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Early blitz cube action

Posted By: Casper van der Tak
Date: Sunday, 22 January 2012, at 10:47 a.m.

In Response To: Early blitz cube action (neilkaz)

I went quickly through all Blue's rolls. After Blue's play, White will either be behind a 4 prime with 4 checkers, on the bar with 3 checkers against a 2.5 point board, or on the bar with 2 checkers against a 3.0 point board (and I am not sure about the play with a 11, here I assume you'd play 8/7 6/4*/3* but 5/4*/3*(2) may also be OK). White will also be far behind in the race in all variations and will be struggling to get early counter-play. Of course, when White manages to anchor, White will have long-term counter-play so cube ownership should be worth quite a bit here. Not withstanding the latter point, double and drop for me.

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