2010 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4

by Stick
17 July 2010

Monte Carlo 2010

GammonVillage correspondent Stick reports from Day 4 of the 2010 World Championships of Backgammon, being held at the Fairmont Hotel in Monte Carlo, Monaco from July 11 to July 20.

Today we played down to the money winners in the main, the final four.

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Subject: Re: 2010 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4

From: ROQREGA

Date: 17 Jul 2010 17:30 EST

Stick,

why not post the answers to the positions even if it is only on XGR+? otherwise those of us who don't play bg for a living and don't have time to type in the positions on our own XG learn nothing!! in fact, it is pretty elitist to present positions that top players in the world disagreed about and then not explain the rationale behind one play as opposed to another..

come on, man.

jason

Subject: Re: 2010 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4

From: milan

Date: 18 Jul 2010 04:50 EST

X to play 53

1. Rollout? 13/10 6/1 eq:-0,171 Player : 41,46% (G:11,58% B:0,11%) Opponent: 58,54% (G:17,33% B:1,67%) Confidence: ± 0,012 (-0,183 2. Rollout? 8/5 6/1 eq:-0,182 (-0,011) Player : 40,92% (G:10,78% B:0,20%) Opponent: 59,08% (G:16,49% B:0,89%) Confidence: ± 0,013 (-0,195 3. Rollout? 13/5 eq:-0,190 (-0,019) Player : 40,51% (G:9,29% B:0,32%) Opponent: 59,49% (G:17,84% B:1,62%) Confidence: ± 0,011 (-0,201

Subject: Re: 2010 World Backgammon Championships - Day 4

From: Timothy Chow

Date: 18 Jul 2010 17:12 EST

I have to agree with jason here. I read your articles with the hope of finding some world-class analysis of the positions. I can generate baffling positions ad nauseum on my own with the bot. Even if you don't give any verbal analysis, please at least post rollout information. It's rude to paying subscribers to make them type in the position and roll out positions themselves. Sometimes they may be reading GV in a context where they can't access their bot, and many of us have our computers tied up with other rollouts anyway.

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