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Openings - memory techniques

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Saturday, 28 February 2009, at 4:20 a.m.

In Response To: Openings - memory techniques (Tad Bright)

My memory sucks, so rules of thumb are very helpful to me.

When your opponent splits on the first roll, and you hit the lead checker loose, there's always the question of whether to drop a builder from the midpoint or split the back men.

Here are two rules of thumb I use.

When hitting on the 7 point, move exactly one checker from the midpoint (non-doubles).

When hitting on the 5 point, bring a builder down from the midpoint.

Obviously, no rules of thumb are right all of the time, or else they'd simply be "rules".

Messages In This Thread

• Openings - memory techniques
  Tad Bright -- Friday, 27 February 2009, at 10:07 p.m.
  • Openings - memory techniques
    Bob Koca -- Friday, 27 February 2009, at 10:27 p.m.
  • Openings - memory techniques
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 27 February 2009, at 11:53 p.m.
  • Openings - memory techniques
    Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 28 February 2009, at 4:20 a.m.
  • Openings - memory techniques
    Stick -- Saturday, 28 February 2009, at 6:30 a.m.