This whole collection is excellent. Some of the best backgammon videos I have seen for the intermediate player.
@BackgammonisBeautiful
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@wolfganglohfink9018
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Dan again a useful very interesting lesson. Thanks for this.
@10bc-tenerifebackgammonclub
Жыл бұрын
Cool a pretty easy concept to understand.
@michaelcarr9032
2 жыл бұрын
Good points Daniel ;)
@ant961Handle
2 ай бұрын
I think the discussion at 4:23 slightly misses why 8/4* 5/4 is so much better than 8/4* 6/5. After calculating through the shots I came up with slightly different numbers to the ones quoted in the video and the truth is a bit more complicated than better coverage of the home board blot thanks to the direct 6, it seems to be more to do with the flexibility to use some of the rolls that don't cover to reposition the blot and make a different home board point. There is no single reason why it's better, the rolls just work out in quite frankly a beautiful way ❤in a way, although the direct 6 coverage is good, if you compare the positions you have the same number of direct builders but 1 fewer indirect builders so the gains aren't as big as you might expect intuitively for simple coverage. If we are only interested in rolls that cover the home board blot where it is currently, using direct and indirect shots from each of the points, then for 8/4* 5/4 there are 31 (all except 54, 52, and 55) and for 8/4* 6/5 there are 30 (all except 65, 53, 66 and 55) so not much of a difference in terms of simple coverage. However if we extend the rolls to include ways to keep the blot safe on a lower point then the 54 and 52 can be used to make the 1 and 3 points respectively for the 8/4* 5/4 scenario, whereas only the 53 can be used to make the 1 point for the 8/4* 6/5 scenario. After taking this into account, for the 8/4* 5/4 scenario 35 out of 36 rolls are safe whereas for the 8/4* 6/5 scenario 32 out of 36 are safe. A somewhat general principle that underpins this is that the higher blot had more mobility options to make use of the higher rolls and make the lower points.
@BackgammonisBeautiful
2 ай бұрын
Yes, miscounted the 42 so it's 31/36 which clearly diversifies the rolls to make the rack, and also gives a good six to play.
@ant961Handle
2 ай бұрын
@@BackgammonisBeautiful Hi! Thanks for replying and for all the great videos, they're the best free learning resource I can find. I recently got into Backgammon after playing Chess probably a bit too seriously, I love how Backgammon encourages a clear rational thought process for playing with less infinitely demanding overthinking and next to no opening theory memorisation. The way your content promotes clear awareness and understanding of the decisions have had a big positive effect on my life, so thank you. I'm really looking forward to becoming a great Backgammon player someday!
@BackgammonisBeautiful
2 ай бұрын
@@ant961Handle that's great to hear, hope to see you at a backgammon tournament some day. Best wishes. Dan
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