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Priming position

Posted By: Kevin Whyte
Date: Monday, 9 January 2012, at 1:39 a.m.

In Response To: Priming position (kruidenbuiltje)

I'd play either 8/5 8/4 or 13/9 8/5. Playing the 3 as 8/5 seems clear, and playing 20/16 feels like it breaks anchor too early. I'm not sure how to judge the tradeoffs between 13/9 and 8/4, but I'd probably go with 13/9 since I don't want the opponent advancing to the gap in my prime with the time advantage of hitting. I have no confidence that the benefits of 8/4 when missed aren't worth it, it's just a feeling that could easily be wrong.

The other reasonable looking options don't seem to hold up to scrutiny: 6/2,5/2 can't be right as the 2 and 8 points don't play nicely and 8/4,7/4 is just an inferior version of 8/5 8/4 with an extra blot and the gap higher up in the almost prime.

Then again, I'm a donkey, so it's really just time to run with 20/13 or some other such thing I'd never think to play here.

Messages In This Thread

• Priming position
  Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 10:54 a.m.
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    kruidenbuiltje -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 11:47 a.m.
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      Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 12:33 p.m.
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      christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 4:35 p.m.
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        Stick -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 5:14 p.m.
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          Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 6:44 p.m.
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            Frank Berger -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 9:42 p.m.
    • Priming position
      Kevin Whyte -- Monday, 9 January 2012, at 1:39 a.m.
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    Mick Dyett -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 2:42 p.m.
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    christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 4:34 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 8 January 2012, at 5:35 p.m.
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    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 7:12 p.m.