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Memorizing backgammon positions

Posted By: Stick
Date: Monday, 4 July 2016, at 4:54 a.m.

In Response To: Memorizing backgammon positions (Bob Koca)

It's not clear that time isn't better spent on other things. I don't think I've ever said or implied it wouldn't be. Depending on the player there are a lot of other things that might be more worth their time. When you get to the elite level though you're running out of things you can tangibly grasp on and improve without question. It is better, as you imply, to understand the 3rd rolls than to simply have them memorized. By understanding them instead of memorizing them it would add even that much more to your early game checker play. You may only get 99% of the correct but your errors would be ultra tiny and the comprehension spilling over into the rest of the game would be where your buck was at. Still, if all you manage to do is flat out memorize them, well, that can't hurt your game either.

Stick

Messages In This Thread

• 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.