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Rollout Riddled - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 6:42 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3 - Rollout Riddled (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 122 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 113 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=---ACaCbC-C--B---bbbbbb---:0:0:1:33:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1.	Rollout1	13/10(2) 6/3 4/1	eq: +0.896
	Player: Opponent: 74.03% (G:4.93% B:0.05%) 25.97% (G:1.21% B:0.03%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.891...+0.901) - [54.1%] Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/10(2) 4/1(2)	eq: +0.896 (0.000)
	Player: Opponent: 74.14% (G:4.34% B:0.04%) 25.86% (G:1.00% B:0.02%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.892...+0.900) - [45.9%] Duration: 59.8 seconds
3.	Rollout2	8/5*(3) 6/3	eq: +0.780 (-0.116)
	Player: Opponent: 68.25% (G:14.37% B:0.19%) 31.75% (G:4.29% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.768...+0.792) - [0.0%] Duration: 36.7 seconds
1 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

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below is a sharply contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 119 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 113 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=---ACaCbC-C--B---babbcb---:0:0:1:33:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: A White 7pt checker is on her 4pt

1.	Rollout1	8/5*(3) 6/3	eq: +0.789
	Player: Opponent: 69.93% (G:15.12% B:0.30%) 30.07% (G:4.14% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.780...+0.799) - [99.9%] Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/10(2) 6/3 4/1	eq: +0.766 (-0.023)
	Player: Opponent: 71.71% (G:3.62% B:0.04%) 28.29% (G:1.03% B:0.02%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.756...+0.776) - [0.1%] Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
3.	Rollout1	13/10(2) 4/1(2)	eq: +0.751 (-0.038)
	Player: Opponent: 71.52% (G:2.74% B:0.04%) 28.48% (G:0.79% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.009 (+0.742...+0.760) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 81162713 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3
  Stick -- Sunday, 17 May 2026, at 12:09 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3
    John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 17 May 2026, at 11:58 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3
    Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Sunday, 17 May 2026, at 3:28 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 11:20 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-13-26 - D3 - Rollout Riddled
    Stick -- Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 5:23 a.m.
    • Rollout Riddled - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 6:42 p.m.