It turned out that the Herd didn't need to worry about filling gaps - a last-gasp double stole the bearoff and they win 6-1. Congratulations to the Herd, and thankyou to all involved. Elmicho, we hope you'll join us on this side of the board for the next match!
Final position and match file to follow as soon as I get home from work..
thx Julia and Elmicho well played and i trust all enjoyed the experience and learnt a few things about certain positions and decisions. cheers
Thanks all - it was something else.
I really did my best here and blowed a few fuses trying to get out of the hopeless positions I had to play due to sick doubles - but all in vain.
It was, however, an enjoyable experience.
Be good
and - I think the herd played very well. I don't now if there's an analysis available-
Final position and match file...
Well, that was quite the exciting finish. elmicho's final roll was a 55 to leave only two checkers on his ace point, and we needed big doubles to save the win (44,44,66). We got the boxes to deliver the Coup de grâce.
XGID=-AA-B--------------b-aa---:1:1:-1:55:4:1:0:5:3
X:herd O:elmicho
Score is X:4 O:1 5 pt.(s) match.
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
| | | O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | | +---+
| | | X | | 2 |
| | | X X X | +---+
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
Pip count X: 11 O: 19 X-O: 4-1/5
Cube: 2, X own cube
O to play 55
Excellent play on both sides, with elmicho notching a PR of 1.72 and the Herd rating 2.20. The difference was the 1.4 equity gain due to the dice.
Here are the match stats according to XG (World class Analysis - 3-ply checker play, XGR cube decisions)
herd elmicho
• Level of Play World Champ.(-0.0044) World Champ. (-0.0034)
• Performance Rating 2.20 1.72
• Checker Play World Champ. (-0.0046) World Champ. (-0.0015)
• Cube Play World Champ. (+0.0000) Advanced (-0.0239)
• Luck Average (+0.0089) Average (-0.0089)
• Total Errors (Blunders) 3 (1) 3 (1)
Equity (Cost) -0.321 (-3.76%) -0.241 (-2.66%)
Decisions 73 70
• Checker Errors (Blunders) 3 (1) 2
Equity (Cost) -0.321 (-3.76%) -0.098 (-1.43%)
Unforced Moves 70 64
• Doubles (Blunders) None 1 (1)
Equity (Cost) -0.143 (-1.23%)
- Wrong Doubles
- Missed Doubles -0.143 (-1.23%)
Cube Decisions 1 5
• Take Decisions 2 1
• Jokers 7 9
Luck (Cost) +1.408 (+46.00%) -1.408 (-46.00%)
Rolls 79 79
Luck based rating 53.99% favorite 46.01% favorite
Luck based Elo -149 -211
Great job, Julia! :thumbsup2: Thank you so much! :yes:
socksey
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well played ..but Herd was much luckier than elmicho. here is my personal analysis result :
GAME1: elmicho herd
Luck rating None Good dice, man!
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GAME2: elmicho herd
Luck rating Bad dice, man! Go to bed
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GAME3: elmicho herd
Luck rating None Go to Las Vegas
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