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Backgammon Books

If anybody wants to enhance his knowledge and analytical concepts in backgammon, backgammon books are the best companions to do so. They are abundance: books, which discusses strategy with a vivid description of real life games, mostly played in the world championship tournaments. Books on the history, art and basics as well as the more technical sources of inspiration.

Title: The Backgammon Encyclopedia, Volume 1
Author: Kit Woolsey

The basic idea of this book is to compare equities for standard positions while trying out in such a similar position. This book is based on Snowie, the famous backgammon computer program.

Title: Advanced Backgammon
Author: Bill Robertie

A book for expert players, who have encountered such real life problems, while playing in competition. Bill Robertie has furnished 400 problems on various technical and positional topics in this book. One can get adequate exposure on the holding game; bearing off, and the five points from this book.

Title: Backgammon for People Who Hate to Lose
Author: Tim Holland

The book is aimed at the advanced level. The title page shows the myth, ?The psychology of playing a winning game?. Tim Holland, one of the most famous and aggressive backgammon players provides the tips and tricks from his real life experience to enlighten the reader to tackle unforeseen situations.

Title: Better Backgammon
Author: Tim Holland

The problem-solving approach of the book will is immense help for all level of players. There are 64 problems through which Tim Holland shows the path of improvisation in the game. The pictorial representation and analytical solution has made this book an all-time asset for backgammon players.

Title: Backgammon, An Independent View
Author: Chris Bay

Chris Bay, the famous columnist of the UK Independent has written a book which address's various strategies adopted by different players in their respective games with a focus on determining the right situation for applying the doubling cube.

There are so many good books in backgammon that listing all of them is just beyond the scope of such a small article. We have mentioned a few of them keeping mostly the level of experts in mind. To find out more visit your local library or go online to one of the many backgammon clubs or associations depending upon where you're located.