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Extreme backgame

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Monday, 11 April 2011, at 1:19 p.m.

The score (after 1 game) is: White 2, You 0 (match to 5 points)

Move number 25: You on roll, cube decision?

White	228
You	163
Position ID: mIMB2DbguZWAEQ Match ID: cAmgACAAAAAA

This actually came up in a real match on FIBS. I'd never played a 1234 backgame before so I was completely at sea with regard to the cube decision. White is way behind in the race and has no board and it looks like many games end in a gammon. OTOH, there are so many opportunities for White to turn this around that cubing seemed to be asking for a recube. I held the cube, but I'm not sure it was correct, and I'm also not sure that I can trust the bots with a position like this. So I turn to the accumulated wisdom here for an answer: do you think blue has a cube here?

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  ah_clem -- Monday, 11 April 2011, at 1:19 p.m.
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