XG "extensive" analysis and comments

[Roderick]

Well, the herd got a bit lucky but only a bit.

Essentially, the herd played a 10 PR to my 7.

It was interesting.  It was also a bit long and I think I ran out of steam at the end, which showed in my 2 brainfarts in the last game (game 7 - moves 13 and 16 that accounted for 0.320 of my 1.455 in lost equity, without which I played a less than stellar 5.4.)  In retrospect, I realize that playing in a disjointed fashion like this removes some of the in-game awareness of changing equities, which likely leads to misplays, missed cubes and other assorted errors for me and the herd.  I've thought of ways to mitigate this should I ever have the opportunity to play a match like this again.


Thanks for having me.  I look forward to being a member of the herd in the future




**** sorry for the poor formatting *****


   Herd   Roderick
• Level of Play   Advanced (-0.0200)   Expert (-0.0140)
• Performance Rating   10.02   6.99
• Checker Play   Expert (-0.0144)   Expert (-0.0108)
• Cube Play   Beginner (-0.0487)   Advanced (-0.0246)
• Luck   Average (+0.0057)   Average (-0.0057)
• Total Errors (Blunders)   16 (8 )   15 (7)
  Equity (Cost)   -1.964 (-19.54%)   -1.455 (-15.18%)
  Decisions   98   104
• Checker Errors (Blunders)   11 (4)   8 (4)
  Equity (Cost)   -1.185 (-12.38%)   -0.864 (-10.64%)
  Unforced Moves   82   80
• Doubles (Blunders)   3 (2)   6 (2)
  Equity (Cost)   -0.351 (-4.10%)   -0.445 (-3.62%)
    - Wrong Doubles      -0.031 (-0.20%)
    - Missed Doubles   -0.351 (-4.10%)   -0.414 (-3.42%)
  Cube Decisions   11   20
• Takes (Blunders)   2 (2)   1 (1)
  Equity (Cost)   -0.428 (-3.06%)   -0.146 (-0.92%)
    - Wrong Takes      
    - Wrong Passes   -0.428 (-3.06%)   -0.146 (-0.92%)
  Take Decisions   5   4
• Jokers   13   18
  Luck (Cost)   +0.991 (+47.00%)   -0.991 (-47.00%)
  Rolls   87   86
  Luck based rating   52.99% favorite   47.01% favorite
  Luck based Elo   20   -20

[diane]

For those more used to gnu analysis [and cant read in squiggly lines..]..here is what gnu says..it seems essentially the same.
btw..the whole squiggly thing is why we do the tourney schedule as a screenshot, it is the only way to avoid that.

Overall:



Herds checkerplay was reasonable:



Cube skills..oh dear..Herd must work on this..



Did someone mention the luck? 

[Roderick]

Luck rating is not the same as luck.


XG is preferable to GNU - it performs better (error rate), it's faster (rollouts and analysis), nicer GUI, and easier to use.  And all for $50.  It's a very good value.

[Roderick]

Well, the herd got a bit lucky but only a bit.

Essentially, the herd played a 10 PR to my 7.

It was interesting.  It was also a bit long and I think I ran out of steam at the end, which showed in my 2 brainfarts in the last game (game 7 - moves 13 and 16 that accounted for 0.320 of my 1.455 in lost equity, without which I played a less than stellar 5.4.)  In retrospect, I realize that playing in a disjointed fashion like this removes some of the in-game awareness of changing equities, which likely leads to misplays, missed cubes and other assorted errors for me and the herd.  I've thought of ways to mitigate this should I ever have the opportunity to play a match like this again.


Thanks for having me.  I look forward to being a member of the herd in the future




**** sorry for the poor formatting *****


   Herd   Roderick
• Level of Play                       Advanced (-0.0200)   Expert (-0.0140)
• Performance Rating               10.02                    6.99
• Checker Play                       Expert (-0.0144)   Expert (-0.0108)
• Cube Play                       Beginner (-0.0487)   Advanced (-0.0246)
• Luck                          Average (+0.0057)   Average (-0.0057)
• Total Errors (Blunders).        16 (8 )                   15 (7)
  Equity (Cost)                   -1.964 (-19.54%)   -1.455 (-15.18%)
  Decisions                    98                    104
• Checker Errors (Blunders)         11 (4)                    8 (4)
  Equity (Cost)                    -1.185 (-12.38%)   -0.864 (-10.64%)
  Unforced Moves            82                   80
• Doubles (Blunders)             3 (2)                     6 (2)
  Equity (Cost)                     -0.351 (-4.10%)     -0.445 (-3.62%)
    - Wrong Doubles            -0.031 (-0.20%)
    - Missed Doubles             -0.351 (-4.10%)   -0.414 (-3.42%)
  Cube Decisions              11.                    20
• Takes (Blunders)               2 (2)           1 (1)
  Equity (Cost)                      -0.428 (-3.06%)   -0.146 (-0.92%)
    - Wrong Takes      
    - Wrong Passes              -0.428 (-3.06%)   -0.146 (-0.92%)
  Take Decisions                         5.                       4
• Jokers                               13                      18
  Luck (Cost)                        +0.991 (+47.00%)   -0.991 (-47.00%)
  Rolls                                87                        86
  Luck based rating                52.99% favorite   47.01% favorite
  Luck based Elo                20                            -20