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Master the board: Upcoming bootcamp series announced

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Jangler is thrilled to announce the next wave of bootcamps, following the resounding success of our recent sessions in London and Warrington (group photo above). These intensive weekends are a premier Jangler initiative, specifically designed to help players of all levels deconstruct and sharpen specific areas of their game.

As part of a dedicated commitment to growing the game, Jangler has proudly sponsored UKBGF Intermediate players this year to the tune of over £7,000, ensuring our community has the resources to move from casual play to competitive mastery.

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St Albans Open, Marford Memorial Hall, 25-26 April, 2026

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Checkers For Show, Cube For Dough

There’s an old saying in pro golf:  “You drive for show and putt for dough.”  And the above is the backgammon equivalent.  Even novices can transport the pieces around the board in a fairly credible way, but ask them to play on the cube, and they will get found out with swift severity.  This is where serious matchplay backgammon is decided, as the swings on a single moment can be 8 points, or more.  [Read more…]

Backgammon doubles: your chance to play with the pros

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This is the last call for Intermediates to sign up to this year’s doubles development league.

Think you’ve had your go? Think again. Even if you participated last year, you’re entitled to enter again.

This is a UKBGF initiative to provide high-quality competition with a development pathway for aspiring intermediate players. The league was created to give them the chance to compete in a structured, high-level environment while learning directly from some of the UK’s strongest and most experienced players.

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Improving your Game with Anki Flashcards

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Guess what Julia’s studying right now?

Since returning to the game of backgammon in August 2021 after a 25 year break most players who know me well will also know that, other than a 6 month break last year, I have studied the game quite religiously since my return. One of the tools that I use heavily for my studying is the Open Source Anki Digital Flashcard system.

I will always recommend the benefits of this system to any backgammon player who will listen to me on the subject, and have converted many UK players to its use. I have found however that after making these recommendations, often when I return to someone and ask how they have progressed with it many players say they are not using Anki because it looks too complicated.

While it may appear that way in the first instance it is in fact not complicated at all when you understand the various elements of Anki that are available on the internet. For these reasons it is worth persevering with it to get over the initial learning curve.

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