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Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Friday, 13 January 2017, at 1:46 p.m.

In Response To: Which anchor? No anchor. (Jeremy Bagai)

This is a somewhat implausible variant but it illustrates another type of play that can arise when your opponent's position is even more vulnerable.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 95 Unlimited Game pip: 137 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--B-BBB-B---bB--bc-bBAdaa-:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:0:10
Blue to play 55

1.	XG Roller++	20/15 13/3 8/3	eq: -0.262
	Player: Opponent: 42.91% (G:10.18% B:0.30%) 57.09% (G:11.40% B:0.39%)
2.	XG Roller++	20/10 8/3(2)	eq: -0.271 (-0.009)
	Player: Opponent: 42.37% (G:9.12% B:0.26%) 57.63% (G:8.06% B:0.11%)
3.	XG Roller++	20/15(2) 8/3(2)	eq: -0.339 (-0.077)
	Player: Opponent: 40.23% (G:6.74% B:0.14%) 59.77% (G:5.56% B:0.04%)
4.	XG Roller++	13/3 8/3(2)	eq: -0.339 (-0.078)
	Player: Opponent: 40.39% (G:8.26% B:0.21%) 59.61% (G:7.96% B:0.15%)

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Messages In This Thread

• Which anchor?
  Jeremy Bagai -- Monday, 9 January 2017, at 4:27 p.m.
  • Which anchor?
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 9 January 2017, at 11:23 p.m.
  • Which anchor?
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 9 January 2017, at 11:34 p.m.
  • Which anchor?
    Keene -- Wednesday, 11 January 2017, at 10:29 p.m.
  • Which anchor? No anchor.
    Jeremy Bagai -- Thursday, 12 January 2017, at 8:44 p.m.
    • Which anchor? No anchor.
      Timothy Chow -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 12:59 a.m.
    • Time zones
      Bob Koca -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 4:15 a.m.
      • Time zones
        Colin Owen -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 3:33 p.m.
    • Which anchor? No anchor.
      Casper Van der Tak -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 9:24 a.m.
      • Which anchor
        Bob Koca -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 1:46 p.m.
        • Which anchor
          Casper Van der Tak -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 3:46 p.m.
    • Variant
      Timothy Chow -- Friday, 13 January 2017, at 1:46 p.m.