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  • Nice prime you got there...,

    From ah....Clem@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 17 21:47:13 2023
    ...be a shame if anything happened to it.


    XGID=-dAaBBBBBB--c---a--dbAA---:1:-1:1:64:2:1:0:5:10

    X:X O:O
    Score is X:2 O:1 5 pt.(s) match.
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | O | | O O X X | +---+
    | | | O O | | 2 |
    | | | O | +---+
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | O |
    | O | | O |
    | O X X X | | X X X O |
    | O X X X | | X X X O X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 123 O: 200 X-O: 2-1/5
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 64

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to ah....Clem on Fri Aug 18 08:07:16 2023
    On 8/17/2023 9:47 PM, ah....Clem wrote:
    ...be a shame if anything happened to it.


    XGID=-dAaBBBBBB--c---a--dbAA---:1:-1:1:64:2:1:0:5:10

    X:X   O:O
    Score is X:2 O:1 5 pt.(s) match.
     +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
     |          O       |   | O  O  X  X       | +---+
     |                  |   | O  O             | | 2 |
     |                  |   | O                | +---+
     |                  |   | O                |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |BAR|                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   |                O |
     | O                |   |                O |
     | O        X  X  X |   | X  X  X        O |
     | O        X  X  X |   | X  X  X  O  X  O |
     +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count  X: 123  O: 200 X-O: 2-1/5
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 64

    O might get a half-decent backgame if she is able to make a second
    anchor. I would play 9/3* 7/3.

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    Tim Chow

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  • From ah...Clem@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 21 14:01:52 2023
    XGID=-dAaBBBBBB--c---a--dbAA---:1:-1:1:64:2:1:0:5:10

    X:Player 1 O:Player 2
    Score is X:2 O:1 5 pt.(s) match.
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | O | | O O X X | +---+
    | | | O O | | 2 |
    | | | O | +---+
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | O |
    | O | | O |
    | O X X X | | X X X O |
    | O X X X | | X X X O X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 123 O: 200 X-O: 2-1/5
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 64



    Keeping the prime is very tempting here, but preventing O from making a
    second anchor is the #1 priority. I didn't bother to roll it out since
    as long as you hit with 9/3* XGR++ says the plays are pretty close.

    Sending a sixth checker back is overkill, and only gives O more chances
    to make a second (or third) anchor.

    I opted to keep the prime, and got dinged with a double whopper.

    1. XG Roller++ 9/3* 7/3 eq:+0.674
    Player: 75.98% (G:53.47% B:14.68%)
    Opponent: 24.02% (G:3.56% B:0.19%)

    2. XG Roller++ 22/18 9/3* eq:+0.671 (-0.003)
    Player: 77.06% (G:49.07% B:11.31%)
    Opponent: 22.94% (G:4.12% B:0.24%)

    3. XG Roller++ 9/5 9/3* eq:+0.664 (-0.009)
    Player: 76.57% (G:50.46% B:12.30%)
    Opponent: 23.43% (G:3.10% B:0.14%)

    4. XG Roller++ 21/17 9/3* eq:+0.636 (-0.038)
    Player: 76.37% (G:47.65% B:10.72%)
    Opponent: 23.63% (G:4.52% B:0.26%)

    5. XG Roller++ 22/16* 7/3* eq:+0.589 (-0.085)
    Player: 74.23% (G:50.70% B:13.64%)
    Opponent: 25.77% (G:3.72% B:0.17%)

    6. XG Roller++ 22/16* 21/17 eq:+0.467 (-0.207)
    Player: 71.87% (G:48.38% B:12.11%)
    Opponent: 28.13% (G:1.85% B:0.07%)

    7. XG Roller++ 22/18 21/15 eq:+0.445 (-0.229)
    Player: 71.97% (G:44.84% B:9.63%)
    Opponent: 28.03% (G:2.38% B:0.11%)


    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

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