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When to run the last checker

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Monday, 26 January 2009, at 7:52 p.m.

In Response To: When to run the last checker (Stick)

This assumes the opponent still has 1 or more checkers back and that you aren't running out into a completely hopeless race of course. It should be noted that running out with the last checker is still often correct even when down in the race if your opponent has men still to extricate, whether they be deep in your home board or anchored up.

It's even sometimes right to run the last checker when you are behind in the race and your opponent has no men back, and take your lumps in a relatively close race rather than risk getting attacked or primed.

Messages In This Thread

• When to run the last checker
  Stick -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 1:04 p.m.
  • When to run the last checker
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 5:08 p.m.
  • When to run the last checker
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 7:52 p.m.
  • Thank you, Stick!
    Tad Bright -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 7:55 p.m.
  • When to run the last checker
    Rich Munitz -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:07 p.m.
  • Always, of course.
    Sam Pottle -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 3:20 a.m.
  • When to run the last checker
    Frank_N_Stein -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 2:50 p.m.