2022 - Position 174

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Match Play. Red leads 4-1 to 5 (Crawford). How should Red play 21?

At this score gammon prevention outweighs board purity and also Red does not have the timing to play a 3pt anchor game. Therefore, making White’s 5-pt takes priority.

There is no significant difference between 22/10, 11/10 and 22/20, 6/5.