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Memorizing reference positions

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:10 p.m.

In Response To: Memorizing reference positions (Timothy Chow)

It should be mentioned that memorizing reference positions is not the most important backgammon skill. We all know it is memorizing opening replies through the third roll. (I guess those could be called reference positions though so maybe reference positions is the most important skill).

I think what might be interesting is a test of how much memorization could conceviably help. If I find the time I might play a unck of games normal and then a bunch of games in which I have access to my match equity notes on doubing points etc, a list of openings and replies equities, and say Kit's encyclopedia on reference positions and other assorted ones including a few such as EPC refereence positions and see how much it helps.

Messages In This Thread

• Memorizing reference positions
  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:00 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Seth -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 4:14 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:02 a.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:03 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        lucky -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:52 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Bob Koca -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 12:00 a.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:20 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 3:45 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Stick -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 7:04 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 10:04 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Stick -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 3:19 p.m.
          • Example 2
            Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 6:05 p.m.
          • Another example
            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 7:29 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 7:31 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 11:02 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 17 February 2013, at 9:01 a.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 2:10 p.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    6stones -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 6:49 p.m.
  • Memorizing reference positions
    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 7:52 p.m.
    • Memorizing reference positions
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 8:47 p.m.
      • Memorizing reference positions
        Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:05 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 9:44 p.m.
        • Memorizing reference positions
          Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 16 February 2013, at 11:47 p.m.
  • Some comments from Nack
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 18 February 2013, at 8:16 p.m.