Hello,

im new here and relativly new to Backgammon.

Im 37 years old and from Germany.

I play Poker for a couple years and was a winning player over a large sample.
Not a Huge winning player but a winning player.

Mainly SNGs.


But i get sick of it and i stop playing poker.

About 3 Months ago a friend of mine, a very good chess player comes to me with a BackgammonBoard and ask me if i wanna play a little bit with him.

I dont know the exact rules then.


But after a Couple of games i understand the rules and start really enjoy the game.

After a couple times playing with him i get sick of loosing all the time and start to make some research in the net to get better.

Thats about 3 Months ago.

I start to read on Bkgm.com a lot and order Paul Magriels Backgammon German Edition since then.

I really enjoy this book and learn a lot from then and the Articles on Bkgm.

I Download Gnu of course and figure out how to use it, now i use it on a daily basis to analyze my games and reviewing my mistakes.

I am on a German Backgammon forum,too.

But there is not so much new information and not so much traffic like on twoplustwo.

I read a lot on twoplustwo and like the fact that a lot of really good players post and answer here to all the different questions and give us a free insight in there thoughtprocess , so we all can learn from then.


I realy fall in love with this game and hope to get asap so good as possible.

Thanks


I

Welcome!

This forum is known for being friendly to players who are new at the game. When you have a question, post it and players on here will be happy to give you some insight.

Thanks ,i appreciate this.

One of the best things about this site is the insightful writing of backgammon Giant Bill Robertie. He has assembled a set of well over 100 problems under the heading Problem of the Week.

Here's an easy way to find all the problems:

1. On the main Backgammon Forum screen, click "Search this Forum," and then "Advanced Search" on the drop-down menu.
   
   
2. In the "Search by Keyword" text box, enter the word "Solution"
   
   
3. Click the triangle next to the words "Search Entire Posts." When the drop-down list opens, click "Search Titles Only."
   
   
4. In the "Search by User Name" text box, enter "Robertie"
   
   
5. Click "Search Now" near the bottom.

For your trouble, you get a listing of all of the Problem-of-the-Week Solutions, and nothing else!

Mike

That's great, I've looked over a lot from browsing far back, but collecting them like that is a much better idea.

Thanks Mike. (again!)

Nice, thanks for telling me. I appreciate this.

great Forum.

Full of people that help a Player thats new to the game.

Great Place to be.


thanks

This post needs more love imho. There is such a wealth of information in these posts.

Many thanks Bill for doing this. These must have taken a significant amount of time to prepare and post. I'm busy printing off each post and making a file.