• 2-1 backgame - hit one, hit two, hit none?

    From ah....Clem@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 26 09:53:58 2022
    XGID=-bcBBBBBB----Aa-Abaabba--A:1:-1:1:61:0:0:3:0:10
    X:Player 1 O:Player 2

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O X O O | | O O O O | +---+
    | O | | O O | | 2 |
    | | | | +---+
    | | | |
    | | X | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | O |
    | X X | | X X X X O O |
    | X X | | X X X X O O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 120 O: 178 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 61





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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to ah....Clem on Wed Oct 26 23:36:49 2022
    On 10/26/2022 9:53 AM, ah....Clem wrote:

    XGID=-bcBBBBBB----Aa-Abaabba--A:1:-1:1:61:0:0:3:0:10
    X:Player 1   O:Player 2

    Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
     +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
     | X  O     X  O  O |   | O  O  O  O       | +---+
     |             O    |   |    O  O          | | 2 |
     |                  |   |                  | +---+
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  | X |                  |
     |                  |BAR|                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   |                  |
     |                  |   |             O    |
     |             X  X |   | X  X  X  X  O  O |
     |             X  X |   | X  X  X  X  O  O |
     +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count  X: 120  O: 178 X-O: 0-0
    Cube: 2, O own cube
    X to play 61

    I wouldn't hit none here. There's some chance that O would be able
    to counterprime us enough to force us to crack our board. O's timing
    is bad enough that we should be thinking about winning a gammon. So
    I would hit at least one checker. Not sure about the second checker.
    Maybe that gives O enough timing to not crunch her board entirely?
    I think I'd hit one with bar/18*, but wouldn't be too surprised if
    the computer says to hit twice.

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    Tim Chow

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