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Backgammon Lessons

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:07 p.m.

In Response To: Backgammon Lessons (Stanley E. Richards)

Why pay for what you can get for free?

Why are you reading this forum? Can't you just read some books, play bots and learn that way? Perhaps. But the insights, important concepts and way of thinking about situations that experts convey here is invaluable. Some people feel that having an expert work with them personally on their own shortcomings in understanding is a far more efficient way of reaching their goal of enlightenment than having to figure it all out for themselves over the course of many years - assuming that they ever will.

I've never taken lessons in backgammon, but I have in sports. In spite of the wealth of information available on every sport, and my ability and willingness to work hard at it, I never would have come anywhere near the capabilities I have in the time I did without a professional showing me how to think, what to do, and equally important - what not to do.

Also, as a bachelor, you should appreciate that there's what you can get for free and there's what you can get if you pay a substantial sum. While you may be content with the free stuff, sometimes you do indeed get what you pay for. If you have sufficient raw talent, there may be little or no difference between the two. Most people do not have that kind of raw talent. The same is true with backgammon.

Messages In This Thread

• Backgammon Lessons
  Stanley E. Richards -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 9:29 p.m.
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    Alexandre Le Siege -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 9:46 p.m.
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      Stanley E. Richards -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:34 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:07 p.m.
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      Stanley E. Richards -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:30 p.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 11:41 p.m.
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      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:35 p.m.
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        Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:58 a.m.
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      Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 11:24 p.m.
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      Stanley E. Richards -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 11:37 p.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 7:22 a.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 10:58 p.m.
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      David Rockwell -- Wednesday, 19 January 2011, at 11:06 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:54 a.m.
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      Sebastiaan kuijs -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 11:02 p.m.
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    Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 12:04 a.m.
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      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:45 a.m.
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        Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 3:02 a.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:46 a.m.
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        Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 3:59 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:05 a.m.
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            Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:33 a.m.
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              Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:52 a.m.
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                Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 6:29 a.m.
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          David Rockwell -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:13 a.m.
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    Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 12:33 a.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:20 a.m.
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        Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:25 a.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 7:38 a.m.
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            Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 10:38 a.m.
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      Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:53 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:42 a.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:45 a.m.
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        Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 2:55 a.m.
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          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 9:00 a.m.
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        Alexandre Le Siege -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 3:53 a.m.
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        higonefive -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 6:45 p.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 3:58 a.m.
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      Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:58 a.m.
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      rew -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 3:20 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Thursday, 20 January 2011, at 4:51 a.m.