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Unusual opening moves

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 3:27 p.m.

In Response To: Unusual opening moves (Nack Ballard)

Nobody recent comes to mind, but

(1) I've had opponents who double split on many rolls -- 4-3 and such. Kerdísei me mávro í kókkino and all that (or something like that) ...

(2) I watched a session once in NYC where the Fish player slotted and double-slotted liberally ŕ la Becker. The interesting thing was that his opponent the Shark was not big on splitting himself, but completely changed his strategy over to splitting. That completely destroyed Fish's game plan -- he kept slotting and double-slotting anyway for a while on second rolls, and when that didn't work out, he really had no idea what to do.

(3) I had a club mate in DK who always played opening 2-1 13/10.

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On a website somewhere:

Winning at Backgammon is not so complex. I've used these very simple tricks for years, and I rarely lose.

1. Know when to capture
2. Spread out your influence
3. End well
4. Don't be a robot

Messages In This Thread

• Unusual opening moves
  Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 4:51 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 5:00 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:01 a.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:12 a.m.
        • Unusual opening moves
          Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:36 a.m.
          • Unusual opening moves
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 6:13 a.m.
            • Unusual opening moves
              Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 3:08 a.m.
              • Unusual opening moves
                Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 6:39 a.m.
          • Unusual opening moves
            Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 1:39 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 5:02 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:08 a.m.
  • 52$ and 41T
    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 5:13 a.m.
    • 52$ and 41T
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 6:31 a.m.
      • 52$ and 41T
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 7:33 a.m.
      • 52$ and 41T
        garyo -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 11:55 a.m.
    • 52$ and 41T
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 8:43 a.m.
    • 52$ and 41T
      Stick -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 12:27 p.m.
    • 52$ and 41T
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 1:21 p.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Jim Allen -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 7:20 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 8:19 a.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 11:15 a.m.
        • Unusual opening moves
          Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 12:32 p.m.
          • Unusual opening moves
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 2:21 p.m.
        • Unusual opening moves
          Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 1:07 a.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        David Rockwell -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 2:32 p.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 8:03 a.m.
  • Reports of My 62R are a Little Exaggerated
    mamabear -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 10:22 a.m.
    • Reports of My 62R are a Little Exaggerated
      Stick -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 12:25 p.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Gregg Cattanach -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 12:28 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 12:35 p.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 1:14 a.m.
        • Unusual opening moves
          Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 6:28 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      David Rockwell -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 1:55 p.m.
      • Unusual opening moves
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 1:20 a.m.
        • Unusual opening moves
          David Rockwell -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 3:11 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 1:50 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 1:48 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 1:57 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 3:09 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 3:34 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:21 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 3:27 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 9:55 p.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 4:49 p.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 10 June 2010, at 4:56 p.m.
      • 21& and 41&
        Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 2:53 a.m.
        • 21& and 41&
          Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 14 June 2010, at 7:42 p.m.
          • 21& and 41&
            Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 20 June 2010, at 5:37 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 11 June 2010, at 2:18 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Bob Glass -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 12:03 a.m.
    • Unusual opening moves
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 1:54 a.m.
  • Unusual opening moves
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 1:03 a.m.
    • Opening 64Z
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 2:29 a.m.
    • 21S-64, 42Z-53, 63Z-42, and 41W-31
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 3:30 a.m.
      • 21S-64, 42Z-53, 63Z-42, and 41W-31
        Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 12 June 2010, at 4:02 a.m.
        • 21S-64, 42Z-53, 63Z-42, and 41W-31
          Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 16 June 2010, at 2:42 a.m.