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OLM Sa 02/26/1, GD (gammon desired) ?!

Posted By: higonefive
Date: Sunday, 27 February 2011, at 8:56 a.m.

In Response To: OLM Sa 02/26/11 (Stick)

If you search for a definition, you can find:

"When a player is at GS, the opponent is automatically at GG, and vice versa. The practical definition of GG (gammon go), therefore, includes not only –2 –1 C, but also situations in which the trailer (a) is –3 –1 or –2 –4 and has doubled; and (b) is –6 –2 or –7 –3 or –8 –4 and has redoubled. At GG, losing a gammon costs no more than losing a single game, whereas winning a gammon is unusually beneficial. A player at GG should try extra hard to go for a gammon. UBK, the unflappable Bob Koca, was evidently the first to use the terms “gammon safe” and “gammon go.” The former term has evolved to “gammon save.” "

(Nack Ballard, Match Score Explanations)

Therefore, because it doesn't match exactly, i wrote: "The tiny little beast is also a little bit on gammon go"

I'm an amateur, and i thought about it not in mathematical terms, but for practical purposes, the leader isn't hurt by a gammon, but wins the match with it. Perhaps a correct term could be: GD (gammon desired).

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