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Daily Quiz 11/20

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Friday, 25 November 2011, at 7:33 p.m.

In Response To: Daily Quiz 11/20 (Daily Quiz)

1. Blue's only problem here is that he has six checkers back and some of them are blocked rather effectively by White's prime. I don't think that's enough to let White take, given Blue's four-point board and all those White blots, but it's enough to make me think it's not TG. D/P.

2. This is quite similar to Number 3 on the 11/8 Daily Quiz. However, White's timing is somewhat suspect here and the 2-5 backgame isn't the best (though, according to Backgammon Boot Camp, it's not bad either). So the double should be clear, but I think White can still take. Blue still has three points to clear and a somewhat awkward stack on the 3pt.

3. 16/11 13/11 is the first candidate to leap to my eye. 9/4 6/4 makes a much better point but I think it's too loose. The other two candidates I see are 16/9 and 8/3*/1*. I still like 16/11 13/11. The blitz attempt looks weak given that Blue has already escaped both back checkers and has the weaker board, and making the 11pt seems to give us better priming potential than 16/9.

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