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Another backgammon puzzle

Posted By: Mochy
Date: Tuesday, 5 March 2013, at 4:48 p.m.

In Response To: Another backgammon puzzle (Chuck Bower)

I am no good at match, but Douglas Zare once solved that every single backgammon game ends. (you can find it on Gammon village)

So if the game is not an infinite, the number of the games is not infinite as well. Is it?

Messages In This Thread

• Another backgammon puzzle
  Chuck Bower -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:02 a.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Jason Lee -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:45 a.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:45 a.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 3:03 a.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Phil Simborg -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:56 a.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Jason Lee -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 2:11 a.m.
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    David Levy -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 4:49 a.m.
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    lenny -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 7:23 a.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    TarHeelFan -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 11:19 a.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Chase -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 12:10 p.m.
      • Another backgammon puzzle
        Jason Lee -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:48 p.m.
        • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
          David Levy -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 4:12 p.m.
          • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
            Jason Lee -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 10:10 p.m.
            • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
              Bob Koca -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 11:55 p.m.
              • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
                Steve Mellen -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 10:18 p.m.
                • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
                  Jason Lee -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 10:52 p.m.
                  • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
                    Steve Mellen -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 11:13 p.m.
                    • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
                      Jason Lee -- Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 1:26 a.m.
                • Another backgammon puzzle: more serious effort
                  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 11:00 p.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Jason Lee -- Friday, 1 March 2013, at 1:50 p.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 1:06 a.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 2:52 a.m.
      • Third attempt
        Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 3:43 a.m.
        • Third attempt
          Bob koca -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 8:33 p.m.
          • Third attempt
            Jason Lee -- Saturday, 2 March 2013, at 10:58 p.m.
        • Third attempt
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 2:36 a.m.
        • Third attempt
          Tom Keith -- Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 5:46 p.m.
          • Third attempt
            playBunny -- Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 7:54 p.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 11:57 p.m.
  • Another backgammon puzzle
    Mochy -- Tuesday, 5 March 2013, at 4:48 p.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 March 2013, at 5:52 p.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 March 2013, at 6:45 p.m.
    • Another backgammon puzzle
      Timothy Chow -- Friday, 8 March 2013, at 11:33 p.m.