2023 - Position 207

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Match Play. Red trails 0-2 to 11. How should Red play 61?

The keys here are twofold. Escape a checker with 21/15* and then make the third back game point with 23/22. Hitting twice with either 15/14* or 6/5* are both mega blunders. At this point Red does not want to slow down White’s forward progress.

After 23/22, 21/15* Red will win nearly 40% of the time but he must protect his timing as far as he can.