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

Posted By: David Levy
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2015, at 11:45 p.m.

In Response To: A surprising (to me) save-the-gammon play (David Levy)

A deeper analysis shows 9/4 8/5 and 9/6 8/3 (each of which wastes 3 pips) also beat the autopilot play.

		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.	Rollout1	10/5 9/6	eq: -1.790
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:53.85% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (-1.791...-1.790) - [100.0%] Duration: 2.7 seconds
2.	Rollout1	10/5 8/5	eq: -1.825 (-0.035)
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:56.25% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (-1.826...-1.825) - [0.0%] Duration: 2.6 seconds
3.	Rollout1	9/4 8/5	eq: -1.910 (-0.120)
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:62.04% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (-1.911...-1.910) - [0.0%] Duration: 3.2 seconds
4.	Rollout1	9/6 8/3	eq: -1.910 (-0.120)
	Player: Opponent: 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) 100.00% (G:62.05% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (-1.911...-1.910) - [0.0%] Duration: 2.9 seconds
5.	Rollout1	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%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (-1.929...-1.929) - [0.0%] Duration: 2.8 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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.