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Backgammon => Improving your backgammon skills => Topic started by: PillowFighter on August 11, 2017, 09:33:33 AM
Hi!
One of the cube actions in the WC final was a bit of a bombshell where the WC champion dropped a position where one of his checkers was stuck behind a 5 point prime. Those primes are scary so I doubt I'd handle it any better.
Today I have added a new training track: Power primes! 5+ primes are powerful beasts! Handle with care!
(https://www.backgammonstudio.com/images/PowerPrimes.png)
This is the 88th training track and the 22'nd cube training track so there are many options to fine tune your cube handling skills on Backgammon Studio. I suspect I need a bit of that too!
Yesterday I added a possibility to search for positions with a specific prime length for either you or your opponent and also the number of checkers behind the prime.
(https://www.backgammonstudio.com/images/Prime11A.png)
While at it I also cleaned up the position tags section so that it looks a bit better.
Are there any positions where your opponent has more than 11 checkers behind your 5+ prime? Check! :-)
(https://www.backgammonstudio.com/images/Prime11B.png)
In other news:
Earlier this week the number of online matches played on Backgammon Studio just passed 10000!
(https://www.backgammonstudio.com/images/10000.png)
Not half bad! It may not work perfectly for everybody just yet so please report any problems you have and I'll try to reproduce/fix the problem.
Also the number of users just passed 1600:
(https://www.backgammonstudio.com/images/1600.png)
Not too bad either! And United States has a commanding lead with more than double the number of users than Norway on second place (which is a bit of a surprise as there are several great backgammon nations out there)!
Registration:
If you have any problems registering please contact me directly: terjepe@gmail.com and I'll help you out!
Backgammon Studio (https://www.backgammonstudio.com) The Swiss army knife of backgammon!
Best regards,
TP
PS. Congratulations to the WC Winner! Didier Assaraf! A premium membership is waiting for both finalists on Backgammon Studio! :-)