Put a - in front of the number and switch the player name and you're done? :-)
What could be interesting is to sum up the luck value for each player and see if most average out to 0 in luck value or if some are consistently lucky/unlucky.
Some players (at least one in our club!) consistently sits there and keeps moaning about that they are the most unlucky backgammon player there is while playing a match. Odds are good they are not!... Perhaps that is an attempt to make the dice gods feel pity of them and give them some good luck?... or to annoy their opponent...
Here is a list of the average luck for players with 50 or more matches in the database:
| Player | avg luck | Num matches |
|---|---|---|
| Geert Van der Stricht | 1.0214230769231 | 52 |
| Chris Rogers | 0.81975471698113 | 53 |
| Julian Fetterlein | 0.69670731707317 | 82 |
| Tobias Hellwag | 0.68866129032258 | 62 |
| Gaz Owen | 0.5677037037037 | 54 |
| Bill Robertie | 0.54224193548387 | 62 |
| Nick Blasier | 0.50728571428571 | 133 |
| Thomas Tenland | 0.49353846153846 | 91 |
| Junichi Tanaka | 0.45129824561404 | 57 |
| Mads Peter Andersen | 0.44626923076923 | 52 |
| Lars Trabolt | 0.44451515151515 | 66 |
| Dagfinn Snarheim | 0.40206153846154 | 65 |
| Tsuyoshi Minakami | 0.38696103896104 | 77 |
| Carlo Melzi | 0.3310447761194 | 67 |
| Thomas Myhr | 0.324390625 | 64 |
| Thomas Kristensen | 0.29959712230216 | 139 |
| Matt Cohn-Geier | 0.28641085271318 | 129 |
| Frank Raposa | 0.26639215686275 | 51 |
| Jacek Wojciechowski | 0.25110377358491 | 106 |
| Ed O'Laughlin | 0.24308270676692 | 133 |
| Michihito Kageyama | 0.22380694980695 | 259 |
| Tim Cross | 0.21925694444444 | 144 |
| Roberto Litzenberger | 0.21620930232558 | 86 |
| Karsten Bredahl | 0.21040476190476 | 84 |
| Zdenek Žižka | 0.2071746031746 | 63 |
| Kit Woolsey | 0.18639743589744 | 78 |
| Falafel Natanzon | 0.16650434782609 | 115 |
| Dale Taylor | 0.14719402985075 | 67 |
| Steen Grřnbech | 0.05148313559322 | 118 |
| Frank Simon | 0.037351648351648 | 91 |
| Sebastian Wilkinson | 0.032164556962025 | 79 |
| Akiko Yazawa | 0.021610619469027 | 113 |
| Neil Kazaross | 0.020561224489796 | 98 |
| Masayuki Mochizuki | -0.0083420724346076 | 497 |
| Kiyokazu Nishikawa | -0.053129411764706 | 85 |
| Peter Bennet | -0.065055555555556 | 72 |
| Michel Lamote | -0.19193684210526 | 95 |
| Paul Weaver | -0.198 | 65 |
| Victor Ashkenazi | -0.21726785714286 | 168 |
| Malcolm Davis | -0.24966666666667 | 90 |
| Lawrence Powell | -0.28827941176471 | 68 |
| Masanori Ichikawa | -0.29547945205479 | 73 |
| Stick | -0.30924590163934 | 61 |
| Steve Sax | -0.35919341563786 | 243 |
| Bob Wachtel | -0.35958974358974 | 117 |
| Jon Barnes | -0.39535714285714 | 56 |
| Petko Kostadinov | -0.48651048951049 | 143 |
| Walter Meuwis | -0.49368421052632 | 57 |
| Phil Simborg | -0.52701219512195 | 82 |
| John O'Hagan | -0.54758208955224 | 67 |
| Dmitriy Obukhov | -0.74681132075472 | 106 |
| Ray Fogerlund | -1.0144526315789 | 95 |
| Freddie Noer | -1.0291641791045 | 67 |
| Paul Magriel | -1.2097088607595 | 79 |
The more matches in the database the better this value gets. So how is Mochy doing with 497 matches?
Masayuki Mochizuki: -0.0083420724346076
Pretty close to 0 so the theory of luck averaging itself out over time may be on to something...
Speaking of luck: How much luck can your opponent have and you're still able to pull off a victory?
Which looks rather interesting! This must have been an interesting match! I have to play through that one and so can you... https://www.backgammonstudio.com/index.php?gotomenu=startmatch&argument=1074
Best regards,
TP