How to Use bgLog Book

How to Use bgLog Book #

This Hugo site template builds upon Alex Shpak’s Book Theme and eXtreme Gammon to enable analyzing/commentating Backgammon Matches, Games, and Positions as accessibly and conveniently as possible while still maintaining a neat aesthetic and website structure.

Software Prerequisites #

Alternative for Windows Users: Chocolatey Package #

Git #

Text Editor (even Notepad works!) #

eXtreme Gammon #

Python #

BeautifulSoup 4 #

lxml #

Hugo #

Golang #

Site File Generation #

Exporting eXtreme Gammon Analysis to HTML #

Writing match_metadata.json #

Running Python #

Downloadable Match Files #

Match Data JSON #

Match Markdown Templates #

Position Analysis #

Player 2
XGID=aa-BBBBAB---bA--bd-e-B--A-:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:5:10
Player 1
XGID=aa-BBBBAB---bA--bd-e-B--A-:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:5:10
Computer Analysis
1. Rollout1 21/18 13/7 +1.0474
Player:
Opponent:
80.41% (G:41.92% B:2.58%)
19.59% (G:3.45% B:0.43%)
Conf.: ±0.0081 (+1.0393...+1.0555) - [100.0%]
Duration: 16 minutes 00 second
2. Rollout1 8/5 7/1* +0.9785 (-0.0689)
Player:
Opponent:
74.63% (G:50.85% B:1.15%)
25.37% (G:5.70% B:0.62%)
Conf.: ±0.0093 (+0.9692...+0.9878) - [0.0%]
Duration: 18 minutes 52 seconds
3. XG Roller++ 13/7 8/5 +0.9190 (-0.1285)
Player:
Opponent:
75.79% (G:42.88% B:1.75%)
24.21% (G:4.60% B:0.20%)
4. XG Roller++ 21/18 7/1* +0.9148 (-0.1326)
Player:
Opponent:
74.23% (G:47.28% B:1.26%)
25.77% (G:6.25% B:0.39%)
5. XG Roller++ 24/21 13/7 +0.8930 (-0.1544)
Player:
Opponent:
77.91% (G:36.27% B:1.37%)
22.09% (G:3.75% B:0.15%)
11366 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
Search interval: Large

Kosuke Nakai
XGID=-a-BaBD-B---bC-aab-e-b--B-:0:0:1:00:0:1:0:7:10
Rick Ancheta
XGID=-a-BaBD-B---bC-aab-e-b--B-:0:0:1:00:0:1:0:7:10
Computer Analysis
Rollout No Double Double/Take
Player Winning Chances 63.133% (G:29.984% B:3.036%) 63.068% (G:30.980% B:3.354%)
Opponent Winning Chances 36.867% (G:11.399% B:0.787%) 36.932% (G:11.805% B:1.279%)
Cubeless Equity +0.4750 +1.0024
Cubeful Equities
No Double +0.6328 (-0.1875) ±0.0138 (+0.6190..+0.6466)
Double/Take +0.8203 ±0.0203 (+0.8000..+0.8406)
Double/Pass +1.0000 (+0.1797)
Computer Recommendation: Double/Take
Rollout Details
1366 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
Search interval: Large

Double Decision Confidence: 100.0%
Take Decision Confidence: 100.0%
Duration: 41 minutes 27 seconds

Match Navigation Section #

Theming Backgammon Elements #