Advanced backgammon play put your game in a different league

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If you want to progress your backgammon game beyond the novice level, you need to develop advanced backgammon play skills. The subject of acquiring advanced backgammon play tactics requires logically divides into two parts: the how and where these skills are acquired, and what kind of skills are we referring to.

Considering how to learn advanced backgammon play skills, there remains no substitute for experience. You need to play against players who are more skilled than you are and pick up the successful strategies they employ. These games can be played in a club context, or you can gain valuable playing experience against a backgammon computer or other players in online tournaments, the context is less important than the practice you gain. In addition, a large literature of backgammon strategy guides has appeared over the last fifty years. It is worthwhile checking up which books are available both in hard copy and online.

Concerning the kinds of advanced backgammon play tips that it pays to seek out, a few examples serve to indicate the sought of advice you want to know.

Where and how to build primes, or blockading the opponent's checkers, is a major element in the backgammon game and therefore should be mastered. While there are various opinions on the best approaches to follow, there is general agreement that you should try and make a prime early in the game and try to blockade the two enemy checkers found in your home area. Another important aspect of the game to learn well is doubling strategy. Knowing when to refuse or decline an offer of the doubling cube depends on understanding each player's position and the probabilities of their winning.