2023 - Position 176

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Unlimited Games. How should Red play 31?

24/20 is unnecessarily cautious. It gives White too much freedom in the outer boards.

The choice is between 8/5, 6/5 and 13/10, 6/5. (13/10, 11/10 is too safety conscious.)

XG has 13/10, 6/5 (with useful duplications of aces) winning by a hair’s breadth but for all intents and purposes the two plays are equal.