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Playing under 2.0

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Friday, 15 February 2013, at 4:50 p.m.

In Response To: Playing under 2.0 (Matt Cohn-Geier)

"Also, in chess, a team of assistants and computer analysts is useful largely for preparing opening novelties and practicing specific positions. In backgammon you can't predict what is going to happen beyond the first roll or two."

Why think that a backgammon assistant could only be used in the same way as chess assistant?

I am sure that a very top player, say for example the number one giant has parts of his game that are not as good as top players, say giants 30 - 40, and could benefit from assistance if there was a serious push to break the 2.0 barrier.

Top athletes have coaches who aren't thmeselves top athletes. The following article points how coaches can be useful in other fields: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/27/140849085/pro-athletes-have-coaches-why-not-everyone-else

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• Playing under 2.0
  Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:35 p.m.
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      Michael Petch -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 9:48 p.m.
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        winfox -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
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          Iancho Hristov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:25 a.m.
    • +1 *NM*
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:06 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:15 p.m.
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      Michael Depreli -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 3:40 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:38 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:04 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Stick -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 11:37 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:05 a.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:41 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:14 a.m.
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              Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:00 a.m.
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                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:38 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:49 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:23 a.m.
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                  Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:53 p.m.
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          Joe Russell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:27 a.m.
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            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:26 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 7:29 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:02 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                  Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:20 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0 - against human opponent?
                    Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 3:31 p.m.
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              mochy -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:27 a.m.
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                falafel -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:09 a.m.
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                  Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:30 a.m.
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                  neilkaz -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 6:46 p.m.
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                    Victor Ashkenazi -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 9:18 p.m.
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                  Mochy -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:52 p.m.
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                    falafel -- Sunday, 24 February 2013, at 5:30 a.m.
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          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:32 p.m.
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            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:30 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:41 p.m.
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              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:36 p.m.
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                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 8:59 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 2:07 a.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 7:08 a.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 4:50 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        6stones -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:01 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 1:30 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 4:53 p.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        Michael Depreli -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:12 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0
        Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 3:13 a.m.
    • Mosconi...
      christian munk-christensen -- Friday, 15 February 2013, at 10:41 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 11 February 2013, at 10:46 p.m.
  • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
    Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:31 a.m.
    • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
      DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 12:34 p.m.
      • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
        Stick -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 2:11 p.m.
        • Stick's 9 March 2011 Post "Playing under 2.0"
          DGArnold -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 6:20 p.m.
      • Stick's 2.31 PR
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 14 February 2013, at 5:40 a.m.
  • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
    higonefive -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 5:36 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 8:43 p.m.
      • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
        David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 9:47 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 12 February 2013, at 11:46 p.m.
          • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
            higonefive -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:24 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
              Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 6:27 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0, extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation
          Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 13 February 2013, at 1:41 p.m.
  • Playing under 2.0
    Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:12 p.m.
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      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 10:32 p.m.
    • Playing under 2.0
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:10 p.m.
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        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:48 p.m.
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          Stick -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 11:52 p.m.
        • Playing under 2.0
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:14 a.m.
          • Playing under 2.0
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 12:50 a.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 2:56 a.m.
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                Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 7:27 a.m.
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                  Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:44 p.m.
            • Playing under 2.0
              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 11:30 a.m.
              • Playing under 2.0
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 5:28 p.m.
                • Playing under 2.0
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 19 February 2013, at 6:12 p.m.
                  • Playing under 2.0
                    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 February 2013, at 12:35 a.m.