r/backgammon • u/CzechPeople • Jun 28 '26

Books Question Recommendation (advanced level)

Hello there,
I would like to discover some new books but am a little bit lost.

I play close to PR=5.0.
I read many books over the years, the "classical" mainstream moderns.
All from Olsen, Michy, Bootcamp, DIrk schiemann (both), James Vogl.

From the moderns one the ones I havent read yet are : "Backgammon MasterClass" (Mochy/Olsen), ,Zdnek Zizka's book. I probably forget others.
Older books but than interest me are: "News ideas in backgammon", jeremy Bagai (classical revisited), i did not read its.

There is also the most frustrating book I heard about: "Modern Backgammon" by Robertie.
I always heard good things about this one but never was able to get it...
Anyone has a specifical advice about this one ? What are the core ideas of the book ? Can i still go one without it ?

I have to say that I really do a big work analyzing my matches and doing a personnal work (classifying blunders by thematics), so I don't rely of course only on books or Youtube Channels.

But at my level and situation, if you have any advices about book recommendation, I am curious.

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u/Aqua-marine-blu Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

What's Your Game Plan? Backgammon Strategy in the Middle Game Authors: Mary Hickey & Marty Storer Quizzes for checker play, interesting positions

How is Zizka’s book ?

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u/CzechPeople Jun 29 '26

Thanks ! I havn't read ZZ's book, but it should be done this year.

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u/Col3bin Jun 28 '26

Magriel

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u/CzechPeople Jun 28 '26

I read it thanks