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Interesting position 64 To Play

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Friday, 13 June 2014, at 5:23 p.m.

In Response To: Interesting position 64 To Play (Michael Depreli)

The candidates seem to be:

1. 20/10
2. 13/9 13/7
3. 13/7 8/4
4. 20/14 8/4

The key question seems to be whether to leave the straggler where it is. Stragglers almost always lose more gammons and it would be annoying to lose an undoubled gammon ATS. Also, a straggler with no vacant points between it and the anchor doesn't guard much. However, we do have a serious race deficit so that suggests maintaining as much contact as possible. Since White has a blot in her board, there is not that much immediate danger of getting attacked.

The trouble with 13/7 is that it gives up double contact with White's midpoint, which is often an important source of shot vig in a bar-point holding game when we're far behind in the race. I think we lose more by breaking the midpoint than we do by running the back checker. So, I will start with 20/14.

After 20/14, building our board with 8/4 looks more productive to me than 14/10, even though it leaves a direct shot. Only 62 and 52 by White hit and cover, and even then we get a few return shots.

20/14 8/4.

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