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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)