| The score (after 0 games) is: gnubg 0, sethmoney 0 Move number 6: gnubg to play 11
Ripping 4 is very tempting. Blue would still need 10 crossovers to beat the gammon, while White would need only 6 to win. Given that kind of advantage, perhaps more temperance is called for. What about ripping 2, and lifting the 6pt? White would get down to 8 crossovers, and still be favored to win many gammons. With 4 checkers on the 5pt, the only trouble numbers White would face are 1 and 2. But White wouldn’t have trouble, on the next turn at least, for he could play either of those numbers by ripping off a checker. If you think through the various permutations of high and low dice, you will see that the worst that could happen is that White be forced to leave a single blot later. But in many cases, he would have borne off 3 or 4 more checkers before that happens. BTW: With GnuBg, you can suppress the display of its analysis by deleting all the HTML below the line that says “End Board” on it. Mike | ||||||||
