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BGBlitz 3.4 is online

Posted By: Frank Berger
Date: Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 11:21 p.m.

BGBlitz 3.4 is finally online (it takes always longer than you expect :)). All details can be found here: https://bgblitz.com/news.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

As always, I am grateful for feedback.
best
Frank