Synopsis
About the book, by Tami Jones: There are many great backgammon books currently on the market. But when I read them I felt as if something were missing. The concepts the authors were explaining made perfect sense but applying them over the board just continued to escape me. Then I figured out what was wrong. These were not the errors I commonly made. Mine were much worse! I would have been thrilled if I would have been struggling with such subtle nuances over the board. These books were written for people who understood things I didn't even know I didn't know yet. It was as if I were standing in the barren wilderness of confusion while the authors of these volumes of wisdom were across the river of knowledge in the promised land of backgammon brilliance. As an intermediate player, I barely knew what a bridge was, let alone where it was or how to cross it to gain this vast wealth of knowledge just over the river for the taking. The guards of match equity tables and game winning percentages were holding me at bay. Thus, the birth of the idea for this book. My first plan was to take 101 of my most common errors, explain the erroneous thinking behind my seemingly (to me anyway) rational moves, and then explain what I should have been thinking. At that point I came to my senses and realized I still didn't know what I should have been thinking. It was then I remembered my friend Kit. So I wrote this introduction and forwarded it on to him. I included a lot of guilt messages along the lines of "I'm so glad we are such good friends that we would do just about anything in the world for each other." If you are reading this it means he fell for it and said yes to my proposal. If you aren't reading it, well you aren't reading it.
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Understanding Backgammon
Published by
The Gammon Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 1880604213
ISBN 13: 9781880604212
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Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Pulpfiction Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Very Good to Very Good- rubbed creased and edgeworn oversize trade paper original. Spine heavily creased with reading stress lines but all pages firmly attached to binding. Wraps heavily rubbed. Some staining to wraps and to text block edges. One or two small chips out of wrap edges. A clean, but visibly cosmetically worn, copy of this uncommon backgammon title. Seller Inventory # 015940
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Understanding Backgammon
Seller: Goodwill of Greater Milwaukee and Chicago, Racine, WI, U.S.A.
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Condition: good. Book is considered to be in good or better condition. The actual cover image may not match the stock photo. Hard cover books may show signs of wear on the spine, cover or dust jacket. Paperback book may show signs of wear on spine or cover as well as having a slight bend, curve or creasing to it. Book should have minimal to no writing inside and no highlighting. Pages should be free of tears or creasing. Stickers should not be present on cover or elsewhere, and any CD or DVD expected with the book is included. Book is not a former library copy. Seller Inventory # SEWV.1880604213.G
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Understanding Backgammon
Seller: 3Brothers Bookstore, Egg harbor township, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condition: very_good. Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting. Seller Inventory # EVV.1880604213.VG
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Understanding Backgammon
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 2X98_28_1880604213