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Hypergammon 14-roll puzzle

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 15 July 2018, at 9:11 p.m.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 16 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 16 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--------B--------b--------:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10
Both players have one checker off and own the 8pt

Tom Keith classified the position above as "hard to reach." The minimum number of rolls to get there is 14; here he provides an example sequence, where White happens to get hit twice.

This question is for Tom, and to anyone else who would like to try:

Can you find a sequence that reaches this position in 14 rolls where White gets hit FIVE times?

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• Hypergammon 14-roll puzzle
  Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 15 July 2018, at 9:11 p.m.
  • Hypergammon 14-roll puzzle
    Tom Keith -- Monday, 16 July 2018, at 12:45 p.m.
    • Hypergammon 14-roll puzzle
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 16 July 2018, at 1:56 p.m.