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The Anki MethodXG2Anki |
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Anki is a freely available (open source) digital flashcard programme that can be downloaded for various platforms from here:
https://apps.ankiweb.net
Your desktop and mobile Anki apps can be synchronised very easily via a free Anki account:
https://ankiweb.net/account/register
The XG2Anki service developed by Rainer Birkle allows the fully automated creation of Anki decks from XG match and position files.
You can download several free decks via this website. In addition, many particularly valuable decks, such as theme decks from Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann's position database, are offered for sale. Moreover, you can purchase Anki credit packages with an attractive discount scale, which you can then use to create Anki cards from your XG match and position files.
For latest news please check out Rainer's Facebook page:
Please browse through the screenshot gallery to get a first impression (you can use the arrow icons on top of the picture to go to the next or previous picture or you click directly on the picture to go to the next picture). The screenshots are taken from the Android version of Anki (AnkiDroid) using its dark theme (which is highly recommended because it looks so cool with the black & white XG diagrams). So with other versions/settings the Anki cards may look a bit different but should have the same content.
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Super Grandmaster ![]() BMAB Titles ![]() |
The lower your PR[1] gets, the harder it will be to lower it even further. We humans have the problem that we only have a limited amount of time available, which means that it is not enough to invest a lot of time in studying backgammon, we also need to do it in an efficient way. So we need to find a very effective method. After receiving my BMAB[2] title Grandmaster 1 (playing a PR below 3.0) in November 2021, I was still very ambitious to aim for the next titles such as Grandmaster 0 (PR below 2.75) and even Super Grandmaster (PR below 2.50), but I realized that this would not be so easy and indeed my PR stagnated for many months. In September 2022, I started my collaboration with my good friend Rainer Birkle, who had just developed his Anki Method (using digital flashcards). Based on my personal position database, we created many Anki decks, each deck contained 25 positions that had a common theme (e.g. 3rd roll, Leaving the Anchor, Against Backgame, etc.). I have to admit that while I really liked the method, at first I was a little skeptical about whether it would work for me personally. I'm so glad that I gave it a try, i.e. in the summer of 2023 I first started studying the decks we created for the general public. And a bit later I had Rainer create personal decks (usually based on mistakes I made in my matches). And what can I say? Only a few months later, in November 2023, I received the title Grandmaster 0 and just another few months later, in April 2024, I took another important step: Super Grandmaster 3 and just another few weeks later in July 2024 I got the Super Grandmaster 2 title. Together with Mochy I am now one of the only two Super Grandmasters in the world! Do you want to lower your PR and are you ready to work for it? Then you should definitely try Rainer's Anki Method. There is a lot of free material to get you started.
Dirk Schiemann, July 2024 [1] PR = Performance Rating, human's playing strength measured by today's best backgammon software eXtreme Gammon [2] BMAB = The Backgammon Masters Awarding Body |
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Please make sure to check out my tutorials on YouTube before you start!
You may also be interested in these other Anki related videos on YouTube!
You can start your XG2Anki experience today completely free of charge. Just click on a title to download a deck. Please make sure to check out my YouTube tutorials (see above) so that you know what to do with the downloaded file(s).
Alternatively you can also get these free decks via the Get Shared Decks function in your Anki application.
Title Click on a title to download a deck! |
# of Cards (Checker/Cube) |
Description | Show Final Position Feature | Last Card Modified | Last Deck Upload |
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Backgammon Match Theory | 175 | This deck contains a card for each gammon value and take point in a 7-point match. For all those who, like Rainer, think that gammon values and take points are very important during a match, but don't want to calculate anything at the board, this is the optimal tool to memorize this important data. | N/A | 2024-06-19 | 2024-11-17 |
Neil's Numbers | 18 | You need a backup plan for the match scores for which you have not (yet) memorized the gammon values and take points. With Neil's Numbers you can derive the match winning chances for any match score and then calculate important metrics like gammon value and take point. | N/A | 2024-06-19 | 2024-11-17 |
1st Roll | 15 (15/0) | With this deck you can practice your opening rolls for tournament play. Each card shows the correct moves for money game, DMP, gammon-save and gammon-go! | yes | 2025-01-10 | 2025-02-07 |
Alex Eshaghian's Cube Decisions | 13 (0/13) | This deck contains 13 positions from Alex Eshagians's videos Doubling Decisions in a Five Point Match and Match Score Considerations for Cube Decisions. Get Alex Eshaghian's excellent book Backgammon Backgame Strategies available on Amazon and check out his fantastic YouTube channel. | N/A | 2025-02-10 | 2025-02-10 |
Dirk Schiemann's Bar Split |
25 (25/0) | This is an example of several theme decks that have been created from Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann's personal position database and are available for purchase. It contains 25 checker play problems where one of the options is splitting to opponent's bar point. Each card contains a link to a short video explanation by Dirk Schiemann. | yes | 2025-01-06 | 2025-02-07 |
Dirk Schiemann's To Hit or not to Hit (Volume 1) free sample deck |
21 (21/0) | This deck contains 21 positions from Dirk Schiemann's new book To Hit or not to Hit. You can order this great book via his homepage. | yes | 2025-01-22 | 2025-02-07 |
Michihito Kageyama's Quiz Cyprus 2022 |
8 (8/0) | Michihito Kageyama was kind enough to allow the creation of an Anki deck from the eight difficult problems of his quiz at the 9th Merit Open in Cyprus 2022. | yes | 2025-02-07 | 2025-02-07 |
Michihito Kageyama's Gravity Seminar Nordic Open 2023 |
14 (14/0) | Michihito Kageyama was kind enough to allow the creation of an Anki deck from his Gravity Seminar he held at the Nordic Open 2023. | yes | 2025-02-07 | 2025-02-07 |
Rainer's Personal Deck Checker Play Cube Action |
876 (731/145) |
These are Rainer's personal working decks. In 2024 Rainer played 255 matches and he created an Anki card for each of his
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2025-02-06 2025-02-06 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
UBC Final 2021 | 37 (27/10) | When the UBC Finals 2021 were played, XG2Anki had not yet been born. In 2024, I decided to create this deck, even though it may seem a bit outdated. I find the positions very interesting and educational. The deck contains all the blunders made by Dirk Schiemann and Masayuki Mochizuki in the 2021 UBC Finals matches. Quiz yourself with this Anki deck and find out on which of the 37 problems you would have done better than the champions. | yes | 2025-02-01 | 2025-02-07 |
UBC Final 2022 | 40 (32/8) | This Anki deck was created from the UBC finals match files that Marc Brockmann Olsen was kind enough to share with the backgammon community via the Backgammon Galaxy Discord server. The deck contains all the blunders made by Sander Lylloff and Masayuki Mochizuki in the matches of the UBC final 2022. Quiz yourself with this Anki deck and find out on which of the 40 problems you would have done better than the champions. | yes | 2025-02-01 | 2025-02-07 |
UBC Final 2023 | 34 (20/14) | This Anki deck was created from the UBC finals match files that Marc Brockmann Olsen was kind enough to share with the backgammon community via the Backgammon Galaxy Discord server. The deck contains all the blunders made by Sander Lylloff and Masayuki Mochizuki in the matches of the UBC final 2023. Quiz yourself with this Anki deck and find out on which of the 34 problems you would have done better than the champions. | yes | 2025-02-01 | 2025-02-07 |
UBC Final 2024 | 41 (26/15) | This Anki deck was created from the UBC finals match files that Máté Fehér was kind enough to share with me directly after the last match was finished. The deck contains all the blunders made by Zdenek Zizka and Masayuki Mochizuki in the matches of the UBC final 2024. Quiz yourself with this Anki deck and find out on which of the 41 problems you would have done better than the champions. | yes | 2025-02-01 | 2025-02-07 |
There are many Anki decks available for sale, e.g. Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann has created various theme decks from his personal position database. One example is the "Dirk's Bar Split" deck, which you can download for free (see above). Each deck contains 25 cards on a specific theme and costs 9 euros.
Unless otherwise stated, the Anki decks do not come with written or video explanations!
How to order?
Just send me the total price for the deck(s) via PayPal to rainer@xg2anki.de or via Revolut to revolut.me/xg2anki and put the item code(s) of the deck(s)/volume(s) together with your e-mail address in the comment field of your payment. You will get the download links via e-mail latest within 48 hours, usually way earlier.
Item Code | Price per Item/Volume | Title | # of Cards per Deck/Volume (Checker/Cube) |
Description | Show Final Position Feature | Last Card Modified | Last Deck Upload |
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Mochy | 19 € | Mochy's Blunders | 260 (187/73) | I downloaded 100 Mochy matches from Backgammon Studio and created an Anki card for each of Mochy's blunders, for a total of 260 cards. Take a quiz on these difficult decisions and find out where you did better than the champion! Each cube action card has a score matrix which shows you the correct cube actions for all scores in a 7-point match. | yes | 2025-01-31 | 2025-02-07 |
TOB | 19 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Theory of Backgammon |
217 (48/169) | Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann has offered 217 positions from his book "The Theory of Backgammon" as a free download on his homepage. This Anki deck was created from these 217 positions and will certainly support you in studying his monumental masterpiece. Each cube action card has a score matrix which shows you the correct cube actions for all scores in a 7-point match. If you don't have his book yet, you should buy it NOW! It is currently available in German and English. | yes | 2025-01-27 | 2025-02-07 |
HIT1 | 19 € |
Dirk Schiemann's To Hit or not to Hit (Volume 1) |
227 (225/2) | This deck contains all the positions from Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann's second book To Hit or not to Hit (Volume 1), which you can order via his homepage. | yes | 2025-01-21 | 2025-02-07 |
Nick | 19 € |
Nick Blasier's Adjusting to Match Play |
194 (56/138) | Nick Blasier was kind enough to send me 456 XG position files from his great new book "Adjusting to Match Play" to create an Anki deck from. Each cube action card has a score matrix which shows you the correct cube actions for all scores in a 7-point match. It is the perfect companion when studying his book! Of course, Nick's explanations are very educational and a must read, so visit his website and buy his great book if you don't already have it! | yes | 2025-01-29 | 2025-02-07 |
Michy1 | 19 € |
Michihito Kageyama's Opening Concepts |
134 (134/0) | When Michy and I met in Stockholm 2024, we had a nice chat and agreed to create Anki companion decks for all his great books. This deck contains all the positions from his first book titled Opening Concepts. Michy's books are easy to find on Amazon, they are all a must have! You should also take a look at Michy's homepage. | yes | 2025-01-24 | 2025-02-07 |
Michy2 NEW!!! | 19 € |
Michihito Kageyama's Endgame Technique |
104 (104/0) | This deck contains all "question" positions from Michy's second book titled "Endgame Technique". | yes | 2025-02-06 | 2025-02-07 |
François | 19 € |
François Tardieu's Strategic Concepts |
153 (153/0) | This deck contains 153 positions from François Tardieu's fantastic book Strategic Concepts in which he covers checker play problems for seven different position types (Opening, Leaving the Anchor, One Man Back, Blitz, Prime vs. Prime, Pay Now or Later and Backgame). You can get François Tardieu's book via the French Backgammon Federation, just click here. | yes | 2025-01-11 | 2025-02-07 |
Hal1 | 19 € |
Hal Heinrich's Stripped 20 13 |
73 (73/0) |
Hal Heinrich (1990 Backgammon World Champion) has extracted these positions from his match collection. This deck contains 73 checker play decisions at various match scores where the player has a stripped mid-point and 20-point. Typically you have to decide which anchor to break or to weaken your home board. Roughly half of the positions are errors made by top players with the other half from typical tournament participants.
The original analyses are XG 4-ply rollouts with 1296 to 10368 trials. The additional analyses (neutral score, DMP, gammon save and gammon go) are done as usual with XG++. |
yes | 2025-01-31 | 2025-02-07 |
CAE1
CAE2 CAE3 CAE4 CAE5 CAE6 NEW!!! CAE7 NEW!!! |
39 € 9 € 5 € 19 € 19 € 29 € 39 € |
Ryuichi Shina's Cube Action Encyclopedia (7 Volumes available, more volumes are coming soon!) |
440 (0/440) 93 (0/93) 29 (0/29) 175 (0/175) 213 (0/213) 343 (0/343) 511 (0/511) |
Ryuichi Shina, the author of the three-volume book set Cube Action 1000 (available on Amazon), has a gigantic position database with thousands of rolled out cube action positions. I am very happy that Ryuichi agreed on using his database to create multiple Anki decks from it. Ryuichi also created a new categorization method which uses a three-part key that is saved in the title of each Anki card, so it provides you with additional filter possibilities in Anki:
CAE2 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #7-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 18-point. CAE3 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #6-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 19-point. CAE4 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #5-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 20-point. CAE5 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #4-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 21-point. CAE6 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #3-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 22-point. CAE7 contains positions of Ryuichi's category types #2-Outer* = 1 Man Back on the 23-point. Ryuichi's original analyses are standard XG rollouts. The additional analyses for the score matrix are done as usual with XG++. |
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2024-12-19 2024-12-30 2024-12-30 2024-12-30 2024-12-30 2025-01-24 2025-02-11 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-13 |
OPRE | 19 € | 2nd Roll (Opening Replies) | 459 (459/0) | Practice your opening replies with this powerful tool. Each card shows the correct moves for money game, DMP, gammon-save and gammon-go! | yes | 2025-01-19 | 2025-02-07 |
EMC1 EMC2 |
9 € / per volume |
Early Match Cubes (2 Volumes) |
25 (0/25) | Each volume contains 25 early cube decisions. Each card has a score matrix which shows you the correct cube actions for all scores in a 7-point match. | N/A |
2024-12-27 2024-12-27 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
D3rd1 D3rd2 D3rd3 D3rd4 D3rd5 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's 3rd Roll (5 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) |
It is very important to find the correct moves in the very early stages of the game simply because these positions come up over and over again. The positions in these decks deal with typical problems in the opening, for instance: "Should I hit or rather make an important point? Should I escape with one of my back checkers or play for contact? Should I split my back checkers or should I rather try to improve my front position?".
Note that all the positions are the result of correct checker plays on the two previous moves. In that sense they are "realistic" positions. |
yes |
2024-12-27 2024-12-28 2024-12-28 2024-12-28 2024-12-28 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
D4th1 D4th2 D4th3 D4th4 D4th5 D4th6 D4th7 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's 4th Roll (7 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | Like in the 3rd roll positions it is your second decision of the game but, unlike before, your opponent has already made two moves which generally leads to more complex decisions. | yes |
2024-12-28 2024-12-28 2024-12-28 2024-12-29 2024-12-29 2024-12-29 2024-12-29 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DAB | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Against Backgame |
25 (25/0) | Playing against a backgame is difficult. The positions from this deck deal with the most common problems like: "Should I hit additional checkers? Should I try to get hit in order to destroy my opponent's timing? Should I keep my prime in front of my opponent's anchors or should I start breaking it?" | yes | 2024-12-29 | 2025-02-07 |
DBI1 DBI2 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's Bear In (2 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | Many avoidable mistakes are made in the late stages of the game. Typical questions in the bear-in stage are which points you should clear first, how to distribute your checkers, or whether you should take some risk to achieve more flexibility. | yes |
2024-12-30 2024-12-30 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DBO | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Bear Off |
25 (25/0) | With this deck you can improve you bear off technique. In some positions it is only about maximum safety while in others you have to decide how much risk you should take in order to win more gammons. | yes | 2024-12-30 | 2025-02-07 |
DCO1 DCO2 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's Contact (2 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | When trailing in the race by a lot, you need to hit an opposing checker to win. It is therefore desirable to create as much contact as possible. How much risk you can take in order to maximize contact is one of the main topics in these decks. | yes |
2024-12-31 2024-12-31 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DHL | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Hit Loose |
25 (25/0) | One of the most common decisions in backgammon is whether to hit loose in your homeboard. When the play works, you can often improve your position significantly. However, by hitting loose you expose yourself at least to a direct shot. After a return hit you will lose a lot of ground in the race and your position will deteriorate. The positions of this deck should give you a feel when taking the risk is warranted and when it is not. | yes | 2025-01-06 | 2025-02-07 |
DHLV | 20 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Hit Loose Video |
Video explanations by Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann for the Anki deck "Dirk's Hit Loose". Take a look at the free "Dirk's Bar Split" deck to see the video links in action.
Important: The tutorial video is explicitly unlocked for your YouTube account. For this, we need your e-mail address with which you are registered at YouTube. |
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DHD | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Homeboard Distribution |
25 (25/0) | When you play against XG you will notice that the machine sometimes leaves multiple blots in its home board. In other occasions, however, it avoids a blot at all costs. The deck deals with the question when to do one thing and when the other. | yes | 2024-12-31 | 2025-02-07 |
DHA1 DHA2 DHA3 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's How to Attack (3 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | In the positions of these decks it is clear that you should make an attacking play. The question is how to do it. Do you hit twice? Do you hit loose or play pick and pass? Do you switch points? | yes |
2025-01-04 2025-01-04 2025-01-04 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DLA1 DLA2 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's Leaving the Anchor (2 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | Establishing an advanced anchor is among the top priorities in the early game. At some point in the game, however, you will have to break your anchor and try to get your checkers home. This usually involves considerable risks, and thus makes it difficult to find the right time for abandoning the anchor. The positions in these decks illustrate the factors that influence the decision. | yes |
2025-01-05 2025-01-05 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DMP | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Midpoint |
25 (25/0) | The mid-point is a crucial link between your back checkers and the front part of your position. The topic of this deck is under which circumstances you may nevertheless need to give it up. | yes | 2024-12-31 | 2025-02-07 |
DOB | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's One Back Step Up |
25 (25/0) | Getting your lone back checker to safe territory is usually your top priority, especially when you are leading in the race. Stepping up in your opponent's home board gets the checker closer to home but comes with the risk of it being attacked. Whether you should expose yourself to the attack or whether you should stay back is the topic of this deck. | yes | 2025-01-01 | 2025-02-07 |
DPAY | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Pay Now or Later |
25 (25/0) | When your opponent is playing a holding/backgame, you are often faced with the decision whether to volunteer a shot in order to reduce contact or whether to play safe. The positions in this deck illustrate the different factors that play a role in these "pay now or pay later" decisions. | yes | 2025-01-01 | 2025-02-07 |
DPS | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Prime Slot |
25 (25/0) | The fastest way of extending your prime is to slot the point that you want to make and cover the blot after it gets missed. By studying the positions in this deck you can get a feel for when the risk is worth the reward. | yes | 2025-01-04 | 2025-02-07 |
DUP
NEW!!! |
9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Ugly Plays |
30 (30/0) | This deck is based on a lecture by Super Grandmaster Dirk Schiemann. One option in each of the positions is to make an ugly move like playing to an existing stack or killing a checker. You can learn in which situations it is necessary to play ugly but safe and listen to Dirk's explanation in the corresponding YouTube video. Each card contains a link to the exact timestamp in the video where the position is discussed, along with the comments from Dirk's PowerPoint. The deck contains all the positions from the lecture plus seven bonus positions from Dirk. And some extra positions are added in the comparable situation(s) section of some cards based on some questions by the audience. The bonus and extra positions are without explanations. | yes | 2025-01-01 | 2025-02-07 |
DWA1 DWA2 DWA3 |
9 € / per volume |
Dirk Schiemann's Whether To Attack (3 Volumes) |
25 (25/0) | In these decks the task is not to find the best way to attack but to decide whether you should attack at all. The decision can be very tricky, especially when you can either attack or prime your opponent. | yes |
2025-01-04 2025-01-04 2025-01-04 |
2025-02-07 2025-02-07 2025-02-07 |
DWP | 9 € |
Dirk Schiemann's Which Point |
25 (25/0) | It frequently happens that you have the choice between different important points. For example, you could either make an advanced anchor or a good inner board point. Once you have mastered the positions from this deck, you should have a good idea which factors to consider. | yes | 2025-01-05 | 2025-02-07 |
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There is a very interesting Backgammon Anki project by Kanade Kubota that is approved by Mochy (so it cannot be that bad!) which contains analyzed results of all the 3rd roll positions (23.331 positions). As a bonus it also contains a 3rd Roll chart sheet with the analyzed results of the entire 3rd roll positions. If you are a serious student of the game you should definitely check out Kanade Kubota's website. There is also a free trial version available for download! Important note from Rainer Birkle: This is not my own project, I am not financially involved and cannot offer any support. Please always contact Kanade Kubota directly via e-mail (kuboch.sw@gmail.com). |
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You can use the XG2Anki service to get a personal Anki deck created from your XG match and/or position files!
Individual decks by default do not include match score matrixes!
This is a very straightforward way: you create an XG position file for each Anki card you want to get created. You can even add comments in XG, which are then transferred to the Anki card (plain text, without formatting). Make sure that you are already analyzing the position on the level that should later appear on the Anki card (XG++ or rollouts are recommended).
It is also possible to automatically add comparable positions to an Anki card by naming the XG position files according a specific naming convention, here is an example:
You can also send complete matches and set the following thresholds (milli point limits):
As an alternative (or addition) to defining the three thresholds cards can get created for flagged positions or positions that contain a comment.
You can even define that a position gets ignored (so that no Anki card will get created for this position) by adding the text NoAnki somewhere in the comment field. This may be useful for oversights or repeating errors!
Make sure that you are always the player on the bottom and that you are already analyzing the match on the level that should later appear on the Anki card (XG++ or rollouts are recommended).
Just select one of the packages below and send me the money via PayPal to rainer@xg2anki.de or via Revolut to revolut.me/xg2anki and put the code of your package together with your e-mail address in the comment field of your payment.
You can then send XG position/match files until your Anki credits have been used up. You will normally receive your new deck within a few days. If there is a lot going on at a particular time, it can take a little longer.
Basic Card = 1 Anki Credit / DeLuxe Card = 2 Anki Credits
Pro Tip: If you play matches regularly, the DeLuxe version is highly recommended. If you are hesitating because of the higher price, you should consider buying fewer DeLuxe cards rather than a larger number of Basic cards!
Since the creation of match score matrixes is quite time-consuming, it is hardly practical and/or too expensive for individual decks. For all those who are still interested, here are the match score matrix surcharges:
Code | Price | Title | Price per Anki Credit |
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ID50 | 20 € | 50 Anki Credits Package | 40 ¢ |
ID100 | 35 € | 100 Anki Credits Package | 35 ¢ |
ID200 | 60 € | 200 Anki Credits Package | 30 ¢ |
ID500 | 125 € | 500 Anki Credits Package | 25 ¢ |
ID1000 | 200 € | 1000 Anki Credits Package | 20 ¢ |
You can influence the way each deck works via the following parameters, which you can specify in square brackets at the end of the deck name (by renaming your deck):
If you want to change the behavior of all cards of the same note type (for all XG2Anki decks), you can do so by renaming the note type in the same way (-> Tools -> Manage Note Types -> Select the entry Backgammon Position -> Rename).
Important: As soon as you have set deck parameters by renaming the note type, all deck parameters set by renaming a deck will have no effect anymore!
Parameter | Description |
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$ | type in multiple choice answer via input field instead of a clicking on one of the buttons (worth a try if the buttons do not work in your environment!) |
a | display match score as absolute instead of relative |
b | display match score as absolute AND relative (instead of just relative) |
c | hide extra data for checker play decisions (Neutral Score, Double Match Point, Gammon-Save & Gammon-Go) |
d | immediately show dice distribution information (instead of via button) |
e | immediately show comparable situation(s) (instead of via button) |
f | immediately show an additional small position diagramm at a fixed position in the upper right corner (instead of via clicking/tapping on the pipcount below the diagram) |
g | don't repeat the original position in section with comparable situation(s) |
h | hide appendix (extra information on the back side of a card) |
i | hide player info (don't show player and file names) |
j | initially hide the results and the text for comparable situations (in order to display them later manually by clicking on the diagram of the comparable situation) |
k | hide XG2Anki news (not recommended, because you might miss some interesting information and valuable tips!); you can always hide the news manually by clicking on the title "XG2Anki News" |
knn | defines how often the XG2Anki news appear (default = probability of 10% = k10), k1 would show the news everytime, k2 would show the news with a probability of 50%, k3 = 33%, k4 = 25%, k5 = 20%, etc. |
l | immediately show large XG result graphics (instead of via clicking/tapping on the graphics) |
m | hide money game info |
n | show names of the players below the position diagram |
o | initially display the score matrix after the XG results (instead of before) |
p | turn on pipcount trainer |
q | hide multiple choice list |
r | show roll in title |
s | scroll down to results automatically when showing the answer |
t | hide title |
u | use player names instead of Black & White |
V v |
show video frame directly (instead of via click on the button) show video frame directly (instead of via click on the button) and autoplay the video |
X x |
never show the "different best moves at neutral score" hint don't show the "different best moves at neutral score" hint for opening positions |
y | show XGID and copy button on front side as well |
znn | zoom position diagram (e.g. "z40" = shrink position diagram to 40% of the screen width) |
Znn | zoom comparable situation (e.g. "Z50" = shrink comparable situation to 50% of the screen width) |
You can set several parameters by separating them with a semicolon.
Examples:
My Deck Name [p]
My Deck Name [p;c]
Backgammon Position [p;c]
General Tip: Please make sure that you are always using the latest Anki version!
Here is a list of frequently asked questions. Please check it out before asking for support. Thanks.
If you still have issues/questions after reading the following FAQ section, you can contact Rainer by e-mail (rainer@xg2anki.de) or Facebook.
By default Anki offers you 20 new cards per deck every day. The easiest way to check how many cards a deck contains is this:
Please do never import an Anki deck directly on your mobile device! Instead please always import the Anki deck via your Anki desktop application and then transfer the deck to your mobile device via Anki synchronization!
Please do never import an Anki deck directly on your mobile device! Instead please always import the Anki deck via your Anki desktop application and then transfer the deck to your mobile device via Anki synchronization!
If images are still missing after Anki synchronization you should repeat the synchronization later (most likely the image upload from your desktop has not been completed yet)!
It's very important that you wait until the syncronization has really finished on your desktop device before you start the syncronization on your mobile device.
Make sure that the animated round arrow icon has disappeared before you start the syncronization on another device!
And also take care that the animation below the round arrow syncronization icon has disappeared before you open any cards!
Please make sure that you use the following settings when importing a deck:
If the issue remains, please delete the deck and import the deck again.
Anki allows you to easily move cards from one deck to another. Select all cards from a deck in the browse window by clicking on the first card and shift clicking on the last card, then open the context menu with a right click and click on Change Deck... and in the upcoming dialog you select the target deck and click on Move Cards.
Alternatively you can move the cards to a new deck by clicking on Add instead of on Move Cards. Just enter the name of the new deck and press OK.
There is an easy solution for AnkiDroid:
iPhone/iPad users (AnkiMobile) can at least avoid the annoying keyboard popping up:
By neutral score I mean a score of 0:0 in a very VERY long match. Technically it is money game (unlimited) without Jacoby and without beavers.
Rainer offers individual Anki powered backgammon coaching face to face or via ZOOM. In the case of ZOOM, the session is always recorded and is available as an unlisted YouTube video so that the trainee can watch it again later as often as he wants/needs.
Unique features of Rainer's backgammon coaching:
If you are interested in private lessons in general, you should definitely take a look at this page:
Rainer Birkle
Weinheimer Straße 6g
69488 Birkenau
Phone: +49 (0) 6201 - 3893381
E-Mail: rainer@xg2anki.de
Rainer Birkle
Weinheimer Straße 6g
69488 Birkenau
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