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How can we get here in SIX rolls?

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 3:31 a.m.

In Response To: Hard to find the best play, but easy to create a retro-sequence (Taper_Mike)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 197 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 134 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=ac--BBC-C--AdC---c-d----A-:1:-1:1:00:0:0:3:0:10
Reach this position in six rolls

Thanks for the retro-problem, Mike.

From the opening position, it's actually possible to reach the above position (with perfect play, according to XGR++ evaluation) in just SIX moves. (Or seven, if it is a given that Blue is currently on roll.)

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• C'est la routine
  Stick -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 2:53 p.m.
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    Konstantin -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 3:32 p.m.
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    benf -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 3:36 p.m.
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      John O'Hagan -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 4:46 p.m.
  • Hard to find the best play, but easy to create a retro-sequence
    Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 4:07 p.m.
    • Hey! How come these players have names?
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      • Hey! How come these players have names?
        MishyPoo -- Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 12:58 a.m.
    • How can we get here in SIX rolls?
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 3:31 a.m.
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        Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 3:41 p.m.
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          Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 2 January 2016, at 5:43 a.m.
      • How can we get here in SIX rolls? (I.E., EIGHT rolls to recreate the OP)
        Taper_Mike -- Friday, 25 December 2015, at 11:12 p.m.
        • How can we get here in SIX rolls? (I.E., EIGHT rolls to recreate the OP)
          Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 27 December 2015, at 4:24 a.m.
  • C'est la routine
    Wolfgang -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 4:26 p.m.
    • C'est la routine
      Neil Robins -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 11:04 p.m.
  • C'est la routine
    MishyPoo -- Wednesday, 23 December 2015, at 9:12 p.m.
  • C'est la routine - Rollout
    Stick -- Thursday, 24 December 2015, at 6:06 p.m.
    • RO pour de l'argent
      neilkaz -- Friday, 25 December 2015, at 8:52 p.m.
    • C'est la routine - Rollout
      Sam Pottle -- Saturday, 26 December 2015, at 6:45 p.m.
    • C'est la routine - Rollout
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 December 2015, at 7:50 p.m.