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01-03-2015 , 11:31 AM

midiboy

centurion

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White - Pips 158

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01-03-2015 , 12:04 PM

kingstalker

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Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 445

I think double hitting would be far superior than making the 9 point, due to the fact that you may get a chance to hit the blot on White's 9 point, which may point or attack you, if just make the 9 point. Plus your Blitz chances go way up if White can't come in quickly.

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01-03-2015 , 12:05 PM

yogiman

adept

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 784

I would double hit, because it offers more opportunity for a dynamic enervating game.

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01-03-2015 , 12:40 PM

midiboy

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 104

Yep, XG leans toward the double hit. Appreciate the explanations.

Enervating? I had to look that up. Good word - basically means "mentally exhausting." In my case, I wonder who would be more enervated - me or my opponent.

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01-03-2015 , 05:18 PM

Aaron W.

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I think your opponent's blot on the other side of the board is important, too. I'm not sure I would blitz if that were cleaned up.

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01-03-2015 , 07:19 PM

midiboy

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Originally Posted by Aaron W.

I think your opponent's blot on the other side of the board is important, too. I'm not sure I would blitz if that were cleaned up.

Good point. If black double hits and then gets hit upon white's re-entry, things could go south in a hurry for black. 2 sides to a coin here.

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01-03-2015 , 07:20 PM

Taper_Mike

adept

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,030

Here is the XGID for this position. I set it up for no-Jacoby, no-beavers, but I doubt that makes much difference.

XGID=-aa--BD-B-A-dD--ab-db-A-A-:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0:10

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Last edited by Taper_Mike; 01-03-2015 at 07:30 PM.

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01-03-2015 , 08:07 PM

midiboy

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Thanks Mike - I need to start posting the XGID's for these positions.

I'm starting to see a recurring theme here - if 2 moves are relatively close in terms of risk/benefit, the more aggressive move usually is best. If that makes any sense.

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01-04-2015 , 01:08 AM

uberkuber

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If the more aggressive move is best for a similar risk, it should therefore yield a higher benefit if things go well...

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01-04-2015 , 01:40 AM

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midiboy

centurion

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Since I've been studying this game more seriously, I'm finding out that I was playing too risk averse, particularly so with the cube. Now I'm doubling too early and taking when I shouldn't - progress!

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