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Black and white checkers on black and white board, worst combination 😮

12:16 Nice variant, but why isn't the 3-point a point that white wants to make? Ace and deuce are already made, so white is committed to blitzing and then the order in which you make the points should matter a lot less.

Joe was a great guest - went into exquisite detail explaining the rationale for his moves, and why he chose it instead of other plays. Joe has been a disciplined student of the game the past few years, and it shows with his understanding of positions and his recent results. Alex, as always, your alternative viewpoints on select moves adds value to the learning also.

Show more matches with commentary. Thx!

I love it and look forward to future safe/bold vids. future vid series idea for beginners; when to run.

I tuned into the premier a bit late... but I like Joe's style... as newer player (3-years) and an intermediate who also has struggled with mental math his whole life, I know I can at least handle the calculations and thought processes that Joe is doing with a little practice... so, it appears there's hope for my advancement!

Good game.

That dude needs a drink of water! :-)

Their glasses match🤓 Happy new years everyone 🎉

I would like to add a little extra strategic concept to this fantastic video another reason to play safe if opponent has the 3pt board is not only because of the extra dancing numbers, its because even if you enter, escape is harder due to some numbers being primed depending on where we enter, and because we have the weak board, our opponent can continue to attack us with extra impunity as we lack defence to make such attacks too risky to undertake

been waiting for this one and it didn't disappoint - excellent content thanks 🙏

Ryan tried to escape from gammon in the first party and it looked like reasonable enough.

A combined PR of sub 3? And I am happy with single digit PRs when I play😅 Thank you Alex, your videos are just priceless🙏🏻👌🏻

Can’t hit here. Good call

You come one because he has no ammo to hit

I liked the 13-> 5

Sound also cute out around 8:16 and for about a minute.

You didn't display the best play for the 5-2 at 1:15:51. 18/11 is the second best play. Best is 9/4 18/16.

Now subscribed to both of your channels. Nice discussion.

Thanks as ever for all the great videos, a joy to watch. A suggestion for the future: often in the books there are quite detailed, complex analyses of various positions, backed up by XG evaluations. It would be interested to present some of these positions to expert players and ask them to explain what they would actually do in a match situation - are they capable of such detailed analysis or do they rely more on judegement in real matches?

20:12 Your variant with the 61 removes the spare from the 8-point, so making the barpoint will blot the 8-point and leave a double shot without putting any checker on the bar when the race in close and you have a weaker inner board, so now the double tiger is not compared to making an additional point but rather to nonconstructive safe plays like 10/3 and 13/6.

Nice video. Keep up the good work. I have some thought about a position that would have deserved some more attention. 18:01 This one is really interesting whether to run or make the deuce point with the 64. Being ahead in the race would point towards running, but what's going on here, if you look closer, is that XG has 6 points and 4 of them are stripped and if you make the deuce point, you have four point board vs a two point board and you have direct contact against all of XG's points and there is nowhere to hide, so it can become awkward pretty quickly. Look at how many numbers will force XG to leave a direct shot next roll. Of course, you get seven points, so you will probably have to give up something soon too, but XG has to move first, so you kind of create a zugzwang for XG even though you are ahead in the race. Your blot is quite safe on XG's ace point for the time being with no great imminent blitzing threat. If you run out, not only do you leave a direct double shot, but you release the pressure and let XG play safely behind the contact zone and can build the board in peace to be ready for when you need to clear points in the outfield. Since you have your deepest point further back than XG and have an advantage in the race, XG will have a timing advantage in the mutual holding game if you don't get hit right away.

I like to play on my own terms more than a structured environment. With anything in life. Great interview 🎁☃️🎄

great video thank you! can you make a video about the 2nd Roll please. Thank you

Hey Alex ☺️ commenting as I’m watching. Game 1 @2:55 with the 3/2, I think I might have left the checker at 13, and gone 8/6 and 5/2. Looking fwd to seeing the analysis. Game @10:24 the 1/6 from the bar and 3 back, why not make bar and keep them pinned? Looks like I had the right idea to leave one, but the wrong move with the 3/2 😎

The position at ua-cam.com/video/ENY2n6wqhyw/v-deo.htmlsi=OQS6YcORsLDbTcTp&t=3978s is a small pass at the score, but a huge take for money. Redouble/Take equity is +0.860 according to my 4-ply/XGR+ rollout.

Brain burner. 8 days later 🧠

Go Nura! 👏👍🤩

Eric reworks these boards to excellence, proper cool.

Great Video!

Are "dilly builders" the same as regular builders? Never heard that term. Thanks for the upload, subbed.

hi

Could you explain how to do a roll out on xg? It’s mentioned many times in your videos but I can’t figure out how to do it. I’m a boomer!

Glad I came to the right move after pausing and thinking for a couple minutes. Don't know if I'd be able to do it OTB because I likely wouldn't think that long even without a time clock as I ended up counting hits for a few different positions, but it was a good exercise for analysis. I was mainly thinking about how bad those blots in the opponent's home board are and that it's very much a blitzing position for white so anchoring up improves the position a lot. After realizing that, I figured there's no other way to play the 1 even though a lot of numbers hit, because it's still a pure priming play that breaks the mountain and it's not the end of the world if you get hit. Just realizing what the most important thing about the position was made it easy for me.

I wonder who that guy is!

Very polished performance Alex, well done!

Good kid is the kalinator

He talks about leaving tech to become a "professional backgammon player". What does this look like? I have built a poker bankroll roll and would like to try the transition. Kind of sick of poker...... How do you find games? Is there a market for this, or do these "pros" all chase a few wealthy individuals hoping they will play with them?

I will be outclassed, but I signed up.

Really good video, as always! Am reading BGS right now and enjoying it. You did a video on common second roll errors which I am having difficulty finding again. Please could you post the link. Thanks so much 🙏

Nice analysis 🤗