On 2/11/2024 5:35 AM,
peps...@gmail.com wrote:
"Doctor Xavier, Doctor Xavier,
My PR is suffering from overpressing on blitzes!"
"Well, don't blitz so often then!"
I played 8/1* which turns out to be a blunder.
I wasn't hugely surprised because this experience
of being dinged for over-blitzing is very familiar to me.
But I'd love to get more guidelines as to how to avoid this.
Well, the following heuristic is a rather crude one, but you
have only 8 checkers in the zone, which is not really enough
for a blitz. On top of that, the points you have, and the
position of the opponent's blot in your home board (on the
ace point) means that you have good priming potential. Hitting
on the 1pt is a committal move which goes all out for a blitz
and risks losing much of your edge if your opponent hits back.
Other plays improve both your blitzing and your priming games
with almost no risk.
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Tim Chow
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