• Crunch time

    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 30 18:15:19 2022
    XGID=a-BCDBB-----c------ccc-bB-:1:1:1:43:0:0:0:0:10

    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 |
    | | | O O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | X |
    | O | | X X | +---+
    | O | | X X 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: 99 O: 113 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 43

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 2 09:08:17 2022
    XGID=a-BCDBB-----c------ccc-bB-:1:1:1:43:0:0:0:0:10

    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 |
    | | | O O O |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | | X |
    | O | | X X | +---+
    | O | | X X 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: 99 O: 113 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 43

    Volunteering a blot might look strange, but X is losing and needs to
    take some risks to try to gain the upper hand. 5/1 4/1 keeps a
    five-point board, whereas it won't be so easy to re-make a five-point
    board after 6/3 6/2.

    1. Rollout¹ 5/1 4/1 eq:-0.418
    Player: 30.99% (G:5.91% B:0.03%)
    Opponent: 69.01% (G:18.77% B:0.88%)
    Confidence: ±0.007 (-0.425..-0.411) - [100.0%]

    2. Rollout¹ 6/3 6/2 eq:-0.528 (-0.109)
    Player: 26.57% (G:5.11% B:0.06%)
    Opponent: 73.43% (G:19.01% B:0.70%)
    Confidence: ±0.007 (-0.535..-0.521) - [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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