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Easy?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 5:10 p.m.

In Response To: Easy? (smcrtorchs)

Not easy. It's (essentially) gammon save and we have a race lead with a solid position so I'm inclined to play 18/13, keeping the blot count down and staying connected. There are other plausible moves in a similar vein, like 21/18 13/11, but I don't think hitting is the right idea. It gives White a chance to equalize the race, and what do we gain from it? We're not in a position to carry out an attack, and we don't really need a tempo. I'd rather use the tempo we have now to move my checkers around and save the spare on the 6 for a rainy day.

Messages In This Thread

• Easy?
  smcrtorchs -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 12:57 p.m.
  • Easy?
    Karl Frogner -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 2:56 p.m.
  • Easy?
    John O'Hagan -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 4:49 p.m.
    • Easy?
      Chase -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 7:22 p.m.
      • Easy?
        John O'Hagan -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 8:29 p.m.
    • Easy?
      Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 18 January 2013, at 9:47 a.m.
  • Easy?
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 5:10 p.m.
  • Easy?
    Taper_Mike -- Thursday, 17 January 2013, at 9:32 p.m.
  • Easy? RO
    smcrtorchs -- Saturday, 19 January 2013, at 9:44 a.m.
    • XG RO started *NM*
      mtuhtan -- Saturday, 19 January 2013, at 11:18 a.m.
      • XG RO finished :)
        Petter Bengtsson -- Saturday, 19 January 2013, at 11:36 a.m.
        • XG RO finished :)
          Smcrtorchs -- Saturday, 19 January 2013, at 7:38 p.m.
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      Philippe Michel -- Saturday, 19 January 2013, at 12:07 p.m.