• Do you know how long it takes a sugar cube to dissolve in coffee?

    From pepstein5@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 28 12:24:25 2022
    If so, good. It's great for your bg to be able to time your cubes
    correctly. I had an interesting endgame against XG just now.
    It went like this:
    XGID=aB-BABB---A--Ab--becAbBA--:1:1:1:00:7:6:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon


    Score is X:7 O:6. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +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 O X |
    | O | | O |
    | O | | |
    | O | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | X X X X | | 2 |
    | X | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 144 O: 124 X-O: 7-6
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

    Then after a roll and a dance we get: XGID=aB-BBBB------AbA-bec-bBA--:1:1:1:00:7:6:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:7 O:6. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O X O O | | O O X X |
    | O O O | | O O X |
    | O | | O |
    | O | | |
    | O | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 133 O: 124 X-O: 7-6
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

    Then there's another roll and a dance and we get: XGID=aB-BBBB---A-A-b--bec-bBA--:1:1:1:00:7:6:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:7 O:6. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | O O O | | O O X X |
    | O O O | | O O X |
    | O | | O |
    | O | | |
    | O | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | X X | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 127 O: 124 X-O: 7-6
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

    Then there's another roll and dance and we get XGID=aB-BBBC-----A-b--becBb-A--:1:1:1:00:7:6:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:7 O:6. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | O O O | | O X O X |
    | O O O | | O X O |
    | O | | O |
    | O | | |
    | O | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | |
    | | | X | +---+
    | | | X X X X X | | 2 |
    | X | | X X X X X | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 119 O: 124 X-O: 7-6
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X on roll, cube action

    What are the correct cube actions?

    Paul

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