INTERVIEWMochy on Study, Error Rates and Japan's Rise
A world champion explains how he practices, why he tracks his error rate, and what the club scene in Tokyo taught him.
The Long Game · All levels
Monte Carlo World Championship · 2009
Japan's first world champion
MASAYUKI MOCHIZUKI — THE FIELD · Champion
Mochy's win announced the modern era: meticulous study, error-rate discipline and a generation of Japanese players who treated backgammon like a science.
The moment
A pass so early the kibitzers laughed — until the rollout showed he was right.
THE POSITION
Study the decision point — then take it into the Position Lab and argue with it.
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Where this match leads.
JAPANMasayuki “Mochy” Mochizuki
1979– · Error-rate discipline
World champion and leader of Japan's modern school — meticulous preparation, ruthless self-review and the lowest error rates ever recorded.