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Rollout and request for explanation.

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 28 April 2014, at 2:34 p.m.

In Response To: Rollout and request for explanation. (David Levy)

The rollout indicates that our position is worse than I thought it was. Having a bad position usually means that bold plays that gain a lot when they work are more attractive; if you're already losing then you don't lose as much when a risky play goes south. 6/2 gives you much better chances of making a five-point board than 8/4 does, and keeping White dancing gains you a lot since you need time to escape your back checkers.

To test this theory I would try modifying the position to improve Blue's plight and/or weaken White's advantage. For example, one way to improve Blue's position is to move one of his back checkers out to his 16pt. In general I would expect that the more you strengthen Blue's position and weaken White's, the more you would lean towards the safe 8/4 and away from the bold 6/2.

Messages In This Thread

• You don't want to roll 44...
  David Levy -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 4:17 p.m.
  • You don't want to roll 44...
    Stick -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 4:58 p.m.
    • You don't want to roll 44...
      David Levy -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 5:18 p.m.
      • You don't want to roll 44...
        Stick -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 6:51 p.m.
        • You don't want to roll 44...
          Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 7:14 p.m.
  • You don't want to roll 44...
    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 5:16 p.m.
  • You don't want to roll 44...
    garyo -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 11:19 p.m.
  • Rollout and request for explanation.
    David Levy -- Monday, 28 April 2014, at 2:09 p.m.
    • Rollout and request for explanation.
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 28 April 2014, at 2:34 p.m.
    • Rollout and request for explanation.
      garyo -- Monday, 28 April 2014, at 4:27 p.m.
    • Rollout and request for explanation.
      Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 29 April 2014, at 10:56 a.m.