Games of Logic and Strategy (eg. Chess, Backgammon)

[red+black]

We've probably all seen pics of dogs playing poker, but how about dogs playing backgammon?

As seen on the Snuggie for Dogs site!

 

[red+black]

Found some info on the Chessnuts thing.

Starts November at Bar Etiquette, 408 Sydney Rd in Brunswick.

http://chessnutslounge.wordpress.com/about/

 

[red+black]

Falafel's Game

50 minute documentary on one of the best BG players in the world, Matvey "Falafel' Natanzon. Interesting viewing even if you don't play backgammon, could just as easily be about poker.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stwDttkN6VY

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0fG9i7bvw

Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji9FzLy6Kh8

Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XR8eXMvmME

Part 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVPbL-NV_OY

Part 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJS_lQTlYZs

 

[red+black]

Why Isn’t Backgammon More Popular?
- New York Times

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/why-isnt-backgammon-more-popular/

Comments section includes entries from some of the top players in the world.

 

[red+black]

BUMP! First BG post for 2011.

Couple of articles on the History of Backgammon

http://www.gammonvillage.com/backgammon/magazine/history.cfm
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Backgammon.htm

 

[red+black]

For those that like backgammon, the best backgammon game for iPhone and iPad is now available for Android.

http://www.njsoftware.com/anbg.html

It will cost you $7.99. For iOS, it's $7.49 for iPad and $5.49 for iPhone (ie. it's not universal).

 

[red+black]

Arguably the best/strongest BG program is now available for iPhone and iPad:

http://www.xg-mobile.com/

I did some beta testing and thought the play was not as smooth as on Backgammon NJ which I play on a daily basis. And for Android users, I think an Android version may be in the works.

(Desktop - http://www.extremegammon.com/default.aspx)

 

[red+black]

Today from https://www.facebook.com/philivey, private jet on his way to the WSOPE:

 

[JuddsABlue]

lol I reckon thats probably Dan Shaks jet

must be nice

 

[red+black]

Looks like Ivey's got the Golden Point and a 5-point prime. Quick learner!

 

[red+black]

The World Chess Championship is currently on between the current and five-time champ, 44yo Indian Viswanathan Anand and the world's top-ranked player and occasional model, Norway's 22yo prodigy Magnus Carlsen.

Carlsen, it is predicted by many, will finish his career the greatest player the game has ever known. He is described as the ''Mozart of chess'' for his prodigious childhood genius. The Norwegian was a grandmaster at 13, the youngest ever world No.1 at 19 and, this year, achieved the highest ever chess rating score (2,872), breaking the record held by Garry Kasparov (2,851).

http://www.smh.com.au/world/defendi...rlsen-22-in-chennai-india-20131109-2x8gj.html

http://www.chessgames.com/player/magnus_carlsen.html

 

[JuddsABlue]

that was a good watch

who needs poker when you can ship 1.5mil a year in endorsements

 

[red+black]

There are prodigies in chess and backgammon, but apart from Stu Ungar, are there any young poker players that are considered to be brilliant minds? Or is poker not comparable because it is not a solved game? Probably doesn't help that you have to be 18 or 21 to legally play.

I look at Carlsen and compare him to musical prodigies, or a 12yo kid that's going to university. This kind of intelligence transcends chess, as I think was mentioned in the interview.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Anand hands Carlson the championship with a blunder for the ages.

 

[red+black]

The Chess World Championship is on right now between the current world champion and 3rd youngest ever grandmaster (at 13 years, 4 months, 27 days), 25yo Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, and his challenger, the youngest ever grandmaster (at 12 years, 7 months, 0 days), 26yo Russian Sergey Karjakin.

https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2016

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sergey (PPV)

 

[red+black]

https://danratherjournalist.org/inv...60-minutes-additional-videos/video-backgammon

 

[BEaston]

Just started playing chess online... apart from casual games with friends I've never really played much so don't know much past the rules.

Dropped to 500 pretty quick but last few days starting to get the hang of it a bit more... grinded up to 650 and now hovering around there. Pretty slummy but keen to learn

 

[red+black]

If you check Daniel Negreanu's twitter feed the past few months, he's been trying to improve at chess.

In unrelated news, I follow Garry Kasparov on twitter - https://twitter.com/Kasparov63

 

[BEaston]

Up to about 750 now

 

[Hu$tler]

I talk to Women lol

 

[BEaston]

The rest of us can manage to do that and more.

 

[red+black]

Anyone been following the World Championship? #CarlsenCaruana

After 8 games of 12, it's 4-4 with 8 draws! Caruana made a blunder this morning and let the champ off with a draw.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...kept-the-world-chess-championship-deadlocked/

https://www.instagram.com/niki.riga/

 

[BEaston]

Crazy stuff

 

[red+black]

This guy's channel is awesome. Here is his video on today's match:

 

[red+black]

World Chess Championship ended in 12 disappointing draws. In Game 12, Magnus offered an early draw when he was ahead and Caruana was in time trouble. It was a very disappointing end to the 12 games. Now they are playing tiebreakers - rapid, blitz and if needed, Armageddon!

https://qz.com/1477049/chess-what-will-happen-on-final-day-of-magnus-carlsen-vs-fabiano-caruana/

https://www.youtube.com/user/chess24media/videos?sort=dd&flow=grid&view=0