[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

BGonline.org Forums

Woolsey's Law Revisited

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Friday, 14 March 2008, at 3:11 p.m.

In Response To: Woolsey's Law Revisited (Stick)

For a guy as anal as you, "fullproof"?

So next time you're considering passing that initial double, make sure you know what you're doing!

"[I]f two absolutely perfect players engaged in a match, there would never be an accepted double. In other words, a correct double is one that is made only when the doubler is definitely ahead; and a correct acceptance, likewise, is made only when the accepter knows that he is not definitely behind. Consequently, if every double made were perfect, none would be accepted, if every acceptance were perfect....We must conclude, then, that accepted doubles can only be the result of imperfect play on the part of one adversary or the other."

--Georges Mabardi & Claire Boothe Luce, Vanity Fair's Backgammon to Win, 1930

Messages In This Thread

 

Post Response
Your Name:
Your E-Mail Address:
Subject:
Message:

If necessary, enter your password below:

Password:
 

 

[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

BGonline.org Forums is maintained by Stick with WebBBS 5.12.