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Retrograde Backgammon � Three Puzzles, partial spoiler

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 4 November 2015, at 9:40 a.m.

In Response To: Retrograde Backgammon � Three Puzzles, partial spoiler (Taper_Mike)

I hate to break it to you, but as I was falling asleep, a better seven-move solution occurred to me that easily clears XGR++. (The closest eval margin is .017, which a 10k rollout supports at .013.)

If it is allowed that either player can have made the last move, the sequence is only SIX rolls long. In my view, that flexibility would further increase the elegance of the problem.

If nothing else you can regard the two tidbits of information in this post as little hints.

Nack

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