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XG 3 ply play, 4 ply cube RO in progress

Posted By: neilkaz
Date: Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 7:39 p.m.

In Response To: Double shot plus 4.5-prime vs. 3-pt anchor: cube action? (neilkaz)

I'll wait 'til tomorrow to post unless Timothy gives me the OK to post sooner.

A note on cube settings for this (and many other D/ND RO's). In this position-type GNU commonly takes passes and as a result may make bad takes after a bad sequence (ie getting hit and rolling bad or getting nearly primed) and skew the ND/D result.

Why XG 4 ply cube rather than 3 ply? Well, the Depreli position study shows that XG 4 ply cube is clearly stronger than 3 ply. Since proper cube action next roll after the likely action happens is a must, I prefer to use the stronger setting.

Why not 4 ply checker play? Well, if I was putting this position into a book, or likely even an online article, I'd use 4 ply, but here I want a result this evening, and the checker play isn't super complex, and I think that upcoming cube action is more important.

.. neilkaz ..

Messages In This Thread

• Double shot plus 4.5-prime vs. 3-pt anchor: cube action?
  Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 17 February 2010, at 9:58 p.m.
  • Double shot plus 4.5-prime vs. 3-pt anchor: cube action?
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 2:44 a.m.
    • XG 3 ply play, 4 ply cube RO in progress
      neilkaz -- Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 7:39 p.m.
  • Double shot plus 4.5-prime vs. 3-pt anchor: cube action?
    Martin -- Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 4:02 p.m.
  • Double shot plus 4.5-prime vs. 3-pt anchor: cube action?
    Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 6:11 p.m.
  • Rollout
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 18 February 2010, at 10:54 p.m.
    • XG Rollout
      neilkaz -- Friday, 19 February 2010, at 12:08 a.m.
      • XG Rollout
        Stick -- Friday, 19 February 2010, at 12:25 a.m.
        • XG Rollout
          neilkaz -- Friday, 19 February 2010, at 12:31 a.m.