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2021 - Position 218

  • Writer: Chris Bray
    Chris Bray
  • Dec 22, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Dec 23, 2021



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Unlimited Games. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take?


Nearly all the formulae get this wrong because they underestimate the gap on Red’s 4-pt and also the strength of the three checkers on White’s 4-pt. Remember the old adage, “you can never have too many checkers on your 4-pt”.


This position is a classic demonstration of the truth of that adage. The formulae all make this double/pass but in fact it is clearly a huge double (worse than a double blunder not to double) and a skinny take.




 
 
 

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