endgame
23. No Possible Contact
24. Avoiding Contact
25. After Contact
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Section V. Advanced Positional Play
26. Priming and Blocking
27. Control of the Outside
28. Timing
29. Holding Game and Backgame
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Glossary
Tables

About the Authors

Renée Magriel Roberts, studied linguistics at New York University and comparatice mediaeval literature at Columbia University and the Union Institut, and software angineering at Brandeis University. In addition to co-authoring books with Paul, she has been an educational consulant, a correspondent for The Boston Globe and a content expert in world literature for Jones International University in Colorado. She is the proprietor of Rose´s Books and Clock & Rose Press.

Paul David Magriel, also known as "X22" was World Backgammon Champion in 1978. Paul worked for several years as The New Yord Times backgammon columnist. He has competed in and won tournaments all over the world and is widely conisdered to be the world´s best backgammon teacher, its most accomplished theorist, and one of the game´s premier players.