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Memorizing backgammon positions

Posted By: Tom Keith
Date: Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 1:46 a.m.

In Response To: Memorizing backgammon positions (Timothy Chow)

To me that doesn't really capture what players mean when they talk of memorizing 3rd roll positions. I would formulate the contest more like this:

Director prepares a deck of cards (2 actually) containing all the 3rd roll positions. Each card has a picture of the position, nactation of the position, and the correct play. Contestants are given sufficient study time to memorize the cards. On Contest Day, director gives each contestant a shuffled deck of cards that doesn't have the answers. The contestant goes through the deck as quickly as he can and provides the correct play for each position. A contestant's final score = (#errors + 1) * time. The goal is to get a low score.

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• Memorizing backgammon positions
  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 12:14 a.m.
  • Memorizing backgammon positions
    Tom Keith -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 1:46 a.m.
    • Memorizing backgammon positions
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 6:29 p.m.
  • Memorizing backgammon positions
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 2:09 a.m.
    • Memorizing backgammon positions
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 6:23 p.m.
      • Memorizing backgammon positions
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 16 June 2016, at 6:50 p.m.
        • Memorizing backgammon positions
          Stick -- Saturday, 18 June 2016, at 5:24 a.m.
  • Memorizing backgammon positions
    Stick -- Saturday, 18 June 2016, at 5:23 a.m.
    • Memorizing backgammon positions
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 12:44 a.m.
      • Memorizing backgammon positions
        Bob Koca -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 1:44 a.m.
        • Memorizing backgammon positions
          Casper Van der Tak -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 7:25 a.m.
      • Memorizing backgammon positions
        Stick -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 4:43 a.m.
        • Memorizing backgammon positions
          Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 8:07 p.m.
          • Memorizing backgammon positions
            Bob Koca -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 8:42 p.m.
            • Memorizing backgammon positions
              Stick -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 8:50 p.m.
              • Memorizing backgammon positions
                Bob Koca -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 8:56 p.m.
              • Memorizing backgammon positions
                Bob Koca -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 9:15 p.m.
                • Memorizing backgammon positions
                  Stick -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 12:36 a.m.
                  • Memorizing backgammon positions
                    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 1:08 a.m.
                    • Memorizing backgammon positions
                      Stick -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 1:26 a.m.
                      • Memorizing backgammon positions
                        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 1:40 a.m.
                      • Memorizing backgammon positions
                        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 1:49 a.m.
                        • Memorizing backgammon positions
                          Stick -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 2:27 a.m.
                          • Memorizing backgammon positions
                            Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 2:39 a.m.
                            • Memorizing backgammon positions
                              Stick -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 2:33 a.m.
                              • Memorizing backgammon positions
                                Bob Koca -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 4:13 a.m.
                                • Memorizing backgammon positions
                                  Stick -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 4:54 a.m.
                      • Memorizing backgammon positions
                        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 5:11 p.m.
                        • Memorizing backgammon positions
                          Stick -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 2:28 a.m.
                          • Memorizing backgammon positions
                            Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 1:25 p.m.
                            • Memorizing backgammon positions
                              Bob Koca -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 3:02 p.m.
                            • Memorizing backgammon positions
                              Timothy Chow -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 9:38 p.m.
                              • Memorizing backgammon positions
                                Timothy Chow -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 9:49 p.m.
                              • An alternate test
                                Bob koca -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 10:24 p.m.
                              • Memorizing backgammon positions
                                Stick -- Monday, 4 July 2016, at 10:45 p.m.
                                • Memorizing backgammon positions
                                  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 9 July 2016, at 9:05 p.m.
                                  • Language of countries
                                    Bob koca -- Tuesday, 12 July 2016, at 10:35 a.m.
                                    • Language of countries
                                      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 12:03 a.m.
                                      • Netherlands?
                                        Casper Van der Tak -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 7:04 a.m.
                                        • Netherlands?
                                          niuniuch -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 8:48 a.m.
                                          • Netherlands?
                                            Casper Van der Tak -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 9:12 a.m.
                                      • Language of countries
                                        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 4:54 p.m.
                                        • Language of countries
                                          Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 5:37 p.m.
                                          • Language of countries
                                            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, at 5:59 p.m.
                      • Memorizing MET
                        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 3 July 2016, at 5:49 p.m.
  • Memorizing backgammon positions
    Phil Simborg -- Saturday, 2 July 2016, at 5:17 a.m.