Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Richard Lukas vs. Günther Holzinger Velden 2011 Mainevent 1. Round

European Championship 2011 Velden
Main Event
1. Round
11 pts match, Score is  Richard Lukas: 11,   Günther Holzinger: 0



xg summery: 
Richard Lukas Category Günther Holzinger
Advanced (-0.0193) Total Error Advanced (-0.0200)
Advanced (-0.0159) Checker Play Advanced (-0.0201)
Intermediate (-0.0314) Cube Play Advanced (-0.0172)
9.7 Performance Rating 10.0

Richard Lukas Game Per Game Günther Holzinger
World Champ. (-0.0046) Game 1 World Class (-0.0053)
Advanced (-0.0227) Game 2 Intermediate (-0.0256)
Casual Player (-0.0416) Game 3 Intermediate (-0.0262)
Expert (-0.0106) Game 4 World Champ. (-0.0038)
Intermediate (-0.0291) Game 5 World Champ. (-0.0028)
Intermediate (-0.0278) Game 6 Advanced (-0.0224)
World Class (-0.0065) Game 7 Intermediate (-0.0325)
World Class (-0.0089) Game 8 Intermediate (-0.0292)

Snowie summery: 

Match simplified statistics (EMG Rated)
Player Richard Lukas Günther Holzinger
Rating beginner advanced
Overall 13,033 8,261
Checker play 7,522 7,292
Double 5,511 0,968
Take 0,000 0,000
Favorite
Günther Holzinger was 59,80% - 40,20% favorite.

A extraordinary luck factor gave Guenther no chance in this match. regarding to extremegammon we played nearly same niveau "advanced", but my luck was unbeatable.

Most interessting positions during the match:

Guenters first blunder after a very well played first game.
equity loss -0.149
correct move 24/18
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Winchance 63.8% gammonchance 43.5%. actually a interessting evaluation. i didnt had a good feeling here. i need twice a 4 to get out of his house. if i dont roll a 4 during the next 2-3 rolls and i loose the game.
it looks dangerous but if it is a 43 % gammonchance wouldnt it be anyway too good to double normally ?
not doubeling was not about too good ... i just where not confident enough in my position.
correct decision double/take
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of course i should have hitted and missed a good gammonchance here. i was just happy to get out of his house and didnt want to risk a hit getting back into the same situation i just got out.
correct move 22/18 5/3
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big blunder here. of course he need to hit the second checker.
equity loss -0.236
correct move 13/10 8/2
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arguable blunder. hitting on 5 can end pretty bad. there is a good chance that he may dance at a house with 3 covered spots. however analize say blunder. equity loss -0.083
correct move bar/5
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82% winchance 56% gammonchance. why ever i doubled here. pretty stupid if i look at it now.
correct decision too good to double/drop
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i dont see the reason why i should keep the blot on 10. well there are 2 more rolls to cover the 5 if i stay there but also 3 rolls to get hitted there. thats really worth it ? equity loss -0.081
correct move 8/4 6/4
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Score 4:0 ...70.8% winchance 24.5 % gammonchance. a typical position i dont feel so good in.
but doubleblunder
correct decision double/drop
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as if i dont know it anyway :) not covering the 5 is a blunder 99% of the time.
correct move 24/21 8/5(3)
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what a horrorblunder. something must have disracted me totally to overlook the possibility to cover 3
equity loss -0.394 !!!
correct move 8/3 4/3
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79.5% winchance 15.3% gammonchance
i overestimated the gammonchance and thought it is too good.
correct decision double/drop
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77.5% winchance 7.2% gammonchance still i thought it is too good.
correct decision double/drop
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this here i really dont understand. he took my double and it was correct !? the previous sample was a double/drop and this here is a take ? also winchance and gammonchance droped a little. the possiblitys to hit and cover didnt changed at all. the pipcount changed from -16 to -14. only good question is why i doubled now and not one roll before as the situation isnt changed :)
correct decision double/take
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Score 7:0 he urgently need to do something. chickenplay or he just didnt see. 
very bad blunder equity loss -0.346 !!!
correct move 16/5
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winningchance 77.4% gammonchance 19%. again i thought it is too good to double. every other roll then a 6/1 works towards a possible gammon to me and still my winchance would be high even if he roll a 6/1. but analize say blunder.
correct decision double/drop
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a real disaster roll and seems i made the worst out of it. 18 pips behind i thought better to wait in the back in the hope to hit him and gain back some pips.i didnt liked the move it it didnt looked so bad either to me.
equity loss -0.395
correct move 19/7 8/4
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this is the game which ruined my rating most. another big blunder equity loss -0.212
correct move bar/20 8/5
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why this is such a high blunder i really wonder. a very usual move. equity loss -0.152
correct move 13/9 13/8
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Score 9:0 ... i wonder what he is waiting for ? most proper i would have droped the cube. but  i guess my extreme luck in the past game took all his confidence or even interesst in  the match
correct decision double/take
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croffordgame 10:0 out of my house can be the only advise in this situation. but he stayed. equity loss -0.155
considering my double 3 as next roll it was the right decission :)
correct move 23/18 10/6
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i think i would have done the same blunder. equity loss -0.271
correct move bar/18
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keeping the chances high to hit on 2 if i go out is the reason for the blunder here i think.
equity loss -0.115
 correct move 18/16 7/6
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Richard Lukas & Peter Urbantschitsch vs. David Boldini & Hormoz Shahrokh Double Consulting

European Championship 2011 Velden
Double Consulting
Semi finals
9 pts match, Score is  Richard Lukas&Peter Urbantschitch: 6,   David Boldini & Hormoz Shahrokh: 9



xg summery:
David Boldini-Hormoz Shahrokh Category Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschitsch
Expert (-0.0130) Total Error Advanced (-0.0161)
Expert (-0.0106) Checker Play Expert (-0.0107)
Advanced (-0.0214) Cube Play Casual Player (-0.0396)
6.5 Performance Rating 8.0

David Boldini-Hormoz Shahrokh Game Per Game Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschitsch
World Champ. (-0.0022) Game 1 Beginner (-0.0488)
World Champ. (-0.0030) Game 2 Expert (-0.0137)
World Champ. (-0.0019) Game 3 Beginner (-0.0480)
World Champ. (+0.0000) Game 4 Intermediate (-0.0344)
Expert (-0.0118) Game 5 World Champ. (+0.0000)
Advanced (-0.0220) Game 6 Wow! (+0.0016)
Intermediate (-0.0257) Game 7 World Class (-0.0088)
Advanced (-0.0165) Game 8 Intermediate (-0.0299)
Advanced (-0.0156) Game 9 World Champ. (-0.0043)
Advanced (-0.0186) Game 10 Intermediate (-0.0261)
Advanced (-0.0194) Game 11 World Champ. (-0.0007)
World Class (-0.0054) Game 12 World Class (-0.0073)
World Class (-0.0077) Game 13 Advanced (-0.0167)

Snowie summery:
Match simplified statistics (EMG Rated)
Player David Boldini-Hormoz Shahrokhs Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschi
Rating advanced advanced
Overall 7,586 8,176
Checker play 5,026 4,096
Double 2,448 3,024
Take 0,112 1,055
Favorite
David Boldini-Hormoz Shahrokhs was 52,70% - 47,30% favorite.

The result of this analize suprised me a lot. after the match i thought it was a crazy unlucky loss but i have to admit that theyr win was just ok and deserved. both of us played a good performance but boldini and shahrokh played a bit better then us. listening to all the comments of boldini during the match was very funny.
very often during the match he insisted in the right move but you could understand about the way he explained his oppinion that he want to do the right move for the wrong reasons :) this made in many cases the impression of playing nonsens even it was just the correct thing to do. well ... finally it doesnt matter how you get to the right conclusions as long it gets you to the right solutions.

This time our good checkerplay was not enough. poor cubing made us loose the match.

Most interessting Positions during the Match:

first game no moveerror but a very bad takeblunder. it was barly a cube but a clear take
correct decision double/take
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next game the reverse. again good checkerplay without any blunder but a wrong take. finally not so bad because we turned the game and won it which makes the take not correct.
correct decision double/drop
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in the 3th game our first moveblunder. equity loss -0.141
correct move bar/22 20/15
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end of the game a blunder which didnt effected the game as there was coming a correct double/drop anyway.
equity loss -0.141
correct move 13/11 11/6
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i dont know why we dropped this. its a clear take. just 67% winchance and 26% gammonchance
correct decision double/take
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we only can say thx to this double blunder. way too good to double. 82% winchance 34% gammonchance
correct decision too good to double/drop
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well the cube was not they real strengh either :) blunder not to double
correct decision double/drop
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one move later still a blunder not to double 
correct decision double/take
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it was theyr worst game in the match. after the 2 doubleblunders a moveblunder equity loss -0.107
correct move Bar/20
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and the 4th blunder in a raw. equity loss -0.102
correct move 21/9(2)
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alltogether they lost the equity of half a game (0.511) during the last 4 moves and still won the game :)
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another clear cube blunder winchance 66% gammonchance 34%
correct decision double/drop
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a stupid blunder actually. some wrong thinking must have been behind it(i cant remember). there is no advantage in keeping 3 checkers on the 6
correct move 6/4 (4)
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we where thinking about a double. but i thought its too good and dangerous at same time. 
they get us and we loose or we win gammon. i definitly misjugded the gammonchance. double blunder
winchance 68% gammonchance 25%
 correct decision double/drop
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close the same situation and same thought to the previous one. again double blunder
Winchance 75.5% gammonchance 27.5%
correce decision double/drop
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one bad roll after the next but still thought it could be gammon. double blunder
Winchance 78% gammonchance 24%
correct decision double/drop
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finally we lost our faith in the gammon the moment the chance got actually higher. what a misjudgement
doubleblunder again. winchance 91.5% gammonchance 32.7%
correct decision too good to double/drop
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i thought about the right move here. but finally in front with the race we thought its not worth to take a risk. he may hit and cover with a lucky roll and we loose the game. but its a blunder equity loss -0.153
correct move 20/14(2) 13/7(2)
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kind of funny here. for some time they counted the pips. and even in front with pips they decided to stay at 17. blunder equity loss -0.116
correct move 17/11(2)
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interessting choice not to cover the 3. blunder equity loss -0.112
correct move 8/6 8/3
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similar to before. boldini insisted in keeping 3 stones on 8. of course the 3 spot is more valuable then the 2.
blunder equity loss -0.110
correct move 8/3
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this blunder is on me. i thought the house totally open and a blot on 1 there is no danger. i was wrong .... very very wrong. the double 3 joker at next roll proved to me how wrong. we possible lost the match here about my wrong choice. well ... peter agreed with my oppinion but still it was my argumentation. theyr joker would have been a antijoker if we would have moved right.
blunder equity loss -0.274
correct move 10/7 8/7
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euphoric about theyr joker they played towards a gammon and made it.
double blunder winchance 62% gammonchance 39%
correct decision double/drop
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double error and move blunder equityloss -0.238. criticel blunder but unfortunate no consequences.
correct decision double/drop
corect move 7/1 6/4
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interessting blunder. equity loss -0.085. the threat on 22 is bigger then on 7 we thought. additional we attack the blot at 13. with a unlucky roll we maybe get a chance. obvously our thougts where wrong.
correct move bar/21(2) 8/4(2)
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score 8:6 past crofford. scared of theyr permanent jokerrolls we start a kind of chickenplay which looks save but it is not if you look closer. blunder equity loss -0.089
correct move 13/10 13/9
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same here. dangerous situation where we should have taken the initiative.passiv play was deadly here. with this blunder we lost the match. equity loss -0.123
correct move bar/23 6/2
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the final killermove. it looked a big blunder to me. if we hit we may win a gammon and the match.
but analize say it was the best available move. kind of unbelievebel that offering 4 blots is the best move here.
i never would have done this in this situation.
it worked out. we danced and lost. 
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Richard Lukas & Peter Urbantschitsch vs. Eva Zizkova & Honza Cerny Double Consulting

European Championship 2011 Velden
Double Consulting
3. Round
9 pts match, Score is  Richard Lukas&Peter Urbantschitch: 9,   Eva Zizkova & Honza Cerny:3



xg summery:
Eva Zizkova-Honza Cerny Category Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschitsch
Advanced (-0.0186) Total Error Advanced (-0.0243)
Advanced (-0.0162) Checker Play World Class (-0.0095)
Intermediate (-0.0254) Cube Play Distracted (-0.0616)
9.3 Performance Rating 12.1

Eva Zizkova-Honza Cerny Game Per Game Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschitsch
Expert (-0.0131) Game 1 Advanced (-0.0221)
World Champ. (+0.0000) Game 2 World Champ. (+0.0000)
World Class (-0.0083) Game 3 Distracted (-0.0789)
World Class (-0.0055) Game 4 World Class (-0.0085)
Casual Player (-0.0401) Game 5 World Champ. (+0.0000)
Advanced (-0.0214) Game 6 Expert (-0.0103)
World Class (-0.0095) Game 7 World Champ. (-0.0040)
Intermediate (-0.0276) Game 8 Distracted (-0.0830)
Intermediate (-0.0254) Game 9 Advanced (-0.0189)


xg summery:
Match simplified statistics (EMG Rated)
Player Eva Zizkova-Honza Cerny Richard Lukas-Peter Urbantschi
Rating beginner beginner
Overall 12,756 17,362
Checker play 8,580 4,414
Double 1,974 11,203
Take 2,202 1,745
Favorite
Eva Zizkova-Honza Cerny was 51,25% - 48,75% favorite.

Nearly perfect checkerplay but again we messed up the performance rating with the cube. Peter is a peace of work to convince to double or take :) But thats no excuse. i was not sure enough to insist in my opinions concerning the cube. Winning this match will get us into the semifinals and the moneyprices.

Most interessting positions during the match:


After a perfect first game we did our first double error. Equity loss -0.070
correct decision double/take
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The move didnt looked so bad to me but considered as blunder. Equity loss -0.107
correct move 13/11 13/7
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Here its already a blunder not to double. Winning chance 69% Gammon chance 21% Equity loss -0.207
correct decision double/take
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Next move close the same. Winning chance 68% Gammonchance 4% Equity loss -0.107
correct decision double/take
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Really well played so far. 5. game and we had no checkerplay blunder. but also from our opponent just the second blunder here. Equity loss -0.175
correct move 13/7 6/1
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Score 4:1, Time to get a bit more agressive for our opponent but they are a bit hesitant.
Winning chance 65.5% Gammon chance 33.5%. Double blunder, equity loss -0.171
correct decision double/drop
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Looks pretty convinient to me. We would have done the same i guess. But considered as blunder.
Equity loss -0.094
correct move 24/21 22/16
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I knew it, i knew it, i knew it :) But Peter wanted to double. Score 4:2. I finally agreed.With a Gammon Chance of 20% it was borderline. Equity loss just -0.004
correct decision too good to double/drop
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I have to admit that our opponent had really crap rolls. Bunder equity loss -0.207
correct move Bar/20 13/7
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Our first checkerplay blunder in the match. We thought we have time and didnt wanted to risk getting behind in the race with getting hitted. Equity loss -0.210
correct move 24/15
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After seeing this blunder i was pretty confident to win the match. Well a bad antijoker again.
Equity loss -0.126
correct move 6/4 5/4(2)
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69% winchance, 33% gammonchance. this was it !!! a desperate take at score 5:3
blunder equity loss -0.264
correct decision double/drop
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Looks pretty hopeless to me if there is not coming a series of magic rolls.
Blunder equity loss -0.127
correct move 24/18 9/8
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Our second and last move blunder in the match. equity loss -0.141
correct move 24/18 11/9
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No error here but very interessting. i thought this double is a blunder but it wasnt.
with a winchance of just 46% and gammonchance of 25% the double was correct.
probably because the gammon would be a matchwinner otherwise the double wouldnt be good i think.
correct decision redouble/take
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We did it. We are at semi finals !!!!! yeeeeehaaaaa
despite the doubleblunders it was a pretty well played match and a deserved win i think.
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