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Ivory dice on a green leather backgammon board in warm lamplight

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Mochy 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

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A backgammon café doorway spilling warm light onto a cobbled street at night

JAPAN

Masayuki “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.

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Two players debating a backgammon position under green-shaded lamps

2009

MASAYUKI MOCHIZUKI vs THE FIELD · Champion

Japan's first world 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.

Monte Carlo World Championship

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