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Playing to wrong match length From:   Steve Mellen Address:   solon@concentric.net Date:   4 February 1998 Subject:   Re: US Rules Sec4.9 Suggestions Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   solon-0402981600440001@ts007d45.chi-il.concentric.net Michael A. Urban wrote: > Last month, in the 3 round of the NEBC monthly I mistakenly > reported to my opponent that our match was to be played to > 11 points, (in fact 9 points was correct). Both of us, > went on to play to the 11 point score with that determining > who advanced. After, the match prior to the result being posted, > the mistake was pointed out to us. So what's the ruling? > > Should the player who reached 9 pts first have won? > (in this case it was not the same person who got 11) > > If the mistake had been pointed out in the middle of the match > what should have transpired? > > What if the length played to had been shorter, say 7 pts? > > mau In a tournament I attended, two players played a 7 point match under the mistaken belief that they were playing to 9 points. One player took an 8-0 lead, the other mounted a furious comeback, and they never realized the error until they were playing at double match point! The director ruled, correctly I would think, that the deciding game would have to be played out to decide the match. Was this the right ruling? And what if the mistake had been discovered when the score was, say, 8-5 post-Crawford? Or, just to really confuse matters, does someone want to argue that it makes a difference whether the score was 8-8 at the time the mistake was discovered, or 8-7 with the cube having been turned? Incidentally, the trailer in this instance completed his comeback to win the match. Imagine being known as the guy who blew an 8-0 lead in a 7 point match.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

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Playing to wrong match length  (Klaus Evers+, Jan 2006) 

Playing to wrong match length  (Marty Storer+, Mar 2005) 

Playing to wrong match length  (Steve Mellen, Feb 1998) 

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Two cubes on the board  (Jason Lee+, July 2005) 

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