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Latest Position

Position 1051, Category End Game

Black to play 6 2

Black vs White

Match to 3, Score: 2 - 0 Crawford

added at 5/4/2012 11:19 AM, from chlh

Pipcount: 86(+53) - 33(-53)

Comment:
At first glance it might look natural to keep four builders for the two point and move 9/3 6/4, but the builder on the higher points after 9/1 guard more against bad 4s.

1) 9/1
Equity: +0.342 Rollout

1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply. cube decisions: XG Roller

Player: 67.20%67.20%0.00%0.00%
Opponent: 32.80%30.41%2.37%0.02%
Confidence: ± 0.002 (0.340 < Equity < 0.344)

2) 9/3 6/4
Equity: +0.273 (-0.069) Rollout

1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply. cube decisions: XG Roller

Player: 63.77%63.77%0.00%0.00%
Opponent: 36.23%33.52%2.65%0.06%
Confidence: ± 0.002 (0.271 < Equity < 0.275)

3) 8/2* 6/4
Equity: +0.262 (-0.080) Rollout

1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply. cube decisions: XG Roller

Player: 63.36%63.36%0.00%0.00%
Opponent: 36.64%31.12%5.40%0.12%
Confidence: ± 0.002 (0.260 < Equity < 0.264)

4) 9/7 8/2*
Equity: +0.256 (-0.086) XG Roller++

Player: 63.00%63.00%0.00%0.00%
Opponent: 37.00%31.58%5.35%0.07%

5) 9/3 5/3
Equity: +0.247 (-0.095) XG Roller++

Player: 62.47%62.47%0.00%0.00%
Opponent: 37.53%34.86%2.62%0.05%

Software: eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.03. MET: Kazaross XG2

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