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Pressure in Backgammon

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Thursday, 16 August 2012, at 6:40 p.m.

In Response To: Pressure in Backgammon (Timothy Chow)

I was wondering the same thing. Here are two possibilities of what Stick might be thinking:

1. In backgammon you don't get immediate feedback about whether a decision is correct or not. (In tennis, if you hit a poor shot you'll know almost right away.)

2. Luck plays a large part in backgammon. Since you can always blame your losses on bad luck, there is not as much pressure to play well?

Here is a thought experiment for Stick: Suppose you're playing a backgammon match which is being transcribed into a computer and every play analyzed in real time. Whenever you make an error above a certain level, a loud buzzer goes off so that everyone around knows about it.

Would this create pressure? Or is there something else about backgammon that makes it different than other sports?

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