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Disagree with Stick's Book Review

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Friday, 10 December 2010, at 4:56 p.m.

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

"I seek to understand the simple concepts of backgammon and to know when to apply which simple concept. That’s it!"

You are making it easier than it is. A lot of positions have a lot of concepts active simultanesouly. How to know their relative importance? Reference positions can be an immense help here. For example a few concepts are that splitting is useful early in the game, the 5 point is very strong, hitting is useful. Does knowing that help you decide how to play 64S 31?

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.