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Mika Lidov vs. Hal Heinrich

Advanced - expert
pub. 1994, pages 211.
by Kit Woolsey.

Export price: $42.00
(price incl. VAT. UK: £25.20, EU: € 37.80, Denmark: kr 277.20)

Annotated match.

About the book:
Hal Heinrich won the World Championship in Monte Carlo in 1990. Mika Lidov was the runner-up in 1989. In this book – one of a series of annotated match books available – world-class strategist Kit Woolsey takes you behind the scenes to show you how these champions plot their moves and how you can use their insight to improve your play.

Backgammon can be played in several styles. The most aggressive and complicated approach to the game is the “pure” style, developed in New York during the 1970s and refined by many of the world’s best players right up to the present day. The pure style is built around aggressive slotting and prime-building, with a willingness to play the back games that may result when the all-out forward game fails. This match features a clash of styles between Mika Lidov, one of the strongest exponents of the pure style, and Hal Heinrich, possessor of a powerful all-around game. Each game abounds in complex play, and Kit Woolsey supplies an expert’s guidance to the several back games which result.

About the players: Mika Lidov is considered to be the best woman player in the world. In 1989, she was runner-up to Joe Russell in the World Championship. Hal Heinrich of Canada won the World Championship in 1990 and was runner-up in the World Cup of 1992.

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