Subject: Re: How much of an advantage can using a computer give someone in Backgammon?
coan.net: For a computer - they can look ahead 20 moves - they can easily see what the more common rolls will result (More people will roll a total of 7 then roll a total of 3.)
Backgammon computers typically look only a few moves ahead, 2 or 3 for Snowie and GnuBg, 3 or 4 with eXtreme Gammon.
However, that's something of a misleading value because even looking no moves ahead, a backgammon program will still be extremely strong. That's because the static evaluation of a position already includes the statistics of looking ahead to the end of millions of games.
(hide) If you want to find an opponent with similar playing skills to your own look in the Ratings page of the type of game you want and find a player with a similar BKR. (pauloaguia) (show all tips)