In the position below, I was playing X against XG as O. I managed
to win a gammon (and the match).

XGID=-DBBBB-----------bbccbbCa-:1:1:1:51:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O O | | O O O O X O |
| O O | | O O O O X |
| | | O O X |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X | +---+
| | | 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: 101 O: 78 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
X to play 51

Here are some of the positions along the way.

XGID=aDBBD-------A----bAbcbbAc-:1:1:-1:42:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
| O X | | O O O O X O |
| O | | O O O O O |
| | | O O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | X X |
| | | X X | +---+
| | | X X X X | | 2 |
| X | | X X X X | +---+
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
Pip count X: 83 O: 85 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
O to play 42


XGID=aEBCD------------b-bcbbAc-:1:1:-1:53:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
| O | | O O O O X O |
| O | | O O O O O |
| | | O O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X X | +---+
| | | X X X X | | 2 |
| | | X X X X | +---+
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
Pip count X: 57 O: 85 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
O to play 53


XGID=-EBDCb-----------a-bbbbacA:1:1:1:42:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O | | O O O O O O |
| | | O O O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| | X | |
| |BAR| |
| | | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X X | +---+
| | | O X X X X | | 2 |
| | | O X X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 58 O: 89 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
X to play 42


XGID=aEBDCb-----------a-bbbbAc-:1:1:1:33:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O | | O O O O X O |
| | | O O O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X X | +---+
| | | O X X X X | | 2 |
| | | O X X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 56 O: 112 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
X to play 33


XGID=aIBC-a-----a------abbbbAc-:1:1:1:55:4:3:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:4 O:3 7 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O | | O O O O X O |
| | | O O O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | 9 |
| | | X |
| | | X X | +---+
| | | X X X | | 2 |
| O | | O X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 45 O: 105 X-O: 4-3/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
X to play 55

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Tim Chow

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