Grandmaster Zdeněk Žižka (ZZ) Presenting on Cube Action

How many times are you finding yourself felled by the Doubling Cube? Don't get us started on the enormity of the cube's influence on our games! And to think it wasn't even invented until the early 1900's when people playing in America wanted to find a way to wager at higher stakes! Don't fret; we are committed to providing strong instruction around the cube! Join us as Grandmaster Zdeněk Žižka (ZZ) presents Cube Action covering: 1) Cube Action Mindset;  2) The Take Story & The Pass Story; & 3) Cube Decisions in Dangerous. 

ZZ, as he is affectionately known, is the founder of backgammoncoaching.com, a new approach to helping backgammon players of all levels improve their game. He believes the key to coaching is an individualized approach, helping his mentees learn how to think about a position and how it is likely to evolve in the future, the questions to ask oneself, and how to determine when the reward outweighs the risk of a choice. He has developed four courses of 25 videotapes each for players at the Intermediate, Advanced, and World Class Levels as well as a new course on Cube Action. Each video is roughly 30 minutes in length. They help players progress through the basics of the game at three levels (Intermediate, Advanced, and World Class), as well as improve their Cube decisions.

For the dedicated students and fans of the game, he offers private zoom coaching (both co-founders Karen and Christine work with him) where he answers any question or explains any topic depending on a student’s wish. He does a professional analysis of recent positions and interesting matches which students have encountered, and tailors a learning experience based on their unique strengths and weaknesses.

As a coach, he uses instructional time to hone in blunders made by mentees in key matches, understand the flaw in their thinking, and ask the questions that will lead to the correct choice in the future.

Zdeněk Žižka (ZZ) is the founder of backgammoncoaching.com. He is a BMAB Grandmaster class 0 where he is ranked #3 out of 87 Grandmasters, 2022 Giant of Backgammon #4, finalist in the 2022 Backgammon World Championship, and winner of the Super Speedgammon event at the 2022 Merit Open in North Cyprus. In 2023 he was finalist in the Ultimate Backgammon Contender event in Istanbul; 3rd in Mochy Millions at the Backgammon World Championship; 1st Last Chance at the Merit Open in Montenegro; and 2nd in the Super Jackpot in Gibraltar.

Be sure to check out as well the BWW presentation on August 8 by Kent Goulding and Karen Davis on Critical Cube Choices.