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Difficult 52. Seeing the tree through the wood.

Posted By: higonefive
Date: Sunday, 12 December 2010, at 6:01 p.m.

In Response To: Difficult 52 (Stick)

#1 position nori





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 141
Money session
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 130
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=---bB-EBB---dB----Bdbba---:0:0:1:43:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 43

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#2 position Weaver/Meribel





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 160
Money session
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 134
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=---BAbC-CaB-bBc--bBda-----:0:0:1:52:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 52

eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.21

#3 position 2-8 Modern Backgammon, p. 27ff





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 141
Money session
Jacoby Beaver
pip: 124
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=---BBbCBB---dB---bBbad----:0:0:1:34:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 34

eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.21

So here we are. To see instantly the heart of darkness, is the sign of a master. But let us look at the pattern. #1 and #3 are well defined with clear pattern. For me, this positions are easy to recognize as comparable positions, with a different white anchor.

For #3, Robertie wrotes: "As humans, we have a characteristic weakness in handling problems with multiples choices: we gravitate immediatly to solutions which lie at the extreme ends of the scale - i. e., those which either solve the problem or ignore the problem. Plays which only partially solve the problem seem unclear and wishy-washy, so we tend to give them short shift. However, somewhere in the set of middling plays may rest one with the best risk-reward combination - another argument for looking at all reasonable plays in a tough position. ... In effect, 13/6 bus Black a lot of time at a very cheap price. With this patient little play, Black can solve his strategic problem indirectly. ..."

In #2 there is even more wood to overlook the tree. Do you now understand a little better, what people see, when they look at positions like this one?

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