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Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61

Posted By: Robert Chow
Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at 3:11 a.m.

In Response To: Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61 (Timothy Chow)

As Tim said, not all board-breaking plays in holding games are crazy. I have regularly broke points in the inner board when playing against a holding game with a large lead in the race. A few times this temporary "thrashing" of my board seemed to confuse my opponent and induced him to run off his anchor (usually the 20 point) prematurely.

I haven't read Kit Woolsey's article before. I found it very helpful because it points out the necessary conditions for either side in a holding game to make this type of play.

Messages In This Thread

• Ho-Hum 61
  Nack Ballard -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 5:41 a.m.
  • Ho-Hum 61
    David Rennie -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 5:47 a.m.
    • Ho-Hum 61
      Taper_Mike -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 6:02 a.m.
      • Ho-Hum 61
        Havard Raddum -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 7:10 a.m.
  • Ho-Hum 61
    Timothy Chow -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 2:42 p.m.
    • Ho-Hum 61
      Timothy Chow -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 2:44 p.m.
  • Ho-Hum 61
    Robert Chow -- Friday, 20 June 2014, at 5:04 p.m.
  • Ho-Hum 61, Rollout and analysis
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 22 June 2014, at 4:57 a.m.
  • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 22 June 2014, at 5:12 p.m.
    • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 22 June 2014, at 6:53 p.m.
    • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 23 June 2014, at 12:13 a.m.
    • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
      Robert Chow -- Monday, 23 June 2014, at 3:03 a.m.
      • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
        Timothy Chow -- Monday, 23 June 2014, at 5:58 p.m.
        • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
          Robert Chow -- Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at 3:11 a.m.
          • Blue's 22 play before the ho-hum 61
            Nack Ballard -- Monday, 30 June 2014, at 6:48 a.m.
  • White rolls the bad 61... Cube Action Problems
    Nack Ballard -- Monday, 23 June 2014, at 6:54 p.m.
    • White rolls the bad 61... Cube Action Problems
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at 2:08 a.m.
      • White rolls the bad 61... Cube Action Problems
        Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at 3:50 p.m.
        • P.S.
          Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 24 June 2014, at 11:58 p.m.