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by: Timothy Chow - Thu, 11 Jan 2024 23:21 UTC

Here's a problem that was recently posted to BGOnline.

XGID=---AABD------------cdb----:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10

Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| | | O O O |
| | | O O O |
| | | O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X X X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 41 O: 46 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X on roll, cube action

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by: Timothy Chow - Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:41 UTC

On 1/11/2024 6:21 PM, I wrote:
> Here's a problem that was recently posted to BGOnline.
>
> XGID=---AABD------------cdb----:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10
>
> Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
> +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
> |                  |   | O O O          |
> |                  |   | O O O          |
> |                  |   | O O             |
> |                  |   |    O             |
> |                  |   |                  |
> |                  |BAR|                  |
> |                  |   |                  |
> |                  |   | X                |
> |                  |   | X                |
> |                  |   | X X             |
> |                  |   | X X X X       |
> +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
> Pip count X: 41 O: 46 X-O: 0-0
> Cube: 1
> X on roll, cube action

The point of the above position is that several racing formulas
yield the wrong answer. But Art Benjamin's methods get it right.
For more information, see here:

https://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbbs_config.pl?read=212335

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