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42P-32Z-42S-44 and Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2026, at 3:56 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 07-25-26 - The SpongeBob SquarePants - Rollout (Stick)

White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 155

Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver

pip: 162
score: 0

Blue is Player 1

XGID=-a---aE-C-A-dDa--b-d-bA-A-:0:0:1:44:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1. Rollout¹ 13/5*(2) eq: +0.241
Player:
Opponent: 54.48% (G:21.08% B:1.19%)
45.52% (G:12.82% B:0.67%) Conf.: ą 0.008 (+0.233...+0.248) - [94.0%]
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds
2. Rollout¹ 24/20 22/14* 14/10 eq: +0.232 (-0.009)
Player:
Opponent: 56.33% (G:12.47% B:0.65%)
43.67% (G:11.91% B:0.36%) Conf.: ą 0.007 (+0.224...+0.239) - [6.0%]
Duration: 6 minutes 27 seconds
3. Rollout² 22/14* 13/9(2) eq: -0.017 (-0.257)
Player:
Opponent: 50.16% (G:13.35% B:0.70%)
49.84% (G:15.17% B:0.69%) Conf.: ą 0.015 (-0.031...-0.002) - [0.0%]
Duration: 59.2 seconds
4. Rollout² 22/14* 8/4(2) eq: -0.035 (-0.276)
Player:
Opponent: 49.27% (G:15.46% B:0.80%)
50.73% (G:15.83% B:0.83%) Conf.: ą 0.016 (-0.051...-0.019) - [0.0%]
Duration: 56.1 seconds
5. Rollout² 13/9 13/5* 5/1* eq: -0.219 (-0.460)
Player:
Opponent: 44.26% (G:16.10% B:0.63%)
55.74% (G:18.92% B:1.39%) Conf.: ą 0.014 (-0.234...-0.205) - [0.0%]
Duration: 48.5 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. (The third- and fourth-best candidates were omitted, perhaps intentionally.)
Below is a highly contrasting variant.
Nack

White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 153

Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver

pip: 162
score: 0

Blue is Player 1

XGID=---a-aE-C-A-dDa--b-d-bA-A-:0:0:1:44:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: White's 24pt blot is on her 22pt

1. Rollout¹ 24/20 22/14* 14/10 eq: +0.264
Player:
Opponent: 57.59% (G:11.91% B:0.59%)
42.41% (G:10.73% B:0.35%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (+0.245...+0.284) - [100.0%]
Duration: 6 minutes 25 seconds
2. Rollout¹ 13/5*(2) eq: +0.160 (-0.105)
Player:
Opponent: 53.12% (G:19.61% B:0.96%)
46.88% (G:13.11% B:0.73%) Conf.: ± 0.017 (+0.142...+0.177) - [0.0%]
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds
3. Rollout¹ 22/14* 13/5* eq: +0.114 (-0.151)
Player:
Opponent: 52.81% (G:16.04% B:0.83%)
47.19% (G:14.51% B:0.88%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (+0.098...+0.130) - [0.0%]
Duration: 5 minutes 30 seconds

¹ 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 37347982
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller