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Beta of BGBlitz 3.4 is out

Posted By: Frank Berger
Date: Thursday, 19 February 2026, at 3:45 p.m.

he beta for 3.4 is now online. All details can be found here: http://bgblitz.com/beta.html

Here is a brief overview of what's new:

- New AI that is approximately 0.5-0.3 PR better
- Integrated error database with spaced repetition as a learning method. It takes approximately 6 clicks to convert all errors from a match into flashcards. Approximately 500 flashcards are included, covering all positions from
"Better Backgammon" by three-time world champion Tim Holland
"Backgammon for Profit" by Joe Dwek
"Paradoxes and Probabilities" by Barcly Cook
"New Ideas for Backgammon" by Kit Woolsey and Hal Heinrich (thanks to Bill Robertie for permission)
Othello's Quizzes from 2019, 2022 and 2023
- an attractive scoreboard
- Matches are stored in the database, including analysis
- An ISight trainer and Bsight, an improved ISight
- Matches can be downloaded directly from Opengammon.com
- Several other minor improvements (e.g. entering 1..6 when using manual dice initialises the dice selection

and enters the first dice number) and
- BGBlitz is now also available in Finnish

Important: If you installed 3.3.1, you must delete the following:

Windows: /users/your_account/.bgblitz/pdata

MacOS: /Users/your_account/Library/Preferences/BGBlitz/pdata

Linux: /home/your_account/.bgblitz/pdata

If you have saved your matches in the database, export them beforehand.

As always, I am grateful for feedback.