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Position of the Day 05-16-26 - Containment - Rollout Crisis Averted

Posted By: Stick
Date: Sunday, 24 May 2026, at 6:43 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-16-26 - Containment (Stick)

At the last second Koca saves the day by mentioning/making the clearly best play. I've posted two near cusp variants below by giving the opponent a four point board and a better spare.





White is Player 1

score: 0
pip: 45
Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 92
score: 0

Blue is Player 2
XGID=-HDB--------a----bcccb-Aa-:2:1:-1:54:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 54

1.Rollout113/8 7/3eq: +0.674
Player:
Opponent:		83.49% (G:6.55% B:0.15%)
16.51% (G:1.40% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.671...+0.677) - [100.0%]
Duration: 4.9 seconds
2.Rollout113/4eq: +0.621 (-0.053)
Player:
Opponent:		81.59% (G:4.51% B:0.10%)
18.41% (G:0.63% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.618...+0.624) - [0.0%]
Duration: 2.9 seconds
3.Rollout113/9 7/2* eq: +0.584 (-0.090)
Player:
Opponent:		80.59% (G:5.46% B:0.13%)
19.41% (G:2.92% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.580...+0.588) - [0.0%]
Duration: 5.8 seconds
4.Rollout17/2* 6/2eq: +0.554 (-0.120)
Player:
Opponent:		79.19% (G:4.41% B:0.11%)
20.81% (G:1.97% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.550...+0.558) - [0.0%]
Duration: 4.4 seconds
5.Rollout113/8 5/1eq: +0.522 (-0.152)
Player:
Opponent:		77.53% (G:3.73% B:0.09%)
22.47% (G:0.90% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.518...+0.525) - [0.0%]
Duration: 3.6 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Variant #1
White is Player 1

score: 0
pip: 54
Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 92
score: 0

Blue is Player 2
XGID=-EDBC-------a----bcccb-Aa-:2:1:-1:54:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 54

1.Rollout113/4eq: +0.571
Player:
Opponent:		79.73% (G:4.20% B:0.11%)
20.27% (G:0.93% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.567...+0.574) - [100.0%]
Duration: 3.1 seconds
2.Rollout113/8 7/3eq: +0.558 (-0.013)
Player:
Opponent:		79.08% (G:5.36% B:0.16%)
20.92% (G:1.85% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.554...+0.562) - [0.0%]
Duration: 4.8 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Variant #2
White is Player 1

score: 0
pip: 53
Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 92
score: 0

Blue is Player 2
XGID=-EDCB-------a----bcccb-Aa-:2:1:-1:54:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 54

1.Rollout113/8 7/3eq: +0.585
Player:
Opponent:		80.09% (G:5.75% B:0.16%)
19.91% (G:1.73% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.582...+0.589) - [100.0%]
Duration: 5.0 seconds
2.Rollout113/4eq: +0.574 (-0.012)
Player:
Opponent:		80.04% (G:3.87% B:0.08%)
19.96% (G:0.81% B:0.00%)		Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.570...+0.577) - [0.0%]
Duration: 2.9 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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