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Early Game 66

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Friday, 15 January 2010, at 5:30 p.m.

In Response To: Early Game 66 (Stick)

My first instinct was to play 24/18 13/7(2) 11/5, making the 5-prime. There's a similar position among Robertie's 501 problems where there's a choice of which bar to make, and the argument there was something like this: Assume you get hit. Which permanent asset do you prefer? Here the comparison is between the anchor and the 5-prime. I'm not convinced we have a cube soon after making the anchor. In fact, I think that if we get into a blot-hitting contest and come out on top, with a 5-prime to contain our spoils, we're in excellent shape. Our board is as strong as our opponent's, maybe slightly stronger.

Attacking on the 1-point is another option but I can't believe that's right when Black has such a strong board already.

I suppose the score might make a difference but I don't have enough experience to judge that.

I'll stick with my first instinct: 24/18 13/7(2) 11/5. (Maybe I'll be the one lucky bastard who gets this one right and spoils Stick's collection.)

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