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A 43 backgame cube

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Monday, 21 May 2012, at 5:33 p.m.

In Response To: A 43 backgame cube (neilkaz)

Pace Trice, the reason to double a well-timed backgame is that it's not well-timed. White only has 20 pips of timing, which is nowhere enough, and I'm not seeing much possibility of white recirculating another checker. How is White going to win this one? Get an early shot, breaking anchor, and then try to contain the hit checker, so I'm not seeing this as a backgame so much.

Which is to say that this looks like a pass to me - blue should be able to safety his runner and then bear in while White's board crunches.

The question then becomes Is it too good. I think with both anchors being advanced, the gammon threat is not that big - this will probably turn into a 3 or 4 point holding game. SO, without big gammon chances, I'll turn the cube.

D/P.

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