Re: Why????
Leaf thru Bill Robertie’s book in a bookstore. I just did this to get a sense of what backgammon is about – it’s helpful.
Both poker and backgammon are about your equity in a given situation. If a given scenario were to be played out a million times, what choice will be most correct? There are times where 2-3 choices are reasonable but where a more experienced player can choose one of those options which is slightly more correct. Both are also incredibly complex with dynamic situations involving different moves being correct based on how an opponent might play, and exponentially difficult calculations as the “decision tree” branches multiply quickly.
And you don’t have as many options as you think in Chess. There are many, many opening situations where you have no more than 3 realistic choices, and in some sharp openings like the Sicilian Dragon where 1 moderately incorrect move that an intermediate might make over a series of 10 moves is enough to lose vs. Grandmaster play.
--Greg
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