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  • Typical tournament match lengths?

    From Axel Reichert@mail@axel-reichert.de to rec.games.backgammon on Fri Dec 29 12:47:21 2023
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    Hello,

    I am currently playing around with optimization software applied to approximations of match equities (simpler/more accurate than Neil's
    numbers, Turner's formula, ...). As my Isight method was tuned to
    real-life race decisions, it will probably likewise help a great deal to
    know which match lengths are relevant for typical tournaments (it has
    been a while since I last participated in an event). I expect that the
    Nordic Open and the World Championship are somewhat outliers. Also there
    seems to be a small trend toward best-of-x series of shorter matches, the
    idea being that more interesting (in the sense of stark deviations from
    money sessions) scores are more predominantly featured in this kind of
    format. On online servers 5 and 7 pointers seem to dominate as well.

    Do you frequently encounter match lengths of 11, 13, 15, or even beyond?

    Best regards

    Axel
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  • From Timothy Chow@tchow12000@yahoo.com to rec.games.backgammon on Fri Dec 29 08:36:11 2023
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    On 12/29/2023 6:47 AM, Axel Reichert wrote:
    Do you frequently encounter match lengths of 11, 13, 15, or even beyond?

    BGOnline is probably a better forum for asking such a question.
    While BGOnline is still a pale shadow of its former self, it has
    regained some of its readership. For example, a recent post by
    Jason Lee has almost 100 views as of this writing.

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Stick Rice@bananaboater315@gmail.com to rec.games.backgammon on Mon Jan 1 11:38:49 2024
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    On Friday, December 29, 2023 at 6:47:24rC>AM UTC-5, Axel Reichert wrote:
    Hello,

    I am currently playing around with optimization software applied to approximations of match equities (simpler/more accurate than Neil's
    numbers, Turner's formula, ...). As my Isight method was tuned to
    real-life race decisions, it will probably likewise help a great deal to know which match lengths are relevant for typical tournaments (it has
    been a while since I last participated in an event). I expect that the Nordic Open and the World Championship are somewhat outliers. Also there seems to be a small trend toward best-of-x series of shorter matches, the idea being that more interesting (in the sense of stark deviations from money sessions) scores are more predominantly featured in this kind of format. On online servers 5 and 7 pointers seem to dominate as well.

    Do you frequently encounter match lengths of 11, 13, 15, or even beyond?

    Best regards

    Axel
    Not surprise I agree with Tim here, you should post on BGO ;) Only advanced players generally speaking are going to encounter match lengths beyond 11 points and even then it's not all that common, in the Main maybe, the Masters probably. In Denmark they run weekly where I believe the tournaments are 21 point matches.
    Stick
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  • From Axel Reichert@mail@axel-reichert.de to rec.games.backgammon on Thu Jan 11 19:56:08 2024
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    Stick Rice <bananaboater315@gmail.com> writes:

    Only advanced players generally speaking are going to encounter match
    lengths beyond 11 points and even then it's not all that common, in
    the Main maybe, the Masters probably.

    OK, thanks, that helps.

    Best regards

    Axel
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