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Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision

Posted By: Bill Riles
Date: Tuesday, 2 September 2008, at 10:47 p.m.

Okay, I was about to be gammoned and fall into a very deep hole against Steve Brown in the Madison Badger classic. The game, at its worst, looked like this:

Bill (white) vs Steve (blue)

Match to 11, Blue leads 5 to 2

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So, we got down to the 'position classique' and Steve rolls a 4-1. I roll 2-3 getting the back of the two checkers. I make a six point prime from 4 through 9 and start working for the second checker. Took me about 10 or 12 tries but I finally got the unprotected second checker. (It was a 146 move game.)

I finally closed Steve out -- after he anchored once. But I was able to flush him out on a trap play.

So, when do you recube? I did it perhaps a bit early -- at the position below -- but it worked out for 4 points and a 6-5 lead. I felt being down 2-5/11 made it worthwhile to try and steal the 4 points. I'm about a 66.5% favorite.

Match to 11, Blue leads 5 to 2
White on roll. Cube Action?

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Messages In This Thread

• Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
  Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 2 September 2008, at 10:47 p.m.
  • Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
    bob koca -- Tuesday, 2 September 2008, at 11:56 p.m.
    • Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
      Coolrey -- Wednesday, 3 September 2008, at 1:02 p.m.
  • Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
    Stick -- Wednesday, 3 September 2008, at 5:53 a.m.
    • Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
      neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 September 2008, at 6:05 a.m.
      • Interesting Game and, Ultimately, Cube Decision
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 3 September 2008, at 8:13 a.m.