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PotD 02-09-26 - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Saturday, 14 February 2026, at 9:20 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 02-09-26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 107 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 94 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-ABCBb--C-B-a-B---acbcb-a-:0:0:1:31:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	4/1 3/2	eq: +0.236
	Player: Opponent: 55.91% (G:1.87% B:0.04%) 44.09% (G:6.20% B:0.10%) Conf.: ± 0.009 (+0.227...+0.245) - [100.0%] Duration: 25.2 seconds
2.	Rollout1	8/4	eq: +0.118 (-0.118)
	Player: Opponent: 53.05% (G:2.92% B:0.05%) 46.95% (G:9.23% B:0.17%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.107...+0.128) - [0.0%] Duration: 25.3 seconds
3.	Rollout1	4/3 4/1	eq: +0.112 (-0.125)
	Player: Opponent: 52.65% (G:1.54% B:0.03%) 47.35% (G:7.32% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.102...+0.121) - [0.0%] Duration: 23.9 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below is a contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 95 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 94 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-ABCBb--C-B-a-B---a-bcbca-:0:0:1:31:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: White's 6pt checkers are moved to her 2pt

1.	Rollout1	8/4	eq: +0.107
	Player: Opponent: 52.61% (G:2.31% B:0.06%) 47.39% (G:4.80% B:0.06%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.101...+0.112) - [100.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
2.	Rollout1	4/1 3/2	eq: +0.083 (-0.024)
	Player: Opponent: 51.54% (G:1.78% B:0.05%) 48.46% (G:3.95% B:0.06%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.077...+0.088) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
1 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 57089069 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 02-09-26
  Stick -- Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at 9:09 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 02-09-26
    Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at 3:10 p.m.
    • Position of the Day 02-09-26
      ah_clem -- Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at 9:13 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 02-09-26
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at 3:27 p.m.
    • Position of the Day 02-09-26
      Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at 10:17 p.m.
      • Position of the Day 02-09-26
        ah_clem -- Wednesday, 11 February 2026, at 2:37 a.m.
        • Position of the Day 02-09-26
          Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Thursday, 12 February 2026, at 3:30 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 02-09-26 - Rollout
    Stick -- Thursday, 12 February 2026, at 7:51 a.m.
    • PotD 02-09-26 - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 14 February 2026, at 9:20 p.m.