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Early game decision
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Tim Chow
2018-08-11 18:52:40 UTC
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XGID=---aBBB-Ba--dE---d-e----B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0:10

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-+
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O |
| X O | | O |
| X | | O |
| |BAR| |
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| O | | |
| O | | |
| O X | | X X X |
| O O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 159 O: 152 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 32

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Tim Chow
BlueDice
2018-08-12 08:17:02 UTC
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Post by Tim Chow
XGID=---aBBB-Ba--dE---d-e----B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0:10
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-+
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O |
| X O | | O |
| X | | O |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| O X | | X X X |
| O O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 159 O: 152 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 32
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Tim Chow
8/3*
It's a weak blitz with 8 checkers but there's nothing better.
Take the initiative!
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Michael
2018-08-12 11:12:18 UTC
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Post by Tim Chow
XGID=---aBBB-Ba--dE---d-e----B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0:10
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-+
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O |
| X O | | O |
| X | | O |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| O X | | X X X |
| O O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 159 O: 152 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 32
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Tim Chow
The back checkers have to mobilize that's top priority.
24/21 so far then 13/11 causing duplication of 2s.
Tim Chow
2018-08-14 00:05:58 UTC
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XGID=---aBBB-Ba--dE---d-e----B-:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:0:10

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-+
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O X |
| X O | | O |
| X O | | O |
| X | | O |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| O X | | X X X |
| O O X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 159 O: 152 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 32

Anything but hitting is a whopper with cheese according to the rollout.

1. Rollout¹ 8/3* eq:+0.392
Player: 57.35% (G:23.23% B:0.82%)
Opponent: 42.65% (G:11.02% B:0.66%)
Confidence: ±0.015 (+0.378..+0.407) - [100.0%]

2. Rollout¹ 24/21 13/11 eq:+0.235 (-0.157)
Player: 54.94% (G:18.35% B:0.60%)
Opponent: 45.06% (G:9.90% B:0.47%)
Confidence: ±0.017 (+0.218..+0.252) - [0.0%]

3. Rollout¹ 13/8 eq:+0.228 (-0.164)
Player: 54.09% (G:18.76% B:0.52%)
Opponent: 45.91% (G:9.87% B:0.48%)
Confidence: ±0.014 (+0.214..+0.242) - [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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