• Run or mark the bar point?

    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 4 08:36:21 2022
    XGID=--BcaCB-C-C--A--ab-b-bbAb-: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-+
    | X O O | | O O O X O | +---+
    | O | | O O O O | | 2 |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X | | X O |
    | X X | | X X O X |
    | X X | | X X O O X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 121 O: 140 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 63

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 6 09:37:25 2022
    XGID=--BcaCB-C-C--A--ab-b-bbAb-: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-+
    | X O O | | O O O X O | +---+
    | O | | O O O O | | 2 |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X | | X O |
    | X X | | X X O X |
    | X X | | X X O O X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 121 O: 140 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 63

    One thing X has to judge here is, how hard will it be to escape the
    straggler if he doesn't run now? If O does not have a serious priming
    or attacking threat, then X can calmly make the bar point now and
    Pottle later. For comparison, see the variant below. Note that
    making the bar point has the advantage of winning more gammons (in
    both positions).

    1. Rollout¹ 13/7 10/7 eq:+0.443
    Player: 70.92% (G:17.51% B:0.59%)
    Opponent: 29.08% (G:5.21% B:0.09%)
    Confidence: ±0.007 (+0.436..+0.449) - [100.0%]

    2. Rollout¹ 23/14 eq:+0.327 (-0.116)
    Player: 69.08% (G:12.87% B:0.45%)
    Opponent: 30.92% (G:7.68% B:0.12%)
    Confidence: ±0.007 (+0.319..+0.334) - [0.0%]

    3. Rollout¹ 13/4* eq:+0.247 (-0.196)
    Player: 64.51% (G:21.74% B:0.88%)
    Opponent: 35.49% (G:12.41% B:0.21%)
    Confidence: ±0.009 (+0.237..+0.256) - [0.0%]

    4. Rollout¹ 23/20 10/4* eq:+0.222 (-0.221)
    Player: 64.27% (G:21.60% B:0.87%)
    Opponent: 35.73% (G:14.41% B:0.60%)
    Confidence: ±0.009 (+0.213..+0.231) - [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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    Variant
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    XGID=--BcaCB-C-C--A--abbb-b-Ab-: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-+
    | X O O O | | O O X O | +---+
    | O O | | O O O | | 2 |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | X X | | X O |
    | X X | | X X O X |
    | X X | | X X O O X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 121 O: 148 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 63

    1. Rollout¹ 23/14 eq:+0.416
    Player: 71.29% (G:14.61% B:0.44%)
    Opponent: 28.71% (G:5.49% B:0.11%)
    Confidence: ±0.007 (+0.409..+0.423) - [100.0%]

    2. Rollout¹ 13/7 10/7 eq:+0.387 (-0.030)
    Player: 68.03% (G:19.59% B:0.63%)
    Opponent: 31.97% (G:5.58% B:0.14%)
    Confidence: ±0.008 (+0.379..+0.394) - [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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