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The two-hand rule

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Monday, 24 January 2011, at 4:36 p.m.

In Response To: The two-hand rule (Rich Munitz)

To say it another way - when playing online or against a bot, you move the checkers with only one hand - the hand operating the computer mouse. But do you ever actually use your mouse to place your opponent's blot on the bar? No. That is implied unambiguously by the play of your own checkers, and it is the invisible hand of the computer so to speak that moves the blot to the bar. So I see no real problem with a live human doing the same, provided that it is done in such a way so as to be clear that the cause of the opponent's blot removal with the left hand is the effect of the checker play being made with the right hand (same as I'd expect if the blot removal and checker play were being done with the same hand).

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  Jason Lee -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 6:52 p.m.
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    Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 6:56 p.m.
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      adrianov -- Sunday, 23 January 2011, at 1:31 a.m.
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        svilo -- Sunday, 23 January 2011, at 2:03 a.m.
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    Stick -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 7:25 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 7:25 p.m.
    • +1,000,000,000,000,000,000............. *NM*
      Justin N. -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 7:39 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 7:39 p.m.
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    Christian Plenz -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 7:37 p.m.
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    Justin N. -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 8:05 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 9:02 p.m.
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    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Saturday, 22 January 2011, at 10:37 p.m.
  • I picked a bad example position
    Jason Lee -- Sunday, 23 January 2011, at 2:03 a.m.
    • Why not post a more appropriate one, then? *NM*
      Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 23 January 2011, at 5:54 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Sunday, 23 January 2011, at 5:14 a.m.
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    Julia Hayward -- Monday, 24 January 2011, at 9:51 a.m.
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      Bill Riles -- Monday, 24 January 2011, at 2:50 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Monday, 24 January 2011, at 1:26 p.m.
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      Rich Munitz -- Monday, 24 January 2011, at 4:36 p.m.
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    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 24 January 2011, at 2:20 p.m.
  • Why am I left with an empty feeling?
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 25 January 2011, at 1:09 a.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 28 January 2011, at 11:12 p.m.