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Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:33 p.m.

In Response To: Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is (Jason Lee)

Bill Riles wrote:

I thought it was a straightforward principle that you always stay unless the bg will cost you the match, and then you run.

Jason Lee wrote:

It might be a straightforward principle, but apparently it's not well known.

Whether it's straightforward or well known is surely less interesting than whether it's correct. :-) As stated, the principle above is oversimplified. At backgammon save you typically should run, but "backgammon save" is not the same as "a backgammon loses the match." In general, you need to weigh the loss of a backgammon against the gain in gammon-saving chances (or even winning chances) that you get by staying.

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• Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
  Bill Riles -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 7:28 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 7:37 p.m.
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      Bill Riles -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 7:48 p.m.
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        Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 7:57 p.m.
        • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
          Bill Riles -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:09 p.m.
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            Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:26 p.m.
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              Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:35 p.m.
      • Approximate position
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:14 p.m.
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          Bill Riles -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:15 p.m.
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          Sam Pottle -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:52 p.m.
          • Approximate position
            Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:58 p.m.
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        Steve Mellen -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:04 p.m.
  • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
    Jason Lee -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:15 p.m.
    • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:33 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:21 p.m.
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    trichard -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 8:47 p.m.
    • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 9:01 p.m.
      • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
        Jason Lee -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 9:50 p.m.
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          KenB -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 12:16 a.m.
          • Position Classique, Coup Classique, or Whatever the Correct Name Is
            Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 12:36 a.m.
      • Bot content
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:11 p.m.
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        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 10:36 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 3 May 2010, at 11:16 p.m.
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    phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 4 May 2010, at 9:18 a.m.