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Donkey Hit?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Wednesday, 23 March 2011, at 12:27 a.m.

In Response To: Donkey Hit? (RealNick)

This is not a complete answer, but in general, one thing to count when deciding whether to hit when containing a checker is the number of immediate rolls your opponent has to escape. Here, your prime is almost complete, and hitting doesn't decrease the number of escaping rolls, so it doesn't accomplish much. Furthermore you worsen your containment chances by unslotting your 3pt to hit.

Psychologically it may feel that your opponent is contained more effectively when he dances than when he is blocked by your prime, but often the difference is less significant than it feels, and other features of the position are more important.

Messages In This Thread

• Donkey Hit?
  RealNick -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 5:12 p.m.
  • Donkey Hit?
    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 5:29 p.m.
  • Donkey Hit?
    Lucas Bauer -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 6:03 p.m.
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    Keene -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 7:01 p.m.
  • Donkey Hit?
    Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 10:14 p.m.
  • Two variants
    Nack Ballard -- Wednesday, 16 March 2011, at 11:32 p.m.
    • Two variants
      RealNick -- Thursday, 17 March 2011, at 3:15 p.m.
      • Two variants
        Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 17 March 2011, at 8:28 p.m.
        • Two variants
          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 17 March 2011, at 10:31 p.m.
        • Two variants
          RealNick -- Thursday, 17 March 2011, at 11:55 p.m.
          • Two variants
            Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 1:32 a.m.
            • Two variants
              RealNick -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 3:58 p.m.
              • Two variants
                Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 6:14 p.m.
                • XG rollout
                  6stones -- Saturday, 19 March 2011, at 9:26 a.m.
                  • Summary of data
                    Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 19 March 2011, at 5:30 p.m.
              • Point-switching variant
                Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 6:16 p.m.
                • Point-switching variant
                  Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 6:37 p.m.
                  • Point-switching variant
                    Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 6:55 p.m.
                  • Point-switching variant
                    Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 7:09 p.m.
                    • Point-switching variant
                      Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 7:22 p.m.
                      • Point-switching variant
                        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 8:29 p.m.
              • Point-switching variant (5/4)
                Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 March 2011, at 6:42 p.m.
  • Donkey Hit?
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 23 March 2011, at 12:27 a.m.