On 9/27/2022 7:20 PM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Hello,
if newbies come to our chouette club, they often struggle with the
concept of wastage, because they do not understand that they cannot
control the pipcount, only the distribution.
While looking at EPCs in positions close to a pure n-roll position, I
found the following gem, which will teach the newbie a lesson or two if
played as a proposition ...
GNU Backgammon Position ID: /38AAAD3bgMAAA
Match ID : cAkAAAAAAAAE
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ O: gnubg
| | | O | 0 points
| | | O |> | | | O |
| | | O |
| | | F |
v| |BAR| | (Cube: 1)
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X X X | >> | | | X X X X X | On roll
| | | X X X X X | X 0 points
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ X: axel
Pip counts: O 15, X 38
(The "F" in gnubg's position means 15 checkers on her ace point.)
Hello,
if newbies come to our chouette club, they often struggle with the
concept of wastage, because they do not understand that they cannot
control the pipcount, only the distribution.
While looking at EPCs in positions close to a pure n-roll position, I
found the following gem, which will teach the newbie a lesson or two if played as a proposition ...
GNU Backgammon Position ID: /38AAAD3bgMAAA
Match ID : cAkAAAAAAAAE
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+ O: gnubg
| | | O | 0 points
| | | O |
| | | O |
| | | O |
| | | F |
v| |BAR| | (Cube: 1)
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X X X |
| | | X X X X X | On roll
| | | X X X X X | X 0 points
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+ X: axel
Pip counts: O 15, X 38
(The "F" in gnubg's position means 15 checkers on her ace point.)
You, X, are on roll against the newbie. Cube action?
Can we apply a race cube formula here? O has 13 spares on the ace, for a penalty of 26, plus gaps on the 4 and 5 for another two. Add 28 to her pipcount to get 43. Add four to X's pipcount for the spares on the ace
and deuce to get 42.
With an adjusted pipcount of 42 to 43, Isight says D/T, Trice says ND/T.
Hello,
if newbies come to our chouette club, they often struggle with the
concept of wastage, because they do not understand that they cannot
control the pipcount, only the distribution.
Can we apply a race cube formula here?
With an adjusted pipcount of 42 to 43, Isight says D/T, Trice says ND/T.
I have no confidence that this is correct, but it makes me less sure
of the ND verdict I came up with in the last post.
may well make a cube error, so the practical approach against a human
is to ship it and make it their problem.
On 28/09/2022 10:47 am, ah....Clem wrote:
Can we apply a race cube formula here? O has 13 spares on the ace, for a
penalty of 26, plus gaps on the 4 and 5 for another two. Add 28 to her
pipcount to get 43. Add four to X's pipcount for the spares on the ace
and deuce to get 42.
With an adjusted pipcount of 42 to 43, Isight says D/T, Trice says ND/T.
The Isight count is actually 44 for O because X has a checker off.
Erroneously instead of 2/off 1/off you clear the 5-point with 5/4 5/3,
which is a quadruple whopper. Cheerfully the newbie redoubles:
It turns out you have a beaver!
On 10/1/2022 10:23 AM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Erroneously instead of 2/off 1/off you clear the 5-point with 5/4 5/3,
which is a quadruple whopper. Cheerfully the newbie redoubles:
It turns out you have a beaver!
So how high does the probability of the newbie redouble have to be to
justify 5/4 5/3?
On 10/1/2022 10:23 AM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Erroneously instead of 2/off 1/off you clear the 5-point with 5/4 5/3,
which is a quadruple whopper. Cheerfully the newbie redoubles:
It turns out you have a beaver!
So how high does the probability of the newbie redouble have to be to
justify 5/4 5/3?
Timothy Chow <tchow...@yahoo.com> writes:
On 10/1/2022 10:23 AM, Axel Reichert wrote:
Erroneously instead of 2/off 1/off you clear
the 5-point with 5/4 5/3, which is a quadruple
whopper. Cheerfully the newbie redoubles:
It turns out you have a beaver!
So how high does the probability of the newbie
redouble have to be to justify 5/4 5/3?
I assume we can safely leave this as an exercise for
our resident cube theory and programming expert. (-:
I would have never guessed that I could own you
guys this badly. :)
On October 1, 2022 at 2:57:35 PM UTC-6, Axel Reichert wrote:
Timothy Chow <tchow...@yahoo.com> writes:
On 10/1/2022 10:23 AM, Axel Reichert wrote:
It turns out you have a beaver!
So how high does the probability of the newbie
redouble have to be to justify 5/4 5/3?
I assume we can safely leave this as an exercise for
our resident cube theory and programming expert. (-:
Not only you can't figure out the answer, you are
talking from behind someone's back. Tsk, tsk! :(
I wonder if Tim asked you to bait you or because
he himself can't figure out his own question..? ;)
Even though I'm not the expert you are gossipping
about, I'll be glad to give my humble opinion if you
tell me the match length and the score, as well as
the newbie's and your ELO or PR ratings?
On 10/3/2022 2:46 PM, MK wrote:
I would have never guessed that I
could own you guys this badly. :)
Not very good at guessing, are you?
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