Andersp: I'm sure you are not stupid, just pretending to be ;-)
If I lose to a lower rated player, it may be that he or she played better than I on this occasion, or because the dice favored him or her. Similarly, if I win a backgammon match, it may be because of the dice or because I played better. In chess, it's almost always a matter of skill, though there can be occasions I am sure when a player with less overall chess playing ability outplays a better player.
The point about backgammon is that the player is only partly in control, due to the random element. Thus, a rating in backgammon is not so much a prediction about the outcome of a single match, as it is a prediction about the outcome of a large number of matches. Given a sufficiently large sample, the luck factor will even out and the player with greater skill will win a majority of the games.
My BKR is the result of a mathematical formula being applied to the results of my games. Some of those games were won or lost primarily on skill, others on luck. I offer no conclusion as to the interpretation of the backgammon BKRs on this site.
I hope that clarifies it, in case you were not just pretending ;-)
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