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2022 - Position 20

  • Writer: Chris Bray
    Chris Bray
  • Feb 2, 2022
  • 1 min read

Updated: Feb 3, 2022



XGID=-a-B-BDAB-B-a-a---bcc-bBb-:1:-1:1:43:0:0:3:0:10


Unlimited Games. How should Red play 43?


Over the board the natural-looking 8/4, 7/4 was played but this seemingly ‘obvious’ move is worse than a double blunder!


Red should be seeking to stop White’s last rear checker from escaping. A blitz is a possibility, but the main game plan is priming. When your opponent has only one rear checker the bar-point often takes precedence over inner board points. Therefore 10/7 is the ‘forced’ three.


After that 10/6 is too stiff and so the logical play is 6/2. Even if the blot is hit White won’t be at the edge of Red’s broken prime and meanwhile Red keeps a potentially useful six for next turn with the blot on the 10-pt.


10/7, 10/6 is a bad error.




 
 
 

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1 Comment


claire.atkins
Feb 02, 2022

I think I would play 10/7 10/6. Blocking the bar point.

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