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10/10 --- World class
8/10 --- Advanced level
5/10 --- Experienced level
4 or less --- Beginner
Grandmaster Marc Brockmann Olsen analyses all positions afterwards, to teach the crucial strategic features.
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3/10 I have played for 22 years :)))) My life was a lie.
Don't hit yourself too hard my friend. Check out the video playlist of "Beginner's mistakes in backgammon": czcams.com/play/PL4fhZXAGchzJsFcqsWsE8X7dHxirKS02t.html
Backgammon needs more Marc Olsens! đđ...9/10đ
Impressive score :)
I consider myself below average player but after doing the puzzle I got 5/10 with 2 answers being the second best. But the great part of this video is the massive amount of new information I learned from Marks explanations. A great video and hopefully more to come. Huge thanks to mark for the detailed explanation of all moves.
Nice job John!
3/10 - gutted. I thought I was better than that so a good reality check for me!!
Excellent video Marc! Very important to get right given opening moves occur every game and set the tone for the rest of the game. Also it is great to learn about strategic options like when to prime vs. blitz, etc.
Thanks Joe!
Remember to share this video with your friends, to test their skills! :)
Thanks sure will. cant wait to have my wife (my BG opponent in the house) try this and see how she does....
Not brave enough to share my answers but got 5/10 after first playing backgammon a few months ago. Pretty pleased with that. đ
Great lesson. Thank You Marc.
Great video, I will be sharing it. Very informative (and humbling).
Well-chosen positions, excellent explanations - awesome - BIG thank you!
đ9:36 Great Broadcaster.
Generous Teacher.
"Double hit, when minor split."// 20pt > 4pt. !
21pt > 3pt
Brilliant video. Iâm just learning the game and this was really instructive.
Thank you!
I managed 9/10. I'm getting better after reading your books. Thanks for posting this Marc, great quiz.
Nice one, thanks a lot, Marc
6! Thanks for another great video!
Good video Marc! Keep em coming đ
I will try :)
I got 8/10. These are great! Looking forward to more of these.
Great stuff Marc looking forward to more like this. Here are my picks before watching the rest of the video to see the answers:
1) 13/7 8/7 - to block opponent from escaping back me and making your 7 pt with his 6&5
2) 13/7* 6/1* - double hit
3) 117/7* - should double hit to avoid a stripped 8 pt
4) 24/20* - to fight for his 5pt golden point before he starts to trap you in. Your 5 pt is more valuable but he will win if you dont hit him now. he has too many builders to make his 5 pt
5) 24/20* - same move and reason as #4 above:
6) 6/4*/1* - double hit gotta take early risks
7) 6/2*/1* - same as above. double hit
8) 24/20 22/20 - Make his 5pt to not get trapped and have an advanced anchor. its more valuable than your 4 pt at this stage of the game
9) 24/18 13/10 ?? tough one. Im a little concerened about his next roll to hit me on the 10 pt but if I run all the way from 24/15 and he hits me then its a wasted roll and I will be way behind in the race on pips
10) 13/9 13/10 - Im behind in the race but you have a stronger 2 point board vs his 2 pt board.
you want to stay back and try to build your prime up on the next roll to trap hin and hope to hit and close him out later. otherwise 2nd best would be 24/21 13/9 ?? tough one for sure.
Lets see how I did.......
I got 6 correct and 4 wrong (#1, 4, 6 and 9) so Im in between an Experienced and Advanced. Ive been playing in online tournaments off and on for 25+ years. I know I blew it on #1 and should of gotten that but not at 100% right now :) thanks for this great video. Now I need to go and practice more for sure!
5/10 Wow! What a great education this video was! Thank you, Marc!
Glad you liked it :-)
Thanks
We need bg quiz in the future in this format.
Cheers fella ....Love your work. I share with my friends.
7/10
I am new at backgammon and I learned a lot thanks to this chanel.
Keep on the good streaming.
6/10. Great content. Thanks, Marc.
I am a beginner and this was absolutely humiliating at first. Watched the video a couple of times now and my understanding definitely improved. Great content. Thanks! More of this, please.
Mange tak SÞren!! Fedt du lÊrte en masse backgammon strategi :) Evt. prÞv at se nogle af videoerne fra de to playlister der er pÄ Backgammon Galaxy's kanal som hedder "Beginner's mistakes in Backgammon" og "Backgammon Basics". Der er meget guld!
Right 1,3,8,9,10 Wrong 2,4,5,6,7
5/10 helped that I have watch some of the others videoes on the channel.
6/10 Excellent lesson. Thank you.
Excellent content! Thank you!
You're welcome :)
7 correct! :)
9/10 (honest đđœ) Iâm brand new to Backgammon strategy (1xhourâs worth of watching videos). I really didnât know these ârulesâ but having played with my mom dozens of times over the years have always enjoyed it and kind of worked things out for myself. Looks like I was on the right track! Thanks for the video it was really well done. Now I feel (know) like there is actually reason behind my intuition. My mother has now passed so I havenât played in a few years but after watching this would like to learn and play some more. Thanks again :)
6 âđđ Thanks for the help.
Thanks great video 7/10 for me
this video was great! please do more of it!
Thanks!
Awesome video! : ) I got 7 /10, and really learned something from the ones I missed.
Not bad Sandy!
Me too! 7/10
Same here and, yes, I also learnt something. Thanks for doing this Marc.
Had 8 right thnx for the quiz liked it alot and learned alot too ;)
Just redid this after a long break, and managed 6/10 so certainly getting better with Backgammon Galaxy
Got 6 of 10. Missed 2, 5, 7, 8. Great lesson, Thanks Mark
I just started in your book and already watched a few off you introduction video's.
I was surprised I had 4 correct :). Nr 1,3,4 and 10. At 2 and 9 i had the second option.
I still have problems with leaving a checker left in the my home because if it's get hit you have to start from zero again :).
Learning a lot from these kind of video's. Amazing. Thank you very much for all these video's.
And i still have to learn the starting roles what is best to do.
Thx big like
5/10 Experienced....but I've never looked into backgammon theory before today....so quite pleased
Thank you for this... as a beginner (4/10) this is very helpful
1 11/5 6/5
2 13/7 13/8
3 13/7
4 6/5(2) 8/7(2)
5 8/5 6/5
6 24/22 24/21
7 24/20 24/23
8 24/20 22/20
9 24/18 13/10
10 24/20 13/10
Mike We are so happy that it can help you improve :)
very good video!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you
I did 6/10. From the 3 others I got 1 dubious and you cleared this with a great answer. The 2 others I made beginner's blunders
You explain it in a very clear way even for people wich don't speak native english
Just logged at Backgammon galaxy!!!
Love the analisis!!!
Getting really in the game!!!
Thank you so much!!!
man i made 7/10 and i learned that stuff from watching your videos. thanks mate
8 of 10 (after 3rd view ) now I 'll try some advanced sets of questions. Well described, I learnt a lot from Marks excellent explanations
10/10
9/10 right. Makes me want to play in some tournaments lol
7/10 and I'm pleased to say no blunders! Thanks for the quiz, some good lessons there.
Impressive! Good job bro!
8 out of 10 .. love from Toronto Canada :)))
I only got 6 correct but had second best on the others #needtoworkatmygame
Just got 6 - quite happy with that!
I got 7/10 too. Very informative video. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
I got 4.
I match my rating on galaxy.
Actually thought I got 9 out of 10.
Damn was I wrong. đđ
5/10. Excellent. In position 8, what would be the correct solution if you threw a 3-1 instead. The 5 point or get closer to the edge of your opponents prime that is threatening in your inner table with his 4 point?
4/10 but I had a slight intention to make the right moves on positions 1,2 and 3, it's just that I wrongfully thought they were too risky... so I'll consider myself a beginner with a tendency towards experienced, especially after watching the explanations. Great video for my lunch break!
Great video thanks a lot
We're glad you like it :)
I literally just learned how to set up the board and basic rules before watching this, and I was happy to get 3 right, haha (2, 7, and 8). Though I think I would've gotten #1 correct too if I would've gone back and reviewed my work at the end, as my first answer was pretty dumb looking back on it.
Thanks - 8/10 (but have started reading your books already!)
Fantastic!
Just took the challenge and I was 6 out of 10. I need to improve and your explanations made sense to me. My problem is can I recognize this stuff over the board when I'm playing. Thanks for the instruction. Please send more!!!!
What an incredible video! I learned so much! I've played hundreds of games but only got 4 out of 10. I'll definitely watch more videos if you make more!
Thanks Carla! Watch the "Beginner's mistakes in backgammon" videos, and you will learn a ton in no time...
By the way, are you related to John R. Crawford, that the "crawford game" is named after? :)
@@Marcolino10DK agree those 12 vids are SUPERB and a MUST for all beginners
I learned how to play backgammon 3 days ago and got 6/10
Very well done! Keep it up! Try our interactive quizzes on our Telegram: t.me/BackgammonGalaxy
3/10 -- humbling, but I learned a lot :)
5/10 nice video
Enjoyed the video. 6/10 correct. I read a backgammon book or two 20 years ago. Just getting back into it now. I answered 6 and 7 with 13-8 even though that play looked like bait. Nice explanations.
Good stuff!
9/10 ...missed the double 1 by making the 5 and 24 to 22 . Thx for the info!
7/10 for junior good score? Great video!
Great video! If someone could explain a bit about quiz #7 - why should one not make a double hit for a major split?
I only got the last one wrong. Excellent video by the way.
I got 8/10. This video was awesome. It has been a long time since I learned some new strategy.
Thank you!
Nice quiz, Marc! I got 10/10.
C L you are too good :)
wow
@@Marcolino10DK Please add double confirmation option to the website. I can't tell you how many times I have taken a bad double thinking I was hitting the roll button. Sometimes, I have to look away from the screen then look back and I hit the button. Just lost 21 GR because of this.
Hey I want to purchase the program that you are doing this on. On my Galaxy account, I can't seem to purchase these features or upgrade my account, it says it's still "under construction." Is it no longer available or am I missing something?
I missed 32: 13/10 6/4* I did consider it as a good option, but I chose 32: 24/21 6/4* I was worried about the back checkers getting trapped.
While I did consider the 13/10 13/9 I went for the splitting play 43 24/21 13/9. :( I thought the back checkers getting trapped again. I think I play too conservatively.
I got all others correct.
I'm glad I found this channel. The analysis and the presenter is easy to follow.
Only got 3/10 but I'm fairly new to backgammon so I satisfied
7/10.
Blew this one. I moved the blue pips. Will try again later. Oh Well.
7/10
7/10, learned a lot from the moves I got wrong
I started out good and got the first 5 correct, but then I only got 1 out of the last 5 correct.
Keep studying! You will improve in no time!
I got 5/10 , I m quite happy about it
Great job! Keep following along and you'll soon improve even more :)
Wow what an amazing video! I got 7/10 but I was completely wrong on the ones I missed lol, I did the ABSOLUTE BEGINNER move on position number 2... shit happens, anyway I love this format, please make more.
Well done! :-) We will definitely make more!
1) Make the five point Y
2) Hit seven and one Y
3) Hit seven and one X
4) Make bar and five Y
5) Make five X
6) Hit four and one X
7) Hit two and one Y
8) Make four point X
9) 24>18 and 13>10 X
10) 13 > 6 X
4/10
As a rank beginner I'm pleased I managed to get at least a few right!
7 out of 10. Really cross with myself for getting number 10 wrong but the explanations made perfect sense - thank you!
Still, very well done! :)
5/10
7 out of 10
6 right
Dam I only got 5 out of 10 but learnt a few things cheers marc
Only got 3/10 .Answered 2, 7 & 8 correctly. Not good as I've ben playing Backgammon for a while however, learnt a lot from the video.
9/10, though on the first move with that particular 6/1 you definitely want to make the bar point and not the golden point. The opponentâs back men are split and will fly right by the made golden point. At best itâs a close call between making the bar point and the golden point, but as a general rule you want to build adjacent points when you have a chance to pin split pieces behind a budding prime. Holding the bar point in this situation immediately removes any chance of a 5 or 6, or 5/5 or 6/6, allowing either of those pieces to escape. And in the case of a 5/6 rolled, if you did make the golden point and not the bar point, the opponent makes the bar point and can start thinking about offering you the cube.
5 correct (2,3,4,7,8)
4/10...
got my backgammon ego utterly crushed here... haha
Hehe, backgammon can be humbling, but it is a great where to get aware of our biases.
6-5
5-1
5-5, 7-7
9/10, I went for the one of the double takes that was wrong, but considered the correct option too, was torn.
Good video. But too slow at the start. I think we all know what a quiz is, and how to score one, I think it would be a lot better if you just get straight into the questions in future.
7/10 for me. A couple of mistakes that I should have spotted
Hi. I have a question, if you get one of the move right, do you get half point?
If I have answer on green that give me point, or I need to have it on best move?
You have to find the very best move.
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