Better Backgammon

See the game.
Make the better play.

Better Backgammon turns difficult positions into ideas you can recognize, remember, and bring to your next game.

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Home: a twelve-day streak, the next lesson to practice, and the four course sectionsA practice question on the Oak board: what's the strongest play with a 6-5?The end of a drill: Back Checker Play scored 8.4, mastery up to 7.3, and Holding Games up next
Correct

BEST MOVE

24→1818→13

Run the back checker all the way to the midpoint.
It escapes cleanly and lands on a made point.

Clarity, one position at a time

The board becomes the lesson.

Make the choice you would make over the board. Then see what mattered, what you missed, and the principle that makes the next decision easier.

  • Practice that looks and feels like the game
  • Explanations grounded in the position
  • A consistent view from your side of the board

From instinct to understanding

A path through the whole game.

Twenty focused modules begin with choices that appear in every game, then move through recurring plans and into cube and match play.

  1. Essential Skills

    01Open with purpose, develop your checkers, count the race, and finish cleanly.

  2. Game Types

    02Recognize the plan when a race, holding game, blitz, prime, or back game takes shape.

  3. Advanced Decisions

    03Make contact, timing, hitting, and duplication choices with a reason behind them.

  4. Cube & Match Play

    04Read the position and the score before the cube changes the question.

The Opening Rolls lesson on iPhone: mastery 8.4, best 8.9, twelve drills, and the core idea behind the opening

What changes at the table

Less guessing.
More seeing.

01

See a plan sooner

Turn a crowded board into a few ideas you can use while the decision is still yours.

02

Know why a play works

Move beyond right and wrong. Keep the principle, not just the answer.

03

Play with more confidence

Practice the choices that still feel uncertain, then return to the board with a clearer point of view.

Keep moving forward

Always know what to learn next.

Your practice history becomes a guide: what you understand, what is taking shape, and where a few thoughtful minutes will matter most.

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