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Cube action at -5-5

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 3:01 p.m.

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

White's blots are just out of reach for blue, so white is in better shape than at first glance. The blot on the 14 can only be hit with 61 52 43 62 44 - that's only seven shots, and the sixes might be better played to make the 5-prime. Only 66 points on the head of the ace point blot. So that's not a lot of shakes that pick up a second checker, even though white's position looks precarious.

All that said, blue has an advantage in position, race and threats and that's usually a D/P, but here the advantages in race and threats are small, so I don't think it's a pass. But with a checker on the roof, a three point board and some blots to shoot at there are enough gammon chances to cube AtS - doubled gammons in 5 point matches are worth a lot. D/T.

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• Cube action at -5-5
  neilkaz -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 9:31 p.m.
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    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.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:42 p.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 13 April 2011, at 11:59 p.m.
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        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.