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  • A position from a backgammon documentary

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 18 12:43:19 2021
    There's a famous backgammon documentary called "The Settlers"
    about two bg friends who regard it as hostile and unfriendly to play
    a game to its conclusion so every game they play ends in a settlement.
    In this position, Casey (O) offered Robin (X) a gammon for 4 points
    after she rolled boxes, and Robin agreed.
    Who benefited from this settlement?

    Paul

    XGID=--DCB--------------bbdccCC:1:1:-X:Settler Robin O:Settler Casey 1:66:0:4:3:0:10

    Score is X:4 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O O | +---+
    | | | O O O | | 2 |
    | | | O O | +---+
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | O | X |
    | | O | X X X O |
    | | | X X X X X O |
    | | | X X X X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 53 O: 172 X-O: 4-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 66




    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Nov 19 01:08:52 2021
    On Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 8:43:20 PM UTC, [email protected] wrote:
    There's a famous backgammon documentary called "The Settlers"
    about two bg friends who regard it as hostile and unfriendly to play
    a game to its conclusion so every game they play ends in a settlement.
    In this position, Casey (O) offered Robin (X) a gammon for 4 points
    after she rolled boxes, and Robin agreed.
    Who benefited from this settlement?

    Paul

    XGID=--DCB--------------bbdccCC:1:1:-X:Settler Robin O:Settler Casey 1:66:0:4:3:0:10

    Score is X:4 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | | | O O O | +---+
    | | | O O O | | 2 |
    | | | O O | +---+
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | O | |
    | | O | X |
    | | O | X X X O |
    | | | X X X X X O |
    | | | X X X X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 53 O: 172 X-O: 4-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 66




    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10
    Correcting the XGID:
    XGID=--DCB--------------bbdccCC:1:1:-1:66:0:4:3:0:10

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