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Backgammon dice odds: how often each roll comes up and how exposed a blot really is
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Chess openings for beginners: the first five openings and the ideas behind them
The Italian Game, Ruy Lopez, Queen’s Gambit, London System and Sicilian Defence: the moves, the goals and the opening mistakes beginners make most.