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Cubeless bakgammon

Posted By: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Wednesday, 21 April 2010, at 7:14 p.m.

In Response To: Cubeless bakgammon (Leonardo Jerkovic)

Cubeful backgammon adds a skill that doesn't exist in cubeless backgammon: namely the need to evaluate how often (a quantitative analysis) the game is won/lost and gammons won/lost from the current position. In cubeless backgammon, the only skill called for is to make the checker play that has the best equity (a qualititative analysis: which play is best, you don't really care by how much).

But playing without the cube is certainly entertaining. At the two tournaments I hosted, we ran a side event, the 'Turkish Blitz' that used a Middle Eastern cubeless rule set (no cube, no backgammons, the winner of the last game gets the opening roll on the next game, doubles OK on the first roll.) First to 5 points wins. These games are fun as they always get rolled out to the last checker, and you end up playing more 'hopeless' games and see more bizarre comebacks from those bad positions, (which would often be ended with a cube turn in regular BG.)

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