• Blitz cube action

    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 10 22:21:32 2022
    XGID=b--A-BDAB---bB-b-b-cbBb-A-:1:1:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    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-+
    | X O O | | O O X O X |
    | X O O | | O O X O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | O | X |
    | | | X | +---+
    | O X | | X X | | 2 |
    | O X X | | X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 152 O: 146 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 13 10:07:26 2022
    XGID=b--A-BDAB---bB-b-b-cbBb-A-:1:1:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    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-+
    | X O O | | O O X O X |
    | X O O | | O O X O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | O | X |
    | | | X | +---+
    | O X | | X X | | 2 |
    | O X X | | X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 152 O: 146 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

    In mid-game blitz positions, I'm more likely to miss a double than to
    double too soon, but this is an exception. X has ten checkers in the
    zone and an advanced anchor, and O has two on the bar, so I thought
    that was enough to justify a double. But O's position is otherwise
    pretty good---she has the stronger board and an extra outfield point
    made, with no stray blots to pick up. X is actually slightly behind
    in the pip count and has a straggler to escape, not to mention a blot
    in his board to clean up.

    Analyzed in Rollout
    No redouble
    Player Winning Chances: 58.22% (G:27.43% B:0.95%)
    Opponent Winning Chances: 41.78% (G:11.85% B:0.60%)
    Redouble/Take
    Player Winning Chances: 58.49% (G:27.87% B:0.96%)
    Opponent Winning Chances: 41.51% (G:11.88% B:0.64%)

    Cubeful Equities:
    No redouble: +0.572
    Redouble/Take: +0.337 (-0.235)
    Redouble/Pass: +1.000 (+0.428)

    Best Cube action: No redouble / Take
    Percentage of wrong pass needed to make the double decision right: 26.2%

    Rollout:
    1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
    Dice Seed: 271828
    Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
    Confidence No Double: ± 0.012 (+0.560..+0.584)
    Confidence Double: ± 0.023 (+0.314..+0.360)

    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.207.pre-release

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 10 18:17:12 2024
    XGID=aA-B-BDbB---bB-A-bAcc-b---:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X X O X | | O O O |
    | X O | | O O O |
    | | | O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | O X O | | X X X |
    | O X O | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 116 O: 142 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 13 19:46:31 2024
    XGID=aA-B-BDbB---bB-A-bAcc-b---:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X X O X | | O O O |
    | X O | | O O O |
    | | | O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | O X O | | X X X |
    | O X O | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 116 O: 142 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    With 11 checkers in the zone and both back checkers escaped, X is
    doing pretty well and I thought this was a good double, and I wasn't
    even sure it was a take. However, XG says that it's not even a double.

    Analyzed in Rollout
    No double
    Player Winning Chances: 61.14% (G:24.75% B:0.52%)
    Opponent Winning Chances: 38.86% (G:11.59% B:0.52%)
    Double/Take
    Player Winning Chances: 61.31% (G:24.89% B:0.51%)
    Opponent Winning Chances: 38.69% (G:11.79% B:0.58%)

    Cubeful Equities:
    No double: +0.500
    Double/Take: +0.428 (-0.071)
    Double/Pass: +1.000 (+0.500)

    Best Cube action: No double / Take
    Percentage of wrong pass needed to make the double decision right: 12.4%

    Rollout:
    1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
    Dice Seed: 271828
    Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
    Confidence No Double: ± 0.012 (+0.487..+0.512)
    Confidence Double: ± 0.018 (+0.411..+0.446)

    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release

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    Tim Chow

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