Detail is super important in backgammon and Mochy is the best in the world because no detail is not worth studying for him. These simple and clear insights are worth everyone studying. I particularly liked some of the details in the seminar about how to bear off when ahead vs behind. Thanks Mochy.
Hi Mochy, great video - tyvm! Best had been the 2.7-rule for me, this will definitely help 1) to save time 2) to avoid counting bad rolls which easily could go wrong
I agree. Great talk overall. But I do not understand what calculation or trick you are trying to convey with the XN technique. And thanks for providing the slides!
Assuming that there are no gaps in your inner board, compare the position of your checker furthest from home (X) and the checker closest to home (N) to the equivalent two-checker bear off position. The probability of saving the gammon will be identical.
@@crab0traps0now so I rewatched it and basically it’s a trick to help decide which play is better when bearing in. In the example in the video he could have either played the 32 ending with X=4 (Distance from the six point) and N=3 (lowest point with checker in home board - assuming no gaps), or X=5 N=3. You then compare each to an equivalent bear off position and choose the XN variation with the highest winning chance - in this case 53.
@@mackenzieusher8025 Thanks Mackenzie for the very clear explanation. I just copy and paste your comment to the description to the video. If that is a problem please let me know.
Hopefully this makes sense, but the possible dice roles required to bear off the 5 point and 3 point in a single turn would be: 6,6 6,5 also 5,6 6,4 also 4,6 6,3 also 3,6 5,5 5,4 also 4,5 5,3 also 3,5 4,4 3,3 Out of 36 potential combinations (6 sided dice probability), you would be hitting the doubles, mentioned above, 4 times out of 36. For the non-doubles mentioned above, you would be hitting 10 times out of 36. 4 + 10 = 14
