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Othello Quiz 2010
Posted By: higonefive In Response To: Othello Quiz 2010 (othello)
Date: Tuesday, 12 October 2010, at 11:57 a.m.
1.Black has seven points. Rip one point for playability to gain. A more connected position is better, so breaking the 9 point is obvious. Then you passed the buck to white, who has only six points, but 3 cripples to play with. 2.No levanter plays. This has to played pure and the match score backs us up. If white doubles, throw his gammons under the bus with a recube. Despite the 3 point board i would attack this position with 13/7, the golden points already slotted, no ammu against us in the outfield. Close your eyes and say Hail Mary. 3.Full spead ahead with 56/11. This is a blitz for victory, not a priming game. 7/4*/1, 5/2*(2). 4.The 5 point is a serious gap and will stay a well of pain if you you don't try to close it now. Once again, six points and two cripples in the evil prime forest. 10/6, 10/5 in a shot. 5. Not an easy task for the prevent defense. Let us look in this way. First we determine how to come from the bar. If we want to go to the 14 point anyway, it makes no difference. But if we play to the 20 point and want to bring the man from the 22 point in the outfield, it is better to play to the 19 point. Then we can decide what it is better: another man in the outfield on 17 or 14. I think Bar/19, 22/17 is best. A prevent defense on 22 is useless, he can't defend against Hail Mary 66 55 44 anyway, so put him in the outfield for maximum coverage. 6.Make him crack. Just hit on the 3 point in a shot. And look then, which dicies from white will grind his chinese wall. The classic dump play against a full prime. 7. An insurance problem. I look from the other end, if i don't pay now, what is with the 8 point? So grind him down with 8/6(2). Cuts also down the possibility to expose a second blot, losing eventually a gammon. 8.OK corral. Shot'em down. Bar/23, 13/11*. Prevents also a double, which i would eat. You don't need the midpoint all the time, and the ace is good anyway for white. The bar is slotted, so connection is in range. 9.In problem 77, Bill invented Alex, the levanter. Because there is room in the homeboard, we can get away with 18/14, duplicating twos, and 6/3, hiding. I think, a levanter would play this in a shot, right, falafel? 10.Great shot. Soon a quarter away from a four point board. 2 points. In a shot.
So 9 out of 10. One whopper.
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