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Solutions to
27 Aug 2017
(Answers next month)

Stepping out in Style
Solutions

Position 1

Move number 3: Black to play 62

+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+
|2O ' ' '3X2X|   |3X2X '2O2O '|
|                   |   |                   |
|                 | 1 |       6 2       |
|3X ' '2X3O2O|   |2O2O ' ' ' '|
+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+

Pip counts: Red 137, Black 176
Position ID: sNvBMQCw7WAAGw Match ID: cAnrAAAAAAAA


Annotation

Black has an ill-timed backgame.

# Ply Move Equity
  1 R 23/15 -0.983
 
0.2950.0480.001-0.7050.2140.009 -0.597 -0.983
0.0010.0000.000-0.0010.0010.000 0.001 0.003
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 549425158 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  2 R 22/16 8/6 -1.000 ( -0.018)
 
0.2860.0520.001-0.7140.2230.011 -0.615 -1.000
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.000 0.000
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 549425158 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  3 R 23/21 8/2 -1.000 ( -0.018)
 
0.2800.0510.001-0.7200.2280.009 -0.629 -1.000
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.000 0.000
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 549425158 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  4 R 22/14 -1.000 ( -0.018)
 
0.2780.0450.001-0.7220.2320.012 -0.647 -1.000
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.000 0.000
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 549425158 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  5 2 23/21 22/16 -1.000 ( -0.017)
  0.301 0.055 0.002 - 0.699 0.287 0.020  

 

Position 2

Move number 3: Black to play 44

+-13-14-15-16-17-18-+---+-19-20-21-22-23-24-+
|3O ' '1X4X '|   |5X ' ' ' '2O|
|                   |   |                   |
|                 | 1 |       4 4       |
|3X2O ' '2O '|   |4O2O '1X '1X|
+-12-11-10--9--8--7-+---+--6--5--4--3--2--1-+

Pip counts: Red 156, Black 159
Position ID: 4PPCASSwZ8wBMA Match ID: cAlyASAAAAAA


Annotation

Black is spoilt for choice with this roll. Where does his focus lie?

# Ply Move Equity
  1 R 24/16* 11/7(2) +0.945
 
0.7100.2290.013-0.2900.0570.002 +0.611 +0.945
0.0000.0010.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.001 0.002
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 545996733 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  2 R 24/16* 8/4(2) +0.926 ( -0.019)
 
0.6940.2690.019-0.3060.0600.002 +0.624 +0.926
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.001 0.002
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 545996733 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  3 R 24/16*(2) +0.901 ( -0.044)
 
0.7020.1810.010-0.2980.0570.002 +0.544 +0.901
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.001 0.002
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 545996733 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  4 R 11/3*(2) +0.854 ( -0.091)
 
0.6640.2960.019-0.3360.0810.004 +0.569 +0.854
0.0000.0000.000-0.0000.0000.000 0.001 0.002
  
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 7) with var.redn.  
  1296 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 545996733 and quasi-random dice  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  Different evaluations after 4 plies:  
  Play: 0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  5 2 24/16* 13/9(2) +0.826 ( -0.119)
  0.669 0.242 0.016 - 0.331 0.073 0.004  

 


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