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Cube action at -5-5

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:42 p.m.

In Response To: Cube action at -5-5 (neilkaz)

It's difficult to find a bad roll for Blue (5-3 the only one?). Blue has Position, Race, and Threats (PRaT). I can't see this as much of a Take. Blue does have to extricate his checkers, and a five prime (not yet made) isn't a six prime. After making the 5-prime, Blue doesn't have much ammo to make the 6-prime. White could make the 22-point anchor, and White SHOULD anchor somewhere. Except for the nine fans, only entering 4's are awkward for White. Sound like I'm grasping?

Historically(?) I've felt that losing 4 here is worse than normal so on close cube decisions with gammons in the air, one should fall off the fence onto the 'pass' side. Comments by MCG have caused me to re-investigate that notion. Still, if White's best hope is a game that leaves her a clear underdog, I've got to figure passing is the better part of valor. If this is a Take then I'm under-appreciating the difficulty Blue is going to have bringing those three back checkers around. (Doing my best to ignore any QF influence...)

D+P.

Messages In This Thread

• Cube action at -5-5
  neilkaz -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 9:31 p.m.
  • Cube action at -5-5
    Lucas Bauer -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:12 p.m.
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      Mr Majestyk -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 11:56 a.m.
  • Cube action at -5-5
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:42 p.m.
    • Cube action at -5-5
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:59 p.m.
      • Cube action at -5-5
        Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 4:55 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 3:02 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 12:06 a.m.
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    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 12:51 a.m.
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    ah_clem -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 3:01 p.m.