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Holding Game Checker Play 5 - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 13 January 2026, at 5:37 a.m.

In Response To: Holding Game Checker Play 5 - Rollout (negheonegu)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 93 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 83 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--BBBbDC--B-------abbcbc--:1:-1:1:62:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	7/1 6/4	eq: +0,440
	Player: Opponent: 75,36% (G:1,21% B:0,01%) 24,64% (G:0,59% B:0,01%) Conf.: ± 0,004 (+0,436...+0,444) - [100,0%] Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
2.	Rollout1	7/1 3/1	eq: +0,409 (-0,031)
	Player: Opponent: 73,89% (G:1,16% B:0,01%) 26,11% (G:0,86% B:0,01%) Conf.: ± 0,004 (+0,404...+0,413) - [0,0%] Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
3.	Rollout1	7/1 4/2	eq: +0,384 (-0,056)
	Player: Opponent: 72,83% (G:0,88% B:0,01%) 27,17% (G:0,86% B:0,02%) Conf.: ± 0,004 (+0,380...+0,388) - [0,0%] Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is negheonegu's rollout of the original position.

Below is a contrasting variant. (White has a third checker back.)

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 2 pip: 111 9 point match pip: 83 score: 7 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--BBBcDC--B-------abbcbb--:1:-1:1:62:7:2:0:9:10
Variant

1.	Rollout1	7/1 3/1	eq: +0.360
	Player: Opponent: 81.15% (G:4.11% B:0.02%) 18.85% (G:1.10% B:0.04%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.358...+0.362) - [73.8%] Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
2.	Rollout1	7/1 4/2	eq: +0.359 (-0.001)
	Player: Opponent: 80.96% (G:3.56% B:0.02%) 19.04% (G:0.99% B:0.04%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.356...+0.361) - [26.2%] Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
3.	Rollout1	7/1 6/4	eq: +0.346 (-0.014)
	Player: Opponent: 80.65% (G:4.13% B:0.02%) 19.35% (G:1.06% B:0.03%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.344...+0.348) - [0.0%] Duration: 7 minutes 10 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 53270940 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Holding Game Checker Play 5
  negheonegu -- Monday, 5 January 2026, at 6:07 p.m.
  • Holding Game Checker Play 5
    Stick -- Monday, 5 January 2026, at 6:09 p.m.
  • Holding Game Checker Play 5
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 2:23 a.m.
  • Holding Game Checker Play 5
    Francesco -- Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 8:36 a.m.
  • Holding Game Checker Play 5
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 3:32 p.m.
  • Holding Game Checker Play 5 - Rollout
    negheonegu -- Saturday, 10 January 2026, at 12:41 p.m.
    • Holding Game Checker Play 5 - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 13 January 2026, at 5:37 a.m.