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Disagree with Stick's Book Review

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 3:42 p.m.

In Response To: Disagree with Stick's Book Review (Stanley E. Richards)

Stanley E. Richards wrote:

I have never read a pre-bot book that I did not hate with one exception.

What was the exception?

One can become a world class player by mastering the backgammon basics.

Can you name an example of a world-class player who has shunned what you call "a chess-like approach to understanding all facets of the game"?

Messages In This Thread

• Disagree with Stick's Book Review
  Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 3:27 p.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 3:42 p.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 6:50 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 7:06 p.m.
        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
          Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 7:48 p.m.
          • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
            David Rockwell -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 8:59 p.m.
            • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
              Michael Petch -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 9:22 p.m.
              • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                David Rockwell -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 11:02 p.m.
                • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                  Bob Koca -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 1:33 a.m.
                  • E.g. for mens golf
                    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 2:46 a.m.
                    • E.g. for mens golf
                      Bob Koca -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:52 a.m.
                      • E.g. for mens golf
                        Chuck Bower -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:03 p.m.
                        • E.g. for mens golf
                          Barry Silliman -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:15 p.m.
                          • E.g. for mens golf
                            Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 9:56 p.m.
                    • E.g. for mens golf
                      Bill Riles -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 5:10 a.m.
                      • E.g. for mens golf
                        Bob Koca -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 5:21 a.m.
                  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 7:47 a.m.
                • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                  Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:36 a.m.
                  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 5:54 p.m.
                    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                      Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 6:37 p.m.
          • Also depends upon conditions
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 10:38 p.m.
            • Also depends upon conditions
              Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 12:01 a.m.
              • Also depends upon conditions
                Chuck Bower -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 2:54 a.m.
                • Also depends upon conditions
                  Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:50 a.m.
        • Expert and World Class Definition
          Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 1:42 a.m.
          • Expert and World Class Definition
            rew -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 1:57 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 12:40 a.m.
        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:10 a.m.
          • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
            Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:51 p.m.
            • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
              Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 6:25 p.m.
              • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 7:22 p.m.
                • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 11 December 2010, at 7:41 p.m.
                  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                    Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 11 December 2010, at 10:41 p.m.
                    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 12:16 a.m.
                      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 1:21 a.m.
                        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 2:12 a.m.
                      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                        Tom Keith -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 2:39 p.m.
                    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                      Tom Keith -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 2:37 p.m.
                      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                        Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 5:47 p.m.
                        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                          Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 6:34 p.m.
                        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                          Tom Keith -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 7:24 p.m.
                          • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                            Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 7:52 p.m.
                            • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                              Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 10:46 p.m.
                              • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                                Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 14 December 2010, at 6:05 p.m.
                        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
                          eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 10:26 p.m.
  • Prebot books
    Tom Keith -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 4:04 p.m.
    • Prebot books
      Frank Berger -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 10:39 p.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 4:15 p.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      poseidon -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 4:47 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 5:01 p.m.
        • Exactl generalizations
          svilo -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:29 a.m.
        • Pre-bot books worth reading?
          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 9:18 a.m.
          • more related to the Fish Book
            Chuck Bower -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:47 p.m.
          • Pre-bot books worth reading?
            Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:12 p.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 4:53 p.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Stick -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 5:03 p.m.
    • Agree with Stick's Book Reviews
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 5:45 p.m.
      • Agree with Stick's Book Reviews
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 7:46 p.m.
      • Agree with Stick's Book Reviews
        Bob Glass -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 2:18 a.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 5:49 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 6:32 p.m.
        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
          Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 6:54 p.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      ah_clem -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 10:02 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Justin N. -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 10:46 p.m.
      • Recommendation for next book after Boot Camp
        Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 11:48 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Stick -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:47 a.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 9 December 2010, at 11:47 p.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 1:23 a.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
        • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
          Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 5:51 p.m.
      • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
        Rich Munitz -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:41 a.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Bob Glass -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 2:09 a.m.
    • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
      Stick -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 3:41 a.m.
      • The "basics"
        Timothy Chow -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:02 p.m.
        • The "basics"
          Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 5:56 p.m.
          • The "basics"
            Bob Koca -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 6:01 p.m.
  • "Alpha Backgammon" has its own niche if you think you are unlucky *NM*
    Michael Petch -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 6:10 a.m.
  • Book Review
    garyo -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:27 p.m.
  • Disagree with Stick's Book Review
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:56 p.m.
  • I'm Just Not That Smart
    Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 10 December 2010, at 6:05 p.m.