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2021 - Position 42

  • Writer: Chris Bray
    Chris Bray
  • Mar 3, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 4, 2021


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.







 
 
 

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