At the risk of being superficial, I don't think this position is
a trillion miles away from Tim's set of blitzes. It's a paradoxical set:
None of the members of the set makes a good reference position in itself.
But, if you put them all together, you get a good reference _set_.
Reminds me a bit of trying to exhibit a well ordering of the real numbers -- You can't but AC shows that there is one.

Hmmm. I wonder whether this activity of referencing blitz positions will
lead to right answers?
What's the cube action here?

Paul

XGID=aa-B-BD-B---cCA-Abbcab----:1:1:1:00:0:0:3:0:10
X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon


Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X X X O O | | O O O |
| X O O | | O O |
| X | | O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | X |
| O | | X | +---+
| O X | | X X X | | 2 |
| O X | | X X X O | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 125 O: 149 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 2, X own cube
X on roll, cube action

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