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A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play

Posted By: David Levy
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 11:30 p.m.

I was surprised that the top plays included 10/5 wasting a pip (or two pips in the case of 10/5 8/5). I was also surprised how much worse is the autopilot play 13/8 9/6. Can anyone explain why 10-5 is so much stronger?

		White is Player 2 score: 2 pip: 12 7 point match pip: 100 score: 4 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-BE---------a--bab-cbbb---:1:-1:-1:53:2:4:0:7:10
Blue to play 53

1.	XG Roller++	10/5 9/6	eq: -1.790
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:53.83% B:0.00%)
2.	XG Roller++	10/5 8/5	eq: -1.825 (-0.035)
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:56.22% B:0.00%)
3.	XG Roller++	13/8 9/6	eq: -1.929 (-0.139)
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:63.33% B:0.00%)

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

Messages In This Thread

• A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
  David Levy -- Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 11:30 p.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    Stick -- Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 11:38 p.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    David Levy -- Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 11:45 p.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 12:02 a.m.
    • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
      Stick -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 12:06 a.m.
  • Think about ACE *NM*
    Mochy -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 12:54 a.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 1:50 a.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    David Rockwell -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 5:09 a.m.
    • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
      David Levy -- Friday, 18 December 2015, at 5:26 a.m.
  • A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play
    hominid -- Thursday, 17 December 2015, at 2:55 p.m.