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2021 - Position 209

Writer: Chris BrayChris Bray

Updated: Dec 12, 2021



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Match Play. Red trails 1-2 to 5. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take?


A classic match score double with four points giving Red the match with perfect efficiency.


Not doubling would be a blunder. In a money game doubling here would be grossly premature and it would be worse than a double blunder. Such is the power of the match score. Of course, the take is trivial.




 
 
 

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