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Position of the Day 07-31-25 - IYKYK - Rollout
Posted By: Stick In Response To: Position of the Day 07-31-25 - IYKYK (Stick)
Date: Monday, 3 November 2025, at 7:21 p.m.
While these plays are going to be close to me it's a much larger theoretical error. First, it's an error that is likely to repeat over the course of a game/your career and is easily fixed. Secondly, when the bot plays this out it knows in the future to not do it again/correct things. If you miss this then you don't and the actual error is larger.
When I used to give lessons holding games were some of my favorite, not only cubes but checker play. There are surprisingly a lot of intricate plays that arise when playing what we think of as a simple holding game. I always taught people in positions such as this one that when significantly up in the race your 6pt should look like a stop sign. No checker should go beyond this point unless necessary. You aren't trying to build a board. You aren't ever going to get or hit a shot. The opponent is too far behind to think of leaving with anything but a large double therefore you keep your spares high for future flexibility.
White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 137Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaverpip: 113
score: 0
Blue is Player 1XGID=---ABbCCC---cC---bbc-ab---:1:-1:1:53:0:0:3:0:10 Blue to play 53
1. Rollout1 13/8 4/1 eq: +0.539
Player:
Opponent:79.12% (G:2.13% B:0.03%)
20.88% (G:1.20% B:0.03%)Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.537...+0.541) - [81.8%]
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds2. Rollout1 13/8 7/4 eq: +0.538 (-0.002)
Player:
Opponent:78.96% (G:2.24% B:0.05%)
21.04% (G:1.22% B:0.03%)Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.535...+0.540) - [18.2%]
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds3. Rollout2 13/8 6/3 eq: +0.531 (-0.009)
Player:
Opponent:78.69% (G:2.25% B:0.06%)
21.31% (G:1.29% B:0.03%)Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.526...+0.535) - [0.0%]
Duration: 29.6 seconds1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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