In the game of backgammon, there is an aspect of luck (the game is played with dice), but there is definitely an aspect of player quality. When a more experienc

In the game of backgammon, there is an aspect of luck (the game is played with dice), but there is definitely an aspect of player quality. When a more experienced player plays against a worse player, from the point of view of the worse player, the game often looks like the opponent is just lucky: What the inexperienced player does not notice is that the better player creates opportunities for the “luck” to occur: by positioning the checkers on the board in a way when the majority of the possible dice rolls would be good and minimizing the number of possible bad rolls. This is especially visible when playing against a good computer opponent: the players often accuse the program of cheating the dice, choosing good rolls for the computer and bad rolls for the human. There is even an “Official Backgammon Software Complaint Form” for that. <https://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+546 https://www.bkgm.com/rgb/rgb.cgi?view+546>