XGID=a-AaBBB-C----C-Ac--bAbbbb-:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0:10
X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X X O | | O X O O O O |
| X O | | O O O O O |
| X O | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| X | | |
| X | | X X X |
| X | | X X X O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 130 O: 106 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 41
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XGID=a-AaBBB-C----C-Ac--bAbbbb-:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0:10
X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X X O | | O X O O O O |
| X O | | O O O O O |
| X O | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| X | | |
| X | | X X X |
| X | | X X X O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 130 O: 106 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 41
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XGID=a-AaBBB-C----C-Ac--bAbbbb-:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0:10
X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X X O | | O X O O O O |
| X O | | O O O O O |
| X O | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| X | | |
| X | | X X X |
| X | | X X X O X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 130 O: 106 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 41
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BD
My guess is that the potential to anchor on the 20 point makes the aggressive 8/3* good value.
With the quieter plays O will hit our blot on 20 with impunity since anchoring there would hugely increase X's GWC.
See the variant where I removed the slot on the 20 point.
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