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2024 - Position of the Week 8 Solution
Clearly the ace is 9/8*. The question is what to do with the four? With a huge racing deficit 24/20 cannot be correct. Neither 8/4 nor...

Chris Bray
Dec 23, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 8
XGID=--B-BBC-aB-----b---cBbbeB-:1:1:1:41:0:2:0:5:10 Match Play. Red trails 0-2 to 5. How should Red play 41?

Chris Bray
Dec 20, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 7 Solution
Red needs to clear his mid-point to bring the game home. 13/10(3) doesn’t work because there is no sensible fourth three. 8/5(2), 8/2...

Chris Bray
Dec 16, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 7
XGID=-aBCB-BbC----C----acabbba-:0:0:1:33:2:0:0:9:10 Match Play. Red leads 2-0 to 9. How should Red play 33?

Chris Bray
Dec 13, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 6 Solution
White’s 33-pip lead in the race and five-point home board are very significant factors. For money this would be a borderline redouble,...

Chris Bray
Dec 10, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 6
XGID=-a---BECCA-------aAcc-bcb-:1:1:1:00:0:0:0:5:10 Match Play. 0-0 to 5. Should Red redouble? If redoubled, should White take? Note:...

Chris Bray
Dec 8, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 5 Solution
It is just too easy to play 13/10*/4*, 7/4 and put two checkers on the bar. It looks obvious but it isn’t. This an occasion when “two on...

Chris Bray
Dec 2, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 5
XGID=-aa-BBBB----cEa--c-db---B-:0:0:1:51:3:3:0:9:10 Match Play. Red leads 3-2 to 9. How should Red play 33?

Chris Bray
Nov 29, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 4 Solution
The vast majority of players will swiftly move bar/23, 20/18(2)*, 13/11* and pick up their dice without any more ado. In doing so they...

Chris Bray
Nov 25, 20241 min read


2024 - Position of the Week 4
XGID=---a--D-C--adD---badB-b-AA:0:0:1:22:4:5:0:7: Match Play. Red trails 4-5 to 7. How should Red play 22?

Chris Bray
Nov 23, 20241 min read

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