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Deceptively simple position

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 1:37 a.m.

In Response To: Deceptively simple position (Casper van der Tak)

24/20 11/10 is what I would have played too. 24/20 is clear because we should get off our ace-point anchor when the opponent has an advanced anchor and we're ahead in the race. White's four builders shouldn't dissuade us; we have the stronger board, and her rolls that make the 5pt are very strong whether we get hit in the process or not.

I'd play 11/10 mostly because 24/23 is so often wrong when the opponent has spares on the 8pt and the bar point is unmade, but maybe duplication of 4's and 6's has something to do with it? It's not clear to me that 24/23 should be better purely from an escaping/racing point of view.

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• Deceptively simple position
  Mislav Kovacic -- Wednesday, 16 November 2011, at 11:28 p.m.
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    Stick -- Wednesday, 16 November 2011, at 11:42 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 16 November 2011, at 11:51 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 1:37 a.m.
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          David Kettler -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 4:36 a.m.
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            Joe Russell -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 1:55 p.m.
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            Seth -- Friday, 18 November 2011, at 1:54 p.m.
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        Fabrice Liardet -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 8:49 a.m.
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          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 6:08 p.m.
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        Stick -- Friday, 18 November 2011, at 2:30 a.m.
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    Turz -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 3:10 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Thursday, 17 November 2011, at 3:55 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 20 November 2011, at 7:23 p.m.