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Mochy's blunder 05

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 12 February 2015, at 9:33 p.m.

In Response To: Mochy's blunder 05 (mochy)

Well, the obvious play is the make the 5pt, but would you post it then?

Something that others seem not to have mentioned explicitly is that Blue has a serious connectivity problem. His back checkers are still on the 24pt, White has a decent prime that will probably get better, and Blue's midpoint is gone. That means that Blue really wants to play 24/21, after which 13/9 falls out as the 4 (actually it's quite a nice 4, since a spare on the 9pt is useful). Splitting is admittedly somewhat dangerous, with White having 11 checkers in the zone. Still, White's priming threat looks worse than her attacking threat, so 24/21 13/9 has to be a contender.

There are several ways to vary the position to explore the importance of (1) Blue's connectivity, (2) White's priming potential, and (3) White's attacking potentil.

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