2021 - Position 42

XGID=--Cb-BBBBB-------A-bbceAa-:1:1:1:00:2:0:0:7:10

Match Play. Red leads 2-0 to 7. Should Red redouble? If redoubled, should White take?

This position is very deceptive. White has the long-term equity of his 3-pt holding game. Meanwhile Red still has to escape his last rear checker and he has three dead checkers on his 2-pt. An immediate double fours does him no favours.

For money this is a redouble (just) and take but at this score a redouble is very nearly a double blunder. White will need only 10% winning chances to redouble to 8.

Red must hold on to the cube and hope to use it when he can give White a difficult decision.

Once again, the match score dominates the cube decision.