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Maintaining your game From:   Robert-Jan Veldhuizen Address:   zorba1968@hotmail.com Date:   28 April 2005 Subject:   Re: Backgammon Psychology Forum:   GammOnLine One of the great things of Internet play is being able to play a lot and analyze it almost instantly with your favorite bot. If you're on a losing streak, it can help a lot to see what the bot thinks about your play (or the dice). If you're playing at your normal level or even above it, you know there's nothing to worry about; just a bad luck streak. Just keep playing like you do and you'll start winning again at some point. If you're on a winning streak, the bot might save you from losing all modesty ;) by pointing out it was not so much your pay but mostly the dice that made you win all these matches! Personally I think the right amount of concentration is very important to reach your maximum skill. Being distracted is bad, but over- concentration can also hurt your game I think. Just feel confident that you can play at the level you know you can play at. Realize that the outcome of individual matches and even series of matches is mostly determined by the dice, not by (small) fluctuations in your skills.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Learning

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The backgammon cake  (Daniel Murphy, Nov 1997) 

The best way to learn  (Chuck Bower+, Oct 2003) 

Three steps to better play  (David Montgomery, July 1998) 

Using Jellyfish tutor  (Stephen Hubbard, Sept 1997) 

What more can I do?  (Alison Wylie+, Apr 2000) 

Zen in the art of backgammon  (Robban+, Aug 2009) 

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