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I can post 4th roll problems, too

Posted By: mamabear
Date: Monday, 31 December 2007, at 8:54 p.m.

In Response To: I can post 4th roll problems, too (Chuck Bower)

1. No fair. What if it's being controlled by aliens, or affected by sunspots? (Yes I am still paranoid about sunspots.)

2. I wouldn't start with a list of plays, would instead ask, What do I want to do? Answers include, keep the anchor; keep the 10 point unless I get something really good in exchange for it; act to preserve my paritous standing in the race unless I get a lot of gain from hitting. Hit when in doubt.

This list leaves only a few plays: 6/3*, 13/11 (good positional hit) 13/8 (conservative but OK, assures not hit on the roll) and 6/3*1 (antipositional hit, but advantage of one blot instead of two, and keeps a spare on the mid). Hits have some added juice in that they steal 66 and make other doubles less good for White.

3. I would reject 13/8 as just too blah, and go with the antipositional hit 6/3*/1 for the reasons stated above.

Messages In This Thread

• I can post 4th roll problems, too
  Chuck Bower -- Monday, 31 December 2007, at 3:16 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    Caryl Stephanson -- Monday, 31 December 2007, at 4:15 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 31 December 2007, at 7:47 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    mamabear -- Monday, 31 December 2007, at 8:54 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    neilkaz -- Monday, 31 December 2007, at 11:59 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    Stick -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 9:30 a.m.
  • TWO RO's; first 0-ply
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 3:18 p.m.
    • 2-ply TCTC
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 3:24 p.m.
  • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 3:38 p.m.
    • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 9:31 p.m.
      • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
        Stick -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 10:02 p.m.
      • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 10:46 p.m.
        • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 11:05 p.m.
          • FWIW, my OtB and post-mortem
            Stick -- Tuesday, 1 January 2008, at 11:07 p.m.
  • I can post 4th roll problems, too
    Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 2 January 2008, at 12:38 a.m.