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New Lesson of the Week

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 6 April 2010, at 3:00 a.m.

In Response To: New Lesson of the Week (joe freedman)

joe freedman wrote:

You don't want to escape the checker for the sake of escape, but to prevent your board from crashing.

I don't think this is very likely in the given position. Think through what is likely to happen if the blot hangs back. It might get hit loose or pointed on; but his board is not going to crash while he's on the bar. Crashing will occur only if the blot is hit, re-enters quickly on the ace point, and is primed, with no shot materializing until very late in the day. But Red has enough timing here that crashing is not likely. If Red's front position were further advanced then escaping would probably be more attractive.

Messages In This Thread

• New Lesson of the Week
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 5 April 2010, at 4:09 a.m.
  • New Lesson of the Week
    joe freedman -- Monday, 5 April 2010, at 10:01 p.m.
    • New Lesson of the Week
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 6 April 2010, at 2:15 a.m.
      • New Lesson of the Week
        joe freedman -- Tuesday, 6 April 2010, at 2:42 a.m.
        • New Lesson of the Week
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 6 April 2010, at 3:00 a.m.