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Doubling Strategy - By Tom Keith.

Rules of Backgammon - Backgammon rules from Backgammon Galore.

One Point Match Strategy - By Bernhard Kaiser.

Tournament Rules, WBF - From Worldwide Backgammon Federation.

Opening Rolls - By Kit Woolsey.

Tournament Rules, U.S. Backgammon - List of rules.

Rules of Chouette - Including many common variations and tips and a score sheet that fits the rules. This ensures that you have agreed on the exact rules.

Rules, Clock - Backgammon clock rules from Chicago bar point club.

Rules of Backgammon - These rules are from Hoyles Book of Rules (1743).

Doubling Strategy - Money game and match play cube handling by Peter Max Friis Jensen.

Essays on Backgammon - RedTop's Backgammon Page with skill versus luck, the Crawford rule and tips about MSN Gaming Zone.

Opening Rolls - A discussion of the start and return rolls.

Tournament Chouette Rules - A tournament format where the Chouette rules are used.

Basic Tips - RedTop's Backgammon Tips.

Chouette - RedTop's online Chouette advice.

Rec.games.backgammon Rollout Archive - A collection of links to positions discussed at rec.games.backgammon.

Problems - FSV backgammon problems. Only computer analyzed.

Basic Bear-off - Simple reference bear-off positions and ideas.

Backgammon Strategy Forum - A discussion forum. Questions and answers about the game.

Blunder of the Week - Typical blunders of a beginning to advanced players and a description of what should have been done and why.

Doubling Match Equities - Calculating and using match equities in backgammon. Including Kit Woolsey's classic match equity table.

Problems - Backgammon by the Bay's problems featuring JellyFish rollout results and commentary by guest analysts.

Match equities used on checker play - Some considerations about what neural nets have done to match checker play.

Dice, Unfair? - Why use precision dice without drilled pits?

Douglas Zare's Articles - Gammon price, bearing in, ratings, side-bets, luck measure, pip-count, math, and an annotated match.

Pip Count - Counting Cluster by Jack Kissane.

Pip Count - Sho's "five-count"

Propositions - How to run a normal and a match prop.

Backgammon Rating Formulas - Stocks interval differential formula for measuring short-term performance in backgammon.

Rules of Backgammon - Offers basic and technical game information.

Learn Backgammon - Includes a history, rules, and strategies.

Tournament Rules - ACT Backgammon Tournament rules

Chouette Rules - ACT Chouette Rules

Rules to the Game of Backgammon - Provides information on game equipment, rules, and variants.


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