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Many choices = many opportunities to blunder

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Thursday, 13 October 2011, at 3:11 p.m.

In Response To: Many choices = many opportunities to blunder (Casper van der Tak)

Let's follow the well-known Stickian method: Could you take the cube after that?

I didn't think too deeply about the matchscore (although I did notice it). If doubled Blue needs to be able to win 25% of games in order to take. Knowing Timothy, there may well be some subtleties regarding cubes and gammons. I recognized 20/9 as a QF play. (That doesn't mean I suspect it's right, nor that I'm sure it's wrong.) Does that entice White to play for gammons instead of cubing? Is that the right ploy (for both sides)?

The answer to '...could I...?" is an easy 'yes'. :) Maybe a bit more meaningful: "...would I...?" and most important -- "...should I...?"

If White's structure (especially distribution of spares) were better it would be a tougher (cube) decision. Yes, I would take here after fleeing the 16-point. Hopefully we'll find out the answer to "...should I...?".

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