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05-02/08:57 Hagbard: Finished tournaments:
Old Hnefatafl 11x11: #1 Draganov, #2 Jrton80, #3 Axelrook
Saami Daabloe 11x9: #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Jrton80, #3 Rosk and Tonythebook
Daldos 3x14: #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Xerxes, Tonythebook, Hagbard and Colophonius
Brandubh 7x7 (Walker): #1 Colophonius, #2 Themightyglider, #3 Brave-frog
Historical Hnefatafl 7x7 (Irish Brandubh 2): #1 Colophonius, #2 Brave-frog, #3 Themightyglider
Tawlbwrdd Lewis cross-w 11x11: #1 Dimetr and Alex hnefatafl, #3 Jilles
Daldos 3x16: #1 Jilles, #2 Potapych, #3 Xerxes and Nikolai hristov
Frisian Dablo 11x9: #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Jrton80 and Brave-frog
Hex 11x11: #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Potapych and Brave-frog
Daldos 3x12: #1 Xerxes, #2 Jilles and Potapych
Saami Sahkku 3x15 (Kaafjord): #1 Holidayinnes, #2 Tonythebook, Hagbard and Colophonius

04-30/14:28 Hagbard: Races are still running so anything can happen, but the position is right now
F1 points test sum Sahkku + Daldos16 + Daldos14:
#1 61 points Holidayinnes (50)
#2 53 points Hagbard (40)
#3 37 points Jilles (51)
#4 35 points Draganov (34)
#5 32 points Rosk (36)
#5 32 points Colophonius (34)
#7 28 points Potapych (33)
#7 28 points Tonythebook (29)
#9 14 points Jrton80 (25)
#10 10 points Xerxes (28)
#11 4 points Brave-frog (20)
#11 4 points Cacreal (13)
#11 4 points Nikolai hristov (12)
#14 0 points Herjan (4), Thorfin (4)

04-29/18:48 Hagbard: @xerxes, that is true.
But still the numbers so far make sense.
I suspect that there is some mathematical explanation for that.
I guess that:
In Formula One races the drivers earn their start positions, and so they in each race especially compete against a handful of equally strong drivers. Whereas here in this tournament, everybody every time compete against everybody.
And thus the winner in our tournament is more efficiently and quicker found; this is my theory.

04-29/13:47 xerxes: @Hagbard.  You are right re the F1 points.  The potential disadvantage for us is that we are only having 4 rounds instead of the 23 in F1.  That gives a big advantage to the winners of each round given that they get 7 more points than the player finishing second.

04-29/08:08 Hagbard: The Formula One way of giving points is interesting!
It's all about position. As in the cars' race it's a fight for every centimeter (every won game), not for the centimeter/game, but to get ahead of other players.
The three front runners of any race are strongly favoured. And all the way through the field one more won game can mean many extra points. Or if you're already much ahead, one more won game can mean nothing.

04-27/23:30 Hagbard: Forår
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc7b_FSeNa4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc7b_FSeNa4

04-27/22:49 Hagbard: Forårsdag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHuc7VgwtY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHuc7VgwtY

04-27/18:05 Hagbard: Now that almost all top players are in the Daldos14, too, this could be added to the F1 test.

04-21/08:03 Hagbard: F1 points test round 1 Sahkku:
#1 25 points: Holidayinnes (22)
#2 18 points: Tonythebook (16), Hagbard (16), Colophonius (16)
#5 10 points: Rosk (15), Draganov (15)
#7 6 points: Potapych (13)
#8 4 points: Nikolai hristov (12), Cacreal (12), Jilles (12)
> #10 0 points: Xerxes (11), Brave-frog (9), Jrton80 (9), Thorfin (4)

04-19/21:23 Draganov: Another interesting match for me would be a 'strong king challenge'. 10 games of Fetlar, 10 games of Old Hnefatafl, 10 games of Copenhagen, 10 games of Copenhagen Bell, 10 games of Total Hnefatafl. I am open to play such a marathon against everyone.

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