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Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 30 November 2010, at 3:28 p.m.

In Response To: RO (John O'Hagan)

I whoppered a similar decision recently...I rolled joker boxcars and spent a long time deciding on the best way to hit, when the right play was to just play safely, obtaining a crushing racing lead that virtually guaranteed a cash next turn. Attacking was overkill when it worked and lost the cash when it didn't; on the other hand, the quiet play was extremely efficient cubewise.

I think similar principles are at play in your position here. I should say that in my position, the right play (once pointed out) was much more obvious than in your position here, but I had a psychological blindspot. I second Stick's psychological advice about being wary of "automatic" hits.

Messages In This Thread

• Black to play D3
  John O'Hagan -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 2:28 a.m.
  • Black to play D3
    Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 7:53 a.m.
    • Black to play D3
      Sebastiaan Kuijs -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 8:03 a.m.
    • Centered cube...
      Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 8:28 a.m.
  • Black to play D3
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 11:00 a.m.
  • Black to play D3
    ah_clem -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 3:52 p.m.
  • Black to play D3
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 6:39 p.m.
  • Black to play D3
    Stick -- Monday, 29 November 2010, at 6:55 p.m.
  • RO
    John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 30 November 2010, at 2:31 a.m.
    • RO
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 30 November 2010, at 3:28 p.m.