BGonline.org Forums

Scottish Verdict?

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 6:28 p.m.

In Response To: Scottish Verdict? (Timothy Chow)

"What is the smallest possible nonzero equity difference between two checker plays in a legal backgammon position?"

If match play is allowed it can be arbitrarily small.

Messages In This Thread

• Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
  John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 28 April 2013, at 5:14 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    David Rennie -- Sunday, 28 April 2013, at 7:23 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Chase -- Sunday, 28 April 2013, at 8:20 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    MishyPoo -- Sunday, 28 April 2013, at 9:32 p.m.
    • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 1:04 a.m.
      • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 3:25 a.m.
        • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
          • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 5:22 a.m.
            • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 5:27 a.m.
      • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
        Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 3:08 p.m.
        • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 3:18 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 28 April 2013, at 11:16 p.m.
    • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 8:46 a.m.
      • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 3:22 p.m.
        • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 11:38 a.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 1:22 a.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    David Rennie -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 5:25 a.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 2:54 p.m.
  • Scottish Verdict?
    David Rennie -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 4:16 p.m.
    • Scottish Verdict?
      neilkaz -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 4:49 p.m.
      • Scottish Verdict?
        David Rennie -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 5:26 p.m.
        • Go ahead and post your RO
          John O'Hagan -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 6:33 p.m.
          • Go ahead and post your RO
            David Rennie -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 6:46 p.m.
    • Scottish Verdict?
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 9:58 p.m.
      • Scottish Verdict?
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 6:28 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    ah_clem -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 4:31 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 5:09 p.m.
    • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
      rambiz -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 9:16 a.m.
      • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
        David Rennie -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 3:53 p.m.
        • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
          Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 7:02 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Igor -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 6:30 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 29 April 2013, at 11:45 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 4:39 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Stick -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 10:09 p.m.
    • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 11:35 p.m.
      • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
        Stick -- Tuesday, 30 April 2013, at 11:55 p.m.
  • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
    David Rennie -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
    • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
      Igor -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 3:38 p.m.
      • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 4:55 p.m.
        • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
          David Rennie -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 6:11 p.m.
          • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
            neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 7:27 p.m.
            • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
              David Rennie -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 8:38 p.m.
              • ****Rollout**** 81000 games to get a tie.
                Stick -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 8:52 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame
    Stick -- Wednesday, 1 May 2013, at 9:49 p.m.
    • ****Revised rollout****
      David Rennie -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 6:24 a.m.
      • ****Revised rollout****
        Stick -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 6:31 a.m.
        • ****Revised rollout****
          David Rennie -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 6:37 a.m.
          • ****Revised rollout****
            Petter Bengtsson -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 10:09 a.m.
            • ****Revised rollout****
              David Rennie -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 3:29 p.m.
      • Did u use varience reduction? *NM*
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 2:55 p.m.
        • Note for Xavier
          Michael Nielsen -- Sunday, 5 May 2013, at 5:37 p.m.
          • Note for Xavier
            eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 5 May 2013, at 5:44 p.m.
  • Defending vs. a 1/3 backgame --- RO 4-ply
    Petter Bengtsson -- Thursday, 2 May 2013, at 10:12 a.m.
    • Mine agrees
      neilkaz -- Friday, 3 May 2013, at 3:21 p.m.