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"Rocket Science" in Gibraltar, last Year.

Posted By: higonefive
Date: Wednesday, 3 January 2018, at 4:49 p.m.

Blue was doubled. The game changed into a blitz position, but with almost no freedom for the men on the ace, instead the escaping hole on the 3-point (which perhaps fulfils O’Hagan’ law, addressing the ‘market losers’, at first sight). At some point, after bold play, blue feels strong enough, to ship it back. It took seconds to ship, it took seconds, to take.

		White is Player 1 score: 1 pip: 120 13 point match pip: 121 score: 0 Blue is Player 2
XGID=-bBB-CBBAa-----a--Bccabb-A:1:-1:-1:00:1:0:0:13:10
Blue on roll, cube action?

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

Surprisingly, even closing the 4-point with an average throw, 51 for example, it is at question, if this is a recube.

After a hurting set of fives, Blue took several minutes, to leave the ground control, transmuting into major tom.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 101 13 point match pip: 120 score: 1 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-bBB-CBBA------a--BbcabbbA:2:-1:-1:D:1:0:0:13:10
White on roll, cube action?

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

I have almost no clue, how to calculate these ‘rocket science’, but it must be perhaps the mishandling of O’hagan’s law, which would have set the match on the line in almost one game.