It's only because White has three blots in her board and Blue has such a strong board himself that breaking anchor is a candidate. I did break anchor here, but I played 18/7, missing the possibility of 18/13 7/1. It makes sense that strengthening the board is more important than safetying the blot on the midpoint, but it's an unusual play and psychologically hard to see.
The prosaic play of 9/4 7/1 isn't all that bad, though.
         
 
        
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 96 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 95
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=-ABBBABB-A--b-b--bBbabaab-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 65 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 18/13 7/1 | eq: -0.023 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 47.95% (G:17.27% B:0.54%)
52.05% (G:12.64% B:0.66%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.030...-0.017) - [100.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 9/4 7/1 | eq: -0.062 (-0.039) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 48.04% (G:3.84% B:0.07%)
51.96% (G:2.99% B:0.10%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.069...-0.054) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 7/2 7/1 | eq: -0.072 (-0.049) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 47.59% (G:3.98% B:0.06%)
52.41% (G:3.22% B:0.12%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (-0.080...-0.065) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds |
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| 4. | Rollout1 | 7/1 6/1 | eq: -0.082 (-0.058) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 47.60% (G:3.71% B:0.08%)
52.40% (G:3.86% B:0.21%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.089...-0.074) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds |
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| 5. | Rollout1 | 9/3 6/1 | eq: -0.086 (-0.063) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 47.27% (G:3.07% B:0.05%)
52.73% (G:4.16% B:0.17%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (-0.094...-0.078) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds |
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| 6. | Rollout1 | 9/3 7/2 | eq: -0.098 (-0.074) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 46.96% (G:3.10% B:0.05%)
53.04% (G:3.39% B:0.18%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (-0.105...-0.090) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds |
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| 7. | Rollout1 | 18/7 | eq: -0.115 (-0.092) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 45.39% (G:14.53% B:0.36%)
54.61% (G:7.27% B:0.33%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.123...-0.108) - [0.0%]
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 62908879
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release