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PotD 05-30-26 - Variants

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2026, at 2:28 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-30-26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 143 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 131 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--bB-BCCB---bAa--c-cbb-AA-:0:0:1:41:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1.	Rollout1	13/8	eq: -0.055
	Player: Opponent: 48.45% (G:17.24% B:1.08%) 51.55% (G:15.61% B:0.69%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.070...-0.040) - [100.0%] Duration: 31.8 seconds
2.	Rollout1	23/22 13/9	eq: -0.111 (-0.056)
	Player: Opponent: 47.06% (G:16.22% B:1.14%) 52.94% (G:17.16% B:0.90%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.126...-0.097) - [0.0%] Duration: 30.5 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 are variants. Altogether, three different positions with three different best plays.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 140 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 131 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--bB-BCCB---bAa---ccbb-AA-:0:0:1:41:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 1: White's 8pt checkers are on her 7pt

1.	Rollout1	24/23 13/9	eq: -0.002
	Player: Opponent: 50.39% (G:14.41% B:0.75%) 49.61% (G:13.58% B:0.54%) Conf.: ± 0.013 (-0.016...+0.011) - [100.0%] Duration: 9 minutes 23 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/8	eq: -0.140 (-0.137)
	Player: Opponent: 46.61% (G:15.37% B:0.89%) 53.39% (G:16.78% B:0.75%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.154...-0.125) - [0.0%] Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
3.	Rollout1	23/22 13/9	eq: -0.199 (-0.197)
	Player: Opponent: 45.41% (G:14.93% B:0.98%) 54.59% (G:18.98% B:1.04%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.214...-0.184) - [0.0%] Duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 82405688 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 161 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 131 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--bB-BCCB---dAa--c-cb--AA-:0:0:1:41:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 2: White's 4pt checkers are on her 13pt

1.	Rollout1	23/22 13/9	eq: +0.224
	Player: Opponent: 54.57% (G:19.92% B:1.27%) 45.43% (G:11.08% B:0.55%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (+0.208...+0.240) - [100.0%] Duration: 12 minutes 10 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/8	eq: +0.170 (-0.055)
	Player: Opponent: 53.44% (G:17.38% B:0.96%) 46.56% (G:11.06% B:0.46%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.155...+0.185) - [0.0%] Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds
3.	Rollout1	23/18	eq: +0.128 (-0.096)
	Player: Opponent: 52.93% (G:17.51% B:1.03%) 47.07% (G:13.16% B:0.64%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (+0.110...+0.147) - [0.0%] Duration: 12 minutes 25 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 8810595 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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    • PotD 05-30-26 - Variants
      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 10 June 2026, at 2:28 p.m.