July 2018 – Voice of Backgammon

July 31, 2018

Monte Carlo World Championship Round 1!

Join Larry Shiller, Voice of Backgammon at the 43rd Backgammon World Championship at the Fairmont Monte Carlo, starting in just a few minutes, today, July 31, 2018.

As always, Voice of Backgammon will be bringing you live streaming and commentary with BMAB experts throughout the tournament.

This is a wonderful tournament that you will not want to miss, so if you haven’t made plans to attend yet, find more information here.

Watch commentary live (and archived for later viewing) on YouTube and Twitch.

July 22, 2018

Breaking News re Falafel

And it’s good news: Falafel is coming to Monte Carlo and will be joining Voice of Backgammon for live commentary the final weekend.

As you probably know, Falafel is recovering from recent brain surgery but that hasn’t kept him from pursuing his love of backgammon.

Please join me in wishing Falafel good health and stay tuned for more updates during the World Championship.

July 16, 2018

Don’t Miss the Monte Carlo Open/World Championship!

Join Larry Shiller, Voice of Backgammon at the 8th Monte Carlo Open, followed by the 43rd Backgammon World Championship at the Fairmont Monte Carlo, July 29 – August 5.

As always, Voice of Backgammon will be bringing you live streaming and commentary with BMAB experts on matches throughout the tournament.

This is a wonderful tournament that you will not want to miss, so if you haven’t made plans to attend yet, find more information here.

July 8, 2018

Backgammon Math Magic

Want to learn some simple math tricks to crush your opponent over the board?

Don’t miss Mathemagician Art Benjamin 9:30 am this morning on YouTube and Twitch.tv.

Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA and on the faculty for 30 years, Art won the Michigan ABT in 1997 and serves on the USBGF Board of Directors.

Art has given three TED talks, which have received over 20 million views. You know this talk is going to be good.

Videos are archived if you can’t make it this morning.

July 4, 2018

Would You Turn this Cube to Eight?

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In today’s BMAB ranking tournament, Kit Woolsey found himself on roll in this position while playing Art Benjamin. Kit is holding the cube on four, and leading in the match 5a/6a. Would you redouble this to eight as Kit? If redoubled, should Art take or pass? Let us know what you think in the comments!

Video Below (starts @1:05:00)