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Here's the position

Posted By: Marty Storer
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 3:01 p.m.

In Response To: Here's the position (Chuck Bower)

Re doubling a well-timed backgame: It used to be said (I remember this from thirty years ago) to wait until you were threatening to clear the third point in sequence higher than the highest backgame point, so according to that rule, this would be a double and take.

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• Test your favorite bot's evaluation skills on this 32 backgame
  neilkaz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 3:37 a.m.
  • Here's the position
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 3:38 a.m.
    • Here's the position
      Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 2:47 p.m.
    • Here's some evals
      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 2:47 p.m.
      • Here's some evals
        Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 3:32 p.m.
        • Here's some evals
          neilkaz -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 3:41 p.m.
    • Here's the position
      jdg -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 4:09 p.m.
    • Here's the position
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 4:16 p.m.
      • Here's the position
        Marty Storer -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 3:01 p.m.
        • Here's the position
          Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 3:56 p.m.
    • Here's the position
      Frank Berger -- Tuesday, 30 June 2009, at 7:21 p.m.
      • About the only thing wrong with BGB is VERY pessimistic backgame evaluations.
        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 2:47 a.m.
        • About the only thing wrong with BGB is VERY pessimistic backgame evaluations.
          Ian Dunstan -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 5:51 a.m.
          • BOT development and backgame evals
            neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 4:44 p.m.
            • BOT development and backgame evals
              Frank Berger -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 9:03 p.m.
            • BOT development and backgame evals
              eXtreme Gammon -- Thursday, 2 July 2009, at 2:06 a.m.
    • a question of 3-aw 3-aw maniac
      aoleg1 -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 1:05 p.m.
      • Zadeh MET=garbage *NM*
        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 4:35 p.m.
        • Zadeh MET=garbage
          MaX -- Thursday, 2 July 2009, at 7:28 a.m.
  • xG 3-ply ROLLOUT Hmmmmm - 32 backgame
    Robert-Jan Veldhuizen (Zorba) -- Monday, 6 July 2009, at 4:13 p.m.
    • xG 3-ply ROLLOUT Hmmmmm - 32 backgame
      eXtreme Gammon -- Friday, 10 July 2009, at 3:00 a.m.
      • xG 3-ply ROLLOUT Hmmmmm - 32 backgame
        Robert-Jan Veldhuizen (Zorba) -- Monday, 13 July 2009, at 6:04 p.m.