Backgammon Strategy, Tactics & Principles

by Paul Magriel

The game’s premier mind, legendary World Backgammon Champion Paul Magriel, shows players the advanced strategies and tactics that form the foundation of winning backgammon play. From modern opening theory to “golden points,” the fundamental theorems and strategies of expert play are revealed in a step-by-step plan, complete with before and after game illustrations, advanced concepts, power moves, and more. Magriel lays out winning plans, when to choose safe strategies or bold ones, and covers slotting, action play, “one man back” tactics, splitting and doubling theory, builders, flexibility, duplication, diversity, and exposing men. For backgammon players that want to rise above the chaff, this is mandatory reading by the player many call the greatest ever. [This is the second book in Magriel’s backgammon trilogy—with new layout and design—excerpted from Magriel’s monumental work, Backgammon (1976)].

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2012