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Tough Play, Many Choices

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Monday, 17 February 2014, at 4:06 a.m.

In Response To: Tough Play, Many Choices (Paul Weaver)

		White is shimohei score: 0 pip: 143 9 point match pip: 173 score: 0 Blue is peever
XGID=---b-BB-CA-AbCb--b-dAba-B-:0:0:1:54:0:0:0:9:10
Blue to play 54

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

Priority One: The Anchor

The play I keep coming back to is C (Cross) = 24/20 11/6.

Foremost for me is to grab the 20pt while I still can. Leaving a blot there gives too many hit-and-cover numbers for White, allowing him to make either his 5pt or 3pt.

A distant second-best alternative is to make the 4pt. Third-best is making the 9pt. I guess that means making the 11pt is not an alternative!

For the 5, I wavered between slotting the 4pt and lifting the blot on the 11pt. I finally went with the latter. It leaves fewer blots and seems to create a more fluid structure.

The slot at the back of the prime is a mixed blessing. White is already running short of time, so he will surely hit if possible. On the other hand, if he misses, Blue will have a chance to make a broken prime.

Mike

 

Messages In This Thread

• Tough Play, Many Choices
  Paul Weaver -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 6:13 p.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 6:30 p.m.
    • Message for CMC
      Paul Weaver -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 8:26 p.m.
      • Message for CMC
        christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 17 February 2014, at 9:54 a.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    Mr Majestyk -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 8:48 p.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    garyo -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 9:12 p.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    Keene -- Sunday, 16 February 2014, at 10:50 p.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 17 February 2014, at 12:30 a.m.
  • Tough Play, Many Choices
    Taper_Mike -- Monday, 17 February 2014, at 4:06 a.m.
    • Tough Play, Many Choices
      Fatboy -- Tuesday, 18 February 2014, at 9:29 p.m.
      • Tough Play, Many Choices
        Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 19 February 2014, at 6:16 a.m.
  • Rollout Result and Brief Commentary
    Paul Weaver -- Monday, 17 February 2014, at 4:09 p.m.
    • Rollout Result and Brief Commentary
      Stick -- Monday, 17 February 2014, at 4:28 p.m.