Hi Achim, the reason is that the gammon-value is about 0.75 at the score compared to the normal 0.5. This means that winning 2 points is more than twice as valuable as winning 1 point and since the base for calculating the EMG number is winning 1 point, you end up with a equity higher than 2.
Christian. On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Mueller Achim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > GNU Backgammon Position ID: 7wAAALZzhgUAAA > Match ID : cIlmAAAAAAAA > +24-23-22-21-20-19------18-17-16-15-14-13-+ O: xxx > OO | O O | | X | 0 points > OO | O O | | | > OO | O O | | | > O | O | | | > O | | | | > | |BAR| |v 3 point match (Cube: 1) > | | | | > | | | | > | X X | | | > | X X X X | | X X | Rolled 51 > | X X X X | | X X | 0 points > +-1--2--3--4--5--6-------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ X: yyy > 1. Rollout 12/6 Eq.: -2.018 > 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 1.000 0.671 0.000 CL -2.018 CF -2.018 > [0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 0.002 0.000 CL 0.004 CF 0.004] > Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 8) with var.redn. > 216 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 834643698 and > quasi-random dice > Play: world class 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > keep the first 0 0-ply moves and up to 8 more moves within equity > 0.16 > Skip pruning for 1-ply moves. > Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 2. Rollout 13/8 12/11 Eq.: -2.086 ( -0.068) > 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 1.000 0.716 0.000 CL -2.086 CF -2.086 > [0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 0.003 0.000 CL 0.004 CF 0.004] > Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 8) with var.redn. > 216 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 834643698 and > quasi-random dice > Play: world class 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > keep the first 0 0-ply moves and up to 8 more moves within equity > 0.16 > Skip pruning for 1-ply moves. > Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 3. Rollout 13/7 Eq.: -2.109 ( -0.090) > 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 1.000 0.731 0.000 CL -2.109 CF -2.109 > [0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 0.003 0.000 CL 0.005 CF 0.005] > Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 8) with var.redn. > 216 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 834643698 and > quasi-random dice > Play: world class 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > keep the first 0 0-ply moves and up to 8 more moves within equity > 0.16 > Skip pruning for 1-ply moves. > Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 4. Cubeful 2-ply 12/11 8/3 Eq.: -2.110 ( -0.091) > 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 1.000 0.732 0.000 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 5. Cubeful 2-ply 13/8 2/1 Eq.: -2.137 ( -0.118) > 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 1.000 0.749 0.000 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > > > How can the equity be more than -2? > Ciao > Achim > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > > _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
