XGID=aBB-BBBAAA--b-b-bc-eB-----:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:0:10

X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O O O | | O X | +---+
| O O O | | O X | | 2 |
| O | | O | +---+
| | | O |
| | | O |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| | | |
| O | | X X X X X |
| O X X X | | X X X X X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 100 O: 145 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 63

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XGID=aBB-BBBAAA--b-b-bc-eB-----:1:-1:1:63:0:0:0:0:10

X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O O O | | O X | +---+
| O O O | | O X | | 2 |
| O | | O | +---+
| | | O |
| | | O |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| | | |
| O | | X X X X X |
| O X X X | | X X X X X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 100 O: 145 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, O own cube
X to play 63

X has a nice blitz going, but has thrown an awkward roll; it's more
pips than he wants to have to play, given that he can neither move his
back checkers nor close his board with this roll.

I blundered badly by deciding to kill a checker rather than leave a
shot, but even after you decide to play 9/3, there's still the question
of how to play the 3. Switching points with 6/3 can sometimes be the
right idea, but not here when it actually makes closing the board
harder. I think the reason 8/5 comes out ahead of 7/4 is that X has
good 5's and no 4's on the other side of the board.

1. Rollout¹ 9/3 8/5 eq:+0.450
Player: 64.35% (G:38.27% B:0.16%)
Opponent: 35.65% (G:5.76% B:0.23%)
Confidence: ±0.012 (+0.437..+0.462) - [100.0%]

2. Rollout¹ 9/3 7/4 eq:+0.391 (-0.059)
Player: 62.73% (G:36.52% B:0.14%)
Opponent: 37.27% (G:6.07% B:0.26%)
Confidence: ±0.013 (+0.378..+0.403) - [0.0%]

3. Rollout¹ 9/3 6/3 eq:+0.345 (-0.105)
Player: 61.63% (G:33.56% B:0.06%)
Opponent: 38.37% (G:5.61% B:0.23%)
Confidence: ±0.010 (+0.335..+0.354) - [0.0%]

4. Rollout¹ 8/5 7/1 eq:+0.282 (-0.168)
Player: 60.85% (G:30.83% B:0.10%)
Opponent: 39.15% (G:6.75% B:0.27%)
Confidence: ±0.012 (+0.270..+0.294) - [0.0%]

5. Rollout¹ 9/6 8/2 eq:+0.261 (-0.188)
Player: 60.17% (G:30.72% B:0.09%)
Opponent: 39.83% (G:7.15% B:0.33%)
Confidence: ±0.011 (+0.250..+0.272) - [0.0%]

¹ 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 271828
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.207.pre-release

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Tim Chow

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