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skills & talents for chess & backgammon

Posted By: Stanley E. Richards
Date: Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 5:34 a.m.

In Response To: skills & talents for chess & backgammon (garyo)

"I'm quite certain within' 2 years I could easily be a world class bridge player." ---

--- there just seems too little pay off to warant the effort, unless you just love the game ---

My goodness. This statement applies perfectly to backgammon if you consider the limited backgammon gambling opportunities.

It has always been my impression that one of the great differences between backgammon and chess was the memorization required. Thus, people such as me with poor memory ability, can still become strong backgammon players by pattern recognition. The skill set required for the two games seem quite different.

Is it possible that a strong chess player could never become a strong backgammon player?

Stanley

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  LowRayTeeng -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:14 p.m.
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    christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
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      Stick -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 8:39 p.m.
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        higonefive -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 9:02 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 9:08 p.m.
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            Henrik Bukkjaer -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 1:33 p.m.
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              Stick -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 1:45 p.m.
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                Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 9:56 p.m.
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                higonefive -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 12:50 p.m.
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                Adam Versaw -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 6:09 p.m.
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                  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 11:40 p.m.
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                    Stick -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 4:24 a.m.
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                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 3:35 p.m.
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                    Stick -- Monday, 28 February 2011, at 3:58 p.m.
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            Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 9:48 p.m.
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        garyo -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 3:55 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:38 a.m.
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          Stanley E. Richards -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 5:34 a.m.
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            higonefive -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 11:15 a.m.
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        Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:34 a.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:37 a.m.
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          David Rockwell -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 4:48 a.m.
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            Jake Jacobs -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 3:05 a.m.
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              Keene -- Friday, 25 February 2011, at 4:49 a.m.
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                Jake Jacobs -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 5:20 a.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 3:31 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 5:08 p.m.
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            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 6:41 p.m.
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        Keene -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 7:54 p.m.
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          Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:02 p.m.
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            Keene -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:44 p.m.
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              Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:56 p.m.
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          Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 8:40 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 February 2011, at 10:05 p.m.
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      Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 23 February 2011, at 9:19 p.m.
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    Martin Veltmann -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 12:45 a.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 12:47 a.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 9:06 a.m.
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      misja -- Thursday, 24 February 2011, at 10:04 a.m.