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* Rollout * of Position 3

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 11 October 2015, at 7:12 p.m.

In Response To: * Rollout * of Position 3 (Chase)

Chase wrote:

Based on your comments in this thread, it seems trying to study backgames with XG is not very practical still.

One has to be cautious but I don't think it's impractical. It's only when the position gets too "wild" that the wheels come completely off. I think that XG plays reasonably well in "tame" positions where the backgamer has just 4 or 5 checkers back and the backgamee has a semblance of a prime in place. If it says my play is a blunder then my play probably is a blunder. There still plenty to be learned (for most of us) even if you take the computer's verdict with a grain a salt (which you should be doing anyway in any position, not just a backgame).

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