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Good variants from Daniel

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2014, at 3:09 a.m.

In Response To: Good variants from Daniel (Taper_Mike)

[Daniel's variants] seem to reinforce the idea that one of the most important factors in the decision whether to hit or make the 4pt is the ability to hit a second or third time from the midpoint if a battle breaks out for the bar point.

On reflection, I think this is too sweeping a declaration. I now prefer to say the decision to hit gains weight when there are five checkers on the midpoint. Often that is because the extra spare can be used to hit a second time, but perhaps just as often it can be usefully applied to other purposes. Covering, hitting elsewhere, and making other points all come to mind. The extra spare on the midpoint means that Blue’s position is more balanced after he hits than it would be without it.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Running would have been better on the 2nd roll.
  Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 12:01 a.m.
  • 51S-62S-42 and variant
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 12:59 a.m.
    • 51S-62S-42 and variant
      Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 1:12 a.m.
      • 51S-62S-42 and variant
        Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 1:21 a.m.
        • 51S-62S-42 and variant
          Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 2:18 a.m.
          • 51S-62S-42 and variant
            Nack Ballard -- Monday, 16 June 2014, at 5:01 a.m.
  • Running would have been better on the 2nd roll.
    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 1:46 a.m.
    • Running would have been better on the 2nd roll.
      neilkaz -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 2:44 a.m.
      • Running would have been better on the 2nd roll.
        David Presser -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 4:08 a.m.
  • Running would have been better on the 2nd roll.
    Igor -- Sunday, 15 June 2014, at 3:34 p.m.
  • 51S-62S-42 and Variants – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollouts
    Taper_Mike -- Monday, 16 June 2014, at 1:07 a.m.
    • 51S-62S-42 and Variants – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollouts
      Igor -- Monday, 16 June 2014, at 1:58 a.m.
    • 51S-62S-42 and Variants – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollouts
      Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 16 June 2014, at 3:00 a.m.
      • Good variants from Daniel
        Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 17 June 2014, at 9:58 a.m.
        • Good variants from Daniel
          Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 18 June 2014, at 3:09 a.m.