Basic Ground Rules<br >In all of the backgammon quizzes in these<br >the reader， play the White pieces and mov<br >terclockwise direction toward the lower rig<br >the board. Each quiz has three parts: It is<br >each and you must figure out the best possi<br >each of the three dice rolls given. You m<br >actually set up the diagramed situation or<br >backgammon board so that you can try diffe<br >before selecting your final choice.<br > All the quizzes deal with teaching you h(<br >the men most effectively. The doubling cube<br >Admittedly the cube accounts for 30 to 40 pe<br >skill factor in backgammon， but its use<br >through experience and judgment rather th<br >book." You will find that experts are rarely<br >in thei-r opinion of when to offer a double<br >accept or refuse one. But in moving the me<br >more often than not in accord in recomm<br >play over an alternative play.<br > There are many outside factors that come<br >deciding one move over another: how stro<br >your opponent is， how freely he gives or tak<br >what the stake is or what the score in the m<br >various subtle psychological factors. To a~<br >all of these other ingredients into these qt<br >should envision that you are playing again<br >nent of approximately equal skill and tempe<br >that the problem ghown is occurring durir<br >first game of your match.<br ><br >