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Daily Quiz 4/15 + Catchy Title!
Posted By: Timothy Chow In Response To: Daily Quiz 4/15 + Catchy Title! (Daily Quiz)
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2012, at 7:32 p.m.
I'll be on hiatus again for the next week or so, so if someone else wants to post bot info for the daily quizzes, please feel free to do so.
1. White needs 16% to take. Only 66 54 44 fail to clean up Blue's blot. White could still win, of course, even if Blue covers, but I can't find a take here. I doubt Blue can be TG since his gammon value is low and there aren't many gammons anyway. D/P.
2. Blue is still a little behind in the race after this roll, so that would argue for staying back. But if Blue doesn't play 13/10(2), what is he going to play? 8/5 8/2 4/1 I guess, wasting pips and failing to make any new points. I don't like it much, though I guess it doesn't actually wreck Blue's position completely so it might be right. Tough call but I'll try 13/10(2) 8/5(2).
3. If Blue plays the pedestrian 14/6 then White will have little difficulty bringing her outfield checkers home, and will just have to contend with Blue's ace-point game. That ace-point game will be well-timed if Blue can escape a back checker safely, but is in danger of crunching otherwise. Suppose instead that Blue makes his 2pt. Blue then gets a direct shot if White rolls 65 64 63 61 51, and if White rolls 41 then she must either tear up her 6pt or leave a direct shot. On the other hand, White hits with 2's. Such hits will lose more gammons for Blue, and they also increase Blue's danger of crunching because he'll have to crack if he enters and can't leap White's prime immediately. Finally, we can consider running with 24/18 plus some other 2. This seems to leave too many shots, and it passes up the chance to make the 2pt. I don't like it. I might be underestimating the gammon danger but I'd try making the 2pt here.
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