Welcome to Backgammon Studio! An online backgammon database!
  • Backgammon Studio is a server that tries to provide an entertaining way to improve your backgammon skills.
  • It does this by providing a wide variety of challenges you can try your skills on.
  • You can compete with others on getting the best results and you can compete with your past results to try to beat them.
  • This database consists of many thousands of backgammon matches.
  • Each position in each match are searchable and there are millions of them!
The home screen
  • The home screen provides some information on what is going on in the latest news section.
  • The button panel will give you easy access to commonly used sections.
  • The daily surprise is a randomly selected -0.200 equity error from the database.
  • There are many training tracks you can hone your skills on.
Training tracks
  • There are over 100 training tracks each with a unique subject.
  • How well can you handle the this type of situation?
  • Now you can find out!
  • There are 10 second and 20 second variations of these training tracks to make it even more challenging!
Matches list
  • You can explore the matches in the database in several different ways.
  • A normal playthrough of each position.
  • Play as one of the players in the match and compare your performance against this player.
  • Search for matches from a particular player.
  • Search for matches from players from a particular country.
  • Search for matches from a particular year.
  • Search for maches from a particular tournaments.
  • Several more search options are available.
Bookmarks
  • You can bookmark interesting positions you come across.
  • You can organize these bookmarks in folders.
  • You can attach notes to individual bookmarks.
  • You can import bookmarks from analysed .xgp files.
Performance
  • The server tracks your performance and you can see how well you handle the different position types.
  • This information is only visible to you.
Opening training
  • How well do you handle the different opening positions?
  • Here you can finetune your opening skills to perfection!
Action training
  • Each position is tagged with action tags depending on what kind of action was played.
  • You can practice on these actions in this section.
  • You are presented with increasingly difficult positions.
  • You advance in level if you are able to get 70% or more positions correct.
  • There are over 100 action tags to choose from.
Opening opera
  • Opening opera is another way to practice your opening skills.
  • Play 5 positions from a randomly selected match in the database.
Search for match positions
  • You can search through the entire database by selecting a wide range of search criteria.
  • General filters: properties like equity loss and position type.
  • Action tags: what kind of action was played.
  • Position tags: Properties of the position.
  • Many other search criteria can be used.
  • Save your queries for later use.
Action tags
  • A large amount of action tags are available.
  • Click on one or more and see the number of positions found decrease.
View results
  • Once you are happy with your search query click view to view the positions.
  • You can then click on individual positions to explore them further.
  • The same search can be used to browse and play through positions.
Matches with videos
  • Some matches will have match videos attached.
  • You can play through the video while checking the XG evaluation for the positions as you move along.
Educational videos
  • There is a section with educational videos you can play through.
Private database
  • Premium users have access to a private database.
  • Upload all your matches and easily locate past errors.
Week in review
  • In your private database there is a week in review section.
  • Go through past errors in an easy manner to see if you are able to handle these positions better the second time around.
Training ground
  • In your private database you have a training ground displaying past errors.
  • Try to raise in level by answering past errors correctly.
Personal statistics
  • Explore statistics on your performance in past matches.
  • Compare your results with players in the public database.
Play online matches
  • Play online matches with running PR and error highlighting.
  • Watch how your performance develops over time.
  • Take part in different kinds of tournaments.
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