The Language of Backgammon - Wachtel, Robert H
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Once a favorite pastime of thrill-seeking gamblers, backgammon has evolved over the last half century into a true statistical science, with its top players rigorously training with artificial-intelligence programs in their quest to master the game's secrets. The vocabulary of backgammon has evolved as well. While much of it remains that of a craps player out of a Damon Runyon story, it now also teems with expressions denoting mathematical parameters and techniques that would have left an old-school risk-taker utterly at sea. The Language of Backgammon, a companion volume to the author's…mehr

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Once a favorite pastime of thrill-seeking gamblers, backgammon has evolved over the last half century into a true statistical science, with its top players rigorously training with artificial-intelligence programs in their quest to master the game's secrets. The vocabulary of backgammon has evolved as well. While much of it remains that of a craps player out of a Damon Runyon story, it now also teems with expressions denoting mathematical parameters and techniques that would have left an old-school risk-taker utterly at sea. The Language of Backgammon, a companion volume to the author's two-volume series, The Backgammon Chronicles, captures the language in this transitional phase, preserving its colorful, traditional argot while providing clear explanations of the concepts that enable the modern player to analyze the game with unprecedented depth and accuracy.
Autorenporträt
Currently ranked world #11 on the peer-rated survey "The Giants of Backgammon" and Grandmaster 2nd class by the Backgammon Masters Awarding Body (BMAB), Robert Wachtel has been one of the game's elite players for the last 40 years. He is the author of two prior backgammon books--In the Game until the End (1993) and In the Game until the End Vol. II (2014)--and more than 40 journal articles. Robert was the editor of the US Backgammon Federation's flagship magazine, PrimeTime Backgammon, from 2011 to 2019. He is the author of The Language of Backgammon: A Player's Dictionary, a companion volume to The Backgammon Chronicles.