I have not solved that puzzle yet. Your idea of the gammon killing four cube is a candidate. Consider these other rollouts.
| | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 159 | 4 point match | pip: 167 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---b-d--b-B-:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:4:10 |
Blue to play 21 |
1. | Rollout1 | 13/11 6/5 | eq: -0.2324 |
| Player: Opponent: | 46.26% (G:12.56% B:0.92%) 53.74% (G:18.74% B:2.75%) | Conf.: ±0.0047 (-0.2371...-0.2277) - [100.0%] Duration: 4 hours 32 minutes |
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2. | Rollout1 | 24/23 13/11 | eq: -0.2481 (-0.0157) |
| Player: Opponent: | 45.85% (G:12.38% B:0.90%) 54.15% (G:17.92% B:1.47%) | Conf.: ±0.0042 (-0.2523...-0.2439) - [0.0%] Duration: 4 hours 20 minutes |
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1 31104 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 71940290 Moves and cube decisions: 3-ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Rockwell-Kazaross
| | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 159 | 5 point match | pip: 167 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---b-d--b-B-:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:5:10 |
Blue to play 21 |
1. | Rollout1 | 24/23 13/11 | eq: -0.2061 |
| Player: Opponent: | 45.96% (G:12.40% B:0.63%) 54.04% (G:17.95% B:0.93%) | Conf.: ±0.0030 (-0.2092...-0.2031) - [90.0%] Duration: 3 hours 42 minutes |
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2. | Rollout1 | 13/11 6/5 | eq: -0.2091 (-0.0030) |
| Player: Opponent: | 46.33% (G:12.58% B:0.66%) 53.67% (G:18.67% B:1.67%) | Conf.: ±0.0034 (-0.2125...-0.2057) - [10.0%] Duration: 4 hours 00 minute |
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1 31104 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 8281536 Moves and cube decisions: 3-ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Rockwell-Kazaross