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Playing "touch" in tournaments

Posted By: leobueno
Date: Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 1:06 p.m.

I had never played in a real backgammon tournament until this weekend (OK, I played the beginners, but it was a tournament nevertheless). The rules allowed for the usual rearranging of the pieces until a move's end.

This means that I had to be vigilant about my opponent's correclty putting back the touched pieces, which means I had to spend some mental energy focusing on what they did as opposed to focusing on my game plan or relaxing my brain while they played.

As I grew tired, I found having to keep track of my opponent's pieces repositioning to be unnecessarily taxing.

Wouldn't it be better to play "touch", that is, if you touch a piece, you have to move it?

Messages In This Thread

• Playing "touch" in tournaments
  leobueno -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 1:06 p.m.
  • Playing "touch" in tournaments
    adambulldog -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 1:14 p.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      dlevy -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 2:14 p.m.
      • +2 *NM*
        Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 10:55 p.m.
    • Playing "touch" in tournaments
      Bob Glass -- Monday, 29 August 2011, at 8:54 a.m.
      • +100000
        neilkaz -- Monday, 29 August 2011, at 1:27 p.m.
      • Playing "touch" in tournaments +1
        svilo -- Monday, 29 August 2011, at 6:42 p.m.
    • Playing "touch" in tournaments
      Barry Silliman -- Monday, 29 August 2011, at 2:09 p.m.
  • Playing "touch" in tournaments
    Tom Keith -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 1:36 p.m.
    • Playing "touch" in tournaments
      Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 1:59 p.m.
  • Touch move -- LINKS
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 2:46 p.m.
    • +1 Don't hover!
      svilo -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 7:58 p.m.
    • Touch move -- LINKS
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 9:59 p.m.
  • Playing "touch" in tournaments
    rew -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 3:24 p.m.
    • Playing "touch" in tournaments
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 4:26 p.m.
      • Playing "touch" in tournaments
        Colin Owen -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 5:31 p.m.
        • Playing "touch" in tournaments
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 6:06 p.m.
          • Playing "touch" in tournaments
            leobueno -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 2:51 a.m.
            • Playing "touch" in tournaments
              Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 4:30 a.m.
            • Playing "touch" in tournaments
              Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 12:56 p.m.
  • Playing "touch" in tournaments
    Steve Mellen -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 6:44 p.m.
  • Sure would be nice...
    Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 21 August 2011, at 11:39 p.m.
    • FIDE touch-move rule
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 12:08 a.m.
      • Yuck!
        Tom Keith -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 10:32 a.m.
        • Simple and clear touch move rule
          leobueno -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 11:44 a.m.
          • Simple and clear touch move rule
            Tom Keith -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 12:36 p.m.
            • Simple and clear touch move rule - adjustments
              leobueno -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 2:41 p.m.
              • Simple and clear touch move rule - adjustments
                Leonardo Jerkovic -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 2:48 p.m.
              • Simple and clear touch move rule - adjustments
                Chuck Bower -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 2:50 p.m.
              • Simple and clear touch move rule - adjustments
                Bob Koca -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 3:07 p.m.
                • Simple and clear touch move rule - adjustments
                  leobueno -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 3:51 p.m.
  • Touch, Time, and the effect on the tournament population
    Mark Denihan -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 5:01 p.m.
    • Touch, Time, and the effect on the tournament population
      W Womack -- Monday, 22 August 2011, at 8:43 p.m.
      • Touch, Time, and the effect on the tournament population
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 4:38 p.m.
  • Playing "touch" in tournaments
    Stick -- Tuesday, 23 August 2011, at 3:22 a.m.