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Puzzle: Fool's mate in backgammon

Posted By: Stein Kulseth
Date: Friday, 25 May 2012, at 9:17 a.m.

In Response To: Puzzle: Fool's mate in backgammon (Henrik Bukkjaer)

I disagree strongly. I think that a rule should never assume that a player finds the correct play, no matter how trivial. And I think this is very different from allowing for illegal moves.

Of course, as stated in other post I don't like the "gin wins" rule to start with, but I dislike it even more if you have to quarrel about whether the clinching move is difficult to find or not.

Example, I have 1 checker on five, 10 on the ace and 4 off - you have a checker on the bar and a prime in place should you hit something. I roll 63, take two off, then count my checkers off, takes back the play, plays 5/2/0, count my remaining checkers on the ace, takes back the play again and times out. Am I gin?

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