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Open Player Survey

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 5:27 p.m.

In Response To: Open Player Survey (Phil Simborg)

Hardly ever - if you mean estimating actual numbers rather than saying "looks pretty gammonish".

The need for photographic memory and fancy number crunching over the board is overestimated by many in my opinion. If the bots can make checker play decisions with great accuracy based purely on experience while never being able to really tell you "why", it should not be any less surprising that top human players can make correct cube decisions largely in the same manner.

The question is assuming that I actually remember or bother to figure out the exact takepoint, gammon price, etc. which I usually don't.

Messages In This Thread

• Open Player Survey
  Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 4:33 p.m.
  • Open Player Survey
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 4:41 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 8:26 p.m.
      • Open Player Survey
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 3:00 a.m.
        • Open Player Survey Conclusion
          Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 12:54 p.m.
          • Open Player Survey Conclusion
            jdg -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 1:05 p.m.
            • Open Player Survey Conclusion
              Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 4:20 p.m.
              • Open Player Survey Conclusion
                Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 4:35 p.m.
                • Open Player Survey Conclusion
                  Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 10:14 p.m.
                  • Open Player Survey Conclusion
                    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 11:11 p.m.
              • Open Player Survey Conclusion
                jdg -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 6:38 p.m.
          • Open Player Survey Conclusion
            Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 1:46 p.m.
            • Lessons from Racquetball lessons
              Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 3:38 p.m.
              • Lessons from Racquetball lessons
                Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 10:36 p.m.
                • What is MCV? Can you explain it, please. *NM*
                  Mislav Radica -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 10:07 p.m.
                  • What is MCV? Can you explain it, please.
                    Stick -- Thursday, 1 October 2009, at 10:15 p.m.
                  • What is MCV? Can you explain it, please.
                    Phil Simborg -- Friday, 2 October 2009, at 6:47 a.m.
          • Open Player Survey Conclusion
            Perry Gartner -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 4:28 p.m.
  • Open Player Survey
    Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 5:27 p.m.
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    David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 5:54 p.m.
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    Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 7:12 p.m.
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    David -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 7:24 p.m.
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    Gregg Cattanach -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 7:34 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 7:55 p.m.
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      Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 11:09 p.m.
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    Chiva Tafazzoli -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 10:03 p.m.
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    John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 29 September 2009, at 11:21 p.m.
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      Joe Russell -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 8:26 a.m.
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        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 3:57 p.m.
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    misja -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 7:48 a.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 8:36 a.m.
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    Fabrice Liardet -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 12:24 p.m.
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    Keene -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 3:12 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 30 September 2009, at 4:38 p.m.