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P U problem

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 19 May 2014, at 3:41 a.m.

	is Player 2 score: 0 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver score: 0 is Player 1
to play 31

Here's a position that didn't make it into the Backgammon Openings book.

White to play 31.

Which is better, P (Point) or U (Up), and why?

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• P U problem
  Nack Ballard -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 3:41 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Taper_Mike -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 4:05 a.m.
    • P U problem
      HOMINID -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 3:16 p.m.
      • P U problem
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 10:00 p.m.
      • P U problem
        phil simborg -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 6:59 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Stick -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 4:09 a.m.
  • P U problem
    benf -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 4:36 a.m.
  • Sly's Law steers me here
    phil simborg -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 4:41 a.m.
    • Sly's Law steers me here
      Stick -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 5:50 a.m.
      • Sly's Law steers me here
        neilkaz -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 8:15 p.m.
  • P U problem
    David Presser -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 5:13 a.m.
    • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51N-31 and simpler variants
      Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 5:21 a.m.
      • How can anyone be this good and not play?!
        phil simborg -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 6:54 a.m.
        • How can anyone be this good and not play?!
          Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 3:52 p.m.
      • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51N-31 and simpler variants
        Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 8:38 a.m.
      • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51N-31 and simpler variants
        David Presser -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 4:24 p.m.
      • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51N-31 and simpler variants
        Coolrey -- Wednesday, 21 May 2014, at 12:55 a.m.
        • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51N-31 and simpler variants
          Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 21 May 2014, at 5:02 p.m.
      • 41$-32S-31P-31 — No Jacoby, No Beavers — 3-ply XG2 Rollout
        Taper_Mike -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 4:37 a.m.
        • 41$-32S-31P-31, Rollout (Jacoby, beavers)
          Nack Ballard -- Friday, 30 May 2014, at 10:25 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Stick -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 7:58 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Keene -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 3:54 p.m.
  • P U problem
    gudgen -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 5:02 p.m.
  • P U problem
    Coolrey -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 5:29 p.m.
  • P U problem
    ah_clem -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 6:56 p.m.
  • P U problem
    ah_clem -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 7:05 p.m.
    • P U problem-now it looks right
      Fatboy -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 9:13 p.m.
  • P U problem
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 19 May 2014, at 9:25 p.m.
    • P U problem
      ah_clem -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 12:53 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Robert Chow -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 2:50 a.m.
  • P U problem -- Rollouts
    Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 5:22 a.m.
    • 54S-21H-61U-21P-21U-51 -- Nactation
      Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 29 October 2014, at 3:18 a.m.
  • P U problem
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 May 2014, at 4:13 p.m.
    • 5pt / 4pt axiom
      Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 25 May 2014, at 7:15 p.m.