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Endgame cube action

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:29 a.m.

In a recent game that I played against a colleague of mine, three consecutive nontrivial cube decisions came up right at the end. I'm curious as to how you would approach these decisions over the board. Would you use a formal point-count system like the Keith count or the Ward count, would you count rolls, or what?

Money Game
White on roll. Cube action?

White	11
Blue	12
Position Id: ZQAAIBQAAAAAAA Match Id: AQEAAAAAAAAA

OTB, White doubled and Blue took. Then White rolled 3-1 and played 4/off.

Money Game
Blue on roll. Cube action?

White	7
Blue	12
Position Id: JQAAEAoAAAAAAA Match Id: UgkAAAAAAAAA

OTB, Blue doubled and White took. Then Blue also rolled 3-1, and played 6/3 1/off.

Money Game
White on roll. Cube action?

White	7
Blue	8
Position Id: JQAAQAIAAAAAAA Match Id: AwEAAAAAAAAA

OTB, White held the cube, and rolled something that took the top two checkers off. Blue then rolled boxes to end the game.

Messages In This Thread

• Endgame cube action
  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:29 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Stick -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:32 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:43 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    misja -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 9:10 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:05 p.m.
    • Endgame cube action
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 3:12 p.m.
      • Endgame cube action
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 3:48 p.m.
    • Question about EPC
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:00 p.m.
      • Question about EPC
        Jason Lee -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:06 p.m.
      • Question about EPC
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 8 January 2010, at 1:14 p.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 8 January 2010, at 6:25 p.m.