Backgammon Praxis: Volume 1

by Marty Storer

Backgammon Praxis is a two-volume set of detailed analysis of three matches played by Malcolm Davis, one of the most successful tournament players of all time. Each interesting position is illustrated and discussed. A unique feature is that many alternate plays are also illustrated and discussed in considerable detail.

Volume 1: Malcolm Davis vs. Ed O'Laughlin.

200 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2005

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Unusual in that it goes through entire actual matches with diagrams at every critical juncture, so it gives a good idea of how to think your way through a game (and when to think). Rather than a list of rules-of-thumb (which is what many other books boil down to).
Only for those with an appetite for poring over individual games.