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    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 11 18:21:37 2024
    Here's a problem that was recently posted to BGOnline.

    XGID=---AABD------------cdb----:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O O |
    | | | O O O |
    | | | O O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | X |
    | | | X |
    | | | X X |
    | | | X X X X |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 41 O: 46 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 18 08:41:12 2024
    On 1/11/2024 6:21 PM, I wrote:
    Here's a problem that was recently posted to BGOnline.

    XGID=---AABD------------cdb----:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
     +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
     |                  |   | O  O  O          |
     |                  |   | O  O  O          |
     |                  |   | O  O             |
     |                  |   |    O             |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |BAR|                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   | X                |
     |                  |   | X                |
     |                  |   | X  X             |
     |                  |   | X  X  X  X       |
     +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count  X: 41  O: 46 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    The point of the above position is that several racing formulas
    yield the wrong answer. But Art Benjamin's methods get it right.
    For more information, see here:

    https://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?read=212335

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    Tim Chow

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