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Chapter 2 / Practice
Practical tutorial
Connect game plans, pip counts, and the doubling cube to your decisions.
Backgammon
Beginner
Practical tutorial
Practice the basic controls right here
Choose a step in the inline tutorial below to review the flow.
Backgammon
CMS managed tracks
Learning
Move, hit, bear off, cube
Learn the 24-point progression, the bar, bearing off, and the doubling cube.
2Modules
9Items
Backgammon Basics
Beginner
/ 4min
Roll two dice, move your 15 checkers, hinder your opponent, and bear off all your checkers first.
- Article Bear Off All Your Checkers First
- Move sequence Advance only by the dice roll
- Move sequence Bear Off All Your Checkers
- Multiple choice Hit a single opposing checker
- Move sequence Make a Point with Two or More Checkers
Practical tutorial
Beginner
/ 7min
Learn game plans and cube decisions for race, prime, blitz, and similar positions.
- Article Choose the Right Game Plan and Cube Action for the Position
- Article Use five game plans as needed
- Article Measure the race gap with pip count
- Article The Basics of the Doubling Cube
Backgammon
Beginner
Backgammon Basics
Practice the basic controls right here
Choose a step in the inline tutorial below to review the flow.
Moving checkers and winning
Open it only when you need to check something.
Backgammon reference
Dice and bearing off
Move record and board coordinates
Standard human-readable notation
W[31hefe]
Count from 24 down to 1 in your direction of play, using bar and off.
Dice
Move by the dice values Use the two dice on different checkers or combine them on the same checker.Points
Two or more checkers block a point An opponent cannot enter a point occupied by at least two of your checkers.Hit
Capture a lone checker Land on an opposing blot to send it to the bar.Bar
No other checker can move until it re-enters A checker that was hit re-enters from the opponent's home board.Bear off
Move every checker off the board After bringing all your checkers into your home board, move them off the board.
Move using the dice
Two or more checkers block a point
A lone checker can be hit
Re-enter checkers from the bar first
Bear off every checker to win
Using the dice
- You may use the two dice in either order. Doubles give four moves.
- When legal moves exist, use as many dice values as possible.
Hitting and bearing off
- Landing on a point with one opposing checker sends that checker to the bar.
- Bring all your checkers into your home board, then bear them off.
Next step
Choose after the tutorialOnce you are comfortable moving pieces, review anything that was unclear or practice your decisions with a short problem.
Learn: Your first three minutes
Briefly review the objective of Backgammon and the first action to take.
Web tutorial
Learning: Rules quick reference
Review how to move, capture, and win on one screen whenever you are uncertain.
CMS guide
Training: Short problems
After reviewing the basics, reinforce your decision-making with short problems.
Practice before a match
Mastery: Maxims and competitive philosophy
Read about strategy, whole-board vision, decisions, and competitive philosophy unique to Backgammon in a practical guide.
Reading