Mochy Seminar - Non-Contact Positions in Backgammon

In NY Metro Tournament 2022 Seminar I am talking about
● The reasons why to study Non-Contact Positions
● Basic Bear-in Strategies
● Saving the Gammon
● Counting Trick
● Basic Bear-off Strategies
Here is also the whole seminar slides:
www.slideshare...
for 00:12:35 I would like to add the following explanation.
Assuming that there are no gaps in your inner board, compare the position of your checker furthest from home (X) and the checker closest to home (N) to the equivalent two-checker bear off position. The probability of saving the gammon will be identical.
(Thanks to : Mackenzie Usher)
The video is filmed and edited by
Yoni and Miki Benyamini
My biggest gratitude to them for making it. Thank you so much.
#Backgammon #BoardGame

[@patricklemmon8260]

Arigato, Mochi-san. Some super fine analysis, I learned a great deal. This at least 5,000 year old game seem to have almost no limits.

[@Pete-xh8ct]

Detail is super important in backgammon and Mochy is the best in the world because no detail is not worth studying for him. These simple and clear insights are worth everyone studying. I particularly liked some of the details in the seminar about how to bear off when ahead vs behind. Thanks Mochy.

[@bgmochy]

Hopefully you have more insight after my video. Thank you for watching Pete

[@jimphilidor9031]

To me there really are no boring parts in the game. I definitely learned some new thing from this video.

[@HelloMyFriend_]

What a handsome man. Smart too. The ladies drop when they see him. The head-honcho on the gammon scene.

[@bgmochy]

I look way better with a mask on

[@chrisbrant3800]

Thanks Mochy.We always learn from your videos

[@bgmochy]

Glad to hear that!

[@nigelclarkson2402]

Hi Mochy, great video - tyvm! Best had been the 2.7-rule for me, this will definitely help 1) to save time 2) to avoid counting bad rolls which easily could go wrong

[@spentgrain]

Nice presentation. Thanks for sharing Mochy!

[@bgmochy]

Thanks for watching Jason.

[@theooo8026]

Thnx mochy i learn more and more from you🌹

[@bgmochy]

Thank you for watching :)

[@806kelly01]

Wow. Thank you for sharing. What a teacher. I want more.

[@bgmochy]

You get more

[@alex324ization]

I din't think I would learn much from non contact and did .👍

[@bgmochy]

Right on. I was the same. :)

[@desertdog4439]

Thank you for taking the time to teach us.

[@sebastianmayer8271]

Thank you so much! Very interesting

[@bgmochy]

You are welcome Sebastian.

[@paulushartig6329]

Thank you Mochy

[@bgmochy]

You are welcome, Paulus.

[@louis-juantillet1331]

Thx a lot Mochy. Great stuff !

[@alanimranali]

Mochy your're the best!

[@EricPetersen2922]

Thank you for posting this. 😀

[@bgmochy]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching everytime I post Eric.

[@colinfarrell8148]

Thank you Mochy 😊😊🤗🤗 Happy new year 🎊

[@bgmochy]

Happy new year!! Colin. Wish your best.

[@kevunger]

Thank you very much !!

[@bgmochy]

You are welcome!

[@mikeyoung9810]

I'm 66 and just learned how the game works. Any Pc type backgammon programs worth playing against?

[@bgmochy]

Thank you. The software is eXtreme Gammon. Playing server is Backgammongalaxy.com

[@B4peace]

This was great

[@bgmochy]

Thanks. I am surprised that it is so positively welcomed.

[@B4peace]

@@bgmochy I'm trying to learn everything I can and this was easy to understand

[@Fanaro]

What's the software you use to measure the probabilities?

[@bgmochy]

Thank you for watching. The software I use is eXtreme Gammon 2.

[@davidchapman5938]

Thanks for posting Mochy. Some interesting tips! Can you explain the XN technique - I didn’t quite get what that was about.

[@crab0traps0now]

I agree. Great talk overall. But I do not understand what calculation or trick you are trying to convey with the XN technique. And thanks for providing the slides!

[@mackenzieusher8025]

Assuming that there are no gaps in your inner board, compare the position of your checker furthest from home (X) and the checker closest to home (N) to the equivalent two-checker bear off position. The probability of saving the gammon will be identical.

[@davidchapman5938]

@@crab0traps0now so I rewatched it and basically it’s a trick to help decide which play is better when bearing in. In the example in the video he could have either played the 32 ending with X=4 (Distance from the six point) and N=3 (lowest point with checker in home board - assuming no gaps), or X=5 N=3. You then compare each to an equivalent bear off position and choose the XN variation with the highest winning chance - in this case 53.

[@bgmochy]

@@mackenzieusher8025 Thanks Mackenzie for the very clear explanation. I just copy and paste your comment to the description to the video. If that is a problem please let me know.

[@mackenzieusher8025]

@@bgmochy No problem at all! Thank you for sharing this excellent workshop.

[@chrisrowley833]

Thanks for this. Very interesting . Please ask videographer to invest in a tripod. (-:

[@thamiosmgtow3678]

18:34 LMFAO

[@bgmochy]

The actual presentation lasted like 50min and we had lots of discussion and fun.

[@carinsnell3313]

What is the math for 5 & 3 having 14 numbers?

[@karlobobiles2968]

Hopefully this makes sense, but the possible dice roles required to bear off the 5 point and 3 point in a single turn would be:
6,6
6,5 also 5,6
6,4 also 4,6
6,3 also 3,6
5,5
5,4 also 4,5
5,3 also 3,5
4,4
3,3
Out of 36 potential combinations (6 sided dice probability), you would be hitting the doubles, mentioned above, 4 times out of 36.
For the non-doubles mentioned above, you would be hitting 10 times out of 36.
4 + 10 = 14

[@karlobobiles2968]

Marc Olsen has a great video called “Dice Combinations in Backgammon (Easy hacks)” where he teaches you the finger counting method.

[@davedoherty9450]

Hey puchy

[@ericwazner6521]

👍🎲🎲❤️👊💵

[@user-ir4tx5zh3i]

Жалко что вы не знаете русский язык.

[@johnbuck5181]

The surgeon mask is distracting