The Backgammon Chronicles A Pros Adventures On Tour Volume 2 Of 2

This Volume Rejoins The Backgammon Epic In Mid-2011, Just As Its Carnival Years Were Winding Down. The Projects Of Online Money Backgammon And Television Series On The Poker Model Were Failing; And With Their Demise A Landscape Came In To View: Drawn In Deeper Hues, It Revealed A Backgammon Geography With Centers Of Power In Japan, Denmark, Turkey And The United States And A Re-imagination Of The Game Itselfndash;from Its Traditional Role As A Gambling Recreation To That Of A True Mind Sportndash;with A Playerrsquo;s Excellence No Longer Judged By His Earnrdquo; But By The Rating Assigned Him By Artificial-intelligence Programs (botsrdquo;) That Were Stronger Than Any Human. A Hustler No Longer, The Hero Of The Second Decade Of The 21st Century Emerged As A Dedicated Statistical Scientist, Training With The Same Ai That Would Judge Him In His Noble Quest For Backgammon Truth.this Fresh Paradigm Led To The Staging Of Several Exceptional Events, The Most Eminent Of Which Was An Annual Team Match That Pitted Denmark Against The Rest Of The World.