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03-15-2009 , 04:37 AM

kitaristi0

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This is the thread for random bg videos you see posted on the internet.

Sapporo Open 2006 Final

Sapporo Open 2007 Final

WSOB 2006 Final

Match from 2005 World Champs w/ Magriel commentary

Clip from a Hansen/Lylloff cash game w/ Falafel commentary

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03-17-2009 , 09:25 AM

kerr

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Underwater Backgammon in Mallorca: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q0ZVNf8fkw

was better with the original music - see the comments section

The Real Hustle - Backgammon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U15j9b3xXU

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03-17-2009 , 03:23 PM

Robertie

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This Gus Hansen video is the best quick introduction to the game I've ever seen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4V6hsuJCno

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03-25-2009 , 07:39 AM

kerr

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Nude backgammon with swimsuit models! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEmB0VykAKU

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02-25-2010 , 09:45 AM

kerr

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Just Lucky

What starts out as a friendly game of backgammon becomes a fight for survival as a couple take their new found friendship to the limit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb0AHjd3nAU

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02-25-2010 , 10:16 AM

Robertie

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I'm doing an ongoing series of instructional videos on www.dragthebar.com. There are 10 currently available.

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02-26-2010 , 06:18 AM

GreenWitch

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How to set up a backgammon board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXMrxDdSus

Btw, watch how the board is situated between the players in the "Just lucky" video...

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02-26-2010 , 10:43 AM

Popeye

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Originally Posted by GreenWitch

How to set up a backgammon board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXMrxDdSus

Btw, watch how the board is situated between the players in the "Just lucky" video...

wow, and all this while Bill Robertie has been teaching us the wrong starting position. I have to tell my club mates too, that we play with a wrong starting position.

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02-26-2010 , 11:13 AM

guiyom

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I remember that François Tardieux have done really good vidéo with the software snowie. But the vidéos were in french and on the website: lachainedesjeux.com wich as closed since years.

so bad

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03-17-2010 , 01:03 AM

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ostholm

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A documentary about Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon in six parts. Gives a good story on how he got hooked on backgammon and some insight into his life as a professional backgammon player.

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03-17-2010 , 09:29 AM

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Robertie

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Originally Posted by Popeye

wow, and all this while Bill Robertie has been teaching us the wrong starting position. I have to tell my club mates too, that we play with a wrong starting position.

Hey, gimme a break. It's a tough game, hard to keep track of everything. Geez.

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03-17-2010 , 11:01 PM

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BigWill

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Hey Bill, don't feel bad, every book I have read on backgammon and all the bots I have played set the board up wrong too!!!

Actually I have run into issues with other post from expert village on topics I know that have been wrong, they should rename themselves "ill informed village".This guy also has a "history of backgammon" video that screws up most of the history, including claiming that the name backgammon comes from Greek!

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03-20-2010 , 09:21 AM

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BigWill

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I hope this means we are going to see more of these being posted from the WSOB series. Andy if you are still reading this forum is that the case?

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03-20-2010 , 09:27 AM

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BigWill

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Originally Posted by GreenWitch

How to set up a backgammon board

Btw, watch how the board is situated between the players in the "Just lucky" video...

Caught that, also the description of a "backgammon" in that video is of a gammon, not of a backgammon.

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03-20-2010 , 06:08 PM

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rostam24

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Originally Posted by ostholm

A documentary about Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon in six parts. Gives a good story on how he got hooked on backgammon and some insight into his life as a professional backgammon player.

Movie

great movei
i think i will forward it to the rest of the club here in DC

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03-23-2010 , 08:50 AM

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AndyBell

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Originally Posted by BigWill

I hope this means we are going to see more of these being posted from the WSOB series. Andy if you are still reading this forum is that the case?

yes indeed, the new online WSOB TV Channel, which you can reach at the following link, will be growing all the time now and will have shows from the pilot series in Monte Carlo in 2005 to the PartyGammon sponsored shows in 06 to our best content from Nordic and Cannes 08, sponsored by Partouche:

http://vimeo.com/channels/wsob

There are three shows on there already and more on the way this week, including WSOB Championship.

Glad you like it, please do feedback on the channel and let anyone you know who might be interested in this.

Andy

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03-23-2010 , 06:13 PM

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Mind Engagement

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Mind Engagement Media filmed Backgammon Live in London last year, available at http://www.youtube.com/user/BackgammonLondon.

Andy didn't mention in his last post that he has a whole YouTube site of past footage at http://www.youtube.com/user/InesBell. Here's my favourite one where I got to have a private lesson with Mochy

(we carried on for quite a while after the cameras stopped rolling...) http://www.youtube.com/user/InesBell#p/u/16/lD_TzrsW2nM

My website is http://www.mindengagement.com, where I will post more videos as we take them. Next project is the Nordic Open 2010!!

Zoe

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03-27-2010 , 10:30 PM

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BigWill

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Does anyone know what time controls are used in the Sapporo Open? Watching the 2006 video is seemed like the players were using a lot of time compared to the WSOB videos, then in scene 2 of the 2007 it starts with a reference to the time remaining as 1:20 and 1:23. Seems like a lot more time than typical 2 minutes per point plus 12 sec delay.

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04-03-2010 , 08:45 AM

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Mind Engagement

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And as posted in "The world vs Denmark(with Gus Hansen) live stream" thread Nordic Open 2010 vids now up at http://www.youtube.com/NordicOpen. More to follow over the weekend.

Zoe

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05-01-2010 , 08:43 AM

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plm

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The Partygammon million tournament :

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...94949978423192
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...59163635073704
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...41800289067415
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...20403766477781
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...77679104782248

About two and a half hours. Quite a lot of babbling and basic tutorials, but some interviews and the recorded play are interesting.

Last edited by plm; 05-01-2010 at 08:44 AM. Reason: typo

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05-24-2010 , 11:36 PM

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9:15

grinder

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Originally Posted by BigWill

I don't have the answer, but I was wondering about that as well. Do you think they don't use any delay--just run it chess style?

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