Our guest this week is two time backgammon world champion and author, Bill Robertie.
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Show Notes
[00:00] Introduction of Bill Robertie, 2x winner of the World Backgammon Championship and author of How to Play the Opening in Backgammon, Part 1: A New Way of Thinking
[00:57] What makes How to Play the Opening in Backgammon different from other books?
[05:53] Will excluded positions be included in a future part of this series?
[07:53] What over topics will be covered in Book Two and Book Three?
[10:10] Could the content of these books change as bots improve?
[15:26] Playing openings versus understanding openings
[18:41] Scoring tournaments by lowest impact of errors
[20:53] Does Bill still play in tournaments?
[24:13] Is the proliferation of XG good for the game?
[30:13] Do published PR scores reduce gambling?
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[37:45] Learning from writing and publishing
[40:36] Does Bill revisit any of his pre-bot matches or books?
[43:14] Michy’s endgame book, EndGame Technique
[46:35] What will Bill’s next project be?
[47:53] TheGammonPress.com publishing, blog, history, news, etc.
[49:12] Recommended – Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly, Bosch on Amazon Prime, John Lescroart books, and The Spenser Series by Robert B. Parker
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Sites Referenced:
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Books Referenced:
How to Play the Opening in Backgammon, By Bill Robertie https://amzn.to/2zna7e7
Endgame Technique by Michihito Kageyama https://amzn.to/2BShPh3
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Devil in the White City by Erik Larson https://amzn.to/37uWupX
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly https://amzn.to/3fdE7bG
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The Spenser Series by Robert B. Parker https://amzn.to/3dR32S5