Chris Bray
A Little Piece of Backgammon History
The word "backgammon" was not invented until the 17th century. Both Shakespeare and Chaucer referred to the game as "Tables" in their...
top of page
Search
Chris Bray
- Apr 30, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 78
XGID=-B-a-BBbG--Bb--a-a-bb-bb--:0:0:1:41:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. How should Red play 41? There are times in life when you have to make the...
124 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 77
XGID=---BBbD-BBa-aa-b---bbCbb--:2:1:1:44:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. How should Red play 44? After 21/13* Red has the choice of 21/13 or...
117 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 76
XGID=b--BCBBA-----A---bbbcDb-b-:1:1:1:00:1:0:0:7:10 Match Play. Red leads 1-0 to 7. Should Red redouble? If, redoubled, should White...
112 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 75
XGID=-b-Bb-E-C---bC--abBca-b---:0:0:1:44:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. How should Red play 44? Red could race around the board with 18/10(2) but...
123 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Book Discount
Being in lockdown is a good time to do all that backgammon studying that you have always promised yourself that you would do! To...
49 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 74
XGID=a---BBBB-B--------bg-CcBb-:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take? On initial evaluation...
149 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 73
XGID=-b---AD-C--AcDaa-c-e----B-:0:0:1:61:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. How should Red play 61? There are a number of options here. The question...
134 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 72
XGID=--a-B-CDBBa---b--c-bAAcab-:1:1:1:00:0:0:3:0:10 Money Play. Should Red redouble? If redoubled, should White take? White’s position is...
114 views0 comments
Chris Bray
- Apr 20, 2020
- 1 min
2020 - Position 71
XGID=---bDbFB-C---a-----cbbba--:1:-1:1:53:5:5:0:7:10 Match Play. DMP. How should Red play 53? When playing against a back game the key is...
154 views0 comments
bottom of page