I automatically made the bar point here. The race is about even, so blocking seemed useful and making a landing point for incoming checkers seemed good too. Plus it's a 61! 6 and 1 and an empty bar point go together like a horse and carriage...and a third thing that would go with a horse and carriage all the time. 8/1 made sense, of course, but it never would have occurred to me to play 13/6, leaving that gap there when it could be so nicely filled in. Thank you all for the good explanations.
       
 
          
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 105 | | 7 point match | pip: 108
score: 3
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=-ABBa-B-C--BbC--b--bbbbb--:0:0:1:61:3:0:0:7:10 |
| Blue to play 61 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 13/6 | eq: +0.041 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 49.75% (G:1.65% B:0.02%)
50.25% (G:3.44% B:0.05%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.035...+0.048) - [100.0%]
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 8/1 | eq: +0.024 (-0.018) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 48.87% (G:2.44% B:0.02%)
51.13% (G:5.42% B:0.07%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.017...+0.031) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 13/7 8/7 | eq: +0.012 (-0.030) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 49.15% (G:1.51% B:0.02%)
50.85% (G:3.81% B:0.07%) | Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.005...+0.018) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes |
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1 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller+
Search interval: Huge
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2