Forum Archive : Fun and frustration

"I resign" From:   neilkaz Address:   neilkaz@earthlink.net Date:   22 June 2011 Subject:   My favorite Forum:   BGonline.org Forums . 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | O O O O O | | | | O O O O O | | | | O O O | | | | O | | | | O | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X X X | | | | X X X X | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 O, on roll, wants to resign. Almost 35 years ago, I was X here in a weekly club tourney and when O conceded no gammon, and me, being a young brat, was bothered that he didn't realize that he still could be gammoned so I abruptly said, "Roll, I am going to gammon you." Well, he rolled 4-4 and so did I. And when he tossed his second set of 4's he looked rather concerned. I rolled and one die stopped on 2 and the other being old small plastic dice with rounded corners spun and spun and finally stopped on a 2. I scooped up my 4 checkers and reached out my hand to say "Good match" and my opponent was already gone! He went out the back door of that place amazingly quickly and I never saw him again so hopefully he didn't quit backgammon. The fun thing about this is that my decision actually cost me theoretical equity since I am clearly more likely to lose this game than win the freak gammon.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Fun and frustration

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A story from my youth  (neilkaz, Aug 2008) 

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Backgammon by mail  (MelRae, Aug 1997) 

Backgammon haikus  (Phil Simborg, July 2004) 

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Backgammon laws  (Walt Swan, Dec 1999) 

Beginner's luck  (Paul Tanenbaum, May 1999) 

Characters we all know  (Alan Webb, Feb 1999) 

Choking under pressure  (Kevin Bastian, Dec 1997) 

Danish Championship semifinal match  (Daniel Murphy+, Nov 2004) 

Don't come looking for sympathy ...  (Ian Shaw, Nov 2004) 

"Good roll!"  (jfk+, Jan 1998) 

Hard luck story contest  (Einar Tryggvason, Apr 1996) 

"I resign"  (neilkaz, June 2011) 

Lonely checker's lament  (Luvrhino+, Aug 2001) 

Losing streaks  (Stanley E. Richards+, June 2006) 

Losing streaks  (Leo Bueno+, Nov 1999) 

Losing streaks  (Jim Peplow, July 1998) 

New Year's resolutions  (Alan Webb, Jan 2000) 

One-liners  (scuba, Jan 2007) 

Simborg's laws of backgammon  (NYCGuy, June 1997) 

Some learning humor  (Daniel Murphy, Aug 2011) 

Ten commandments of backgammon  (Morten Wang, Nov 1997) 

The square thing  (David B. Sandler, June 1996) 

Translation fun  (James Eibisch, Feb 1998) 

What are the chances?  (Pete+, Mar 2003) 

Wishing good luck  (Michel Tarragnat, Apr 2005) 

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