Backgammon

Backgammon is an ancient chess game with simple moves and may have appeared earlier than Go. Later, due to the rise of Go, Backgammon was gradually lost in our country. Backgammon is a chess sport more suitable for the intellectual development of children and teenagers. Compared with Go, Gobang has simple rules, is easy to get started, takes less time, and is in line with the fast-paced lifestyle of modern people. The hand restriction of backgammon balances the absolute advantage of black chess and makes it an official game. The simple rules of backgammon contain complex changes, and like Go, there are layout patterns that encourage people to explore and pursue. Chinese backgammon has a saying in ancient China, called Five Elements Chess. It is in the same vein as ancient Chinese philosophical thought. The Five Elements Theory believes that the world is composed of five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Everything in the world is formed by changes in it. Therefore, backgammon may be one of the early divination tools and evolved into a chess game over time. The ancients believed that the black and white chess pieces represented Yin and Yang, and the changes of Yin and Yang were based on the theory of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The ancient Hetu and Luoshu were considered to be artifacts for inferring the changing laws of all things in nature. From a modern mathematical point of view, it is just a third-order magic square. The central number is five, and the sum of the numbers connected by each straight line and diagonal is fifteen. The ancients stipulated that odd numbers belong to Yang and even numbers belong to Yin. In Bagua, five is the largest yang number. This is also the reason why five consecutive victories became the victory. This book will take you into the world of backgammon, and you will definitely have endless fun.