Challenging the World Champion of Backgammon (Match 2)

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Жыл бұрын

GM Marc Olsen takes on the biggest challenge imaginable: The reigning World Champion and UBC Champion, GM Sander Lylloff. Enjoy the running play-by-play commentary and post-match analysis.
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@Laurencetw Жыл бұрын

I live in taiwan, where no one plays backgammon. but I developed a fascination.with this game a couple decades ago. so I played jellyfish and later 'lord of the board'. but BG galaxy is the best way to play I've found yet. I'm an average player, but want to say that the community at Galaxy is fantastic. the people I play against are almost always friendly and kind. the chat feature warms my heart and I adore the many kind people I've played against. my Id is 'jim12', and I'm always struggling to get above 1500.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story Jim! We can recommend reading a couple of books on the game: Masterclass (available in shop.backgammongalaxy.com) and From Basics to Badass (available on Amazon).

@Laurencetw Жыл бұрын

@@BackgammonGalaxy thanks for the reply. unfortunately, I don't have spare money to buy any book now. I've only had one backgammon book to study in my life...a very old book by Bill Robertie called 'backgammon for beginners'. and until I found Galaxy, all my play was based on that old book. but at your site after every game, I can check the analysis of whatever blunders I made, and try to figure out why they were blunders. and that's been a big help. but in truth that old book and your 'analysis' feature are my only teachers.

@maxzweig7803 Жыл бұрын

Mochy, ZZ, Dirk, Ueda, Nick …. Honestly any match like this would be great to watch. Thanks for doing this Marc.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@yawn8974 Жыл бұрын

well-played, Marc!

@timsullivan4566 Жыл бұрын

What an incredible learning tool - thanks so much to Marc and Backgammon Galaxy!

@pennylane6355 Жыл бұрын

Great fun to watch these matches! I'd like to see you play ZZ. He is such a great guy.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Let's make it happen!

@chrisoconnor168 Жыл бұрын

Great content, thanks. It would be great to see you play a bunch of GMs over time. Go for it. Sounds like a great idea.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@samuelo1823 Жыл бұрын

In Backgammon Galaxy there should be a feature where the computer gives you a feedback during the game f.e. „Wow“ or „Good“ for good moves and an „Oops“ or „Blunder“ for bad moves haha that would be fun

@andersnielsen6044 Жыл бұрын

No.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

It's a good idea, but it's cheating, since you are getting feedback during the game. We are going to implement a "training mode" feature one day, where you play against a bot that will give you feedback like this.

@andersnielsen6044 Жыл бұрын

@@BackgammonGalaxy Exactly. Just like using these long time banks is cheating or at least opens up for possible cheating.

@tgwnn 9 ай бұрын

I do sometimes like the "hint" feature on BGNJ. It lights up whenever there's another good move. It's up to me if I want to click it or leave the move or try to find it.

@samuelo1823 9 ай бұрын

@@tgwnn that’s cool! I remember that in Backgammon Ace they had the feature I mentioned. So the Computer would say „Good!“ Excellent or blunder, depending on the move you made ,which was really nice to improve your game :)

@ReignOfPraine Жыл бұрын

Sander knows how to flex. And I love every second of it.

@timsullivan4566 Жыл бұрын

LOTS of fun and an excellent match! Congrats Marc!👋👋👋

@pipapicasso6330 Жыл бұрын

Love these series, hope to see more. How about playing the top 20 players from the backgammon galaxy ranking?

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@maxzweig7803 Жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Please keep these up. I’m loving this.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

We will try to get Marc to play and stream more!

@realmaxpower Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure Max!

@pedroroca694 Жыл бұрын

Nice Marc!! well played hahha im just imagining sander playing without spending a second with a beer :)

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

That would be unfair advantage... For Sander!

@memofrf Жыл бұрын

Brilliant work. Thank you both.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@eddieballgame Жыл бұрын

Well done, gentlemen.

@B4peace Жыл бұрын

Great match

@JohnnyWalkerOslo Жыл бұрын

Great match and content. Would be fun to watch a match vs Dagfinn Snarheim

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Marc and Dagfinn played each other several times in the UBC Contender tournament 2023 in Istanbul... They met each other in the Quarter final over four matches, where Dagfinn ended up with the victory, knocking out Marc.

@FeridunFerry 9 ай бұрын

Crazy ending 😃 Thriller movie

@AnastaciaMary Жыл бұрын

Great match! It looks as though the rule of not hitting in the bear off applied in the last game, then Marc got lucky!

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Marc got very lucky indeed! :)

@gunterweber8493 Жыл бұрын

Thx for this great content!!! The sound is a little bit too low. I can only understand it with a head set.

@andersnielsen6044 Жыл бұрын

That is why you should eliminate all time banks in backgammon. Otherwise we could just play against a computer/bot. You could give 15 seconds so people are able to call emergency if their home is on fire or something like that.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Maybe that is a bit harsh... But it could be a special format for speed tournaments?

@andersnielsen6044 Жыл бұрын

@@BackgammonGalaxy Back in the Play65-days we played cashgames with no timebanks. ;)

@afromaniac760 7 ай бұрын

Backgammon ASMR

@NickBriglia Жыл бұрын

I don't see a lot of recurrent problems in that last position where you hit instead of taking 2 checkers off. If you role a number with a 1 then you can just play the 1 first and then take the checker off. The only number is 2-2 and then you are taking a bunch of checkers off.

@spentgrain Жыл бұрын

Nice ending...rigged dice? LOLOL Great stuff Marc

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Lol yes...

@Tohhmo1 Жыл бұрын

I played few times new backgammongalaxy version in safari on Mac when I used link from old web. Today there is no link on old web. How can I play new backgammongalaxy version in safari?

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

play.backgammongalaxy.com

@djmadayo Жыл бұрын

great game lol

@SamBirchenough Жыл бұрын

love these. but why’s sander always at 1500 GR?

@MohammedAli-tb7zc Жыл бұрын

I think Marc mentioned that Sander is on mobile. I guess Marc is on PC. I think 1500 is the starter rating for a new player. Might just be because they're on different platforms

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

Because Sander never plays against anybody other than Marc and occasionally ZZ. We need to get him going in the open waiting room.

@SamBirchenough Жыл бұрын

@@BackgammonGalaxy gotcha! while you’re here, any way we could get an ios app update that mutes all app sounds when the phone is toggled to silent mode? (the game starting & ending sounds still play regardless). also, remembering our point & clock settings would be nice

@maja6368 Жыл бұрын

Electronic backgammon is not comfortable😢

@MD-qt1of 7 ай бұрын

I get nervous about the timer when watching your videos. Please play casual lol

@kaderinhabercisi8277 8 ай бұрын

I thought i was a good player. After game computer tells me you have 20 error rate plsndont play ever.

@jacques42 Жыл бұрын

Using emojis way too often during these games. It is distracting. We get it, you're promoting it, but that was already established in game 1. Please use it way less. Thank you.

@BackgammonGalaxy Жыл бұрын

❤

@johncharalambous7567 8 ай бұрын

Surprised the game ended with 3 doubles 😂😂😂. You clearly haven’t played this app often enough. Finishing with doubles is the norm. Statistically almost impossible the amount of times it happens, yet not a problem for this game; as well as the horrendously unpredictable, predictable rolls that happen way too often. It’s a shame, the game has so much potential, but is only interested in robots playing the game, making all the same moves 🥱🥱🥱