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IMDB rating: 7.80 Plot: Chris Wilton is a former tennis pro, looking to find work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a well-off pretty boy. Tom’s sister Chloe falls in love with Chris but Chris has his eyes on Tom’s fiancee, the luscious Nola. Both Chris and Nola know it’s wrong but what could be more right than love? Chris tries to juggle both women but at some point, he must choose between them… |
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when is it appropriate to resign in backgammon in a 7 point match?
In a recent 7 point match game, the score was 1 to 6, my favor. When the next game appeared to be lost, my opponent resigned, thus giving the match to me.
I suggested that he resigned because of his frustration and his ability to come from behind. Because backgammon is a game of reversals, it was entirely possible he might have won, but by resigning, it gave me a ‘hollow’ victory and a somewhat unsatisfying feeling of winning the match.
It is never correct to resign in backgammon due to the match score, but might be correct to resign due to a totally lost board position.
| Sep 01, 2009
You don’t say what the cube level was in the last game; but in any case even if your opponent were to win you would still be leading either 6-2 or 6-3, leaving his match winning chances at 15-18%.
Maybe he was tired or overestimated the number of games required: at 2-6 down he would need to win a maximum of 3 more games, and maybe only 1 if he won the next with a backgammon.
I always play on as long as winning chances are greater than 0%.
In a ‘contact’ position there is always the chance of a winning shot, and in a race a few doubles can turn things around.
I play mainly in tournaments and once found myself in a similar situation to your opponent. I was 0-6 down in a 7 point match, won the crawford game, then a doubled gammon to make the score 5-6. My opponent exercised his ‘free drop’ in the next, and I won the final game to win the match: in total only 2 wins were needed to recover from the gloomy 1-6 scoreline.
Yours was hardly a ‘hollow victory’: you must have played well to get 6-1 ahead in the first place.
bonehead | Sep 01, 2009