Birth of the Chess Queen

Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector.

Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centuries between the chess queen's timid emergence in the early days of the Holy Roman Empire to her elevation during the reign of Isabel of Castile. Marilyn Yalom, inspired by a handful of surviving medieval chess queens, traces their origin and spread from Spain, Italy, and Germany to France, England, Scandinavia, and Russia.

Birth of the Chess Queen

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Winning backgammon

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Winning backgammon

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Backgammon Tactics

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Backgammon Tactics

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Backgammon (Know the Game)

A guide to the game of backgammon, suitable for both the active participant or the passive enthusiast. It features information, photographs and illustrations which explain the core skills, tactics and rules of the game, and there are modified rules for young and developing players.

Backgammon (Know the Game)

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Backgammon: Winning Strategies

This guide is for the player with basic knowledge of backgammon who wants to improve their skills. The book introduces a way of testing one's judgement by asking the reader to try their skill against common playing situations with analysis of both the correct decisions and the more misguided. The self-scoring quiz ensures the reader has learnt the principles correctly. The opening, middle game and the end game race, as well as the arithmetic of probability, are all dealt with.

Backgammon: Winning Strategies

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Playing the Poker Ca$h Game for a Living

Starting out as a Chess Expert in High School and getting hired as a Specialist for School.nyc.gov We were going along our merry way teaching classes until 2001 when our World Trade center Exploded. A whole bunch of Chess Club friends including myself where introduced to the Poker game, Texas Hold-em to have a way to sustain ourselves with the Military Ca$h pay system during a time of war. I won the Foxwoods Casino Annual Championship of 2003 1st place as well as the NY Masters and went on to a really nice career playing the Poker Ca$h game for a living. We reached an all time high in 2008 when a member of NY Chess Ylon Schwatrz won the World Series of Poker the same year we finally had our first African American president. The book has over 50 examples of Poker Hands and a chapter on how to keep an excel Spreadsheet of your winnings.

Playing the Poker Ca$h Game for a Living

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The Mathematical Theory Behind Backgammon

Backgammon is a very interesting game to play with brothers and friends because this skill has two sides; first side, makes you feel very happy in your time like Superman when you become the winner. Second side, makes you feel in a disappointed situation and makes you unlucky when you lose.  However, before the game finishes, maybe every thing changes like after a storm comes calm.  Nobody knows the dice rules in the game. Indeed, it needs to have good manners from every player to keep his friend playing repeatedly.  Whatever, It is a funny game by conflict without weapon in a good time on the table.  The players’ wisdom says, “If you are the loser in Backgammon’s game, you are the winner in love.

The Mathematical Theory Behind Backgammon

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Gorens Modern Backgammon Complete

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Gorens Modern Backgammon Complete

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Backgammon for Blood: A Guide for Those Who Like to Play but Love to Win (Second Edition)

Top-ranked backgammon player Bray reveals tips and tricks to help you play the game like a pro.

Backgammon is the ultimate head-to-head board game—an action-packed race to the finish with an addictive mix of luck and skill. It's easy to pick up the basics, but this is a game that continually surprises—there's always something new to learn, and the Internet has opened up a whole other world of gaming opportunities. In Backgammon for Blood, Chris Bray, top-ranked backgammon player, reveals the tips and tricks needed to help you play the game like a pro, whether you want to make serious money in online tournaments or just play for fun at a board with friends. While backgammon can be lost or won on the throw of the dice, tactical moves and game plans can help you adapt your play to deal with whatever comes your way. With chapters on opening rolls, mid-game strategies, and races and endings, his step-by-step suggestions, sample game illustrations, and easy-to-follow text have everything you need to come to grips with the game. The different ways to play backgammon—from tournaments and chouettes to computer and online play—are all covered, as are the secrets of making the doubling cube work in your favor. Insightful and informative, Backgammon for Blood: A Guide for Those Who Like to Play but Love to Win is the ideal introduction to this dynamic and challenging game.

Backgammon for Blood: A Guide for Those Who Like to Play but Love to Win (Second Edition)

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How to Play Backgammon

Presents directions for a game that has heen played for 5000 years.

How to Play Backgammon

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Deal Me In: Twenty of the World'sTop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro

Deal Me In showcases 20 of the world's top poker players as they share their colorful and inspiring stories of how they became professionals. Poker's biggest players, such as Phil Ivey (2009 WSOP Main Event Finalist and potential winner), Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth , Doyle Brunson and Daniel Negreanu give first-person accounts of their personal journeys and the key moments in their rise to the top of the poker pantheon. These stories will teach, inspire and make you laugh. Deal Me In humanizes the larger-than-life personalities, allowing the reader to understand more about poker strategy through the trials and errors of the best players in the game. Each poker legend tells his or her own story in the book including: Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth , Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, Johnny Chan, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen, Chau Giang, Jennifer Harman, Allen Cunningham, Howard Lederer, Erik Seidel, Chad Brown, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Layne Flack, Scotty Nguyen, Annette Obrestad, Tom Dwan and the 2008 Main Event winner Peter Eastgate.

Deal Me In: Twenty of the World'sTop Poker Players Share the Heartbreaking and Inspiring Stories of How They Turned Pro

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Wind Assisted

Chris Bray is the backgammon columnist for The Independent newspaper in London and has been playing and studying the game for over thirty years. In this anthology of his most recent Independent articles he traces the further development of many aspects of the game. Backgammon is changing rapidly and much of it is now played on-line which requires some different skills. In tournament backgammon clocks are becoming the norm which means that a premium is now placed on the ability to analyse accurately at speed. Computers continue to get faster and backgammon-playing programs continue to improve which can only help the average player to improve his game as well. The timeless characters who make up Chris's menagerie continue to paint a vibrant picture of life in the high stakes chouette - the very lifeblood of backgammon. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are also on hand to lend instruction.

Wind Assisted

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How to Play Backgammon

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How to Play Backgammon

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Advanced Backgammon

Bill Robertie was the 1983 World Champion.

Advanced Backgammon

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Ainslie's Complete Hoyle

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Ainslie's Complete Hoyle

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Backgammon

2004 edition with a new foreword by Renee Magriel Roberts. Backgammon is the most highly-regarded work on the subject, often referred to as The Bible of the game. Written between 1973 and 1976 by Paul Magriel and Renée Magriel, Backgammon was the first book to lucidly explain the inner workings and advanced positional play of the game. The most important aspects are broken down into their component parts and then explained with a unique, easy-to-understand, step-by-step building-block approach. The book is enhanced by 600 clear and precise diagrams, a glossary and tables, including the betting odds. For any player who means to take the game seriously and wants to play well, Backgammon is an indispensable guide. This new 2004 edition of also includes a lively behind-the-scenes foreword by Renée Magriel Roberts that illuminates the man behind the name X-22 and describes the creation of the book.

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An Introduction to Backgammon: A Step-By-Step Guide

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An Introduction to Backgammon: A Step-By-Step Guide

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Hoyle's Rules of Games, Third Revised and Updated Edition

In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published the definitive book on the popular game of his day, whist. Games evolve with time, just as whist gave rise to contract bridge. However, more than 250 years later, Hoyle’s is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of the game—whether it’s bridge, backgammon, Scrabble® or Blackjack. The game player’s basic reference, this handy guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and odds for over 250 games, from including such favorites as:

* Scrabble® * Canasta * Contract Bridge
* Gin Rummy * Chess * Backgammon
* Solitaire games: Nestor, Pounce, Pyramid, and Russian Bank
* Poker variations: Anaconda, Blind Tiger, and Hold ’em
* Children’s games: Beggar-your-neighbor, Memory, and Slapjack
* Computer games: Minesweeper and Freecell
* And more

Learn how to play, sharpen your strategy, and settle disputes—with this newest edition of the classic reference guide.

Hoyle's Rules of Games, Third Revised and Updated Edition

ISBN13: 9780451204844..

Backgammon, Rules and Rulings, Book 1

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Backgammon, Rules and Rulings, Book 1

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Beginning Backgammon: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Play

The perfect primer for novice backgammon players.

Beginning Backgammon: Strategy and Tactics for Winning Play

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Charader (Swedish Edition)

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1849 edition by J. L. Brudins Förlag, Stockholm.

Charader (Swedish Edition)

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Atherma Runar Runes: Ancient Greek Board Games (Greek Edition)

There is not a single being on this earth that has not played with some game at various stages of his/her life (from infancy right up to old age). There are very simple games and complicated games which train the body, the emotions, the brain or the intellect. This research analytically presents the whole structure of games and common archetypal elements that games contain in every population all over the world, which originated from the ancient Greek and European culture, especially of the ancient Greek philosophy about the way of creating of writing and ancient board games in Runar - Runes.

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BACKGAMMON TO WIN

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BACKGAMMON TO WIN

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The Quotable Gambler

Covered here are gaming's superstition and luck, players and places, and every game, from the lowliest back-alley crap shoot to the highest-stakes poker contest.

The Quotable Gambler

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Phillip Martyn on backgammon

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Phillip Martyn on backgammon

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Backgammon in a Week (In a Week)

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Backgammon in a Week (In a Week)

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Chess for Children: How to Play the World's Most Popular Board Game

With this charming book, children will delight in learning the basic moves of chess - the most popular and challenging strategy game of all. All the rules of chess are clearly explained, step by step, assuming no prior knowledge. The lessons are reinforced by the inventive tales that George is told by his pet alligator Kirsty, self-proclaimed Grand Alligator of chess.

Chess is recognized in many countries as a useful tool for developing creative thinking in children. Although chess can be regarded as a rather complex and mysterious game, the rules themselves are straightforward. It doesn't take long to learn how the pieces move, and even children as young as five can enjoy exciting games.

Chess for Children: How to Play the World's Most Popular Board Game

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The Backgammon Handbook

Backgammon is one of the most enduring of all board games. This comprehensive manual covers every aspect and will be suitable for all ages and levels of ability. The rules are fully explained, game strategies are examined, and a selection of actual match situations are included to instruct and challenge. Clear board diagrams give easy-to-follow guidance on all the major points and allow for practical experience without the aid of a board.

The Backgammon Handbook

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Backgammon Games and Strategies

Backgammon is experiencing a revival, rapidly becoming one of the most popular table games in the worldnternet included. But it's not just a game; it is an obsession. In some countries of southern Europe and the Middle East, it is a way of life. A typical game of backgammon lasts 6-8 minutes if it is it?or Gioul, and double that if it is Plakoto or Moultezim. These are the fastest, most absorbing minutes in a player lifetime. The game moves in lightning speed and requires total concentration. The mixture of chance and skill are perfectly balanced in itthe other games leaning heavier on skill. There is hardly a moment of boredom when you play Backgammon. Even when the game seems hopelessly lost, there is still a finite probability of a turnaround. The suspense is always there, the tension is never ending. What more would you want for an evening ofelaxation?This book is written to fill a voidhe almost total absence of information on backgammon games, other than basic itusually called backgammon in the West. The authors find it incredible that Gioul, Plakoto and Moultezim still remain a well-kept secret among backgammon connoisseurs. Gioul is the most fun-filled game played on the boardvery dice throw a surprise. Plakoto is without doubt the king of Backgammon games. Moultezim is a serious game for the purist, the consummate space strategist. Players who are unaware of these games are not really fulfilled. This book, illustrated with more than 300 diagrams, illustrations and exercises, aims to change all that, and turn all casual players into full-fledged backgammon experts.Dr. N. S. Tzannes, a Professor of Electrical Engineering, has authored several books and many scientific papers in his field of Communications. Dr. B.

Backgammon Games and Strategies

Dr. Nicolaos S. Tzannes Dr. Tzannes (Ph.D Johns Hopkins, 1966) is a lifetime educator and author of many books in English, Greek and Portuguese. His books span many fields, from subjects in Electrical Engineering, to Backgammon and, most recently, Human Behavior and Philosophy. His most recent books are:1) "Life Without God: A Guide to Fulfillment Without Religion," November 20022) "The Gene Conspiracy or Sorry...The Genes Made Me Do It" under the pseudonym of Aris P. D'Avenal, December 20003) "Communications and Radar Systems," September 20004) "Backgammon Games and Strategies" co-authored with his brother Dr. Basil Tzannes, June 20005) "How Good Are You At Backgammon" also co-authored with Dr. Basil Tzannes, April 2001 Dr. Tzannes has taught at The Johns Hopkins University, Tufts University, The University of Oklahoma, Oregon State University, The University of Virginia and the University of Patras, Greece. Presently, Dr. Tzannes lives in Orlando, Florida. He is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Central Florida where he taught courses in Communication and Radar Systems and chaired the Department from 1986 to 1994. Lately, he has been writing short stories. One of them, "I Just Love My Jail Cell" was recently published in the Issue 7 (Summer 2005) of the British Literary Journal "FIRSTWRITER MAGAZINE." Dr Tzannes is listed in Contemporary Authors, American Men and Women of Science, Marquis Who is Who and Who is Who in Greece. In 1991, Dr Tzannes was named the IEEE Outstanding Engineering Educator in Region 3 (Southeastern United States). For more on the author go to: http://nick.tzannes.

Atherma Viotia: Ancient Greek Board Games (Greek Edition)

There is not a single being on this earth that has not played with some game at various stages of his/her life (from infancy right up to old age). There are very simple games and complicated games which train the body, the emotions, the brain or the intellect. This research analytically presents the whole structure of games and common archetypal elements that games contain in every population all over the world, which originated from the ancient Greek and European culture, especially of the ancient Greek philosophy about the way of creating of writing and ancient board games in the region of Viotia.

Atherma Viotia: Ancient Greek Board Games (Greek Edition)

Gregory Zorzos, a native Hellene, was born in Kallithea, Athens in Greece (Hellas) at 1958. Author and his research work have been distinguished by a lot of official organizations, and Ministries, in Greece and all over the world. The author has wrote more than 500 books, board games, DVDs and cdroms about ancient and modern history in the fields of economics, technical, board games, martial arts, software, love affairs, feasibilities studies, research, case studies etc. As a reporter, from his teens, the author has written many articles in many newspapers, magazines etc. and was editor in chief in some of them. Many awards and credits around the world. Member of the "Royal Society of Literature" (UK). Member of the "American Authors Association" (USA). Member of the "American Screenwriters Association" (USA). Member of the "Erotic Authors Association" (USA). Member of the "Erotic Literature League" (USA). Member of the ex-BOD of the "Hellenic Historical Author Association" (Greece). ex Member of the "Hellenic Literature Association" (Greece). member of the ex-BOD of the "Union of Correspondents of Greek Press Abroad" (Greece). ex Member of the "World Pan Hellenic United Martial Arts Foundation" (USA). Member of the "Hellenic Chamber of Economists" highest Professional Class as "Economist" and highest Professional Class as "Accountant" (Greece). Member of the "Hellenic Researcher in the Ministry of Constructions", highest Professional Class in "Economic Studies", highest Professional Class in "Research Studies" and highest Professional Class in "Organization Studies" (Greece).

eReader Game Boards - Fun Games Pure on your e-book reader & tablet computer incl. reading apps: Chess, Checkers, Nine Men's

Do you like playing board games with friends, family or classmates? Next time use your e-book reader as a game board. You just need this book and a few small playing pieces or chessmen.

Can you play on a "simple" e-book reader, too? Games on the Kindle (TM), etc.? I interpreted the idea with the "on the e-book reader" very literally.
In this e-book you will find the fields of popular board games (Chess, Nine Men's Morris, Checkers, Backgammon, Tic Tac Toe, Ludo, etc.). This gives you the possibility to convert your e-book reader at home or while traveling into a game board. Very simple. Always available.

eReader Game Boards - Fun Games Pure on your e-book reader & tablet computer incl. reading apps: Chess, Checkers, Nine Men's

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Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games

The mathematical underpinnings of games, whether they are strategic or games of chance, have been known for centuries, but are usually only understood by players and aficionados who have a background in mathematics. The author has succeeded in making that knowledge accessible, entertaining, and useful to everyone who likes to play and win. The information applies to such diverse and popular games as Roulette, Monopoly™, Chess, Go, numerous card games, and many more. He reviews the mathematical foundations, probability, combinatorics, and mathematical game theory, the field that won John Nash of A Beautiful Mind the Nobel Prize, and emphasizes the implementation of these techniques so that players can put them to work immediately.

Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games

" This book serves as an introduction to the mathematics of games. It seeks to show to the reader how it is that games have their power--how they manipulate chance, hidden information, and combinatorics... -Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid, February 2005 most interesting and unique book, encompassing games of chance and games of perfect and imperfect information, stimulating and thought-provoking both to the sophisticated layman and to the well-informed expert."" -Aviezri Fraenkel, April 2005 in plain terms, Luck, Logic, and White Lies teaches readers of all backgrounds about the insight mathematical knowledge can bring and is highly recommended reading among avid game players, both to better understand the game itself and to improve one's skills."" -Midwest Book Review, April 2005 ""Anyone who has ever tried to analyse a game mathematically knows that things can get very complicated very quickly..."" -Marianne Freiberger, Millennium Mathematics Project, University of Cambridge., May 2005 ""The aim is to introduce the mathematics that will allow analysis of the problem or game. This is done in gentle stages, from chapter to chapter, so as to reach as broad an audience as possible. . . . Anyone who likes games and has a taste for analytical thinking will enjoy this book."" -Peter Fillmore, CMS Notes, May 2005 ""The best book I've found for someone new to game math is Luck, Logic and White Lies by Jörg Bewersdorff. It introduces the reader to a vast mathematical literature, and does so in an enormously clear manner..."" -Alfred Wallace, Musings, Ramblings, and Things Left Unsaid, August 2005 ""The book is well-written and can be recommended to all readers with interest in game theory."" -EMS Newsletter, June 2005 ""He reviews the mathematical foundations, probability, combinatorics, and mathematical game theory, and emphasizes the implementation of these techniques so that players can put them to work immediately."" -L'Enseignement Mathematique, August 2005 ""Ce Livre est bon. . . pour un coup d'oeil général sur le domaine, je ne pense pas qu'on puisse mieux trouver."" -Robert Bilinski, Lu pour vous, October 2005 ""This book is a must for anyone interested in gaming... Students with an interest in mathematics will find this book to be of interest."" -Holly Flynn, E-Streams, August 2005 ""I would recommend this book to high school and college teachers for their own enrichment, as a resource book for good students, and as a source for classroom activities."" -John Leamy, Mathematics Teacher, December 2005 ""Translated (by David Kramer) from German, this book continues Martin Gardner's tradition of explaining how to play and to win at various mathematical games..."" -Paul J. Campbell, Look Smart, February 2006 ""It is really good news that J.

Beginning Backgammon

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Beginning Backgammon

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