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"Aother great book with the power to turn beginners into solid intermediates, though never lauded to
quite the same degree as Magriel's 'Backgammon'. Dwek covers much the same material as Magriel,
albeit in a more conventional, problem-oriented rather than encyclopedic, manner. It has been decribed
as a colloection of simple problems [..] In fact, many of the problems are far more complex than those
found in the pristine, primary-color world of Magriel; and in fact, many of the solutions
are in error. Still, Dwek's was certainly the most advanced and generally accurate book of its day.
Dwek and Magriel studied together shortly before they wrote their respective books, which
may shed some light on why there is so much overlap between
them." – Jeremy Bagai, in Classic Backgammon Revisited, March 2001
"Problems that would now be considered fairly basic. Almost all solutions are right. Tables of replies
to opening moves show how badly people played in 1975." – Marty Storer in the backgammon FAQ
of the newsgroup rec.games.backgammon, assembled by Mark Damish, March 1996
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