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Re: Took the cube, what a mess!

Posted By: Black Swan
Date: Friday, 17 November 2006, at 4:11 a.m.

In Response To: Took the cube, what a mess! (Stick)

25 views of this thing, says the counter...but nobody wants to try it? I can give you a human opinion, but don't expect Snowie to play this as a human would, or get the results you might see when humans play or prop it.

22/20*, 6/5* for me, putting my checkers where they want to go (onto the two five points, both of which I'd like to make) and also putting two of his checkers where I want them--on the bar--and off where I don't want them, on those same 5 points. If I'm hit back, I have a decent chance to get the 20-anchor, but I haven't given up my option of playing a 2+3 backgame or a three-anchor backgame if more of my forward blots get hit. I have also defused, at least for the time being, his threat to make a five prime, which is important if trying to win going forward later appears to be my best option.

BTW if anyone cares, the best three point backgames are the 2+3+5 and the 2+3+4, at least according to a bunch of messing around I did with these positions by hand, many years before the Dawn of the Bots.

So to answer your question, nope, no firm game plan yet. Just trying to keep as many good options open as possible, and not let my opponent commit me to a backgame before I'm sure I have the position and the timing to play it.

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