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Ray vs Neil conso match endgame cube and play

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 27 March 2011, at 3:53 a.m.

In Response To: Ray vs Neil conso match endgame cube and play (neilkaz)

Black needs less than 15% to take so it doesn't seem urgent to redouble here.

As for the 41, the three candidates I see are 4/off 1/off, 6/5 4/off, and 6/5 6/2. Though 4/off 1/off has the advantage of ripping two off immediately, it's hard to clean up, so we suffer from continued risk of losing our race lead. I don't like it. So I play 6/5 and decide how much worse it is for Black to enter with a hit than for Black to enter without hitting. If we play 6/2 and Black enters with a 6 then the race is pretty close. If we play 4/off and Black enters with a 6 then we're definitely behind in the race despite our extra checker off, with scant chances of a return hit. On the other hand, if Black stays out then we definitely gain by playing 4/off instead of 6/2. Tough call but I think I play safe here with 6/5 6/2.

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