Often, when I make postings claiming that it's difficult to get the action right,
a large part of the reason is that it is ultra-marginal.
Hey, I bet you can't tell the difference between a 0.9999999 take
and a 1.000000001 pass. Well, no shit, Sherlock! Most people can't.
So rest assured that the position below is not at all marginal.
I was confident in my answer OTB, but still wrong.
I'd love to know the correct way to approach such positions.
XGID=----bCC-B---dE-----dbba-AA:0:0:-1:00:0:0:3:0:10
X:eXtremeGammon O:Daniel
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O O X |
| X O | | O O X |
| X | | O O |
| X | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| O | O | |
| O | | X |
| O | | X |
| O | | X X X |
| O | | X X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 139 O: 163 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X on roll, cube action
XGID=----bCC-B---dE-----dbba-AA:0:0:-1:00:0:0:3:0:10
X:eXtremeGammon O:Daniel
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O O X |
| X O | | O O X |
| X | | O O |
| X | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| O | O | |
| O | | X |
| O | | X |
| O | | X X X |
| O | | X X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 139 O: 163 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X on roll, cube action
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