Sunday, December 26, 2010

DailyGammon and the NY Times

This is an "oldie but a goodie." I came across this old NY Times article on backgammon -- that mentions our favorite backgammon site, DailyGammon.com.

Another site, DailyGammon, was founded by Jordan Lampe, a 34-year-old who works at a hedge fund in New York and limited himself to the briefest of e-mail correspondence with me. His mother, Linda Lampe, who helped design the Web site, told me that her son had designed a version of backgammon for hand-held devices.

''I understand how it becomes a bit obsessive,'' she said. I asked her how often she played.

''Oh, every day,'' Mrs. Lampe said.

How many times a day?

''I am too embarrassed to say,'' she said.



Thursday, November 25, 2010

Opening Moves -- Revisited

We've posted on our z-gammon blog about opening moves in the past -- but think it is worth mentioning again. In particular, when you read about a suggested opening move, try and think about the strategy behind the move.

Check out these articles and links on backgammon opening moves.

GNU Rollouts by Tom Keith (Cubeless)
Comments by Kazaross (Cubeful)


Snowie Rollouts by R Cerutti

Kit Woolsey on Opening Moves:

Phil Simborg on Opening Moves