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2021 - Position 212
XGID=---B-aCBB--abB--bbBc--bbB-:1:1:1:66:0:0:2:0:10 Unlimited Games. How should Red play 44? All the best plays involve making the 2-pt...

Chris Bray
Dec 14, 20211 min read
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I will be running an online beginners course for The Times+ on February 22nd. You can sign up here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/times-plus.s...

Chris Bray
Dec 13, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 211
XGID=---B-aCBB--abB--bbBc--bbB-:1:1:1:66:0:0:2:0:10 Unlimited Games. How should Red play 66? Despite being down in the race leaving the...

Chris Bray
Dec 13, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 210
XGID=--BCBB-a---B-AA----abBcdd-:0:0:1:00:0:0:3:0:10 Match Play. Red trails 2-5 to 7. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take?...

Chris Bray
Dec 10, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 209
XGID=-bB-BaC-B---cB----Bdba-AbA:0:0:1:00:1:2:0:5:10 Match Play. Red trails 1-2 to 5. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take? A...

Chris Bray
Dec 9, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 208
XGID=-bB-cBC-CD------Abbbc-a---:0:0:1:61:0:0:2:0:10 Unlimited Games. How should Red play 61? This position is close to a double because...

Chris Bray
Dec 8, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 207
XGID=-a-aBBC-C-A-bB---b-cbb-Bb-:1:1:1:32:4:1:0:5:10 Match Play. Red leads 4-1 to 5 (post-Crawford). How should Red play 32? This is close...

Chris Bray
Dec 7, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 206
XGID=--BBBbC-B---bB---bbcBbaa--:0:0:1:54:0:2:0:5:10 Match Play. Red trails 0-2 to 5. How should Red play 54? Three plays are very close...

Chris Bray
Dec 6, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 205
XGID=---bBBBBB--B-B---e-dAab-a-:0:0:1:00:3:2:0:5:10 Match Play. Red leads 3-2 to 5. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take? At...

Chris Bray
Dec 3, 20211 min read


2021 - Position 204
XGID=--bB-BB-Ba--eB---A-cbBAAb-:0:0:1:00:2:3:0:5:10 Match Play. Red trails 2-3 to 5. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take? In...

Chris Bray
Dec 2, 20211 min read
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