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Prime-versus-Prime, Challenge #4
Posted By: ChanningW In Response To: Prime-versus-Prime, Challenge #4 (Nack Ballard)
Date: Friday, 24 April 2015, at 9:16 a.m.
24/22 (2) is automatic for me at all scores. Now priming me in is nearly impossible. Holding this anchor means even White's great rolls still aren't great enough to offer a cube in the next couple rolls. I guess you could argue that anchoring is not important at a gammon go score, but I don't see what you do with the extra two except maybe a loose double hit, which is too volatile for my taste.
The other twos I'd use to hit 5/3(2)* for money and for gammon go. After hitting, white has 6 great rolls the bar 53, 54,56. But as long as I have an anchor to land on, I don't feel like white has much of a cube. If he does its an huge take that has a ton of recube vig The other rolls where white comes in but doesn't hit really don't help his overall game much. However, if white fans next roll blue has a huge double. Seems to me the reward from hitting far outweighs the risks of getting hit. But what do I know...
Gammon save scores probably merit playing the safer 12/8 and locking up the 5point prime for the rest of the game. This is the kind of play that keeps the cube from turning for quite a while. So my choices are Money and GG = 24/22(2) 5/3*(2) gammon save and dmp = 24/22(2) 12/8.
I've been playing nothing but nackgammon against XG, lately. It seems to be helping my game tremendously. it's an honor to correspond with its inventor. Thank you.
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