2016 Backgammon World Championship Final - Game 1 (Abridged)

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Game 1 between Granstedt and Russell with long think times abbreviated for faster viewing.
Source: • 2016 WC Main W/O Comme...

[@cheekybrewskitovarich]

Always play to the end. I've had an opponent who had three on the board, I had 15 and I backgammoned. You never know your luck.

[@hershko1]

yeah but he wanted to double the bet/points, its not always worth the risk

[@cheekybrewskitovarich]

@@hershko1 almost always not worth the risk, but you never know the dice

[@vapourmile]

That's the whole problem with backgammon though, far too much depends on the roll of the dice. Discovering optimal strategy is fairly simple. So everyone plays the same strategy and the winner is the person who rolled the highest numbers.

[@cheekybrewskitovarich]

@@vapourmile not at all, blocking well can change the best numbers into the worst numbers

[@vapourmile]

@@cheekybrewskitovarich
yeah but it's still the same: as I said, optimal strategy is easy to work out. So, it's easy to take advantage of blocking opportunities. It's as easy as looking at the dice, seeing how far separated each counter is and combining any which have been made solitary by the roll of the dice or moving others so they'll make a pair, the opportunity to do it being decided by the roll of the dice.
There's taking into account probability but the odds are very easily understood. You can easily work out what chance there is of any roll including doubles. You can do it in your head or by writing down every possible dice roll. It takes about 10 minutes. Then you're about as good as anybody else and the dice determine whether you get the chances or not.

[@markwhalley2984]

Wow what a game! Thanks for the vid and respect to the players

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@Ian_Christensen]

Amateur game...

[@danielwang7793]

@@Ian_Christensen Literally the world championship, doofus.

[@jeromek2125]

Does anyone think the dice might have been a tad on the small side knowing it was being recorded.

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@FriggnH8ters]

Yeah they were a bit small compared to the other pieces

[@larrycarter3765]

agreed.

[@jeromek2125]

After a couple of years, the thought occurred to me that if they have big clunky dice there’s a likelihood that they will disturb the checkers when thrown, so the lighter the better.

[@odom2142]

Always a critic

[@mcali_9644]

This is me at the first matches when i learned the game 😂

[@leoarar2882]

Certo certo: ci sono cose che chi gioca da avanti ieri non capisce, ma che questi due campioni si saranno studiato essere le migliori

[@lenaruiiz]

My uncle taught me how to play once. My small brain forgot how to do math immediately and I kept asking for the rules every single turn. To this day I am still inept at this game 😭😭😭
My uncle has a beautiful handmade board he inherited from his parents I think, I remember it being super detailed with conch and different kinds of wood.
Good memories.

[@ionutmaricel2877]

Nice game and the board is really awsome

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@Ian_Christensen]

I agree the board is nice... but wtf, they play like newbs

[@fugitivelemon1144]

Well I thing they exaggerate with the dice shaking just use your hands and I didn’t feel they played that well tbh

[@danielwang7793]

It's not good enough to just use your hands to make sure of a fair roll of the dice. They're both world champions, so the standard is actually quite high.

[@firechill9999]

I think the rules say you have to vigorously shake the dice

[@michaelbar859]

I agree, the game looked like below average skill level. They should go play with some grandpas in Iran and then maybe they will learn more. Too risky moves from both sides. It does come down to luck which both players had plenty of this round at least.

[@SuperHuntnFish]

Great game,Well done.

[@Ian_Christensen]

lol... where you from. wanna play?

[@kevinzaka7029]

That board is awesome but the gameplay was kinda disappointing. They missed quite a few chances

[@johntreadaway47]

Only works if we can see the numbers rolled.

[@liame3325]

you have all my respect

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@nawidshah1218]

ehrenmann

[@ar007r]

Im confused how this is even a thing. I stopped the video after every throw and for the most part predicted the moves. There are maybe 3 to 4 moves a game that are based on intuition rather than odds. There are some strategies based on the relative position to your opponent and your basic strategy but having played at least 10,000 games or more, It doesnt seem like its that skilled after a while. If there is a way to sign up for this kind of thing ill give it a try. I love backgammon but there is a lot of luck involved once you intuitievely know the best move based for any given roll.

[@mike_AD]

Ive played maybe 4-5 games per year with my dad for a while. Cookouts, etc. Never alot. I downloaded a backgammon app, played maybe 150 games in the last couple weeks (im off work because of surgery), and also quickly realized there is really a very limited ammount of strategy/skill, and mostly luck/probability.

[@ilqar887]

Is mars equal to winng two games?

[@anisghanem1369]

Yes

[@dapperdave2090]

use higher contrast and larger dice. to hard to see numbers rolled

[@BBDovt]

I agree let’s make the dice bigger than the clock

[@pigsrock3478]

What kind of table is this?

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@ambermarie8885]

Who won....?

[@ORIONBB]

LOL 😆

[@samiraYahya-mj5hb]

👏👏👏👏

[@samiraYahya-mj5hb]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ArisVeria]

Ερασιτέχνες όνομα και πράγμα.

[@judinskinpuber9350]

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[@jasonmcy1]

😂😂😂😂

[@El_Guapo509]

It took him a minute to move 6-6, with 3 pieces forced.
Backgammon is the game lucky people calls a skill game.

[@mike_AD]

😂 thats actually mad funny

[@berg8559]

Juegan niños

[@BBDovt]

All these people in the comments who know 0 about the game criticising is ridiculous

[@florynish]

That 6 5 was a great mistake... he lwot the game there... amateurs...

[@ellarado6748]

Wow 😂

[@off-roadguys6663]

والله لو العب ويا واحد منكم لا اسحلكم سحل اخليكم ما تفكرون تلعبون مرة ثانية بحياتكم 🤣🤣🤣

[@BBDovt]

What are you talking about lmao, they played perfectly

[@MrTsetso]

Joe made so many mistakes.... How did he ever get to the final?

[@BBDovt]

Like what mistakes?

[@SirKoraxRaxkor]

k.

[@florynish]

*lost

[@Llanta_sospechosa]

Asmr

[@Ian_Christensen]

lol... so many mistakes.. this can't seriously be the world champ.
Who is playing?

[@mcali_9644]

The move at 0:55 is hilarious

[@abanbilal2012]

@@mcali_9644 what else could've he done. That was the best move

[@andrewfriedman5911]

@@mcali_9644 That guy won the game because of that move.

[@danielwang7793]

Not you.

[@charlesw.61]

@@abanbilal2012 He could have capped the 18 pip (as he did) but then not advance those two pieces together. Instead, he should have moved the two on pip 11 to pip 8.
One reason being, if he were to roll double 6s within his next few turns then he'd be screwed and have to leave one open on either 8 or 11.. which is right in opponent's line of sight. So, he needs to get those corner pieces repositioned asap to account for rolling any kind of 6s.
That's just one example of what else he could have done...

[@Ian_Christensen]

HAHAAH...AMATEUrS

[@s864008]

not good players; especially white. Black had one critical bad play at 2:50

[@BBDovt]

What was the good move?

[@anedzerixo]

amateurs

[@manyak2052]

so bad

[@alimurad6027]

Awful

[@giannisola_sta_robot6932]

Great game????
Haha
Are you kidding me???
I count 30 mistakes.
Tragic players

[@VanBurgen]

You again! 😄 Where were you for this championship? Hope all is well in Greece 👍🏻

[@giannisola_sta_robot6932]

@@VanBurgen Haha.Perfect all

[@jessektj7]

bunch of pea heads. i could do better

[@ryanpears2456]

Why did the game end when it did? He didn't roll a two but he could have done on the next roll, no? I'm currently trying to learn the game.

[@HelloMyFriend_]

@@ryanpears2456 accepting cube would have been suicide.