Reported by Clarence Gooche kown as Shotgun on pool checkers google groups on 16th March 2011 and this is what he said; "Sacks Mwaaza and Neil Wright played a 10 game match on VOG ending 2-1 in Mr. Mwaaza's favour. Gentalmen, these two individuals played some gruelling games for three hours. It was as good as it gets. In the meantime, these games will be posted on http://americanpoolcheckers.us in the training section shortly.
The sharing of information is my business."
Clarence Gooche, Pool Checkers Google Groups, 16 March 2011
Sacks in his happiest mood.
Below are the games played starting from the first match of 16th March 2011 where Neil Wright lost 2-1 and with 7 draws and the one played on 30th March 2011 which ended 1-1. Afer the games are the discussions before and after the match by different players on within the pool checkers community. The match between Sacks Mwaaza(Zambia) and Neil Wright was also publicised on one of the Bahamas news papers called gurdian ; http://www.nassauguardian.net/BCA-stages-ratings-tourney-to-determine-top-player
Fri, 1 April, 2011 14:09:03
Re: [poolcheckers:8232] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
From:Shotgun
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To:Sacks Mwaaza
Hi Sacks,
Below are the games played beginning with the last Match, MatchII http://americanpoolcheckers.us/americanpoolcheckers/HTM/MwaazavsWright.htm
[Black " Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [ Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 09-13 28-24 4. 13x22 25x18 5. 05-09 32-28 6. 10-15 30-25 7. 15x22 25x18 8. 06-10 18-15 9. 10x19 24x08 10. 04x11 27-24 11. 07-10 26-22 12. 03-07 22-17 13. 10-15 24-19 14. 15x24 28x19 15. 09-13 17-14 16. 01-05 29-25 17. 13-17 25-22 18. 17x10 21-17 19. 05-09 17-13 20. 10-14 13x06 21. 02x09 19-15 22. 11x25 20x02 23. 09-13 02-07 24. 25-30 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)" ] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event " Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result " 1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2 . 09-14 24-19 3. 08-11 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 10x19 23x16 24. 05-09 16-12 25. 09-14 11-08 26. 02-07 22-18 27. 14x23 26x19 28. 07-11 08x15 29. 17-22 15-11 30. 22-25 11-08 31. 13-17 08-04 32. 17-22 19-15 33. 25-29 1 5-10 34. 29-25 10-07 35. 03x10 12-08 36. 10-15 08-03 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-18 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 18-14 5. 09x18 26-23 6. 19x26 31x08 7. 04x11 27-23 8. 05-09 25-22 9. 10-14 22-17 10. 09-13 17x10 11. 07x14 29-25 12. 06-10 28-24 13. 02-07 30-26 14. 01-05 25-22 15. 14-17 21x14 16. 10x17 23-18 17. 05-09 24-19 18. 07-10 32-27 19. 17-21 27-23 20. 10-14 1 9-16 21. 03-07 16- 22. 07-10 20-16 23. 11x20 12-08 24. 20-24 18-15 25. 10x19 23x16 26. 24-27 08-04 27. 14-17 16-12 28. 09-14 12-08 29. 27-31 08-03 30. 21-25 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-15 23-19 2. 08-11 26-23 3. 11-16 21-17 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 09-14 22-18 6. 15x22 25x09 7. 05x14 31-26 8. 04-08 29-25 9. 08-11 19-16 10. 12x19 24x08 11. 03x12 23-19 12. 07-11 25-22 13. 11-16 28-24 14. 16x23 27x09 15. 20x27 32x23 16. 10-15 09-05 17. 15-19 23x16 18. 12x19 30-25 19. 19-24 26-23 20. 24-28 23-18 21. 06-09 13x06 22. 02x09 05x14 23. 28-32 22-17 24. 01-06 25-21 25. 32-27 18-15 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 28-24 3. 10-15 22-18 4. 15x22 26x17 5. 09-14 17x10 6. 06x15 23-18 7. 15x22 25x18 8. 05-09 27-23 9. 07-10 24-19 10. 11-15 18x11 11. 16x07 29-25 12. 04-08 25-22 13. 08-11 30-26 14. 09-13 32-27 15. 01-05 22-18 16. 10-14 18x09 17. 05x14 19-16 18. 12x19 23x16 19 . 02-06 26-22 20. 11-15 31-26 21. 07-10 16-12 22. 14-18 27-24 23. 18x25 21x30 24. 10-14 24-19 25. 15x24 20x27 26. 14-17 26-23 27. 17-22 23-19 28. 13-17 19-15 29. 17-21 15-11 30. 22-25 12-08 31. 03x12 11-07 32. 25-29 07-02 33. 06-10 27-23 34. 29-15 02-20 35. 10-14 20-02 36. 15-18 23-19 37. 18-22 02-13 38. 22-08 13-02 39 . 08-29 02-13 40. 29-11 13-17 41. 14-18 17-31 42. 11-02 31-13 43. 02-20 13-31 44. 20-02 31-13 45. 02-20 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White " Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "201.3.30"] [Result "2-0"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 17-13 4. 11-15 25-22 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 04-08 29-25 7. 07-11 22-18 8. 03-07 18x09 9. 05x14 26-22 10. 14-17 21x14 11. 10x26 31x22 12. 07-10 30-26 13. 11-15 27-24 14. 08-11 24-20 15 . 15x24 20x27 16. 10-14 22-18 17. 01-05 18x09 18. 05x14 32-28 19. 11-15 25-21 20. 02-07 27-24 21. 16-19 23x16 22. 12x19 24-20 23. 15-18 2-0 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "2-0"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 09-14 17-13 5. 08-11 25-22 6. 11-15 22-18 7. 15x22 26x17 8. 04-08 30-26 9. 08-11 27-24 10. 03-08 24x15 11. 11x18 31-27 12. 07-11 29-25 13. 05-09 26-23 14. 11-15 27-24 15. 18x27 32x23 16. 15-18 23-19 17. 02-07 19-16 18. 08-12 16-11 19. 07x16 20x11 20. 18-22 25x18 21. 14x23 17-14 22. 09x18 24-20 23. 23-27 20-16 24. 12x19 11-08 25. 27-32 21-17 26. 18-23 17-14 27. 10x17 13x22 28. 23-27 08-03 29. 27-31 03-12 30. 31x13 12x30 31. 06-10 30-21 32. 32-14 2-0 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 16-20 22-18 15. 20x27 23x32 16. 03-08 28-24 17. 08-11 15x08 18. 12x03 18-15 19. 06-10 15x06 20. 01x10 24-20 21. 07-11 32-28 22. 02-07 19-16 23. 11-15 28-24 24. 05-09 13x06 25. 10x01 24-19 26. 15x24 20x27 27. 01-06 27-23 28. 03-08 16-12 29. 08-11 23-19 30. 07-10 26-22 31. 10-14 22-17 32. 06-10 17-13 33. 11-16 12-08 34. 16x23 08-04 35. 23-27 30-26 36. 14-18 04x29 37. 27-32 13-09 1-1 These are the games from Match I
[Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 11-15 22-18 7. 15x22 26x17 8. 07-11 30-26 9. 03-07 27-24 10. 04-08 24x15 11. 11x18 31-27 12. 07-11 26-23 13. 11-15 29-25 14. 05-09 28-24 15. 08-11 32-28 16. 01-05 20-16 17. 11x20 23-19 18. 02-07 27-23 19. 18x27 24x31 20. 15x24 28x19 21. 07-11 19-16 22. 11-15 16-12 23. 20-24 12-08 24. 24-28 08-04 25. 15-19 04-15 26. 19-24 15-22 27. 28-32 31-26 28. 24-27 26-23 29. 27x18 22x04 30. 32-28 04-08 31. 28-24 08-04 32. 24-20 04-08 33. 20-24 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2. 09-14 24-19 3. 08-11 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 07-10 24-20 15. 03-07 20x11 16. 07x16 28-24 17. 16-20 22-18 18. 20x27 23x32 19. 05-09 32-27 20. 02-07 19-16 21. 12x19 15x24 22. 07-11 27-23 23. 10-14 24-19 24. 01-05 26-22 25. 14-17 30-26 26. 21-25 22x29 27. 17-21 19-16 28. 11x20 23-19 29. 09-14 18x02 30. 05-09 13x06 31. 20-24 19x28 32. 21-25 29x22 0-2 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 04-08 22-17 7. 11-15 27-24 8. 07-11 32-27 9. 08-12 27-23 10. 02-07 23x16 11. 12x19 31-27 12. 03-08 27-23 13. 08-12 23x16 14. 12x19 26-23 15. 19x26 30x23 16. 15-18 23-19 17. 11-15 29-25 18. 18-23 19x26 19. 15-18 26-22 0-2 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 18-15 11. 07-10 23-18 12. 03-07 18-14 13. 10x17 13x22 14. 05-09 26-23 15. 09-13 22-18 16. 13-17 31-26 17. 06-09 25-22 18. 09-13 15-10 19. 07x14 18x09 20. 13x06 22x13 21. 06-09 13x06 22. 01x10 23-18 23. 02-06 27-23 24. 06-09 28-24 25. 20x27 23x32 26. 08-11 32-27 27. 10-14 27-23 28. 09-13 18x09 29. 13x06 26-22 30. 06-10 23-18 31. 11-16 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2. 16-19 24x15 3. 10x19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-14 5. 09x18 27-24 6. 19-23 26x19 7. 05-09 24-20 8. 06-10 19-16 9. 09-13 28-24 10. 10-15 16-12 11. 08-11 24-19 12. 15x24 20x27 13. 04-08 30-26 14. 02-06 26-23 15. 13-17 21x14 16. 18x09 23-18 17. 06-10 25-22 18. 09-13 29-25 19. 10-14 18x09 20. 13x06 22-18 21. 06-09 31-26 22. 01-05 26-22 23. 07-10 25-21 24. 09-13 21-17 25. 05-09 27-23 26. 11-16 12x19 27. 08-11 32-27 28. 03-08 27-24 29. 08-12 24-20 30. 11-15 18x11 31. 09-14 11-07 32. 14x21 07x14 0-2 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 16-20 22-18 15. 20x27 23x32 16. 03-08 28-24 17. 08-11 15x08 18. 12x03 32-27 19. 07-11 24-20 20. 02-07 27-23 21. 03-08 19-16 22. 08-12 23-19 23. 06-10 19-15 24. 10x19 16x23 25. 07-10 26-22 26. 10-14 18x09 27. 05x14 22-18 28. 01-05 18x09 29. 05x14 23-19 30. 14-18 13-09 31. 18-22 09-06 32. 22-25 06-02 33. 11-15 19x10 34. 25-29 02-13 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-15 24-20 2. 15-19 23x16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 10-15 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 06-10 22-17 7. 01-06 29-25 8. 06-09 13x06 9. 10x01 17x10 10. 07x14 25-22 11. 05-09 22-17 12. 02-07 17x10 13. 07x14 26-22 14. 09-13 30-26 15. 14-18 27-24 16. 18x25 21x30 17. 01-06 26-23 18. 19x26 31x22 19. 08-11 32-27 20. 03-07 27-23 21. 04-08 24-19 22. 15x24 20x27 23. 06-09 28-24 24. 08-12 24-20 25. 07-10 27-24 26. 09-14 22-18 27. 14-17 24-19 28. 17-21 18-14 29. 10x17 23-18 30. 17-22 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-20 2. 16-19 23x16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 08-11 17-13 5. 09-14 26-22 6. 04-08 27-24 7. 10-15 32-27 8. 05-09 22-17 9. 14-18 30-26 10. 09-14 17x10 11. 07x14 25-22 12. 18x25 21x30 13. 02-07 29-25 14. 06-10 27-23 15. 08-12 23x16 16. 12x19 31-27 17. 03-08 27-23 18. 08-12 23x16 19. 12x19 26-23 20. 19x26 30x23 21. 01-06 23-19 22. 14-18 25-21 23. 18-22 21-17 24. 15-18 17x26 25. 18-23 26-22 26. 23x16 22-17 27. 10-15 17-14 28. 06-10 13-09 29. 10x17 09-06 30. 17-22 06-02 31. 16-19 02-13 32. 22-25 13-26 33. 25-30 26x12 34. 30-21 12-23 35. 21-30 23-12 36. 30-21 12-23 37. 21-30 23-12 38. 30-21 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 04-08 25-22 6. 09-14 22-17 7. 08-12 29-25 8. 11-15 27-24 9. 07-11 31-27 10. 06-09 13x06 11. 02x09 17-13 12. 14-18 13x06 13. 18-23 27x18 14. 15x29 06x08 15. 29x04 24x15 16. 04x31 32-27 17. 31x24 28x19 18. 01-06 20-16 19. 03-08 21-17 20. 05-09 30-26 21. 06-10 19-15 22. 12x19 15x13 23. 19-24 17-14 24. 08-11 13-09 25. 24-28 09-05 26. 28-32 26-22 27. 32x09 05x14 28. 11-16 14-09 29. 16-20 09-06 30. 20-24 06-01 31. 24-27 01-06 32. 27-32 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2010.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 23-18 10. 17-21 27-24 11. 20x27 31x24 12. 07-11 24-20 13. 03-07 18-14 14. 06-09 13x06 15. 02x18 22x15 16. 11x18 28-24 17. 05-09 26-23 18. 18x27 24x31 19. 08-11 25-22 20. 09-14 31-26 21. 01-06 26-23 22. 07-10 20-16 23. 11x20 22-17 24. 20-24 19x28 25. 12-16 28-24 26. 06-09 23-19 27. 16x23 17-13 28. 23-26 30x23 29. 21-25 13x15 30. 25-30 23-18 31. 14x23 24-19 1-1
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:16 AM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8232] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Please,go ahead,i will try as much as possible to make comments.
Sacks.
From: Shotgun
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 17:46:05
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8230] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Sacks,
I can email you the games in the Portable Draughts Notation (PDN) format. If you placed you comments within the same format I can easily post to web site including comments after commented move.
Thanks,
Shotgun
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 5:30 PM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8229] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Shotgun.
The idea is good and i am more than willing to share my analysis of the games so as to make others fully understand the meaning of each and every move i made in all the games played.
Though i do not have access to the games we played ,fortunately,i am able to go through almost all the games' positions we played using a draughts board at home(LAB). Remebering all the moves of each game we played, helps me to analyse the games and find solutions to some of the difficulties i encoutered in the match.
Sacks.
From: Shotgun
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 16:32:31
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8228] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Sacks,
In my opinion, both of you are worthy competitors. However, I hope that in the future other pool checkers players, especially American born, will accept your challenge. I have gotten several telephone calls praising the quality of play. At some point I would love to see the two of you analyze these games. Let the viewers know what was on your minds as you were playing. I could see that the first several moves were basic opening theories, but as you two approached the middle of the games, I am sure that there were much strategy and tactics employed by both of you. It would be beneficial to all if you two would share some of these strategies and tactics. I know, some of us can analyze the games on our own, but it sure would be nice if you two took on the task while both of you are breathing fire.
Shotgun
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:24 AM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8226] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Thanks Shotgun,thanks everybody.
I must mention that the match was truly very competetive and i did not expect it to end 1x1. I had prepared myself to beat Bookman with a tangible margin but he proved me wrong by playing so well avoiding all traps which i had set more especially in the game which he won.
Suggestion : 40 minutes for an online match is just too much and i would suggest that 40 minutes should only be applicable on some matches or tournaments played physically.Too much of time on an online match creates room for consultations,contributions and other comments in line with a game played at that partucular time.In order to perfect some online tournaments and to give a 100% fare platform for all the online players,i would really appreciate if time is reduced to 20 minutes, each player having 10 minutes on each side.
Having said all this,let us continue arranging such online tournaments and we can even involve SKYPE during such matches and if possible we can find a way of organising world online tournamets involving different countries intrested and we make vog as a playing field.
Sacks.
From: Neil Wright
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 14:12:17
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8225] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Thanks for the kudos Shotgun.The match was very competitive. Sacks is truly a good player, he got out of some tough situations which proves he is a great player. I trust that the games will be of use to players hoping to improve their game. The game in question was replayed later in the match and was draw.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Shotgunwrote:
Gentleman, I have posted the Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright II games to http://americanpoolcheckers.us/ under the training section. You will notice that there are only 8 games posted as one game was lost due to a "lost connection” by one of the players and one was not played due to time restraint. This time the gladiators talked a little "trash” that was somewhat amusing yet they played with keen eyes. Charles "Mr. Pecan” Thompson once advised me that games are won when one or the other makes a mistake. After 8 games played the score was 1x1.
My hat goes off to Mr. Neil Wright (Bahamas) and Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia) for not only did they play some tough games of pool checkers, but they help foster international camaraderie and exhibited mutual respect for the game as well as each other. Thanks guys. Hope that in the future similar matches similar can be arranged.
The Sharing of Information is my Business
Shotgun
Re: [poolcheckers:8232] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
From:Shotgun
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To:Sacks Mwaaza
Hi Sacks,
Below are the games played beginning with the last Match, MatchII http://americanpoolcheckers.us/americanpoolcheckers/HTM/MwaazavsWright.htm
[Black " Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [ Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 09-13 28-24 4. 13x22 25x18 5. 05-09 32-28 6. 10-15 30-25 7. 15x22 25x18 8. 06-10 18-15 9. 10x19 24x08 10. 04x11 27-24 11. 07-10 26-22 12. 03-07 22-17 13. 10-15 24-19 14. 15x24 28x19 15. 09-13 17-14 16. 01-05 29-25 17. 13-17 25-22 18. 17x10 21-17 19. 05-09 17-13 20. 10-14 13x06 21. 02x09 19-15 22. 11x25 20x02 23. 09-13 02-07 24. 25-30 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)" ] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event " Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result " 1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2 . 09-14 24-19 3. 08-11 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 10x19 23x16 24. 05-09 16-12 25. 09-14 11-08 26. 02-07 22-18 27. 14x23 26x19 28. 07-11 08x15 29. 17-22 15-11 30. 22-25 11-08 31. 13-17 08-04 32. 17-22 19-15 33. 25-29 1 5-10 34. 29-25 10-07 35. 03x10 12-08 36. 10-15 08-03 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-18 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 18-14 5. 09x18 26-23 6. 19x26 31x08 7. 04x11 27-23 8. 05-09 25-22 9. 10-14 22-17 10. 09-13 17x10 11. 07x14 29-25 12. 06-10 28-24 13. 02-07 30-26 14. 01-05 25-22 15. 14-17 21x14 16. 10x17 23-18 17. 05-09 24-19 18. 07-10 32-27 19. 17-21 27-23 20. 10-14 1 9-16 21. 03-07 16- 22. 07-10 20-16 23. 11x20 12-08 24. 20-24 18-15 25. 10x19 23x16 26. 24-27 08-04 27. 14-17 16-12 28. 09-14 12-08 29. 27-31 08-03 30. 21-25 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-15 23-19 2. 08-11 26-23 3. 11-16 21-17 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 09-14 22-18 6. 15x22 25x09 7. 05x14 31-26 8. 04-08 29-25 9. 08-11 19-16 10. 12x19 24x08 11. 03x12 23-19 12. 07-11 25-22 13. 11-16 28-24 14. 16x23 27x09 15. 20x27 32x23 16. 10-15 09-05 17. 15-19 23x16 18. 12x19 30-25 19. 19-24 26-23 20. 24-28 23-18 21. 06-09 13x06 22. 02x09 05x14 23. 28-32 22-17 24. 01-06 25-21 25. 32-27 18-15 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 28-24 3. 10-15 22-18 4. 15x22 26x17 5. 09-14 17x10 6. 06x15 23-18 7. 15x22 25x18 8. 05-09 27-23 9. 07-10 24-19 10. 11-15 18x11 11. 16x07 29-25 12. 04-08 25-22 13. 08-11 30-26 14. 09-13 32-27 15. 01-05 22-18 16. 10-14 18x09 17. 05x14 19-16 18. 12x19 23x16 19 . 02-06 26-22 20. 11-15 31-26 21. 07-10 16-12 22. 14-18 27-24 23. 18x25 21x30 24. 10-14 24-19 25. 15x24 20x27 26. 14-17 26-23 27. 17-22 23-19 28. 13-17 19-15 29. 17-21 15-11 30. 22-25 12-08 31. 03x12 11-07 32. 25-29 07-02 33. 06-10 27-23 34. 29-15 02-20 35. 10-14 20-02 36. 15-18 23-19 37. 18-22 02-13 38. 22-08 13-02 39 . 08-29 02-13 40. 29-11 13-17 41. 14-18 17-31 42. 11-02 31-13 43. 02-20 13-31 44. 20-02 31-13 45. 02-20 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White " Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "201.3.30"] [Result "2-0"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 17-13 4. 11-15 25-22 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 04-08 29-25 7. 07-11 22-18 8. 03-07 18x09 9. 05x14 26-22 10. 14-17 21x14 11. 10x26 31x22 12. 07-10 30-26 13. 11-15 27-24 14. 08-11 24-20 15 . 15x24 20x27 16. 10-14 22-18 17. 01-05 18x09 18. 05x14 32-28 19. 11-15 25-21 20. 02-07 27-24 21. 16-19 23x16 22. 12x19 24-20 23. 15-18 2-0 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "2-0"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 09-14 17-13 5. 08-11 25-22 6. 11-15 22-18 7. 15x22 26x17 8. 04-08 30-26 9. 08-11 27-24 10. 03-08 24x15 11. 11x18 31-27 12. 07-11 29-25 13. 05-09 26-23 14. 11-15 27-24 15. 18x27 32x23 16. 15-18 23-19 17. 02-07 19-16 18. 08-12 16-11 19. 07x16 20x11 20. 18-22 25x18 21. 14x23 17-14 22. 09x18 24-20 23. 23-27 20-16 24. 12x19 11-08 25. 27-32 21-17 26. 18-23 17-14 27. 10x17 13x22 28. 23-27 08-03 29. 27-31 03-12 30. 31x13 12x30 31. 06-10 30-21 32. 32-14 2-0 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "Neil Wright vs Sacks Mwaaza II"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.30"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 16-20 22-18 15. 20x27 23x32 16. 03-08 28-24 17. 08-11 15x08 18. 12x03 18-15 19. 06-10 15x06 20. 01x10 24-20 21. 07-11 32-28 22. 02-07 19-16 23. 11-15 28-24 24. 05-09 13x06 25. 10x01 24-19 26. 15x24 20x27 27. 01-06 27-23 28. 03-08 16-12 29. 08-11 23-19 30. 07-10 26-22 31. 10-14 22-17 32. 06-10 17-13 33. 11-16 12-08 34. 16x23 08-04 35. 23-27 30-26 36. 14-18 04x29 37. 27-32 13-09 1-1 These are the games from Match I
[Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 11-15 22-18 7. 15x22 26x17 8. 07-11 30-26 9. 03-07 27-24 10. 04-08 24x15 11. 11x18 31-27 12. 07-11 26-23 13. 11-15 29-25 14. 05-09 28-24 15. 08-11 32-28 16. 01-05 20-16 17. 11x20 23-19 18. 02-07 27-23 19. 18x27 24x31 20. 15x24 28x19 21. 07-11 19-16 22. 11-15 16-12 23. 20-24 12-08 24. 24-28 08-04 25. 15-19 04-15 26. 19-24 15-22 27. 28-32 31-26 28. 24-27 26-23 29. 27x18 22x04 30. 32-28 04-08 31. 28-24 08-04 32. 24-20 04-08 33. 20-24 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2. 09-14 24-19 3. 08-11 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 07-10 24-20 15. 03-07 20x11 16. 07x16 28-24 17. 16-20 22-18 18. 20x27 23x32 19. 05-09 32-27 20. 02-07 19-16 21. 12x19 15x24 22. 07-11 27-23 23. 10-14 24-19 24. 01-05 26-22 25. 14-17 30-26 26. 21-25 22x29 27. 17-21 19-16 28. 11x20 23-19 29. 09-14 18x02 30. 05-09 13x06 31. 20-24 19x28 32. 21-25 29x22 0-2 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 04-08 22-17 7. 11-15 27-24 8. 07-11 32-27 9. 08-12 27-23 10. 02-07 23x16 11. 12x19 31-27 12. 03-08 27-23 13. 08-12 23x16 14. 12x19 26-23 15. 19x26 30x23 16. 15-18 23-19 17. 11-15 29-25 18. 18-23 19x26 19. 15-18 26-22 0-2 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 18-15 11. 07-10 23-18 12. 03-07 18-14 13. 10x17 13x22 14. 05-09 26-23 15. 09-13 22-18 16. 13-17 31-26 17. 06-09 25-22 18. 09-13 15-10 19. 07x14 18x09 20. 13x06 22x13 21. 06-09 13x06 22. 01x10 23-18 23. 02-06 27-23 24. 06-09 28-24 25. 20x27 23x32 26. 08-11 32-27 27. 10-14 27-23 28. 09-13 18x09 29. 13x06 26-22 30. 06-10 23-18 31. 11-16 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "0-2"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 22-17 2. 16-19 24x15 3. 10x19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-14 5. 09x18 27-24 6. 19-23 26x19 7. 05-09 24-20 8. 06-10 19-16 9. 09-13 28-24 10. 10-15 16-12 11. 08-11 24-19 12. 15x24 20x27 13. 04-08 30-26 14. 02-06 26-23 15. 13-17 21x14 16. 18x09 23-18 17. 06-10 25-22 18. 09-13 29-25 19. 10-14 18x09 20. 13x06 22-18 21. 06-09 31-26 22. 01-05 26-22 23. 07-10 25-21 24. 09-13 21-17 25. 05-09 27-23 26. 11-16 12x19 27. 08-11 32-27 28. 03-08 27-24 29. 08-12 24-20 30. 11-15 18x11 31. 09-14 11-07 32. 14x21 07x14 0-2 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 22-18 10. 17-21 25-22 11. 08-11 27-24 12. 20x27 31x24 13. 11-16 18-15 14. 16-20 22-18 15. 20x27 23x32 16. 03-08 28-24 17. 08-11 15x08 18. 12x03 32-27 19. 07-11 24-20 20. 02-07 27-23 21. 03-08 19-16 22. 08-12 23-19 23. 06-10 19-15 24. 10x19 16x23 25. 07-10 26-22 26. 10-14 18x09 27. 05x14 22-18 28. 01-05 18x09 29. 05x14 23-19 30. 14-18 13-09 31. 18-22 09-06 32. 22-25 06-02 33. 11-15 19x10 34. 25-29 02-13 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-15 24-20 2. 15-19 23x16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 10-15 17-13 5. 09-14 25-22 6. 06-10 22-17 7. 01-06 29-25 8. 06-09 13x06 9. 10x01 17x10 10. 07x14 25-22 11. 05-09 22-17 12. 02-07 17x10 13. 07x14 26-22 14. 09-13 30-26 15. 14-18 27-24 16. 18x25 21x30 17. 01-06 26-23 18. 19x26 31x22 19. 08-11 32-27 20. 03-07 27-23 21. 04-08 24-19 22. 15x24 20x27 23. 06-09 28-24 24. 08-12 24-20 25. 07-10 27-24 26. 09-14 22-18 27. 14-17 24-19 28. 17-21 18-14 29. 10x17 23-18 30. 17-22 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-20 2. 16-19 23x16 3. 12x19 22-17 4. 08-11 17-13 5. 09-14 26-22 6. 04-08 27-24 7. 10-15 32-27 8. 05-09 22-17 9. 14-18 30-26 10. 09-14 17x10 11. 07x14 25-22 12. 18x25 21x30 13. 02-07 29-25 14. 06-10 27-23 15. 08-12 23x16 16. 12x19 31-27 17. 03-08 27-23 18. 08-12 23x16 19. 12x19 26-23 20. 19x26 30x23 21. 01-06 23-19 22. 14-18 25-21 23. 18-22 21-17 24. 15-18 17x26 25. 18-23 26-22 26. 23x16 22-17 27. 10-15 17-14 28. 06-10 13-09 29. 10x17 09-06 30. 17-22 06-02 31. 16-19 02-13 32. 22-25 13-26 33. 25-30 26x12 34. 30-21 12-23 35. 21-30 23-12 36. 30-21 12-23 37. 21-30 23-12 38. 30-21 1-1 [Black "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [White "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2011.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 12-16 24-20 2. 08-12 22-17 3. 16-19 23x16 4. 12x19 17-13 5. 04-08 25-22 6. 09-14 22-17 7. 08-12 29-25 8. 11-15 27-24 9. 07-11 31-27 10. 06-09 13x06 11. 02x09 17-13 12. 14-18 13x06 13. 18-23 27x18 14. 15x29 06x08 15. 29x04 24x15 16. 04x31 32-27 17. 31x24 28x19 18. 01-06 20-16 19. 03-08 21-17 20. 05-09 30-26 21. 06-10 19-15 22. 12x19 15x13 23. 19-24 17-14 24. 08-11 13-09 25. 24-28 09-05 26. 28-32 26-22 27. 32x09 05x14 28. 11-16 14-09 29. 16-20 09-06 30. 20-24 06-01 31. 24-27 01-06 32. 27-32 1-1 [Black "Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia)"] [White "Neil Wright (Bahamas)"] [Event "10 Game Match"] [Site "VOG"] [Round ""] [Date "2010.3.16"] [Result "1-1"] [GameType "23"] 1. 11-16 24-19 2. 08-11 22-17 3. 09-14 25-22 4. 16-20 17-13 5. 11-15 29-25 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 04-08 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 23-18 10. 17-21 27-24 11. 20x27 31x24 12. 07-11 24-20 13. 03-07 18-14 14. 06-09 13x06 15. 02x18 22x15 16. 11x18 28-24 17. 05-09 26-23 18. 18x27 24x31 19. 08-11 25-22 20. 09-14 31-26 21. 01-06 26-23 22. 07-10 20-16 23. 11x20 22-17 24. 20-24 19x28 25. 12-16 28-24 26. 06-09 23-19 27. 16x23 17-13 28. 23-26 30x23 29. 21-25 13x15 30. 25-30 23-18 31. 14x23 24-19 1-1
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:16 AM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8232] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Please,go ahead,i will try as much as possible to make comments.
Sacks.
From: Shotgun
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 17:46:05
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8230] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Sacks,
I can email you the games in the Portable Draughts Notation (PDN) format. If you placed you comments within the same format I can easily post to web site including comments after commented move.
Thanks,
Shotgun
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 5:30 PM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8229] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Shotgun.
The idea is good and i am more than willing to share my analysis of the games so as to make others fully understand the meaning of each and every move i made in all the games played.
Though i do not have access to the games we played ,fortunately,i am able to go through almost all the games' positions we played using a draughts board at home(LAB). Remebering all the moves of each game we played, helps me to analyse the games and find solutions to some of the difficulties i encoutered in the match.
Sacks.
From: Shotgun
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 16:32:31
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8228] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Sacks,
In my opinion, both of you are worthy competitors. However, I hope that in the future other pool checkers players, especially American born, will accept your challenge. I have gotten several telephone calls praising the quality of play. At some point I would love to see the two of you analyze these games. Let the viewers know what was on your minds as you were playing. I could see that the first several moves were basic opening theories, but as you two approached the middle of the games, I am sure that there were much strategy and tactics employed by both of you. It would be beneficial to all if you two would share some of these strategies and tactics. I know, some of us can analyze the games on our own, but it sure would be nice if you two took on the task while both of you are breathing fire.
Shotgun
From: Sacks Mwaaza
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:24 AM
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8226] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Thanks Shotgun,thanks everybody.
I must mention that the match was truly very competetive and i did not expect it to end 1x1. I had prepared myself to beat Bookman with a tangible margin but he proved me wrong by playing so well avoiding all traps which i had set more especially in the game which he won.
Suggestion : 40 minutes for an online match is just too much and i would suggest that 40 minutes should only be applicable on some matches or tournaments played physically.Too much of time on an online match creates room for consultations,contributions and other comments in line with a game played at that partucular time.In order to perfect some online tournaments and to give a 100% fare platform for all the online players,i would really appreciate if time is reduced to 20 minutes, each player having 10 minutes on each side.
Having said all this,let us continue arranging such online tournaments and we can even involve SKYPE during such matches and if possible we can find a way of organising world online tournamets involving different countries intrested and we make vog as a playing field.
Sacks.
From: Neil Wright
To: poolcheckers@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, 31 March, 2011 14:12:17
Subject: Re: [poolcheckers:8225] Re: Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright - Match II
Thanks for the kudos Shotgun.The match was very competitive. Sacks is truly a good player, he got out of some tough situations which proves he is a great player. I trust that the games will be of use to players hoping to improve their game. The game in question was replayed later in the match and was draw.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Shotgun
Gentleman, I have posted the Sacks Mwaaza vs Neil Wright II games to http://americanpoolcheckers.us/ under the training section. You will notice that there are only 8 games posted as one game was lost due to a "lost connection” by one of the players and one was not played due to time restraint. This time the gladiators talked a little "trash” that was somewhat amusing yet they played with keen eyes. Charles "Mr. Pecan” Thompson once advised me that games are won when one or the other makes a mistake. After 8 games played the score was 1x1.
My hat goes off to Mr. Neil Wright (Bahamas) and Sacks Mwaaza (Zambia) for not only did they play some tough games of pool checkers, but they help foster international camaraderie and exhibited mutual respect for the game as well as each other. Thanks guys. Hope that in the future similar matches similar can be arranged.
The Sharing of Information is my Business
Shotgun