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| Backgammon Bibliography |  |
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Heyken, Enno | |
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Fischer, Martin B. | ||
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The Backgammon Handbook | |
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1990 | |
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232 | |
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Crowood Press, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, GB | |
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Hardcover (with dustjacket) | |
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1852234024 | |
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English | |
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English translation of the German book Das Backgammon Handbuch by John Littlewood. | |
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| From the same Author | |
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Das Backgammon Handbuch, 1989 [The German, original version of this book] Backgammon für Fortgeschrittene, 1997 Backgammon für Einsteiger, 1996 Backgammon, 2007 |
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| Book Reviews | |
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"The two best introductory books are Paul Magriel's 'Backgammon' and Enno Heyken's and
Martin B. Fischer's 'The Backgammon Handbook'. [..] The advantages of 'The Backgammon Handbook' are, first, like (Magriel's) 'Backgammon', it systematically elucidates backgammon strategy; second, it contains the complete score, with some annotations, of the very illuminating, 26-game match between two-time World Backgammon Champion and leading backgammon theorist Bill Robertie and now-inactive international master Nack Ballard (Reno, 1987) that the former described as '...perhaps the most interesting one I've ever played in my life!'; and third, it is still in print with a publication price of about $35. Its disadvantages are, first, Heyken - though an International Master in chess - does not have an international backgammon rating, and Fischer does not have a master rating in backgammon; second, it contains only about 60% as much text as 'Backgammon', while not being significantly terser; and third, the authors' lack of qualifications is evidenced in some of their misleading and/or naive analyses." – John Bazigos, July 1993 |
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