2021 - Position 20
- Chris Bray
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Money Play. How should Red play 33?
Something has to give here.
Red must hold White’s bar-point to provide an escape avenue for the rearmost checker.
Playing 8/5(2), 6/3(2) or 8/2(2) destroys Red’s connectivity and it will be very difficult to bring those outfield checkers home safely.
That leaves us with 13/10(3), 6/3 which is the only move that is not a blunder.
8/5 (2), 6/3 (2) for me, here.
Nothing is ideal, all moves compromise each other in different ways.
The two not-quite-useless builders on the 3 point compensate for loss of connectivity and holding point sacrifice.
White is overstretched, and blots may be shaking themselves loose immediately.
Yep, that's the fellow for me :)