Nordic Open 2010 - a Players' Report : Updated 08.04.2010 : by Roland Herrera ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi, readers, I am here at Nordic 2010, mostly following "Denmark vs. The Rest of the World" This event will probably witness the highest level of Backgammon ever played. (Which is why I am following it & not playing) I think this is the most exciting competition ever held. Denmark is without question the strongest nation in the World at Backgammon... At the start they were crushing the rest of the World with an 18-1/43 lead. As Carter put it "if the Rest-of-the-World can't beat them!...." Now Rest-of-the-World are fighting back! World are now trailing by only 6-points after Saturdays events. My wife and I arrived in Copenhagen with Michi (congrats. to 2009_Giant#9!) from Bristol on Monday. Although a few days early, we were lucky to be directly involved in several training matches vs. the World Team for the Final Event. Obviously, playing vs. World team with current Giants #1 #2 #7 #9 #15 etc.was hard, but highly educational for us. Bob Wachtel (Giant #10) and Elli helped! Needless to say, all matches were recorded, analysed and discussed thoroughly from beginning to end. Simonetta is playing in the Advanced (she lost money round but made deal)! & I study non stop 15 hrs for 7 days. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tips : Press REFRESH (sometimes I need to do this more than once) on your browser to load this latest txt file If you see a strange line of text (below) it's probably an exported SWE position file. You can import this to Snowie or Open it in Gnu (Standard Text Format). First copy & paste it into a .txt file 11;0;0;0;1;Gus DK;Stick W;0;4;2;1;0;0;-1;3;0;-2;2;2;4;2;0;0;0;-1;2;0;0;0;0;-1;-2;-2;-2;-2;-2;0;0;0;0; For the board positions, make sure you have New Courier or any even-spaced font selected. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Latest News at top ___ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Denmark vs. Rest-of-The-World" Final Score to 43 : DK won 43 - 27 (SUNDAY : Event concluded ; nobody can beat the Danes!) Reporting finished but I am now going to re-open this file to add more Matches & Positions etc. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05.04 21:55hrs Well the Final between Falafel and Soren is on at the moment 5-5/7 match#1. No, Soren just won match#1 It will be a bit stupid if Falafel doesn't win ! 05.04 21:30hrs The semi final between Michi and Falafel. Of course, this should have been the real final! Michi should have won over & over in Match#2 Somehow, Falafel just hung in there saving gammons, saving the match twice, and eventually taking match#2 from 5-0 down. Match #3 went to dmp. When Falafel needed a 2 to hit at the end-game he got it... it left Michi needing a 6.. but he couldn't throw it... Falafel himself said he won in a sick way... in a way he'd never won before... In match #2 Falafel muttered something like "this'll be a story to tell the grand children... that's if I ever pull this one off!" Anyway I recorded one of the best matches I have ever seen, and Michi will be back, I'm sure... He will win big time one day !! One thing is clear...you cannot skip this tournament ! It's the biggest, hardest, and best in the World...back in 2002 it was my 1st tournament abroad An eye opener and a learning experience every time I come... This time it's largely thanks to Michi's coaching... but whatever the reason.. This is the one tournament you cannot miss... The Monte-Carlo World Championship is a joke compared to this... 05.04 03:10hrs Denmark won the Final and the event by 16 points. Initial 3-ply Snowie 3ply Error Rating DK = 1.3 and World = 1.7 The final match (team consultation) started at 7-1/15 to DK to reflect their lead. Both teams made a blunder, on 3-ply (maybe not on rollouts) The rest was certainly exceptionally good play from both teams. Below ; the entire match from 1-7/15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 point match Game 1 World : 1 Denmark : 7 1) 63: 24/18 13/10 21: 13/11 8/7* 2) 52: 25/20 20/18* 32: 25/22 13/11 3) 64: 10/4 8/4 65: 13/7* 6/1* 4) 43: 25/21 25/22 65: 13/7 13/8 5) 31: 8/5 6/5 51: 22/17* 24/23 6) Doubles => 2 Takes 7) 55: 25/20 13/8* 6/1* 6/1 66: 8) 62: 8/2* 13/11 21: 25/23* 9) 54: 25/21 13/8 63: 25/22 10) 31: 11/8 21/20 51: 11) 51: 8/3* 3/2* 53: 25/22 12) 61: 8/2 22/21 31: 25/22 13) 41: 20/16 21/20 66: 14) 66: 21/15 16/10 15/9 13/7 66: 15) 22: 10/8 9/7 8/6 6/4 36: 25/22 22/16 16) 66: 7/1 7/1 63: 16/10 10/7 17) 52: 20/15 15/13 62: 11/5* 7/5 18) 62: 25/23 13/7 32: 6/3 3/1 19) 22: 23/21 7/5 6/4 6/4 62: 11/5 6/4* 20) 42: 25/21* 4/2 53: 25/22 22/17 21) 32: 5/2 4/2 32: 22/19 8/6 22) 54: 21/16 16/12 34: 17/13* 19/16 23) 21: 25/23 23/22 21: 6/4 5/4 24) 55: 63: 13/7 7/4 25) 64: 22/16 16/12 33: 22/19 16/13* 13/10 10/7 26) 52: 25/23 Doubles => 4 27) Drops Wins 2 points Game 2 World : 1 Denmark : 9 1) 41: 13/9 24/23 2) 64: 8/2* 6/2 61: 25/24 24/18 3) 43: 13/9 24/21 52: 9/4* 6/4 4) 63: 25/22 13/7* 54: 25/20 20/16* 5) 22: 25/23 13/11 11/9* 9/7 44: 25/21 24/20 6/2* 6/2 6) 41: 25/24 24/20 62: 13/7 7/5* 7) 43: 25/22 24/20* 54: 25/21 20/15 8) 61: 20/14 14/13 51: 15/10 10/9 9) 51: 13/8 8/7 43: 9/5 8/5 10) 41: 6/2 2/1 21: 13/11 11/10 11) 41: 6/2 2/1 61: 10/4 2/1 12) 22: 7/5 7/5 7/5 5/3 64: 8/2 8/4 13) 66: 22/16 22/16 16/10 16/10 11: 4/3 4/3 3/2 2/1 14) 54: 10/5 10/6 31: 6/3 6/5 15) Doubles => 2 Takes 16) 64: 13/7 7/3 32: 13/10 13/11 17) 62: 13/7 7/5 65: 10/4 11/6 18) 61: 8/2 8/7 62: 21/15 15/13 19) 21: 6/4* 5/4 55: 20) 22: 7/5 5/3 5/3 2/0 22: 21) 65: 6/0 6/1 61: 25/19 13/12 22) 54: 5/0 4/0 65: 12/6 19/14 23) 43: 4/0 3/0 43: 14/10 10/7 24) 53: 5/0 3/0 42: 7/5 4/0 25) 12: 2/0 2/1 52: 5/0 2/0 26) 45: 3/0 3/0 23: 3/0 2/0 27) 13: 1/0 1/0 24: 4/0 3/1 28) 16: 1/0 1/0 Wins 2 points Game 3 World : 3 Denmark : 9 1) 15: 13/8 6/5 52: 13/8 24/22 2) 43: 24/20 8/5 32: 8/5* 24/22 3) 43: 25/22 24/20* 41: 25/21 6/5* 4) 52: 25/20* 6/4* 62: 25/23 5) Doubles => 2 Drops Wins 1 point Game 4 World : 4 Denmark : 9 1) 64: 24/18 13/9 2) 21: 13/11 8/7* 66: 3) 54: 6/1* 11/7 55: 25/20 25/20 20/15 20/15 4) 41: 24/20 6/5 61: 13/7 8/7 5) 64: 13/7 24/20 63: 9/3 6/3 6) 63: 7/1 8/5 62: 13/7 6/4 7) 64: 13/7 7/3 32: 7/4 4/2 8) 64: 13/7 13/9 24: 15/11 13/11 9) 43: 7/3 7/4 61: 13/7 15/14 10) 43: 6/2 7/4 41: 7/3 3/2 11) 55: 20/15 20/15 15/10 15/10 31: 8/5 7/6 12) Doubles => 2 Drops Wins 1 point Game 5 World : 5 Denmark : 9 1) 41: 13/9 24/23 2) 51: 13/8 24/23 63: 9/3 6/3 3) 52: 13/8 23/21 64: 8/2 6/2 4) 54: 6/1* 24/20 63: 25/22 22/16 5) 11: 21/20 8/7 8/7 8/7 64: 16/10 10/6 6) 62: 7/1 13/11 33: 13/10 13/10 13/10 13/10 7) 22: 7/5 7/5 6/4 6/4 41: 10/6 23/22 8) 62: 11/5 5/3* 21: 25/23 23/22* 9) 22: 65: 22/16 16/11 10) 66: Doubles => 2 11) Drops Wins 1 point Game 6 World : 5 Denmark : 10 1) 56: 24/18 18/13 21: 13/11 6/5 2) 42: 24/20* 13/11 63: 25/22 11/5* 3) 43: 25/21 6/3* 42: 25/21 24/22* 4) 62: 25/23 21/15 63: 13/7 8/5 5) 43: 8/4* 4/1* 62: 25/23 6) 64: 8/2* 6/2 33: 25/22 25/22 13/10* 10/7 7) 53: 25/22 13/8 61: 22/16 6/5 8) 55: 13/8 13/8 11/6 6/1 21: 6/4 5/4 9) 33: 13/10 13/10 8/5 8/5 Doubles => 2 10) Takes 54: 16/11 11/7 11) 43: 10/6 10/7 63: 13/7 7/4 12) 62: 22/16 7/5 21: 13/11 11/10 13) 52: 6/1 16/14 54: 10/5 7/3 14) 21: 14/12 23/22* 32: 25/22 5/3* 15) 43: 25/22* 12/8 45: 25/21 21/16 16) 31: 5/2 2/1 61: 22/16 4/3* 17) 21: 25/23 23/22* 63: 25/22 22/16 18) 33: 8/5 8/5 8/5 5/2 42: 16/12 16/14 19) 42: 5/1 6/4 44: 16/12 14/10 7/3* 7/3 20) 63: 41: 12/8 22/21* 21) 42: 25/23 63: 8/2* 10/7 22) 61: 25/24 21: 8/6 8/7 23) 31: 25/24 5/2 66: 21/15 15/9 12/6 9/3 24) 61: 24/23* 23/17 21: 25) 33: 17/14 14/11 6/3* 6/3 62: 25/19 26) 44: 11/7 7/3 5/1 5/1 51: 25/20 6/5 27) 23: 3/1 52: 19/14 20/18 28) 11: 24/23 3/2 3/2 2/1 43: 6/2* 5/2 29) 66: 41: 18/14 14/13 30) 31: 25/24 41: 14/10 10/9 31) 42: 31: 9/6 13/12 32) 52: 42: 12/8 3/1* 33) 53: 21: 8/6 6/5 34) 31: 25/24* 52: 25/20 20/18 35) 52: 21: 18/16 16/15 36) 55: 65: 7/1* 6/1 37) 55: 63: 15/9 9/6 38) 22: 11: 7/6 6/5 5/4 4/3 39) 41: 41: 6/2 5/4 40) 22: 22: 4/2 3/1 2/0 2/0 41) 21: 21: 6/4 6/5 42) 61: 25/19 19/18 64: 5/0 4/0 43) 62: 18/12 12/10 61: 5/0 1/0 44) 65: 10/4 4/0 64: 5/0 4/0 45) 52: 2/0 2/0 41: 4/0 1/0 46) 65: 2/0 2/0 22: 3/1 3/1 2/0 2/0 47) 32: 2/0 1/0 33: 1/0 1/0 1/0 Wins 2 points Game 7 World : 5 Denmark : 12 1) 26: 24/18 13/11 52: 6/1* 24/22 2) 64: 25/21 21/15 62: 22/16 16/14* 3) 43: 25/22 15/11* 65: 25/20 20/14* 4) 52: 25/20 13/11* 42: 25/21 24/22 5) 63: 11/5 8/5 32: 6/3* 3/1 6) 63: 25/22 20/14 51: 13/8 22/21 7) 31: 22/21 21/18 43: 8/4 8/5 8) 51: 14/9 6/5 33: 21/18 21/18 18/15 18/15 9) 53: 9/4 6/3 66: 15/9 15/9 9/3 9/3 10) 24: 8/4 5/3 31: 6/3 3/2 11) 66: 13/7 13/7 8/2 7/1 54: 13/8 8/4 12) 11: 6/5 5/4 4/3 3/2 43: 13/9 9/6 13) 43: 13/9 9/6 33: 13/10 13/10 8/5 8/5 14) 64: 7/1 6/2 Doubles => 2 15) Takes 32: 5/2 6/4 16) 54: 18/13 18/14 53: 10/5 10/7 17) 62: 13/7 7/5 22: 7/5 4/2 2/0 2/0 18) 65: 14/8 8/3 21: 2/0 1/0 19) 64: 6/0 4/0 65: 6/0 5/0 20) 41: 4/0 1/0 32: 3/0 4/2 21) 41: 5/1 1/0 63: 6/0 3/0 22) 63: 6/0 3/0 64: 5/0 4/0 23) 44: 5/1 5/1 3/0 3/0 64: 5/0 5/1 24) 53: 2/0 2/0 51: 2/0 1/0 25) 52: 2/0 1/0 21: 1/0 Wins 2 points Game 8 World : 5 Denmark : 14 1) 21: 13/11 6/5 2) 64: 24/20* 20/14* 42: 25/21 25/23 3) 32: 14/11 13/11 53: 23/18 21/18 4) 42: 8/4 6/4 33: 8/5 8/5 6/3 6/3 5) 21: 13/11 24/23 64: 8/2* 13/9 6) 65: 62: 13/7 9/7 7) 52: 25/23* 13/8 32: 25/22 24/22 8) 42: 23/21 21/17 31: 7/4 7/6 9) 53: 17/14 14/9 63: 22/16* 16/13 10) 43: 25/21* 6/3* 66: 11) 44: 13/9 13/9 9/5 9/5 61: 25/24 12) 63: 21/15 6/3 42: 25/23 13/9 13) 51: 15/10 11/10 65: 13/7 23/18 14) 43: 8/4 11/8 33: 13/10 10/7 7/4 7/4 15) 33: 11/8 8/5 8/5 5/2 21: 18/16 24/23* 16) 64: 61: 24/18 6/5 17) 23: 25/23 5/2* 23: 25/23* 16/13 18) 32: 25/23 4/1 66: 18/12 18/12 18/12 9/3 19) 21: 4/2* 2/1 52: 25/23 23/18 20) 53: 23/18 10/7* 41: 25/21* 3/2* 21) 63: 63: 13/7* 5/2 22) 32: 54: 12/7 12/8 23) 62: 63: 12/6 21/18* 24) 63: 51: 18/13 8/7 25) 55: 66: 13/7 7/1 7/1 7/1 26) 44: 43: 7/3 6/3 27) 11: 33: 6/3 6/3 5/2 5/2 28) 65: 25/19 25/20 65: 4/0 4/0 29) 61: 25/19 42: 3/0 3/1 30) 21: 54: 3/0 3/0 31) 32: 43: 3/0 3/0 32) 41: 25/21 20/19 65: 2/0 2/0 33) 51: 21/16 8/7 14: 2/0 2/1 34) 35: 6/1 5/2 62: 1/0 1/0 35) 52: 19/14 19/17 41: 1/0 1/0 36) 14: 5/1 2/1 64: 1/0 Wins 3 points and the match _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Below A difficult 11 checker-play problem for World team (X)... how would you play this ? Score X = 4-9/15 Homeboards on the left. +------------------------------------------+ | O O X X O | | O X | | O O O | | O X | | O | | X | | | | | | | | | | |BAR| | | | | X | | X | | X O | | X | | X O | | X | | X O | | X O X | | X O O | +-1--2--3--4--5--6--------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ They played 21/20 8/7 (3) correctly, of course ! Below: Why is it I could see this was an easy take on 4. O have 2 dead checkers. O redoubles to 4, X (World) blunders and passes. Score X = 1-7/15 Finally something I have an opinion about. Maybe it's easy....Two things seemed wrong at the time.. DK were too quick to redouble... & World (perhaps not unanimously) dropped an easy take. I'm not the best player out there... but as a spectator I could see very clearly what was going wrong here.. I also knew which way each player would go, including the Captain. +-1--2--3--4--5--6--------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ | O X O O O | | O O | | O O O O | | O O | | O | | O | | | | | | | | | | |BAR| | | X | | | | X X | | | | X X X | | | | X X X X | | | | X X X X O | | | +------------------------------------------+ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Below : Average Performance Error Rates for individuals ; Some figures are for individual matches, some are averages (ie. 7 DMPs) World Class analysis Speed: Morten Holm 3.1 vs. Michy 4.6 Gus Hansen 3.0 vs. Falafel 2.8 Sander Lylloff 3.1 vs. Fernando 8.4 DMP: Mads Andersen 3.1 vs. Stick 1.4 Thomas Kristensen 3.9 vs. MCG 2.6 Marc Olsen vs. 4.1 vs. Mochy 3.2 Doubles: Mads Andersen/Lars Trabolt 3.1 vs. MCG/Mochy 3.2 Thomas Kristensen/Marc Olsen 2.5 vs. Falafel/Peter Heitmuller 1.5 Singles: Gus Hansen 1.5 vs. Stick 2.5 Sander Lylloff 5.9 vs. Michy 2.6 Ladies: Pia Jeppesen 5.2 vs. Katja Spillum 5.8 Final: Denmark 1.3 vs. The World 2.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2/2 ply, Snowie equiv Speed: Morten Holm 2.6 vs. Michy 3.6 Gus Hansen 2.7 vs. Falafel 2.6 Sander Lylloff 2.5 vs. Fernando Braconi 6.5 DMP: Mads Andersen 1.2 vs. Stick 0.9 Thomas Kristensen 1.8 vs. MCG 1.4 Marc Olsen 1.8 vs. Mochy 2.7 Doubles: Mads Andersen/Lars Trabolt 1.9 vs. MCG/Mochy 2.1 Thomas Kristensen/Marc Olsen 2.3 vs. Falafel/Peter Heitmuller 1.7 Singles: Gus Hansen 2.0 vs. Stick 2.7 Sander Lylloff 5.9 vs. Michy 1.9 Ladies: Pia Jeppesen 4.6 vs. Katja Spillum 5.3 Final: Denmark 1.4 vs. The World 1.8 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04.04 23:22hrs Michi in Simo out. Michi went from almost being gammoned @ 10-8 Post-crawford to 11, to winning. Bang left a double shot on bearoff against Michi's sole 3-point anchor with 63. Michi picked up both, closed-out and won. This time my good friend Orlowski (Giant#27) recorded so I could enjoy the match. I still took down some positions. Also, post match discussions with Giants is something that I cannot do back home... so I still think I did the right thing... ...despite the fact everyone is upset I am not playing ! Now I am going to see the Final of DK vs. World 04.04 16:44hrs Some days are good and some not so good. So far, today is the latter. Michi & Simo both knocked out (now in the fighters' bracket) Close matches, as they were both leading half way through. I didn't even get to play mixed doubles :O(... Luckily, I was recording Michi vs.Soren (this was streamed) by hand, when Snowie got an Access Violation and packed up. Below, Michi (X) is offered a strong double by Soeren (0). Score X = 13-14/17. Would you take or drop ? I'd like to quote Paul Magriel on the Streaming chat earlier on @ 3:33 paulmagriel: "Michi you are my idol" +-------------5-----------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ | O O O O O | | X | | O O O O O | | | | O O | | | | O | | | | | | | | |BAR| | | | | | | X | | | | X X | | | | X X X X X | | O | | X X X X X | | X O | +------------------------18-17-16-15-14-13-+ 04.04 3:44hrs I'm finished for the day. But here's a position I overheard from Matt...call it DMP as I can't remember the score : Anyway... below; how would you play 11 as X ? By the way XG_Roller switches 3/2(2) instead of 10/8 !! +------------------------18----------14----+ | X O O X O O | | O O | | X O O X O O | | O O | | O | | O | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | X X X | | X | | O X X X | | X X | +-1--2--3--4--5--6--------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ 04.04 3:14hrs Katia vs. Pia 3x7-point matches (each worth 3-points in the big scheme). This started later than 11pm Katia out-played her opponent, who played a fair game, to win 2/3 matches. Katia lost the 1st match (DK+3) Though in a commanding position, she got hit with a 6... after using up all but 5 secs. of her time on a good play with 42 to make-4. I recorded the 1st match by hand and most of the 2nd match... with a position or two in the 3rd, but I am too tired to post anything now. The games were agressively played and Katia more-or-less cubed everything she could. Error rates in match#2 were World Class. Denmark vs. The Rest-of-the-world lead only by 6 points now, thanks to Katia's efforts. Tomorrow the whole team consults to the conclusion. 1st team to win 43 points wins. (DK are 75% favourite in terms of match equity). Every time I come to Nordic I learn so much, and this time is no exception. It has been fascinating, and tomorrow should be even more so. I have an excercise book full of positions, matches & notes and almost everyone here is completely dedicated to the game. This place oozes backgammon, and with over 400 players, it's the largest and hardest tournament in the World. The majority of players, according to Matt C-G, play better than a 5 in the Championship. Below Match #2 in 1 game between Katia and Pia : SW3ply Error rates Katia 1.588 and Pia 2.277 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 point match Game 1 Katia : 0 Pia : 0 1) 25: 13/8 24/22 11: 24/23 23/22 6/5 6/5 2) 55: 8/3* 8/3 6/1* 6/1 43: 25/21 3) 21: 6/4* 22/21 42: 25/21* 25/23 4) 32: 25/23 24/21 61: 13/7 8/7 5) 32: 13/10 23/21 Doubles => 2 6) Takes 54: 23/18 18/14 7) 55: 21/16 21/16 21/16 16/11* 33: 8) Doubles => 4 Takes 9) 63: 11/5 8/5 66: 10) 42: 8/4* 13/11 66: 11) 44: 13/9 13/9 11/7 10/6 64: 25/21* 12) 66: 52: 25/23 23/18* 13) 53: 25/22 Doubles => 8 14) Takes 43: 7/3* 6/3 15) 54: 25/21 52: 18/13 7/5 16) 21: 25/24 6/4* 22: 25/23 23/21* 8/6 6/4* 17) 66: 62: 8/2 4/2 18) 31: 25/24 32: 21/18 13/11 19) 43: 25/21 24/21 31: 13/10 11/10 20) 65: 24/18 18/13 43: 18/14 14/11 21) 32: 16/13 16/14* 66: 22) 41: 14/10 10/9 66: 23) 43: 9/5 9/6 43: 25/21 21/18 24) 51: 13/8 8/7* 55: 25) 43: 6/2 5/2 32: 26) 32: 13/10 9/7 55: 27) 22: 10/8 8/6 7/5 7/5 43: 25/21 21/18 28) 44: 21/17 21/17 17/13 17/13 61: 13/7 18/17 29) 51: 13/8* 8/7 21: 30) 54: 13/8 7/3 55: 31) 21: 6/4 5/4 31: 32) 31: 8/5 3/2 65: 33) 65: 6/0 6/1 41: 34) 54: 5/0 5/1 53: 35) 54: 5/0 5/1 21: 36) 26: 4/0 4/2 46: 25/19 13/9 37) 56: 3/0 3/0 23: 10/7 6/4 38) 33: 2/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 25: 6/1 9/7 39) 66: 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 14: 5/1 2/1 40) 53: 1/0 Wins 7 points and the match _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03.04 22:07 hrs Where are the ladies ? Well Good day for Simonetta and Michi..who won all their matches. Simo got cubed leading 13-12/15. She took & won. Michi won his matches, championship and vs. DK ; I recorded the last match. Below Simo's take. She won the next match and is now in the 1/4 Finals ! Not bad, considering the standard of players in the Advanced (read Kim Valeur, etc,). ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Simo (X) vs. Tom (O) | | 15 point Match | -------------------------------------------------------------------- Match to 15. Score X-O: 13-12 O on roll, cube action +-1--2--3--4--5--6--------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ | O O X O | | O O | | O O O | | O | | O O | | O | | | | | | | | | | |BAR| | | | O | | | | | | | X | | | | X X X X X | | X O | | X X X X X X | | X O | +24-23-22-21-20-19-------18-17-16-15-14-13-+ Pipcount X: 74 O: 122 X-O: 13-12/15 (1) CubeValue: 1 3-Ply Money equity: -0.865 0.2% 6.3% 27.1% 72.9% 46.6% 0.7% 1. No double -1.200 2. Double, take -1.375 (-0.175) Proper cube action: No double, take 7% ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03.04 19:20hrs I have just been recording a match for michi. Falafel & Peter won the Doubles (otherwise Katja vs. Pia would count 20% tonight) As it is, the Ladies is 3x3 points (9 points).. in a couple of hours. 03.04 15:10hrs Just finished clocked HEADS UP Match to 11 Michi (Giant #9) vs. Sander (Giant #4) : Winner Michi W+4 Very exciting match. Sander impressed me no end with his speed backgammon, last night & this match went low on time. However, Sander missed cubes at 4-away, 2-away so his error rating was high for him today but michi played great @2.8 Below: By the time Sander doubles at 4-away, 2-away it's too late and a blunder for Michi to take... Michi drops. 11;0;0;0;0;Sander;Michi;0;7;9;1;0;0;3;0;2;2;-1;2;0;-3;2;1;0;0;2;1;0;0;-1;-2;-3;-2;-2;-1;0;0;0;0;0; When Sander eventually doubles early at 3-away, 2-away it's costs .052 & is an easy snatch for Michi.. 11;0;0;0;0;Sander;Michi;0;8;9;1;0;-1;0;0;-2;0;-2;4;3;4;0;0;2;-3;0;0;0;1;-2;-1;-2;-2;0;1;0;0;0;0;0; ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03.04 3:08hrs : This evening (02.04.2010) from 11pm 4 more matches continued & completed. The third series of 5-point speed matches between Fernando Braconi vs. Sander Lyllof was completed I was asked to record on Snowie, but I was too slow. So I recorded match #2 by hand. Match #1 = W Match #2 = DK (with unfortunately, not a good rating for W) Match #3 = W Final result W +4 / DK +2 Also played was Heads up #1/2 Gus Hansen (Giant #24) vs. Stick Rice (Giant #7) to 11 points : This went to DK (DK+4) Below Trailing 2-4/11 Stick on the bar strongly considers this cube but declines (costs 66 not to double) with 23.5% gammons 11;0;0;0;0;Stick W;Gus DK;0;2;4;1;0;0;-1;0;0;0;2;4;2;3;0;0;0;-5;2;-1;0;0;-1;-1;-4;0;0;0;-2;1;1;0;0; Later same game, Gus, having turned things around offers Stick this initial cube ; Gus up 28 pays 55 to cube ; Stick takes 11;0;0;0;1;Gus DK;Stick W;0;4;2;1;0;0;-1;3;0;-2;2;2;4;2;0;0;0;-1;2;0;0;0;0;-1;-2;-2;-2;-2;-2;0;0;0;0; I recorded the match during latter stages but it seemed uninteresting; pity Stick was unable to get into it. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02.04 15:10hrs : 2nd Doubles Match to 9 DK = Thomas Kristensen & Marc Olsen vs. W Falafel & Peter Heitmueller ; W lead 2-0/9 This match will resume tomorrow (maybe 2:25pm ?) 02.04.2010 14:33hrs : Consulting Doubles Mochy/Matt vs. Trabi/Mads 9pt match 27'15" Won by World (4 points) @3-2/9 to W, W redouble to 4 on 9 vs. 10 checker bearoff. W go 7-2 up. Next game W roll 55 to disengage DK make-22 with a 11 roll. W clear-mid with a 44 roll. W= Double DK Take (incorrect according to Snowie) 9;0;0;0;1;World;Denmark;0;7;2;1;0;0;0;0;-2;2;3;3;3;4;0;0;0;-1;-1;-1;0;0;0;0;-2;-2;-2;-2;0;-2;0;0;0; (hint; save the line above as a .txt file and IMPORT it into Snowie as a position file) Below World incorrectly play a 42 on bearoff (5/1 4/2) can you do better ? 9;0;0;0;1;World;Denmark;0;7;2;1;0;0;4;3;-1;2;4;0;0;0;2;0;0;-1;-1;0;0;0;0;0;-2;-2;-2;-2;-2;-2;0;4;2; Error rate results (Snowie 3-ply) : World = 2.75 ; DK = 2.34 02.04.2010 12:51hrs : Consulting Doubles is underway... score still 0-0 02.04.2010 03:15hrs : Marc Olsen (DK) vs. Mochy (W) 7 DMPs 3rd session. 4 mins 12 secs on clock I recorded the 1st 2 by hand; must say I am tired now! Result 6-1 to DK therefore Running Score = 26 - 7 to DK #1 DK wins W rating 3.2 DK rating 1.6 analysis Snowie 3ply only 1 point match Game 1 Mochy : 0 Olsen : 0 1) 62: 13/11 24/18 2) 41: 13/9 8/7* 66: 3) 62: 13/7 24/22 65: 25/20 20/14 4) 34: 8/5 9/5 33: 8/5 8/5 6/3* 6/3 5) 11: 25/24 24/23 24/23 6/5 62: 14/8 24/22 6) 54: 23/18 18/14* 33: 25/22 13/10 8/5 5/2* 7) 56: 53: 22/17* 10/7 8) 22: 25/23* 25/23 6/4 6/4 52: 25/23 22/17 9) 31: 14/11 11/10 53: 13/8 7/4 10) 52: 10/5 23/21* 22: 25/23 8/6 6/4* 6/4 11) 62: 25/23 23/17* 62: 25/23 23/17 12) 21: 17/15 5/4 22: 17/15 17/15 4/2* 4/2 13) 56: 65: 23/17 15/10* 14) 21: 25/24 63: 23/17 13/10 15) 53: 32: 17/14 15/13 16) 61: 25/24 24/18 11: 10/9 9/8 8/7* 7/6 17) 56: 61: 17/11 14/13 18) 42: 25/21 5/3 44: 17/13 13/9 13/9 10/6 19) 42: 7/3 4/2 33: 13/10 13/10 10/7 10/7 20) 41: 7/3 3/2 65: 7/1* 6/1 21) 33: 21: 6/4* 4/3 22) 53: 53: 9/4 7/4 23) 33: 43: 9/5 11/8 24) 31: 31: 8/5 3/2 25) 22: 33: 6/3 6/3 5/2 5/2 26) 63: 25/19 61: 5/0 5/4 27) 66: 25/19 19/13 19/13 13/7 32: 3/0 2/0 28) 31: 13/10 7/6 21: 2/0 1/0 29) 53: 13/8 8/5 51: 4/0 1/0 30) 41: 10/6 13/12 43: 4/0 3/0 31) 62: 12/6 13/11 55: 4/0 3/0 3/0 2/0 32) 32: 4/1 3/1 44: 2/0 2/0 Wins 2 points and the match #2 DK wins W=0.059 rating DK=2.24 Snowie 3ply only 1 point match Game 1 Mochy : 0 Olsen : 0 1) 61: 8/7 13/7 2) 11: 8/7 8/7 6/5 6/5 43: 24/21 21/17* 3) 43: 25/21 24/21 21: 24/22 17/16 4) 65: 13/7 13/8 51: 22/17* 17/16 5) 51: 25/20 21/20 21: 8/6 8/7 6) 44: 21/17 17/13 7/3 7/3 54: 7/2 6/2 7) 51: 13/8 8/7 61: 13/7 7/6 8) 65: 7/1 6/1 54: 6/1* 6/2 9) 62: 64: 7/1 13/9 10) 12: 11: 16/15 16/15 9/8 8/7 11) 66: 51: 13/8 8/7 12) 32: 25/22 13/11 34: 6/3* 7/3 13) 11: 32: 7/4 6/4 14) 52: 25/20 20/18* 63: 15) 62: 18/12* 11/9 33: 16) 52: 12/7 7/5 55: 17) 51: 9/4 5/4 33: 18) 43: 13/9 9/6 33: 19) 63: 13/7 20/17 33: 20) 44: 20/16 16/12 12/8 7/3 22: 25/23 25/23 15/13 15/13 21) 42: 8/4 7/5 32: 13/10 10/8* 22) 56: 25/20 20/14 42: 8/4 13/11* 23) 33: 54: 23/18 18/14 24) 33: 65: 23/17 17/12 25) 33: 64: 14/8 12/8 26) 44: 54: 11/6 6/2 27) 22: 51: 8/3 2/1 28) 11: 42: 8/4 2/0 29) 11: 61: 6/0 6/5 30) 22: 62: 5/0 3/1 31) 11: 42: 4/0 4/2 32) 11: 55: 4/0 4/0 3/0 3/0 33) 41: 25/21 21/20 64: 2/0 2/0 34) 56: 20/14 14/9 52: 2/0 1/0 35) 15: 6/1 3/2 36: 1/0 1/0 36) 33: 5/2 4/1 4/1 4/1 25: 1/0 Wins 2 points and the match #3 W win #4 DK win #5 DK win #6 DK win #7 DK won (wasn't sure about this at the time...as i went to bed...maybe Mochy lost on time) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01.04.2010 23:58hrs : Matt Cohn-Geier (W) and Thomas Kristensen (DK) are playing next 7 DMPs; you can watch on U Stream Result 5-2 to WORLD : Running score = 20-6 to DK ; below summary #1 World won #2 World won #3 Dk made-21, lost-mid, W escaped w 64, DK hit w 1, W=7 off, DK ahead in race but miss w 21 World wins #4 DK won ; W make-20, slot-5, W=both 5-points, W hit w 24, DK esc, W=25 backgame, W miss a 3, DK win #5 World (W) win; DK split w 52, W44 make-20 make-9, W=both 5-points, W=5-prime, DK difficult 62, 5-prime wins #6 W wins, W21 open $ make-5, W wins #7 DK win; W opens 54, DK returns 53 make-5, W misses a 1 on DK bearoff, DK win ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01.04.2010 23:50hrs : 7 DMPs Stick Rice (W Giant#7) vs Mads Andersen (DK Giant#60) Result 6-1 to Denmark #1 Stick won. Switch with 11, Mads=2 on roof, dances with 33. Stick 25 double hits, closeout WORLD wins #2 DK closeout and bearin without 5-point DK win #3 World 11 to make-7 make-5 ; DK 55 to make-3 World 44 make-9 DK win #4 World flyshot with 54 DK make both 5-points and then a 4-prime World escapes, race DK roll 66 and win race #5 5-point fight in World's homeboard. World=1, 3 backgame, DK 11 off, hit & contained, DK hit on W bearoff DK win #6 World open 43 DK make-5, Endgame coup-de-grace, W miss with 55 airball DK win #7 DK open 53 make-3, W almost close DK out. DK enter on 20 and DK win ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01.04.2010 21:00hrs : 3x3 Speed Matches to 5-points. 2 mins and 10 sec. clock delay. Too fast to play well ....? Denmark leading 12-0 (First 6 speed matches went to DK). Michihito Kageyama vs. Morten Holm... (I recorded these by hand). Both teams showed some high levels of play, World = 0.8 match #1 and DK = 0.7 in match #3. Then Falafel (Giant#2) played 3 5-point matches (2'10'') with Gus Hansen (Giant#23); DK's worst level was 3.7 After Dinner it's Fernando Bracconi (Giant#33) vs. Sandor Lylloff (Giant#4) nope this is tomorrow... due to late running Below : The Speed match that kick started the show ; DK seem to be a bit off with CUBE decisions ! _________________________________________________________________________________________________Snowie Export_______________________________ 5 point match Game 1 Michi : 0 Morten Holm : 0 1) 61: 13/7 8/7 2) 33: 24/21 24/21 13/10 13/10 13: 8/5 6/5 3) 51: 10/5 6/5 53: 13/8 24/21 4) 61: 13/7 8/7 52: 21/16 16/14 5) 61: 10/4 6/5 61: 14/8 24/23 6) 44: 8/4 7/3 7/3 6/2* 44: 7) Doubles => 2 Takes 8) 61: 8/2 5/4 11: 25/24 8/7 7/6 6/5 9) 53: 21/16 4/1* 44: 10) 53: 21/16 13/10 13: 25/24* 13/10 11) 63: 25/22 22/16 31: 13/10 13/12* 12) 46: 25/21 16/10 51: 12/7 5/4* 13) 31: 25/22 22/21* 33: 14) 41: 10/6 10/9 44: 15) 11: 9/8 6/5 2/1* 2/1 21: 25/23 16) 63: 8/2* 5/2 33: 17) 31: 16/13 13/12 11: 18) 54: 21/16 16/12 61: 19) 61: 16/10 12/11 11: 20) 54: 10/5 12/8 11: 21) 32: 11/8 8/6 11: 22) 61: 8/2 2/1 11: 23) 43: 5/1 6/3 11: 24) 63: 6/0 6/3 11: 25) 61: 5/0 5/4 11: 26) 44: 4/0 4/0 4/0 3/0 42: 25/21 27) 44: 3/0 3/0 3/0 2/0 25: 25/23* 21/16 28) 63: 25/22 22/16 41: 16/12 10/9* 29) 31: 25/22 22/21 63: 10/4* 7/4 30) 44: 52: 23/18 6/4 31) 55: 64: 18/12 12/8 32) 41: 25/24 53: 8/3 6/3 33) 14: 24/23 65: 9/3 12/7 34) 33: 52: 7/2* 3/1 35) 33: 42: 8/4 4/2 36) 33: 43: 7/3 4/1 37) 33: 42: 8/4 7/5 38) 44: 22: 5/3 4/2 3/1 2/0 39) 44: 41: 4/0 1/0 40) 41: 25/21* 51: 25/20 5/4* 41) 46: 25/21* 21/15 26: 25/19 19/17 42) 21: 15/13 13/12 43: 17/13* 13/10 43) 55: 25/20* 20/15* 15/10 10/5* 44: 25/21 25/21 25/21 21/17 44) 43: 5/1 1/0 21: 3/1 2/1 45) 34: 1/0 1/0 14: 6/2 2/1 46) 55: 1/0 1/0 Wins 2 points Game 2 Michi : 2 Morten Holm : 0 1) 15: 13/8 24/23 21: 13/11 24/23 2) 22: 13/11 13/11 6/4 6/4 42: 8/4 6/4 3) 55: 23/18 18/13 8/3 8/3 42: 13/9 11/9 4) 61: 11/5 6/5 43: 9/5 8/5 5) Doubles => 2 Takes 6) 32: 11/8 8/6 62: 13/7 9/7 7) 65: 13/7 7/2* 21: 25/23* 24/23 8) 14: 25/24 13/9 Doubles => 4 9) Drops Wins 2 points Game 3 Michi : 2 Morten Holm : 2 1) 36: 24/18 13/10 41: 13/9 8/7* 2) 63: 25/22 22/16* 22: 25/23 13/11 11/9* 9/7 3) 31: 25/24 13/10 63: 23/20 20/14 4) 64: 10/4 8/4 31: 8/5 6/5 5) 32: 24/21 13/11* 16: 25/24 24/18 6) 33: 24/21 10/7* 8/5 8/5 32: 25/22 24/22 7) 13: 11/8 8/7 35: 13/8 6/3 8) 21: 6/4 6/5 35: 8/3 8/5 9) 51: 13/8 8/7 66: 22/16 22/16 16/10 16/10 10) 34: 7/3 6/3 24: 6/2 5/3 11) Doubles => 2 Drops Wins 1 point Game 4 Michi : 3 Morten Holm : 2 1) 21: 13/11 6/5 2) 43: 24/20* 24/21 61: 25/24 11/5* 3) 31: 25/22 21/20* 63: 25/22 24/18 4) 31: 8/5 6/5 52: 13/8 24/22 5) 53: 13/8 8/5 52: 8/3* 18/16 6) 22: 25/23 23/21 6/4 6/4 43: 8/4* 6/3 7) 32: 25/23 23/20 54: 13/8 8/4 8) 32: 13/10 10/8 51: 16/11 11/10 9) 21: 8/6 5/4 64: 24/18 10/6 10) 65: 13/7* 13/8 24: 25/23 22/18* 11) 21: 25/23 8/7* 31: 25/22 13/12* 12) 14: 25/24 6/2* Doubles => 2 13) Takes 51: 25/24 6/1* 14) 65: 25/20 7/1* 54: 15) 32: 23/20 4/2 26: 16) 31: 8/5 8/7 61: 25/24* 24/18* 17) 52: 25/20 25/23 52: 18/13 6/4 18) 21: 20/18 5/4 33: 13/10 13/10 10/7* 4/1 19) 44: 43: 22/18 10/7 20) 56: 25/20 20/14 43: 18/14 14/11* 21) 11: 41: 22/18 12/11 22) 54: 25/20 20/16 62: 8/2* 11/9* 23) 44: 65: 8/2 11/6 24) 33: 52: 18/13 13/11 25) 54: 25/20 52: 11/6 9/7 26) 55: 25/20 20/15 20/15 20/15 62: 7/1 3/1 27) 43: 15/11 15/12 32: 6/3 6/4 28) 36: 20/14 15/12 44: 7/3 7/3 4/0 4/0 29) 22: 14/12 12/10 10/8 8/6 25: 6/1 6/4 30) 41: 11/7 7/6 43: 4/0 3/0 31) 31: 20/17 12/11 52: 4/0 2/0 32) 62: 12/6 20/18 41: 3/0 1/0 33) 64: 18/12 17/13 32: 3/0 2/0 34) 41: 11/7 7/6 52: 3/0 1/0 35) 53: 13/8 8/5 35: 1/0 1/0 36) 15: 12/7 7/6 43: 1/0 Wins 4 points and the match _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________