Blunder Database Systems/Tips Inquiry
I am relatively new to the game (trying actively to get better) and am curious as to what others have found good ways to both keep and improve from their blunder databases.
From researching a bit, it seems most keep a sorted (by category) database. I have found some good taxonomies from various resources like Robertie's 501 chapters, Marc Olsen's "Pure Strategy" and youtube videos, Phil Simborg's teaching topics, etc.
My question is mainly around what format works well/best for retrieval and study. I have played with both folders on my computer and printing them on paper index cards...
I read somewhere Michy uses (or has used?) a kindle perhaps and studies some positions every morning. This seems like an upgrade but I am not quite sure of all the logistics... anyone know how this works in practice? I.e., randomly pull up slides? Are the move equities on a second page?
I feel that formally studying my blunders is a next good step in my learning journey and really want a good system.
Any pro tips or suggestions would be much appreciated!
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I use Anki cards to improve my backgammon skills as well.
After each match I have played I download the match, run it through XG, review the result and save the move / cube decisions that are marked red.
At the end of each month I create as set of Anki cards with a program I wrote. With the help of the program I drop a lot of cards and use only the top 100 cards as otherwise the stack of Anki cards I have to review daily grows too much.
I have made now the program available on blunderbase.com. Free trial period is one week, afterwards there is a one time fee of €10 (or the equivalent in other currencies).
Feedback highly welcome either here in this forum or as a comment in my blog.
Hi backgammon friends,
Since a year, I have worked hard on a personal backgammon project, called blunderDB: to develop a program to build personal backgammon position database. Before, I tried to categorize some XG positions in folders, but I was not satisfied: I often didn't know where to put some positions, which tackled multiple themes at the same time. Once the categories are made, it is difficult to rearrange them and a lot of concepts are closely linked together in backgammon (structure, pip race, cube position, score, ...).
I hope this little backgammon software (free, 5Mo, without installation, Windows and Linux) will make more easy, to find patterns in backgammon positions, and to build and share reference position catalogs.
If you want to try blunderDB, here is the website: https://kevung.github.io/blunderDB/
If you want to share some remarks, things to improve or bugs (I hope there are none or very few!), or if you appreciate the work, please write me, I will be very happy.
Take care and happy backgammon !
I use Anki cards to improve my backgammon skills as well.
After each match I have played I download the match, run it through XG, review the result and save the move / cube decisions that are marked red.
At the end of each month I create as set of Anki cards with a program I wrote. With the help of the program I drop a lot of cards and use only the top 100 cards as otherwise the stack of Anki cards I have to review daily grows too much.
I have made now the program available on blunderbase.com. Fre
Hi there,
Really useful piece of code...thank you..I have just purchased it.
Is there anyway to show pip count on the position card please?
You have it on the answer card so might be easy enough? :-)
thanks
