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OtB and two variations

Posted By: Maik Stiebler
Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2013, at 11:49 a.m.

In Response To: Rollout (Klaus Evers)

I'm a total slacker regarding tactics and my attempts at backgammon progress are often best described as monkey-see-monkey-do. When we reached the posted position, I recalled frequently having seen XG hang back in similar positions, so I wanted to play 21/15 7/6. Klaus's argument that that leaves more shots failed to convince me. At the time, I assumed that he was superficially thinking 15 vs 14 shots, which was obvious even to me. Given the tactics of the position, it is actually more like 10 vs 5 shots, which might have convinced me.

I still don't feel confident about my understanding of, for example, the following two positions:





White is Player 2

score: 2
pip: 96
7 point match
pip: 114
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=--BBCBBA----b----bbccCab--:1:1:1:61:0:2:0:7:10
Blue to play 61

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10
White is Player 2

score: 2
pip: 97
7 point match
pip: 114
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=--BBCBBA----b----bbccCba--:1:1:1:51:0:2:0:7:10
Blue to play 51

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

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