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2021 - Position 71

  • Writer: Chris Bray
    Chris Bray
  • Apr 15, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Apr 16, 2021



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Match Play. Red leads 2-0 to 5. Should Red double? If doubled, should White take?


The question is not the double, which White should pass, but whether Red should play on for an undoubled gammon.


The rollouts have the decision as right on the borderline. That implies that for practical purposes Red should double and give White the opportunity to make a mistake by taking.


 
 
 

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