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Who Really Invented the Doubling Cube

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Chicago Point: A History of the Doubling Cube in Backgammon
section "These men are credited with introducing the concept of doubling", items 1 to 3
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The first use of doubling in Europe (automatic or during play) originated in a game played in Paris in 1926 between The Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia and Aksel de Wichfeld of Denmark. Those two players reported that to them, their idea of doubling was original.
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