2021 - Position 9

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Money Play. How should Red play 61?

A very simple pay-me-now vs pay-me-later problem.

Ahead in the race and with White having two blots in his home board, 13/6 is very clear.

Any other move weakens Red’s position and doesn’t start to clear the most difficult point.