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Tradition of odd length bg matches

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 7 June 2015, at 6:21 p.m.

In Response To: Tradition of odd length bg matches (Colin Owen)

FWIW, I suspect that your guess is correct, namely that the tradition stems from a confused intuition that an even score could lead to a draw.

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      Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 4 June 2015, at 6:55 a.m.
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        Colin Owen -- Thursday, 4 June 2015, at 10:42 a.m.
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          Tom Keith -- Thursday, 4 June 2015, at 1:16 p.m.
          • Tradition of odd length bg matches
            Colin Owen -- Thursday, 4 June 2015, at 11:44 p.m.
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              Tom Keith -- Friday, 5 June 2015, at 12:44 p.m.
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                Colin Owen -- Monday, 8 June 2015, at 9:58 p.m.
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              Philippe Michel -- Friday, 5 June 2015, at 9:59 p.m.
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              Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 7 June 2015, at 6:21 p.m.
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    John McDonald -- Friday, 5 June 2015, at 4:36 p.m.