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roman is quite stacked and will most likely be forced to leave a shot next turn. Anchoring up lets him play behind the anchor and build a board while making our four point gives us a strong board and applies pressure. Anchoring is playable but pointing looks like the stronger play.
8/4 6/4
PS - can you post the .sgf file? i'll run it though XG and post the stats.
XG summary for game 1. The herd turned in an excellent 2.03 PR while roman played a super-human .71 Well done on both sides!
The story is the dice and we got a joker or two at the end that made all the difference. A .6 luck equity is usually decisive in a one-game sample.
I'll post some rollouts on the relevant threads.
herd roman
Level of Play World Champ. (-0.0041) World Champ. (-0.0014)
Performance Rating 2.03 0.71
Checker Play World Class (-0.0053) World Champ. (-0.0018)
Cube Play World Champ. (+0.0000) World Champ. (+0.0000)
Luck Quite lucky (+0.0166) Quite unlucky (-0.0166)
Total Errors (Blunders)1 1
Equity (Cost) -0.085 (-0.66%) -0.030 (-0.19%)
Decisions 21 21
Checker Errors (Blunders) 1 1
Equity (Cost) -0.085 (-0.66%) -0.030 (-0.19%)
Unforced Moves 16 17
Cube Decisions 4 3
Take Decisions 1 1
Jokers 4 5
Luck (Cost) +0.596 (+12.86%) -0.596 (-12.86%)
Rolls 18 18