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Backgame Checker Play

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Friday, 28 September 2018, at 2:17 a.m.

In Response To: Backgame Checker Play (tuvi)

My first response is to wonder if blue missed a cube somewhere. With three back points in blue's homeboard white is probably about 50% GWC, but she loses a bunch of gammons, which don't count with Jacoby. But that's not the question.

White has plenty of timing and no board, so blue can offer up blots galore and white either won't hit or it's no problem for blue if she does.

13/9 seems to be the pure play. Maybe making or slotting the deuce is more pure, but the nine seems like the better point. Then 13/7 seems more rational than the very loose 8/2.

18/8 also seems pretty playable. As does simply making the deuce with 8/2 6/2.

I'll go with 18/8 since I'm not convinced that making the nine is an improvement - it's just another point to clear, it doesn't block that much, and white doesn't really want to run.

Messages In This Thread

• Backgame Checker Play
  tuvi -- Tuesday, 25 September 2018, at 7:46 p.m.
  • Backgame Checker Play
    Karol Szczerek -- Tuesday, 25 September 2018, at 8:48 p.m.
    • Backgame Checker Play
      Casper Van der Tak -- Wednesday, 26 September 2018, at 4:46 a.m.
  • Backgame Checker Play
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 27 September 2018, at 3:16 p.m.
    • Backgame Checker Play
      tuvi -- Friday, 28 September 2018, at 5:57 p.m.
      • Backgame Checker Play
        neilkaz -- Friday, 28 September 2018, at 11:33 p.m.
  • Backgame Checker Play
    ah_clem -- Friday, 28 September 2018, at 2:17 a.m.