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Daily Quiz 5/16
Posted By: Timothy Chow In Response To: Daily Quiz 5/16 (Stick)
Date: Monday, 16 May 2011, at 8:01 p.m.
1. Good problem. I'd lock up the anchor here rather than risk losing our advantage with the double hit. White's made 11pt and lack of additional blots gives her decent defense against our attack. Still, we do have the stronger board so I will not be too shocked if the bot says we should attack.
2. 7/5(2) looks natural but gives White a 65 to escape. Still, if we want to contain White's back checker, I think we should make our 5pt so that our hits will have more venom. If 7/5(2) is right then I like 13/11(2) for the final 2's, giving us good coverage if White rolls a 6 other than a 65. There is a slight risk of TMP but I don't think it's serious.
3. White's anchor-and-guard formation means that 14/3* is a candidate if our alternatives leave us inflexible. The alternatives seem to be 24/13, 14/8 13/8, and perhaps 14/8 6/1. I'll try 24/13 here escaping our last checker since we're ahead in the race. If we're not hit then we have good chances of consolidating our advantage.
4. I guess I pay now because the safe plays (5/3 5/1 or 8/2) look rather poor. 13/11 13/9.
5. The score is uneven but the position isn't very gammonish so I think the cube action is close to normal. With a 20-pip lead, a standard 20pt holding game is D/T. Blue's made bar point is a plus but his rear checkers are farther back. I suspect these cancel out mostly. D/T.
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