On April 22, 2023 at 1:58:16 PM UTC-6,
peps...@gmail.com wrote:
... chess, grandmasters ... large numbers of
consecutive games without defeat. ... given
both the lack of draws and the high chance
factor in backgammon, no one expects top
backgammon players to stave off defeat for
long. ... similar question: How often can top
backgammon players get through a whole
match without making a single error that is
0.1 or worse?
This is worse than comparing apples and
oranges. All mistakes are made in the past.
In a game of strategy like chess, there are
no errors. Only the outcomes matter.
Assuming that by saying backgammon you
are referring to gamblegammon played with
the cube that further magnifies luck, errors
during the game can only exist one accepts
that there is no strategy in gamblegammon.
If one argues that there is room for strategy
in gamblegammon, a decision may become
an error retroactively only if the strategy fails.
Also, when even "celebrating" backgammon
players would really be celebrating the lucky
ones, what would be the reason for people
to celebrate the lucky ones among a handful
mentally ill gamblegammon player gamblers?
MK
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