You can play backgammon safe, but that’ll get you nowhere in the long run. To be a winner you need to take risks, something that can’t be emphasized enough. You can, however, take risks either by minimizing them or by being a total fool and not thinking at all. Duplication is the tool you need understand to achieve the first one. There are differing opinions as to how much focus should there be on duplication in backgammon, such as noted in this posting on duplication in Backgammon Galore. We believe that when used correctly you don’t need to focus on duplication as such but that it will become an essential part of your backgammon.

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