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    From pepstein5@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 3 20:33:08 2022
    I was able to make a sudden and dramatic improvement in my PR by one
    very simple change. I used to dislike moving a blot to the 18 point
    and subjecting myself to triple or quadruple shots.
    I now have realised that these plays tend to be fine unless the opponent
    as a 4 point board or stronger. The point is that the opponent either misses or spends resources on the hit that divert them from good plays elsewhere.

    Being far less scared to move to the 18 point just made a massive and
    immediate difference. And I seem to have hit the sweet spot immediately.
    It's not like I'm doing this too often either.

    I'm sure Tim has written about these plays before, but I wouldn't want
    to spend the (massive amount of) time digging up that thread.

    Paul

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to peps...@gmail.com on Tue Oct 4 08:43:08 2022
    On 10/3/2022 11:33 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
    I was able to make a sudden and dramatic improvement in my PR by one
    very simple change. I used to dislike moving a blot to the 18 point
    and subjecting myself to triple or quadruple shots.
    I now have realised that these plays tend to be fine unless the opponent
    as a 4 point board or stronger. The point is that the opponent either misses or spends resources on the hit that divert them from good plays elsewhere.

    Being far less scared to move to the 18 point just made a massive and immediate difference. And I seem to have hit the sweet spot immediately. It's not like I'm doing this too often either.

    I'm sure Tim has written about these plays before, but I wouldn't want
    to spend the (massive amount of) time digging up that thread.

    Well, it can be regarded as a corollary of ignoring Magriel's advice
    about coming under the gun.

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    Tim Chow

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