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MCG's analysis

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 11:16 p.m.

In Response To: MCG's analysis (Matt Cohn-Geier)

MCG wrote:

I would note that "dismissing everything but the race" strikes me as a fundamental misunderstanding of what I wrote.

Fair enough; it was a poor paraphrase.

If Chase's rollouts are to be believed, your original claim looks good, but your later claim that shifting White's blot one pip makes her board much stronger doesn't look so good.

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      Chase -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 1:37 a.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 2:56 a.m.
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    kinchan -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 5:17 a.m.
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    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 4:23 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 8:38 p.m.
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      • Understanding Backgammon Position #3
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 11:24 p.m.
        • Understanding Backgammon Position #3
          Igor -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 11:28 p.m.
          • Understanding Backgammon Position #3
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 12:07 a.m.
            • Understanding Backgammon Position #3
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 1:08 a.m.
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                svilo -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 2:38 a.m.
          • Understanding Backgammon Position #3
            Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 12:15 a.m.
  • RO
    Igor -- Tuesday, 19 March 2013, at 11:35 p.m.
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      Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 3:04 a.m.
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        Igor -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 3:28 a.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 1:14 a.m.
    • RO - Gnubg
      Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 3:57 a.m.
  • MCG's analysis
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 20 March 2013, at 11:46 p.m.
    • MCG's analysis
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 4:12 a.m.
      • MCG's analysis
        Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 5:46 p.m.
        • XGR++
          Petter Bengtsson -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 5:55 p.m.
        • MCG's analysis
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            Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 11:16 p.m.
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        • Rollouts of Timothy's variations
          Chase -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 9:19 p.m.
          • Rollouts of Timothy's variations
            Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 21 March 2013, at 11:09 p.m.
            • Rollouts of Timothy's variations
              Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 22 March 2013, at 12:30 a.m.
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              Timothy Chow -- Friday, 22 March 2013, at 5:05 p.m.