Game #5
Open Division Final
San Mateo, California
19 January 1997
11 Point MatchDavid Simpson (X) vs. Kevin Mansfield (O)
Score: 4 - 6Analysis by Kit Woolsey
In a match between two previous winners, the charming Kevin Mansfield makes a third consecutive appearance in the BGBB monthly finals, this time to meet David Simpson ("yogi" in FIBSdom). Interesting checker play and cube decisions abound in this selected game 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 2.02. 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 119
Standard deviations of equity estimates were between 0.005 and 0.010.
Parameter values for rollouts on cube decisions were:
- level 5
- 23328 games (36x648)
- full game
- seed 119
- settlement limit 0.550
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