2023 - Position 63

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Match Play. 0-0 to 3. How should Yellow play 31?

Yellow will be better off owning his 5-pt for both offence and defence and he will be better off having four (or five) checkers back than three as that will give him the chance to make a second point in White’s board.

9/8, 6/3 is way too passive and is a bad error. Giving up the 24-pt anchor with 24/23, 9/6 is also the wrong game plan.