Game #12
Open Division Final
San Mateo, California
17 August 1997
11 Point MatchNick Ballard (Blue) vs. Emil Malek (White)
Score: 1 - 6Analysis by Ron Karr
Nick Ballard is well known to the backgammon community for his many accomplishments, and is especially dear to us for being a member of BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY's ruling committee and one of its most ardent supporters. He makes his first appearance in a BGBB final[ly!]. The Bay Area rolls out the welcome carpet to Emil Malek, recently arrived from Denmark, who bested the other half of the draw in his premier BGBB outing. A plethora of conundrums surfaced in this surprisingly short sampling from their match.
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The game was recorded on tape and transcribed by Richard McIntosh.
Rollouts were made by Richard McIntosh, using JellyFish Analyzer 3.0. Rollout results show equities for the player on move. Candidate plays were better than or within 0.100 equity of the actual plays, evaluated at level 7.
Parameter values for rollouts on moves were:
- level 5
- 7776 games (36x216)
- horizon 7
- seed 817
Standard deviations of equity estimates were between 0.003 and 0.008, generally 0.004.
Parameter values for level 5 rollouts on cube decisions were:
- level 5
- 23328 games (36x648)
- full game
- seed 817
- settlement limit 0.550
Parameter values for level 6 rollouts on cube decisions were:
- level 6
- 216 games (36x6)
- full game
- seed 817
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