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Couldn’t resist,I went for the double hit in the last one😮.Does being ahead in the race influence safer plays? I mean say we had an ace anchor or two blots in their home board would we play bolder?

Nice i always have trouble with when to move out the back checkers,thx!!

In the 6th game, if white was in 9th instead of 10th, would Bar/24, 8/6 have been the first choice?

Is it correct to hit the third checker in backgame?🤔I think 2 checkers is enough🤔I don't know..hitting the third checker is just helping the opponent to kill the moves🤔

Good advice about moving the back checkers,was never sure about these.Got the first wrong but then the last one correct due to this tip

Funny, my XG Mobile is showing a No Double after initial rolls of 5-2 and then double 5s, followed by a roll of 5-6 entering one checker on the 5-point. Shows winning % of 61.1.

In the position called Stuplication (17/13, 3/2), XG Mobile is showing this as -0.054 worse than the play of 17/13, 3/2, which is the recommended play.

Totally blundering these 😢.I guess it’s not just as simple as “race when behind” “don’t leave a blot within hitting range”..

Thanks, Dan🎉 Its Very helpful

I just wrote a comment and deleted it because White had missed the Double/take//then you went on to mention it! I was so chuffed I spotted it :-) Great videos..thank you....I only came across you because of your spot in the world championship final 2024 commentary....thanks again

Great lesson. Thanks, Dan!

Hey Dan. I've been watching the WBC and enjoying your commentary. I subscribed and am starting at the beginning of the lessons even though some of it may be a refresher. I've read many books. Maybe this method will make my better than an intermediate! LOL

I didn't learn it🤔🤦‍♂️I think there is an easier way😂😂🤦‍♂️waiting to someone invents

Even if you know the opponent is a big taker?🤔 I never double in this situations😂one of my friends is a big taker and he takes the double and gets a bunch of jokers and turns the table always😐😂and gives me 4 cube😐🤦‍♂️what's the best cube action for those lucky double taker opponents?😂

My experience on backgammon game says you must be luckier than your opponent to win a game..I rarely see one wins a game with less luck and better play..it's so rare..and i tested this😂 how? Let me tell you😂🤦‍♂️ I set up a long match between 3Ply grandmaster level in gnu backgammon software and a advanced player..you know that grandmaster's pr is zero or so close to zero..and advanced player's pr is about 7 to 10. Right? In gnu backgammon software you can manually edit the luck rate. So I made the advanced player a bit luckier and what did happen?😂 the advanced player just destroyed the grandmaster with a big score! I don't know if it's possible in xg to edit the luck in app setting..but in gnu it's possible. Can you imagine a player with pr of 100😂 is defeating xg???😂🤦‍♂️I did it! I played 550 games against xg and my score was 20,000 and xg was only 5000😂while my pr was 100 or bigger I don't remember😂and xg had zero pr😂🤦‍♂️I used backgame strategy in every single game 😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️and xg was very happy and raising the cube to 128😂😂in my opinion xg is not so perfect in cube action.

Hi😍first of all I would say your commentary was awesome in galaxy channel..thanks a lot🙂👏👏can we have a 9 points match in Plato app? I don't like galaxy app😑

Great, great video. Geoff is very likeable! I know this is a year old video, but I just watched it now. Somebody in the comments already pointed this out, but I don't think a clear answer was ever given. The text for the adjustments implies that only the player with the additional crossovers should add them (difference in crossovers) to their adjusted count. But in the video, you were adding all crossovers to both players. I know that in almost all cases, the "final answer" will be the same using either technique, but since I'm a perfectionist, which one is it? Has there been a referendum on this question yet?

My plays were: 1.) 22/16, 4/1 2.) 12/7, 6/4* 3.) 13/7*, 7/3* 4.) 6/5(2), 8/7(2) 5.) 6/5, 5/1 6.) 24/18, 5/4 7.) 6/1*, 13/9 8.) 23/18 9.) 13/9, 8/3 10.) 24/18*, 7/5

The more I play the more I love backgammon & the more I learn the more I need to learn! How did such a simple game get so complex & deep?

is there a video of FAQ that explains how to use the app? How often are "bonus" rounds offered?

It’s about looking ahead more than just the next play. Playing to win rather than playing not to lose. Well presented.

Just discovered your channel. Only two videos in but really great content.

Dan a really good video with expert analysis from Will Snelling and yourself. you mentioned that you have the written explanations available any chance of you sending me a copy please. Thanks in advance

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7:10 double 6s don't help Green at all, he'll be stuck on the bar

He doesn't hold back.

I think the trickiest too good to spot by far is whenever back game strategies are involved, either playing against the back game (this is probably more often "no double" not "too good", or a mix of the 2 in a way) or after the back game player has successfully hit with a strong home board and starts mobilising the back checkers. It's very tempting to cash out when the game finally swings in your favour after so long hoping on the back game, good to remember that when the back game pays off it pays off spectacularly!

Fascinating to learn how the cube concepts influence checker play, as a beginner/intermediate it's so tempting to think of them as 2 separate halves of the game but this holistic perspective is very valuable and eye opening, thank you. I think how I rephrased the lesson to make the most sense to me personally was that leaving things up to chance in the long term (random fluctuations over the course of close long races) benefits the cube owner, so you need a more aggressive game plan, taking measured risks to create a bigger lead to carry through to the end.

I think the discussion at 4:23 slightly misses why 8/4* 5/4 is so much better than 8/4* 6/5. After calculating through the shots I came up with slightly different numbers to the ones quoted in the video and the truth is a bit more complicated than better coverage of the home board blot thanks to the direct 6, it seems to be more to do with the flexibility to use some of the rolls that don't cover to reposition the blot and make a different home board point. There is no single reason why it's better, the rolls just work out in quite frankly a beautiful way ❤in a way, although the direct 6 coverage is good, if you compare the positions you have the same number of direct builders but 1 fewer indirect builders so the gains aren't as big as you might expect intuitively for simple coverage. If we are only interested in rolls that cover the home board blot where it is currently, using direct and indirect shots from each of the points, then for 8/4* 5/4 there are 31 (all except 54, 52, and 55) and for 8/4* 6/5 there are 30 (all except 65, 53, 66 and 55) so not much of a difference in terms of simple coverage. However if we extend the rolls to include ways to keep the blot safe on a lower point then the 54 and 52 can be used to make the 1 and 3 points respectively for the 8/4* 5/4 scenario, whereas only the 53 can be used to make the 1 point for the 8/4* 6/5 scenario. After taking this into account, for the 8/4* 5/4 scenario 35 out of 36 rolls are safe whereas for the 8/4* 6/5 scenario 32 out of 36 are safe. A somewhat general principle that underpins this is that the higher blot had more mobility options to make use of the higher rolls and make the lower points.

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Thank you Dan. Well done, easy to remember brief summary of very important match play concepts.

Great video. Also with the 10 point to clear, 64 works. With the 11 point to clear, no non-doublets work.

Thank you for another great video.

Thank you for another great video Dan. One thing I think about in such positions is as follows: After hitting, green's ones play well. How do they play after not hitting?

Thanks Dan. This reminds me of the importance of looking at BOTH my whole board AND my opponent's entire board before making my move. The fact that opponent is so inflexible is critical to this play.

Do you have a Patreon page?

Someone should think, your channel should have more views, since you are already presenting in a very good understandable and structured english to a wide audience. Thank you very much for your work, was and still is quite helpful for my game.

Why is clearing the four point correct with a 4+1, put wrong with a 3+1? They both leave only two shots, and they're both the same risk for long-term safety

Great content. Have you made any videos when you talk about the volatility of a position? Under Analysis and 'Dice distribution' at the bottom you can see the value displayed.

This is really a great video. There is so much here so many rules of thumb that can simplify things over the board. Thanks!

Excellent video/info as usual… thanks, Dan!

That's so interesting.thank you Dan. Now the 4pt HG and the 18 pt hg are next ?😊❤

So basically almost every time we got to double there :)

Thanks, Dan! Very appreciate... Im looking forward 18pt holding game references😊

Another great video as usual do hou have instagram somi can reach to you and ask som positions

Another great video

Hi Dan, a request please: can you please make more use of filling the entire screen with the presentation? Currently, it is too small as there is too much 'white space' on the screen. For example, since the two boards are exactly the same, show only one board and then below it the two XG valuation squares, one on the left and one on the right. This will make viewability better. Thanks for considering and thanks for the videos.

nice

it's maybe worth explaining why this is "always" a cube for white even if clearing the 6-away point is such a headache. the thing is we have 5 big market losers (11 through 55) and then also market loss when we're forced off our 11 point but then our opponent misses (half of 61 62 63 64, so the equivalent of 4 rolls). So even if our advantage is not that clear, we need to cube this as soon as we can. The only exception is some sort of terribly crunched board and/or an even race (opp can just win the race)

In the example on the 10 point, 55 also leaves a shot