Backgammon Matches to Download
(Important ; the following matches are presented here for educational purposes only - players' ratings often vary from match to match)
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Note : File extension guide ; the recommended procedure is to right click on the file name and select "save target as" from the pull down menu that will appear..  save it into a folder you can easily locate. I found I had to associate sgf files with Gnu.. you can do this in Windows Explorer... select file types. Txt files will be shown as a web page if you left click them, but if you right click, and save as, they can be imported into Snowie or Gnu. It is recommended you download the latest Gnu (right now, at the time of writing I use Version build Nov 2006 of Gnu). In time, bulky swm or sgf files may not remain on my server.. though the txt files always will. The txt files do not contain any analysis data, though this can be recreated with the latest version of Snowie or Gnu that you may have. vtxt files are in verbose text format. Html files are web pages ! Some matches analysed on Snowie (v.4.6) 3-ply setting can be analysed more accurately if rollouts are performed on certain close cube decisions.

Guide to Snowie levels : Please note individual levels vary greatly from match to match (mine can be anything from 0-10). Please note individual Match ratings may not always reflect a players strengths (or weaknesses). The better player is usually the one that most consistently plays well. Winners are underlined

ET   = Extra-Terrestrial = 0.00 - 1.20 : WC = World Class = 1.20 - 4.40 : EX  = Expert = 4.40 - 5.90 : AD  = Advanced = 5.90 - 8.80 :
IN
 = Intermediate = 8.80 - 12.60 : BE  = Beginner = 12.60 - 18.50 : NO = Novice = 18.50 +



International Giant Matches

Israel WC vs England WC : Nations Cup at the 5th Riviera Backgammon Festival Aug 2007 : Match to 7 ; swm txt
Mogens Knusen EX vs Lars Trabolt EX : Venice Final Jul 2004 : Match to 17 ; swm txt
 


UK & Bristol Matches

Ian Tarr & Richard Owsley EX vs Roland Herrera & John Sprague IN : Consulting Doubles Aug 2007 : Match to 5 : swm txt
Stuart Mann
AD vs Simonetta Herrera AD : Bristol Premier_1 League Jul 2007 : Match to 11 ; swm vtxt html rtf sgf txt
Simonetta Herrera
IN vs Michael Corbett BE : Bristol Premier_1 League Apr 2007 : Match to 11 ; swm txt

Simonetta Herrera
AD vs Mike Smith IN : Bristol Premier_1 League Feb 2007 : Match to 11 ; swm txt
Simonetta Herrera AD vs Mark Dixon IN : Bristol Premier_1 League Feb 2007 : Match to 11 ; swm txt sgf
Roland Herrera
WC vs Simon Fahoury BE : Recreational Match Feb 2007 : Match to 7 ; swm txt
Mark Dixon
AD vs Paul Christmas IN : Townharbour Trophy Final Nov 2006 : Match to 11 ; swm txt
Simonetta Herrera
IN vs Simon Baker BE : Tournament Final May 2004 : Match to 11 ; swm txt

Stuart Mann AD vs Simon Baker BE  : 49th Lesters Tournament Final Dec 2003 : Match to 11 ; swm txt
Roland Herrera IN vs Julian Fetterlein EX : Gammonitis Rollout Final Jul 2003 : Match to 13 ; swm txt

 


SNOWIE matches (practice matches against Snowie (Snowie Group SA) please send some in !)

Mark Dixon WC vs GnuBG WC : Practice Match with back games Jul 2007 ; Match to 9 ; swm sgf mat
Roland Herrera
ET
vs Snowie 2ply ET : Practice Match Jul 2007 : Match to 7 sgf swm txt
Roland Herrera
WC vs Snowie 1 ply WC : Practice Match 20 Feb 2006 : Match to 7 ; swm txt
Roland Herrera ET vs Snowie
WC : Short practice (silly way to get zero rating) : Match to 3 ; swm txt

 


DENMARK Aarhus / Nordic etc.

Roland Herrera AD vs Lars Trabolt ET : Aarhus BG Club April 2007 : Match to 7 ; swm txt
 


Manual Money-Cube or Chouette PROPS (Rollouts)

coming soon!