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PotD 08-18-26 - Variants like #nobody has seen

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2026, at 4:47 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 08-18-26 - Rollout #nobody (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 145 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 133 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-abBBCB-B---A----c-fcBA---:1:-1:1:64:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	22/16 5/1*	eq: +0.659
	Player: Opponent: 77.85% (G:22.13% B:1.07%) 22.15% (G:4.68% B:0.22%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.653...+0.664) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 16 seconds
2.	Rollout1	22/12	eq: +0.641 (-0.018)
	Player: Opponent: 77.64% (G:20.18% B:0.96%) 22.36% (G:4.39% B:0.18%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.635...+0.647) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
3.	Rollout2	22/16 12/8	eq: +0.628 (-0.031)
	Player: Opponent: 77.25% (G:20.09% B:0.92%) 22.75% (G:4.27% B:0.17%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.621...+0.635) - [0.0%] Duration: 28.3 seconds
4.	Rollout2	22/18 12/6	eq: +0.604 (-0.055)
	Player: Opponent: 76.41% (G:20.25% B:0.83%) 23.59% (G:4.52% B:0.17%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.597...+0.611) - [0.0%] Duration: 28.9 seconds
1 2592 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 are variants. Altogether, three positions with three different best plays represented.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 137 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 133 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-abBBCB-B---A----c-dcBAb--:1:-1:1:64:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 1: Two White 6pt checkers are on her 2pt

1.	Rollout1	22/16 12/8	eq: +0.619
	Player: Opponent: 76.98% (G:19.90% B:0.84%) 23.02% (G:4.47% B:0.15%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.615...+0.622) - [60.4%] Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
2.	Rollout1	22/12	eq: +0.618 (-0.001)
	Player: Opponent: 77.05% (G:19.73% B:0.87%) 22.95% (G:4.63% B:0.15%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.615...+0.621) - [39.6%] Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds
3.	Rollout1	22/16 5/1*	eq: +0.606 (-0.013)
	Player: Opponent: 76.32% (G:21.60% B:0.99%) 23.68% (G:5.85% B:0.22%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.602...+0.610) - [0.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 49 seconds
4.	Rollout2	22/18 12/6	eq: +0.583 (-0.036)
	Player: Opponent: 75.38% (G:20.80% B:0.91%) 24.62% (G:5.13% B:0.16%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.575...+0.590) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 72596219 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 72596219 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 135 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 133 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-abBBCB-B---A----c-dcBA-b-:1:-1:1:64:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 2: Two White 6pt checkers are on her 1pt

1.	Rollout1	22/12	eq: +0.634
	Player: Opponent: 77.50% (G:20.27% B:0.91%) 22.50% (G:4.68% B:0.13%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.630...+0.637) - [100.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 20 seconds
2.	Rollout1	22/16 12/8	eq: +0.623 (-0.011)
	Player: Opponent: 77.09% (G:20.15% B:0.83%) 22.91% (G:4.69% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.620...+0.627) - [0.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 00 second
3.	Rollout1	22/16 5/1*	eq: +0.617 (-0.017)
	Player: Opponent: 76.64% (G:21.94% B:1.01%) 23.36% (G:6.10% B:0.21%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.614...+0.621) - [0.0%] Duration: 7 minutes 29 seconds
4.	Rollout2	22/18 12/6	eq: +0.587 (-0.047)
	Player: Opponent: 75.63% (G:20.68% B:0.89%) 24.37% (G:4.96% B:0.16%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.580...+0.594) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 3672772 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 3672772 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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