It's always a struggle to know which version of a position to post first. The one that came up OtB is the obvious and most honest choice I'd say but for a lot of positions the variants are so much ... idk if better is the word, or more instructive, but something. Here I wish I would have posted the variant (shown below) and seen if John and Bob would have known to swing the checker around instead of making the 5pt. Either way, not a grand error and we all know the variant makes a difference, but OtB it's whether it makes enough of a difference for us to arrive at the other play.
         
 
        
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 140 | Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver | pip: 141
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=----b-E-C-B-bD-Abb-e-b----:0:0:1:31:0:0:3:0:10 |
| Blue to play 31 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 8/5 6/5 | eq: +0.194 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 56.05% (G:5.83% B:0.25%)
43.95% (G:9.09% B:0.24%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.183...+0.206) - [100.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 15/11 | eq: +0.164 (-0.030) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 54.73% (G:3.81% B:0.16%)
45.27% (G:6.01% B:0.13%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.153...+0.176) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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Variant
| | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 142 | Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver | pip: 141
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=----b-E-C-B-bD-Abb-eb-----:0:0:1:31:0:0:3:0:10 |
| Blue to play 31 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 15/11 | eq: +0.176 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 55.32% (G:3.69% B:0.14%)
44.68% (G:6.06% B:0.15%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.171...+0.182) - [99.4%]
Duration: 4 minutes 07 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 8/5 6/5 | eq: +0.166 (-0.010) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 55.55% (G:5.44% B:0.22%)
44.45% (G:9.04% B:0.22%) | Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.160...+0.172) - [0.6%]
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds |
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1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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