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« on: October 25, 2005, 07:34:21 PM » |
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Can anyone recomend any websites to learn to play Backgammon ( not for money atm) ie playchips or similar?
My local poker club is having a BG tourny next month and hopefully a crash course online would get me to a level to play.
Also any recomended reading material online would be a great help.
and maybe any obvious advice that might help me.
Cheers
Tract
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Wardonkey
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2005, 08:02:20 PM » |
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Pogo.com do backgammon and it has a ranking points system so you can measure your progress. Any beginners book will give you the basic strategies. It's a great game, enjoy it!
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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2005, 09:01:38 PM » |
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taking that one step further, are there any sites where you can play for real money?
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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2005, 09:09:45 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2005, 09:10:56 PM » |
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I play at www.netgammon.comIt's free to play or you can pay a memebrship of £20 a year and then you play againts other members with a league point scoring system called "ELO". The membership way is the best way to improve your game and for competition purposes. Gammon Empire is the PartyPoker of online backgammon, you can play for money or you can play for play money. The graphics are not as good as netgammon, but Gammon Empire has many more players than any other site. |
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2005, 09:14:32 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2005, 09:26:34 PM » |
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Cheers Iron, saved me a post!
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2005, 09:42:08 PM » |
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http://www.play65.com/This is a money site just like poker http://www.netgammon.com/You can play very quick practice games for free against the computer here. The one thing that would bother me playing for money online though is that the best Backgammon computer programs can play better than the best human players. 
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2005, 09:47:07 PM » |
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And a good beginners book is: Starting Out in Backgammon by Paul Lamford They may have it at the library. |
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2005, 09:50:42 PM » |
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"The one thing that would bother me playing for money online though is that the best Backgammon computer programs can play better than the best human players"
I have to disagree, the best human backgammon players have an ELO rating on Netgammon of between 2100-2400, where as GNUBG and SNOWIE computers Netgammon ELO is only around 1900-2100 mark.
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2005, 10:40:27 PM » |
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And what is a typical rating for an 'averagely good' player?
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« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2005, 10:45:45 PM » |
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And what is a typical rating for an 'averagely good' player?
I would say between 1700-1850. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2005, 12:56:17 AM » |
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msn zone is good to start
im always playin on there
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2005, 01:04:31 AM » |
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http://www.jellyfish-backgammon.com/download/A free backgammon game where you can play against the computer. A good learning tool for a novice.
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2005, 09:50:46 AM » |
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