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Position of the Day 09-05-25 - Rollout

Posted By: Stick
Date: Sunday, 28 December 2025, at 7:45 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 09-05-25 (Stick)

Another good series would be a collection of positions where, like here, we have to decide to leave the point slotted or not. This is one of the easier ones but check out the variant below where the opponent has another decent inner board point made.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 154 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 110 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=aBaBBBBA----dB-A-c-d--b-A-:1:-1:1:51:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 51

1.	Rollout1	15/14 7/2*	eq: +1.329
	Player: Opponent: 85.16% (G:71.11% B:0.68%) 14.84% (G:3.22% B:0.20%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+1.323...+1.335) - [100.0%] Duration: 19.1 seconds
2.	Rollout1	7/2* 3/2	eq: +1.307 (-0.022)
	Player: Opponent: 84.53% (G:71.24% B:0.49%) 15.47% (G:3.79% B:0.26%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+1.301...+1.313) - [0.0%] Duration: 19.6 seconds
3.	Rollout1	24/23 7/2*	eq: +1.281 (-0.047)
	Player: Opponent: 84.47% (G:68.47% B:0.60%) 15.53% (G:3.31% B:0.20%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+1.275...+1.288) - [0.0%] Duration: 19.4 seconds
4.	Rollout1	7/2* 2/1	eq: +1.255 (-0.074)
	Player: Opponent: 84.17% (G:66.02% B:0.53%) 15.83% (G:2.46% B:0.11%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+1.248...+1.262) - [0.0%] Duration: 24.5 seconds
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: 150 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 110 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=aBaBBBBA----dB-A-b-cb-b-A-:1:-1:1:51:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 51

1.	Rollout1	7/2* 2/1	eq: +1.060
	Player: Opponent: 79.43% (G:59.05% B:0.46%) 20.57% (G:3.41% B:0.17%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+1.057...+1.064) - [92.6%] Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
2.	Rollout1	15/14 7/2*	eq: +1.057 (-0.004)
	Player: Opponent: 78.44% (G:62.84% B:0.56%) 21.56% (G:5.69% B:0.39%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+1.053...+1.060) - [7.4%] Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 09-05-25
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    Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 21 December 2025, at 6:02 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-05-25 - Rollout
    Stick -- Sunday, 28 December 2025, at 7:45 p.m.