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Hit or not ?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Wednesday, 17 March 2010, at 2:55 p.m.

In Response To: Hit or not ? (storm)

I suspect that the location of the cube matters here. If the cube comes back then Blue's gammon wins become irrelevant, while White's gammon wins win the match.

In any case, it's not so easy for Blue to follow up on his attack with so many checkers back and White's 5-point board. Blue is fairly well positioned to contain White's two back checkers, which are disconnected from the rest of White's army. Blue has enough of a prime that White may start to crack soon. I would just try to contain White with 16/14 13/10. This still leaves a bunch of indirect shots but it still looks better to me than hitting.

Messages In This Thread

• Hit or not ?
  storm -- Wednesday, 17 March 2010, at 10:23 a.m.
  • Hit or not ?
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 17 March 2010, at 2:55 p.m.
    • Hit or not ?
      Chase -- Wednesday, 17 March 2010, at 3:45 p.m.
      • Hit or not ?
        Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 17 March 2010, at 3:52 p.m.
  • Rollout?
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 22 March 2010, at 3:48 a.m.
  • Hit or not ? - RO
    Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 10 April 2010, at 9:22 p.m.
    • Hit or not ? - RO
      storm -- Saturday, 10 April 2010, at 10:52 p.m.
      • Hit or not ? - RO
        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 11 April 2010, at 1:37 a.m.