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Not quite your standard pay-now problem

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Friday, 12 August 2016, at 2:30 a.m.

In Response To: Not quite your standard pay-now problem (Timothy Chow)

The choices seem to be:

1) 16/10 6/5

2) 13/7 10/9

3) 10/3

1 & 2 pay now, 3 pays later.

1) is great when it works. It's not exactly gin, but well on the way. But the ensuing double shot means blue will be looking at an unappetizing four cube a lot of the time.

2) gives white a chance to escape her spare runner with tempo, although it does slot the back of the five prime. That said, if we want to prime, option 1) that does it now seems better.

3) is a bit passive, but with a ~10 pip lead and all runners (partially) escaped a quiet passive game may be best.

White's board is only going to get stronger, so I'm inclined to pay now. And option 1) looks better than option 2)

16/10 6/5.

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