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A set of backgammon moves/decisions from matches played on Backgammon Galaxy, analyzed by GNU Backgammon. Positions are the total set of moves from a a total of 309 matches, mostly 3-pointers, played my me against various opponents. It is the analyses files in text format, parsed into a single data frame, using backgammon::galaxy2df()

Usage

bgmoves

Format

bgmoves

A data frame with 35,536 rows and 21 columns:

file

name of the original file; may serve as a match id

date

date of match

player1, player2

nicknames of players

game_no

game number in this match

length

match length (a few unlimited games have the limit as match length)

score1, score2

match score, player 1 and player2

crawford

TRUE if this is the Crawford game, FALSE otherwise

pos_id

position id in GNU Backgammon format

match_id

match id in GNU Backgammon format

move_no

move number

play

the play made, one of "Accepts", "Doubles", "Rejects", "Rolls"

turn

nickgame of player who made the play

roll

dice roll, if applicable (NA if this is a cube decision)

proper_ca

Proper, i.e. optimal, cube action, as reported by GNU Backgammon

mistake_ca

TRUE if a cube action mistake was made, FALSE if correct cube action, NA if checker play decision

move_err

The size of checker play error, 0 if no error, NA in case of no move, or cube decision

cube_err

The sice of cube action error, 0 if no error, NA in case of no cube available, or checker play decision

board

An ASCII text representation of the board, as displayed by GNU Backgammon

cube_eq

An ASCII text with the cube decision equities, as displayed by GNU Backgammon

move_eq

An ASCII text with the checker play decision equities, as displayed by GNU Backgammon

xgid

eXtreme Backgammon position identifier, xgid