Luck and skill on the professional backgammon tour: an interview with author Robert Wachtel

Key takeaway from the video:
0:00 Intro of the show by the host
0:01:50 Intro of Robert Wachtel & Backgammon
0:06:46 When did Robert start playing backgammon?
0:09:06 Chess Vs. Backgammon - dealing with the uncertainties
0:15:00 How his book is different from the rest
0:23:10 How far luck plays its role in Backgammon
0:30:14 Strategies in playing Backgammon
0:35:00 Backgammon as a sport
0:41:55 Questions from a fan: when is the next book coming out
0:48:52 Robert's Website
0:49:35 How can parents encourage their kids to play backgammon?
0:56:00 Message from Robert to viewers


Sundays: Stories from the Unsung Heroes
14th December 9PM CST

Join us to connect with Robert Wachtel, author of The Backgammon Chronicles, who is among the top 15 players in the world, to understand about backgammon, how it is beyond mere gambling and how to play games for a living.
We'll also walk you through his journey as an author who has published The Backgammon Chronicles, which are primarily story books, and not the usual dry, “how to win” technical publication, and what he has in store for you as the reader!

About Robert:
Currently ranked world #11 on the peer-rated survey “The Giants of Backgammon” and Grandmaster 2nd class by the Backgammon Masters Awarding Body (BMAB), Robert Wachtel has been one of the game’s elite players for the last 40 years. A chess master, Doctor of Philosophy and an options trader, he is the author of two prior backgammon books, In the Game until the End (1993) and In the Game until the End Vol. II (2014), and more than 40 journal articles. Robert was the editor of the US Backgammon Federation’s flagship magazine, PrimeTime Backgammon, from 2011 to 2019. He is the author of The Language of Backgammon: A Player’s Dictionary, a companion volume to The Backgammon Chronicles.

Learn more about him here https://www.backgammonchronicles.com/ #backgammon #player #chess #author #eliteplayer #grandmaster