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PotD 08-10-26 - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Friday, 28 August 2026, at 7:57 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 08-10-26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 159 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 178 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-----BD-Ba-aeBb--cBc-B--A-:0:0:1:65:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	21/10	eq: -0.189
	Player: Opponent: 44.65% (G:11.55% B:0.33%) 55.35% (G:11.22% B:0.52%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (-0.208...-0.170) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
2.	Rollout1	24/13	eq: -0.303 (-0.113)
	Player: Opponent: 41.29% (G:6.64% B:0.17%) 58.71% (G:6.36% B:0.18%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.318...-0.287) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
3.	Rollout1	13/8 13/7	eq: -0.323 (-0.133)
	Player: Opponent: 41.22% (G:9.50% B:0.27%) 58.78% (G:10.14% B:0.39%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.338...-0.307) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
4.	Rollout1	24/18 8/3	eq: -0.344 (-0.155)
	Player: Opponent: 40.17% (G:6.87% B:0.17%) 59.83% (G:7.35% B:0.25%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.359...-0.329) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
5.	Rollout1	18/7	eq: -0.358 (-0.168)
	Player: Opponent: 40.38% (G:9.76% B:0.31%) 59.62% (G:10.78% B:0.50%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.374...-0.341) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 19 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 is a contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 159 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 180 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=------F-Ba-aeBb--cBc-B--A-:0:0:1:65:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: Blue's two 5pt checkers are on his 6pt

1.	Rollout1	24/13	eq: -0.427
	Player: Opponent: 38.02% (G:5.71% B:0.15%) 61.98% (G:7.18% B:0.28%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (-0.437...-0.416) - [87.7%] Duration: 18 minutes 39 seconds
2.	Rollout1	21/10	eq: -0.436 (-0.009)
	Player: Opponent: 38.93% (G:8.12% B:0.23%) 61.07% (G:12.53% B:0.61%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (-0.448...-0.424) - [12.3%] Duration: 19 minutes 15 seconds
3.	Rollout2	24/18 8/3	eq: -0.485 (-0.058)
	Player: Opponent: 36.43% (G:5.55% B:0.15%) 63.57% (G:8.13% B:0.29%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.500...-0.470) - [0.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds
4.	Rollout2	13/8 13/7	eq: -0.490 (-0.063)
	Player: Opponent: 36.78% (G:6.94% B:0.17%) 63.22% (G:9.99% B:0.46%) Conf.: ± 0.020 (-0.510...-0.471) - [0.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 26 seconds
1 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 9118042 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 9118042 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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    • PotD 08-10-26 - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Friday, 28 August 2026, at 7:57 p.m.