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Quick Quiz
Posted By: Wolfgang In Response To: Quick Quiz (Ian Dunstan)
Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2014, at 2:11 p.m.
Thank you for this quiz, Ian!
Pos. 1: I prefer to make the golden point (GP) by playing 7/5 6/5. This seems to be the most constructive move. I think that the blot on the barpoint is justified by the GP. In case of getting hit, Blue will enter the board quite easily, and will try to make an anchor which is then urgently needed.
Pos. 2: If White won't be able to escape one backchecker in the next 2 rolls, White will lose her timing, and her home will begin to implode. Nevertheless, White has some good chances if she obtains 2's or 3's in the next roll. So she should take. But is it a double? On the one hand, Blue has one checker on the bar, and three blots are scattered all over the board. On the other hand, if Blue enters with a 5, he will have lost his market. I am not sure. I think I would wait one roll. NoDouble/Take
Pos. 3: 15/6 or 21/15 13/10? I like the latter play (21/15 13/10), since it is more constructive than the pure running move (15/6). 13/10 unstacks the midpoint, and this blot exerts a distractive effect on White's anchor.
Pos. 4: 7/4 7/6 looks fine, and it obtains a good checker distribution.
Pos. 5: To lift or not to lift the blot? I think, I won't lift the blot, but I would like to make the 8-point in order to avoid the very lucky roll 44. Hence: 13/8 7/6
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