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Backgammon => Fibsboard Forum Matches => FFM 18 => Topic started by: stiefnu on May 27, 2014, 10:15:09 PM
juanz rolled 64 and hit us on his 6-pt. Then the Herd rolled 5-1. It would have been a massive error to do anything other than hit, so I took the liberty of making that move, bar-19*. Then juanz rolled 55 and came in up to his 5-pt, passing us in the process. Contact was broken and the race was on! juanz then again rolled 55 and followed with 44 (to our 32 and 64), raising the prospect of an unlikely game win for him. In the end, the Herd limped over the winning line, with juanz having just two left on his ace point. One more doublet and he'd have got to post-Crawford.
So the Herd wins the match 5-0. The match file is attached.
Many thanks to all who took part, especially to juanz, who I don't reckon had the dice gods on his side.
And special thanks also to stog and ah_clem for their patient mentoring! :yes:
Steve
And here are the bald match stats:
juanz Herd
Error rate (total) -1.303 -0.177
Error rate (per decision) -23 -3
Equivalent Snowie error rate -10 -1
Error based abs. FIBS rating 1694.8 2005.3
Overall rating Casual player World class
Chequer play error rating loss 355.2 44.7
Chequer play error rate per move -26 -3
Chequer play rating Casual player World class
Cube decision error rate 0 0
Cube decision rating Supernatural Supernatural
Luck rate (total) -6 +45
Luck rating None Good dice, man!
So well played the Herd, which couldn't have done better.
And bad luck to juanz. GnuBG wasn't kind to him...
Steve
XG match summary:
Herd juanz
• Level of Play World Champ. (-0.0035) Advanced (-0.0231)
• Performance Rating 1.77 11.53
• Checker Play World Champ. (-0.0039) Advanced (-0.0240)
• Cube Play World Champ. (-0.0003) World Champ. (+0.0000)
• Luck Lucky (+0.0285) Unlucky (-0.0285)
• Total Errors (Blunders) 2 (1) 10 (4)
Equity (Cost) -0.219 (-2.35%) -1.222 (-12.69%)
Decisions 62 53
• Checker Errors (Blunders) 2 (1) 10 (4)
Equity (Cost) -0.217 (-2.33%) -1.222 (-12.69%)
Unforced Moves 55 51
• Doubles (Blunders) None None
Equity (Cost) -0.002 (-0.02%)
- Wrong Doubles
- Missed Doubles -0.002 (-0.02%)
Cube Decisions 7 1
• Take Decisions None 1
• Jokers 6 5
Luck (Cost) +3.596 (+38.80%) -3.596 (-38.80%)
Rolls 62 64
Luck based rating 61.02% favorite 38.98% favorite
The numbers tell the story. We had +3.6 gain in equity due to the luck factor alone. 3.6 games in a 5 point match is too much for most players to overcome; add in the herd's 1.77 PR and juan never had a chance.
Impeccable cube handling on both sides of the table.
Thanks to Steve for facilitating and to Juan for playing. I'll post rollouts of the Herd's errors and one blunder.
thx All -- well done Steve and thx again to Juanz -- better dice for your 'real' matches...
next on is...
and Julia -- are you available to facilitate the next match --- we can then ensure we have a 'rotation' for future matches..