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I can post 4th roll problems, too

Posted By: Stein Kulseth
Date: Wednesday, 2 January 2008, at 12:38 a.m.

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

Candidates considered: 13/8, 6/3*/1, 8/3*, 10/7* 10/8

Anything that does neither hit nor play safe is out. There is only one plausible safe play, 13/8, which isn't too bad at all - there is always something to said for letting the other guy clean up. Then we need to find the best hit to compare it with and decide.

6/3* seems to go with either 3/1 or 8/6. 6/3*/1 misplaces a checker but leaves only 11 shots and a better 8pt 6pt distribution. 8/3* leaves 14 shots and a stripped 8 point, and quite frankly the 3 pt is not the ideal point to slot anyway - so 6/3*/1 seems better (BTW 6/3* 10/8 leaving another blot and even more shots and duplication just for duplication's sake is out too, better distribution cannot be that important)

10/7* seems to go only with 10/8. Once the point is broken we cannot leave the 2nd blot and the extra shots, and there is no other 2 that doesn't compromise our position further. 10/7* 10/8 leaves 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 22, 16, 25 for 14 shots as well, but leaves the checkers in good places, and steals 4 more pips. The drawback is the loss of the 10 point, but I think it is worth it over 6/3*/1.

Whether it can compete with the safe play? I think it can. The upside seems to be greater, my flexibility in choosing gameplans greater, and my racing edge a bit greater if it comes to racing. The slight lead in match shouldn't matter much, either.

I go 10/7* 10/8

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.