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120 Hours of Non-Stop Backgammon

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 6:59 p.m.

In Response To: 120 Hours of Non-Stop Backgammon (Casper van der Tak)

A related skill is being able to write down the entire game from memory afterwards. When I was playing chess regularly, I could do this easily (at least for a non-blitz time control). I haven't tried for backgammon but I'm sure it is much more difficult. As you say the random rolls make things harder. Memorizing a backgammon game is like memorizing a sequence of random numbers with a bunch of checkers as a mnemonic aid. Folks who can memorize 100,000 digits of pi can probably do it easily but most of us can't.

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• World Record?
  Stick -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 12:18 p.m.
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    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 12:40 p.m.
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    Paul Weaver -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 1:55 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 2:11 p.m.
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        6stones -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 3:37 p.m.
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          Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 3:47 p.m.
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            Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 6:59 p.m.
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              Stick -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 7:02 p.m.
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                Rich Munitz -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 7:13 p.m.
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                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 7:38 p.m.
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                  Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 8:14 p.m.
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              Seth -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 10:59 p.m.
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                Stick -- Monday, 7 June 2010, at 1:41 a.m.
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                  Jake Jacobs -- Monday, 7 June 2010, at 2:43 a.m.
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      phil simborg -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 5:27 p.m.
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        Joe Russell -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 5:53 p.m.
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      neilkaz -- Sunday, 6 June 2010, at 8:02 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 7 June 2010, at 12:36 a.m.