2014 Leuven Open Backgammon: Last round, to decide tournament winner

Toon Van Herreweghen can win his second Leuven Open title. For that he needs to defeat Line Vandamme who has made tremendous progress this year.
This match is to 5 points. The time control is bronstein system with 10 minutes in the bank and 12 seconds per move. Toon is on the left and Line is on the right.
The tournament took place in Leuven, Belgium, on November 30th 2014.
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[@thomashazlewood4658]

White rolled so well that his opponent was behind almost from the start on both games. Skill cannot overcome luck.

[@MrEdwardCollins]

Thanks for sharing.
Line's play of 7/2*(2) with her roll of 3-3 immediately after Toon turned the cube in Game #2 was a huge blunder. -0.240 equity over the best play of 13/4 13/10, according to Extreme Gammon.

[@jasonjanes9756]

nice editing. I sat here waiting for something to happen at the end. 8 or 9 minutes of nothing hahahah jokes on me..

[@MrArefebrahimzadeh]

if they play for championship, then I'm the best player in the history 😹

[@StefanMarkBee]

Comon guys....it's Leuven - a friendly Belgium "small town championship" with 5pointers in de final - that says all :-)

[@ramiramitto7033]

Wrong play @9:25, She should hit him when she have to play the 5:3

[@lizardas]

@RUFUS T. FIREFLY Yes.

[@mehmetalibayram7869]

if this is the last round tournament decider for the winner why would you use a doubling cube? lmao..

[@itsfantastic19]

with the 5-3 she got she fucked up big time she could have hit his stone , she wasnt going to do the door aswell i dont think they are good players to be honest i would love to join this tournament.

[@ngaceur]

I am an amateur and all I do is lose haha however even I could see that she should hit with her 3 5 and she never have doubled let alone accept his double when he gave her back the cube . Ouch atrocious plays

[@jasonjanes9756]

I thought she was a better player but he just had better luck. Did anybody else think that?

[@minhkhoi8686]

Maybe

[@Must4faGamer]

Did anyone see what was Toon doing with his face? :| weird

[@coreymann475]

His face twitch tho

[@zyr17]

I’m definitely sure she doesn't know how to play backgammon. My nephew(he is 10 years old) could play 10 times better than her

[@muratciftcioglu]

Omg, chess players are quicker than you

[@minhkhoi8686]

That normal my man
But you should imagine if you play that chess game with a time control of “classical” type (slow chess type)

[@minhkhoi8686]

In backgammon:
Time control is >> 2 minutes per point and 12 second delay
Like when you play 5 point match, that will be 10 minutes (2m/pt x 5) and 12 second delay

[@minhkhoi8686]

Remember this game are mixing with luck and strategy so when you roll how many pip, you should think tougher than chess
Just 1 move wrong, you could lead to lose 1 simple game