Re: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Guy Schwartz
Hello: Is there a version of GNU that will run on android tablets / phones? if so, would you please send me the link. Thanks Guy

RE: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Bug reports for and general discussion about GNU Backgammon.
Yes! Øystein’s logic reminds me of an anecdote from years ago. A friend took a double in a non-skill position that was a clear drop. The dice bailed him out, but he redoubled way too early. He explained, “you’re the better player so I have to do things with the cube.” I explained that the

Re: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Øystein Schønning-Johansen
Yes! I am also very skeptical of the effect of skewed match equity tables. Why should this work? If the best player is better he has a higher probability of winning, so his/her doubling point is appearing earlier. However in a position type where skill is not really dominant, say no contact

Re: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Joseph Heled
A personal note, if I may. Back in the day I dabbled with rating adjusted equity tables, i.e. having the stronger player use an adjusted equity table based on the rating difference. I was never able to make it work. If anything, it ended up with the higher rated "player" doing worse. It's

RE: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Ian Shaw
Thanks David. That T-12 is very interesting. I see that the subsequent tables are based on an increasing cubeless win % by 1% per 50 rating points. The Elo formula gives a higher win rate for a given rating (in a 1-point match) than the equivalent Jacobs Table. Table # Page Rating point

RE: GNU Backgammon

2022-08-23 Thread Ian Shaw
Hi David, >From >https://bkgm.com/articles/Sengoku/GraphicalMatchEquity/FishEffects/index.html >I understand that these are the tables used for compiling the METs. Since we have a jac50, I assume that one would be T-14. If you could send a picture of T-17 and T-19, that would be great. Table