XGID=-aa-BBCaC---cB---bbcbB-A--:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:0:10
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-+
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Pip count X: 151 O: 162 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 55
On 12/9/2022 4:26 AM, BlueDice wrote:
XGID=-aa-BBCaC---cB---bbcbB-A--:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:0:10
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-+Tough one. The first play I'd consider is 21/11(2). The main
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Pip count X: 151 O: 162 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 55
disadvantage is that this play abandons X's straggler. What else
is there? We could hit with 6/1*, after which it seems we should
play 8/3(2) with the next two 5's, and then some other 5. This
play is great when it works, but is pretty bad if O hits back,
and even if O doesn't hit back right away, X still has to
extricate his back checkers.
Other plays include 13/3(2), which I don't like because it
disconnects X's position and doesn't do anything to get the back
checkers going, and 21/16(2) 13/8(2), which tries not to abandon
the back checker but doesn't look better than 21/11(2). Or we
could hit 6/1* and not make the 3pt; e.g. 21/15(2) 13/8 6/1*.
This could be correct but it still look to me that if we hit
then we should make the 3pt.
Not sure at all but OTB, I'd probably go with my first instinct
of 21/11(2).
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Tim Chow
Anything other than (A) 21/16(2) 8/3(2) is a blunder
On 12/10/2022 1:32 PM, BlueDice wrote:
Anything other than (A) 21/16(2) 8/3(2) is a blunderFantastic problem!!
What I find hard to see is that O's hitting aces are
apparently not such terrible news for X, compared to
how O's aces play after 21/11(2). (That O's sixes are
duplicated to hit and anchor is easier to see.)
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Tim Chow
What I find hard to see is that O's hitting aces..
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