TUTORIALThe Doubling Cube, Taught From First Principles
Why you double, when you double, and the match-score math that changes everything — the cube lesson most players never got.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
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HISTORIC MATCHMagriel Annotates: The 1982 Las Vegas Epic
The most influential teacher the game has had walks through the match that made his reputation — decision by decision.
Archive Analysis · Intermediate
TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
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What the parlor is watching this week.
TUTORIALWhy Everyone Fights for the 5-Point
Golden point, golden anchor — the geometry that makes one triangle the most contested real estate in the game.
The Cube Room · Beginner
TUTORIALThe Blitz: Close Them Out or Bust
Attacking everything when your opponent is on the bar — the most fun you can have legally at a backgammon board.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALThe Doubling Cube, Taught From First Principles
Why you double, when you double, and the match-score math that changes everything — the cube lesson most players never got.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBuilding a Prime That Actually Holds
Six points in a row is a wall. Learn which points to make, in what order, and when to break them.
GAMMON'D Studio · Intermediate
BACKGAMMON CULTURETavla Mornings: Inside Istanbul's Café Game
Dice cups on marble, tea on brass trays — the daily tavla ritual that never left, and what it teaches about playing fast.
Parlor Films · All levels
For you
Because of what you have been practising.
TUTORIALThe Doubling Cube, Taught From First Principles
Why you double, when you double, and the match-score math that changes everything — the cube lesson most players never got.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBearing Off Without Giving Away Equity
Crossovers, wastage, and the contact bear-off — the endgame where small mistakes compound fastest.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
TUTORIALBuilding a Prime That Actually Holds
Six points in a row is a wall. Learn which points to make, in what order, and when to break them.
GAMMON'D Studio · Intermediate
INTERVIEWMochy on Study, Error Rates and Japan's Rise
A world champion explains how he practices, why he tracks his error rate, and what the club scene in Tokyo taught him.
The Long Game · All levels
TUTORIALCount Pips in Under Ten Seconds
Mental shifting, cluster counting and the mid-point trick — race arithmetic you'll actually use over the board.
The Cube Room · Beginner
TUTORIALAnchors: When to Make Them, When to Break Them
The advanced anchor is life insurance; the deep anchor is a bet on timing. Learn to tell which you hold.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
TUTORIALWhen the Game Becomes a Pure Race
No contact, no excuses — how to play a running game, when to double one, and when to pass.
Match Room · Intermediate
Learn from masters
How the best players actually think.
HISTORIC MATCHMagriel Annotates: The 1982 Las Vegas Epic
The most influential teacher the game has had walks through the match that made his reputation — decision by decision.
Archive Analysis · Intermediate
TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
Match analysis
The decisions that decided the match.
TUTORIALThe Crawford Rule and the Gammon That Follows
One game without the cube changes the entire match — the most dramatic single-game dynamic in backgammon.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
MATCH ANALYSISSplit or Slot: The Opening's Oldest Argument
Fifty years of debate over 4-3 and 2-1 — what the bots settled and what they didn't.
Archive Analysis · Advanced
Documentaries & history
Backgammon with the context around it.
DOCUMENTARYMonte Carlo: The Room Where It Happens
Fifty years of the world championship at the Sporting Club — the legends, the chouettes and the biggest cubes ever turned.
Parlor Films · All levels
Opening rolls
One roll, explained properly.
MATCH ANALYSISSplit or Slot: The Opening's Oldest Argument
Fifty years of debate over 4-3 and 2-1 — what the bots settled and what they didn't.
Archive Analysis · Advanced
TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
The cube
Doubling decisions you can train today.
TUTORIALThe Crawford Rule and the Gammon That Follows
One game without the cube changes the entire match — the most dramatic single-game dynamic in backgammon.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALThe Doubling Cube, Taught From First Principles
Why you double, when you double, and the match-score math that changes everything — the cube lesson most players never got.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALThe Price of Gammons
When winning twice as much matters more than winning at all — gammon value in money games and matches.
The Cube Room · Advanced
Interviews
Long conversations with strong players.
INTERVIEWMochy on Study, Error Rates and Japan's Rise
A world champion explains how he practices, why he tracks his error rate, and what the club scene in Tokyo taught him.
The Long Game · All levels
Backgammon culture
Parlors, tavla cafés, films and obsessives.
DOCUMENTARYMonte Carlo: The Room Where It Happens
Fifty years of the world championship at the Sporting Club — the legends, the chouettes and the biggest cubes ever turned.
Parlor Films · All levels
BACKGAMMON CULTURETavla Mornings: Inside Istanbul's Café Game
Dice cups on marble, tea on brass trays — the daily tavla ritual that never left, and what it teaches about playing fast.
Parlor Films · All levels
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TUTORIALAll Fifteen Opening Rolls, Settled
Every opening roll and its best play, explained with the reasons — why 3-1 makes the 5-point and why 6-5 runs.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
TUTORIALThe Doubling Cube, Taught From First Principles
Why you double, when you double, and the match-score math that changes everything — the cube lesson most players never got.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBuilding a Prime That Actually Holds
Six points in a row is a wall. Learn which points to make, in what order, and when to break them.
GAMMON'D Studio · Intermediate
DOCUMENTARYMonte Carlo: The Room Where It Happens
Fifty years of the world championship at the Sporting Club — the legends, the chouettes and the biggest cubes ever turned.
Parlor Films · All levels
TUTORIALCount Pips in Under Ten Seconds
Mental shifting, cluster counting and the mid-point trick — race arithmetic you'll actually use over the board.
The Cube Room · Beginner
TUTORIALWhen the Game Becomes a Pure Race
No contact, no excuses — how to play a running game, when to double one, and when to pass.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBack Games: Desperation or Design?
Two anchors deep in your opponent's board can be a trap or a plan. Timing decides which.
Match Room · Advanced
HISTORIC MATCHMagriel Annotates: The 1982 Las Vegas Epic
The most influential teacher the game has had walks through the match that made his reputation — decision by decision.
Archive Analysis · Intermediate
TUTORIALThe Blitz: Close Them Out or Bust
Attacking everything when your opponent is on the bar — the most fun you can have legally at a backgammon board.
Match Room · Intermediate
TUTORIALBearing Off Without Giving Away Equity
Crossovers, wastage, and the contact bear-off — the endgame where small mistakes compound fastest.
GAMMON'D Studio · Beginner
TUTORIALWhy Everyone Fights for the 5-Point
Golden point, golden anchor — the geometry that makes one triangle the most contested real estate in the game.
The Cube Room · Beginner
INTERVIEWMochy on Study, Error Rates and Japan's Rise
A world champion explains how he practices, why he tracks his error rate, and what the club scene in Tokyo taught him.
The Long Game · All levels
TUTORIALThe Crawford Rule and the Gammon That Follows
One game without the cube changes the entire match — the most dramatic single-game dynamic in backgammon.
The Cube Room · Intermediate
MATCH ANALYSISSplit or Slot: The Opening's Oldest Argument
Fifty years of debate over 4-3 and 2-1 — what the bots settled and what they didn't.
Archive Analysis · Advanced
TUTORIALThe Price of Gammons
When winning twice as much matters more than winning at all — gammon value in money games and matches.
The Cube Room · Advanced
BACKGAMMON CULTURETavla Mornings: Inside Istanbul's Café Game
Dice cups on marble, tea on brass trays — the daily tavla ritual that never left, and what it teaches about playing fast.
Parlor Films · All levels
TUTORIALAnchors: When to Make Them, When to Break Them
The advanced anchor is life insurance; the deep anchor is a bet on timing. Learn to tell which you hold.
Match Room · Intermediate