Everything below is taken from the first chapter. 39 pages of 267, there is plenty more. What's in italics is the summary summazied (cute, I know). It's not even that so many of the plays are wrong, it's how painful some of the explanations of the wrong plays are. I left out the position where he missed the pipcount by 10 pips, didn't they have editors back in the day? I also didn't include any Snowie/GNU analysis, see if you're as abhorred as I was.
After your opponent has opened with 61, a 41 should be played the same way as on the opening roll: 13/9 6/5 ...
| gnubg | 160 |
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| user | 167 |
Position ID: 4NvgATDgc/ABMA Match ID: cIkQAAAAAAAA | |
Black should hit twice, 8/2*/1* ...
The moral: when your opponent starts out with a good roll like 31 or 42, it becomes more important for you to catch up in the race for inner points by aggressively slotting
| gnubg | 162 |
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| user | 163 |
Position ID: 4HPhASiwZ/ABMA Match ID: cIkYAAAAAAAA | |
Black should try to build on his current small advantage with the much better play 15/9 13/10!
More - when your opponent has no board in the opening, overplay the position
| gnubg | 177 |
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| user | 158 |
Position ID: 4HPkAFjgc/AJIA Match ID: cIkZAAAAAAAA | |
In second place is bar/22 24/18. Black tries to establish the opposing bar point with this play, but rarely succeeds, since he is vulnerable to so many double hit numbers
| gnubg | 157 |
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| user | 181 |
Position ID: 4HPwBSDgefAAWA Match ID: cAkZAAAAAAAA | |
Verdict: 13/5, by a clear margin.
| gnubg | 162 |
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| user | 159 |
Position ID: 4HPKATCMZ/ABMA Match ID: cAkZAAAAAAAA | |
Nothing fancy here. Just play bar/24, 13/11... bar/22 is weak...slotting too risky
| gnubg | 157 |
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| user | 161 |
Position ID: sOfEAAfg2+ABUA Match ID: cIkIAAAAAAAA | |
Make the 22pt
| gnubg | 178 |
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| user | 163 |
Position ID: sCf4ADTgc+IBKA Match ID: cIkIAAAAAAAA | |
No double
| gnubg | 150 |
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| user | 143 |
Position ID: 4OvgAyBwT4sBBg Match ID: cAkAAAAAAAAA | |
White: marginal take/pass.
| gnubg | 156 |
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| user | 147 |
Position ID: mOfgATCwZ8MBAw Match ID: cAkAAAAAAAAA | |
| gnubg | 155 |
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| user | 154 |
Position ID: 4DnjABisM/KAEA Match ID: cAkAAAAAAAAA | |
