"In Backgammon there's only right or wrong - not much room for style ." Epic. I do agree. There's a lot 'style' in playing different moves wrongly, but there's only one right play. Slight attenuation of this might be to set a weaker player on the wrong track by playing disputable opening moves...
Arguably, it should be the other way around: a weaker player should play an off-beat opening or opening reply against a stronger player. Most weak players don't know theory anyway, but most strong players are strong in the opening. Taking things off the beaten path (not too far off, mind you) could induce an error.
In game 5 I didn't cube you because I wasn't willing to give up the small chance of winning a gammon for the match Once the gammon became virtually impossible that is when I cashed
I understand. However, there is also a significant risk of losing the game when you roll badly and leave a shot. By cashing earlier you can avoid that risk.
@@dirkschiemann3610 Yes the risk is present. I missed(intentionally) 3 consecutive cubes and the third one was actually because I was worried about leaving a shot potentially. The first of the 3, it's a very close decision. It's only 0.015 for the take Your opponent taking or passing is not a decision you control, all you can control is if you initiate the process. So without guarantee of a pass, with a 2a score, without the bear in being too scary, I made my decision as I have explained
