Backgammon Rules - Winning the game of Backgammon

Backgammon Objective
The objective of backgammon is to bring all your checkers, white or black, into your own home board so that you can begin to remove them from the board (the bear-off game phase). The winner of the game is the first player to bear off all of his checkers.

Backgammon Rules
To start playing backgammon, each player throws a single die and the player who rolls the highest number plays first. If equal numbers come up, then both players keep rolling their die until they roll distinct numbers.
Commonly, the first player uses the joint numbers on the already-thrown dice to start, although this rule is not harshly followed today. After the initial turn, the players alternate turns and roll two dice each time.
In some matches, the winner of the last game plays first in the next backgammon game, although this backgammon rule is not always put into effect.

Moving the Checkers
The roll of the dice indicates how many points, or pips (the unit of distance on a backgammon board) the player is to move his checkers. Backgammon checkers can by no means move backwards, they only move forward towards their own home boards, meaning the white and black pieces are always moving in opposite directions around the backgammon board, one player moving his checkers clockwise while the other counter-clockwise.
More rules concerning the movement of checkers:

* A checker can be moved to any point that is vacant, to one that is occupied by your own checkers or to a point that has no more then one of your opponent's checkers on it. In other words, two or more checkers that are occupied by your opponent are considered a block for you.
* The numbers on the two dice represent separate moves. For instance, if a player rolls 4 and 2, he may move one checker four spaces to an open point and another checker two spaces to an open point, or he may move a single checker a total of six spaces to an open point.
* If you roll the dice and a double (same number on both dice) comes up, you can move the pieces twice. For example, with a role of 2-2, you may move 2 points 4 times in any given combination (one piece 8 points, two pieces 4 points each, one piece 6 points and the other 2, two pieces 2 points and a third piece of 4 points, four pieces 2 points each, etc). Usually, the more doubles a player rolls, the greater his chances of winning the game.

Winning the Game of Backgammon
The winner of the game is the first player to bear off all of his checkers. If your rival has not been able to bear off neither of his checkers, you score a gammon, a double victory, which counts twice a normal win. Triple victory or a backgammon, counts three times a6 normal win and is scored when your opponent has not succeeded in bearing off any of his checkers and still has checkers on the bar or in the winner's home board.