Backgammon notation Similarly, 13/7*/5 denotes a move corresponding to a roll 6-2 and a checker moving from 13 to 5 hitting a checker at the in-between step at point 7. Moves resulting from double rolls are often indicated by placing the number of checkers moved in parentheses after the move. For example, the effect of a roll 2-2, could be: 6/4(3) 13/11. Finally, it is common to use the words "bar" and "off" to describe moves where checkers are entered from the bar or taken off during bear off. For instance bar/22 17/9, and 5/off 2/off. Backgammon notation Backgammon notation is a
Tables (board game) be traced to Medieval and Renaissance sources. Backgammon has been studied considerably by computer scientists, who have developed software that plays at the level of top human players. Tric-trac is a French variant of Backgammon. There are two main forms of the game, "le Grand Tric-trac" and "le Petit Tric-trac." In Tric-trac, the starting point is called a "talon", the points, or "fleches", are numbered to 12 on both sides of the board, with the 12th point on either side called the "coin de repos", or, simply, "coin". The 11th point (on either side) is often called "le case d'écolier",