PlayersOswald Jacoby

American · 1960s–70s

Oswald Jacoby

World Champion 1972 and co-author of the first analytically-minded backgammon book.

A legend of card games as well as backgammon, Jacoby won the World Championship in 1972 (an early Las Vegas-era title) and co-wrote The Backgammon Book (1970) with John R. Crawford, widely cited as the first analytically-minded book on the game.

Career highlights

  • World Champion, 1972
  • Co-author, The Backgammon Book (1970)

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