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Small technical play

Posted By: Ian Dunstan
Date: Sunday, 5 October 2014, at 7:34 a.m.

I played this on-line recently and found myself in this strange position and an interesting choice of plays. I know what the right play is now, and why, but I messed it up at the time. It still might be interesting for some here to have a look at and work out what I should have done.





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 119
5 point match
Crawford
pip: 60
score: 4

Blue is Player 1
XGID=--aHFb------A---b--bbbb-b-:0:0:1:41:4:0:1:5:10
Blue to play 41

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

How did I get into this mess you might wonder? The horror position above came via two consecutive sets of double 3's and a little more awkwardness. First 33...





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 162
5 point match
Crawford
pip: 84
score: 4

Blue is Player 1
XGID=-c-BDbCDB---a--a----bbbaa-:0:0:1:33:4:0:1:5:10
Blue to play 33

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

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