QUIZ 21 - ANSWERS

(Highest possible score = 24)
 

Position 1.




# Ply Move Equity
1 3 bar/23* 3/2 0.343
2 3 bar/23* 6/5 0.282 (-0.061)
3 3 bar/23* 4/3 0.272 (-0.071)
4 2 bar/23* 8/7 0.135 (-0.208)
5 1 bar/23* 5/4 -0.290 (-0.633)


This is a bit of a cheeky one. I just wanted to see who was alert enough to spot the duplication of twos, which I think is the idea here.

In the game, I missed it and played 6/5with the one. I am happy to roll this one out if anyone wants but I think Snowie gets these ones right on 3 ply.

Bar 23*3/2: 5 points
All other plays: 1 point


Position 2



Cube action equity
Rollout Money equity: 0.396
0.9% 17.3% 65.1% 34.9% 8.3% 0.3%
95% confidence interval:
- money cubeless eq.: 0.396 ±0.051,
- live cube no double: 0.570 ±0.114,
- live cube double take: 0.547 ±0.147.
Rollout settings:
Full rollout,
108 games (equiv. 2888 games),
played 3-ply (fast), cube 3-ply,
seed 1, without race database.
Evaluations
1. No double 0.631
2. Double, take 0.605 (-0.027)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.369)
Proper cube action: No double, take 7%
Live cube
1. No double 0.570
2. Double, take 0.547 (-0.023)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.430)
Proper cube action: No double, take 5%

This looked like a pass to me, and I passed it in the game.
Far be it from me to provide an analysis, there a couple of salient things here:

1. Green has a number of rolls which don’t do much or are actually bad e.g 6-3, 6-2, 2-2, 1-1
2. The 21 point is very strong for white and he never gets wiped out except in the variations where he runs off the anchor and gets pointed on.
3. White actually has some firepower to attack green and can afford to with the 21 point.

No double/take: 7 points;
Double/take: 3 points;
Double/pass: 0 points
 


Position 3



Cube action equity
Rollout Money equity: 0.615
0.9% 33.5% 68.3% 31.7% 9.2% 0.2%
95% confidence interval:
- money cubeless eq.: 0.615 ±0.038,
- live cube no double: 0.641 ±0.061,
- live cube double take: 0.968 ±0.108.
Rollout settings:
Full rollout,
108 games (equiv. 4660 games),
played 3-ply (fast), cube 3-ply,
settlement 0.550 at 4 pts,
seed 1, without race database.
Evaluations
1. Double, take 0.999
2. No double 0.690 (-0.309)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.001)
Proper cube action: Double, take
Live cube
1. Double, take 0.968
2. No double 0.641 (-0.327)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.032)
Proper cube action: Double, take

This is very close. Green gets gammoned lot but wins 31.7% of games.
Over the board I’m not sure if there’s anyway to calculate this without actually knowing the position or one very similar.

Double/take: 5 points
Double/pass: 4 points
No double/take: 0 point
 



Position 4




Cube action equity
Rollout Money equity: 0.492
1.6% 28.8% 68.2% 31.8% 16.4% 1.3%
95% confidence interval:
- money cubeless eq.: 0.492 ±0.048,
- live cube no double: 0.438 ±0.063,
- live cube double take: 0.670 ±0.140.
Rollout settings:
Full rollout,
72 games (equiv. 2887 games),
played 3-ply (fast), cube 3-ply,
settlement 0.550 at 4 pts,
seed 1, without race database.
Evaluations
1. Double, take 0.737
2. No double 0.490 (-0.248)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.263)
Proper cube action: Double, take
Live cube
1. Double, take 0.670
2. No double 0.438 (-0.232)
3. Double, pass 1.000 (+0.330)
Proper cube action: Double, take

This position confounded me and I passed over the board, although I wasn’t sure.
I thought that even if white fans green still has a disjointed position, but if white does, green has quite a decent attack on with most dice rolls working for him.
If white hits one man, green still has the four point and even a two-four back game. I still don’t like the position but there you go.

Double/ take = 7 points,
No double/take = 5 points,
Double/pass = 0 points
 

 
The winners on the evening were Murray Sharp and Nicky Check

Many thanx to Simon Barget for this Quiz.