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How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf

Posted By: Jason Lee
Date: Friday, 8 July 2011, at 1:46 a.m.

In Response To: How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf (Chuck Bower)

I don't think anyone has proved this one way or the other, but most who have looked into it are pretty strongly on the 'no' side, from my observation.

As long as there is SOME mixing, which can come via side events (if those are to be rated, and why not), it's really just a question of rate of convergence. It's going to be slow.

JLee

Messages In This Thread

• How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
  Ken Larsen -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 10:13 a.m.
  • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
    axs@gmx.us -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 1:47 p.m.
    • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
      Frank Berger -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 9:16 p.m.
      • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
        Ken Larsen -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 11:13 p.m.
        • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
          Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 2:35 a.m.
          • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
            Ken Larsen -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 3:28 p.m.
  • accreditation
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 2:56 p.m.
    • accreditation
      Mr Majestyk -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 3:40 p.m.
      • accreditation
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 5 July 2011, at 4:30 p.m.
  • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
    leobueno -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 7:30 a.m.
    • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 3:41 p.m.
      • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
        Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 5:26 p.m.
        • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
          leobueno -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 8:10 p.m.
          • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 8:19 p.m.
            • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
              leobueno -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 8:38 p.m.
              • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
                Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 1:46 p.m.
                • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
                  Jason Lee -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 1:46 a.m.
                  • Convergence
                    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 1:29 p.m.
                    • Convergence
                      Rich Munitz -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 3:20 p.m.
                      • Convergence
                        Bob Koca -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 4:24 p.m.
                        • Convergence
                          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 4:32 p.m.
                        • Convergence
                          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 5:42 p.m.
                • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
                  Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 4:28 p.m.
                  • Real world examples
                    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 5:44 p.m.
                  • Skill differences between flights
                    mtuhtan -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 6:25 p.m.
            • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
              Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 11:17 p.m.
          • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
            mtuhtan -- Wednesday, 6 July 2011, at 8:28 p.m.
  • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
    Bill Riles -- Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 3:08 a.m.
    • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
      Ken Larsen -- Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 11:48 a.m.
      • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 7 July 2011, at 11:07 p.m.
        • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
          Ken Larsen -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 12:48 a.m.
          • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
            Steve Mellen -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 3:53 a.m.
            • How to improve backgammon: Adopt a world ranking system like tennis or golf
              Rich Munitz -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 6:07 a.m.
  • Why won't other games/sports rating system work for backgammon?
    leobueno -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 8:22 p.m.
    • Why won't other games/sports rating system work for backgammon?
      Ken Larsen -- Friday, 8 July 2011, at 9:01 p.m.
      • How does the chess rating system work? Will it work for backgammon? *NM*
        leobueno -- Saturday, 9 July 2011, at 12:27 p.m.
        • How does the chess rating system work? Will it work for backgammon?
          Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 9 July 2011, at 3:29 p.m.