Cloning Backgammon
Crowded Backgammon
Anti Backgammon

2 1/2 days per move
two games per pair of players
9 players per section

JerNYC: Which is more impressive, a player who manages to beat another player who won a lot of games, or a player who beats another player who could only manage to win a small number of games?

Anyway, that is the logic of S-B, for better or for worse. People who lose on tiebreaks tend to be unhappy about it, while people who win on tiebreaks seem happy enough....

JerNYC: you played even against eachother, but he won against #4 while you lost against #4 ... that earns him more points

of course you won against #5 and he lost against #5, but you gain less points against #5 than against #4

JerNYC: The logic of the S-B system is as follows -
Comparing your performance with that of Ugo, it's very similar. The difference is that Ugo managed to beat Carpe Diem (1944) twice, whereas you managed to beat Zurab (1737) twice. 1944>1737, therefore Ugo did better.

I agree that you did better considering your rating, but this wasn't a handicap tournament, so it doesn't get taken into account.

created 2 new tourneys   all can play lots of variety  rememberance day tourney
or All games Tourney

The Col:

JerNYC: Having a paid membership must be the tie breaker

JerNYC:

I am forced to finish in second place because of the S-B totals even though the first place winner is rated almost 300 points higher than me. I deserved to have a playoff with him for the tournament title. He and I split our two games so that alone should have been given credence. This feels wrong. I am definitely not a proponent of the S-B.

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

DeaD Man's GaMeS B-DAY

need 1 for Crowded Backgammon
need 2 for Logik

furbster: Thanks!

The really amazing thing is that it had 100 players in 15 sections for round 1, and had 3 rounds altogether, and finished in only 3 1/2 months!!!

furbster: happyjuggler

Prize Backgammon Rook

to happyjuggler for winning the rook prize backgammon tourney.

Cool! Looking for a team for Lines of Action tournament, preferably competitive and not a last winner, so we can challenge the winner!

Just to add to the NINE Team Tournaments that have just been released, coan.net had added FOUR more to the mix

So, 13 to get ready for now everyone (here are the new 4)

Happy Groundhog Day 2014! (Backgammon) - Team Size = 7 - Starts = Feb 2nd

Feb 2014 Logik Championship X - Team Size = 6 - Starts = Feb 9th

Feb 2014 Taphephobia (Amazons) V - Team Size = 4 - Starts = Feb 16th

Feb 2014 Swimming with the sharks - LoA #5 - Team Size = 4 - Starts = Feb 23rd

computeropponen: This board is for Tournaments, Team Tournaments and anything relating to them. Please take this discussion the relevant Discussion Board. You have been asked previously

when some one bought a computer program, what is he going to do? he want to test how strong the program will be, usually to challenge the stronger player.

Nov 2013 Clone Wars III(Cloning Backgammon) - Team Size = 6 - Starts = Nov 22nd

Nov 2013 Ludo X - Team Size = 7 - Starts = Nov 30th

Dec 2013 64 Battlefields XI (Chess) - Team Size = 6 - Starts = Dec 8th

Dec 2013 Dice Poker 6D V - Team Size = 7 - Starts = Dec 16th

Dec 2013 You sunk my Battleboats Plus IX - Team Size = 7 - Starts = Dec 24th

Jan 2014 Can you Connect 6 #7 - Team Size = 6 - Starts = Jan 1st

Jan 2014 Somniphobia IV (Dice Chess) - Team Size = 6 - Starts = Jan 8th

Jan 2014 Batrachophobia 8 (Froglet) - Team Size = 5 - Starts = Jan 16th

Jan 2014 PahTum #4 - Team Size = 4 - Starts = Jan 24th

With two games for every pair of players and 9 per section
2 1/2 days per move

Hrqls:
playing against a computer, one error will cost you the whole game. it is not the same when you play vs human, especially against a weaker opponent who may make mistake or miss the good move later on you can come back to the game
even when you play against an equal opponent, one error will put you in a very bad position you have to play very hard hoping to survive if you made a carelee quick move....

computeropponen: if you want anything to be done with your post, please post it on the chess board

there are many experienced chess players who read the chess board, and they might be able to analyze your game to determine if its likely to be a computer or not

btw 50% of my moves are careless and quick as well, but sometimes lucky enough to be not too bad :)

my user ID is computeropponent. i have said that no cheater @ this site only suspect. This time i found myself is playing against a true computer cheater(suspect).
the computer move looks not thing special but it is deep. i underestimated my opponent rated just 18xx. he move very slowly i just made a careless quick move.
re: my game vs xxxxxxxxxx chinese chess.

beach: well someone had a whole lot of time on their hands! A special filter to filter out unwanted tourney sponsors whould be nice. Also, a limit on how many tourneys one can start at one time. Also, zap all tourneys that don't meet the signup deadline.

;)

Wish there was a way that could prevent people from posting 300 tournaments  on the board they sit there for 30 days past the deadline then they add 300 tournaments posted by the same person I went to find other tournaments and cannot find anything because the tournament page is flooded by one person  I find it frustrating sorry but I just had to vent here

November Backgammon

Good Luck

ketchuplover: I think I'll take a pass on that one.

Aganju:

Both!

ketchuplover: is that a trick? Or would that be a treat?

♥♫βaβyĢіґŁŁє♫♥:

smell my feet

Hrqls: I am glad your boy is well again. Regarding that poster "lost in translation" comes to mind.

computeropponen: could you please reply to a message using the "box" link next to the "reply: link underneath a message? that way anyone reading your posts can click on "show thread" to follow the topic itself and we dont have to dig other posts which belong to another thread ...

computeropponen: sorry, i dont understand your question? i am just a mod on the brainking.com board (and the dutch board), nowhere else .. if you want to discuss the way a board is being moderated please discuss it with the moderator of that specific board

i am just an ordinary player on this board

the discussion i saw from you on this board though wasnt about moderating but about possible cheating and ratings and chess, not about the moderating :)

fyi: the picture is my son who was seriously ill, but is ok now (6 monthly medical checkup the following years), but that talk doesnt belong on this board :)

(forgot about 2 other boards, i am also a mod on the books and the jarmo boards)

made 2 new tourments  3 day time limit  Quick Tourney II   or
End of October Gammons

Knight Fight Tournament : S/E

There is a Knight Fight Team Tournament starting soon :

http://brainking.com/en/TeamTournaments?tri=343&trnst=10


If anyone wants to play please join this fellowship and it's Team.
☼ ¥εstεrday's Wørld ☼ Knight Fight Team

Hrqls: i did not know you are the Moderator of other discuss board until i post on the brainking discuss. it is good for me to discuss with the guy watch the board.
i don't like your yellow picture, but i like to discuss my thought abt this site openly with a moderator.

What's the matter with team tournaments? Only one to people join? It's a misery.

Quick start Tourney  would like to get more players please

MadMonkey:
my topic to discuss is: you should play a stronger player to improve yourself. don't pick the weak one just for winning and get BKR point.
ok. thanks for your advise. this is my last post. no more....

computeropponen: Can you keep this board for Tournament advertising & discussion please.

Feel free to talk about Chess on the relevant Chess Board

Thanks

Fide Women's World champion, 19-year-old GM Hou Yifan of china won the champion covincingly.
her rating 2609 higher than her opponent's 2500.
the most important is she has played in tournament of men's group,her middle and end game skill is stronger.

Retep:
i don't know some one cheating on chess, in my opinion @ this site there are only suspects, no one is proved a cheater.
for an ordinary chess player, there are something you can learn by playing here, if you don't care abt win or lose.
for a serious player you will pick up the bad habit, the time trouble. because it is not the right way to play in the real game

computeropponen: Before Brainking I only played ordinary chess, too. You could try some variants. I don't play ordinary chess online because of the cheating

Retep:
at the high level of chess tournament so many games are decided by who can play under time pressure.
you have to move fast, think fast, find the correct move in a short time.
sorry i just talk about chess, or chinese chess.
i don't know anything beside these two.
so i don't have hundreds or thousands games to play