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PotD 03-01-26 - Variants

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 16 March 2026, at 2:40 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 03-01-26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 129 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 162 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--aBB-B-Aa-BbB---cbcDa-b--:0:0:1:52:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	20/15 11/9*	eq: +0.334
	Player: Opponent: 57.51% (G:18.94% B:0.85%) 42.49% (G:12.41% B:0.47%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.319...+0.349) - [100.0%] Duration: 47.0 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/8 11/9*	eq: +0.281 (-0.053)
	Player: Opponent: 56.20% (G:18.68% B:0.79%) 43.80% (G:12.35% B:0.46%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.266...+0.297) - [0.0%] Duration: 45.1 seconds
3.	Rollout2	11/6 11/9*	eq: +0.148 (-0.186)
	Player: Opponent: 52.88% (G:17.93% B:0.72%) 47.12% (G:12.85% B:0.49%) Conf.: ± 0.025 (+0.124...+0.173) - [0.0%] Duration: 10.0 seconds
4.	Rollout2	20/13	eq: -0.091 (-0.425)
	Player: Opponent: 46.84% (G:12.41% B:0.45%) 53.16% (G:12.59% B:0.33%) Conf.: ± 0.028 (-0.119...-0.063) - [0.0%] Duration: 10.2 seconds
5.	Rollout2	13/11 13/8	eq: -0.113 (-0.448)
	Player: Opponent: 45.51% (G:10.78% B:0.33%) 54.49% (G:10.23% B:0.28%) Conf.: ± 0.021 (-0.134...-0.092) - [0.0%] Duration: 10.7 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 324 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below are contrasting variants.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 129 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 164 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--aB-BB-Aa-BbB---cbcDa-b--:0:0:1:52:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 1: Blue's 4pt is changed to his 5pt

1.	Rollout1	13/8 11/9*	eq: +0.416
	Player: Opponent: 59.24% (G:19.53% B:0.92%) 40.76% (G:11.45% B:0.45%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.401...+0.431) - [100.0%] Duration: 8 minutes 34 seconds
2.	Rollout1	20/15 11/9*	eq: +0.328 (-0.087)
	Player: Opponent: 57.74% (G:19.03% B:0.91%) 42.26% (G:13.12% B:0.50%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.314...+0.343) - [0.0%] Duration: 9 minutes 03 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 44254986 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 129 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 160 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--aBB-B-AaB-bB---cbcDa-b--:0:0:1:51:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 2: Blue's 11pt is changed to his 10pt, roll 51

1.	Rollout1	13/8 10/9*	eq: +0.322
	Player: Opponent: 56.94% (G:19.31% B:0.84%) 43.06% (G:12.23% B:0.48%) Conf.: ± 0.009 (+0.313...+0.331) - [96.3%] Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds
2.	Rollout1	20/15 10/9*	eq: +0.311 (-0.011)
	Player: Opponent: 57.04% (G:19.24% B:0.85%) 42.96% (G:13.39% B:0.57%) Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.303...+0.319) - [3.7%] Duration: 27 minutes 39 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 37034249 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 03-01-26
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    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 6 March 2026, at 9:20 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-01-26 - Rollout
    Stick -- Tuesday, 10 March 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
    • PotD 03-01-26 - Variants
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 16 March 2026, at 2:40 p.m.