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Neil's Numbers Redux

Posted By: MFIC
Date: Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 6:34 a.m.

In Response To: Neil's Numbers Redux (Rich Munitz)

that would work for me! I am awed by the always growing volume of BG material that should be memorized in order to make the "better" decisions on plays (GS, GO, DMP, matchplay, moneyplay...), responses, match-equity, take-points, Gammon Price, etc etc etc. For us older folks, this becomes harder and harder to do.

As a director, allowing the players to have one 8-1/2x11 page of notes, would not be hard to enforce and definitely enhance the speed at which matches would move along. Great thought Richard, although I suspect that getting the directors and players to buy-into this exception to the "no written materials" Rules of Backgammon play would be a steep hill to climb. As with chess, its supposed to be a cerebral game where study and experience are the tools that must be used to excel and "crib" notes defeats that paradigm.

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• Neil's Numbers Redux
  Tad Bright -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 9:40 p.m.
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    Stick -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 9:45 p.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 10:10 p.m.
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        Stick -- Wednesday, 21 January 2009, at 10:12 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 1:06 a.m.
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            John O'Hagan -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 4:37 a.m.
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              Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 4:51 a.m.
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                Bob Koca -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 5:00 a.m.
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                  Bill Riles -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 5:36 a.m.
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                    Barry Silliman -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 1:28 p.m.
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                Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 5:27 p.m.
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                MFIC -- Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 6:34 a.m.
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            jdg -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 2:46 p.m.
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              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 4:26 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Thursday, 22 January 2009, at 11:34 p.m.