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NG-OLM Monday Jan. 5th

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Monday, 5 January 2009, at 9:21 p.m.

In Response To: NG-OLM Monday Jan. 5th (Havard Raddum)

Disadvantages of hitting:

1) Stick has more return shots than usual. We still don't want to get hit, and would like to make the 5 point.

2) A blitz is ineffective. We are so short on material that even if Stick rolls back to back boxes we still don't have the makings of a blitz.

3) Hitting forgoes an advanced anchor.

Advantages of hitting:

1) With so few checkers going forward, priming and playing purely go up in value, so making the 5 point is a huge improvement in our position.

2) Hitting prevents Stick from making our 5 point.

3) Being hit doesn't really cost us anything. Usually you don't want to get hit because you lose ground in the race. With 4 or 5 guys back this is a long way from converting it into a winning race/holding game.

4) The "advanced" anchor of the three point isn't very effective and isn't nearly as good as holding Stick's 5 point.

Maybe I missed some others, but that looks about right.

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