An editor at Simon and Schuster requested Òa book like Paul MagrielÕsÓ to compete with a rival publisher. A list of books by ÒPaul MagrielÓ reveals that most are about the dance. Coincidentally, ÒdancingÓ is a colloquial term for failing to enter from the bar, something that is seldom good for a backgammon player. As the author finds less and less new theory to discover and explain, this book introduces annotated matches in which established theories are applied.