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Double action?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 5:44 p.m.

In Response To: Double action? (Dmitriy Obukhov)

I don't have enough experience with backgames at this match score for my opinion to count for much, but for what it's worth, my assessment is D/T. Yellow's rolls are unusually well diversified; unless I've miscalculated, everything but 52 hits. However, in many cases Black responds by hitting back or safetying one checker, so for money I would be inclined to wait a roll. But gammon losses aren't as bad ATS as they are for money so I would double. Still seems takable to me for the same reasons that I would wait to double for money. Also a three-point board is not that good for containment purposes so Black slimes out a good percentage of the time.

Do the bots play this kind of position well? It seems that there are some difficult decisions to make regarding whether to spread out one's checkers or keep them together for priming purposes.

Messages In This Thread

• Double action?
  Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 9:16 a.m.
  • Double action?
    Stick -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 9:39 a.m.
    • Double action?
      christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 12:28 p.m.
  • Double action?
    neilkaz -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 4:34 p.m.
    • Double action?
      Petter Bengtsson -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 5:44 p.m.
      • Double action?
        neilkaz -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 9:43 p.m.
  • Double action?
    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 5:44 p.m.
  • Double action?
    Bill Calton -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 8:59 p.m.
  • Double action? Rollout.
    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 10:41 p.m.
    • What about for money? *NM*
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 8 August 2010, at 10:47 p.m.
      • Rollout for money.
        Dmitriy Obukhov -- Monday, 9 August 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
        • Rollout for money.
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 9 August 2010, at 2:48 p.m.