MASTER NORM TORNEY AT GRID GAMMON

Alright. I have now lost 10 matches in a row on the Grid. Every scenario seems to end up in freakscenario. My headsup challenge against Sonrik is at the moment not going my way. Sonrik seems to keep a tight and stable line at the moment, and plays strong. It must be said though i have faced some bad luck, and bad luck often brings difficult decisions. I have dealt with badluck scenarious pritty porrly statt-wise it seems, and have to adjust my psycology here. To let my mind on other stuff i joined one of Grid Gammons new projects. The IIBGF has in cooperation with Grid Gammon  started lots of intresting stuff that might help to rise the staus of backgammon. The Master Norm Torney is a tournament where you can qualify to different titles, grandmaster etc, just like in chess. I would like to advise everyone who is serious about his/her game to register. The IIBGF homepage you can find here: http://iibgf.weebly.com/about-iibgf.html

Since i am struggeling both in my current heads up match against Sonrik and on the Grid in General at the moment, i thought this would be a good oportunity to restore my game.This torney will be played out during 6 months. 12 people play eachother twize in a round robin system to 13 points. Here is my first round in this international master torney. I hoped my bad luck would turn. It did not as i am facing almost - 6 in luck factor,  but at least I got my game running again, after seeing some crushing bad numbers in the latest matches in the heads up challenge which are not posted yet.

13 point match, Score is JediMenace: 6, chupsa: 13

JediMenace	Category	chupsa
World Class (-0,0071)	Total Error	World Class (-0,0052)
World Class (-0,0074)	Checker Play	World Class (-0,0053)
World Class (-0,0050)	Cube Play	World Champ. (-0,0038)
3,5	Performance Rating	2,6

JediMenace	Game per Game	chupsa
World Class (-0,0073)	Game 1	Casual Player (-0,0418)
World Class (-0,0072)	Game 2	Expert (-0,0120)
World Class (-0,0098)	Game 3	World Champ. (-0,0036)
Advanced (-0,0219)	Game 4	World Class (-0,0080)
World Champ. (-0,0017)	Game 5	World Champ. (-0,0045)
World Champ. (-0,0003)	Game 6	World Champ. (+0,0000)
World Champ. (-0,0012)	Game 7	World Class (-0,0052)
World Class (-0,0070)	Game 8	World Champ. (-0,0046)
World Champ. (-0,0027)	Game 9	World Champ. (-0,0021)
Advanced (-0,0170)	Game 10	World Champ. (-0,0026)
Expert (-0,0118)	Game 11	World Champ. (-0,0017)
World Class (-0,0052)	Game 12	World Class (-0,0057)

JediMenace	Category	chupsa
14(5) -1,125(-7,57%)	Move Errors Equity lost (cost)	12(3) -0,956(-6,84%)
0 -0,012(-0,06%)	Double Errors Equity lost (cost)	1 -0,061(-0,29%)
1(1) -0,119(-0,69%)	Take Errors Equity lost (cost)	0 +0,000
0	Outplays	0
15(6) -1,256(-8,32%)	Total Error Equity lost (cost)	13(3) -1,017(-7,13%)
19 -5,829(-49,21%)	Jokers Luck	26 +5,829(+49,21%)
World Class 3,5	Level of Play Luck	World Class 2,6

Man....Not a good day being a Jedi. I lost almost 50 rating points on the Grid, and it doesn't seem to stop!

Gonna call Chewbacka and go for some beers.

Jedi will be back!