Many of the differences are small of course. Here's one of the bigger ones. Making the GG play at 4a2a costs .05. It is worth having the 5 anchor when White still has the possibility of winning a gammon which is worth something. This is a thematic play which is worth knowing.
         
 
         
 | | White is Player 2
score: 1
pip: 162 | 2 point match
Crawford | pip: 167
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=-a--a-E-C---dEa--c-e----B-:0:0:1:44:0:1:1:2:10 |
| Blue to play 44 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 8/4*(2) 6/2(2) | eq: +0.6023 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 58.20% (G:21.91% B:2.91%)
41.80% (G:11.34% B:1.50%) | Conf.: ±0.0028 (+0.5995...+0.6051) - [100.0%]
Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 24/20(2) 8/4*(2) | eq: +0.5766 (-0.0257) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 60.73% (G:18.10% B:1.72%)
39.27% (G:8.90% B:0.78%) | Conf.: ±0.0027 (+0.5739...+0.5793) - [0.0%]
Duration: 2 hours 58 minutes |
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1 10368 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 37950944
Moves and cube decisions: 3-ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Rockwell-Kazaross
| | White is Player 2
score: 2
pip: 162 | | 4 point match | pip: 167
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=-a--a-E-C---dEa--c-e----B-:0:0:1:44:0:2:0:4:10 |
| Blue to play 44 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 24/20(2) 8/4*(2) | eq: +0.8505 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 60.27% (G:18.22% B:1.33%)
39.73% (G:8.39% B:0.63%) | Conf.: ±0.0029 (+0.8477...+0.8534) - [100.0%]
Duration: 4 hours 56 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 8/4*(2) 6/2(2) | eq: +0.8264 (-0.0242) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 57.93% (G:21.78% B:2.00%)
42.07% (G:10.98% B:0.99%) | Conf.: ±0.0027 (+0.8237...+0.8291) - [0.0%]
Duration: 3 hours 25 minutes |
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1 31104 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 84892397
Moves and cube decisions: 3-ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Rockwell-Kazaross