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Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Monday, 1 March 2010, at 6:01 p.m.

In Response To: Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position (Timothy Chow)

"Another interesting challenge would be to come up with a checker play that is correct at 3-away/3-away but not for money, and vice versa. "

Easy.

i) Just make a position with the cube on 1 where a player is playing on and has a choice between a completely safe play and one which increases gammon chances but which gives a roll to opponent that loses the cash.

ii) You already have a position where you say the DMP and money plays are different. So take a 3a 3a position with cube on 4.

iii) Or make the cube on 2 and have a player stay back for an unlikely shot at the risk of getting backgammoned

Messages In This Thread

• Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position
  Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 1:05 a.m.
  • Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position
    Martin -- Sunday, 28 February 2010, at 9:27 p.m.
  • Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 1 March 2010, at 6:01 p.m.
  • Nack Ballard's unusual checker-play position — 2 years later
    Taper_Mike -- Friday, 6 January 2012, at 10:04 a.m.