backgammon study tip – 1

The first in a series of tips to improve at backgammon. View the game as a Taoist flow, a sequential exchange of Yang and Yin. The Dance Sequence. Black hits a white blot loose. White dances. Black turns the doubling cube. A waltz: one, two, three, one, two, three, one ... A waltz: Loose hit.…

study tip (2)

This game begins with standard point making then shuffling checkers about awaiting the order to charge, thereby running ahead until Black and White face each other in a holding game. Hoping for the other to crack. An outfield standoff. The cube is untouched, of course. The game has been balanced throughout. The strategy, delay tactics…