4 QUOTES WITH «BACKGAMMON»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
backgammon.
The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
Even if I play backgammon with my coach, I hate to lose. I won't talk to him for, like, an hour. So imagine how it feels when you lose at tennis. That makes me determined not to lose because I hate it so much. Even at a set down and match point, I always believe I can come back.
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.
I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKGAMMON»
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backgammon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
backgammon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In this book, backgammon expert Chris Bray walks you through the basics of setting up a board, opening strategies, middle and end-game tactics, and tips on when to make key moves.
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Backgammon for Blood: A Guide for Those Who Like to Play But ...
Top-ranked backgammon player Bray reveals tips and tricks to help you play the game like a pro.
Diagrams and text demonstrate the basic rules and plays of this popular parlor game as well as introducing advanced moves
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Backgammon Games and Strategies
Players who are unaware of these games are not really fulfilled. This book, illustrated with more than 300 diagrams, illustrations and exercises, aims to change all that, and turn all casual players into full-fledged backgammon experts.
Nicolaos Tzannes, Basil Tzannes, 2000
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501 Essential
Backgammon Problems: 2nd Edition
This comprehensive backgammon book challenges the reader with 501 essential problems to transform him into a thinking, aggressive pro-level player.
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An Introduction to
Backgammon: A Step-By-Step Guide/#07765
A careful explanation of the concepts, strategies, and betting odds of backgammon features simple diagrams and non-technical instructions designed for the beginning player
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Backgammon For Winners, 3rd Edition
The world's best backgammon player (and two-time world champion) provides easy-to-understand expert advice on the basics of playing and winning at backgammon. 10 fast-reading chapters show the basics of setting up a board, how to move, the ...
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Beginning
Backgammon: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Play
Beginning Backgammon, as its title suggests, is intended for the complete beginner at backgammon. In simple language and clear, easy-to-follow illustrations, it introduces this exciting, popular game at all its levels.
J. du C. Vere Molyneux, 2002
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Backgammon Puzzles: A Champion's Guide to Testing Your ...
A collection of fascinating and challenging backgammon puzzles that can be enjoyed without ever setting up a board. This book contains an introduction to the game, different types of games, money play, tournament play and more.
Explains the rules of backgammon, demonstrates basic techniques, and discusses early-game, mid-game, end-game, and bearing off strategies
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKGAMMON»
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backgammon is used in the context of the following news items.
Tim Henman: nine secrets from the Wimbledon locker room
People play cards and backgammon too. "When it's raining it's frustrating for players, TV crew and fans alike so you have to pass the time until ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Advice for Greece: Never play chicken with Germany
In the villages of Greece, old men often sit outside their homes playing backgammon while drinking ouzo and smoking cigarettes. It is the ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
Unassuming Erik Seidel merits seat among poker greats
Seidel was a successful backgammon player in the early 1980s at New York's famed Mayfair Club and started to take an interest in poker ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
Egyptians joyful with robust Ramadan evenings
Men and women at the coffee shop looked happy while playing backgammon and chess, smoking shisha, listening to music and chatting ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»
Phil Simborg
And the best answer is: it's a great game. But there's much more to it than that. Without being "preachy" let me just list the reasons backgammon ... «GammonVillage Backgammon Magazine, Jul 15»
Interview: Mark Steel on his Edinburgh Fringe show
A Wall Street multimillionaire, friend of the royal family and financier to the super-rich, he had been a World Backgammon Champion in the ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
'Air' infused with superb writing, acting for one excellent adventure
They play simple silly mind games as they try to master backgammon. When he enters, Cainer doesn't just raise the emotional stakes but the ... «Calgary Sun, Jul 15»
Top five things to do this weekend
... where the some of the country's brightest minds will battle it out over chess, draughts, scrabble, backgammon, sudoku and vaki puzzle. «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
Bright minds to tackle NZ Junior Mindsports champs
... where the some of the country's brightest minds will battle it out over chess, draughts, scrabble, backgammon, sudoku and vaki puzzle. «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
Greek Bank Controls Heap More Pain on Crisis-Weary Citizens
said Yanis Kordonis, 29, a university student with a part-time job as he played backgammon with a friend at a small cafe in Pangrati, in central ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
