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Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"

Posted By: Wolfgang
Date: Sunday, 21 December 2014, at 8:20 p.m.

In Response To: Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play" (Timothy Chow)

Playing four checkers down (13/9(4)) looks reasonable here as well. Yet 13/5(2) makes the important 5pt, and seems to be a contender, too. 13/9(2) 6/2(2), however, overextends the position too much in my opinion. Therefore, I would choose one of the former moves: 13/9(4) or 13/5(2). Provided that either of these two moves is correct, how large is the margin between the best and second best play? I am not sure. 13/9(4) makes it easier to clear the midpoint soon, but it delays in making the home quickly. 13/5(2) in comparison, strives for the golden point immediateley, but clearing the midpoint in a safe manner will probably be more difficult. Both objectives are important, so I'm in an approach-avoidance conflict here. I slightly prefer 13/9(4) to 13/5(2), but I guess they might be equally good, whilst I consider 13/9(2) 6/2(2) to be a blunder.

Messages In This Thread

• Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 21 December 2014, at 6:11 p.m.
  • Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
    Wolfgang -- Sunday, 21 December 2014, at 8:20 p.m.
  • Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
    Ian Dunstan -- Monday, 22 December 2014, at 9:14 a.m.
  • Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
    Bill Calton -- Monday, 22 December 2014, at 2:10 p.m.
  • Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
    Igor -- Monday, 22 December 2014, at 2:48 p.m.
  • Followup to Stick's "Double Fours to Play"
    neilkaz -- Monday, 22 December 2014, at 4:11 p.m.
  • Rollout
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 December 2014, at 6:20 p.m.