XGID=--b-BCCCB--aa-b-a--bbbbAA-:0:0:1:65:4:0:1:5:10
X:You O:O
Score is X:4 O:0 5 pt.(s) match.
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+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 125 O: 140 X-O: 4-0/5 Crawford
Cube: 1
X to play 65
On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 10:44:00 AM UTC-5, ah...Clem wrote:
XGID=--b-BCCCB--aa-b-a--bbbbAA-:0:0:1:65:4:0:1:5:10
X:You O:OCrawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)
Score is X:4 O:0 5 pt.(s) match. +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
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| X | | X X |
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| O O X X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 125 O: 140 X-O: 4-0/5 Crawford
Cube: 1
X to play 65
XGID=--b-BCCCB--aa-b-a--bbbbAA-:0:0:1:65:4:0:1:5:10
X:You O:O
Score is X:4 O:0 5 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O O | | O O O O X X |
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| X | | X X |
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| O O X X | | X X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 125 O: 140 X-O: 4-0/5 Crawford
Cube: 1
X to play 65
Crawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)
On 11/30/2022 6:26 PM, Stick Rice wrote:
Crawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)I would expect most people who follow this group would know that
odd-away Crawford is basically DMP.
The question is do you "hit first and ask questions later?"
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 3:03:21 PM UTC-5, ah...Clem wrote:the puzzle at dmp so the maxim is out the window.
On 11/30/2022 6:26 PM, Stick Rice wrote:
Crawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)I would expect most people who follow this group would know that
odd-away Crawford is basically DMP.
The question is do you "hit first and ask questions later?"Hit first and ask questions later is something even I've said probably referring to the early game but definitely not applicable at a dmp like score. The saying exists because a big part of the "hit + ask later" is gammons. We don't have that piece of
I also don't think you can have it both ways. You can't expect most people to know odd away Crawford is dmp and not expect most people to think this play is a next.
On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8:03:21 PM UTC, ah...Clem wrote:
On 11/30/2022 6:26 PM, Stick Rice wrote:
...Crawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)I would expect most people who follow this group would know that
odd-away Crawford is basically DMP.
I think that that expectation should at least be questioned.
Presumably, the point of a newsgroup on a subject is to act as a forum for everyone interested in a subject.
If we assume that people who often play backgammon (say once a month or more) classify as "interested",
then I feel very confident that only a tiny minority of such bg players know these issues.
It seems (to me) that you are suggesting that beginners are either excluded or excluding themselves, and it might
be worth asking why.
I would agree that the active posters here all seem to be intermediate or better. (I may be the weakest of the
active posters (but I'm not at all sure of this). If I'm not the weakest, I'm pretty confident that there's no active
poster significantly weaker than myself.)
But I don't see the lack of beginner contributions as being either inevitable or desirable.
Paul
On 11/30/2022 6:26 PM, Stick Rice wrote:...
Crawford odd away is essentially dmp so yes, make the dmp play. (which should be wildly obvious)I would expect most people who follow this group would know that
odd-away Crawford is basically DMP.
I don't know where I read or mis-read this piece of advice, but I've
been laboring under the impression that "At DMP, hit first and ask
questions later."
This is neither good advice, nor can I find anyone other than me saying
it, so I'll consign this aphorism to the bin.
I don't know where I read or mis-read this piece of advice, but I've
been laboring under the impression that "At DMP, hit first and ask
questions later."
This is neither good advice, nor can I find anyone other than me saying
it, so I'll consign this aphorism to the bin.
AtS, gammon losses don't matter for the trailer, and matter very little
for the leader so it's basically DMP.
I hit here, which disproves the assertion upthread that anyone who knows
that odd away Crawford is basically DMP would see that it's a "next".
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